Annihilated Lilith

Chapter 40 40. Secret Search and Rescue (2)

Walking in such a barren place, and there is no path to find, "where should I go" is mostly based on intuition.

Emma didn't believe in intuition the least. Intuition is more like wishful thinking, and most of the time it is particularly suspicious.But at this moment, there is no other choice but to rely on it and find the direction with difficulty.

Without a road, it is equivalent to having thousands of roads, and each one is dangerous and difficult.

"Look!"

Hayward's voice trembled.The direction she pointed with all her strength was the cave.

The cave was many times larger than it was judged from a distance. There was a huge black rock above the entrance of the cave, which blocked the wind and snow, but also blocked the sun, making the whole cave look dark and gloomy.

It took another half an hour or so from the current location of the three of them to the entrance of the cave. This section of the road was very fast. Even on the mountains, the girls strode over all obstacles with strides.Even though the ground was covered with ice and snow, it was wet and slippery.

The clouds drifted directly by, within reach.White, gray, and dark gray.It was like watching them curiously, and then drifting away either alone or overlapping.

The cave is finally here.The entrance of the cave is very large, about 20 meters square.Because of the shelter of the huge rock, a dry platform appeared here.Hayward and Catalina first worked together to generate a huge fireball, trying to illuminate the hole, but it could only reach about 50 meters away.

The hole is much deeper than that.

"What should I do? Should I go in directly or ask a teacher to come and take a look?"

Heyward consulted his two companions.

"Let's try to walk around first... After all, this cave is purely a guess that I'm not sure about. Teacher is the main force in the search and rescue, so don't disturb their rhythm... If it doesn't work, turn back."

Katarina also echoed Emma, ​​and Hayward divided the fireball into several and rotated the lighting around the team.

……

The rock walls of the cave are gray-black and feel very cold to the touch.Unexpectedly, it was very dry.There is plenty of oxygen in the cave, but there is no obvious air flow.

After walking for a while, I heard the sound of water flowing, so I followed the past and found a spring, which dripped from the top of the cave along the sharp black stone.Emma tasted it, and it tasted sweet.This was just enough for the trio to rehydrate a little.

From here, parts of the wall started to get wet, and the three of them moved forward on their hands and feet, trying to grab hold of things around them.Even so, there are occasional slips, stumbles or simply falls.But even so, you can still move on, the cave is still wide, and you can still settle down.

Light appeared in front of my eyes.This made the three of them a little excited, so they hurried over.

It was only when I got to the front that I realized that this was not the open air or a space connected to the outside world, but that the rock wall was glowing.The blue fluorescence is cool, but very bright.Even without the fireball lighting, you can see everything around you clearly.

"Is this... magic?"

Emma tried to touch the source of the bright light with her finger, and found that it was a kind of glowing algae attached to the rock wall.

In order to keep warm, the fireball technique was still maintained, but the sufficient light made the cave less eerie, which made people feel a little more at ease.

According to many legends, such a cave will be filled with gold and treasures, whether it is the collection of ancient dragons, or it may be the secret hoard of the most vicious bandits.But in fact there are only shadows in this cave, only rocks.

"When I go back, I can at least tell Jenny that there is no brass dragon's lair in the cave she's thinking about." Hayward said with a smile.

But Emma always felt that there was something ahead.From intuition, she believes in unreliable intuition.

I always feel that there is something hidden in the depths of this cave, maybe it is not Huazheng, but at least it is a deeply buried secret.

There was an unreal voice coming from the depths of the cave, mixing with her inner voice.

Emma was a little distraught, unsure whether to continue her search or turn around.

"what is that?"

The light was still sufficient, and it was easy for Heyward to spot a small, obviously unnatural thing hanging on the rock ahead.

It was a delicately folded paper bird with its wings spread flat.It seems to have been cast with a flying spell, but it was dropped by water dripping from the rocks on the way out, and it fell powerlessly.

"Take it apart and have a look!" Emma urged.

When the paper bird was dismantled, it was a square piece of paper with a few words written on it with colored stones. The handwriting had been soaked and blurred, but it was still barely legible.

【Injured】【Unable to move】【Hua Zheng】

Emma let out a long breath, collapsed to the ground and sat down.

"Hayward, hurry up, pop that crystal and call the teacher to come over."

……

The teacher who came after receiving the signal was Ms. Ruiwen. She first praised the trio, and then said that she would go deep alone and let them wait in place.

"We want to follow along too."

They have already come here, and giving up at this time makes Emma a little unacceptable.What's more, since there is a teacher present, there should be no safety issues.

Ms. Ruiwen thought about it for a moment, maybe she also considered that if there was work that required hard work, the three apprentices could complete it, so she readily agreed.

……

What finally appeared in front of the four of them was a deep pit, bottomless.

The diameter of the deep pit is 20 meters, and the depth is unknown. Only a shadow at the end can be seen.The shadow was constantly changing shape, like a living intangible thing, unrecognizable.

This intangibility is beyond all imagination, but there is always a subtle feeling that it is not dangerous.

This feeling of "not dangerous" is actually a harbinger of "extreme danger", because it represents temptation.Entice those who let their guard down to go down to find out, to find out what secrets are hidden in this bottomless darkness.

Usually in such cases, the lonely and brave will disappear, disappearing from this world without a trace.No one will know where they have gone, whether they have reached the end of their lives, or passed through a certain magical door, leading to another unknown and irreversible world.

"Why is there a man-made deep well here..."

Lady Riven muttered to herself.The three people who heard this looked towards the wall of the pit, and found that hidden in the rocks of the same color, there was a faint, spiral staircase. Although it was roughly excavated, it was indeed artificial.

"It's so weird..."

Hayward shivered.This spiraling staircase is too long, all the way down, like leading to an unknown hell.

"How? Are you still following?"

Ms. Ruiwen smiled and tested maliciously, her eyes full of mockery.It was absolutely impossible for her to believe that these three second-year apprentices would have enough guts.

"Let's go."

Emma actually stepped up the steps before her, which startled Ms. Ruiwen.

"No, you..." Ms. Raven turned to Hayward, "Is your friend a little crazy?"

Just because she can go down doesn't mean that these apprentices can too.Their mana is so different, it's like erecting an invisible barrier.

Therefore, when this seemingly ordinary apprentice took the first step without hesitation, Ms. Ruiwen was greatly surprised and deeply confused.

"It's pretty crazy! You should have heard of it before. There was a first-year crazy apprentice who faced a crazy Luke Rokota."

Hayward shrugged and followed firmly.

(End of this chapter)