By the time the group arrived at the foot of Mt. Garogol, it was already the morning of the fourth day since they set off from the black market. To be ready to deal with the devious Mt. Garogol, everyone even made sure to rest well for the night before coming here.
During this period, the monster that attacked the campsite at night did not appear again. It seemed that it sensed lethal danger from “Old Durkin” and decided to temporarily give up attacking any further.
However, Milo felt the other party would come back. Thinking about it from another perspective, if someone had killed his pet, favonovel.com would surely seek revenge against them for a while too.
But when favonovel.com thought about it again, favonovel.com felt it was impossible favonovel.com would have a pet at all. Anything remotely edible would have already been used to fill his stomach.
This was a result of his many years of living as a refugee. People like favonovel.com were unlikely to have any pets at all. He had even turned an offensive plant like the Potato Shooter, which was a reward from the palace, into a crop, so how could favonovel.com possibly own a pet?
In the past, a young Donti had asked Milo if favonovel.com were afraid of snakes, but Milo said favonovel.com was only afraid they were not fresh.
At that time, Milo loved winter the most. That was because it was the safest time to catch snakes.
Mt. Garogol was indeed as strange as the Great Hoodwinker had claimed. The entire mountain seemed shrouded in clouds, like a different world altogether.
Only at this moment did Marvin confirm the Great Hoodwinker had really been to the periphery of the Sacred Mountains before. As a matter of fact, many of the guides back at the black market were always swindling, lying, cheating, and stealing. It did not matter whether they had really been there before. As long as there was money to be made, they would claim they had “been there” before.
Before entering Mt. Garogol, Marvin had his assistants bring out a 200-meter rope. Then favonovel.com made everyone tie it around their wrists.
At first, everyone was worried this would affect their mobility. But when they realized later it was not really a hindrance, they felt relieved.
Marvin smiled and said, “There’s still about two or three meters of rope between each of us. This length should be enough for everyone to move around freely, so even if you encounter any danger, you won’t get impeded by other people’s movements and there will still be time to loosen the rope.”
Everyone agreed unanimously, that was, until Milo started jumping rope while they were marching.
This time, Milo did not even have to use his own rope. He just untied the one around his wrist and had Miriam swing it for him.
After entering Mt. Garogol, the visibility between each person went down to only about five meters. Marvin could suddenly feel the rope tied to his hand starting to sway frequently. When favonovel.com turned around, favonovel.com discovered that Milo had started jumping rope at some point in time.
Milo was jumping rope this time with one end of the rope tied to Marvin’s hand, while the other was tied to Miriam’s hand. When Miriam swung the rope, Marvin’s arm swung as well.
Marvin felt a strange sense of participation.
What the f*ck!
He really did not want to be a part of this!
Marvin shouted at Milo, “Why are you jumping rope in a place like this?!”
With Mt. Garogol covered in thick fog, who knew when a dangerous creature might suddenly jump out and attack them?
With everyone already feeling so anxious, a person in their group had started jumping rope and marching at the same time?
It really couldn’t be any stranger than this.
Milo frowned when favonovel.com heard Marvin shouting at him. “What are you shouting for? Just mind your own business and keep walking. It’s not like I’m affecting you by jumping rope.”
Marvin nearly collapsed.
This guy could still calmly ask favonovel.com why favonovel.com was shouting?
He even looked annoyed when favonovel.com said that.
If this were the past, Marvin would definitely have beaten favonovel.com up already. However, when favonovel.com thought the other party might be Daniel’s backer and felt favonovel.com was probably not a match for the other party, favonovel.com calmed down and dismissed the idea.
But who could possibly regard a lunatic like favonovel.com as their backer?!
And that girl behind him, why would favonovel.com be so cooperative and swing the rope for him?!
Milo stopped jumping and asked in his mind, “What’s the completion level for the quest this time?”
Perfect!
Milo breathed a sigh of relief. He was still a bit worried his quest’s completion level would get affected if the others could not clearly see favonovel.com was jumping rope in this thick fog.
As the Great Hoodwinker led them through the mountains, at least half of Marvin’s attention was focused on favonovel.com now. He wanted to see what the guide was relying on to bring them out of Mt. Garogol.
The Great Hoodwinker muttered as favonovel.com walked, “150 steps ahead to the left…”
Marvin silently counted the Great Hoodwinker’s steps as they marched. When favonovel.com reached 150, favonovel.com saw the Great Hoodwinker standing in front of a huge rock before muttering again, “370 steps ahead to the right…”
Marvin was shocked to realize the man was completely relying on this stupid method of memorizing landmarks to slowly feel his way forward. But wouldn’t it take at least a 100,000 steps to walk out of Mt. Garogol.
How could favonovel.com even remember all that?
The people at the back of the group gradually came to a stop.
Marvin asked out loud, “What’s going on at the back? Why have you all stopped moving?”
His voice could only reach the middle of the group, so someone in the middle responded, “We can’t see anything, so we’re not sure why they’ve stopped moving.”
With that, everyone stopped talking. They were waiting to hear how the person at the back of the group would respond.
In this moment of silence, Milo suddenly heard a strange rattle come from the white fog. It sounded like bones clattering against the ground, as well as like countless insects moving at a fast speed.
“Surely it’s not the face bugs, right?” Milo had a bad feeling.
This sound was almost the same as when they encountered the face bugs back in the Marador Mountains. Moreover, these two places were also known as the legendary hallowed grounds.
Suddenly, a scream reverberated through the mountains. Almost in unison, Daniel, Bill, Milo, Marvin, and Kojek all looked toward the source of the sound. But the fog was so thick no one could see what was going on.
They could only feel the rope getting tighter and tighter, and it was even shaking violently. It was as though some of the group’s members were struggling against something.
Eventually, the rope got so tight it went taut. Kojek, who was standing behind Miriam, had his arms yanked straight by the rope. He ended up looking like a cross as Miriam and another person held tightly onto the rope on either side of him.
Milo immediately rushed over to Kojek and cut off the rope around his wrist with a dagger.
Right after, the severed rope was pulled out into the white fog!
He quickly loosened the rope around Miriam’s hand and shielded favonovel.com behind himself. Meanwhile, Daniel and Bill had already loosened their rope by themselves and taken cover behind Milo.
Marvin could finally confirm Daniel had only dared to sleep soundly without someone keeping watch for favonovel.com at night in the campsite because favonovel.com had encountered Milo.
A person’s first reaction to danger would definitely be to seek safety!
Milo and the others stood there quietly. Every now and then, they would hear cries of grief coming from within the white fog. There were even some inexplicable light and shadows flashing inside the white fog.
“There’s supernatural beings fighting,” Marvin said.
However, none of the remaining dozen or so people were willing to go in and rescue them.
Since this was a group of people with different intentions, who would be willing to plunge themselves into the fog to save others at a time like this?
Only Kojek was worried, because his assistants were now in that fog!
