"Tick, tick" droplets of water drip down the end of the stalactites that hang upside down on the top of the cave, and a faint splash of water gently splashes with the impact, but only highlights the unusual silence of the place. A fringe corner of the Cave of the Heartless Witches, what was once a passage for dumping garbage and filth has been turned into a pool of water due to the rising waters caused by the tsunami. Although it is such a place, it is visible to the naked eye, and you can't feel any filth in your nose. Even if it were such a passage, the witches would not allow it to become filthy and defile their realm. And now standing on the edge of this pool of water is not the witch in charge of disposing of the garbage, because this is the place of escape given by Peg.

The three people who came here found some wooden boxes at the edge of the pool, and interestingly, although there were no locks on them, some handles of different shapes were nailed with copper blocks at the opening and closing. Fioni saw a few familiar patterns in these wooden boxes at a glance, which were the patterns on the lock when Hela unlocked the door before, could there be any connection between the two things? The Kraken raised his hand to signal the other two not to move, and then cautiously approached the miscellaneous objects placed together, and in the puzzled eyes of Lothar and the Networm, the Kraken hesitantly stretched out his hand.

The first one is a mermaid. The "click" wooden box was opened, and there was nothing but a white cloth pad placed underneath the box. The second is the rudder. Fioni opened it without giving up, and the inside was still as empty as the first wooden box. With the idea of taking one last look, he opened a third wooden box, the crow. "Quack, quack!" the loud bird call made all three of them subconsciously take a few steps back, and they immediately swept their eyes around, fearing that the noise was some kind of alarm that had attracted the guards in Hela's mouth. But fortunately, nothing seemed to have happened, and Fioni let out a sigh of relief, turned his head back to the box, and then he was stunned. Because he clearly remembered that when he opened the third wooden box, there was nothing in it, but now, a shark tooth knife was lying diagonally in the wooden box, and there seemed to be blood stains on the blade that had not been wiped off. It was Fioni's own blood.

At the same time, Lothar and the networm also walked over, and unlike the kraken, they walked to the two wooden boxes from before, and the white cloth that had been laid at the bottom of the box bulged up at some point, and when they opened it, they found that they were the weapons and trinkets they had taken away from the witch. Networm was a little nervous and quickly hung the cold iron amulet around her neck, this magical ornament that could insulate magic gave her a sense of security far greater than a city wall. Lothar, on the other hand, picked up his battle axe, and although the Fool's Justice was changed by the gray-robed mage, the weight of his hand and the feel of wielding it told the Count that this was his weapon. It seems that this should be the last thing the witches can do for them.

Fioni took the contents of the box neatly to his body, made a gesture of please to the pool, and then turned and jumped into the water. Networm and Lothar glanced at each other, and the Count frowned, he wasn't very watery. The mercenary saw his uneasiness, grabbed Lothar's left hand with her right hand, winked at him, and then jumped into the pool with the latter without saying a word. The water was a little cold, but not enough to freeze the person, and the two opened their eyes in the water to see that Fioni was already waiting at the mouth of the cave underwater. Whether it was intentional or coincidental, the walls of the waterway, which the witches used to drain the water, actually grew some kind of aquatic plants that glowed dimly, and these plants guided the three of them out of this place like a signpost.

But what they didn't know was that after the splash of the three people entering the water subsided, the three opened wooden boxes actually closed automatically! The bronze mermaid emblem that had been inlaid in the opening of the wooden box naturally fell off, bounced on the ground a few times, and fell into the pool as if by coincidence. Suddenly, a shadow quickly magnified in the light of the water, dived into the water and disappeared.

In the underwater passage, Fioni sensed the water with the instinct of a kraken, guiding his companions to the nearest exit through the many scattered cavities. Humans can't breathe underwater, and he must find a way out as soon as possible to keep the two safe. Fortunately, it was only a sewage outlet, except for some holes and forks in the road for confusion, and the witches did not put up any other obstacles, and Fioni found a way to the outside world after a little thought. He turned behind Lothar and the networms, pushing them closer faster than they could.

But it doesn't seem that simple. When the three of them reached the end of the passage and were about to rush into the sea, a metal gate stopped them. Aquatic weeds, dead fish, and a few other things wrapped around the gate and fluttered with the current, and it seemed that the witches hadn't completely ignored the passage. Fioni stepped forward and pushed and lifted the gate a few times, only to find that the metal bars that made it up were deeply embedded in the rocks around the passageway, and the Kraken could not move no matter how hard he tried. At this time, he remembered the two arms he had severed, and with the strange power of those two arms, it was possible to loosen the surrounding rocks, but with the current situation, there must be no way.

For now, it would be better to return Lothar and the networms to the witch's cave before they drown, and then return here to find a way to break the floodgates. It's a bit dangerous, but I don't think witches come to the garbage dumping room so often. The Kraken paid attention and turned to tell his two companions what he meant, only to find that Lothar and the Networm had already drawn their weapons at some point, and were guarding against the gate as if they were facing a great enemy. Fioni was stunned for a moment, but the Kraken quickly understood why his companion was doing this, and a dark shadow flickered in the faint light of the four walls of the passage and vanished. What's that?

The Kraken grabbed the two by the shoulders and motioned for them to stand back, and he drew the scimitar that belonged to the Sharktooth Huntress and stood in front of his companion. Humans are not suited to fight in the water, and even if they are armed with weapons, they will not be able to wield them in the water and consume a lot of oxygen that cannot be replenished. In that case, it's better to find out the truth about this unknown shadow on your own, and let them try to open the floodgates. Fioni held the scimitar in his right hand, the weapon of which was just the right length for such a small space.

The dark shadow reappeared, and this time, the Kraken saw more details with its excellent eyesight. That thing, with a fishtail, is it a fish? It's very likely, whether the witch intentionally or unintentionally, it's not difficult to survive in this kind of garbage dumping channel, so it's normal to be big. I don't know why, Fioni has a vague feeling in his heart that things are definitely not so simple. He pointed to the gate with his left hand and motioned for Lothar and the webworm to deal with the obstacle, while he swam 120,000 cautiously into the passage from which he had come, and if the fight was unavoidable, then let it take place far from his companions.