Chapter 139
In the valley, Snow carried Mare, Ivona, Anastasia, and Kieran on her back, walking slowly. This was so the movement of her body wouldn’t cause any more discomfort to Kieran and Ivona, who were still recovering from the poison.
"Mare, Anastasia, tell me if you notice a suitable place to rest..." Snow said as she looked around.
Soon, Anastasia noticed a big cave, but the wall above it was suspiciously smooth.
"That was probably caused by a waterfall..." Mare commented as she stared at the smooth stones above the cave entrance. "And probably a big one..." she added.
"If it was that big, how come it’s gone now?" Snow frowned as she walked towards the cave. But after a good few meters, she stopped, a frown forming on her furry face. She felt something powerful in the cave.
"We should retreat a bit..." Anastasia said with a frown.
Snow didn’t need anyone to tell her twice and started to walk backwards slowly. The thing in the cave didn’t necessarily have to be a living thing, but the power it emitted showed that the group of five were no match for it — even if it was just an artifact. It exuded too much danger for any of them to dare recklessly approach it.
"I’ll go check it out..." Mare said after a while of silence.
Without giving anyone the chance to object, she jumped off Snow’s back and nimbly landed on the ground before transforming into a small snake, crawling toward the cave.
Once in the cave, she turned even smaller and slowed down as she got so deep she could no longer see anything. To her surprise, spirit energy moved around normally within the cave, so she no longer felt sick as she got deeper and deeper. But she felt the oppressive aura of something in the cave, making her movements instinctively stiffer.
Watching Mare disappear in the cave, Anastasia frowned a bit, not liking it. But she knew she couldn’t do anything with it already. She got off Snow’s back and carefully brought Ivona and Kieran down.