“Listen, there’s water!” Lago raised his hand to signal everyone to stop. After listening for a while, he said in surprise.

Everyone looked at each other. The thief’s ears were simply divine artifacts. If it weren’t for him repeatedly, everyone would have doubted whether he was human or not if he had other bloodlines.

Previously, he had relied on this pair of ears to save the squad by the Ghost-Faced Squid’s lake. Although he had been rescued by Qin Lun, if he hadn’t heard the sound of the Ghost-Faced Squid swimming hundreds of meters away, the entire team would have been in danger of being ambushed by the sea beasts.

The Ghost-Faced Squid was not a barbaric bull hooligan. If it was wrapped around its tentacles that were as thick as a bucket, it would never be able to save someone in a hurry.

Qin Lun had hired the Blood Thorn Trio back then, but now it seemed to be very valuable. Regardless of whether it was Lago, Winnie, or Rick, they had all made indispensable contributions to the adventure.

In fact, the Thorn Blood Mercenary Group had joined this adventure for more than ten days now, but none of them wanted to mention the employment contract.

Of the three, Winnie and Largo had been saved by Qin Lun. They were now comrades who lived and died together, so they were really unwilling to say anything about the reward. Moreover, they were already in the Giant Demon Claw Canyon, and the task of searching for the missing had been completed. The biggest goal was to leave this damned place quickly.

Although no one but the thief could hear the unnecessary sound of water, after a series of experiments, the thief’s ears were trustworthy. The appearance of the sound of water immediately caused everyone to reveal relaxed expressions.

After traveling in the middle of the night, because of the burden of a few injured people in the team, they had only traveled twenty kilometers. At this moment, the sky had already begun to brighten, and the Giant Demon Village behind them would soon discover that the captives had disappeared.

Since Elistine and the others were sacrificial offerings, the trolls could not allow them to escape. They believed that they would catch up at dawn.

Actually, during the escape of the troll claw, the trolls’ threat was only one of them. The other problem that troubled Qin Lun and the others was the route and direction to the northern exit of the meandering river.

The terrain of the troll’s claw was surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the central canyon was also not flat. There were also many slopes with low slopes.

This caused the entire canyon to have many forks, and because there were few people here, the trolls could not level the road, so there were low pine trees and bushes everywhere, making it difficult for people to distinguish the direction.

Even Mastasia, who was experienced in the wilderness, could only rely on the stars in the night sky of the canyon to determine their direction on a bright moonlit night, so that the team would not deviate from the northbound route.

In the daytime, apart from a few hours when the sun shone through the smog in the valley, the adventure team could only rely on their senses to make their way.

Mastasia had reminded everyone that they had to find the meandering river as soon as possible and quickly head north along the river. Otherwise, she would not be able to bring everyone out of the pursuit of the trolls.

Following Lago’s directions, when the sky was completely bright, the team finally saw a small stream flowing rapidly.

“That’s great!” Masta Xia’s joyful expression quickly infected everyone. Several of the seriously ill also felt relieved and collapsed to the ground. Although they had eaten some Apostle recovery items along the way, they had been tortured in the Giant Demon Village for so long, their bodies were extremely weak, and in such a short period of time, their stamina had yet to recover.

“This stream should be a tributary of the meandering river from other sources of water in the canyon. Follow the stream and sooner or later you will enter the main road of the meandering river.” After observing the stream for a while, Mustacha waved her hand and drove away the men in the group. “You guys go and cut down some sturdy pine trees. We’re going to build a raft. The wounded will have to use the stream to clean the rotting old wounds.”

“Men aren’t human, we also want to wash them!” Largo muttered discontentedly.

“Sorry!” Rick felt extremely helpless towards his little companion. He covered his face and left with his claws and teeth like a chicken. ‘Those two beauties are covered in wounds. Why are they still in the water when you’re here? Didn’t you see that Seaver was already scrambling away?’ he scolded in a low voice.

“Is this the first time you rookies have ventured out? How are you going to make a raft with this kind of thing!” The Highland Elves were completely dissatisfied with the first batch of raft materials that Qin Lun and the others had dragged back, and they scolded the men.

The pine wood that Qin Lun and the others dragged over was too thick, and the materials were too fresh. After peeling off the bark, they touched a handful of sticky resin. This kind of material could not be used to make a raft.

The wood needed for the raft should not be too thick. The thickness of the bowl is the best. In addition, the most important thing was the degree of dryness. For trees that were too fresh, the moisture content was too high, and the buoyancy in the water was too low. In addition, everyone’s weight was bound to sink to the bottom.

This kind of pine wood was not suitable for making rafts even if it had a thick layer of turpentine on its surface. It had to be dried for a long time, so how could they have the time to do so now?

Seeing that a few men were not reliable, Mastasia had to personally go to the woods to find suitable raft materials. Finally, she instructed several grown men to cut down more than twenty old trees that were close to death.

Most of these old trees had withered away. Many of them were caused by insect pests. There were many holes in the trunk. The buoyancy they provided was sufficient, but seriously, this was not a suitable material for the raft. If they encountered too fast a current, they would be in danger of breaking.

However, since everyone was only planning to use it once, and it was in a relatively calm river, they could still use it if they wanted to.

Mastasia peeled off the bark of the fresher pine trees and tied them together into two rafts, using them as ropes to tie more than twenty withered trees. There were too many of them, and the stream was too narrow, to be divided into two rafts.

When they were almost done with their work, Elistine’s few injured people had also temporarily treated all their injuries. Even though they had almost turned into mummies, Elistine and Idrea’s spirits were much better than last night.

Of course, the one with the best complexion was Old Butler Mason, who had almost died last night.

During his adventure more than a month ago, Mason did not participate in so many battles as the two beauties did, and his body did not suffer many external injuries. The patients who had been tossed out these past few days were slowly recovering under the magic of the Dark Contract, and now they seemed to be in a better condition than them.

“It took almost two hours. If the trolls chased us in the right direction, they might not be far from us.” Mustacha covered her eyebrows with her hands and looked up at the sun.

Everyone became nervous again. According to the instructions of the harpsichord master, they were divided into two groups and boarded the raft.

Mastasia fixed herself to the raft with leather ropes. Although she did not get seasick, she did not know how to swim. Originally, only Qin Lun knew about this secret, but now he could only raise his head and chest in front of the astonished gazes of the crowd. He had a proud expression that said, “Sister can’t swim, Sister is very proud.”

“Huala!” The raft picked up speed in the fast-flowing stream, sinking first and then breaking through the waves. Even though it was extremely crude, it was still able to withstand the weight of the crowd. Everyone couldn’t help but cheer and cast admiration gazes at the Highland Elves once again.

“Hey!” Mastasia couldn’t help but feel proud. As a Highland Fairy, she had always been reluctant to get close to the water. She had also heard the other harpsichord companions introduce how to make this kind of raft. She hadn’t expected it to be very effective.

With the raft, not only did everyone gain precious time to rest, but during this period of time, they no longer had to worry about the trolls chasing after them. It would be even better if the trolls lost their tracks.

Along the river, however, there is another problem. Because the Serpentine River was the main source of water for the Giant Demon Claw Mountain Range, there would be more camps for the Giant Demon Tribe near the river. If they couldn’t avoid these troll camps in time, there would probably be more and more pursuers hanging behind them.

“The raft is too fast. We might not be able to discover the troll villages along the coast in advance.” Even though the situation was a little safer, Mastasia still had a strong sense of worry in her eyes. She said hatefully, “Unfortunately, I can’t get my demonic beak into the Giant Demon’s Claw. There are too many cockscomb eagles on the cliff.”

“If it’s just reconnaissance, we have a way.” Qin Lun and Rand looked at each other with a smile on their faces. Fireworks took out two small statues from his arms and held them in his hands.

“Stone statues and ghost statues … Are you all prepared well?” The Highland Fairy looked at the two of them in surprise. “This thing is very rare. Only an alchemist can successfully make it.”

“If you like, I’ll give you one!” Qin Lun smiled as he took out a statue of a stone statue ghost from his storage space and handed it to Mastasia. He had purchased five stone statues ghosts from the Three-tailed Kite Club. He had not lost any of them yet, so it was enough for him to take risks.

“No need to be courteous, either rape or steal!” Masta Xia rolled her eyes at the silver-haired elf, but she took the statue and did not reject the gift.

The harpsichord master knew that Qin Lun was thanking her for her help along the way, but she had to continue to follow this Theopian Elf Prince and deliver the benefits to her in vain!

As Rand activated the stone statue ghost, a mysterious black light appeared on the surface of the small alchemy statue. Rand threw them into the air. The two palm-sized stone statues were rapidly enlarged by magic power, and with a flap of their wings, they flew towards the distance of the river.

Qin Lun suddenly felt a chilly chill coming from behind him. He turned around and saw that Elistine was staring at him with widened eyes.

“Alright, I’ll give you one too!” Qin Lun was speechless for a moment. He sighed and took out a statue of a ghost from his storage space and handed it to Elven druid.

“Hehe!” Elistine smiled again.

However, the moment Elves changed hands, she stuffed the statue of a ghost into Idrea’s hand. As an eagle-shaped Elven druid, the statue of a ghost was useless to her, but it was only due to the nature of a certain kind of woman.

Idrea curled her lips and accepted the statue without hesitation. She glanced at Qin Lun provocatively.

“Haha, 40,000 to 50,000 broken crystals each!” When Rand and Hill saw this scene, they teased him on the guild channel, “This debt is definitely on you.”

Qin Lun smiled bitterly and secretly gave them a middle finger!