What are the places where the bright sun can't shine?

Inside the buildings that people live in, underwater, in bottomless caves, in abandoned mines where you don't know what dangers are in them, in the far north where sunlight is not available all year round, and in the "underworld" where only goblins live......

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Everywhere there was darkness and dead silence...... The walls of the passage are covered with rocks of varying shapes, and if you listen closely, you can hear the sound of dripping water from a distance, which is the subtle sound of water droplets dripping from a high place onto the ground.

There is not a single light source in the labyrinthine aisles of this place, and the silence in the darkness where you can't see your fingers is very Dutt's atmosphere...... Although there are sometimes subtle sounds of rustling in the dark, they are only made by small creatures like insects......

There is a book that says rightly: "In a place where the sun can't reach, people who are trapped in that place often can't figure out how long time has passed......

A small lizard with scales on its body is crawling on the side of the rock wall, and it has evolved night vision after living in this dark environment for many years. As a creature living in this underworld... This little lizard's day is nothing more than using its tongue to feed on the small insects crawling in the aisles, crawling to the puddles in the aisles to quench its thirst when it is thirsty, and avoiding the extremely dangerous monsters in the caves...... It has lived here for many years, but it has lived a more leisurely life, after all, as a small lizard, it does not have the idea of being bored all the time......

Gollum -

A stomach sound that only came from the belly of the small lizard, which subconsciously swallowed its throat and kept sticking out its long, forked tongue.

In the darkness it seemed to see something flash in front of it, and as the tiny figure swept past it again at a rapid pace, the small lizard ejected its own slime-covered forked tongue at breakneck speed!

Poof!

With such a strange sound, a white-flowered worm was firmly wrapped in the lizard's forked tongue and sent into its mouth.

After catching its prey, it seemed to be tasting the delicious worm in its mouth, and as the worm was bitten by the sharp teeth in the lizard's mouth, the viscous liquid and other tissues were swallowed by it, and after eating the barely hungry white flower worm, the small lizard narrowed its eyes and seemed to be resting......

After a while, the lizard opened its eyes as if it had heard something, and through its night vision eyes, which could see everything in the darkness, it saw something unthinkable......

Is that... What the?

It looks bright and soft...... And it's still moving......

Well?

The small lizard's eyes narrowed slightly when it noticed it, and then it suddenly opened its eyes as if it had seen something incomprehensible.

Is that...... A strange creature that I've never seen before, its size is unusually huge...... It looked like a giant, and it was holding what it was shining and soft with what it looked like a forelimbed......

Seeing the huge creature approaching him, the little lizard quickly climbed up to the top of the rock wall as if frightened, and stared at the figure that kept walking in its direction with its own miniature eyes......

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Walking in the corridor full of small stones, I held the stone in one hand to illuminate the darkness and provide a light source, and with the other hand held the hilt of the sword of the "Lost Black Talisman", carefully exploring this labyrinthine underground cavern, and every time I walked a hundred steps, I would use the "Lost Black Talisman" to cut a gap in the rock wall on the side, as a mark for the exploration along the way.

Speaking of which, I don't know how long I've been exploring this underground cavern, one day, two days, three days... Still is......?

The leather armor I was wearing had a lot of scratches from the battle in the ruins of "Lesa Yaga", and many stains that were difficult to clean, and my face was stained with some slightly dirty dust... The look in his eyebrows also looked a little tired......

I don't know how long I walked, but I could see the front of this passage through the glowing stone in my left hand, and the passage had reached its end... A layer of rock with different shapes imprinted into my field of vision, and there was no doubt that it was a dead end... A dead end where I didn't want to find any answers.

Looking at the empty rock formations in front of me, I sighed with relief, and then I walked to the rock wall on the left side of the aisle, sat down, leaned my body against the rock wall behind me, and planned to rest here, placing the stone in my left hand on the ground, and rubbing my tired legs with my left hand.

(Half of the dry food and fresh water brought with them had been consumed during this time...) I don't know how long I can last here with the only food and water left...... ）

This labyrinthine underground area... Not to mention that there are really few other things to eat, such as some unknown and unknown strange insects that don't know whether they are poisonous or not, and there are some creatures like small reptiles.

The water source in the small puddle in the cave seems to be produced by two conditions, one is the water source that constantly seeps out of the rock crevices, and the other is the water that slowly drips from the stalactites above the cave to the small puddle, and the water source produced by these two methods is really slow... If you want to drink the water from these puddles, it's probably not enough for you......

"This is the second dead end I've found......" I said to myself, as I sat on the ground, looking around my body.

Find a dead end... That means you'll have to go back the way you came, go back to the fork in the road and take another path, which has to be said to be really troublesome... It is a waste of time and energy......

Seriously... I really hate this labyrinthine underground world, and I can say that I am even more disgusted by this underground cave with intertwined underground passages than the underground world under "Kejie City", after all, the former does not have any light sources, road signs, places, food, or water in the corridors...... And the latter is very well stocked with everything.

Really... Is there really something in this underworld that I am looking for that led to the decline of the mining city of Lysa Jega? Am I getting it wrong in the first place......

Thinking of this, I unscrewed the lid of the parchment kettle tied to my waist bag with my left hand and poured a mouthful of water into my mouth, and as the fresh water flowed down my throat into my body, the thirst in my mouth was greatly lessened.

"It's better to save some water......"

I looked at the little fresh water left in the sheepskin kettle, screwed the lid and tied it back to my fanny pack, and when I had done that, I reached out my left hand and picked up the stone that had been placed on the ground, ready to stand up.

At the same time as I stood up, a little white light the size of a firefly appeared on the tip of the sword of the "Lost Black Talisman" held in my right hand, and I couldn't help but feel countless doubts in my heart when I saw the sudden light on the tip of the sword, this light on the tip of the sword was pointing slightly forward... Looks like it's showing me the way.

Bang Ka -

In the aisle ahead, there was the sound of a rock being shattered by some kind of force.

Well?

I looked ahead as I heard the voice, it was......

Fire?

I seemed to faintly see the orange flames burning in the aisle ahead, and through these "floating" flames in mid-air, I saw the outline of a creature with horns......

"Night Vision"!

As the enhanced magic activated, I could see what the creature in front of me really looked like, and I smiled slightly at the creature with horns walking unhurriedly in my direction.

"It seems... I'm not alone in this dark underworld!"