Two days later.
At night.
On the vast grassy plains, behind a small hill, two yellow bonfires were not far from each other, emitting two pale yellow light circles.
The two teams gathered around the bonfire and made their own preparations.
"Garon, you're in charge of scouting tonight, we'll be counting on you tonight." Andy whispered to Garon.
"You guys sleep, don't worry." Garon nodded and stood up.
The scouting was mainly done by him and Valerie, both of them had flying type totems. Valerie's was a small blue bird, very fast, and could be used as a messenger.
After these two days of work, everyone had gotten familiar with each other.
Cana and Valerie sat beside their team leader, warming themselves by the bonfire. Seeing Garon stand up, Cana finally couldn't help but ask.
"Cayduran, what is Garon's core totem? Why have we only seen him using a neon butterfly as a totem these few days? This kind of totem is very unpopular, no one has even researched its evolution path. "
Cayduran was fiddling with the bonfire, and raised his head to look at her in surprise.
"I advise you to stay away from him, core totem? You're the closest to him, don't you know? "
"Know what?" Cana frowned.
"This Garon doesn't have a core totem, he's just a scout in their team." Cayduran looked at Cana strangely, "If you think he's some noble, then you're wrong. That Garon used to work at the totem repair shop in the night market, and was later pulled into Andy's team. Even if he's a noble, he's just a fallen noble. So I advise you to figure it out first before you make any plans. I thought you knew. "
Cana was a little stunned.
She didn't expect the answer she had been guessing to be so simple.
But she still trusted her own judgment, this Garon had an aura that she couldn't see through, it was very strange. He definitely wasn't a normal totem user.
"Don't think too much, the nobles are all people who value their own safety. Without a core totem, they can't even guarantee their own safety in this kind of mission." Valerie couldn't help but say. "That guy is actually the weakest in our team." He had been dissatisfied with Garon for a long time. Every time he saw Jana talking to Garon, and Garon ignoring her, he would get angry.
"Let's wait and see …" Jana frowned and said softly, but her heart had cooled down. He began to doubt his own guess.
The next morning
Garon recalled the neon butterfly and was about to get on the horse and take a nap. The horse could be led along with the rope.
He quickly realized that Jana, who usually came over to chat with him, was much colder now. She was riding her horse and chatting with Valerie.
It was rare for him to have some free time, so he rode his horse a little behind. He began to examine his current state.
After completing so many missions in the War Guild, he roughly understood the situation of the Luminarists.
Totems were generally divided into two types, the Argent Lamp and the Phantom Lamp. There were fewer Phantom Lamps, but all of them were very powerful. The scar on Garon's neck was left behind by a Phantom Lamp.
He knew that he didn't have a core totem, so his strength and Secret Techniques were about the same as a Form 1 Phantom Lamp. He was at the peak of a Form 1 totem user. But to face a Form 2 totem user head on, that was beyond his power.
Of the two teams present, only Andy and Cayduran were slightly stronger. From the strength of their totem control and totem light, they were the strongest, and were the main force in direct combat. The rest were all fledglings, at the general level. They all relied on their totems to fight, and the strength of their totems was enough to differentiate them.
Just as he was thinking, he saw Valerie whisper something in Cayduran's ear. Cayduran nodded, and turned to look at him.
"Garon, we need to check the forest on the left in front. Can I trouble your butterfly to go there?"
Garon nodded, and took out his silver staff to release the blue neon butterfly, and let it patrol the forest on the right in front.
Without finding anything, the neon butterfly flew back, and the team continued forward.
After a while, just as Garon was about to take a nap, he heard a sound from the front.
"Garon, don't sleep yet. There seems to be a situation behind, let the neon butterfly take a look." Valerie said loudly.
Garon had been on guard duty the whole night, and was now sleepy. He was about to take a rest to recover his energy. Hearing this, he opened his eyes and frowned.
"Valerie, you're a flying totem too, why do you always let brother Garon do things?" Jessica asked unhappily.
"He's the weakest, so he should do more." Valerie pursed his lips and said naturally.
"Forget it, it's fine." Garon didn't want to make things difficult for this team. This mission was very important to him, and he didn't want to affect the inertia of history.
He released the neon butterfly, and it circled the back, chasing away a few young deer, before flying back and perching on Garon's shoulder.
The team slowed down, and moved forward at a moderate pace. Everyone decided to eat and drink on the horses. Only in the afternoon did they stop to let the horses rest and drink.
In the afternoon.
Jayna hesitated for a while, but still came over to chat with Garon. Valerie couldn't stand it anymore. From the captain, he knew that Garon wasn't a noble. Even if he was, he was just a fallen noble, and nothing to be afraid of. Now that he saw Jayna approaching Garon, the discomfort in his heart grew.
"Garon, I'm a bit tired, I'm going to take a nap. I'll leave the patrol to you. "Valerie walked in front of Garon and said loudly.
"What do you mean?" Andy frowned and stood up. "You're supposed to patrol during the day, right?"
"Forget it." Garon didn't say much. His stamina was amazing, and he practiced secret techniques, so he was full of energy. This was nothing to him. This mission was related to Goth's explosiveness, and also related to the variables that might appear after he joined the team. He didn't want to fall out with Cayduran over such a small matter. After all, in his memory, Cayduran and the others also entered the nest together.
Seeing that Garon didn't care, Andy and Goth, who was about to stand up, couldn't say anything. They could only sit down.
Garon followed the instructions and began to patrol the surroundings.
When he stood up, Valerie whispered something to him.
"I'm just teaching you a small lesson. If you know what's good for you, stay away from Jayna. Otherwise, it won't be so easy next time."
Garon wanted to laugh.
This kid dared to threaten him. This kid who didn't even have a hint of blood on him dared to stand in front of him and threaten him.
If it wasn't for the fact that he was afraid of too many changes and causing too many changes in this mission, he would have slapped this guy away.
After patrolling one round, they returned to the temporary camp. Garen moved closer to Goth and sat down beside him. He watched as this guy ate half of a bread stick in one bite like a pig. Suddenly, he felt a special appetite. He dipped the hard bread stick in the tomato sauce and ate it. It tasted a little sweet and fragrant.
"Garon, go get some water from around here." Valerie's voice came again.
"Hey, what do you mean?" Goth rushed up. "You have hands and feet, don't you know how to get it?"
Valerie stood up as well, laughing coldly. "Someone who doesn't even have a core totem is just a burden. If he doesn't do more, why should he give him a share of the money? Anyone in this team can contribute to the team, they're all people who can contribute. He's the only one. His totem is so weak, and he's not even a core. He's just a burden to the team. "
"Alright, Valerie, have you had enough?" Jayna finally couldn't stand it anymore. She stood up and said coldly. "Don't make me look down on you!"
"Alright, alright, stop arguing." Andy and Cayduran stood up. Cayduran frowned and looked at Garon, "This ends here."
Valerie glared at Garon fiercely. He was just scolded by Jayna, so he was even more pissed.
The two teams were speechless, and sat down on opposite sides.
After enough rest, they continued on their way.
Although Jayna knew that Garon wasn't a noble child, she still couldn't do what Valerie did. She didn't want the two teams to be separated because of this. So she still went to find Garon to apologize in person, and chatted for a while.
Unfortunately, Valerie, who was just a little angry, became even angrier when he saw that Jayna still wanted to go up to him.
Looking at his gloomy face, it was obvious that he hated Garon.
A full four days passed.
The two teams gradually went deeper into the wilderness. The surrounding people and hunters' houses became fewer and fewer, until they couldn't be seen at all.
There were more and more weeds on the road, almost covering the entire road. There were also many small pieces of gravel.
The two captains huddled together and studied the route with the map. Soon, they got off the carriage road and followed a narrow yellow path, turning into an area in an unknown direction.
All around them was endless green grass, and there were almost no signs of people. More and more sparse trees appeared, and it was obvious that they had left the yellow plains.
The team continued forward, and finally found a small hill that looked like a mountain. The whole team stopped.
"It's here." Andy compared it with the map.
"There are bloodstains here!" Cayduran squatted behind the hill and said loudly, "The mission said that a few people went missing here, and there were bloodstains and signs of fighting. Looks like it's here. "
Everyone gathered around, and saw that there were dried black and red blood scabs on the grass. The soil underneath was also dyed black and red, and it was very obvious.
"Good thing it hasn't rained these days, and the bloodstains haven't been washed away." Cayduran said softly. "Look at the map. How do we get there? If I'm not wrong, there should be a bandit nest nearby. "
"The mission said that because the normal city guards came to check a few times, they didn't find anything. That's why they submitted the mission to the guild. But I think it's just a sly normal person, so it shouldn't be a big problem. "Andy walked over and spread out the map. "If we search from here to the right, there should be an underground cave. The last time the city guard went in was five days ago when we received the mission.
But it's too dark inside, and there are many traps and mechanisms, so we can't move forward. After a few people were injured, the city guard came out. It was only mentioned in the mission. "
"Let's go in and take a look." Cayduran stood up.
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