After sighing for a while under the nutmeg tree, Lawrence and the others began to take out the rough map hand-drawn by the organizer of the previous competition to determine where their current position was.
"Our location is not very close to the volcano, maybe more than ten kilometers away." After releasing his robot to fly to the top of the tree for reconnaissance, Kaug told everyone, "So the first plan we made before
The plan to go straight to the volcano mine can be put aside. In just a short time, I have seen at least three teams landing much closer to the volcano than us."
After the investigation, Lawrence and the others immediately began to move. On the one hand, the location they were in was flat and had no water, so it was not suitable for a camping site for seven days. On the other hand, although they could see the robot just after they released it,
You can see a lot of things, but the robot flying high is equivalent to exposing its position.
After packing up their things and marching in the jungle for more than an hour, Lawrence and the others found a secluded place in a small valley two kilometers away from the landing site and started to set up camp. With the help of the robot and John's guidance, the five of them
Individuals quickly built three shacks covered by various plants.
After all the things were dealt with, everyone was a little hungry after struggling all morning. However, because there was no sun in this space, it was not until Lawrence took out his pocket watch and looked at it that he realized that the time had reached noon. So at his suggestion
, everyone decided to eat something first before taking the next step.
Lawrence originally planned to take out the dry food and water he had prepared before and make do with the meal, but he was surprised to see John and Reso actually taking out the tableware and preparing to start cooking.
"When you are in the wild, it is more important to eat as well as possible." John and the others explained as they looked at Lawrence, Cog and Laka looking at them with surprised eyes. "Especially if conditions permit, try to treat yourself as much as possible."
Be better, whether it’s food or accommodation. This will help you stay in a good state during subsequent actions.”
Lawrence and the others nodded. They were all extraordinary beings who had only been active in urban settlements before. Although they had learned a lot about outdoor adventures through study, understanding and practical operation were two different things after all.
So while John and the others were lighting the fire, others went to the surrounding area to complete the preparations for cooking. For example, Lawrence carried a leather folding bucket to fetch water from the creek more than 100 meters away. Although everyone was carrying
Drinking water, but when doing outdoor activities, if there is a water source under normal circumstances, use the reserve water as little as possible.
There were many shrubs and knee-height green grass growing on the side of the creek, but strangely it was very quiet along the side of the creek. Except for the sound of the wind blowing through these plants and the sound of the stream flowing, Lawrence was here.
Nothing was found anywhere.
This is not normal, because when they were heading here just now, they heard the sounds of many animals and saw their silhouettes passing by in the forest. As the most important water source in the wild, this small road
Not to mention the fact that there are no small animals drinking water around the stream, even traces of animal activity, such as footprints, feces, etc., appear to be abnormally sparse.
"Hey, is this?" After carefully examining the footprints left on the ground and the animal trails in the surrounding bushes, Lawrence discovered something very unusual, that is, more animals came to the water's edge than returned.
Some. In addition, he did not find many traces of animals crossing the creek on the other side of the creek, so he could judge that there were indeed some problems with this creek.
"It's probably not poisonous in the water." Lawrence judged after observing the stream water, because he saw that the stream water was transparent and clean, and there were also a large number of diverse and complex aquatic organisms living in it.
[Detect poison], Lawrence confirmed his judgment after using magic to check. However, when he was close to the creek, he suddenly felt an inexplicable cold feeling on his body, just like when he was ambushed before.
"This is -" Lawrence frowned, because the situation was obviously wrong now. After thinking for a moment, he stopped moving forward, and then released a magic in front of him.
[Detect Undead Creatures] As soon as the magic was released, Lawrence immediately discovered that there was an obvious magical aura under the water of the creek in front of him. Surrounding this magical aura was a circle of much dimmed magic aura.
.
"This is really cunning." Lawrence also had to admire the cunningness of this undead creature. Hiding himself under the flowing water to ambush those creatures who came to get water can hide the smell of death to the maximum extent and greatly improve himself.
The probability of a successful attack.
After confirming the location of the monster, Lawrence ran along the creek to the upper reaches of the creek to collect water, and then quickly retreated to the campsite.
"Why are you running so fast?" Rat Man Laka, who was peeling potatoes, asked as he watched Lawrence holding a bucket and running all the way back to the campsite. "Did you encounter something dangerous?"
"I found an undead monster hiding under the water of the creek." Lawrence narrated to everyone, "If I read correctly, it is an official-level monster and no more than twenty trainees.
And apprentice-level monsters.”
"Have you seen clearly how many of the twenty little monsters are apprentices?" John, who was stirring the bacon soup in the pot with a clean branch, raised his head and asked. Of course, this was just casual.
Just ask, after all, it is difficult for ordinary spell casters to make accurate judgments in this regard.
However, Lawrence's answer exceeded his expectations, "I can guarantee that there will never be more than five apprentice-level monsters lurking under the stream. I can see this very clearly."
"If that's the case, then our first target in this space is those damn undead creatures." John showed a smile to Lawrence and continued to stir the soup in the pot, while the others also showed their faces.
smiled.
After all, as a paladin, John is naturally capable of restraining undead creatures, and this kind of monster that is good at hiding itself will be easier to deal with once it is discovered. Not to mention that a professional-level monster can bring a full 50 points to their team.
After resting for half an hour after eating the hot meal, Lawrence and his entire team rushed to the place where the undead monsters were found before. The strange thing was that after standing in the previous position after the [Detect Undead Creatures] magic, the undead monsters in the water just now
All the creature's magical aura disappeared.
"You should have alerted that guy just now." Looking at the obvious traces at the bottom of the stream, John immediately saw what had happened here before. As a paladin, most of the creatures he had faced before were
Such undead creatures have naturally accumulated a lot of experience in facing such things. "You know, undead creatures are very sensitive to the breath of the living."
"And this undead creature has a certain amount of intelligence, and is not the kind of brainless guy." John's partner warrior Leisuo added. "If nothing else, that guy knows how to escape after discovering you. He is already better than I have ever seen.
Most monsters are smarter."
"But I don't think it's too smart, at most it's equivalent to a smart beast." Seeing the rat and dwarf teammates showing some nervous expressions, Lawrence pointed to the stream and said. "If it had a slightly higher IQ.
If not, he wouldn't have left such an obvious mark on the bottom of the creek."
He was not simply trying to comfort him, because now everyone could see that the bottom of the gravel under the water surface of the creek had left an obvious mark as if it had been plowed.
This trace made everyone feel a lot more relaxed. Soon, Lawrence and the others discovered the monster door hidden under the water in a small pool upstream of the stream.