Ginny had disappeared just as everyone was sorting out their clothes.
Everyone was covered in sand after the sandstorm, so it was very uncomfortable to walk. Ginny wanted to take off her clothes and pants and shake them off, so she ran to the back of a small sand dune. No one noticed her at first until Rob mentioned it and realized that she hadn't been back for a long time.
Lolo ran to the back of the sand dune, but she didn't find any trace of Ginny. She circled the dune and only found a shoe on the ground. Ginny was nowhere to be found. In order to confirm this, everyone searched the nearby sand dune again, but didn't find anything.
"She … she couldn't have been eaten by some magical beast, right?" Genji was shocked by his own speculation, his hand involuntarily gripping the antique sword at his waist. This wasn't impossible. Although the schools that organized the freshmen competition would do their best to ensure the safety of the participating students, accidents would still happen every year. After all, most magical beasts were not to be trifled with. If you treated them as points, they naturally wouldn't go easy on you. Also, the arena was just too big, and the small number of people the referee committee had wasn't enough in the vast underground city. They wouldn't always be able to arrive in time if danger really did happen.
"It shouldn't be a magical beast." Rob checked the area where the shoe had fallen. There were only Ginny's footprints under the sand dune, and there were no traces of other creatures nearby. In addition, with the powerful senses of a quasi-magus, it was almost impossible for a magical beast to sneak up on them without him knowing.
"Could it have come out from underground?" Lolo guessed. This was the most reasonable deduction so far.
Rob didn't comment. Even if there were level one or two magical beasts that could move underground, they wouldn't be able to leave no traces, not to mention dragging a living person away.
Looking closely at the footprints, they could see that they were made up of two parts. The first part was Ginny's footprints from behind the stone wall to behind the sand dune. Apart from that, there was another set of footprints. Compared to the first set of footprints, the second set of footprints was obviously more messy. There were even strange situations where two feet were facing each other or completely side by side. However, from the shape and size, it was undoubtedly Ginny's footprints. This part of the footprints was scattered all over the place, and it was impossible to distinguish a clear path.
Of course, there was another possibility. These footprints had been altered by someone. Unlike low-level magical beasts, a human could destroy their own footprints if they wanted to. But why did Ginny do this? The three didn't hear her cry for help during this period. Was she under someone's mind control? Where was she taken after?
"Think of a way to contact the referee committee." The future Supreme Magus said. Luo Bu didn't have any good ideas for now. He couldn't determine what had happened to Jenny. He could only organize people to expand the search area and see if there were any other clues.
"Okay." Luo Luo took out the Type 2 magic device issued by the school. It was a conch. According to their previous agreement, the team could use this conch to contact the referee committee, and they could also use it to ask for help in times of danger. The only difference was the length of the sound of blowing the conch.
Lolo first blew a melodious horn, but after half a magic hour, no one from the referee committee appeared. The three of them looked at each other and realized that something was wrong. So, the rookie Brave blew a series of rapid and sharp horns, which meant that the team was in danger and needed help from the outside. But after half an hour, there was still no sign of anyone.
"Something's not right." Luo Bu frowned, then looked up at the sky. They had been delayed by the sandstorm and had waited for nearly an hour. Now, the sky was starting to darken.
"It's getting late. Let's find a place to spend the night. The temperature in the desert is low at night, so we have to find a high spot. Gage, remember to leave marks along the way. If Jenny returns, she should be able to find us by following those marks."
Fatso nodded. A living person had disappeared under everyone's eyes. The referee committee that should have appeared after hearing the horn had also disappeared. He couldn't help but shiver when he saw that the sun in the underground city was about to sink into the horizon. Fortunately, the silver armor and the defensive magic device made him feel more at ease. But as night fell, the uneasiness in Gage's heart grew stronger.
"From now on, we will try our best to avoid acting alone." Lolo reminded them. Then, the team walked for another kilometer, and because they were worried that Jenny would not be able to find them, they stopped. They found a higher sand dune and pitched a tent on it. Gage was in charge of cooking, while Lolo sprinkled a small bottle of potion around the area to ward off venomous snakes and mosquitoes.
Because of Jenny's mysterious disappearance, no one had much appetite. After a hasty dinner and taking turns to keep watch, the remaining two laid down to rest and replenish their energy. Rob volunteered to take the first shift for the night. After Lolo and Gage fell asleep, he picked up the girl's staff and cast a sixth-tier defensive spell to cover the two of them. Then, he cast a levitation spell on himself.
Luo Bu's pupils reflected the endless starlight and the vast desert. He floated in the air, like a king overlooking his territory. At this moment, he no longer held back, expanding his terrifying perception to the limit. Within a radius of several dozen kilometers, no magical beasts could escape his eyes, be it on the ground or underground. Unfortunately, he did not discover any unusual magical creatures.
Jenny was also a mage. Although she was not even a magic apprentice, she still had magic in her body. If she was nearby, Rob should have been able to sense her. But the reality was that she seemed to have disappeared into thin air. Apart from that shoe, nothing was left. But then, he discovered something else.
Just five kilometers away from them was a nest of giant tarantulas. Among them, a male tarantula and a litter of young tarantulas were very anxious. It had been a while since the female tarantula went out to hunt, but it had yet to return to its nest. Rob found the carcass of the female tarantula in the southwest of the spider nest.
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