Ustengera, verse 10

"I'm a step late. ”

When Alice settled the survivors as quickly as she could, and arrived at Minnie's chamber within two minutes, all she could see was a stone chamber shattered by magic and a broken orc corpse.

Minnie Mouse is missing. The same goes for the wild wizard who escaped. Alice tried to open her vision of life, but all she could see was pitch black chaos.

The effective distance of the life vision will not exceed 200 feet at most. But the distance of 200 feet was enough for her to inspect most of the structure of the underground labyrinth. The wild wizard couldn't have had an expensive Shadow Shelter Scroll too—he couldn't afford it, and even if he had obtained one by some unknowable accident, he couldn't have covered two people at the same time.

Then the conclusion is obvious.

He found the passage to the lower level of the dungeon and took Minnie Mouse down. ”

Ustengera is by no means a small place, and the decoration on the top level shows that this ruins of the Worship of the Dragons must have a scale beyond imagination. And the Soul Dreadnought Wizard Order has been in this ruins for a short time, and they must also know some hidden secrets.

"There must be a secret door around here that leads to the lower level of the dungeon. Alice said with certainty.

The most suspicious place is naturally this stone room that has been smashed into a mess by magic energy. The fugitive wizard may have made this place look like a chicken coop just to disguise the location of the mechanism. But it may also be an illusion he can create, using conspicuous appearances to disguise the true location of the secret door.

"But what's the use?" Alice sighed softly, a cloud of magical energy quickly condensing from the palm of her outstretched right hand.

A sudden gust of wind swept up in the chamber.

The shattered tiles and corpse remains were swept up by the sudden wind, coalesced, and then pinched into a sphere a foot wide by an invisible force field.

With a 'pop-', the ball of the mixture was thrown into the room outside the hallway. And the things in the stone chamber, hidden or unhidden, all appeared in front of Alice.

- A small brown pedestal appeared to her right. In terms of material, it should be a mixture of steel and mercury. And on top of this platform, a large stone that is very disproportionate to the platform itself is firmly pressed against it.

With a little force, Alice kicked it away.

'Cluck-cluck-'

It was as if a huge rolling stone was turning, and when the stone moved away, the hidden switch was touched. The huge carved plates that used to be walls also moved slowly. Ten seconds later, a narrow passage of a black hole appeared in front of the girl.

There are fresh blood stains at the entrance of the passage, and there are clear footprints on the stone steps down. There is no doubt that this path was walked not so long ago. And, not far.

"There was only one person's footprint, but it was a little heavy. The blood stains also disappeared after five steps. Alice glanced at the shoe prints on the dust, and quickly came to a conclusion.

"That guy knocked Minnie unconscious, and maybe injured her. But for some reason, perhaps to cover her face, the wounds on her body were healed. And carried her away...... Are you trying to blackmail me?"

"It's naïve. Alice shook her head slightly, waved her hand and struck a magic light spell downward. The passage of dozens of stairs soon revealed itself in a soft white light.

The shoe prints disappeared after the tenth step. Judging from the traces of magic left in the air, Alice could tell that it was a spell similar to the wind she had just invited.

Is it trying to hide your whereabouts? Indeed, when the blood stains and footprints are hidden, the possibility of being found is greatly reduced.

But Alice is not worried, because she believes that a wild wizard who is fleeing for his life will definitely show his flaws. Even if he doesn't show a flaw, someone will create a flaw for him.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for her to spot the first trace. It was at the fork in the staircase at the end of the staircase, and there was a scratch on the underside of the stone wall on the left.

That should have been scratched with a fingernail.

"Minnie didn't pass out, or passed out but woke up again. Alice muttered to herself, continuing in the direction indicated by the scratches. Soon, she noticed a faint water stain at the intersection of another fork in the road.

It won't be long before we can catch up with them. The girl thought to herself. But at the same time, a faint worry also entangled her heart.

The ground is so clean.

After coming down the staircase, there is no dust on the ground. And the air is not very turbid, and the dull feeling is very slight. But this is undoubtedly quite abnormal as a Bailongjiao site that has gone through several eras.

Alice had heard Roy say that the ghouls in the Gounod's tomb were not some natural phenomenon like weeds growing in the ground. They do not arise naturally, but are deliberately made. The meaning of its existence is to guard the master's mausoleum when necessary, and in peacetime, it also has to take on the task of cleaning and cleaning the underground palace.

Although Alice has cut down a lot of ghouls in Coldfall, she has never seen a cleaner with a broom. However, the clean ground is a clear indication of the fact that there are ghouls down there, and there are many of them.

And when she passed by a hanging coffin with the faint sound of breathing, she confirmed this idea even more.

"I'd better be careful not to wake them up.] Then hurry up and find Minnie Mouse and get out quickly. 】

[Being beaten by hundreds or thousands of ghouls is not fun at all.] 】

She involuntarily quickened her pace.

Gradually, she went deeper into the lower levels of the dungeon. There were more and more black coffins along the way, and she was in the mood to count them at first, but when the number was greater than three hundred, she was not in the mood. Her surroundings had always been dim and oppressive, and she could barely hear anything except for the occasional long breathing in the coffin.

"I don't know how that guy managed to get so far ahead of me. The girl muttered dissatisfiedly. The traces that appeared in front of her never stopped. Sometimes it's a scratch, sometimes it's a blonde hair, sometimes it's a thread, it's a rag. There will be some breaks once in a while, but there will definitely be another sign before the next corner appears.

[Since she's tried so hard to ask me for help, there's no reason for me to leave her here alone.] 】

She thought to herself, and she believed in it.

However, less than two minutes later, a sudden arc of electricity disrupted her thoughts.

It was a cannon, or a stone pillar. A black soul stone hovers above the end of the column. Unleashed this violent lightning in a way that Alice didn't understand.

"Trap!?" Alice reflexively dodged, and then decisively threw an ice spear to knock down the soul stone at the top of the pillar. And when the black stone fell, the shimmering totem lines on the surface of the stone pillar also dimmed.

This magic trap is hidden. It hides behind a corner, and if you pass by it, you're bound to be attacked by it.

[Minnie's little movements were discovered, so did you deliberately lead me to this trap?]

[So, on the other side?]

Alice turned around, but stopped again as she took her first step.

[If...... Is this also misleading?]

[This dungeon is very large, and if you want to get out, you may only have to return from the original way. This magic trap could be a beacon. When I trigger it, and get misled, the coward comes out of the other way and quietly leaves the same path as before. 】

[In this way, the probability of the trap side is relatively large.] 】

She thought about it for a while, and finally decided to take the path with the traps.

She's right.

As she walked through the corridor to an open hall filled with black coffins, she collided head-on with Carter, who was holding Minnie.

"No, don't come!" the wild wizard subconsciously blocked Minnie Mouse, who was covered in bruises, in front of him, he pinched Minnie's neck with one hand, and held a ritual dagger in the other.

"Come on again, I'll kill her!" Carter threatened loudly.

"I advise you to let her go, or perhaps I will spare your life. Alice replied calmly, and she slowly approached Carter's direction, the sword in her hand pointing diagonally downward.

This encounter was sudden, beyond Alice's expectations. Knowing that the other party was at such a close distance, she would definitely open a life vision first. It only takes a sneak attack to easily rescue Minnie. However, the current state is not very bad.

As long as you can get closer. As long as she could shorten the distance to within thirty feet, she was sure that she would be fatal without injuring Minnie.

Carter, however, seemed to spot a clue and put the knife down Minnie's throat from forty feet away. Shouted, "Don't move!"

With a slight force, Minnie Mouse was stabbed in the neck. The crimson blood coagulated into blood beads, and the peculiar smell of human blood immediately diffused.

Behind Carter, a sleeping ghoul suddenly moved.

"Alright," Alice paused. "I think we should be more sensible ......"

The girl's throat suddenly stammered, and she could clearly see a ghoul suddenly standing up behind Carter!

"Damn! you woke them up!" Alice shouted in exclamation, and she subconsciously slammed forward!

"W-"

Before Carter could open his mouth, his head was split in half with an axe. Blood from the canopy spurted from the crack in his throat, and in an instant, a large slate of stone was dyed red and black.

At the same time, Alice's sword pierces the heart of the axe-wielding ghoul. She grabbed Minnie Mouse and turned to flee in the direction of the exit.

[You have to do your best, these guys will wake up soon after smelling blood.] 】

However, she only took two or three steps, and the black coffin lid in the hall bounced open one by one in a series of explosions. With the characteristic low roar of the ghouls, these ancient warriors awakened one by one.

They...... Not only this hall, but also the depths of the alleyway, in the tombs beyond Alice's vision, there was a low howl!