"Boom", rolling thunder came faintly from the horizon, and the sky was split into two by the clouds. On one side was the blue sky, the clouds were dyed with fiery red by the sunset, and on the other side were dark clouds, and the heavy rain poured down without warning.

The moment they walked out of the forest, the girls were shocked by the scene in front of them. Outside the forest, there was a lake that was beyond the boundaries, like the sea. No one knew how big this lake was. In this mysterious forbidden area of ​​life, very few people have really seen it, let alone measure it. The rainstorm poured into the lake, and large bubbles appeared on the lake surface, but the lake water at the other end of the sight was as calm as a mirror, emitting golden light under the brilliant sunset.

"Welcome to the Lake of End." Walking out of the woodland, Panis spread his arms and said loudly in an aria-like tone: "Welcome to the brightest pearl of the forest of Death. Of course, I have never been here."

The seven members of the expedition team were covered with tarps like cloaks, quietly walking through the rainy woodland. The rain slid down the tarps, like tiny waterfalls. In the gloomy and depressing woodland, six people and beasts did not speak, and lined up with their heads down, stepping on the muddy ground, looking like seven ghosts. Until they walked out of the woodland, a huge lake suddenly appeared in front of them, and the seven ghosts seemed to be angry.

"I..." Catherine raised her head, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she was filled with rainwater from the rainstorm that hit her face, which caused Panis to laugh. When he just spoke, although his body was moving very much, he still kept his head down and lowered. The rain did not affect him. However, he covered up his head down very well, obviously deliberately misleading. Catherine was amused and crying, and gritted her teeth and poked him with her fingers a few times. She was angry and funny and learned to his posture and said, "You guy, you are still making trouble at this time. I don't understand the forbidden area of ​​the creature. What should we do now? It's already dusk. In theory, we should find a place to shelter from the rain to camp overnight, but can this be done in the forbidden area of ​​the creature? Or should we keep moving so that those twisted souls will not find us?"

"Camping." Panis said: "You obviously forgot the characteristics of the twisted souls. As long as they are not within their sensing range, they will not actively seek our consciousness. They will only move little by little according to certain rules and at a very slow speed. This is what we often call wandering, so camping is fine."

"Okay, I understand. Then I look at the camping location. It's definitely not possible by the lake. It's too dangerous." Catherine nodded, looked around for a while, and suddenly patted her head and said in annoyance: "Damn it, I forgot that this is a forbidden place for living creatures. There are no monsters coming to the lake to drink water. In this way, camping by the lake is not good, and there is no need to clean up too many things."

"No, don't be here." Panis grabbed Catherine and pointed to the distance, saying, "Did you see the mountain by the lakeside there? Just go to camp on that mountain."

"Well, the rain is too heavy, I don't see it there." Catherine was stunned and said with a wry smile: "Then let's walk around for half an hour and stay there tonight."

"That mountain?" Freya came over and looked at the location that Panis pointed out. He asked in confusion: "It's just a stone barren mountain. Is there anything special? Why do you want to go there?"

"First, the rainstorm will cause the water of the Naramiya River upstream of the Lake of End. No one can predict how high the water level of the Lake of End will rise." Knowing that although Freya has experienced a period of adventure, her adventure experience is far worse than that of the other girls. Catherine patiently explained: "Second, there is a mountain and a stone mountain, so the possibility of a cave on the mountain is very high. Since there is no monster, the cave is the best place to camp, especially in heavy rain. The cave is leeing, keep warm, and has high defense performance. The most important thing is that living in a dry cave is much more comfortable than the wet grounds watered by rain. However, other places are generally not chosen because of the threat of monsters."

"Okay, dry enough is indeed the best reason." Freya sighed and said, "I already understand the owner of that note. After experiencing a rain, I felt uncomfortable all over. If this weather was like this every day, I would probably go crazy soon."

The barren mountain by the lake doesn't look far, but when you really walk over, you will find that it takes a long time. Although Catherine has tried her best to estimate the time, it has been fifty minutes since she actually arrived at the foot of the mountain, and the sky has gradually become darker. The only thing to be thankful is that the cumulonimbus clouds have moved forward and reached the half of the sky where the sun was originally bright. At the location of the expedition team, the rain has basically stopped.

This nameless barren mountain by the lake cannot be completely considered a barren mountain. Although the main part is rock, there are no trees growing, but there are still many wild grasses growing tenaciously in the cracks of the rocks, adding a bit of green to the barren mountain. Although the rain has stopped, there is still water gathering into streams, flowing from the top of the mountain along the cracks to the bottom of the mountain. This is also the biggest advantage of the stone mountain. You basically don’t have to worry about the danger of mountain torrents, and you can stay on it temporarily with peace of mind.

"Let's go here." Panis, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped, looked at a gap in the mountain wall for a moment, and nodded, "It should be a cave that is very suitable for the living team to camp, and the height is just right."

"So sure?" The girls all knew that Panis had a strong ability to explore, but they didn't even enter. Just looking outside, they concluded that it was suitable for living inside. It was no longer a matter of strength of exploration ability. Especially he admitted that he had never been to this kind of depth forbidden area of ​​creatures. Therefore, Catherine glanced at Panis with some confusion, and also approached the gap and observed Panis just now. A few minutes later, the knight girl suddenly stood up and widened her eyes and said to Panis: "So that's the case. You have seen this too."

"What's wrong, sister?" Lina asked strangely, "What have you seen?"

"Traces, traces left by the activities of smart creatures." Catherine said: "In such an environment, the traces of biological activities will not be left for too long. Even if the rain cannot invade this location, it will be difficult to keep in the humidity for more than a hundred years. In other words, these should be left by someone when they are active here within a hundred years. So the most likely person... No wonder you said that you thought of a possibility a few hours ago, and no wonder you must come here to camp." (~^~)

ps: Thanks to book friends Leo's arrogance for their two monthly tickets and rewards for 10 starting coins.

Thanks to the book friends Wunun Sanmao and Beiliqi each rewarded 100 starting coins.
Chapter completed!