With a "squeak", the beautiful and imposing doors of the dusty tower closed behind it.

Jin Shaolan has been quite strange since he came here, such a magnificent tower, Madison has only been away for two years, why does the exterior wall look so gray, and the mottled moss is crawling as if it has been abandoned for many years? The two doors looked brand new as if they had just been installed yesterday, but when they opened and closed, they made a screeching sound that had not been oiled for more than ten years, or a "bang" like the next time the whole door fell off because the broken leaf was broken.

However, this is understandable, given the confusion of time in the Tower of Karazhan.

"Doctor, do you think we should start looking for the entrance from the south side?"

Finley asked, a little puzzling. He held a pile of materials in his hand, comparing them with the contents of the notebook:

"But the old gentleman said he saw some of our 'seniors' go southwest."

"That's true, but I'm sure they're looking for an entrance there, and we just need to look for another entrance to get to the same destination."

"Well, doctor," Finley smiled and shook his head, "anyway, even if you go in the same direction and don't have a clue about where the entrance is, then I don't think it's a bad idea to listen to you at the moment." ”

He shook his head again and casually stuffed the materials into his pocket. "So, since there's nothing else to prepare, let's go, shall we?"

The two of them were about to leave when the door of the Tower of Medivan behind them sounded again with the sound of an old doorshaft turning.

"Oh, just in time!" Teacher', 'Juniper Nut', wait for me! ”

Pilkin's voice came from behind them, and he was slightly panting, saying:

"Listen to me, teacher, Juniper, I have a task I just received and I want your help, so I hurry out and find you two. Alpha bless, it really let me catch up! ”

He said overjoyed, striding over the two men who had turned back and stopped waiting for him.

"I need your help so badly, and if I can, please give me a helping hand!" - With that, Pilkin, who came in a hurry, shared a task for Finley and Jin Shaolan.

The Contractor 234655 has shared a side quest with you: ......""...... Do you want to accept this task, yes/no? ”

In the nightmare space's prompt, the two also got a general understanding of the mission shared by Pilkin. After seeing this, Jin Shaolan not only sighed in his heart, "He is worthy of being a senior contractor who has been following this mission branch for a while", because what Pilkin shared was a task to try to find the entrance and go to Medivan's cellar to investigate if there was anything wrong there.

He wasn't the only one who felt this way, Finley didn't know much about the world, but he was more thoughtful, comparing the task shared by Pilgin with the clues he both knew, and also came to the conclusion that it was the one they could trigger if they continued their investigation and succeeded. In addition, Pilkin's quest was issued by his teacher, the Violet Eye mage Ravion, which illustrates the "authority" of the quest, called "Tranquil Water".

The hidden mission, which was personally explained by Lavion, was undoubtedly much more profitable than they expected to be from taking the "Diary" notebook and following the map. Thinking of this, Jin Shaolan and Finley were not only enthusiastic but also grateful to Pilkin for his generosity in sharing the task straightforwardly, and their squad leader was really interesting.

"But how can we help? You see, Captain Pilkin, as you know, Doctor Juniper and I are not combat-type contractors," Finley said sincerely, "Not only that, but the instructions for this mission are a little too simple, 'Investigate Medivan's cellar', which gives me the feeling that I don't know where to start." ”

"Ah......h Sorry, I'm really sorry, I forgot to explain. According to my teacher's instructions, this task requires us to keep track of the energy genealogy inside the cellar - yes, just like the two of you did in the village before. ”

Pilkin seemed to be stunned at this time, and quickly explained:

"The difficulty is that I don't have a lot of time left, and I can't do it all by myself – but obviously with your enthusiasm to get on board, it's a lot easier."

While rushing to the southwest of the Secret Law Tower, while listening to Pilkin's explanation, Finley and Jin Shaolan also understood his plan: he explained to the two of them that he had set up some arrangements in the cellar and the nearby area to lure some of the mana creatures away; The other part that lingers in place will be forcefully pacified into a state of tranquility. This way, even if something unexpected happens, the three of them will have plenty of time to escape back to the ground.

Following Pilkin, they found an abandoned well in the southwest corner of the village. The nearby fields had long been barren, and the scarecrows with missing heads and arms were stuck crookedly in the grass, which looked particularly strange in the gray twilight of Karazhan.

"It was a good well," said Pilkin, lowering the rope ladder into the well, "but it slowly dried up in the first few years." However, the water source in the village is very abundant, so no one will take it to heart if it is dry. ”

The rope ladder was also lowered to the bottom at this time, and Pilgin tested whether the bundle was strong, and he took the lead into the well. As he climbed down the rope ladder, he told his two apprentices: "When you go down to the cellar, you two must follow me carefully." ”

As he stepped down the rope ladder step by step and entered the well, Pilkin's voice gradually became indistinct, and the sound of the urn was a little erratic, and it seemed a little erratic because of the layers of deeper and deeper echoes: "Teacher, Juniper Son, I still have the strength to fight against those undead and the like, but once you who have no combat power are out of my defense, I may not be able to protect your safety." ”

As Pilkin said, he just needed someone to share his work in the short time he had been set up to quickly measure the flow of magic to the data and distribution lineage, and to return quickly. If there is still room for it, explore it further; Otherwise, return to the Mage Tower immediately with safety as your top priority.

"That's it!" After the fire sickle sounded, a warm yellow light penetrated the mouth of the black hole and reflected in the eyes of Finley and Jin Shaolan, and Pilkin's voice also came from the well, echoing between the walls of the hole: "Please be careful when you come down." ”

"Please, Dr. Juniper," Finley smiled and nodded, and at some point a few more little mice followed him, munching on the crumbs Finley had thrown at them, "I'll be the last one - I think I can still serve as a small sentry after the break." ”

Jin Shaolan also smiled back and did as she was told.

The soles of the boots on the rope ladder give people a wobbly sense of suspension, which is why many people have a hard time getting used to this way of climbing without a solid feeling under their feet; This is especially true when descending down a rope ladder instead of going up. The feeling of being in mid-air and having no basis to rely on, many people still feel palpitations even after many experiences.

Looking down, a dim light came through the bottom of the well, reflecting a small corner. As he descended the rope, the light swayed in the darkness, not knowing whether it was because his own body was swaying with the rope ladder, or if the lantern was also swaying in Pilkin's hand.

When there were still a few steps left in the rope ladder, Jin Shaolan jumped down. Leaning against the wall of the well, Pilkin was waiting for them with a lantern in his hand, and a somewhat old-fashioned smile was given to him on his solemn face. Seeing him come down, Pilgin held a lantern and motioned him to look at the side of the well wall. It seems that because of the long-term erosion of the water, the earth and rocks there have collapsed, revealing a hollow.

This should be the natural entrance to the Medivan cellars over the years. According to the villagers, the destination of the contractors who came in this direction yesterday must be the same here. Jin Shaolan smiled, and was about to ask Pilkin to verify his guess, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of several black shadows rushing towards the light source, that is, towards him and Pilkin.

Under the yellow light of the swaying horse lantern, it was impossible to see clearly, and the black shadows swept close to the ground, and in a blink of an eye they had already reached the square corner of the well. At this moment, however, they stopped, and circled on a small piece of flat ground at the bottom of the well—

A few nimble mice.

At this time, Finley, who was walking last, also jumped down the rope ladder.

Jin Shaolan sighed secretly. When the black shadows rushed towards him and Pilkin just now, he was forced to resist any overreaction - because he hadn't done anything during the process of going down to the bottom of the well or after landing, which was compared to Pilkin, so it was believed that as long as he didn't act rashly, at least these black shadows would attack the monster with his face first...... Well, it's the old skin that lights up the lantern.

For this reason, when it became clear that it was a rat that Finley had summoned from the other side of the cave, he inevitably felt a little uncomfortable inside. However, Finley's "tacit" good-natured smile made him angry—the little sentries who had been "recruited" before were obviously left on the ground, and it didn't seem humane to make these little things jump into a dry well more than ten meters deep...... Jin Shaolan also thought about it from another perspective, if it was him who had this function, then he would not be comfortable if he didn't summon a few mice to follow him. At the end of the day, I still live in a peaceful environment and have little experience in dealing with emergencies. Pilkin, on the other hand, kept his serious face silent throughout.

Sudden - the word reminded him of what he had experienced before entering space. But this time, he was at the bottom of a dim and cramped well, and at worst he was at the bottom of a strange and mysterious Karazan, and the strange adventures of the nightmare space made the young director leave behind the shadows that had appeared in his heart in a blink of an eye.

There was no superfluous communication, and under the leadership of Pilkin, they drilled into the hole in the wall of the well in turn with the rickety lantern.