Alicia failed to fulfill her ambition of making jackals charcoal-hunting, and the corresponding attack of the jackals mentioned by William did not continue in the afternoon. While it surprised William, it also made the doubts in Elicia's heart more and more serious.

"It felt like the morning attack was like someone was secretly directing these jackals. Alicia picked up a stone and threw it at a few jackals not far away who were gnawing on carrion, and they were suddenly so startled that they ran away in all directions with a strange scream, "Now this kind of cowardly appearance that bullies the weak and fears the hard is the real scavenger." ”

William scratched his scalp with a puzzled face: "But who can command them? Even the elves can only be friends with animals one-on-one, and it is impossible to mobilize the entire population." ”

[Maybe the World Tree didn't like us, so it used its great will to influence the jackals to attack us? 】

After lunch, the students were at first cautiously covering each other's way, but when two hours had passed, as if the jackals had changed their sex, and had not attacked them once, the bold young men scattered and hastened on their own way. All that was left was the slow Alicia and the others, as well as a few teams that had been unable to move quickly after someone had injured their legs in the attack, and they looked like a remnant of a defeated retreat.

Look at the other teams that are fading away. Fabiano finally couldn't help but insert himself between William and Little Lori and asked anxiously, "Is it really okay to walk slowly behind like this?" In a few days, we'll be a long way behind!"

"It doesn't matter, the faster you go, the more intense the supply will be. Those who are temporarily ahead will have to climb the pumice rocks in search of food and water in a few days, and the natives there are not very hospitable hosts, and how long can they hold on to their fighting spirit and magic after a series of battles when they have to use force to defeat them to fill their stomachs and continue their journey?" said Elysia, who was biting on dry bread, with her index finger raised nonchalantly, "Even if they can make it to the finish line, or even finish first, have you forgotten that it's only a qualifier now." How much strength can they exert in the finals because they are in a hurry?"

"So it's important to calculate the speed of travel and the timing of the climb to the pumice rock? Fabiano covered his forehead and sweated when he heard this, "But that's not a reason for you to give yourself extra food!"

Little Lori, who took a bite of bread, retorted angrily: "Savoring afternoon tea is a lady's little hobby, although the current conditions are indeed a little harder, but this does not change my long-standing habit! It's also normal to eat more. ”

If you really want to grow and develop, you should grow your head and chest first—it's better not to say it. Fabiano, who swallowed this sentence back into his stomach, complained unto be outdone: "Do you use bread and water to make afternoon tea? Which light novel are you in a light novel and still insist on your aristocratic and reserved eldest lady after your family is down, hey!? If you want to eat dessert, just say it! Even if you say it, you can't eat it......"

"Woo, Ulusai!, people don't have a craving!" said Alicia, scrambling bread and water bottles into her backpack, "Cake, cheese, muffins, pudding, cheese, ice cream, chocolate, etc., I didn't even think about it!"

The three boys next to him were covered in cold sweat at the same time, and began to continue to walk without squinting.

The scenery along the way is still as desolate as an alien surface, and only the occasional cactus and other plants will remind you that you are still in Drowlivan. There are more pumice rocks above your head than there were in the morning. And it's not like the movie where Elysia keeps saying that she plans to make a second part of the real version, all of which are slightly pointed cones at the bottom, and they look more like strange rocks in natural scenic areas. The tops of these large floating rocks have been transformed into barren soil by various tenacious plants after a long period of transformation, and the people below can't help but marvel at the magical and beautiful scenery in front of them. Very literary...,

Some animals can be seen faintly on the pumice rock, and there is even a monkey that is pushed off the pumice rock in a fight with some other creature, and falls directly in front of Ilya, who is opening the way in front of him, into a bloody mosaic. Several jackals immediately surrounded the boy from nearby and screamed fiercely at the boy in an attempt to intimidate him, and then one of the dogs in the back took the opportunity to drag the mosaic away quickly, and the jackals who were in charge of restraining them immediately ran away.

"Woohoo!"

"Don't, don't spit it out!

"Ahem...... You don't need to be reminded by ordinary people, Miss Ben naturally knows the current situation! That was just a normal reaction just now. ”

"That's good, or I'll have to divide half of the dinner with you." ”

"It's not uncommon for Miss Ben to have common food or something!"

“...... My eldest lady, it seems that what you just ate is the most authentic common people's food. ”

[It turns out that these two enemies are also nearby.] 】

Alicia smiled slightly. Raising his head and putting his hand on the pergola, he said: "Tutor Chrissy said that if you slip your feet, you will be immediately disqualified from the competition, which is what you mean, it seems that you must be careful when climbing the pumice rock." It's a shame that Sister Gui Daisy didn't come to the competition, otherwise I would have been able to take the opportunity to drag her up to [beep-] and [beep-] and then [beep-!"

Taking advantage of people's danger to push a soft girl is an out-and-out gentleman's doing.,Your Lori body's undisciplined exercise is still provincial!

The pumice rocks are tightly entangled by a stout climbing plant, the stems that Ramion calls vines are more exaggerated than the giant mutant peas in fairy tales, forming a convenient but unsafe network of air traffic, and most importantly, it also connects the valley floor and the cliffs on both sides, and is the only way for the Draenei who live in the pumice rock and the World Tree to collect valley bottom ore and communicate with the outside world.

The rattan is very thick. Elysia estimated that she would be fine if she rode Bai Ya up and ran with joy. Although the vine stalks that plunge into the valley floor are steep enough to excite any rock climber. But in fact, due to its rough surface and foliage, it is definitely much easier to climb than the cliffs on both sides.

"Do you want me to go up and have a look?". Ilya said, pointing to a vine in the distance, almost perpendicular to the ground.

"No need. This is just the periphery, there are no good things on the pumice rocks, not to mention that the local residents are also very unfriendly, and you will only gain more than you lose when you go up. Alicia shook her head, "Of course, if you're going to clear a field and drag me up to see the scenery, that's a different story. ”

It was clear that Elijah did not understand the meaning of Alicia's words, and he resolutely ignored the vine and continued to lead the way.

——————————————————I am the dividing line where night falls——————————————————

The team that fell at the bottom was left with only three after dinner, including the Garden of Hope. After a short journey of 12 boys and girls, they finally stopped at about eight o'clock and began to look for a place to stay overnight.

"It should be a good fit here. William said, looking around at the flat void around him. "It's just that the ground is a little harder. It will take a little effort to set up a tent. And people from other faculties are not far away, so they can take care of each other in case of any situation. ”

Ilya nodded: "There's a dead poplar nearby, I'll go get some firewood." ”

Alicia put her backpack on the ground and said as she dug out her tent, "Go ahead, remember to save some for others." ”

"Want to help?". After Ilya left. William walked over to little Lori and bent down and said.

"No need, I can do it myself. Brother William, you better go and help the people from the other academies. Several of them were injured and had no experience in the wilderness, and it was when they needed help. ”...,

William followed Lori's instructions and walked into the ranks of the other houses, and soon the students who followed the Garden of Hope on the road but deliberately kept their distance from them stood up and saluted, and the low voices of conversation could be heard clearly in the silence.

"Ah, it's really worthy of His Majesty William, he is so handsome and dashing! Just looking at him, my whole body has a dizzy feeling. ”

"Hey, Miss, your eyes are heart-shaped, and your saliva is all over the ground. ”

"Ahh Ordinary people, are you jealous?"

"How could it be! I'm just reminding you that the image you've always maintained is in danger of collapsing. ”

"Yes, then you don't have to bother. What will become of my image is Miss Ben's freedom, and I don't need you to dictate to you, a common man!"

"Goo, damn it......"

[Alas, the future of the two of you is really full of disasters. 】

In the midst of a lot of noise, small and simple tents were quickly erected, and the students in charge of the firewood followed Ilya back one after another. After a while, a faint fire lit up in the dark canyon, and it looked as if it would be extinguished at any moment. But for the students gathered around the small campfire, the flames dispelled the chill and anxiety around them, and brought a light full of hope.

A campfire in the dark is always the most reassuring existence.

"We can accelerate appropriately from tomorrow. Alicia touched her arms and leaned over to the campfire. "The people of the other two academies should have a certain understanding of life in the wilderness after experiencing today's events, and their wounded are not really serious injuries, and most of them will heal after a night. Whether they are like me or just clinging to us, at least the people here have not left their injured companions behind, and they have no intention of giving up. ”

Hearing this, William nodded and muttered, "So you're going to join forces with them, right? These people are much easier to organize than teams with a strong sense of competition...... Belch. Alicia, are you deliberately staying at the end to observe them!?"

Little Lori decisively gave everyone a sweet smile: "Ellie just wants to enjoy the scenery along the way, so she hasn't considered this complicated thing that makes people lose her hair." ”

This girl is definitely so intended, she didn't run away.

Fabiano yawned deeply and patted his lips and said, "Well, you guys go and worry about joint operations or something." I'm going to go to sleep first. Lack of sleep leads to lack of energy, but it is the enemy of mages!"

"What is this feeling that I have heard somewhere? Did you really not maliciously modify a famous line?". Little Lori is embarrassed to have Shinto.

"Nope. Fabiano said, turning and entering his tent, "Good night, everyone." ”

Seeing this, Alicia shrugged her shoulders and said, "Then I'll sleep too, and you two warriors will decide who will keep vigil first." ”

As a result of guessing the boxing, Ilya, whose way of thinking was too monotonous, was very honored to be the first person to hold the vigil.

The night in the canyon was cold, the bare rocky surface did not do anything to preserve the heat, and the temperature around it quickly dropped to alarming values.

Elicia, who was trembling in her sleeping bag, finally couldn't help but turn over and sit up, quickly grabbed the blanket next to her and wrapped it around her body: "Damn, which birdman is responsible for purchasing wild bedding from the organizers!?

In fact, this is just a problem caused by the person in charge not knowing the situation at night in the canyon. Who would have thought that in mid-October, the temperature would drop below freezing?...,

After muttering for a while, Alicia finally got cold and cold in the tent and finally made up her mind to get out - at least there was a campfire outside, and a naturally hot human-shaped warm bag.

[I'm definitely not sending me to kill and die, I'm just keeping warm!]

Little Lori nodded vigorously. Pulling out the tent, he hurriedly came to the edge of the campfire and rubbed his arms desperately: "Mi woo, why is it so cold." ”

Illia, who was sitting by the campfire with a blanket and a sword, turned her head and looked at little Lori with a strange face and said, "Can't sleep?"

"If you can fall asleep in such a cold, you can only see ghosts, and if you fall asleep in the cold, you can see ghosts directly!" said Alicia, who fell into Elijah's arms and arched back and forth, "Let me rub ...... No, let me warm up here. ”

Elijah opened the blanket and covered Alicia in it, threw a piece of wood into the fire and said, "It's okay today, I happened to find a tree nearby." If not, won't everyone have to get cold the next day? In the future, we have to find a way, because the temperature in the canyon at night is too low. ”

"Don't worry, I just didn't expect it tonight, and I won't make the same mistake tomorrow. "Because it was hidden in a blanket. "When I looked at the pumice rock in the afternoon, I found that most of the plants growing on it were temperate varieties that were not very hardy, which means that the temperature on the pumice rock did not change much between day and night. We'll sleep on the puff rocks tomorrow night!"

"But it's not ......," Ilya lowered her head and was about to warn of the danger there, when Alysia broke the boy by poking her head out of the blanket.

"I said before that we want to join forces with the other two teams, and we can arrange for the fighters to take turns keeping vigil. As for the unfriendly natives—"

Ilya raised her head slightly in embarrassment to avoid the two of them getting too close to each other, and said, "You can use the effect of that headband to use magic to drive them all away, right?

"Ah, when did I say I was going to go into battle myself, doesn't Fabiano really like my headband, so let him try it." Little Lori said and deliberately made a serious expression and stroked her chin and said, "Well, you must let the girl wear it on her head before throwing magic!"

Fabiano, who was already not sleeping well, suddenly sneezed.

Crying and laughing, Elijah gently knocked on Alicia's head: "Don't make trouble. If you get warm, go back to your tent and sleep, it's not early. ”

"It was cold in the tent. I'm going to sleep with you. ”

"I'm going to keep vigil. ”

[Give me a slightly exaggerated reaction, you coarse nerves——! are you coaxing sleepy-eyed Mao'er with this bland tone!?]

Thinking back to the cold tent, Alicia couldn't help but shake her head desperately and said, "Then you continue to keep vigil, I will sleep on you like this." Don't wake me up when it's William's turn to keep vigil, just shove me into his arms. Anyway, I don't want to go back to the tent alone, I'll definitely catch a cold tomorrow. ”

"Alicia. Actually, you can try dragging your sleeping bag next to the campfire......"

——————————————————I'm a dividing line——————————————————

In the deepest part of the Grand Canyon, near the World Tree, which was supposed to be pitch black, there were many pale blue lights shining around the surroundings. Set against the diamond-like stars of the night – a masterpiece of luminous plants.

However, at the foot of the giant tree, which almost made people mistake it for the mountain wall, at this time, a sneaky chubby black shadow walked over. It seemed very careful, trying not to make the slightest sound. Even so, the usually vigilant Delaneei sentinels spotted the shadow, and soon three or four muscular men surrounded it and began to watch it strongly.

But it didn't take long for them to disperse as if they knew each other.

The round black shadow breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to walk briskly to the root of the World Tree, respectfully trying to bend down and say, "Great Guardian, thank you for accepting my suggestion to hold back your anger for a while and stop controlling ordinary beasts to attack that guy. It's definitely a wise choice, or he'll be in front of you in less than two weeks, and it's up to you whether you want to steam or cook. And then, the question about that ......"

A chaotic female voice sounded in front of the black shadow, but she didn't see the other party's form at all: "When I see him with my own eyes, you can naturally use that one as you like." After 10,000 years of suffering, I finally survived. Mars, God of War, what you did to me in the first place, I will now pay for it with the blood of all your descendants!" If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )...... ，