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Chapter 67: The Mysterious Cave

  Chapter 67: The Mysterious Cave

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  "Francis! How long have we been walking?" Lantigri was getting a bit impatient. The road on the mountain was not suitable for horseback riding, so Francis and the other had tied their horses to trees and were walking up the mountain.

  "It's nothing, just an hour," Francis said nonchalantly.

  "I'm saying, are you sure this is the right way? We've been walking for so long and haven't found anything?" It's no wonder Lantigua was getting impatient, Francis just kept walking ahead silently without saying where they were going.

  "It's not that you can't find it, but you can't find it!" Francis stopped and pointed to the grass, saying: "I followed the traps on the road all the way here, these are all set by hunters at the foot of the mountain!"

  "Really? I didn't see it!" Lantigua Gris followed Francis's pointing direction, and indeed there was a trap.

  "Moreover..." Francis frowned, if it was true, then things would be a bit troublesome.

  "And what?" Lantigua Gris looked at Francis with a hesitant expression and asked aloud.

  "Haven't you noticed? These traps, including the snares... they all look newly set! The people from down the mountain haven't been here to catch wild beasts for a long time..." Francis's tone was very serious.

  "What do you mean?" Lantigua's throat constricted, and the air around her seemed to chill.

  "These traps, even if set up well, haven't caught any prey that day!" Francis raised his head and looked around, but didn't sense anything unusual, this mountain was really quiet...

  Lantigua Gris held Gret tightly in her arms, and her body slowly leaned towards Francis. "Are you saying that all the creatures here are dead?"

  "It's not all dead yet, there are still quite a few alive!" Francis said coldly.

  "What is it?" Lantigri asked tensely.

  "Ant!"

  "…Lantigua's grip tightened, almost choking Gretel. "This isn't funny, Francis!"

  "Is that so? I think it's quite effective! Isn't it? Our female knight isn't as scared anymore!" Francis pulled down his hat brim "Just you wait, I reckon you won't be able to laugh soon enough!"

  "Gulp!" Lantigriess swallowed hard, Francis gave him a feeling more treacherous than the mountain itself.

  "Tie...er...I'm going to die!" Gail's eyes had already rolled back.

  "Oh! Sorry!" Lantigua Gris hastily released Glay from her arms and put her on the ground.

  "ROAR——————!" Greta transformed, changing from a small cat into a three-meter-long, pure white, shadow leopard. On her forehead was a white gemstone that shone with holy light.

  Is this her true form? Francis observed slightly, and found that she was a bit less domineering than Gail.

  Seeing Francis's non-reaction, Gretel snorted in disdain and cut him off with a "Little devil, now you know I'm not a cat!"

  "Hmm——! Yeah, cats aren't that big!" Francis turned around and ignored Greta, walking towards the mountain.

  "Hmph!" Greta glared at Francis's back, this guy was indeed as annoying as Tilly had said.

  "Gret! Francis said that all the living things on this mountain are dead, is it true?" Lantie Gret rode on Gret's back, following behind Francis.

  "Is he dead or not I don't know, but... in my senses, there's no sign of life anymore!!!" Gail lifted her head, what happened to this mountain......

  "Gulp!" Lantigua swallowed hard; her previous missions hadn't been this terrifying. "Francis, where are we headed?"

  "To the scene of the crime!" Francis strode along the rugged mountain road with as much ease and speed as Lantigriess riding on Greta's back.

  "Do you know where the place is?" Lantieg Gris asked strangely.

  "I don't know!" Francis replied curtly.

  "And you still dare to go on like this!" Landygris said indignantly.

  "No! I have my own reasons!"

  "What basis? What evidence have you found again?" Has he discovered something again?

  "Intuition! My intuition tells me that the trouble is just ahead!" Francis's words sent Lantigua and Gretel into a rage.

  This time I'll definitely have the archbishop change my superior, this guy, if things keep going like this, I'll go crazy sooner or later... Lantigriss made a decision in her heart.

  "Hmm!?" Francis stopped in his tracks and looked ahead of him.

  "What's wrong? Why have you stopped suddenly?" Lantigrae asked, riding up beside Greta and Francis.

  "The elemental fluctuations here... are strange! I've never experienced such elemental fluctuations before!" Francis said in a low voice.

  "Elemental fluctuation!" Lantigriess looked down at Greta, who was a knight and used martial energy. She wasn't very sensitive to fluctuations in magical elements.

  "That's right! At least the light element is very unstable, and the situation is terrible!" Gurei lowered her head and sniffed "There's a strange smell here!"

  "What smell?" Lantigua asked hastily, is there something here? Francis also looked at Geli, wanting to know what Geli smelled.

  "A pungent sweet blood smell... earth, and a stench of insects!" Gail closed her eyes, slowly analyzing the smells in the wind.

  "Blood, mud, and stench!" Francis closed his eyes, senses on high alert, taking in the surroundings.

  Is this... is that all?

  "Come on, follow me! I know where it happened!" Francis turned around and walked to the right.

  "How did you know where?" Greta asked Francis as she caught up with him in two strides.

  "Keep moving forward, there's a cave over there! I think all our unanswered questions... will be answered there!" Francis strode ahead, not bothering to explain the look of excitement on his face.

  "Is it intuition?" Lantigua Gris had already begun to fantasize that Francis might have some strange ability.

  "That's correct! That's it! And... we're here!" Francis stopped in his tracks, staring at the cave entrance before him. The ground was cracked with fissures that extended from the mouth of the cave. The cave seemed to be breathing, inhaling and exhaling gases like a mouth.

  "The people down the mountain didn't mention this cave to me at all!" Lantigriess gazed solemnly at the cave, and even she could feel the strange elemental fluctuations in the air.

  "What's up! Are you going in?" Francis said, standing at the entrance of the cave: "Bishop Ivanov said that even if the mission fails, it will be considered a success for us. What do you think, Lantigriss?"

  "And you?" Lantigua Gris looked at Francis and asked aloud.

  "This is my first mission, I definitely can't give up halfway! Although I'm not the type of person who strives for perfection, this mission must be completed!" Francis thought about his system task, if he failed this time, who knows what would happen? Deduct experience points, drop levels... that system probably could do anything.

  "Francis, aren't you afraid?" Lantigri looked at the bottomless cave in front of her, as if it was a huge mouth opened by a demon, leading to another world...

  Scary!? Hmm——! No, the unknown danger is making me excited to the point of trembling! Francis licked his lips, this damned bloodline, if he doesn't move for a few days, his whole body feels uncomfortable.

  "You can't go down, but I advise you not to go anyway, who knows what's inside?" Francis was worried that there might be something unexpected downstairs, and if Lantigriss got into trouble, he wouldn't be able to explain it to Ivanov.

  "Hmph! I have a Sacred Gear, you'd better worry about yourself!" The knight's pride wouldn't allow her to retreat before the battle.

  "It will be very dangerous, what if..."

  "I am a knight! Even in death, I will choose to die in battle! When I fall, my body must not turn its back on the enemy! My teacher told me so, if that's the case, even if I'm dead, I'll be his proud student!" Lantigrius drew out her own knight sword and said solemnly to Francis.

  "Oh! —— You have a good teacher, huh!! Since that's the case... let's go!" Francis strode forward in big steps, directly entering the cave, and Lantigriess rode Gretel closely behind him. Taking advantage of Lantigriess' distraction, Francis casually left his palm print on the stone at the entrance, while Aiolos hung far back, hoping he wouldn't get lost.

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  "Lumina!" Francis swung his staff, lighting the way ahead, Lantiriel followed closely behind, and at the rear, the gem on Greta's head also emitted a soft glow. The cave gradually became lower, and riding on Greta actually hindered Lantiriel's movements.

  "How deep!" The cave sloped downward, as if it had no end at all.

  "Hmm! We're at least a mile away from the surface now," Gurei said in a hoarse voice that sounded terrifying in the cave. As a Sacred Tier beast, her intuition far surpassed that of humans.

  "Francis, we haven't..." Lantigua was about to ask Francis if they had arrived yet when Francis suddenly stopped in his tracks, and she almost bumped into him.

  "It's not the end yet! However, it seems like the master of the house doesn't quite like us uninvited guests!" Francis' illumination spell grew stronger, and the situation ahead became clearer.

  "This is...!" Lantigriess stared in terror at the dense, gigantic beetles ahead, what are these?

  "Appetizer! The main course is still behind!" Francis saw even bigger bugs behind, what is this... a bug nest?

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