two days later.
night time
On the vast grassland plain, behind a small hill, two piles of yellow bonfires are not far apart, and there are two light yellow halos.
People from the two teams gathered around the bonfire, making their own preparations.
"Garon, you are in charge of the investigation tonight, and it's up to you tonight." Andy whispered to Garen.
"Go to sleep, don't worry." Garen nodded and stood up.
The investigation is mainly in charge of him and Villari, both of whom are flying totems. Villari's is a small bluebird, fast enough to be used as a credible.
The division of labor in the past two days has made everyone familiar with each other.
Jana and Villari were sitting next to their team leader, having a bonfire. Seeing Garon standing up, Jana finally couldn't help but asked a question.
"Kui Dulan, what is Garon's core totem? Why do you only see him using fluorescent butterflies as a totem these days? This kind of totem is very unpopular, and no one has even studied the evolution route afterwards."
Kuidulan was fiddling with the bonfire, when he heard this, he raised his head and gave her a surprised look.
"Advise you to have less contact with him, core totem? You have been with him recently, don't you know?"
"Know what?" Jana asked, frowning.
"This Garon doesn't have a core totem, and it's just for scouting in their team." Kuidulan gave Jana a strange look, "If you think he's a son of a nobleman, then you're wrong. That Garen Long used to work in the maintenance totem shop at the night market, and was recruited by Andy later. Even if he is a son of a nobleman, he is just a down-and-out nobleman. So I advise you to figure it out before you plan. I thought you knew."
Jana was a little taken aback.
She didn't expect the answer she had been guessing to be so simple.
However, she still trusted her own eyesight. There was always an aura in this Garen that she couldn't see through, which was weird anyway. It will definitely not be an ordinary general totem master.
"Don't think about it, noble children are people who attach great importance to their own safety. They don't have a core totem, so they can't guarantee their own safety in this kind of mission." Villari couldn't help but said. "That guy is actually the weakest in our team." He had long been dissatisfied with Garen, and every time he saw that Jana took the initiative to talk to Garen, and Garen didn't seem to respond, he felt angry.
"Let's have a look again." Jiana frowned and whispered, but her heart cooled down a lot. I began to have some doubts about my guess.
early the next morning
Garen retracted the fluorescent butterfly, and was about to get on the horse and slowly practice taking a nap. The horse could be led together by the rope attached to it.
He soon discovered that Jana, who usually came over to chat with him in a short while, was much colder now, and she was riding a horse and chatting with Villari on her own.
It was rare for him to be at leisure, riding a horse alone a little behind. Start checking your current state.
After hunting so many missions in the war guild, he also had a general understanding of the situation of the silver lamp masters.
Generally, totems are divided into two categories, silver lamps and ghost silver lamps. There are fewer ghost silver lamps, but all of them are very powerful. The scar on Garen's neck was left by a ghost silver lamp.
He thought to himself that he didn't have a core totem now, so his strength plus secret martial arts was about the same as a type 1 ghost silver lamp, and he was at the peak of a type 1 totem master. But if you want to confront the Type 2 Totem Master head-on, you will be powerless.
Among the two teams present, only Andy and Kuiduran were stronger. Judging from the strength of the control totem and the light of the totem, he was the strongest of the two, and they were the main force in frontal combat. The rest are fledglings, that is, the level of popularity, they are all types that rely entirely on totems to fight, and it is enough to distinguish between strong and weak totems.
Just as he was thinking about something, he saw Villali whispering something in Quedulan's ear. Kuidulan nodded and turned to look at himself.
"Garon, I need to check the small forest on the left ahead, please trouble your butterfly to go there."
Garen nodded, took out his short silver staff and released a blue fluorescent butterfly, telling him to inspect the small forest on the right side of the front.
There was nothing to gain, the fluorescent butterfly flew back, and the team continued to move forward.
After a while, Garen was about to take a nap when he heard a voice from the front again.
"Garon, don't rush to sleep, there seems to be something going on in the future, let Fluorescent Butterfly take a look." Villari said loudly.
Garen watched the whole night last night, and now he is sleepy, and he is going to rest and recover a little bit. Hearing this, he opened his eyes and frowned.
"Villali, you are also a flying totem, why do you always ask Garong to do things?" Jessica asked a little unhappy.
"He is the weakest, so he should do more." Villari said naturally.
"Forget it." Garen didn't want to make trouble with the team either. This mission had a lot to do with him, and he didn't want himself to affect the inertia of history too much.
The fluorescent butterfly was released and circled behind to drive away a few immature deer before flying back and landing on Garen's shoulder.
The horse team slowed down and moved forward at a moderate pace, and the crowd simply settled for food and water right away. It was not until the afternoon that they stopped to let the horses rest and drink water.
afternoon.
Jiana hesitated for a while, but came over to have a chat with Garen. Valari couldn't stand it immediately. From the captain, he knew that Garen was not a nobleman at all. Even if it is just a down-and-out nobleman, there is nothing to be afraid of. Seeing Jiana approaching Garen now, the discomfort in his heart became even stronger.
"Garon, I'm a little sleepy. I'll sleep for a while. I'll leave the inspection to you." Villari walked up to Garen and said loudly.
"What do you mean?" Andy frowned and stood up. "Is it your patrol time during the day?"
"Forget it." Garen didn't say much. He had amazing endurance, practiced secret martial arts, and was extremely energetic. This is nothing. This task is related to Goth's outbreak, and also related to the possible variables after he joins the team. He didn't want to fall out with Kuidulan because of some trivial matter. After all, in the picture he remembered, Kuidulan and others also entered the lair together.
Seeing that Garen himself didn't care, Andy and Goth, who was about to stand up, couldn't say anything, so they had to sit down.
Garen followed the request and immediately started to patrol the surroundings.
When he got up, Villari whispered something to him.
"Just to teach you a little lesson, if you are sensible, stay away from Jana, otherwise it won't be so easy next time."
Garen wanted to laugh a little.
This kid actually dared to threaten him, the brat who couldn't smell any blood on his body, actually dared to stand in front of him and threaten him face to face.
If it wasn't for the fear of changing too much and causing too many changes in this mission, he would have slapped this guy away.
After patrolling around, return to the temporary camp. Gallon sat down next to Goethe, watching this guy eat half a breadstick like a pig, he suddenly felt a special appetite, holding a hard breadstick, dipped in ketchup, it tasted amazing There is also a little sweetness.
"Garon, go get some water around." Villari's voice came again.
"Hey, what do you mean by me?" Goethe rushed up. "I have hands and feet and won't do it?"
Villari also stood up and sneered. "A person who doesn't even have a core totem is a burden anyway. If he doesn't do more, why should he share his head money? Everyone in this team is someone who can contribute to the team, and they can do their best. People. He is the only one, and the totem is so weak that it is not the core, it can only be a drag on the team."
"Okay, Valari, are you enough?" Jana finally couldn't stand it anymore, she stood up and said in a cold voice. "Don't make me look down on you!"
"Okay, okay, stop arguing." Andy and Kuidulan both stood up, and Kuidulan frowned and glanced at Garen, "This is the end of this matter."
Villari gave Garen a hard look, because he was reprimanded by Jana, and he was even more upset.
The two teams were speechless for a moment, and they sat together on both sides.
Enough rest, on the road again.
Although Jana knew that Garen was not the noble child she expected, she still couldn't do what Villari did. She didn't want to cause the two teams to disperse directly because of this matter. So I apologized to Garen face to face, and chatted for a while.
It's a pity that Villari, who was just a little angry at first, became even angrier when he saw that Jana was going to join him.
Seeing his gloomy face, it was obvious that he hated Garen.
Four full days have passed.
The two teams gradually went deep into the wild, and the surrounding people and hunter houses became less and less, until they were completely invisible.
There are more and more weeds on the road, almost covering the road. But also covered with a lot of small gravel.
The two captains got together, took a map to study the route, and quickly got off the carriage road, followed a narrow loess path, and turned to another unknown direction area.
Surrounded by endless green grasslands, there are hardly any human traces. There are more and more sparse forests appearing, and it is obvious that they have already left the Loess Plain area.
The team moved forward and finally found a small hill shaped like a mountain, and the whole team stopped.
"That's where it starts." Andy compared it with a map.
"There are bloodstains here!" Kuidulan squatted behind the hill and said loudly, "The mission content says that several people disappeared here, leaving bloodstains and traces of fighting. It seems that this is the right place."
Everyone gathered around and saw that there were still dried black and red blood scabs on the grass. The soil underneath is also dyed black and red, which is very conspicuous.
"It's a good thing it hasn't rained these days, and the blood hasn't been washed away," Kuidulan said in a low voice. "Look at the map and how to get there? If I guessed correctly, there should be a bandit lair nearby."
"It was mentioned in the quest that ordinary city guards came to check several times, but there was no result. That's why I submitted the quest to the guild. But I guess it's just a cunning ordinary mortal, so it's not a big problem." Andy walked over and unfolded the map and said . "From here to the right, there should be an underground cave. The last time the city guard entered was five days before receiving the mission.
, the inside is too dark, and there are many traps that cannot be advanced. After injuring a few people, the city guard came out. Just mentioned on the task. "
"Come on, go in and have a look." Kuidulan stood up.
(end of this chapter)