CH 293

The two walked together for a while, and Xi Ning also found that it was too quiet here. He asked curiously, “Why did I feel that there was something different here?”

“This area was originally the territory of a fifth-class monster.” Lin An had already put on a mask and Xi Ning could not see his face clearly. “Other beasts dare not come here.”

He didn’t want to make Xi Ning afraid or worried for the time being, so he didn’t talk to him too much.

Xi Ning looked around and felt that something was weird, but he and Lin An hadn’t encountered any danger along the way, so he didn’t ask any more questions.

Because the routes were different, Lin An and Xi Ning were the first to arrive, and the head of the mercenary group, Qiu Nian and his party fell obliquely behind Lin An.

After they entered the inner layer, they realized that they could no longer see the location of the high tower, so they followed the direction of sunrise and sunset, only to find that they were back to the starting point a day later.

Everyone was forced to stop, discussing what to do.

There should be some kind of magic circle here that is preventing them from moving forward. There is a high-class magician in Qiu Nian’s team who has studied the magic circle very deeply, but he also can’t find any way.

If they go forward like before again, the possibility of losing their way is very high, but at least they discovered a good phenomenon, the closer to the inner layer, the lower the level of the monster.

In the outer layer, you can still meet fourth-class or even fifth-class monsters, and the further they go in, they will find two or three-class monsters. Now, once they enter the inner layer, it is even quieter.

Some people in the team thought it was too weird and it was not a good thing, but they hadn’t found any trace of Xi Ning, and Qiu Nian and the others didn’t want to return empty-handed.

Just when he couldn’t think of a way, the dwarf smiled and took out a glass bottle with a small hole in it from his pocket, which contained a golden insect.

As soon as the bottle was taken out, the insect flew out with the bottle, and the dwarf almost failed to catch it.

The head of the mercenary group took a closer look, “This is…… a golden beetle? When did you catch it?”

On the way two days ago, they encountered a field of golden beetles rampaging in the woods. This kind of insect had almost no attack power, so they didn’t care about it, and they didn’t know when the dwarf caught one and hid it.

“Just that day, its shell is so beautiful, the beetles outside don’t have such patterns and colors.”

As he spoke, the dwarf took out another rope from his pocket and wrapped it tightly around the  beetle. When he put down the bottle and only held the rope, the golden beetle would fly up together with the bottle.

He held on the rope and walked around in a big circle, and obviously noticed that the direction in which the bottle flew changed.

Qiu Nian’s eyes suddenly brightened, “I didn’t expect that even though you are short, but you are so smart.”

The dwarf rolled his eyes, “What’s the use of you for growing so tall?”

Qiu Nian didn’t bother to argue with him, and urged, “Let’s go quickly, we have been delayed for a day.”

The others were confused, looking at the direction the golden beetle was flying out, the head of the mercenary group suddenly understood what it meant. For the first time, he gave the dwarf an approving look, and explained, “These beasts are afraid of that tower, we can just follow the opposite direction of the beetle’s flight.”

The dwarf is not tall enough, and those walking in front and behind can’t see him, so the head of the mercenary group will hold the bottle and lead the way. This kind of insect looks small, but it has a lot of physical strength, and it can be fed with ordinary leaves.

Guided by the golden beetle, the group headed towards the tower.

They have wasted a day on the road, and was even more behind Lin An. When they were still some distance away from the center, Lin An had already brought Xi Ning to the destination.

Xi Ning looked at the magic tower in front of him. This tower should have been abandoned for a long time. The surrounding open space was covered with tall and low weeds. The gate can be seen covered with rust from a distance, and the walls outside the tower were dusty. A lot of withered grass hangs in the lower position.

Lin An was a little silent, and led Xi Ning towards the door, reaching out and grabbing the doorknob.

The doorknob was also rusted and couldn’t be twisted at all. With a cold face, Lin An kicked the door open with his foot. The heavy iron door made a loud sound, Xi Ning was startled, and grabbed Lin An’s hand to hide behind him.

Lin An seemed to have returned to his senses, he frowned to suppress the irritability in his heart, turned around and hugged Xi Ning, sniffed the fragrance of plants and trees on his body, and said softly, “Don’t be afraid, we are here.”