"Huh, are you Wendy?"

The girl with excellent eyes when she smiled, leaned down with her hands behind her back, and looked curiously at Wendy, who was standing next to Roberts in front of her.

Wendy, who was only 12 years old at the moment, raised her head and looked at the beautiful girl in front of her.

In her eyes, the girl was like a dancing flame, and she didn't look like the taciturn brother Roberts next to her, and she didn't look like someone who could come together. She was not afraid, just tilted her head and said hesitantly.

“...... Sister Betty?"

Hearing this, the girl couldn't help laughing, her eyes were very good-looking, and she affectionately pinched Wendy's cheek with a bit of baby fat.

"Good little ghost. ”

"Rice...... Vegetarian ......"

Little Lori, who was ravaged by the bad taste of the black-bellied woman, couldn't help but dance and struggled, and let out a small animal-like scream, trying to ask for help from the "brother" next to him, but the brother who has always cared for himself lowered his head for the first time and pretended not to hear anything.

Feeling betrayed by her comrades, the little Lori couldn't help but feel sad from her heart, she didn't expect that her cold and handsome "brother" would easily become a captive of the black belly female breasts, but it was just a cricket C cup, and one day, she would definitely grow to be bigger than her......

"What's wrong, critter~"

Along with the pain on his cheeks, the narrow laughter rang in his ears.

Even though her heart is full of "ambition", she still has to face the reality of being teased by the black-bellied woman at this moment, how tragic it is, she has to be forced to make a shameful cry for mercy.

"Boom ......"

Memories of the past began to emerge.

Sudden encounters, dinner parties in cafes, chatting while strolling, ambiguity on the bridge under the moon, fluttering white dresses when looking back, revealing what is in your heart for the first time......

The girl who likes to smile and have eyes like the moon, the girl who is bold and willful and dares to face the werewolf alone, the girl who leans gently on her shoulder and whispers, the girl who sometimes seems lonely and ignorant of the world...... And the girl who lay quietly in her arms, her white dress stained with blood.

In my memory, I desperately called her name, but she leaned into her arms and gradually lost consciousness......

The hand holding him slipped weakly, only the smile on his face was very happy.

......

"Betty, Betty, Betty......"

"Smack!"

With a loud slap, Roberts's face ached, and he opened his eyes blankly, and a scaly face suddenly appeared in front of him, and the erect snake eyes looked at him coldly.

"You're awake. ”

The pupils contracted slightly unconsciously, and the originally drowsy brain woke up as if it had been splashed with cold water, and the body instinctively rolled to the side, and only reacted after being far away from the "person" in front of him, it was Uberto.

In Roberts's view, his "snakeification" has become more and more serious, originally the scales only covered his sideburns and forehead, and now even the tip of the nose has strange scales, the nose has obvious contraction and narrowing, and the eyebrow bones and lips are undergoing different degrees of mutation.

Now, he absolutely cannot be associated with the word "human".

Then he realized that he was in an abnormal place, because all around him was an empty plain, and the light gradually dimmed a little farther away from him, and when he was hundreds of meters away, he could only see the deep darkness, as if in the middle of the plain of night.

But where does the light come from?

He couldn't help but look up, but it was the same scene, a little farther away he could only see a pitch black, only the abnormal light that poured down overhead, these lights were dim, not at all like moonlight or daylight.

There is no sun, no moon and no stars, as if not anywhere on earth.

"Where is this?"

His heart was obviously full of confusion, but Roberts still asked seemingly calmly. His experience has taught him that impatience and restlessness will not solve anything, and only calm judgment is the only way out.

Uberto's expression looked a little strange, but he still said it truthfully.

“...... Seabed. ”

"Under the sea?"

Roberts couldn't help but be taken aback by this unexpected answer.

What kind of world is the bottom of the sea, it is a dark world with no light at all, and the sea water, high pressure, except for the extremely rare creatures that may survive, no surface creature can survive,

And the most important thing is, since it is the bottom of the sea, why is there no water?

"Are you kidding me?"

"No, according to my instruments and satellite signals...... This is located in the deep sea of the Atlantic Ocean, and after I used a spell to teleport us away, I teleported here at random, but the exact location is unknown to me. ”

Uberto said in a strange voice, and with the change in his body, his voice also became very strange, not like a human voice, and there was a strange slurred and slurred feeling.

Then he looked up, looked at the deep darkness overhead, and said calmly.

"In my signal scan, there is an unidentified diaphragm about a kilometer above me, and beyond that there is water, but water can't enter this diaphragm. In other words, you can understand that there is a big cover in this seabed, blocking the entry of seawater, and we are within the protection of this big cover. ”

Uberto's words left Roberts dumbfounded.

The idea that there is a big hood in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean would have stunned the world, but after a little bit of thought, Roberts asked rhetorically.

"Then this big hood shouldn't have been formed naturally, do you know what this thing is all about?"

"I don't know, but I have some guesses...... In ancient legends, there was a great western continent, and there was an Atlantean civilization on the great western continent, but one day the Atlantean civilization sank into the sea. The origin of this story is difficult to trace, but we have found the remains of the Atlantean civilization, and even the resurrected Atlanteans on the moon, so why can't we believe that there really is such an Atlantean civilization that sank into the sea?"

As he spoke, Uberto pondered for a moment, then muttered.

"Perhaps, what does this protective shield have to do with the Atlantean civilization?"

"How are we going to get out?"

Uberto shook his head.

"I don't know either, but I found some metal fragments, with obvious artificial traces, and if this place is related to the Atlantean civilization, there should be some ruins and the possibility of going out...... Judging by the oxygen content here, there may be some life surviving, and I don't think that this protective shield can keep the whole ecology running...... Someone should be maintaining. ”

Uberto has many secrets in this world, and he seems to be thinking about the relationship between this undiscovered undersea shield and the Atlantean civilization, but Roberts is not going to think about this, and he is not interested in this ancient secret.

"How long did I sleep. ”

"Soon, judging from the changes in your biological clock, about two hours and forty minutes, I also just woke up. ”

Without asking anything more, Roberts just calmly checked his body, his limbs were flexible, his body was not bleeding, and it didn't look like he was hurt, and he asked.

"Where's Joan?"

"Lying behind you, not awake yet. ”

Roberts turned his head to look, between Joan lying quietly on the muddy floor, there was no sign of waking up, Roberts stepped forward and touched her pulse, and then looked at her eyes, confirming that she was just asleep, a bit like sleeping pills, and she would not wake up in a short time.

He glanced at Uberto again.

At the end, Uberto's choice came as a surprise. He thought that Uberto would go out of his way to regain the world key, and he was ready to save his daughter by himself, but what he didn't expect was that Uberto would rather give up the world key to save Joan, it seems that in his heart, Joan's importance is a few points greater than the world key.

Roberts is not stupid, he has been a mercenary and witcher for almost forty years, and has participated in many important events.

The Star Wars program during the Cold War, the arms race, and even the final collapse of the Soviet Union, there are traces of his involvement in many events, whether directly or indirectly, he is more or less involved in these events that affect the world, even if he is not keen on political intrigue, but he should have some understanding of it.

If it was because he didn't believe that there was any safe place on Earth that could escape the pursuit of several forces, he could only take Joan with him, and Uberto had to agree, then Uberto would rather choose to give up the world key than save Joan, which is worth considering.

Why?

What is the reason that Joan is more important than the world key in the heart of this cold-blooded genius?

"What the hell is your purpose?"

Looking at the inhuman Uberto in front of him, Roberts asked again with vigilance in his eyes.

If it was something else, he could tolerate it, but if this matter involved his daughter, he would never tolerate it.

Uberto was silent for a moment, then he opened his mouth.

"Roberts, think about it, have I hurt you and Joan......"

"You pushed Wendy down, you killed her. ”

Just as Uberto tried to refute, a cold voice interrupted him.

Looking at Roberts' chilling gaze, Uberto understood that Wendy's death had already put the long-time witcher on the verge of exploding, and if he couldn't give him a reasonable explanation now, he would never cooperate with him again, he was no longer trusted by Roberts.

After a long time, he spoke.

......

“...... You're ......."

“...... We had to ...... Snake ......"

“...... Do you remember...... Headache ......"

In her ears, there was a faint sound of quarrel, and Joan, who had a splitting headache, opened her eyes, and the sound of quarrel in her ears disappeared, followed by a pair of gentle hands supporting her head and leaning herself in the crook of her arm.

"You're awake. ”

The voice that should have been rough was now whispering, as if it were dealing with a fragile treasure.

Looking at her father beside her, the girl's body relaxed, leaned into Roberts's arms, rubbed her forehead with her slender fingers, and muttered half-asleep.

"Dad, where are we?"

"I don't know, but don't worry for now, we're safe. ”

The girl looked not far away, Uberto was looking down and busy with something, as if to check what other instruments were available, except for this strange space, everything seemed normal, but something seemed to have changed.

In front of the girl, the relationship between Dad and Uberto is still not good, but it seems that they are no longer as hostile as before, and they have regained some trust in each other.

In this unknown protective shield, with the help of a faint glimmer, the three of them walked aimlessly forward.

Roberts walked forward silently, and Uberto adjusted his equipment from time to time, looking for a possible way out, but Joan looked depressed, because she felt as if the three of them were in hell, and they couldn't find any animals, they couldn't find any plants, and she even felt that the three of them would die here.

"We're all going to die here. ”

Finally, she stopped, and couldn't help but talk in frustration.