Before the sky was completely bright, Qin Lun brought Mustacha back to their previous camp. His comrades in the camp had already packed their bags and were waiting for his return.

After everyone saw him, their expressions did not change. Instead, they repeatedly glanced at the large beauty behind him, causing Qin Lun to feel a little depressed. After all, he had gone out alone to chase after the enemy. By asking Rand, he knew that Hill was to blame.

The three murderers were a team from Apostle. As long as the member’s code name did not disappear, they would naturally know that Qin Lun was fine. The old godhead used this to tell Rick and the others that he had some sort of mental connection with Qin Lun and knew that nothing had happened. Since Hill, as a companion, had said so, Rick and the others, who had originally planned to go out to look for Qin Lun, gave up the search.

“Qin Lun, this is the result of your pursuit? Another one!” Rand rolled his eyes at Qin Lun.

Qin Lun didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Seeing that Rick and the others had doubts on their faces, he could only explain Mastasia’s origins in detail.

Of course, this ignored the fact that he was the prince of Theopia. He only said that the Highland Elves were here to trace the cause of the expedition’s disappearance.

He had originally thought that Rick and the others would have doubts about Mastasia’s joining, but what he didn’t expect was that the Thorn Blood Mercenary Corps would welcome the Highland Elves so much that they didn’t even question Qin Lun’s flawed excuse.

Later on, Qin Lun found out that this was precisely the shrewdness of the three Blood Stabbing Mercenaries. The Harpsichord Alliance was a very special presence in Ferren Continent, with high-level figures in various countries fearing that they would not abide by the established rules, and mercenary groups and caravans in various regions welcoming them to the adventure.

This is because most harpists roam the continent, all knowledgeable and experienced adventurers. The harpsichord is the best guide for the adventurer team as long as the purpose for which they take risks is not inconsistent with the team’s purpose.

“Your companions are all very interesting!” Mastasia looked at Hill and Rand with a hint of vigilance in her eyes.

As a keen-eyed harpsichord master, Mastasia was able to sense the true strength of Hill and Kieran, which did not surprise Kieran. On the other hand, the way Mastasia looked at Rick and the others made him feel a little meaningful, making him even more certain that the origins of the three fellows weren’t simple.

“Alright, since all of you are ready, let’s set off. Don’t delay the rescue of the victims any longer.” Masta Xia looked at the neatly organized team and clapped her hands. She naturally took over the leadership of the team.

The three murderers looked at each other and did not object in vain. With a team of guides who were familiar with the terrain, Rick and the others didn’t care. Only an employer who had been forgotten by everyone had been silently drawing circles in the corner.

Having reached the periphery of the Land of Death, the wildebeest and caravan were left in a wide fence with plenty of forage.

These docile horned-hoofed creatures were very smart. As long as there weren’t any ferocious beasts invading them, they would stay until the grass was eaten. If Qin Lun and the others did not return on time, they would be urged by hunger to cross the fence and run back to Bird’s Gate.

Everyone brought dry food and water, as well as some necessary tools, and headed towards the hinterland of the Land of Death. For them, the real adventure had only just begun.

All morning, Qin Lun and the others followed Mustacha into the swamp without stopping. The Highland Elves had searched here for quite some time last time and were already familiar with the entire perimeter.

The Land of Death was very vast. It was roughly a square area, covering an area estimated by Qin Lun to be at least several hundred thousand square kilometers. In other words, the shortest distance across the swamp was several hundred kilometers. Even if there were no obstacles on the way, it would still take about ten days to walk in a straight line.

As the team went deeper into the Land of Death, the geographical features of the swamp became more and more obvious. If there were any signs of the intelligent races’ movements in the place where they had camped before, then this place had completely turned into a primitive landscape.

Compared to the outer edges of the region, the swamp banyan trees here were thicker and taller, and their fluffy branches were hanging down like willow catkins. The soil became even more muddy, and muddy pools of water could be seen everywhere. Some worm-like mollusks would emerge from the soil and plunge into the mud beside them under the trampling of everyone.

“Be careful. This is a swamp vampiric loach. Don’t let them climb up. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to drill into your skin. If it breaks in your body, it will definitely rot.” Masta Xia’s reminder made everyone’s faces turn ugly again.

The other female mage, Winnie, was even more exaggerated. She had already worn a lot of clothes. Upon hearing this, she immediately added a cashmere cloak to herself. It was tightly wrapped and looked like a fat doll. It was both cute and ridiculous.

The tall trees in the swamp weren’t dense, and they were very different from the forest in the usual sense, at least they wouldn’t block out the sunlight.

However, the light in the swamp was still not bright enough. The air was filled with dense fog, and it was almost impossible to see anything from a hundred meters away. The fog was like a heavy cotton quilt pressing down on everyone, making everyone feel suffocated and depressed.

Qin Lun accidentally glanced at the death list and discovered that there was an abnormal state of “biogas erosion” on it. All of his attributes had dropped by 10% to 15%, almost offsetting the increase in attributes of the Iron Cross Medal.

“This place is indeed strange!” After reminding the two of them, Qin Lun secretly sighed. This was the first time he had encountered an attribute suppression caused by a geographical environment.

“Covering your faces with this will make you feel better.” Mastasia handed each of them a wet towel at the right time to use as a mask.

‘”What a choking smell” Winnie couldn’t help but raise her hand to rub her eyes and wipe away the tears from the corner of her eyes.

Qin Lun immediately smelled a very spicy smell after Mustacha’s wet towel covered his face. However, when the respiratory tract became slightly familiar with this smell, the abnormal state on the death list seemed to have disappeared.

“What is this?” Bandit Lago asked in surprise.

“I prepared my own sobriety potion. How is it? Not bad!” ‘”I went back to the Land of Death last time to prepare this potion,” said Mustacha with a little pride.

As Highland Elves spoke, he rolled his eyes and sneered at Qin Lun, “You’ve failed too much. Besides your combat ability, you can also take a look. In terms of adapting to the environment, you’re practically a rookie. How can you be considered a high-level hunter?”

Hearing this, Qin Lun smiled bitterly. For the first time, he had no choice but to admit that he did not have a thorough grasp of the This was also the biggest gap between him and those high-level Apostle. Rapid advancement only brought about an increase in combat strength, but there was still a lack of accumulation in other aspects.

Everyone chatted as they walked. The first day passed so peacefully.

The sky in the swamp was darker than the outside world. As soon as Mastasia saw that the light was diminishing, she immediately stopped moving forward. She brought everyone to find a giant banyan tree and let everyone clean up the crown on the top of the tree. She then rested for the night.

The next day, Qin Lun and Apostle were fine, but Rick and the others had worried expressions on their faces. They hadn’t slept well at all. It wasn’t that the night in the swamp was full of dangers. On the contrary, the entire night was quiet. It could even be said that everything was silent. Not even the cries of insects and birds could be heard. It was like a terrifying cemetery.

The only ones who were comfortable with all of this were Mastasia and Schiffer. Seaver had been here a few times, and although he was only circling around the periphery, he was mentally prepared for this kind of environment.

As for Mastasia’s innate immunity to this environment, she called it adaptability, but Qin Lun thought that this was simply because Elves was too neurotic, and her brain automatically filtered out many terrifying associations.

In the afternoon of the third day, this kind of boring exploration situation finally began to change. In all seriousness, they had finally crossed the outer region of the swamp and entered the real Forbidden Zone of Death.

From here on out, the puddles on the ground began to connect, and many places turned into ponds or even lakes. The ground became even more wet and slippery. Looking from afar, surrounded by lakes, the black soil was like a single wooden bridge in the depths of a lake. Some of them even contained mud pits.

Lago, who was exploring the road ahead, accidentally fell into a mud pit. The entire calf was submerged in it, and when it was pulled out, there were more than ten vampiric loaches hanging on its legs.

However, in response to this situation, the expedition team had made preparations beforehand. Rick took out a few pairs of specially made broadboard straw shoes from his backpack and handed them to everyone. The soles of these straw shoes were wide and could be put over everyone’s leather boots. They had an anti-skid effect and could also stand on top of mud puddles.

Mastasia was tall and big, and only Rick could compare to her. The knight gave her a pair of spare straw shoes.

What was strange was that Rick, who was wearing steel armor, would never sink into the soft ground beneath his feet.

According to his vague explanation, his armor was engraved with constant magic runes, which were similar to a mage’s light body technique, and could be activated by embedding magic crystals. That way the armor would be lighter and he could wear it under any conditions.

Hearing Rick’s explanation, everyone’s expressions were strange as well as dispelling their doubts. Kieran guessed that this kind of armor was at least high-grade dark gold, or even Legendary equipment.

Mastasia, who had paid much attention to Rick, was now looking at her with burning eyes, which made Winnie look at her angrily several times. If it weren’t for Lago secretly stopping her, the bad-tempered female mage would probably have already used her staff to knock Elves to death.

Qin Lun and the others knew that Mastasia had no interest in Rick. They probably knew a little about the identity of the knights, which was why they behaved so strangely.

“It would be good if I could get some clues about the storyline mission from these two guys.” Qin Lun and Hill began to secretly exchange glances, smiling as ambiguously as possible.

“Wait!” Just when everyone thought that today was going to pass like this, Mastasia, who had finally regained her senses, suddenly frowned and stopped the group. “Not good, I seem to be leading the wrong way. There might be a big trouble ahead.”