Charlotte clasped her fingers on the sloping slate, and he kicked his legs on the steeper and steeper angles of the slab to get out of the embarrassment.

But the slate was like the silent Titanic, gradually changing from a gentle angle to a steep right angle, and it sank into the lake at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the lake water at the root bubbled like boiling tomato soup.

Charlotte failed to get up several times in a row, and it was not until the deadly lake of blood was about to swallow the tip of his shoe that he finally stepped on a slightly raised stress point on a stone slab, and turned over and jumped on the stone slab that was not yet silent behind him.

The next moment, the broken slab was swallowed up by the lake of blood, making Charlotte's face pale.

"Elle, where are you!"

Without even time to be afraid, Charlotte called out to Elle as she raced against time to find a way out of the cracked stone slab.

"Damn it, stop pestering that Villette, did you hear what I said?!Hurry up and run!"

But there was no response, the roar of the explosion and the muffled sound of the stone slab cracking buried everything, and his voice could not be heard at all, and he was swallowed up by a huge sound three meters around him, and even the surrounding environment could not be distinguished. It's like the end of the world, and Charlotte is powerlessly looking for a way out.

There were fewer and fewer footholds, but the closest intact slabs to the cracked slabs were a hundred meters away, and it was impossible for Charlotte to jump on them if she couldn't fly or stay in the air. The slate beneath his feet was still cracking and sinking, and even by the most optimistic estimates, the slab, which had just been so strong, would sink completely in two minutes.

- What should I do?

Once again, she was almost engulfed in a rift, and Charlotte couldn't help but despair.

- Am I going to be swallowed up by this lake of blood, and die a miserable death after being transformed into a necromancy?

Bang!

A loud roar exploded in her ears, causing Charlotte's brain to tingle and temporarily deaf both ears. This time, good luck did not continue to favor the mage, and a stalactite on the dome suddenly fell off, and Charlotte, who was focusing on finding a way out, was momentarily unaware and was smashed by the stalactite.

The force-field-like defensive ring smashed the stalactites with strong potential energy apart, but at the same time, it also burst open. The crooked stalactites smashed on the stone slab two meters away from Charlotte, directly shattering the already unstable stone slab.

The angry lake of blood splattered up along the cracks in the stone slab, and Charlotte, who had lost the protection of the force field, endured the pain of her brain buzzing and subconsciously ducked to the side, he dodged the splashed blood lake, but bad luck struck again and again. The stone slab where he had fallen had just cracked, and this time, before he could take effective countermeasures, his outstretched hand in vain did not catch anything, and he fell down the huge gap into the lake of blood.

"Charlotte !!"

At the critical moment, Al rushed out of the smoke and grabbed his hand. The silver-haired young girl used her strength to breastfeed, and she also used the power of her steel body to hold Charlotte down. However, just as he was about to pull him up, the stone slab behind Elle clicked.

The two of them were in a cold sweat of fright, and Charlotte tried to climb up, but the clicking sound behind Elle was like bursting corn kernels.

“…… What's that sound?" Charlotte's face turned pale, "It's not funny at all, don't do this kind of prank!"

"Charlotte......" Elle didn't dare to use any force except to hold Charlotte's hands and hook the instep of the slate, "I don't have the heart to joke with you!"

"Then let go!" Charlotte sighed.

"Don't!"

"Stupid! it's better to fall alone than both!"

"I don't want it!"

"Ah——! really! I knew you were a hopeless fool when I first saw you thirteen years ago! Don't you know that your actions don't mean anything now?"

"I just don't want to!"

"Fool!

Charlotte struggled, and this time accelerated the cracking speed of the slate behind her, and the slate broke with a clatter, and the two people holding hands fell towards the lake of blood like kites with broken strings.

Charlotte could even smell the eerie smell of the Blood Lake, and he hugged Elle in the air and closed his eyes tightly.

- I didn't expect it to end like this......

The collar was suddenly pulled by someone, and the desperate Charlotte was strangled to the point that she almost stuck out her tongue, and he just wondered if this was the painful process of being transformed into a dead soul?

"Hurry up and hold on!"

There was a touching voice behind him, it was Claire!

Charlotte opened her eyes and found herself landing on a white, round stone. Claire stood right behind him, grabbing his collar.

The raging surface of the Blood Lake was still about half a meter from his feet, and as the roaring lake surface churned, the surface of the lake rolled up with waves, and the waves hit the cobblestones, almost splashing on his legs.

Charlotte hurriedly stood up, looking curiously at the never-before-seen white cobblestone, and realized that because of the churning waves of the Blood Lake, the real safety of the cobblestone was only two meters away.

"Claire!" Charlotte hugged the young man in front of her excitedly, "I almost thought I was done playing!"

"I'm never going to let you die before my eyes. Saving Charlotte at the last moment, Claire's pale face showed a smile of relief, "We are both in Icewind Castle, and we can't do without anyone." ”

He said in a firm tone, as if in response to Malthus's words before leaving.

I would make the same choice if I were given enough time to think and make judgments more intellectually rather than subconsciously.

Claire did not flee immediately, but chose to risk her life to save her brother.

"I owe you my life!man!" Charlotte was so excited that she almost couldn't speak, "but how did you do it!?

He was referring to the white cobblestone at the foothold.

"He?" Claire smiled, "He's not a cobblestone, it's Quinn's skull! ”

"W-What......?

Charlotte was just about to say that wouldn't the undead die instantly if they fell into the lake, but he soon realized that he had fallen into a misunderstanding, in fact, Iger's Scepter was not a bone dragon at all, it was essentially a root artifact made by Iger, and it would naturally not be affected by the blood lake.

Even El, despite her human form, she is essentially an artifact, not a living being.

"It's ...... It's really you!" Charlotte, who reacted, immediately praised in surprise.

"I'm just trying it out. ”

"Is this the time for you to make small talk?!" the lake of blood by the skull gurgled and bubbled, and Quinn's hurried voice came to his head, "I'm standing at the highest point at the bottom of this underground lake, and you want me to take you ashore?"

Charlotte was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that they were in a precarious situation. Now the entire underground cavern is crumbling rapidly, and the blood in the lake is roaring and furious, in other words, if they don't find a way to escape this blood lake soon, they will be swallowed by the blood lake sooner or later.

Charlotte and Claire looked at each other and smiled wryly. At this moment, Elle suddenly shouted from the side.

"Look! it's those two nasty women!"