There was no way to tell where the podium used to be, and a meter in front of us was a pitch-black crater.

There is absolutely no remnant of any debris left around it.

The sparks floating in the air and the black debris that keeps falling are testaments to the past.

Xiao Han walked to the center and chopped the ground a few times with his foot.

She continued to step forward a few steps, and then she crouched down and wiped the rubble with her hands.

"As I thought, Emperor Yan and they really designed a pit here in advance, under this kind of explosion, the effect of the pit is estimated to be very limited, you guys pull the cordon, and the rest, follow me to dig Miri out."

"Dig it out... How are you going to dig this?"

"Don't worry, this way of evacuation is our original creation."

"Okay."

Although I was a little worried about whether I would dig up something, Xiao Han said that there should be no problem.

——

The tunnel was dug through.

The passage with the obvious concrete poured appeared before our eyes.

Lost a little colorful stone down.

Then in a faint light, we saw Miri, already unconscious, below.

Baratheon's mechanism actually saved her.

It's something to be happy about, and I don't want anything to happen to Miri.

We went down and a man tied Miri with a rope, and then a group of people pulled her up.

Looking at Miri, who was motionless, Xiao Han turned his head to look at us.

"Are any of you doctors? What's going on with Miri now?"

"Come on, I've learned a little bit."

It was Luno who answered Han.

Watch Luno skillfully diagnose the action... I had the illusion that Luno could do anything.

I guess I learned it from a book, right?

Luno briefly checked her pupils and heartbeat.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that it's affected, and my body hasn't been seriously harmed, and although I'm in a temporary coma now, I think I'll be able to wake up soon."

"I see, guys, now let's start moving."

After confirming Miri's condition, Kohan quickly gave the order to evacuate.

However, we have only just taken a step forward.

The sound of a sharp blade piercing the body, this... It is a throwing weapon.

By the time we reacted, the three knights in front of us had already fallen.

"Hidden! Hidden!"

Blackwater's speed is too fast.

We don't know when, we've been completely surrounded by black water.

There were fifteen of them, and they were getting closer to us.

You know, we don't have a chance of winning one-on-one, especially now there are only eight people left.

"Do you want to break through with all your might?"

"We can't run away, according to the speed at which that guy used the hidden weapon just now, we will be killed one when we get up, even if we have a shield, it is impossible to protect the whole body."

"So how? Hurry, we don't have much time left."

"My lovely junior, in which direction did the secret weapon fly from just now?"

"On the left, it's all coming from this direction."

Luno's hearing, as good as ever.

Xiao Han nodded and took out a cylindrical thing from his arms.

She pulled it out and threw it right in front of us.

Three seconds later, I heard a distinctive sound.

Then white smoke rises.

"Is this a smoke bomb? Xiaohan, you even have this."

"It's just something that I did out of interest, but I didn't expect it to be useful one day."

Xiao Han raised his hand and motioned for us all to stand up.

She was quick to tell us about the situation.

"Let's break through to the rear, count down to three, and rush out, remember, don't stop!"

"Understood!"

「...」

——

The breakthrough was successful, and even I don't believe it myself, we actually succeeded in breaking through with a person on our backs.

Counterpart... It was Blackwater, who seemed to have a special fear of smoke grenades, and none of them were willing to approach the area covered by smoke grenades.

It is for this reason that we were able to break through their blockade.

Now we've been running for at least ten minutes in one go.

Xiao Han gasped and made a stop gesture.

Before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the knights collapsed to the ground because of the burden on their bodies.

Now, they are all breathing hard.

In this case, there is an inexplicable sense of déjà vu, which seems to be the same when we explored the abyss before.

"After leaving so much at once, Blackwater shouldn't be chasing after you, right?"

"It's hard to say... I'm not sure, my lovely junior, how many people came to Blackwater just now?"

"Just fifteen people, no one else."

"Rocket launch defense, my lovely junior, do you have any way to tell?"

"This location... This direction on the left, just keep going and you'll be there."

The direction that Luno knows is what lies ahead of us.

"I see."

After nodding, Xiao Han stood up.

turned to the crowd.

"We'll go to the rocket launch site now, where we should be able to see reinforcements, and when the time comes, we'll just call them for help."

Xiao Han said just now that rockets will only have one chance to be launched.

Once the launch site is revealed, the rockets will inevitably be destroyed by the alert airboats.

In this kind of environment, which everyone knows, the military will obviously not be perfunctory, and it is inevitable to exclude the search team and some reinforcements.

"Everybody, we're on our way, you all pay attention to your surroundings, Blackwater isn't the type to follow a real duel, we have to guard against that."

Are you cautiously observing your surroundings?

This is really more and more similar to the previous exploration of the abyss.

——

The street we were on was deserted, and nothing could be heard except the sound of our footsteps.

But this is not surprising, there was such a violent explosion just now, and it is normal for people who are closer to run to see the excitement.

There are no people at all, that's the trap, I don't have this idea at all, the reason why we run so clean around ... It's not reality, there's not so much to look after.

I finally gasped for breath, and because of Luno's words, I felt a huge pressure again.

"President, we're surrounded, eight of us... There were eight people surrounding us."

Xiao Han, who once again heard the news that he was surrounded, made a gesture to stop advancing and scatter.

She wasn't as helpless this time as she was last time.

The people surrounding us have not yet appeared in our sight, and it is precisely because of this that Xiaohan seems so calm.

Xiaohan, she made several gestures in a row that I couldn't understand.

This is what the order had to convey to the knights.

(End of chapter)