Chapter 319: Strange Cave

At this time, Gao Fei, Jiang Feng and Ma Yun received a prompt at the same time.

The system requires them to make a DC12 "Investigation" check to try to figure out where the evil magic in the cave comes from.

The "Investigation" skill depends on the intelligence attribute.

In this adventure team, only Ma Yun has the proficiency of the "Investigation" skill.

18 points of intelligence attribute provides +4 correction, plus +2 proficiency correction, she must roll at least 6 points to succeed.

Fortunately, Xiao Ma classmate's luck is not bad, and he rolled 9 points.

After preliminary investigation, Ma Yun found that there were signs of evil goblins in the cave, and it seemed that there was a "goblin passage" that had not yet been opened.

"If we try to open the 'goblin passage', can Dorothy go through the goblin passage and go home directly?" Jiang Feng guessed.

"You wish!" Gao Fei shook his head and sneered, "One end of the fairy passage connects to the fairy wilderness, but the other end is not sure where it leads to. The probability of connecting to the world of Vares is almost zero."

"Besides, from the perspective of game design, this adventure has just begun. If the heroine can go home now, won't she lose the motivation to continue the adventure?"

"That's right." Jiang Feng nodded and said to himself: "Where will the fairy passage here lead to?"

"That depends on the results of the richest man's investigation." Gao Fei shrugged and spread his hands, "Both of our characters are of mediocre IQ and little knowledge, and can't help the mage's wife."

"What's 'mage's wife', it's so ugly!" Jiang Feng laughed.

"The honorific title for male mages is 'master', and the honorific title for female mages can't be 'grandma', so it can only be madam." Gao Fei explained with a smile.

At this time, the "mage's wife" suddenly jumped up and said anxiously: "Retreat! Retreat!" Turned around and ran out of the cave.

"Xiao Yun, what happened?" Jiang Feng chased after her and asked.

"It's getting dark!" Ma Yun said without looking back.

"So what if it's dark?" Gao Fei couldn't help asking.

Ma Yun didn't say anything until she ran out of the cave, then she stopped and panted and answered: "The fairy passage in the cave will be opened after sunset, and everyone stranded in the cave will be forcibly teleported to a half-plane called 'Nest of Fear'! I don't know what will happen next!"

At this time, Gao Fei accidentally heard the rustling sound of branches and leaves rubbing against each other. He turned his head and found that a bush was shaking. He waved the "Whisper of Thorns" without thinking.

"Sneaky guy, get out of here!"

"Woo~~"

A big furry head emerged from the bushes. It was the lion that had just escaped. A bloody mark was left on its forehead by the thorn whip, and it was howling with its head in its hands.

Everyone quickly showed their weapons and planned to beat this guy up.

The lion found that there was no way to escape, so he resolutely surrendered by lying on the ground.

"Good ladies and gentlemen! Please spare me! As long as you don't hit me, I will do anything!"

"Bah! You are so big for nothing, but you are less courageous than a mouse!"

Ma Yun spat at the lion with contempt.

"I know I am a coward, but what can I do?" The lion lowered his head in annoyance, "You know, just two months ago, I was the bravest beast in this jungle!"

Ma Yun looked at the newly refreshed task log, and asked the cowardly lion named Dimitri according to the system prompt:

"If you are not bragging, I am very curious about what kind of misfortune you have encountered, so that you have fallen from a brave beast to the cowardly appearance of today."

"Alas! Kind-hearted Miss Mage, you are the only one who cares about me since I got into that bad luck."

The lion was so moved that he almost cried, and choked up to tell his experience.

"Miss, I was once a famous warrior in Munchkin Township. All the beasts in the forest respected me as the king. However, the bad thing was that I was too brave and arrogant enough to refuse to submit to the rule of the Eastern Witch Ivanora. As a result, I was cursed by the old witch and became the cowardly person I am now!"

"Ivanora will not let me go so easily. In addition to cursing me, she also sent four Kalidas to guard the jungle and forbid me to escape from this sad place."

"Finally, the most vicious thing the old witch did to me was to cast a magic spell to turn my inner Fear was projected into reality, and it materialized as four evil goblins named "Lingwei"! "

"This group of goblins occupied my nest, and they came out every night to harass me, attack me, and torture me to the point of almost going crazy!"

"Alas! Kind-hearted Miss Mage, now I have nowhere to go, please be kind and help poor Dimitri drive away those hateful Lingwei bad guys!"

"I swear to the gods that I will do my best to repay your kindness!"

Gao Fei saw the lion begging desperately, and whispered to Ma Yun if she had received the next task prompt.

"Received! Brother Fei, Sister Feng! The main task of the next stage is to help the cowardly lion repel the Lingwei monsters, and then break into the lair of the Lingwei monsters through the goblin passage."

"Then prepare for battle."

The last ray of sunset disappeared in the sky, and the night fell on the woods.

In the dark cave, there was a strange movement.

It seemed like a lion's roar, an owl's strange cry, and then the old witch's evil laughter.

"Wow! It's Ivanora's laughter! And Kalidas's strange cry!"

Dimitri was frightened by the movement in the cave.

"These noises are made by monsters who bully the weak. It's so scary, so scary! What should I do? Those scary goblins will definitely kill me tonight!"

"It's so noisy! Coward, shut your mouth!" Ma Yun glared at the lion fiercely, "I ask, you answer, do you understand?"

The lion was so frightened by her that he huddled up and nodded repeatedly.

"Evanora has been smashed to death by my cabin, what is Kalidas?"

"They are the most ferocious monsters in this jungle, more ferocious than lions!" Dimitri replied tremblingly.

"Compared to a lion like you, a raccoon can be called ferocious." Nick the Tin Woodman complained coldly.

But with the weird laughter that went up and down, four monsters flew out of the cave.

They have golden manes floating on their bodies, and at first glance they look like trumpet lions, and their faces are constantly changing, sometimes looking like the face of the old witch Evanora, sometimes turning into the face of an owl.

These evil fairies, born out of fear, seem to be able to steal the host's memory and transform into their most feared image.

With a trace of curiosity, Gao Fei opened the astrolabe to investigate these strange-looking guys.