Mandela's tentacles are very long, and when straightened, they can go about ten meters beyond the top of the pit, and it is not safe to stand on the edge of the pit. Probably because it was full, it shook its tentacles lazily, did not take the initiative to attack, and could leave very safely at this time, but no one took the initiative to speak.

I picked up my shotgun, and the target was so large that I didn't have to worry about missing a shot even if I didn't aim it.

Its body is translucent and dark green, and it is impossible to distinguish between head and tail, and it cannot find any vital points. I've heard that some single-celled organisms don't die as long as they are damaged no more than six percent of the whole, and some can reproduce individuals with stumps as the core even if they are blown into several pieces.

That's how Nelson Mandela feels.

This shot should not have any effect, but will provoke it. I struggled for a while, but finally didn't pull the trigger.

"What should I do?" I was a little at a loss.

Normal damage has no effect on it, and jumping down to melee attacks is even less desirable. Everyone had seen how the corpses that were used for food were eaten.

"I, I think it's better to leave." James, who had been silent, spoke timidly.

"There's another way to go." Tryty also said: "Anyway, our purpose is to find nodes. Father, is the node here? ”

"Not there." The priest shook his head: "If you get close to the node, the magic pattern can be sensed. ”

"Then I met Mandela......"

"It's all bad luck that the node isn't in its lair."

I watched for a while, but I couldn't come up with a single reason. When I looked up to look for Tomie, I noticed that she had walked far around the edge of the pit. She stood there looking at the same place, as if sensing my gaze, and turned her gaze for a moment.

"Come here, Achuan." Tomie beckoned to me, "I found something. ”

Seeing that the three priests were still pondering, I walked towards Tomie without saying hello. As soon as I left, footsteps sounded behind me, and the three priests followed me three or five paces apart.

"Look over there." Tomie said, pointing diagonally downward.

Looking in the direction of her finger, there was something strange about the wall at the bottom of the pit, and there was a crack at the top of Mandela's body.

"It's like a hole." I say.

Mandela's jelly-like body seemed to have come out of the hole, and half of it had to hide in the hole because the area at the bottom of the pit was not enough.

"This is not Mandela's lair, it's just a makeshift villa." Tomie said briskly and humorously, "I think the node is in that hole." ”

"How do you know the way?" Everyone was surprised that it was James who was questioned, because he had been avoiding her since he was taught a lesson by Tomie: "If you are mistaken, everyone will have to bury you." And...... We can't beat this guy. ”

"You're right. I have no proof. Tomie not only did not get angry, but met it with a frank gaze: "I can only say that this is my intuition. I trusted my instincts, so I decided to stay, and so did Agawa. ”

When she said this, everyone's eyes fell on me.

Tomie didn't even ask me what I meant, as if he had already determined that I would agree. What is the source of this inexplicable trust and strength? I'm not so sure. But I really don't mean to object.

Not to mention Tomie's intuition and judgment had been affirmed the night before. Even if she made the wrong decision, I couldn't leave her in danger alone. Suppose there is real danger, she needs me.

I don't know if I'm a man of courage, but I want to prove that I'm a man to rely on.

Then, become a hero.

"Don't look at me, her decision is mine." I said, "I suggest you guys think about Tomie's proposal, she's not joking." ”

"Ms. Tomie is a D-class, right?" The priest asked hesitantly, "Intuition...... Is it your talent? ”

“D+。” I testified for Tomie: "You can check with the magic pattern. ”

"I'm sorry, but it's actually very rude to casually use magic patterns to identify other people's information." The priest smiled at me: "It's easy to attract the hostility of the sensitive. ”

When he said this, I could only shrug my shoulders and reply, who said that this was the first time I had heard of such a thing.

"I don't know if it's talent." Tomie spoke, "But my instincts have never been wrong. ”

"Really? It's weird. The priest frowned, "Miss Tomie's athletic ability is obviously beyond that of ordinary Chosen People who take Greystone, and I thought that Miss Tomie's talent was athletic. ”

"Is it strange how many talents there are?" I asked.

"It's the first time I've seen someone with multiple talents." The priest also had a puzzled expression: "The so-called talent generally refers to the one that is best at it. ”

Since the priest is not sure, I will no longer drill the horns, maybe it is due to Tomie's talent. It was important that the time to make a decision on the previous discussion. Do you stay, or do you want to leave?

"I'm leaving!" James's tone fluctuated violently: "Beat it? Are you kidding! It's simply impossible! ”

As if he had rebounded after being oppressed to a critical point, he was cowardly and said viciously to Tomie: "You crazy woman, just die!" Then he walked up to me, grabbed the shotgun hard, and said, "Give me my gun back!" ”

Of course, I couldn't let go, although he was strong and strong, but my body was nourished by the gray stone, and my strength was not inferior to his. Tomie was about to walk up and pull him away, when suddenly, the force of the pull disappeared.

Before I could react, my body, which had been leaning back due to the loss of strength, was pushed back by another huge force, and my body fell completely backwards.

I subconsciously wanted to grab something, but there was nothing but air. Except for James, who was still glaring at me viciously, and the expressions of surprise were all in sight, and then the impressions quickly slipped away from the bottom of their eyes, and all that came came the zenith that had been pierced by the light of the flashlight.

I didn't feel anything behind me that could stop my body. I fell out of the edge of the pit, gravity pulling at me. More than ten meters below, the dark green monster was salivating.

I'm going to die. By the time this realization crossed my mind like lightning, I had already sunk five meters, my shoes scraping against the stone wall, and the falling rocks rolled down with a loud sound.

Immediately after, a spinning object landed on my outstretched right hand and wrapped it tightly. The body was immediately pulled by the huge force and stopped in mid-air. The next moment, someone fell from above, crossed my back, screamed and fell into the abyss of death.

James was left behind. I know that Tomie did it. Her face peeked out from the edge of the pit. It was she who threw the rope around my hand, and the rope had a rope attached to it, and she held on to the other end.

My feet were looking for support on the stone wall, and the stone kept falling, and Tomie pulled it. As I climbed up, I glanced towards the bottom of the pit, where James's body was engulfed in dark green wriggling along with the rubble.

Probably enraged by the falling stones, the dark green jelly body began to squirm on a large scale, and the waving of tentacles suddenly became neat. Several times it passed my back, and I broke out in a cold sweat.

The tentacles swept along the edge of the pit, and everyone else retreated, leaving Tomie alone tugging at the rope. With the help of the light of the flashlight, I saw the persistence in her eyes, scared and moved. I couldn't tell her to leave because I really wanted her to stay and save me.

Tomie narrowly dodged the tentacles that slapped at her several times, and the rope moved against the edge of the pit, threatening to break at any moment.