Chapter 371: Kaghi's Discovery
Chapter 371: Kaghi's Discovery
"Kaghi, what did you find?"
As a Sensor, Kaghi couldn't help but draw Lindsey's attention.
Lindsey asked, and Kaghi immediately turned around, his voice bitter as he began to report:
"Lord Diablo, up until this point, I could still track the traces of the two of them. But... I'm not sure if it's a coincidence. About a day ago, another person's scent also appeared here, and their route seemed to be following them!"
"..."
"So, someone else is tracking Mullernahun and Hans Ke?"
Hearing this news, Lindsey furrowed her brows.
There were quite a few adventurers active in the Echo Tunnel, and their activities hadn't ceased. It was possible that their exploration paths overlapped with Mullernahun's group, but it was also unlikely.
However, at this critical moment, Lindsey couldn't afford any carelessness.
"Kaghi, can you identify the person?"
Kaghi, knowing he couldn't afford to be careless with Lindsey's request.
Upon hearing the question, he immediately focused his attention, diligently discerning the scents in the air.
With the abundant essence support.
His sensing skills were incredibly sensitive, even able to differentiate the moisture in the air from different time periods.
As his skill reached its peak.
Kaghi spent four to five minutes, finally capturing a faint, almost imperceptible scent.
"A horse! I smell a horse!"
The sensor excitedly turned to Lindsey:
"I've got it! There's a hint of horse scent on their clothes. This smell wasn't left recently; it must be someone who has been with horses for an extended period!"
Lindsey smiled bitterly and shook her head.
"This can hardly be considered a clue."
Kaghi's excitement turned to dismay, and his face fell.
Lindsey was right.
Horses were the most common mounts in various worlds.
Even if the Forest Courtyard wasn't suitable for horse breeding, immigrants would still bring them. So, whether it was an Awakened or an ordinary person, they might have long-term contact with horses, let alone judging their professions.
Indeed, this was not a reliable clue.
Kaghi muttered softly:
"I... I did my best."
Knowing she couldn't suppress him indefinitely, Lindsey patted Kaghi's shoulder comfortingly:
"It's okay, I know you tried your best. Let's keep going."
"If there are any more discoveries, just let me know right away."
"..."
Kaghi nodded slightly, and the two continued to follow the scent, tracking it through the tunnel.
In the pitch-black Echo Tunnel, there was no sign of daylight.
Even their sense of time seemed to diminish.
After another three to four hours, there were no traces of other adventurers around.
Kaghi followed the scent through the tunnel.
Leading Lindsey to a natural underground fissure.
It was right here.
For the first time, the Sensor seemed at a loss.
He had tracked the scent of his target all the way to this point, and the air behind him even carried their lingering smell. But right in front of this underground crack, the scent suddenly vanished.
As if the target had burrowed into the mountain itself! Kaghi's heart cried out in despair—if they escaped, it was fine, but if he lost them, it would be a matter of life and death for him! The Sensor was terrified.
But after their previous encounter, he dared not lie to Lindsey, so he reluctantly replied:
"Lord... Lord Diablo!"
Kaghi turned his head, his expression tense as he pointed to the underground fissure:
"The scent of the others..."
"It... It suddenly disappeared here!"
After speaking, the Sensor closed his eyes, fearing that this might be the end of his fate.
If he died here.
He was afraid that no one would come to collect his body, and he would lie in the darkness forever, decaying alongside other bones! Kaghi's fear reached its peak.
But what followed was not Lindsey’s blame or judgment.
"It’s fine, this isn’t your fault."
"They were indeed here and left some traces that you can’t see."
"……"
"?"
Kaghi opened his eyes and found that Lindsey was not paying any attention to him, but instead was focused on the surrounding walls.
In fact, in Lindsey’s field of vision, there were some faint essence residues at this moment.
Kaghi, after all, was only a Fourth Stage Sensor, and although his senses were exceptionally honed, he was not sensitive to subtle essence fluctuations.
At this moment, Lindsey activated the [Puzzle Module] and discovered the traces distributed around.
Especially the underground crack that seemed to have formed naturally.
It was flickering with an incredibly jarring light, clearly evidence of a previous battle or chase between Awakened!
"Organizer? Law Knight?"
Lindsey muttered softly.
Either of these two powerful Seventh Stage beings could have caused the scene before him.
When Lindsey touched the stone wall and carefully perceived the residual aura, a situation that left him speechless emerged.
"This is… a Merchant’s value manipulation?"
Lindsey was extremely familiar with this essence.
Not long ago, he had witnessed the scene of a major Sixth Stage Merchant in battle, and the essence core that the opponent dropped was even lying in his backpack.
Before spending all their wealth, a Merchant’s skills could almost be useful in every aspect.
Could this crack be the work of a Merchant?
"Was there another Merchant tracking Muelleranhuun and the others to this place?"
At this thought, a sense of foreboding arose in Lindsey’s heart.
He then pulled out his map, and within a hundred meters, there were no signs of any living beings. He continued to expand the reconnaissance range and finally saw two markers about four to five hundred meters underground.
One marker was green, the other yellow.
This combination was not unusual and had no special significance.
But the problem was that these two people were in an underground cave that was completely sealed, with no connection to the surrounding tunnels!
"Wouldn’t they suffocate to death like this?"
Lindsey pondered the identity of the individuals.
Muelleranhuun and himself had never met, and a Merchant’s attitude towards him would most likely be hostile, marked in red.
So the friendly presence here could only be the Law Knight from Observation Cape City—Hans Ke!
At the same time, Kaghi also approached Lindsey and asked:
"Lord Diablo, what are you saying?"
Lindsey turned his head and fixed his gaze on the other person.
It wasn’t until Kaghi was already in a panic, fidgeting nervously, that Lindsey pulled out a [Hardwood Seed] from his backpack and handed it to him:
"Kaghi, take this seed."
"Remember the thornbush I threw in Forlz’s direction?"
"If you encounter danger, throw this seed on the ground, and it will grow and rapidly reproduce into those toxic thorns."
"……"
"I… I…"
The Sensor was momentarily speechless, his heart filled with emotion.
It was clear that Lindsey’s purpose in giving him this seed was to ensure his own safety.
The Sensor was well aware of their relationship.
At this moment, for Lindsey to hand over such a valuable item to him could only mean that Lindsey’s view of him had changed significantly from the beginning.
Kaghi took the seed and was about to express his loyalty to Lindsey.
But before he could say anything, he saw Lindsey pull out a pickaxe out of thin air and hand it to him.
"Ah?"
Kaghi was completely confused and had no idea what was happening.
Lindsey then pointed at the ground beneath their feet and instructed in a matter-of-fact tone:
"Now, take this and start digging down."
(End of Chapter)
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