"Why haven't you left yet?" Henry and the others, who were out of breath and finally returned to the hut on the mountain, saw the rest of the people with panicked expressions but didn't know what to do.

The ropes they had sorted out were casually thrown to the ground, and one end of it was fastened to a stake at the door of the hut. But the stake, which was only used for chopping firewood, was obviously not heavy enough and buried deep enough, and was pulled out of the dirt with a slight pull.

Judging by the panicked reaction of Aegina, who was squatting next to him with his head in his hands, he should have been the first person who wanted to go down with a rope. However, because the anchor point is not stable and loose, the legs and feet are weak, and the others become a little overwhelmed by this.

Except for Mira and Henry, among the other six people, only Lulu, who was born as a hunter, knew some rope-related knowledge, but due to the language barrier, she couldn't explain it to these people at all, so she could only stand by with a helpless expression and walk back and forth anxiously.

The sage and the girl dragged for a while, but they weren't even ready to rappel. The team of porters, missionaries, and doctors was clearly in danger of surviving, but the situation was critical and not a good time to blame.

"Lulu and Aya, come here, Kaleva, and so do you. The returning Roan girl retrieved some more bolts from the little unicorn, and then she threw the undamaged other crossbow machine to the young man. Lulu and Aya, who were next to her, picked up their bows and stuck all the bows they could find on the dirt ground in front of them, condescendingly forming a slight firepower with two crossbows and two bows.

"Priest Alfonso, please throw the quilt over. Henry didn't say anything to them in an emergency, but luckily the clergyman was not a man who liked to put on a show. He quickly brought the quilt over, and the sage found a rock wall that looked very steep but therefore the shortest, and folded it up and placed it on the edge of the rock wall.

The purpose of this is to prevent the rope from being worn by sharp stones. Without saying a word, Henry finished the part with ease, tied the rope to the load-bearing side posts of the hut, and beckoned to the little unicorn.

"Bang-" The sage directly unloaded all the supplies on the little guy's body and threw them down the mountain, then turned his head and stretched out his hand to the missionaries: "Gold and books." ”

"But—" Another missionary tried to retort, but Alfonso raised his hand to reject him.

"It's hard to climb with these things on your back, and it's better to break some of them than to lose them all. The elder priest leader said this, then hesitated for a moment, and after a moment bundled up his belongings and threw them down the mountain.

But the sage turned around at this moment and first tied up the little unicorn Wuhuada.

"Calm down, I'll go down slowly. He said to the little guy who was a little flustered, and the little unicorn who was very human immediately became quiet. But at this moment, Aiji, who was next to him, opened his eyes wide and shouted as if he was screaming: "At this time, you still have to give priority to the beasts?!"

He had clearly been overwhelmed by fear, and the repeated events had made the psychologically fragile young man hysterical.

"Age!" Alfonso reprimanded him loudly, but even the voice of his superiors had no effect on the young man at the moment, and he pounced to grab the rope and get it down, but the sage raised his kick mercilessly and kicked him away.

"Vomit—" The young missionary, who had been hit in the stomach and rolled several times, finally began to vomit, fell to his knees on the ground, his face was pale, and he could not get up for a long time.

"If you don't let it go down first, what will you do later?" The little unicorn with the highest weight and no ability to climb on its own is a judgment that a person with a brain will make first, and it also needs to help carry the supplies that have been dropped in advance. Eggie was carried away by fear, but fortunately the others remained calm, and Alfonso and the other missionary ignored Edge's arrival and help with Henry, slowly lowering the little guy down a dozen meters high mountain, and when he reached the ground, the little guy responded with a clever snort.

"Put the rope between your feet and go around your calves and feet like this. Alternate hands to put the rope, once you feel that the speed is too fast, you may fall, just like this tight. Henry demonstrated briefly and explicitly: "Pull the rope tight, and it will wrap around your foot, and it will stop." ”

"Hmm....... Well. Alfonso and the other missionary glanced at Age, who was still on his knees, nodded, and then with some trembling descended one by one, following the method taught by the sage.

"I'm ......" Edge, who had been kicked by Henry, looked up a little weakly as if he had been awake from the pain in his body.

"Go down. The sage patted him on the shoulder.

"Uh-huh......" The young missionary glanced at him apologetically, and then began to descend under his guidance.

"Bang!!" The struggle of the warriors finally ended at this moment, and the hundreds of kilograms of war horses were thrown out of the right side like rag bags, and then the huge monster slapped its fat tail and opened its bloody mouth to bite the horse's body.

"Arrows!!!" Mira shouted, and the four of them fired their weapons one after the other.

But none of them hit.

"Smack-" The two light crossbow arrows with the shortest range fell more than thirty meters away, while Aya's arrows flew directly into the sky, and Lulu, who aimed the most accurately, also fell into the air because it was in action.

"Ah.......h

"Let's go. He asked Lulu and Aya to turn around, and they hesitated for a moment, but immediately grabbed the bow stuck in the ground, turned around, and ran in the direction of the rope.

"Click-" The monster with its fangs and no ability to chew like a snake threw the carcass of the horse that had bitten into its mouth and swallowed it whole by its neck and belt bones. Judging by its fat belly, the other people and horses have probably been swallowed up.

"Teacher. Mira and Kaleva also turned around.

"I'll be right away. Henry said this, and took the crossbow in her hand.

"......" The girl and the young porter looked at each other, and then they both ran towards the rope.

"Uh-" And the sage who stayed there in the wind and snow half squinted his eyes and looked at the monster that seemed to be magnified 1,000 times - it stopped after eating the horse, shaking and struggling, and the arms that had been waving wildly above stopped shaking, opening and closing neatly like the fins of a fish, and finally all closed on the surface of the skin.

"Uhh

"Do you have a body temperature?" Henry took Kramer behind his back and glanced at him to make sure everyone had gone down.

"Uhh

"Then came the vocal cords. ”

"Smack-" A sound like an egg cracking followed, and two large black eyes popped out of the head of the monster that had only a mouth and nose—

And the moment they appeared, it stopped all its movements and turned its head to look at Henry on the mountain.

"Oh-" the sage exhaled.

"Roar—" The monster roared and writhed and charged at him.

"In order to enhance the ability to hunt, the eyes have evolved to understand, using the visual senses to catch prey. But—" He lifted the crossbow in his hand.

"Then you have a weakness. "Boom-boom-" The bolt that flew out accurately hit the monster's massive black eyeball.

"Whoa—" It immediately lost its balance and fell to the ground, but instead of chasing after it, the sage hung the crossbow on his belt and turned and ran towards the rope.

"There is pain. The purpose of the test had been achieved, he ran straight over, grabbed the rope, and ran on the rock wall facing the bottom of the cliff.

"Teacher!" Mira waved vigorously in the distance, and the sage immediately chased after her.

"What about that thing?" was Aya, but judging by the way her eyes lit up, it was clear that the young lady was more concerned about the dynamics of the creatures than the safety of her group.

"Eyes and vocal cords evolved, and the body had body temperature. Although the situation was urgent, Henry made the point succinctly during the escape.

"Predator, it's true that the vast majority of predators rely heavily on vision. Body temperature can be thought of as being carried out in a cooling environment in order to avoid slowing down due to the cooling of the blood. In other words, as I expected, the evolution of magic is not over yet—from simple mineral bacteria to parasites that actively absorb the magic of other creatures, but they are still passive creatures up to this point. ”

"So the next stage—ha—" ran out of breath, but Miss Doctor still didn't stop analyzing: "It's to assimilate with the villagers and have the ability to act independently, but in this way, the survival rate of multiple individuals is not higher than that of one-"

"No, fused into a dominant individual and exhibited predator characteristics, and vocal cords—" Aya paused.

"I appreciate your dedication, but Miss Doctor, now is the time to run for your life. The sage grabbed her and lifted her up, followed by the three missionaries and Lulu standing on a relatively high spot and waving their hands vigorously at them.

"Cave!" was a short word that indicated what they had found, but when the Sage and the others passed, they realized that things were not so simple.

"It's a tunnel for mining in the past. It's a good thing, it's well connected here and you should be able to run down the hill quickly. Aya of the locals nodded: "If it's this size, that thing may not be able to get in." ”

"Vocal cords. Mira, who had been listening to the lecture all along, brought up the topic again.

"Well, the eyes and body temperature are understandable, but the words of the vocal cords ......."

"Animals evolved their vocal organs for two purposes: one was to demonstrate self-defense and to push back predators or competitors. The people in front of them took out the lantern from their luggage, and the lantern that was fortunately not broken began to light into the narrow tunnel, and the doctor of the Moon Country said with a solemn face.

"And it's just for ......." she hesitated and didn't say anything, and the Luoan girl who reacted next to her paused.

"Communicate with your companions......" Mira muttered.

"More than one of these?" both looked at the sage, but Henry thought for a moment and shook his head.

"This thing has a sense of pain. I was able to buy it time by knocking it down, and if it had evolved purely for the sake of predation, it would have been able to do it if it hadn't felt pain. Sage downplays the danger of dying as if he were just drinking tea, which Mira is used to, while Aya glances at him with the "you're also a madman who doesn't fear death to satisfy your curiosity," but then blinks thoughtfully.

That is, it will also have some unnecessary abilities in the process of evolution. Despite this, the rate of change is still ......."

"Roar—" A loud roar came from not far away.

"It's not a good time to analyze. The sage shrugged.

"Do you know? Mira gave him a blank look, and the three of them quickly followed the footsteps of their teammates in front of them and rushed in.