"Whew-"

Curt let out a sigh, the less airy tunnels made people feel more oppressive, and the open space in front of him made his breathing much easier. The large cave and the underground lake that connects it are rare natural sights that make the night's trek worthwhile.

"Mr. Curt... The unidentified monster that broke the gate may be lurking in this cavern, so I think it's better to be careful when acting. ”

Oscar looked around a little, and since entering the cavern, he had felt that it was surprisingly quiet. I listened intently for a while, but there was no sound except the occasional sound of the wind pouring in from the great chasm and the rustle of the trees and flowers shaking.

There was only silence inside the cave, surrounded by a qiē silence.

The slightest sound could not dispel the silence of the cavern, but only made it seem that there was something unsightly and terrifying lurking in the boundless darkness. It hides in a hidden corner with bated breath, quietly waiting for its stupid prey to fall into its trap.

A place that is too "safe" is sometimes a trap that tempts people to death.

It has only been half a day since Oscar, who was still looking around when he first arrived, to be able to put forward such an opinion, which shows that he has grown a little. As a mercenary who has just entered the mercenary work, Oscar has grown quite quickly, and his serious work has also made Curt happy.

"Yes, you're right. Don't be negligent when participating in field work. Curt smiled a smile that looked slightly approving, "You have to remember that it is necessary for us to be vigilant against a possible crisis. We've already known that monsters are around this time, and you shouldn't take it lightly if you come to a place that looks 'safe' like this at work in the future. ”

I don't know if my opinion is correct or not, I received Curt's praise, Oscar immediately shook his spirits, he raised his head with his chest, and replied to Curt loudly: "Yes, I know, I will pay attention!"

"Alright, let's go. I don't care if you're happy or excited, it's not too late to get your task done. Lizzie glanced at Oscar and immediately poured cold water on him, while handing him Oscar's package, "If you still have your own things, you can take them yourself." ”

When Oscar was walking in the mine just now, he almost dragged him down with his luggage a few times in order to catch up with Curt's mobility. Lizzie, who was walking behind him, couldn't stand it, and took everything away without saying a word. So she now threw the package back into Oscar's hands with a vengeful force.

Oscar, who knew that he was in the wrong, honestly took his luggage and prepared to attack the mushrooms that were harmless to people and animals growing nearby, and had been quietly emitting a gentle glow. He took out the collection gloves from the package, and at the same time took out a small shovel and glass container for collecting medicines, and was fully armed and ready to move.

"Try to avoid being near the lake when you are collecting. As he departed, Lizzie said suddenly, seeing him look back with a puzzled look, her tone became cold again, and she stared at him with a look that seemed to be looking at a fool, "Don't you even have the alertness to say what you say?"

Oscar took a quick look at the scenery in front of him, and there were quite a few nightmelt mushrooms growing in this cave, but most of them were concentrated near the water veins. Other than that, there were only a few lonely trumpet mushrooms, not far away, lonely with a flowing flame-like shimmer.

As if to set it off, near the shallows by the lake, there are plenty of high-quality night melt mushrooms. However, if you look closely, you will notice that the sand accumulated near the shoal is soft and suitable for digging, and it is completely difficult to see if there is anything unusual under the dark water that cannot be illuminated by the moonlight.

Lizzie is not wrong at all, but Oscar is faced with a dilemma - the lake is dangerous, but there are many nightmelt mushrooms that are suitable for gathering, and the dirt slope ahead is safe, but there are only a few pitiful and poor-looking products.

What to do? He was torn apart.

Looking at Oscar, who became overwhelmed, Curt also took out a collection tool and said to him: "Okay, it's the captain's duty to work in dangerous places, so I'll leave the part by the lake." Also, remember to pick only the ones that meet the criteria when collecting. ”

"Yes, I see. ”

It was certainly no problem to hand it over to the experienced Curt, and after seeing him walk to the lakeside, Oscar also crouched down and began to carefully use the small shovel in his hand to clean the rotten leaf around the rather thin night melt mushroom in front of him. Nightmelt mushrooms expose most of their body to the ground at night, but it is difficult to take them if they are simply plucked, and they may even damage the fungus.

"Stop, don't shovel from this angle. ”

As a mage's apprentice, Oscar has a lot of experience in collecting various materials, so it was not a hard task for him to do the collection work. However, just as Oscar had almost cleared the humus around the nightmelt mushroom and was about to pick it up, Lizzie suddenly called out to him.

"You see, this place actually grows diagonally. Lizzie pointed to the part of the left side of the Night Melt Mushroom that was hidden in the dirt shadows, where Oscar was aiming, "If you shovel it like this, you will definitely cut off this fragile mushroom." ”

Oscar leaned down and looked carefully in the direction she was pointing.

Just now, due to the skew of light and shadow, he didn't notice that there was a small piece of this nightmelt mushroom that was tilted under the umbrella, and it looked like it was crooked when it came out of the rock, and digging from the angle he had prepared in advance would indeed split the mushroom's stem in two.

"Thanks for the reminder"

Oscar thanked him gratefully, not only because he had saved a Nightmelt Mushroom worth collecting, but also because the heat emitted by the destruction of the surface of the Nightmelt Mushroom was enough to burn his hand that was too close. The layer of cloth that covers the hands of the gloves is completely inadequate.

Perhaps these reminders didn't seem great to Lizzie, and she wasn't even interested in laughing at Oscar. He just pouted and said to Oscar: "It's okay, you have to be careful, the injured collection will be classified as inferior, and the employer should not complain about others at that time." ”

Since Lizzie didn't take it seriously, Oscar didn't want to say anything. In order to prevent Lizzie from finding another reason for cynicism, he turns all his attention to the task at hand, and concentrates on his work. For a while, apart from the sound of the wind, only the sound of excavation remained in the cave.

Occasionally, stones are mixed in with the fluffy humus, but the excavation is generally easy. In a few moments, there were already seven or eight mushrooms lying in the container, and after shoveling in a little humus to cover them up to better keep them alive, Oscar moved on to the next target.

Snap, snap, snap –

"Huh?"

Curt, who was gathering on the shores of the lake, seemed to notice something unusual hidden in the silence. He stood up, searched his surroundings left and right, and when the search was fruitless, he tried to catch with his ears the direction from which the almost inaudible movements were coming from.

But once again silence reigned over him.

Because Oscar was too serious, Liqi was in a state of idleness, and Curt's behavior was a little strange, and she immediately asked him, "Is there any situation?"

"Hmm... I seem to have heard something, probably not because I was too distracted. ”

Curt frowned, he did hear some strange noise, but he couldn't catch it with his eyes. And the guy who made the discordant noise seemed to realize that it had been noticed by Curt, and was no longer making any sound.

Originally, Curt and Lizzie had a clear division of labor, and Liggie, who knew how to deal with these materials, watched Oscar work and guided her when necessary. Curt, on the other hand, was on guard while collecting, in case a monster suddenly rushed out of the darkness to attack them.

But now... Curt's alertness was heightened to the maximum—he did hear the sound of something moving, but he couldn't catch any trace of it

This made Curt a little uncomfortable, and he looked into the darkness nearby, where there was nothing, and he finally did not feel the breath of a living creature nearby.

Liqi clasped her hands on her barely empty chest and began to scan her surroundings with suspicion: "Really? I guess there's something nearby. ”

She looked at Curt, who was on guard, and for many reasons, she could trust Curt's judgment unconditionally. At the same time, as far as she knew, Curt's hunch had always been accurate—of course, this was the bad side. Every time he says something bad has a hunch, it doesn't take long for the hunch to become a reality.

Curt was a little embarrassed, and replied to Lizzie's words with a dry smile: "Although I know you don't blame me, I'm really embarrassed that I'm always crow's mouth..."

"I'm used to it anyway. ”

With a heavy sigh, Lizzie began to move closer in Curt's direction, and motioned for Oscar to dig up the mushroom in his hand and follow her.

"That's right..."

He would have said "it would be nice to be like this". But before the words "it's fine" could be spit out, the words were stuck in my throat. Curt didn't even have time to put away the wry smile on his face, for he heard the strange sound like crawling again.

Cluck, cluck, cluck...

The small cracks were muffled into the conversation, but Curt noticed the existence of the things. A small voice came from nowhere. Despite the fact that there is nothing in sight ... But where it is visible, there are things that are obscured - those things that exist beneath the ground.

He shouted, "Be careful, underground!"

Crash!

Splashes of earth and rocks.

When the voice of the reminder rushed out of his throat, "it" came.

The sandy shoal around Curt exploded, and along with the splash of water and dust, an insect-like mouth protruded from it, from which a pair of disgusting chelicerae protruded. The pair of sharp, angular teeth were covered in barbs and dripping with grayish-white mucus at the tips.

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