Chapter Twenty-Six: Moving On
When they first met, and when they followed Marina afterward, Lulunaka was always a well-behaved and obedient girl, and she managed the distance well. Marina is a kind woman, so kind that Lunaka is so moved that she is about to cry, from the beginning until now, she has met many mages, and Marina is definitely not a very outstanding type, maybe ordinary, but easy to get along with, much stronger than those cold, shameless, stupid and arrogant bastards, at least Lulunaka feels that she is still quite happy to follow Marina.
But even with such Marina, Lulunaka didn't go too far, at least she didn't touch Marina's magic book at will, and deliberately avoided it. Marina wouldn't have known that Lulunaka had deliberately kept such a delicate distance, but with the Unconscious Sword, she had probably let down her guard a lot. Because that's what Lulunaka wants, and she does, a young girl's smiling face always relaxes people, as long as the other person isn't some psychologically dark pervert.
Marina reassures Lulunaka, believing that she is just a poor girl who makes a living in the rat path, and to Lulunaka, Marina is a mageβor rather, a mage with a magic book that doesn't belong to her.
Lulunaka was an alchemist, and though she sometimes hated to admit it, magic was a convenient or essential part of the process of making something, and that made Lulunaka familiar with the magic book, which was a mixture of magic and craft. But even without alchemy, Lulunaka herself was familiar with magic, both before and after becoming an alchemist.
Now Lulunaka has some interest in Marina's secrets, although this magic book is not hers, but it does not exclude Marina as a user, what is the story in this? Along the way, it is also fun to guess or find a way to ask something, but it will be more troublesome to get something important from a magician.
As Luluna and Marina whispered to each other, Chris stood in front of her.
"What's the matter?" asked Ekou, who was in the back.
"It's the end. Chris replied, "Watch your step." β
Soon, Eko and the others understood why Chris had to say watch out for his step. When Eko walked up to Chris, he kicked a pebble, which rolled forward a few times before suddenly disappearing. It didn't disappear into the darkness, it did. Ek's foot was just on the edge of the floor, and in front of him was a bottomless space, and the pebbles fell underneath without any sound in return. Far on the other side, there was still a passage, but the place under their feet could no longer go on. It's like it's collapsed, or hollowed out.
Eko took a step back, startled by half of his foot dangling from the edge. "What's going on here?"
"Who knows, I've heard that this has been the case for hundreds of years...... I don't know if it's true or not, it's been a long time anyway. "This was already the case when I first came here, and when I got information from those old men. Be careful not to fall, I've been down there, and some of the unlucky ones who fell down turned into a puddle of meat, and no one was even happy to collect and touch the corpse and search for things, it was too dirty. β
"How deep is it down there?" asked Eko as he continued, scared but curious when he heard Shortaxe's words.
"Falling to the ground from the top of Hagia Sophia...... It's a little bit higher than that. β
Eko took a step back as he thought back to the greatest building of the Holy Spirit, the most recognizable landmark of the King's Castle, and the cathedral that pilgrims from all directions visited.
Lulunaka made her way to the edge, crouched on her knees, and poked her head out to look down. Although her posture will stain her clothes, it is safer than standing and looking down, and it is not easy to make people dizzy. "I've heard of this place. As long as you go down from here, you are leaving the shallow water area of the sewer. The following words will be more shabby, and there will be more places that have not yet been explored. Of course, there are more rare plants, and if there is still a place where there is glowing moss, it is quite possible in the place below. β
"Yes, and that means there is something more dangerous than tiny fangs. Shortaxe said, clearly diminishing Lulunaka's somewhat high spirits, "Yes, that's not the place I can go down there alone...... Those horrible little fangs just now made me understand this. β
"You should be glad you met someone kind enough. "Of course, it won't be me. His words did not specify who it was, but the person he spoke to could only be and could only be Marina.
Lulunaka stood up, patted her knee, and returned to Marina's side, snuggling up to the big bird like a poor little bird, "Marina, am I going to cause you trouble?"
Marina smiled, "Not yet." She wasn't sure that Lulunaka wouldn't be a problem, but it made Lulunaka look more at ease. She knew that Lulunaka was a caring child, and if she hadn't been cornered, she probably wouldn't have come to such a place. And they are also very self-aware, knowing that they do not have the ability to fight, which may cause them some inconvenience.
"That's enough. Lulunaka smiled, and the gloom was swept away, "Thank you for taking me." β
Marina is not a ruthless person, and seeing Lulunaka's smile, she doesn't think she's done something inappropriate. If Glastarax really thought he couldn't go down with Lulunaka, he would have brought it up, but he didn't. So Marina thought they could continue with the poor child, though the next place to go might be even more dangerous than that.
"How are we going to go down?" asked Ekou, realizing that there was no way out ahead, and Chris shouldn't be leading them to a dead end. "There's no way to go, can we fly to the other side?"
There was indeed a road on the opposite side of them, but at such a distance, it was impossible for them to reach the opposite passage unless they flew over with their wings.
"Of course we have a way down, young master. Shortaxe said. Chris wasn't standing near them at this point, walking around on the edges, and finally crouched down somewhere, "The ladder is over here." β
He's trying to get someone else to come to his side. The others walked up to him and saw a wooden ladder at Chris's feet, stretching deep into the bottomless space.
"The ladder is fine. Chris said to them, "I'll go down first." β
As soon as he finished speaking, he climbed down and quickly disappeared from everyone's eyes. He's walking so fast that Eko hasn't reacted yet, but it looks like they're going to have to follow.
"Men first. Axe looked at Eko, "You go down first, and the two of them follow you." β
Eko went down first, extinguished the torch, stuck it in his waist, and followed Chris. After he descended some distance, Marina and Lulunaka followed, and finally the Shortaxe, no different from the way the team advanced.
As he climbed down, the axe shouted downwards, "Watch your step, maybe there will be a section or two that will be empty, and there will be no place for you to settle, but don't stumble and fall, you will die an ugly death." β
And as they climbed down, the wind blew up from below, like a cold hand on them.
"It's strange why there's a wind blowing up below?" said Eko, "this is underground, not an exit to the surface. β
"I don't know, and don't ask me. The axe on top heard Ek's words, "I'm used to it, and it's only strange for someone like you to come down for the first time." β
The wooden ladder was sturdy, and it was reminded by the axe that they had climbed down fairly smoothly. Until Chris's voice came up from below, "This height is already safe." β
Hearing Chris's words, Eko was distracted, his feet were empty, and he slipped down the ladder. His hands rubbed against the sides of the ladder, and the whole person fell sharply down the ladder, and then suddenly fell to the ground. It all happened so suddenly, he didn't have time to scream, only the burning pain in the palms of his hands reminded him of what had just happened.
"Next time, I don't want to climb down the ladder before you. Chris said as he looked at Ekou, who came down from the ladder and walked to the side and rubbed his palms.