Scott stepped over the mess of corpses, his face so ugly that it was hard to see Nia subconsciously shrink his injured leg back - he knew exactly what was making Scott angry the most.

Scott glared at him in exasperation. Heal him and ask him in amazement, "You did this?...... Just the two of you?", it's Fili Zeri.

Nia laughed twice, not even daring to act too proud.

"I was going to look for you, but you're not at the ......temple," he told Scott, "and Sean feared it would be too late." ”

Sean......

Scott walked quickly to the cage, which was blinded by the firelight. The old man standing in front of the cage looked just a little tired...... But he kept his sword on the ground. He would never do this unless he was no longer able to support his body.

Ed, on the other hand, waved at Scott in the cage and smiled uneasily, as if he was very upset that so many people had taken the risk to save him.

Scott suppressed the anger in his heart and smiled back with a reassuring smile.

“...... Are you alright?" he couldn't help but ask.

The young man's face was covered in blood, and he was messed up by himself, but he could still see that the blood that was beginning to dry was dragging down from his eyes and ears, as if he had been poisoned by some kind of poison, and it looked very terrifying, but his spirit was not too bad.

"It's good. Ed wiped his face hard again, "I'm sorry, I'm ...... I actually...... I actually knew it was a trap, I just thought ......"

His apologetic voice grew quieter and his head lowered. Scott stared at the top of his head for a long time, and could only sigh helplessly.

“...... You'd better not let Narya know. He said.

He wasn't going to get mad about it. Most of the anger burning in his heart was against himself - if he had listened to Sean and stayed in the temple, maybe no one would have been hurt at all...... And having to admit this made him extremely angry.

He couldn't help but look at Sean, who glanced at him faintly and said nothing—thankfully, he didn't say anything.

Without thinking, Scott raised his hand to treat him, but Sean suddenly took a step back, clearly refusing.

"I'm fine. He said.

Scott silently lowered his hand.

"Actually, we didn't kill these red-clad guys inside...... They were all corpses when we rushed in. Behind him, Nia told Fili, "You can't guess who did it - that's Baie Jan! He's still alive, though it looks weird...... You're just one step away from hitting him. ”

Fili was silent for a moment. That name probably made him feel very uncomfortable...... They're all the same.

"Uh...... In fact, he didn't do it. ”

Ed spoke, "These people were killed by Tyliner...... Before he was killed by Baie. ”

His gaze fell to Scott's feet, where Tyliner's body stood.

“...... They did not resist at all. "He looked around, palpitating and confused," Scott ...... Something is wrong with this. ”

"Baie took something. Nia ran over and crouched beside Tellina, unwillingly pointing a dagger at the fleshy palm of the deceased, "From here. A bone pendant, so bloody that I couldn't see what was carved on it...... I almost got it!"

"That's a ......," Ed paused, and after a moment of silence, he shook his head, "I can't be sure...... But Aaron Mancini should know something. Is he still alive?"

Scott looked him straight in the eye and saw a hint of panic in them.

He also "knows something", but at least for now, he can't...... Or don't want to tell him.

"That kind of guy, it's weird, he never dies. Nya answered Ed's question on his behalf with a look of regret, "Although this time he probably won't be able to escape - he's locked up in the Temple of Nesses...... Xiaobai looked at him. ”

"That's the ...... Leopard?" Ed's expression was a little strange. In his memory, Xiaobai was probably still the little leopard that was no taller than his knees.

"You won't find a better guard than it. Filly grinned, "Try to have it sit on top of you, and feel its more than a hundred pounds of strong muscles and dagger-sharp claws...... You'll understand. ”

"Maybe I'm thinking too much......" Ed hesitated for a moment and whispered, "I'm just a little worried." Aaron Mancini would never let himself fall into such a ...... A situation from which there is nowhere to escape. ”

“...... Let's get you out first. ”

Scott took a step back, looked at the continuous runes above Mithril, and frowned slightly.

"I'm afraid it's not that easy. "Ed scratched his face with a wry smile," Bloomer said, the cage was originally intended for 'people who are much stronger than me'...... I guess that's you. ”

Scott was stunned for a moment, looked back at the corpses all over the ground, and suddenly felt a strong uneasiness in his heart.

“...... You say they didn't resist?" he asked in a low voice.

Ed nodded.

"And I suspect the real caster isn't here. He said, "These people ...... Including Tellina, maybe it's just a sacrifice. What are they trying to summon...... Some kind of power. I've never felt so ...... Terrifyingly powerful power. Even with the Staff of Eternity in his hands - or when Llewellyn brought Borena back from the dead. ”

Uncontrollable fear flashed through his eyes, and the same fear wrapped around Scott's heart like a cold snake.

He would rather that this cage was really for "him", even if he could never escape...... But it probably isn't.

The hand reaching for the cage hesitantly stopped in mid-air - if that was the case, he couldn't risk it.

"You ...... Did you hear anything?"

Nia spoke suddenly.

Scott looked down at the ground. A low roar came from underground, shaking the chamber more and more intensely. In the blink of an eye, the walls cracked with a series of loud noises, and the crumbling stones fell one after another, and the originally solid ground was easily torn open like paper, twisting and collapsing downward......

Filly jumped over the crack, grabbed Shaun on his unsteady feet, and looked up and yelled at Scott.

"Oh. Nia's emotion was unusually calm in the midst of the sudden chaos, "It's always like this...... Isn't there a little bit of a new twist?"

“...... Get out of here!" cried Ed pale, "I want this cage...... It shouldn't be so easy to squish, you can ......"

Scott grabbed the cage without a word.

He can't take any chances...... But he had no other choice.

(To be continued.) )