In the second half of the night, after Lance changed shifts with Dilancer and Mute, he sat cross-legged in the camp and began to absorb the wind elements around him.

This is his habit all along, to maintain an abundance of elemental power at all times to deal with unexpected situations.

The night in the Golls Mountains was as dark as the night in the Irene Forest, and in the depths of the darkness there were insects chirping from time to time.

In Lance's mind, the image of them adventuring together in the Irene Forest reappeared.

"Hey...... Blank, Sotaki, if Eliface Levy is in the mountains, I wonder if I will be able to avenge you when I confront him again. ”

Lance thought to himself.

All along, he wanted to improve his strength quickly, and then find Eliface Levy and avenge them.

Just as Lance sighed, a cold strange appearance suddenly came from his back.

This is someone watching him in the dark.

The feeling was exactly the same as when I first entered the Irene Forest.

Lance is no longer the fledgling rookie he used to be.

At the moment, he already had a calculation in his heart, and he had to see what was staring at him, and he must not be as passive as he was in the Erin Forest.

Lance didn't look back, he first held his breath, then instantly released the wind element on his feet, and kicked his legs to the ground, like a rabbit that suddenly jumped out, and sped away in the direction of peeping at him.

With the blessing of the wind element, Lance's speed is fast, but the things in the darkness are not slow to react.

Just as Lance was flying up, only the sound of leaves was heard in the darkness, and then a dark shadow ran towards the darkness.

Almost within a few breaths, Lance was already in the position where the dark shadow was spying on him.

But now the shadow has also disappeared into the darkness.

With the sensation of a moment just now, Lance rushed towards the darkness.

But after dozens of breaths of pursuit, Lance could not find any trace.

As a last resort, he returned to the location where the dark shadow had spied on him just now, hoping to find some clues from it.

His movements woke up several people who were sleeping at the same time, and after a short period of confusion, everyone also quickly chased in the direction of Lance.

Almost as soon as Lance returned to that position, the crowd came to Lance's side.

However, when they saw Lance looking at the ground with a lit magic torch, Dilancer hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? Did you find anything?"

As Dilansel spoke, the mute crouched on the ground and examined it carefully, then grabbed a handful of dirt and put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, then greeted everyone, drew his dagger, and disappeared into the darkness like a ghost.

Neither Quiles nor Dilansel said anything about the mute's behavior.

It seems that this happens quite often.

Lance didn't answer Dilancel's words, he stood up and pointed in the direction where the mute disappeared and asked, "...... dumb?"

"It's okay, he's just going to track it, and if something goes wrong, with his skills, he won't encounter any danger. ”

It was Di Lancer who answered Lance, and after answering it, he continued to ask Lance the question just now: "What happened just now? Did you find the trace of the Scarlet Dog?"

"I suddenly sensed someone watching us, but by the time I chased it, it had already run away. ”

Lance shrugged helplessly.

He found nothing but a few scattered footprints.

As Lance spoke, Lilith whispered to a few people: "It may be an undead creature, I can feel the meager breath of death from the air around me, it seems that the other party is deliberately hiding the breath, but I can still feel some of it." ”

"Is it really a blood-colored hound?"

Dilancer then asked.

At this point, Lance extinguished the burning magic torch and answered Dilancer's question.

"If the other party is really the undead creature that Lilith said, then the other party must also be a humanoid undead creature with some intelligence, and if these guesses are correct, there is a chance that this is a puppet made by a necromancer. ”

Lance's analysis has his reasoning.

After listening to Lance's story, Di Lansel also crouched down to look at the few scattered footprints left on the ground.

He was a little excited just now, so he ignored this obvious detail for the time being.

Unable to help but ask, he continued with some curtleness, "Could it be that the necromancer's hands and feet have reached into the Gores Mountains?"

"I don't know, but the information I got from the mercenary fortress, the position of the western front has been expanding, I think the necromancer clan, I'm afraid there is no extra force, can be scattered in these strategically meaningless places, but in fact, there are indeed undead creatures, first the blood-colored vicious dog, and then this mysterious black shadow, there must be an inevitable connection, since it is not a large-scale undead clan, then there is only one possibility, in the Golles Mountains, there are some secrets that we don't know. ”

Lance analyzes the information he has obtained.

His mind was so jumpy that the rest of the people couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

But the general meaning is understood.

At this time, Quiles had already clenched the hilt of the jet-black heavy sword in his hand, and he said to everyone angrily: "It doesn't matter what the the undead are or puppets, we didn't snipe a high-level necromancer not long ago." ”

Quiles has always been very disgusted with the undead.

Especially after learning about what happened to Orlando, a mutual friend of Lance and Dilancer, the jealous Quiles hated the undead.

At that moment, there was a sound of rustling footsteps in the darkness.

Everyone looked in the direction of the footsteps, and just in time they saw the mute walking back from the darkness.

Looking at his wrinkled brows, you don't have to think about it to know that there is nothing to be gained.

However, Dilancer still did not give up and asked the dumb man, "Did you find anything?"

After the mute evened out his somewhat disordered breathing, he glanced at the direction he came back and said: "The speed of the other party is very fast, I pursued a long distance according to the residual smell, when the pursuit reached a rocky beach, I could no longer smell anything, and I didn't find anything, the other party seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, I was worried that there would be an ambush, so I came back to meet you first." ”

When he had finished speaking, the mute stood aside with a calm face and stopped talking.

After listening to the mute's narration, Lance also frowned and said to everyone: "I think our trip to the Gores Mountains will probably not be so simple. ”

"It's best if it's not simple, and if it's too easy, it's not what we're trying to do. ”

Quiles said with a big grin.

At this time, Luca, who had not spoken much, after a brief judgment of the current situation, patted Quiles on the shoulder and said: "Brother Quiles, you are right, but we need to think long-term, and we can't take it lightly." ”

"Well, your brother and I are a little rude, but I'm not stupid, haha......"

“......”

As a few of them spoke, Lance leaned into Lilith's ear and whispered, "Can you feel anything else?"

After Lilith closed her eyes and felt the situation around her, she opened her eyes and said slowly: "No, except for the faint breath left just now, there is no other breath anymore, and even ordinary creatures around are gone." ”

Since Lilith became Lance's woman, some of the abilities that belonged to her demonic physique that had disappeared were gradually recovering.

Although the evil dark aura on her body did not appear again, her perception of any and all dark aura was far beyond that of ordinary people.

Although she can't communicate with evil spirits or revenants yet, I'm afraid it won't be long before her abilities gradually recover.

She will be a big help to Lance when the time comes.

Since Lilith said that there was nothing unusual around here, there was no point in staying here.

Lance pulled Lilith and turned around and walked in the direction of camping.

As he walked, he said to everyone: "Forget it, since it appeared once, it will definitely appear again in the future, we just need to be more careful." ”

When they returned to the camp, they were no longer in the mood to sleep, and they all sat around the fire, each with their own hearts and minds, and did not speak.

It's still dark, and I'm afraid it will take at least another hour or so to brighten.

Looking at the crowd who did not speak, Lance threw a piece of wood in the fire that was about to be extinguished.

When new firewood was added to the fire, it crackled and burned in a short time.

Looking at the gradually growing fire, Lance put his arm around Lilith's shoulders and broke the silence and said, "I don't think the appearance of this mysterious black shadow is necessarily a bad thing. ”

After finishing speaking, Lance's tone paused, and he looked at everyone looking up at him before he continued: "Since the blood-colored evil dog is also an undead creature, and that mysterious black shadow is also an undead creature nine times out of ten, then there must be some inevitable connection between them, and that mysterious black shadow did not attack us directly, I'm afraid it is observing us." ”

Lukka picked up a wooden stick from the side, stabbed it in the fire, and then said to Lance: "I just don't know what the other party's purpose is, I think this kind of situation will also be encountered in other mercenary groups that enter the Gorles Mountains in the future!"

"There's a good chance they're going to be in the same situation as we are, and I just don't know if they're going to find out about it. ”

"Huh...... I suddenly had an idea, why don't we go into hiding and wait until the other mercenary groups come, and then we'll be watching in the dark?"

"I think the mysterious shadow has noticed us, and this may not work. ”

Lance laughed, and as he did, he picked up a stick from the side and stirred up the fire at random.

At this moment, the mute suddenly spoke: "We do the tasks normally, and the rest, improvised." ”

When the dumb man finished speaking, he kept silent and sat there in silence.

For the mute, Lance had a very good impression of him, and his words also spoke to Lance's heart.

Before we know what the situation is, rash action will only lead to worse.

Lance smiled, then continued dumb words, "I agree with dumb man's statement. ”

"I'm in favor of it too. ”

"I'm in favor of it too. ”

Quiles and Dilancer replied at the same time.

Now that there is a consensus on this matter, this topic ends here.

Time flies, and before you know it, the sky is already bright.

After eating, everyone followed the footprints of the Red Cross lightly armed knight found in the upper reaches of the creek and began a purposeful search.

Unfortunately, when they followed the footprints of the Red Cross Light Rider to a rocky beach, there were no clues.

Just as everyone was about to walk up to the rocky beach to start searching, the mute suddenly spoke: "I chased this rocky beach last night, and I lost the trace of the mysterious black shadow. ”