The damp air was filled with the smell of decay, and the scattered trees cut the light cast from the sky into flecks of light of various sizes. The two Vermilion Peacocks landed lightly on a rotting wood, and they didn't seem to notice anything unusual around them, but the white beasts on the side were already eyeing the two Vermilion Peacocks, and the completely stagnant aether flow made it easier for him to hide himself.

The white figure flashed, and his goal didn't seem to be to hunt these creatures. As the claws passed through the body of the vermilion peacock, the red feathers gradually melted, and the peacock's body turned into a white cocoon, and there was no more movement.

Luca, who was hiding in the grass beside her, covered her mouth and nose for fear of making a noise, and only approached the two white cocoons carefully until she was sure that the white beast was gone. The cocoon pulsed regularly like a heartbeat, and Luca stretched out her fingers to caress the shell of the cocoon, cold as ice. The cocoon seemed to sense Luca, and twitched rapidly, a tingling pain came from the fingertips, Luca quickly withdrew her hand, and the cocoon settled down.

A deep roar came from behind Luca, and Luca, who felt bad, did not dare to look back, and could only look down at the shadow behind him through the puddle on the ground. The white beast was the same again, and I don't know when it came back, but apparently, the beast didn't want to do anything to Luca for the time being.

Luca bit her lip in fear, and her ears straightened nervously. The beast slowly circled in front of Luca, and it was only then that Luka saw the beast's true appearance, godless eyes, pure white hair, huge fangs, and long tail, but the head was bigger than two Luca. The beast leaned its head closer, almost clinging to Luca's body, close enough to see droplets of water hanging from the beast's wet snout.

When she woke up from her dream, Luca hadn't come back to her senses, and her heart was still full of the hideous beast she had just had.

"I said you're going to hold on to my tail until you're going to—" Cole poked Lucca's head in displeasure before pulling him out of the dream.

"What?" Luca looked down to see that she was still clutching Cole's tail with both hands, and her hair was already a mess, "I didn't catch it—you must have stuck it in my hand while I was asleep!" Luca let go, and Cole tucked his tail back and brushed his messy hair. Luca also seemed to remember what had happened when she had returned all the way from the Mole Bazaar, still keeping her head down and not daring to look at Cole.

"Why don't you talk again? Didn't you just say a lot of things that you couldn't finish? ”

Luca's face turned red, and she hurriedly defended, "What are you saying, you must have given me some strange medicine, just-"

"Hmm, don't you know what wine is?" Cole was smiling, but Luca noticed it.

"What are you laughing at! I- I've been here for 10 years and haven't seen anything abnormal? ”

"Ten years? How old were you back then—what about your home? What about family? What about friends? Cole asked with concern.

Luca turned her head impatiently, "It's annoying, don't ask, don't ask." Suddenly, Luca looked alarmedly at the entrance of the cave, and a figure appeared in the doorway with a rustling sound.

"Gee, that's not good." Luca pulled Cole behind him, "I didn't pay attention on the way back just now, it seems that someone was following." ”

"Huh? So what to do? Cole asked in a whisper, looking nervously at the entrance of the cave, the figure getting closer and closer, and both of them held their breath.

The strip of cloth covering the entrance of the cave was lifted, and a girl from the Spirit Clan in a red jacket poked her head in, her short silver hair shining in the sky light behind her, "It's really hard to find here." ”

"Who are you?" Luca hunched vigilantly and held the dagger in her hand, ready to act.

The girl waved her hand and wiped the sweat from her forehead, "It's really tiring to follow your traces, I've been eyeing you for several days, if it weren't for this friend's help, I'm afraid I really wouldn't be able to find here." The girl winked at Cole, and Luca looked back at Cole in a panic.

"Did you bring someone else?" Luca gripped Cole's wrist so hard that Cole's hand was bloodless.

"I didn't—it hurts—" Cole shook his head repeatedly, "I don't know, I don't know her, I didn't do anything—you lighten—"

"Don't get me wrong, I mean, if he hadn't brought you the drink to let your guard down, you might have figured out I'd been following you." The girl added.

"So what are you going to do?" Luca let go of Cole's wrist, but still protected him behind her.

"I just wanted to ask you to return what you stole the other day, and that day- you infiltrated our house and wounded one of our sentry companions, and the box you took with you was a little gloomy," the girl looked a little darker, and it contained important things that Tayslyn had left for the children! ”

Luca took two steps back and whispered to Cole, "Wait a minute, you'll run out when you find a chance, do you hear?" ”

"Why? - Wouldn't we like to give it to her—" Cole tugged at the corner of Luca's coat. Luca shook her head and didn't respond to Cole.

"It's over there, go get it yourself." Luca pointed to the other side of the cavern, a tattered chest stuffed with clutter.

The girl walked towards the box, and Luca hurriedly pushed Cole, "You go first." Cole had just run to the entrance of the cave when a flash of light flashed and the girl appeared at the entrance of the cave, shaking her head at the two of them.

"Why are you lying to me? I just want to get our stuff back, and I'm not hostile to you, and—" The girl stopped suddenly, her mouth open as if she wanted to say something "This-"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, whatever you need, we won't bother." Cole retreated to Luca's side, pulling Luka to the entrance of the cave, "She's so good, we can't fight-" Cole muttered to Luca.

"I'm sorry—" The girl pulled out the sword at her waist, the crystal in her hand glowing red, and walked towards Luca.

"I can't get you to leave."