The knight in the abyss

Chapter 796 Repeat
In the passage on the other side of the hall was a long, spiraling downward staircase. Before everyone completely lost their direction, they finally got rid of those oppressive and dizzy steps and entered another stone passage.

The passage was about fifteen feet wide, and its height was about the same as that of an ordinary room. It was a little crowded for Lancelot and his party of seven to walk in it.Unlike other areas of the dungeon, there are brass chandeliers on the ceiling of the passageway, and the constant magic flame inside provides soft light for the surroundings.

On the walls on both sides of the passage, there is a rectangular depression dug out at intervals, and a simple sarcophagus is placed in each depression.

"These sarcophagi... seem to have never been opened." Brutal inspected several sarcophagi one after another, announcing his discovery to his companions, "The lids are tightly closed, are we really in an ancient tomb full of undead creatures?" ?”

"Then what's going on with these skeletons?" Tanya pointed to a corpse in the corner, "I've seen several corpses like this, don't tell me they still know how to put the lid on after crawling out of the coffin?" Cover it?"

"Well...Melko's church does have this kind of service. By charging some fees, it can ensure that the deceased will not be disturbed after death." Little Isa said with some embarrassment, "The church of Kelemvor inherited from the predecessor Lord, so this service will still be provided, but all church members are obliged to prevent any evil power from desecrating the dead body..."

"That is to say, ordinary people have no chance to be buried in this kind of place." Aramir shrugged, "And, under normal circumstances, the people in the coffin would not be wearing chain mail, holding long swords and shields yes, isn't it?"

"You mean, these corpses are other adventurers?" Tania reacted, "But...what killed them? I didn't sense any danger..."

"Before the death-eyed tyrant appeared, I didn't sense anything." Lancelow shook his head, "Be careful."

The passage made a ninety-degree right turn in front of everyone, and after advancing a few hundred feet, it made another similar left turn.Everyone quickly realized that something was wrong, the surrounding scene seemed to be repeated, and those corpses lying aside seemed to have seen them all before.

"Something's wrong." Brutal stopped suddenly, pointed at a skeleton on the side of the road, "I'm sure I've seen it at least three times... Are we going in circles?"

"It's also possible that someone deliberately placed similar-looking corpses along the road to create the illusion that we are going around in circles..." Karalin said with a little confidence, "It's a very common trick, but it can indeed deceive people. Few people……"

"It's very easy to verify this." Aramir walked up to the skeleton, and tied a piece of bandage on the skeleton's shoulder. "Let's move on. It shows that we are indeed going in circles."

"Good idea, I like it."

Brutal slapped his thigh and walked forward impatiently.The passage turned again not far away, and this time everyone paid extra attention, so they easily found another skeleton that was exactly the same.

"Look, what am I talking about." Karaline sounded more confident now, "There is no bandage, which is enough to prove my speculation is correct, but it is just a simple trick..."

"Haha, you really deserve to be a scholar, your brain is smart."

Brutal joked with a smile, and the others also breathed a sigh of relief, but Lancelot's brows were still tightly frowned.He took out a blank piece of talisman paper from the pouch at his waist, and with a faint green light on his fingers, he wrote a simple but mysterious symbol on the talisman paper, then stretched out the talisman paper in front of the dwarf, and said to him :
"Lick it."

"Ah?" Brutal was taken aback when he heard the words, but he followed suit, "What is this thing for? Is it to ward off evil spirits?"

"Uh, I misunderstood..." Lancelot slapped the talisman on the forehead of the skeleton with his backhand, "Your saliva is more sticky."

"..."

"As for the talisman paper, there is a trace of my divine sense on it, as long as the distance is not too far, I can sense its position..."

"Not too far, but how far?"

"Within a hundred miles." Lancelow shrugged, "Of course, it won't work across planes."

"Excellent. So what are you going to do with this? Check out how far we're going?"

"I want to figure out how we move." Lancelot touched his nose, "Now, let's not move on, but go back to the last bandaged skeleton... I have something to ask confirm."

"Go back?" Brutal asked strangely, "Why?"

"You'll know in a while."

Of course, the partners would not be entangled in this matter, they immediately turned around and walked back along the way they came.Not long after, everyone 'returned' to the place where the last skeleton was, but to their surprise, the bandage that should have been on this skeleton was gone, and it was in the same posture that everyone saw every time , sitting down in a corner, weapons and shields thrown aside.

The difference is that from that posture, everyone faintly felt the despair before it died.

"What's the matter... what's going on?" The young dwarf's voice sounded very bad, "Karalin? You you you... explain..."

"I... I don't know either." The scholar faltered all of a sudden, "Little Isa, do you know what's going on?"

The little girl shook her head quickly, her face was terribly pale, the rest of the partners also looked at each other in blank dismay, no one could tell why.

"When I passed the corner just now, my sense of the talisman paper was suddenly cut off." Finally, Lancelot said, "Let's go back now and see if the talisman paper I just pasted is still there."

The partners set off immediately, and a few minutes later, they stood in front of the same skeleton again, but just like the bandages tied by the elves before, the talisman paper left by Lancelot was gone, and his spiritual sense also disappeared. It can't sense the existence of that talisman paper at all.

"What should we do now?" Brutal looked at everyone in horror, his body trembling uncontrollably, "Damn it, what a hell..."

"What are you panicking about?" Lancelot's tone was still relaxed, "Now we can be sure that although it seems to be in a constant loop, this is neither some kind of simple blindfold, nor is it a large-scale illusion. It's hard to explain... I have a guess, is it because every time we pass a corner, a new corridor will be generated? That's why it seems to be repeated, but can't leave any marks? "

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