Annihilated Lilith

Chapter 74 74. Nebbiolo Festival (10)

Emma passed through this corridor without any pressure, but the male apprentice had a bit of difficulty, and even had to squeeze through some places.

He still stubbornly carried the bow on his back, not sure if it was because he didn't have any storage tools on his body.

The corridor is completely dark, without any light, and there are no steps under the feet, but soft mud.

Sometimes it feels like it's going up slightly, and sometimes it feels like it's going down again.

Something is wrong, no matter how thick the city wall is, it should be penetrated after walking for so long.

Emma stretched her wand as far forward as possible, and chanted a spell to make the illuminated area a little wider.But the darkness is completely endless.She turned around and took a picture of her back, but the way behind her had long since disappeared.

"What are you doing! Your eyes are going to be blinded by you."

The male apprentice complained and covered his eyes.

"... Can you pay more attention to the surrounding situation and stay alert."

The feeling of advancing here is very similar to that of going through passages in different spaces several times during the Turin College entrance examination.

That should extend the space with magic, or simply a middle area constructed by magic power.

Jindu has come in, you can't go back, right?You can only bite the bullet and move forward.Emma strode quickly, anyway, there is only one road, and it is not rough.Her robe scraped against the rock, making a crisp rustle.

"Wait for me, my clothes are going to be worn out!"

Of course, this kind of complaint is too lazy to pay attention to, Emma simply quickened her pace again, as long as she prevents the other party from suddenly attacking herself with an arrow.

Suddenly, the dome became a little higher, and the walls on both sides gradually became farther away, and they were no longer within reach.The damp earthy smell in the tunnel also became much lighter, and I began to feel a refreshing wind, which was the air flowing.

"Tell you not to run!"

The voice of the male apprentice caught up and echoed in the empty space. The echoes were broken one after another, turning into bursts of fine sounds.

"Huh? Why is there a hole?"

"If there is, there will be, just keep going."

Emma whispered, not wanting to cause an echo, which would upset her.But that only makes the echo a little more like a murmur, like someone whispering.

"Isn't this a maze?"

"Maze? Shouldn't there be a fork in the road? We came all the way, how can we see another passage?"

"Mazes that use magic to confuse the public are not uncommon. It looks like a straight road, but in fact it keeps going in circles. It seems that you are still a low-level apprentice."

The male apprentice sneered, raised his hands, a fireball the size of a human head was raised in his left hand, and a hurricane of the same size was launched in his right hand.

Is this finally about to start?Emma made a defensive posture, quickly stepped back to the wall, and leaned on the stone wall to avoid being attacked.

"What are you doing... Forget it, just watch."

The male apprentice used the hurricane to roll up the flames, controlled a fire net, and began to spread to the upper part of the cave.The whole space became visibly hot under his technique, but nothing was lit, and there was no burnt smell or smoke.

Emma admired this operation method by playing with flame and wind so delicately at the same time.Even if this kind of opponent loses to him, it is not a loss.

The top of the cave, which was originally as quiet as the dead night sky, finally revealed its true face, and the stones over there were also pitch-black.

"There is."

The male apprentice said with a smile, when the flame passed by, most of the black stones instantly returned to silence, and only one left a trace, emitting a red light that could only be noticed in the dark.

"Perhaps the real exit is over there."

After finishing speaking, the male apprentice took out the rope and tied it to the end of the arrow, and flew out an arrow swiftly and decisively, hitting the side of the red light deeply.

He pulled a few times, and then looked at Emma.

"Did I say I'm not good at climbing?"

"...I seem to have said that."

There was no way, Emma could only climb up the rope, and soon came to the side of the red light.She found two footholds with her feet and supported her body.Turn the wand from your mouth into your hand.

"What's next?"

"Destroy it, try using your most powerful spell attack."

It seems that there is no other choice... Emma chanted a mantra and exhaled six ice flowers and several ice picks. The ice flowers were grouped in pairs to form the cutting edge of the trepanation, and the ice picks converged in one place to attack the center of the red light.

There was a sharp cutting noise and a loud bang at the same time, and the stones fell one after another, throwing a cloud of dust on the ground.

"Are you okay? Did you get hit?"

"No, I'm good at dodging."

Gee, what a pity.Emma rolled her eyes.

In the circular hole, there is a similar skylight projected down.In addition to neatly cut black stones, there are five-color crystal clusters on the edge of the cut.

"It seems to be a magic crystal mine, which can store a small amount of magic power. It seems that the red light just absorbed my flame magic power."

"So this is not a real exit? It was just a coincidence that you found this space?" Emma borrowed some strength from the rope and climbed into the hole.

That end turned out to be a man-made room, with a lot of space, but it was empty.

The hole is in the middle of the floor of the room, and there is a skylight made of thick crystal just above the head. The faint sunlight can only illuminate one part with difficulty, and the four walls cannot be seen clearly. There are murals or other decorations on those walls.

"Hey, pull me up."

Emma hesitated for a moment, thinking that the other party could still find a way to chase after him in a rage, so she untied the rope from the arrow, found a post in the room to fasten it firmly, and then dragged the male apprentice up.

"What did you find?"

"There should be something on the wall, you can go and have a look."

Looking at it this way, Emma really regretted it a bit.

On the four walls, there are densely packed masks, to be precise, the heads of dolls are embedded, and the faces are covered with uniform wooden masks, and the white fox-face masks that cover half of the face.

This scene can only be described as creepy.

"The taste of the examiner... is really amazing..."

The male apprentice's voice was a little uncomfortable, but he still suppressed the nausea rising in his throat, walked a little closer, and carefully observed the faces of the dolls.

He stretched out his hand.

"What are you doing?"

"Take it off and have a look. This mask is buttoned up, not carved into one piece."

Emma took a few steps back, taking all precautions.

"Okay, you pick it."

"You are really cautious."

The mask was taken off, and behind it was an extremely realistic face.Like those puppets in the city, the facial features are very delicate, and if you don't carefully check the pores on the skin, they are almost no different from real people who have been cast with a holding spell.

Could it be that he accidentally broke into Mr. Bach's warehouse where the heads of dolls are stored?

But it's not like, the second half of the face is buried in the wall, if it's just for storage, it's too inconvenient to take it off for processing.

Seeing that there was no reaction after taking off the mask, Emma also boldly went up and took off the masks on the faces of several dolls.

"It seems more scary than before."

The male apprentice evaluated while taking off the mask.Indeed, it was fine through the mask, but after taking it off, it turned into faces staring blankly at the front.

"Do you want to continue picking?" The male apprentice was a little soft.

Emma gritted her teeth and said, "Go on, don't stop! I don't believe there is no clue hidden in anyone's face!"

So the two split up and walked in different directions while taking off their masks.After a while, they separated far away.

Gradually, Emma's movements changed from tentatively taking it off to roughly tearing it off, and the sound of the mask falling could be heard under her feet.

The appearance of a face made her stop, and cold sweat burst out of her vest.

This face is so familiar, today she stared at it for many times and for how long with a guarded mood.

That was clearly... the face of the male apprentice behind him!

(End of this chapter)