Chapter 52: There Will Always Be a Way
Returning to this place full of corners and passages, Julius didn't feel like he was going back to the same place, after all, it had only been a while, and it wasn't long. It's just that, at first, he and Rei ran out together, and when they came back, one had a head injury and was delirious, and the other was burned by the fire and turned into coke—only this coke was still very agile and moving, and was running back with Rei's petite body.
Julius was now black, and his clothes were burned, but fortunately he was dressed so thick that his clothes would not be burned to ashes, and he didn't want to enjoy the cool feeling of a large area of skin and air contact at such a time. Most of his hair was burned off, and the slightly longer hair was shaved once, but the haircut was a little rougher.
But now is not the time for him to take care of his personal image, now that he and Lei Ke are not out of danger, it is better to say that there are not many steps away from death now.
Julius felt that his whole body was burning badly, and he felt that if he looked in the mirror now, he would probably scare himself to death. The oily black mist just now, combined with the effect of the flames, almost didn't suffocate him in pain, although he survived, and then pretended to be dead and attacked the young black robe, finally found an opportunity to escape with Lei.
When he rolled on the ground just now, the flames had been extinguished, but the pain of burning his body was still on his body, and there was a tingling sensation everywhere on his skin. If it's just a nuisance, that's fine...... As long as he and Rei can escape, then no matter how much trouble is not a problem.
Julius didn't have a choice out of necessity when he ran back to the labyrinthine place, and he thought it was more likely that he would return to the same place and escape than to run around the strange underground lake. As long as he stood on the movable platform, no matter how good the black-robed people were, they wouldn't be able to climb up with the moving platform - he had joked with Rei earlier that he could carry her up that narrow and long passage, and he didn't think those mages would do that.
The passage was full of light sources, which were not his guiding lights, which were more appropriate to call them life-saving lights. These light sources must have been the spells of those mages who relied on them to track Julius and Leigh. Now these orbs of light are still close to him, which means that the two black robes have not given up on chasing Julius.
Julius glanced down at Lei, Lei's eyes were closed, and her face was bleeding, the amount of blood made Julius more and more worried, this is definitely not a child's injury, she can still moan, this is the best news for Julius. He had to get her out of here and treat her wounds...... But with such a wound, Julius's hand trembled a little just by looking at it. The wound was so deep that it looked like it was going to split half of Rei's face. If the injury were on an adult, it wouldn't be too serious, but if it was on a little girl, and it was on that face that hadn't yet detached itself, it would be very worrying.
Julius called out to Lei several times, only to be answered by a moan. After confirming that Lei still had breath, he continued to run forward, and the annoying light balls around him could not be driven away, so he could only deliberately ignore them. As long as the two didn't catch up right away, then he had a chance to escape.
Julius didn't know how far he had gone, he felt like a headless fly, running in a general direction to get himself closer to the strangely large device. Once back there, he could climb back up the pipe and get back to the space where there was a moving platform, and he and Rei would be safe.
Julius ran to a large hall with Lei. The place was nothing, it was empty and felt like it had been taken care of. It's not a small space, maybe it used to be a place where some creatures gathered, or small fangs, or maybe other weird creatures, but now there is nothing moving here.
Above the center of the hall, instead of a ceiling, there was a hole that looked like the other pipe entrances in the sewers, and if it weren't for the ceiling, it might be a good way to get out.
Julius heard footsteps behind him, which were small at first, but gradually became clear. Knowing that the two black robes had already caught up, he didn't have time to wonder why they were so quick - it wasn't difficult for a mage who could use wind and light to track him down.
If you continue like this, you will probably be caught up before you return to your original place. Julius gritted his teeth and hid Rei in the corner, his sword clenched in both hands.
If you continue to flee at this time, you will definitely be dead. Julius wasn't so stupid as to even understand this, and for him, the only way to get away with Lei was to gamble his life once. It's not hopeless, the young black robe is not an existence that no sword can cut, before he was a mage, he was still a person, he would let out a cry of pain because of his injury, and the old black robe, judging by his appearance, could not be a desperately strong opponent - if he could easily crush Julius to death like an ant, then he would not let Julius run away with Lei.
Julius didn't know if it was self-soothing to give himself courage, or if he was calmly analyzing, figuring out what the situation was and what he was supposed to do. But no matter what, he's out of a desperate situation now,
"Can't be timid, can't be afraid...... Julius muttered the same phrase to make himself look more courageous. It's a trivial matter that he dies himself, and if Rei dies, he probably won't forgive himself until he dies. He didn't want to see anyone related to him hurt in front of his eyes anymore, it was too painful, stronger than the pain of burning all over his body—especially when he thought of Olga, the old man, he ......
Julius's tightly closed eyes opened, and footsteps were getting closer. His eyes were not cloudy in the slightest, as dazzling as the light of an oil lamp.