In the humid and hot dense forest.

Led by Rick, Lance and his party were hurrying towards the cave where they had been hiding.

No one spoke along the way.

Now that Erin's Forest is in danger, no one can be sure if the panther who likes to sneak up on attacks is hiding somewhere around.

It has become their instinct to be alert to their surroundings at all times.

"How long will it take?"

Blank raised his arm and wiped a handful of sweat on his face, and asked a little breathlessly.

"Soon, just ahead. ”

Rick replied.

Rick didn't say much along the way, and he wouldn't answer a couple of words unless someone asked.

However, when talking, Rick always took advantage of the opportunity to turn back and speak, secretly observing the young man named Orlando at the end of the line.

Blank noticed it too, but didn't break it.

Or rather, he was too tired to dwell on such trivial matters now.

Now he just wants to get to his destination as quickly as possible so that he can rest early.

Tycklin, who was following Blank, sneered: "I told you not to eat so fat, but you just didn't listen, look, now it's so empty that you can't even walk." ”

Blank's face darkened instantly.

"You bastard, please look at your own body first when talking about others, you are also fat, what qualifications do you have to say about me?!"

"I told you a long time ago, I'm strong! I'm strong! I'm not fat!"

"Who cares?"

"Blank, you bastard must be jealous of me. ”

"Jealous of your black skin? ”

......

Blank and Teklin suddenly quarreled, not loud, and did not let their guard down because of the quarrel.

The others didn't mean to interrupt either.

These days, they have been tense and nervous, and if they don't make some movement to divert their minds, they are also afraid of dropping the chain at a critical moment.

After another moment.

"Here it is!"

Rick said, pointing to a mountain wall in front of him.

Is this it?

Everyone looked over, and there was a half-man-tall field of weeds, and dark green broad-leaved vines climbed on top of the steep mountain, covering the mountain tightly.

"There's nothing here?"

Ike said confusedly.

Rick smiled and took two steps forward, flicked the thick vine in front of him to the side with his hand, and said, "Isn't this it?"

After saying that, he turned his head and shouted into the cave again, "Fell, Dykeley, I'm back!"

However, there was no response from inside the cave.

The air suddenly condensed a little.

"Fell?"

"Dykeley?"

Rick exclaimed, hesitantly.

There was still no response from the cave.

A bad feeling came over Rick, and he jerked open the vines that were blocking the entrance of the cave and went into the cave.

"Fell! Dykeley!"

A desperate roar came from inside the cave, and Lance and his party stood outside the cave and looked at each other.

What's the situation?

People hanged?

"Let's go inside!"

Lance spoke eagerly and broke in first.

The light in the cave was very dim, and Lance, who was a little uncomfortable, lit the torch he carried with him, and the bright light of the fire illuminated the entire cave.

The entrance to the cave is not spacious, but the space inside is not small.

Lance glanced around briefly, the cave was empty, and there was no second person except for Rick, who had just entered on his front foot. Only in the innermost part of the stone wall was a relatively flat stone, on which were placed three or five potions, as well as a small amount of food.

"Brother Rick, what's going on? What about those two of your teammates?"

Lance asked Rick, who was stupidly facing a stone wall.

However, his questioning was not answered by Rick.

Lance blinked, took two steps forward, and followed Rick's gaze to the stone wall, and by the light of the torches, the marks on the stone wall broke into Lance's field of vision.

This is......

Lance stared at the stone wall in amazement, and also entered a state of immobility.

The rest of the group followed Lance into the cave one after another.

The last to enter was Orlando, who, as he stepped into the cave, felt a sudden dizziness in his brain, and then stumbled and was about to fall.

At the same time, a fear from the soul weighed on Orlando's heart.

Worst.

Orlando cursed, and his body reacted quickly, turning sharply as he staggered forward, holding on to the stone wall at his side before he fell.

In fact, it only happened for a moment in Orlando.

Before everyone knew it, all the discomfort in Orlando had already subsided.

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Outside the cave.

About a few hundred meters away from the cave, under a large tree, a strange man in a tattered black coat stood.

"I can already feel the king's call, and the king will be back soon!"

As the dull and somewhat harsh voice slowly sounded, the rough skin of the strange man's face trembled slightly, and a strange red glow flashed in his hollow and evil eyes.

Hearing his words, the pitch-black, extremely graceful and muscular panther that followed behind him let out a slight whimper, as if to echo him.

"There's no need for us to keep an eye here. ”

The strange man turned slowly, and led the panther silently in the direction of the ruin, as if it were slowly and quickly flashing away.