After having a snack, almost all the members of the group went off in different directions to explore the area. They had nothing to do in this wilderness anyway. Only Gontas and Kai remained in the camp.
Gontas decided to stay behind and keep an eye on the team's belongings just in case, as well as to keep an eye out for possible dangers.
Kai on the other hand said that since he had already been investigating the area for a few hours since morning, he wanted to rest now. In fact, he already just knew the specific place he wanted to go. Walking around all day making the appearance of being active was not something he wanted to do. Kai decided that he would stay and practice his 'lint' control.
Thus time flew by until the evening, and after eating dinner, the group went to bed. They still hadn't discovered anything today.
Before going to bed, there was again a fight between Hika and the others over the possibility of first watch. After a bit of arguing with her, the guys gave her a place, as they always did.
Kai volunteered to go third in line, just in time for the deepest sleep. He wanted to make it as inconspicuous as possible.
After sleeping for a bit, Kai opened his eyes. He stood up, stretched a little, and walked towards the seated man. Looking at him, he saw that he was already falling asleep.
- Verik, go to sleep, such guards are useless, hahaha. - Kai laughed quietly.
- What? - It seemed that his sleep was already mixing with reality, - Oh shit, did I fall asleep? - He cursed.
- Don't worry, it's my shift, go back to sleep. - Patting him on the back said Kai.
When Verik left, Kai waited another half hour and made sure everyone was sound asleep.
"It's time!" - Kai said to himself, and slowly, quietly began to move away from the camp.
When he got far enough away, he sharpened his senses to the max and black smoke began to come out of his eyes. He quickly ran towards one of the distant gorges. Kai wanted to check things out quickly, and head back.
As he moved forward, he saw more and more energy entering that chasm.
Running up neatly to the cliff, Kai began to look around. This gorge seemed to be as deep as the one near the hundred meter wall of the Border Beast City.
Looking down, he could see a bottomless abyss where energy was constantly dropping down. Concentrating, he began to watch the flows. After a few minutes, he noticed that all the energy seemed to be moving to one spot on the wall. That point was about forty meters deep....
"Hmm, I don't feel anything familiar. The essence of the energy there is also quite ordinary... Still, it's unlikely that there's something related to my cultivation technique here. I can't get any closer, I need ropes and a safety net. I guess I'd better give Fabian a hint about this place" - Once again he made sure that everything was clear and he was in no danger, he started to leave. Kai decided it would be safer to explore this point with everyone else.
Turning around Kai quickly ran towards the camp to finish his shift safely. He decided not to say anything until morning.
Getting up, Kai saw that Fabian was already getting ready to go exploring.
- Mr. Fabian, wait! - Kai shouted, approaching him, "I think I have great news for you! - he said intriguingly.
- О? What is it? - Fabian asked curiously.
- Last night, when I was on duty, I went to take a leak, so as not to wake everyone up. And I heard a strange sound, followed by a short burst of energy. - As if he was embarrassed, Kai said, -I got curious and I went to check what happened there... In the darkness I couldn't make out anything, but I can say that there is definitely something unusual there! - Kai said quickly.
At that moment, Fabian, shocked, quickly ran up to Kai and took him by the shoulders.
- Kai, do you remember where it was?! - Fabian asked dumbfounded.
- Of course Mr. Fabian! I just didn't want to wake you up at night, because it would be useless to look at something in the dark. And you wouldn't be able to sleep after this news, hehehe. - Kai said with a laugh.
- Great! Let's move out now! - Fabian couldn't wait to be there.
- We can go, but wait a minute. We'll definitely need ropes and someone to back us up, so we'd better go there as a group. - Kai explained the situation.
Fabian quickly shouted calling everyone to him and started to explain Kai's discovery. When everyone heard about it, they wanted to go too. There really could be something interesting there.
Over the course of the trip, no one doubted Kai's perception. And when it turned out that he was the one who found the clue. Everyone instinctively believed that there really could be something there.
Quickly assembling, the group moved to the cleft in question. Naturally they took only the essentials, there was no need to move the whole camp as it was not that far away.
As they approached the chasm Kai quickly pointed out the spot. It was about forty meters deep. But now, even he was a little shocked... As the visibility was much better under the sunlight, he saw that there was a circular hollow in the wall that looked like a passage.
- Wow, I didn't notice that yesterday... There's a doorway! - Kai shouted.
- Kai, if you hadn't noticed it, it's unlikely that we would have discovered it at all... In fact, we only saw this passage by chance. - Fabian said with burning eyes.
- But don't get so excited, maybe it's just a natural cavity and not the work of man. - Said Kai. But at this moment, he realized that it was hardly a quirk of nature.
- He's right, don't rush to judgment, let's go down and take a look. - Calmly said Roga and went to arrange a place to fix the rope.
Half an hour later everything was ready, and a long rope was running down the wall of the abyss to the entrance of the hollow. Mr. Fabian decided to leave Cashy at the top, as they did not know whether it was safe below. Mr. Fabian decided to leave Alisud and Verik on top as well, they were not very interested in the whole exploration thing.
- Okay guys, let's go! - The first one down was Roga, as the person with the most powerful fighting potential. He was followed by Fabian, Kai and then the others.
"The closer I get to the recess, the more energy flows I feel." - Kai reasoned as he climbed down.
As he climbed down and jumped into the recess, his face froze in shock.
In front of him he saw a long tunnel with no end in sight, with Roga and Fabian standing beside him just as dumbfounded.
- Damn, it's huge! - Shouted Kai.
- Guys, we've probably stumbled upon something amazing. - Said Roga.
- I agree with both of you. - Added Fabian
At that moment, three more surprised sounds were heard. It was Hika, Solina, and Gontas who came down.
- Let's move forward slowly, let's see what this tunnel will reveal to us. - Roga said cautiously and began to move forward slowly.