noble magician

"Ah!" Lei Zhe rubbed his nose, and glanced at Lance, "I seem to have caught a cold." He took out two bottles of healing medicine, handed Lance a bottle, and then opened the bottle cap and drank it up.

"Damn it! That bastard Bunter should have been thrown out. Why am I sleeping outside?" Lei Zhe cursed in a low voice, throwing the empty bottle aside.

Lance paused while drinking the potion, and asked tentatively, "What happened last night?"

Lei Zhe laughed maliciously: "Speaking of which, it's all your fault. You have to let me share a tent with him, otherwise why would there be so many troubles? Why did you run out, huh? Why didn't you talk to your Kai?" Did you want to reminisce about the old days?"

Recalling what happened last night, Lance's eyes dimmed. From now on, he didn't know what expression he should use to face Kaidi.Lei Zhe looked at the gloomy look on his face and snorted heavily.

The two moved their muscles and bones, and their bodies gradually warmed up.Not long after, the other three got up as well.Except for Evelyn, the other two didn't seem to be resting well either. It seemed that warm sleeping bags and wind-shielding tents were not enough for a good night's sleep.

Even though some unpleasant things had happened, the trial still had to continue. Several people cooperated with each other to hunt and kill the Beikumo beast like yesterday, but they were very silent among each other.The only one who didn't know was Evelyn, but looking at the atmosphere, she just couldn't understand the reason, and she knew it was better not to ask more questions.

On the third day, the group had already accumulated a lot of experience in dealing with the North Kumo Beast, and their actions became much bolder. In order to save time, they began to investigate the traces of the North Kumo Beast separately, and then exchanged information with each other. Concentrate on eliminating.

This approach is more efficient than the previous collective action, and it also requires the team members to maintain higher vigilance, otherwise, if they encounter the Beikuma beast when they are alone, the situation will not be optimistic.

The last round of separate investigations before sunset on this day, Bunt has not returned to the pre-arranged meeting place for a long time.Because yesterday went smoothly, they didn't pay much attention to it at first, and just waited quietly.After a long period of time, several people began to feel uneasy, and couldn't help thinking of a bad possibility, but no one was willing to speak out this ominous idea first.

When the last ray of the setting sun was about to fade away, Lei Zhe finally couldn't help but proposed to go out to find him, and the others agreed.Bunter finally appeared just as they were getting ready to go.

His body was stained with mud and traces of grass juice, as if he had just crawled out of a pothole.Although it looks a bit embarrassed from the appearance, but fortunately, he is in good spirits, so he should not have suffered any serious crimes.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting." Bundt tugged at his robe, looking helpless at the stains on it.

"Why so late?" Lei Zhe asked, frowning.

"Accidentally startled a Beikumo beast, and it took a lot of effort to get rid of it." Bonte showed a dignified expression.

His words shocked the other four people, realizing that today's arrangement was too reckless.Although it was just an investigation, there was no guarantee that something would happen. If Bunter's luck was a little bit worse, he might not come back.

The success of the previous day made them feel a little underestimated.

Lance and Katie often participate in missions and have more confidence in themselves, so they have no objection.And Lei Zhe had always been careless, and his self-esteem did not allow him to object.Evelyn and Bunter have less experience, and it was Evelyn who first proposed to act separately.

In this way, everyone only sees that it can save time, and no one thinks that this solution is more risky.

Lei Zhe thought about it, and said seriously, "For safety's sake, let's act in groups tomorrow."

"There are five of us, why not divide into two groups." Evelyn swept around the four companions.

Several other people also immediately realized the current embarrassment.Originally grouping was just a trivial matter, but after what happened that night, the relationship between several people became delicate, and it has not improved significantly until now, and everyone is avoiding this issue.

Seeing that their expressions were somewhat unnatural, Evelyn said, "Then it will be assigned according to yesterday's tent..."

Bundt said suddenly: "Take your turn. Today I will be with Lance, Katie and Lei Zhe, and the tents will be allocated in the same way for the night. Evelyn, which group do you want to be with?"

The previous night, due to some unhappiness, the allocation of tents could not be the same as the previous night.Seeing that they couldn't make up their minds, Evelyn decided to help them designate one tent for Lei Zhe and Lance, and another tent for Katie and Bont.It was assigned by an outsider like her, but the parties involved had no objections, so the matter was settled.

"I'm in a team with Lei Zhe and the others." Evelyn replied.

Katie glanced at Bunter and agreed tacitly.Lance felt a little surprised. Among these people, he was least familiar with Bonte.

Lei Zhe sneered: "I think this arrangement will lead to a fight."

"Get along well with your companions! Or would you rather live in a tent with me?" Evelyn threatened.

Lei Zhe's body trembled, and then he fell silent.

"That's settled then."

On the second day, that is, the fourth day of the trial, Lance and his team first cooperated to kill seven Beikumo beasts based on the information detected yesterday, and then began to split up and explore deeper.

"Before I was discovered by the northern Kumo beast yesterday, I wanted to go deeper into the southwest direction. I guess there will be a lot of them there." Bonte said as he walked, his voice was very soft to avoid alarm other organisms.

"There are indeed more scratches in this area than in the front." Lance looked at a broken tree. The wood at the break was still relatively wet, and it should have been dug up not long ago. I didn't find it, which is a bit strange."

"Perhaps a little further in," Bunter speculated.

The two were heading southwest, when Bunt suddenly asked an irrelevant question on the way: "What's the matter with you and Katie?"

Hearing this question for the first time, Lance was taken aback for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "There was a little conflict."

Bundt shook his head: "Don't hide it from me, I know everything about him."

Lance didn't know what Bunt meant by "clear", so he couldn't answer the question.

"Why, aren't you going to say it?" Bonte asked leisurely, "Is it possible for you?"

He has already asked this level, and Lance can't pretend he doesn't understand. It's just a little surprised that Katie and Bont are so close, and even tell him this kind of thing.

Lance shook his head: "It's impossible."

"Why do you say it so absolutely, maybe you can give it a try."

Lance showed a helpless smile, but there was no hesitation in his words, "I can't help it." He said, "Please help me persuade him, I can only treat him as a friend."

Bonte's eyes flickered, and he sighed and said, "Let's go."

The two of them explored in the southwest direction, but they never found a Beikuma beast.

"It's strange, we've been walking for so long, at least we should have passed through the territory of two North Kumo beasts, why did we only find traces of their activities, but not one of them?" Lance said suspiciously, "These The scratches don't appear to be from today."

According to the experience of the past few days, the distribution of Kumo beasts becomes denser the further inward the north, and the increase in the number of scratches can also explain this. The current situation is indeed a bit abnormal.

Bont frowned deeply, and said, "Could it be that other teams have been here? According to the signs on the map, there should be a deep valley further ahead. Let's stop there. If it doesn't work, change the direction."

Even if other groups or magicians came, there would be corpses left behind.Lance was puzzled, but he supported Bont's idea, let's look ahead.

The further you go, the more sparse the distribution of vegetation is, and when you approach the edge of the deep valley, there are no plants left.

It is said that thousands of years ago, the terrain here was different from what it is now. Later, for some reason, the ground suddenly collapsed, forming the huge pothole in front of us.The broken part is neat as if cut by a knife, and the surrounding environment can be described as barren of grass, but inside the deep valley is a dense forest, full of various plants.

Lance stood on the edge of this huge and deep pothole, looking down, he saw a large expanse of rich green.If it falls, it will break a few bones at the slightest, and die at the severest.Moreover, the fracture of the valley wall is very smooth, and it is almost impossible for ordinary people to climb up.

I don't know where the Beikumomon went, but should they turn around and go back?

"Lance," Bunter called after him.

"Um?!"

Lance turned his head, but his body was tilted. He felt his waist being pulled, his body flew backwards, and fell down uncontrollably.He widened his eyes in disbelief. Bundt stood on the edge of the deep valley, holding Lance's bamboo messenger tube in his hand, looking down at Lance with a blank expression.

Just now, the moment Lance turned around, Bunter reached out to grab the bamboo tube hanging there, and kicked Lance away at the same time.

The moment his body was suspended in the air, Lance remembered something.

When he was ten years old, he participated in the mission for the first time, using unfamiliar magic to deal with monsters, and "competing business" with a group of magicians who were much older than him.At the beginning, he was chased by monsters, but little Lance had good luck and understanding. He learned quickly, and he really let him kill several monsters.

At the end of the day, just as little Lance was delighted with what he had gained, he encountered a problem.

"Hey, kid, give me your sack." A tall and thin magician said in a bad tone.

Lance had seen him before, and the other party took a second look at him when he saw that he was young.But that's all, after that, they went their separate ways. I didn't expect that person to appear suddenly at this time, and wanted to grab Lance's harvest.

Lance grasped the sack tightly in his hands, his mouth was tightly pursed, and his whole body was on guard.He doesn't know many things, but at least he understands that the person in front of him is trying to steal his things.