232 One Day and Three Months (1/2)
”Gaugass?” Lin Yun froze. 'What is Lys talking about? Why did he mention Gaugass?' At first, Lin Yun thought that Lys made a mistake and jokingly said, ”Leader Lys, Gaugass is a few thousand kilometers from the Four Seasons Canyon.”
But he didn't expect that these words would make Lys flinch, his gaze empty, as if he had seen true horrors. He stared at Lin Yun in shock for a few seconds, not even looking at the Thunderbirds pouncing over. Lin Yun helped him maintain his side of the shield, but Lys didn't even notice and asked with a shuddering voice, ”Mer… Merlin, this really isn't Gaugass...?”
”Leader Lys, this is truly not Gaugass…” Lin Yun realized that Lys was being serious.
'What happened? Lys doesn't look clear-headed... How could he think that this was Gaugass, the land of the battlemages? That place is several thousand kilometers away. No matter how formidable the Fortune Box was, it couldn't teleport over ten people across such an incredible distance. Could they have had such a different experience? Different to the point that they thought they were in Gaugass?'
”How could it not be Gaugass… How… How could this be?” While Lin Yun was mulling it over, Lys was still stunned.
”Leader Lys, this is truly not Gaugass.”
”Are you sure?”
”Yes, it truly isn't…” Lin Yun sighed and finally was forced to believe that Lys truly considered this place Gaugass. He was doubtful as he asked, ”Leader Lys, I think there must have been some issues, can you recall what happened after everyone scattered? Where did you guys go?”
”We… After we got separated, we entered an underground castle and met a large swarm of Lava Spiders. Fortunately, these Lava Spiders weren't too powerful so we managed to escape…”
”Lava Spiders?” Lin Yun now understood why Lys kept thinking that this was Gaugass. It was because Lava Spiders were part of the fauna of Gaugass. The Gaugass Battlemages had been fighting the Lava Spiders for over a thousand years. Every year, a large number of Gaugass Battlemages would die in the fights against Lava Spiders.
But Gaugass wasn't the only place with Lava Spiders.
In Noscent, there were hundreds of large and small volcanoes, and each of them could be inhabited by Lava Spiders, so why did they think that this place was Gaugass?
As Lin Yun thought about it, Lys continued, ”At first, we didn't figure out that this was Gaugass, but after walking for several days, we found out that we would regularly lose our way, so Badrack started drawing a map. During the next month, we had to fight dozens of battles, and Badrack's map…”
”Hold on, a month?” Lin Yun felt that this wasn't right... Several days? A month?
Lin Yun clearly remembered having been separated from the others less than a day ago, so how could they have been here for a month already?
Lin Yun felt that the problem was rather serious...
”Yes, a month. What is it?” Lys looked at Lin Yun in bemusement. He then continued, ”A month later, Badrack had finished enough of his map for us to realize that we were in the middle of Gaugass, and thus, after some discussion, we decided to head southwest. We wanted to return to Okland first... and that was two months ago…”
”No way…” This wasn't just a bit serious. According to Lys, they had been on the road for three months, and furthermore, they had been in Gaugass for three months. What did that mean?
”Merlin… What… What's wrong?”
”Nothing…” Lin Yun shook his head, ”I just feel that there must be something strange going on, Leader Lys…”
”What is it?”
”First of all, this is definitely not Gaugass. Sir Suyass and High Mage Solomon can testify to that, they can also confirm that we are on the 4th floor of a stone tower. Moreover, we didn't separate three months ago…”
”Not three months ago?” Lys was confused. ”Then… How long?”
”A day…”
”Impossible!” Lys almost jumped up on the spot. 'How could this be, I clearly remember every detail of the past three months, how could it have been a day?'
”Well, Leader Lys, we can deal with the details later, let's first deal with these Thunderbirds…”