Ace was at the front, and Novi was the last. They lit the torches, otherwise the "great thief" Tess would have to cling to Ace's hood like a blind man, and would have done nothing.

The passage is not short. Ace was impressed by the mage's arrogance, and he obviously wouldn't aggravate himself by crawling in on all fours, except for the thick roots of the trees exposed in some places, and the dirt kept falling in a row.

"It's not going to collapse. "Tess occasionally acts like a professional thief," the roots of the tree tangle most of the mud together. Only there are no too strong vibrations...... Or maybe these roots don't go crazy all of a sudden. She had lingering palpitations about it.

Further down, more and more apparently polished stones were exposed from the dirt, and there was even a section of stone pillar stretched beneath their feet.

Ace suddenly turned around and quickly extinguished the torch in Tess's hand.

Tess didn't say a word, and she knew he wasn't going to do it for no reason.

After a moment of complete darkness, she saw a faint light ahead. It wasn't a fire that swayed with the flow of air, but some kind of white, magically cool light.

"What's the plan?" Tess asked quietly.

"Rush in. Ace said.

“...... Listen, I know you're not a mage, but you can't really be a berserker, do you?" Tess felt a bruise on her forehead, "Get out of the way, I'll go over and have a look." ”

The body in front of her didn't move.

"Hey, I'm a great thief, not that easy to spot, and I get away quickly. Tess patted the young man's thin but rather firm buttocks, feeling the body under her hand suddenly tense with satisfaction.

But he didn't move.

"Ace, she can do it. Norvi's low voice came from behind, "But before that, Tess, let me take care of the wound on your shoulder." ”

The wound wasn't serious, and Mochi was clearly merciful, but the elf cleaned it up well, rubbed it with medicine, and wrapped it in a thick bandage.

"I guess there are skeletons in there, and they can feel the smell of blood. He whispered.

"Don't scare me on purpose. Tess chuckled, "I'll be back soon." ”

Ace turned sideways and reluctantly let Tess squeeze through, her red hair brushing his chin, tickling and feeling strange.

He had to admit that Tess's light steps didn't make any sound, and her straight back against the side of the passage looked quite ...... Pleasing.

Ace lowered his head and glared at his shoes. He had been a man for too long, and he missed his glittering claws and his wings, and the sound of the wind whistling in his ears as he flew.

- He hated the darkness of the underground, even though it was silent, and there was no roaring river not far away.

The dirt beneath his feet was just the right amount of softness, and the air wasn't rotten and damp like Tess hated. Instead of moving forward slowly, step by step, she moved quickly, stopped, and then moved quickly. Even if someone accidentally sees her shadow, they will suspect that it is just a phantom in the corner of their own eye.

As the passage straighted forward, getting closer and closer to the place where the cold light was glowing, Tess slowed down, thinking about how to get as close as possible to the target in such a situation without being noticed. She breathed a sigh of relief when one of the entrances in front of her, apparently well cleaned, appeared in the faint light.

The doorframe at the entrance was a little bit beyond the sides of the passage, and that was enough to keep Tess hidden in the shadows.

She scurried to the door, fearing that the dirt would fall too close to the passage, and looked inside with bated breath.

It was a room that was surprisingly large. The first thing that jumped into her sight were two sloping stone pillars not far from the doorway, their tops pressed together to form a solid triangle that supported the stone beams on the roof. Her gaze shifted downward, and a visible crack in the stone floor stretched beneath a dark, unknown material platform beneath her feet.

She realized that it might be where the whole crack in the ground began, and that the place they had just walked in might have been an underground passageway, and the shaking of the ground when it cracked caused the passage to collapse, and the dirt that poured down buried everything, while the room miraculously survived because the crack in the ground was not very large, and the two solid stone pillars.

It's just that most of the cracks in the room are not buried by the dirt because of this, and from her position, it looks dark and bottomless, as if something that does not belong to this world will come out at any time. The ominous aura was further accentuated by the two other stone pillars that had broken into several pieces on the ground beside the crack - and the looming bones on the stone pillars

She adjusted her breathing, letting her heart beat slowly and steadily, and looked into the corner of the room that glowed coldly. There was a huge table, littered with miscellaneous items, and the light source was what looked like a crystal ball on the table, and there were three people standing in front of it, two of them not moving, and the other was eagerly rummaging for something on the table.

Suddenly, one of them turned his head in her direction.

Tess bit her lip and suppressed the exclamation, trying to control her breathing and heartbeat—she knew it couldn't see her, but it could feel the beating of life and the warmth of flesh.

It was a skeleton.

Unlike the ones on the ground who had been knocked down by them, this one, though it looked like a patchwork of armor, was almost complete, and it was hard to see from behind it that it was only dry bones, but when it turned to him, the chilling dark eye sockets and mutilated dentition signaled how many years of life it had lost.

Perhaps too far away to detect Tess's presence, the skeleton turned its head, once again motionless to guard its creator.

I'm glad the skeleton doesn't have any curiosity.

Tess dared to continue to hide there, the same armor telling her that the other non-moving creature was probably not alive either, and that the only living person, the necromancer, was suddenly bursting into a burst of curses.

"It can't be nothing!" he slammed his hand onto the table, "I need ......"

His voice lowered again.

Tess quietly retracted her head and poked her head out of the doorway, silently backing away until she had withdrawn some distance before turning around and quickly returning to the place where her companions were waiting.

"One mage, two skeletons. The red-haired thief held up three fingers, "That skeleton doesn't look as easy to deal with as it is on the ground." There are still one or two skeletons on the ground, and I don't know if they will get up at any time. ”

"Then don't give him that time. "There are three of us, two of whom are dragging the skeleton and the other is trying to find a way to kill the mage, and his spell will be lifted." ”

"Sounds simple. Tess remembered the face that turned to her, and she didn't feel any lighter.

Ace shook his head: "That's skeleton warriors, they have more complete souls, they can accept more powerful powers from mages, and they can even resist magic. They can also emit - some kind of howl, I don't know if the elves can resist it, but Tess certainly can't. ”

"Thank you for the comfort. Tess grimaced, "I can plug my ears!" Although she didn't want to deal with any undead creatures, she didn't like to be looked down upon.

"It's silent, it's going to go straight into your head, it's going to be useless to plug your ears. ”

"Then I can ......," Tess thought for a moment, not knowing what else she could do.

"You can stay here and wait for us to come back, just like we waited for you. Norway comforted her, then turned to Ace, "I think you know better than I know how to deal with a necromancer, and I'll find a way to hold those two skeletons back." ”

Tess let out a few disgruntled snorts and didn't say anything more.

Norway handed Mooch to Tess who was curled up in his arms, but she shook her head, "Take it with you, it's quite useful for 'attracting attention', although it might be a little scary." She gently touched the little thing's head, "Come on, Xiao Mo!"

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