The plan of the four of them must not be told to the locals of this village.

Because the "swamp" here is considered a forbidden place in Eagle Cape Village. Not to mention outsiders, even locals, not everyone can approach them at any time.

It is good that there is a "traitor" among them.

Under the pretext of searching into the past of Jacob, Evas's grandfather—and that's what they're going to do in a moment—they ate something early in the morning, padded their stomachs, and left.

They even brought Hayna's griffons with them.

Although Haina is completely unaware of the problem, she trusts the brains of Ivas and Sherlock very much.

Now they both say that there are great secrets and unknown risks in the village...... Haina did not hesitate to choose trust. That being the case, then her adorable little griffon Liz can't leave her sight.

Led by Hayna, they didn't get lost and went straight to the swamp.

Listening to Hayna describe the layout of the village, Evas gradually understood its location map.

On the left and right sides of Eagle Cape Village, there is a large lake. The large lake on the northeast side of the lake is also known as the sapphire lake in Bagpipe Town. From the easternmost part of Cape Eagle Village, you can walk through a dense forest to reach the lake.

The lake on the southwest side is just as beautiful – it's a little closer to Cape Eagle Village. The way to this lake is not through dense forests, but rather a downhill road that is spacious enough and covered with soft grass.

William: When they are usually fishing, they choose this place. William's lakeside cottage is right next to this lake.

As for the swamp - it's technically out of the village. It was next to the lake where William was, just south of the village of Eagle Headland.

If one were to look at the entire village from the top, they would see a very complete circle.

And whether it is a lake or a swamp, it is actually outside this circle.

"I was very naughty when I was a kid...... Will run around the village. ”

Haina and Liz the Griffon were at the front, skilfully navigating through the dense forest without trails, and replied without looking back: "I've heard that this place is dangerous since I was a child, but in fact, for ignorant children, 'danger' is more like an encouragement. ”

"Indeed," said Ivus, nodding slightly, and whisperingly, "it represents a certain novelty, and a desire for conquest—the possibility of a child being better than an adult. ”

It is precisely because children know that they are children that they want to get rid of this identity even more. They don't really want to grow up, they want to be free from the constraints they have been subjected to; Or swap identities with tamed adults.

—despite the childish and unreasonable nature of their actions. But that's only because they know very little and lack experience. ”

Evas looked at Hayna's back and whispered, "There is no doubt that this is the desire for transcendence in their subconscious. ”

Haina paused slightly, sighed and admitted, "That's true. ”

I guess I started to wake up at that time......

I really haven't changed since I was a kid......

The underside of Haina's pupils was slightly tinted with a dim yellow.

And at this moment, a faint white mist suddenly floated around him.

Sherlock frowned slightly.

He immediately caught that it was a rancid smell with a peculiar pungent smell - unlike the usual swamp smell. It was more like the stench of fermented corpses that had been dead for days, mixed with a moist, earthy smell.

The dirt under my feet turned into mud at some point.

As soon as you step on it, it will ooze transparent and slightly sticky yellow water.

For some reason, it's reminiscent of the kind of clear fluid oozing from a wounded and bleeding body.

At this moment, Lily suddenly took a step forward, stretched out her left hand to block Ivus behind her, and said coldly, "Something is coming." ”

Ivus tilted her head slightly, noticing Lily's focused, cold countenance.

This is aggression that she rarely shows in front of herself. Lily always smiled so softly, standing quietly behind her with her hands folded, like a shadow.

And now Lily, like a dagger suddenly pulled out of its sheath, shining in the moonlight—

"[I've never hated anyone]."

Lily whispered a self-deceptive lie.

Gray threads suddenly appeared in the air.

Gray threads dotted like cobwebs weave between the trees of the dense forest.

The next moment, several headless undead slowly walked over from all directions.

"Second level, headless."

Aihuas's voice rang out, "Do you need me to do anything?" ”

Hayna's expression suddenly became focused.

She subconsciously wanted to pull the blade from her waist, but she felt empty. Only then did she realize that her weapon had been handed over to her brother for maintenance.

But it doesn't matter.

Liz the griffon beside her had already rushed forward.

She took two steps from the ground, and flew straight to the ground flapping her wings.

It was more of a glide than a flight - she pounced on one of the headless undead, and her front paws exploded into a hurricane on contact with them, tearing them apart with brutality.

It was a completely different feeling from the calm and graceful fighting style of an adult white-feathered griffon.

This was also Liz's first actual fight, and she used too much force because of it. Injected too much mana in one breath, so that the claws that could have torn apart the opponent turned into an embedded explosive bomb instead.

The corpse, which had been shattered by too much force, exploded like a mine in an instant, bursting into a range of about 140 degrees behind it. The bark was deeply embedded with broken bones.

Lily, on the other hand, just pressed down her right hand, which was wrapped around a few coils of silk thread, and then raised it suddenly.

The thin gray lines were like pulleys, quietly poking down from the branches, hanging the spirits directly from the trees, and hanging them on the trees.

They struggled, but they couldn't break free for a moment.

Sherlock sighed and held out his hand to the swamp.

The swamp trembled uneasily as if it had been given life.

Soon, several clumps of mud came out of it. They cracked like eggshells and turned into small monsters.

They are about half a meter tall and resemble some kind of bee or a kind of bat.

They have no eyes, but they have sharp, yellowish teeth. The arms are spears like bee stings, and behind them are thick wings.

Once summoned, they flew behind Sherlock.

This is Sherlock's improvised elemental creature, the Mud Hawk.

Now that he knows it's not safe, Sherlock, as a mage, must prepare some protective means.

(End of chapter)