Along the way, Xavier had wanted to talk to him many times, but the thought of what he had done to Miss Hannah before made him silent.

This made the girl next to her, who was a head shorter than Xavier, feel strange, she thought that Xavier was a playboy who was good at flirting with good women, so she had already figured out how to deal with the entanglement.

As a result, nothing happened, as if everything was just her brain.

This made her wonder if she was wrong to blame Captain Xavier? Maybe people were just showing affection and courtesy, and they were just a simple peasant boy in their hearts.

Thinking of this, she shook her head silently, how could a simple young man make such a request when they met for the first time? She should still take the initiative to keep her distance and actively cooperate in official affairs.

In this way, the two distracted detachment leaders chose to make their way to the site of their mission, the entrance to the Boreal Forest, which was the furthest point that the garrison of Reston could reach when patrolling, because if they went further, they might encounter danger.

In the dense forest, the sound of cicadas can be faintly heard, and the sound of sweat dripping is formed. The end of the intersection of the two voices is where Xavier and Hannah are at this moment.

Xavier had thought he would hear the crying sound of the intelligence, but when he arrived on the ground, he only heard a bunch of small animals barking, which made him wonder if the superstitious villagers were talking nonsense again.

Of course, it could also be because the crying could only be heard at a certain time or location, and Xavier, lacking all this information, had to find Jill and Spencer, two members of the team sent by the captain to search for preliminary information.

His opinion was quickly agreed by Miss Hannah, and the two began to look for their footprints in the surrounding area.

And then......

Something was wrong, because Xavier found that the two figures that should have appeared could not be seen outside the entire forest!

“......”

For a moment, the most primitive fear of human beings, the fear of the unknown, appeared in Xavier's thoughts.

Apparently Spencer and Jill should have been waiting for them at the entrance of the forest, why did they disappear once?

Captain Hannah, who also noticed that something was wrong, asked Xavier, "Xavier, did you see Spencer and Jill?"

Because Xavier had become her comrade-in-arms, she chose to refer to Xavier as "you" instead of "sir".

"Nope. Xavier shook his head, showing a thoughtful look, and then briefly analyzed, "Now there are only two possibilities, one is that they didn't follow the captain's instructions and ran away on their own. ”

"No way. "I know Jill's character, he has a lot of respect for the captain and will never disobey the captain's orders." ”

"That can only be the second possibility. Xavier's eyes suddenly became solemn, "Something happened to them. ”

Thinking of this, the two nodded to each other, and then began to tacitly investigate the surroundings, looking for possible clues.

Under the midday sun, the traces of water naturally cannot survive on the land, because nature will erase their footprints slightly, but human footprints are obviously not limited to them, Xavier found three rows of strange footprints dozens of meters to the west.

The reason why they are strange is because the location where the owner of the footprint is going is in the forest!

Remembering that Jill and the others were the pioneers of investigating that something was wrong with the forest, could these be their footprints? But the question is, how can it be three?

"Captain Hannah, please come and have a look!" Xavier, who noticed that something was wrong, hurriedly shouted.

"Just call me Hannah. The girl who was called over did not waste time, and directly fixed her eyes on the three footprints, and after a while discovered the details that Xavier had not found.

"Xavier, do you see that? Among the three footprints, two of them have particularly heavy footsteps, which seem to be much deeper than the footprints of normal people. ”

"You think ......." Xavier glanced at the armor on himself and Miss Hannah, and then understood what she was trying to say, "These two footprints were left by Jill and Spencer?"

In this case, it would explain why the footprints are so heavy, because they are equipped with thick armor!

But who left the third trail?" Xavier thought to himself.

This footprint, unlike the other two, looks like an ordinary person stepping on it.

Could it be that he or she is a guide who leads our comrades in? But why do they trust so much that they choose to follow?

Suddenly, Xavier thought of the legend of the snake spirit here, and the sweat on his neck suddenly increased a little more, but it was a little cold.

According to the villagers, the snake spirit seduces the men to follow them obediently, and after enjoying the pleasure, they suck their spirits, which perfectly explains why Jill and the others go straight into the forest!

Thinking of this, he proposed his hypothesis to Miss Hannah, "Do you think it was the snake spirit who caught them?"

"Such a possibility cannot be ruled out. Captain Hannah nodded slightly, "Because the third footprint should belong to a humanoid creature." ”

What the hell are humanoids...... At this moment, Xavier just heard this word, and he actually felt a little creepy, and asked rhetorically, "Why?"

"If it weren't human, how could it be easy to take the two of us into the forest? if not human, at least a humanoid creature that looked like a human. ”

"What's more, there are inconspicuous shoe prints on the footprints. Miss Hannah explained, gesturing to one point, "It is clear that this creature walks on two feet and wears similar shoes like us!"

Persuaded by Miss Hannah's simple speculation, Xavier believed the snake spirit's speculation even more, but he was not very sure what to do now.

At that moment, the system sent a chime into his head.

[Current mission trigger: Investigate the whereabouts of two missing teammates.] 】

[Reward: Skill Point x1, Lottery Chance x1]

Unlike the previous time-limited mission, it doesn't have an accept or dismiss button at all, and seems to be a tacit acquiescence that he has to complete the task.

It's good now, even if he still has fear in his heart, he must complete this task assigned by the system and the captain at the same time.

Xavier found a point, though.

Last time in the task of the water ghost, the reward was also a lottery chance and skill points, which seems to symbolize that the difficulty between the two tasks should not be much different?

However, when he thought back to his last experience, he realized that if he hadn't happened to gain the memory of 'Sword Dance' and entered that state of battle at the same time, he would not have survived the water ghost pile.

So is it possible that this task is also a life of death?

But this time I have teammates! Xavier looked at Miss Hannah next to him, and his confidence in his heart suddenly increased a lot, even if it was really a snake spirit, she would definitely bleed if she was cut with a sword, right?