Honasan stepped forward and swept away the vines and weeds on the mountain wall, revealing a narrow cave entrance.

Looking from the outside, the cave entrance was pitch black and it was impossible to see what was inside. Even with Livia's night vision, he could only see two or three meters inside the cave entrance. It was empty and seemed like there was nothing. However, it was obvious that although the entrance was narrow, the interior of the cave was still relatively large. It was estimated that it could accommodate at least twenty people.

"Someone go in and take a look first."

Natalia looked at the dark cave entrance, then looked around at the others and said.

Although it felt like there should be nothing inside, after all, the bushes and vines outside showed no signs of having been moved before, but we still had to be careful, after all, some things didn't go according to common sense.

Hearing her words, everyone else was a little hesitant, but the old hunter walked forward decisively, stood in front of the narrow cave entrance and looked inside.

"Let me do it. I'm quite professional in this area. Please have someone to help me follow behind."

After looking at the entrance of the cave, the old hunter turned around and said to the person behind him, while taking the torch that Honasan had just lit and handed over to him.

Originally, Honasan was planning to let him explore the cave. After all, other people would not be willing to do such a thing. However, he did not expect that the old hunter would stand up on his own. Not only was he surprised, but everyone else was also very surprised.

"I'll follow you."

Handing the newly lit torch to the old hunter, Honasan spoke briefly.

After saying that, he took another torch from Dennis' hand behind him and lit it. The old hunter looked at him and nodded, then hunched over and carefully entered the dark cave.

Honasan followed and drew his knight's sword, holding a torch in his left hand and the sword in his right hand, and squeezed half of his body in.

Livia patted Paros' shoulder with her left hand, signaling him to put her down. He really couldn't stand this hard muscle, it was too uncomfortable.

There is no need to hurry now, and it will be no problem for him to stand or walk slowly, so just let him put himself down.

Paros turned his head to look at him, then let him go with a somewhat rough movement. After putting him down, he turned his head to look at the narrow cave entrance again, and casually put the heavy axe he had been holding back behind his back.

Livia, who was suddenly let go of by him, staggered to the ground and almost fell on her butt. Fortunately, Livia used the cat-style steps to tiptoe back two steps to steady herself.

He didn't care about this. He rubbed the edge of the wound on his chest that had begun to scab over with his left arm. He was really uncomfortable from being choked, so he rubbed it to stimulate the blood circulation. Livia suddenly turned around and looked, and quickly grasped the silver sword with his left hand.

Um?

What?

He felt as if something was watching this side. Although the trio and Caius had been on alert all around, as ordinary people they might not be able to discover something unusual. Livia also felt as if he was being watched for a long time before he could sense it.

Ignoring the slight tingling in her head, Natalia, who was watching Honasan enter the cave, suddenly turned her head and looked at Livia, who was suddenly emitting her perception and grasping the sword at the same time. Her expression quickly became solemn and her hand grasped the hilt of the sword.

He turned his head and quickly glanced in the other three directions except the mountain wall, but did not find anything unusual.

“Livia, what’s wrong?”

Not finding anything unusual, she looked at Livia and asked.

Except for the old hunter and Honasan who entered the cave, everyone else quickly grabbed their weapons and became alert. Then they couldn't find anything, so they followed Natalia's gaze and looked at Livia.

Um?

I can't perceive it.

Feeling that the perception she emitted failed to detect anything, Livia frowned.

Is it just my illusion?

At this moment, he suddenly heard Natalia's question. He ignored the gazes of others, turned around and looked at Natalia and said uncertainly: "I don't know if it's my illusion, but I feel like something is watching us."

Um?

Caius and the others looked around nervously. Natalia frowned. Although she could not feel or discover it, after experiencing the previous few things, she understood that Livia's perception was much stronger than hers. He said that he felt it, so he was probably right.

"Is it the gray demon?"

She suddenly thought of something, her face darkened and she spoke in a deep voice with some uncertainty.

Gray demon?

Hearing the name again, Livia remembered the dwarf creature he had seen before, and his eyes narrowed. If it was that creature, then he really couldn't sense it.

He raised his head and looked at Natalia. They both confirmed at the same time that it was the gray demon following them. There couldn't be anything else. There weren't so many coincidences. This area was just the middle area of ​​the periphery. There couldn't be many things that they couldn't perceive.

And they happened to encounter the gray monster just now. With a little thought, they could confirm that it was the gray monster following them.

"What exactly is a gray demon?"

Livia asked, looking at Natalia with a serious look.

He originally wanted to ask later, but now he has to ask given the situation.

Why would the gray demon follow?

According to records, gray monsters usually do not actively attack humans when they encounter them. They are relatively friendly creatures to humans. As long as you do not provoke them, they will not care about you. So why did this gray monster follow them?

Natalia frowned and thought for a long time but couldn't figure out why the gray monster followed them. She had no idea at all. The gray monster was indeed the same as what was recorded. They didn't provoke it and it didn't attack them, but why did it follow them? Logically, it would not care about them after leaving.

Taking a deep breath, Natalia looked at Livia and said, "Gray demons are a non-human race that only exists in the Gray Demon Forest. You can think of them as being similar to dwarves and elves. They also have their own wisdom and civilization. They believe in their own gods and have abilities similar to those of warlocks.

But generally speaking, gray demons will not actively attack humans, let alone follow them like this."

A non-human race? After hearing what Natalia said, he also had some understanding of the gray monster. As for its warlock-like abilities, he had guessed it before. When he met it before, he sensed the power of elements from the gray monster.

"Lady Natalia, there are only a few poisonous snakes inside. They have been dealt with and you can come in now...

What's wrong?

!”

Honasan suddenly came out of the cave and said, then he looked at the alert people in a daze for a moment, then quickly raised his knight's sword and prepared for battle.

Natalia waved her hand and sighed.

"Let's go into the cave and rest first. Since the gray monster didn't attack us, it probably won't attack us suddenly. After all, given our current situation, we are unlikely to be its opponent even in a head-on battle."

They had to admit that Natalia was right. If they were to face the gray monster now, even if all of them were put together, they might not be its match. Instead of worrying so much, they might as well take a rest while there were still more than two hours until dawn.

Livia let go of the hand that had been tightly holding the silver sword. In fact, he no longer felt that he was being watched since a while ago.

Everyone retreated in an orderly manner and got into the cave. The old hunter and Honasan cleaned up the traces they left outside, and then pulled back the bushes and vines outside to cover the entrance.

"Gu."

After they all entered the cave, the gray demon appeared along the mountain wall, tilted its head and looked at the covered cave entrance, making extremely faint sounds. Its position completely avoided the sight of Honasan, who was guarding the cave entrance and was looking out through the narrow gaps in the vines and bushes.

After a while, a cold wind blew, and the gray monster that was sticking to the mountain wall disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared.