Chapter 45: Discovered
Julius looked at Lei, and Lei looked at him at this time. Neither of them expected to meet people in such a place, and it seemed that they had been here for a long time, and they were familiar with the strange device. Julius heard a lot of strange words, and the two men below continued to talk.
"The snake remains ran to the reservoir above for some reason, although the pressure on our side was much less, but we can't just breathe a sigh of relief. "We can go up the waterway, but we'll have to walk long distances or use spells." β
The young black robe trembled as if he had heard something terrible, "That monster...... It's best to go, and as for who will be unlucky, that's none of our business. β
"The reservoir is in the middle of the level, and if that thing swims over there, it will only be the speculative scavengers and adventurers who will suffer. "It's just some inconsequential people who die, but why would it go to that kind of place?" The question seemed to the old black-robed one to be more worthy of attention than anything else, "It will give priority to hunting down mages who dare to go underground...... So did it leave because it had encountered a target more worthy of dealing with than we did?"
"Maybe it's because it's tired of those of us who never leave this neighborhood like psoriasis?" said the young black-robed man, sounding like a joke. But it was clear that his seniors were not in the mood to joke with him, "Since it's gone, let this thing continue to work, don't let it stop, and use it for as long as it can until the monster returns." β
The young black-robed man nodded, looking up at the massive device. "It's been a long time since it was activated, counting the time it has been intermittent to deal with the snake skeleton...... It's been more than half a year. But we didn't pump what we wanted out of that lake at all, just a disgusting pile of garbage. β
"It's just a hopeless thing. "But whether it is rumors or instructions, they all point to the bottom of the lake." And spells don't always deceive. β
"Yes, our own spells will never deceive us. The young black robe agreed. He kept looking up at the device in front of him, and noticed something strange. The movement came from the ceiling above the device, to which several thick pipes were attached. The pipes were in disrepair and useless, and there were rat-like things moving around in them, causing disturbing noises.
Then the young black robe found something that was not a mouse. Those bright eyes don't look like rats at all. Julius and Lei's eyes matched the young black robe, and it was a coincidence that the young black robe did not notice these two people before this, and these two people did not react to the fact that the young black robe would suddenly look over here without any warning.
Julius and Rei saw what kind of face the young black robe had, it was indeed a young man, but his complexion was a little pale, probably because he had been underground for too long and rarely basked in the sun.
"Who's there!" the young black robe shouted, his voice was very loud, like a thunderclap in this quiet space, not only Julius and Lei were frightened, but the old black robe also looked like he was frightened, "What's the matter!" The old black robe's voice also raised.
Startled, Julius and Rei retracted their heads and looked at each other nervously, now that they had been discovered, it seemed pointless to hide themselves any longer. "We seem to have been discovered. Julius said, and Lei's voice became nervous, "No, it's like we've been completely discovered!" I don't think those guys down there are any good people...... Let's run!"
Julius agreed, and listening to the conversation between the two men below, there was no doubt that they were not friendly men. If you are a friendly person, you will not say such a thing as whether someone lives or dies. And in such a deep underground, can a person wearing a black robe, with a suspicious appearance, and saying strange things, really be a good person?
And Julius believed Leigh's words. Having spent so much time with Rei, he knew that she had a strange instinct that could always lead the two of them away from the dangers that lurked in the darkness, and the sincerity that hid behind people's expressions. I have to admit that Lei Neng has survived alone until now, not only because of luck and other people's sympathy, but because she does have something special.
Rei looked scared now, as if she was frightened by the voice of the young black robe, but Julius knew that she wouldn't be scared because of that, and if the roar could scare her, then anyone in the rat path would be able to scare her. Now the expression on Rei's face is not frightened and frightened, but the instinctive fear that her life is in danger.
"Let's go!" Rei turned and left, using her hands and feet, and crawled back the way she came, Julius following closely behind her.
It's just that the people below don't seem to intend to let them go like that. The young black robe stretched out his hand and aimed it at the section of the pipe that made a clanging sound, "Split!"
The sound of air splitting sounded around the black robe, and the hem and cuffs of his robe also floated up, as if they were filled with air and blown out of it. An invisible wind blew onto the pipe and hit the outer wall of the pipe. The sound of metal being cut was heard, and the section of pipe was cut at both ends and fell from aboveβand Julius and Rei were inside.
The movement of the young black robe was not small, and the sound of cutting metal and the sound of falling pipes filled the entire space.
"What are you doing! If you mess up like this, if it affects the operation of the machine......" The old black robe, who became more nervous because of his actions, walked over to the edge of the device to check it, and after making sure that there was nothing wrong with it, turned to the reckless young man and cursed.
"Two rats have broken in, but you can't let them go. The young black-robed said, "It's fine if it's a mouse, but rats don't speak human language...... But if a talking rat divulges the secrets here, it's going to be in trouble. The young black-robed man walked over to the fallen pipe, "The place around here should have been thoroughly inspected, why would anyone be able to break into here?"