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However, looking at the scene in the sea.The vague doubts in Elena's heart also became clearer.

"Why is the strength of each layer of the seven-layered abyss sea so clearly limited? Leaving aside the ones on the archipelago, none of the many creatures in this sea has reached the official witch level?"

Elena turned her attention to Kalei. Such an 'iron rule' was casually ignored by many witches, but the Elta family, who knew this secret realm best, should know something.

"Well, it's not so much that there is no such existence, it's better to say that they all disappeared after the level jump." Ka Lei recalled with some distress.

"Huh? Gone?"

"Yes, the Elta family has been operating a secret realm for a long time, and occasionally finds and tracks some monsters that are close to breaking through. Shortly after their transformation, they seem to be inspired by some mysterious power and leave on their own."

"Left? Where did you go?"

"Each level of the secret realm is too big and is in a different space. It is difficult for the witches to locate. I am just guessing that they may have gone to the next level."

"Then what's the basis for your guess?"

"Because the environment at different levels in the secret realm is different, occasionally witches find monsters in the lower secret realm that are obviously not suitable for the ecology of this level, but there are many of them in the upper level."

"Also, even witches will be affected. Once you stay for a period of time, you will have the idea to stay away from here and go to your own level."

"Then what if you are forced not to go or are restricted from moving?"

Elena asked curiously. In fact, she was just asking. There may not be a witch who has done this experiment, and Kare may not know about it.

However, Ka Lei answered her question again:

"In that case, it will be forcibly transported to the deep layer... It is a majestic power beyond imagination, and it is completely impossible to resist."

Elena nodded, then suddenly looked at Ka Lei and complained:

"I didn't expect you to really know. Did Lady Lernina tell you so much? She really treats you as her apprentice."

"Actually, there aren't many...Lady Lernina said that all this is for the purpose of screening...the real core of the Seven-layer Abyssal Sea is 'top-down completion'."

Ka Lei suddenly had a strange feeling in her heart. Lady Leernina took the initiative to tell these secrets. She was not too interested and was curious why she suddenly said these things. It seemed useless and far beyond her own understanding. .

But now she felt that she was just telling Elena through her own words.

Ka Lei was in a daze for a moment, but she thought that it didn't seem to matter if she knew this, and Lady Lernina wouldn't harm them.

"We're here! Stop discussing those irrelevant things! Getting the treasure in front of you is the most important thing!"

Lini's voice broke both of their thoughts and began to urge them to get off the boat.

What is in front of you is an island with a very deserted appearance. Only some short shrubs can be seen occasionally, and it looks lifeless at first glance.

"We're finally here. I hope the treasure here is really as magical as the intelligence says."

Elena was very much looking forward to taking the first place this time. Pure possessions were of little significance to them. What was important were the resources that were helpful to their own strength.

"You can't tell from the appearance... Where did this information come from..." Ka Lei looked at the desolate environment and wondered.

"I heard there are a lot of rats here..."

Lini huddled behind Elena very consciously and looked at her feet with trepidation.

"Hey! It's true! Don't come over -" Lini shouted in a rare voice, her tone slightly distorted.

"Well..." Elena was startled by the sudden loud noise, and she was stunned for a moment before looking.

Not far away, a small black shadow passed by and quickly disappeared into the dense grass.

"There are indeed a lot of rat monsters here... Just bear with it, I will protect you." Elena held Lini's shaking hand and comforted her.

"I didn't expect Lini to be so afraid of mice." Ka Lei looked at the pale girl clinging to Elena jokingly, and said with pity:

"I will definitely see more later. I heard that rat meat is very delicious. Do you want to try it later? Maybe you can overcome your fear."

"do not want!"

Elena rubbed her ears and looked at Ka Lei sadly:

"Don't scare her, you have to go here..."

"understood."

Ka Lei looked at Rini's shivering look and felt very refreshed. She felt that the anger she had suffered in the past two days had eased a lot.

"move!"

The place we really want to go to is a place in the center of the island surrounded by huge rocks and dense shrubs. There is a hole in the ground there.

As long as the resources have not been completely destroyed, there are some places that the little witches are not willing to explore carefully.

As the three of them walked along, black shadows would occasionally pass by their feet. Some even stopped at a distance and looked at the three strange creatures curiously.

As long as it wasn't too close, Elena didn't care too much and walked straight forward.

Ka Lei looked at the little mouse not far away and exclaimed:

"The ears are round, the eyes are small, and the fur is very soft. It looks a bit cute!"

Lini turned a deaf ear, stared straight at Elena's back, held her hand tightly, and followed stiffly.

"These are all monsters. They are not as dirty as the ones outside. They do look fine..."

But soon, she wouldn't feel that way anymore.

When she saw the hole on the ground, Elena walked in first with some excitement——

It was extremely quiet in the cave. The sound of the three people's footsteps on the ground could be clearly heard. The wind behind them blew through the entrance of the cave and made a sad whimpering sound.

It becomes dark after a few steps, and even further away you can't even see the end of the cave.

"Lini, take out the lamp."

Elena reminded behind her that she could hardly see the front clearly with her eyesight.

"squeak."

Suddenly, a high-pitched voice came, causing Lini, who was rummaging through her backpack, to freeze.

In the darkness not far away, two tiny red lights suddenly appeared.

"Squeak", "squeak", "squeak".

One after another, red dots began to appear in the darkness.

This time even Elena and Kalei were speechless.

"Squeak", "squeak", "squeak", "squeak"...

Countless sounds rang out, and countless red lights formed on the ground, cave walls, and top, forming an ocean.

A rustling sound came from the front, getting closer and closer...

"Ah ah!"

A scream sounded, and at the same time there was the breath of condensed magic and a hot fireball.

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It wasn't Lini who screamed.

When the fireball passed by her body, Elena looked at the large number of rats piled up in the area illuminated by the fire, and her scalp felt numb.

But then she thought of something: this seemed to be a cave——

boom!

"squeak--"

The high temperature and heat wave rushed from the front, and there were also large screams.And the shaking shudders and falling stones throughout the cave...

"It's going to collapse!"

Elena took one with one hand and released the wave guard without hesitation. The water flow formed a ball to wrap around the three of them. Then she gathered the energy in her body and ran towards the entrance of the cave.

Fortunately, the three of them hadn't gone very far, and the exit was about ten meters behind them.

Cracks spread out in the cave along the place where the explosion occurred, and it continued to collapse along the way. Huge amounts of rock and soil fell down to bury the passage, but they were all left behind by the galloping Elena, and the occasional gravel was also blocked by the barrier.

Soon a figure rushed out of the cave.

"Huh, huh..."

Elena gasped for breath, and the two girls were thrown aside by her.

After taking a short rest, he looked at the entrance of the cave behind him with lingering fear, which was completely buried.

"Don't throw fireballs in a narrow place!" She glared at Ka Lei.

"I was wrong!" Ka Lei admitted her mistake very honestly, but she couldn't help but said:

"But, it feels really good to do this!"

"..."

You are truly worthy of being a disciple of the Explosive Flame Witch!I see you have already started training!

Elena was speechless. Thinking about it carefully, the collapse of the cave really didn't pose much of a threat. At least compared to being drowned by rats, the latter's mental attack might be more terrifying...

Comparatively, her earth magic is best at defense, so staying where she is is actually not a big problem.It was just a subconscious reaction.

"Lini? How are you?"

Elena suddenly noticed that Lini had not responded for a long time, and she hurriedly looked at the girl.

The petite girl with brown hair had a dull look on her eyes, and her beautiful face was expressionless, like an empty shell that had lost its soul.

"..."

There seemed to be a small sound, and Elena hurriedly approached.

"Ugh..."

"Ugh?"

Elena looked at her doubtfully.

"Ughhh..."

The little girl suddenly burst into tears. She jumped into Elena's arms and rubbed her chest desperately.

"Wow, so much strength..."

Elena felt like she was being strangled to death by those little hands. She struggled to open a small gap before she could breathe. She looked at the girl on her chest and didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

I never cried like this when my life was in danger more than half a year ago——

"Woooooo."

The little girl in her arms still kept crying. Elena could only comfort her and said:

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, those mice are all dead..."

"……real?"

"real!"

After a while, Lini finally recovered. She wiped away her tears and looked at Ka Lei:

"Thank you!"

"Ah, oh...you're welcome."

Ka Lei looked at Lini who was sincerely grateful in embarrassment, and was too embarrassed to say that she had been frightened before.

Elena used earth magic to start clearing the entrance of the cave, and also strengthened the loose structures. It took a long time to pass through again.

This time, the lights were turned on to the maximum in advance, and no mice were seen along the way. Those who were not dead were probably scared away.

After quickly passing through the bloody passage, the three of them did not mention the possible presence of magic crystals. Even the more mature Elena did not want to stay longer.

Finally, we continued deeper into the cave, and after passing several forks, we reached the deepest part of the cave entrance.

At the corner ahead, there was the faint sound of waves crashing against the rock wall.

When I turned the corner, I saw a pond.

The bottom of the pond is scattered with crystal clear gems, and the faint light emitted illuminates the transparent water flow and rock walls.

There are many small fish floating in the water, swimming quietly. They are divided into two distinct groups, on the left and right sides of the pond.

These two groups of small fish are bright red and dark blue respectively, and their whole bodies exude a faint aura of high temperature and cold.