Chapter Twenty-Seven: Desperate Walthas
"Squeak!"
Maylis gently pushed open the cold iron gate, and even covered the slightly rusty fence with a layer of frost, Maylis couldn't help but shiver, losing the protection of her fighting spirit, and the cold sweat caused by the huge pain caused by the curse just now seemed to freeze on her back at this moment.
"My lord, are you alright?" Bronn asked in a low voice when he saw Maylis's body reaction.
"I'm fine, there are no guards here, it seems that you are right, something has happened in this prison. A smile appeared on Maylis's face: "Seriously, it's the first time I've done it to a soldier in my homeland. ”
Bron's face showed a complicated expression, and he was also an officer, and he also felt the same way.
"My lord, it's not your fault, if it weren't for those dogs who insisted on ...... you"
"Forget it, don't talk about the past. Maylis's eyes suddenly became fierce, "I'm sorry, Your Excellency, for making you smile." ”
"It doesn't matter, state secrets, I can understand it, now, we have no secrets from each other, we are comrades-in-arms on one front. Grand Duke Carlin smiled.
The key obtained from the jailer on the eleventh floor can only open the iron door at the junction of the eleventh and tenth floors of stairs, and the next key is no different from scrap metal.
"Wait, something doesn't seem right here. ”
Maylis suddenly stopped moving forward.
Bronn looked around, the cold candelabra was lit up by tiny flames, the squeaks of rats and the grinding of sharp claws on the stone pavement could be heard clearly, and the endless corridor was like a mouth capable of swallowing everything, and even the faint light seemed to be swallowed up. Here, as elsewhere in Valsas, there is a cold despair.
"There are no cells here. Grand Duke Carlin spoke suddenly.
Only then did Bronn notice that on both sides of the narrow corridor, there were no cells like the eleventh floor, only cold stone walls. This is true everywhere the eye can see, and even the width of this corridor is much narrower.
"On the eleventh floor where we were just now, there are three corridors that converge at the end of the corridor, but there is only one road here, that is to say, on the tenth floor, there is only one road in total, and at the end of this road, it should be the steps leading to the ninth floor. Maylis whispered, "I don't know what awaits us now, so be careful." ”
The change in the environment made their nerves, which had just stepped through the eleventh floor gate, tense up again.
The flames on the walls could only illuminate a small part of the corridor, and between the two candlesticks on the corridor wall, a large dark area would be vacated, and every time they stepped into the darkness, the whole person seemed to be swallowed by darkness and cold.
It is completely possible for people to maintain a high level of mental concentration, but it is not so simple to maintain this state for a long time. The beard on Bron's face twitched, and he would rather face a large number of jailers and fight frantically for a while than walk down the cold and silent corridor like this.
However, in this state, the perception of the surrounding environment is very sensitive, and when a cold wind blows in front of them, everyone, including Grand Duke Karlin, feels the abnormal changes in front of them for the first time.
"There's an outlet ahead. Maylis's face changed: "In this prison, how can there be an outlet?"
Everyone looked at each other, Valthas Prison is a completely closed environment, except for the necessary vents, it is impossible to have such a large air outlet.
"No matter what lies ahead, this road can only go forward. Maylis said in a deep voice: "It's not good, there is a way to escape outside." ”
The further you go, the lower the temperature of the air becomes, and you can spit out white mist between breaths.
When the last candlestick illuminated the path ahead, everyone couldn't help but stop, because the sight that appeared in front of them was so shocking.
The pitch-black and cold corridor extended to the end, and what appeared in front of them was a huge, bottomless ravine, bursts of cold wind, constantly gushing up from under the ravine, and the stone wall facing Maylis and her party was covered with crystal ice crystals, and above the topless dome, countless dark blue magic flames danced, projecting down a deep blue light, illuminating the space above the entire ravine.
Even Maylis has opened her mouth wide at this moment, this magnificent underground space can already be described as a miracle, this level of engineering volume, it can almost be said that it is beyond the scope of human power, no wonder there has been no prisoner in Valsacas Prison who has been able to escape successfully, this bottomless ravine is an insurmountable moat, and it is impossible for prisoners who have lost their fighting spirit and magic power to pass from here.
However, above this ravine, there is not no road.
"Mistress Maylis, this, this is an ice cube?"
Bronn walked to the edge of the cliff, a crystal clear ice bridge connected the two sides of the ravine, with the help of the magic flame overhead, through the ice, Bronn clearly saw the black iron rope inside the ice.
"It's supposed to be a block of ice condensed with magic, fixed directly to the iron cable. Maylis took a deep breath, "Looks like we're going to have to walk over here." ”
Everyone couldn't help but gasp, simply walking over the ice, they might slip, not to mention that there was still a bottomless abyss under their feet?
"I'm going ahead, don't come here yet, in case there are any other mechanisms on this bridge, it will be troublesome. Maylis gritted her teeth and stepped directly on the ice in front of her, and the whole person suddenly shuddered.
The biting cold air passed directly from the center of her feet into her body, the temperature of the ice cubes was even lower than she had imagined, and the abyss under her feet continued to blow cold air currents upward, and the frost on the ice cubes seemed to stick the muscles on the soles of Maylis' feet.
Maylis stepped forward step by step, fortunately, the ice bridge did not shake much, although Maylis did not move fast, but it was steady.
The three people behind Maylis all raised their throats in their hearts, and at this time, they didn't dare to make any sound, for fear of disturbing Maylis, who was walking in front of the ghost gate.
The length of the ravine was hundreds of meters, and it was less than half a meter before Maylis took a step, and Bron felt as if a century had passed before Maylis reached the middle of the ice bridge.
"Maylis of Wishal, you really want to break from prison!"
At this time, on the other side of the ice bridge, there was a sudden playful sneer, because there was no light source, on the other side of the cliff, it was just darkness.
Maylis stopped on the bridge, and the only one who could be there was only the jailer of Valthas. It is very likely that when he first stepped onto this ice bridge, he was already discovered by the other side. Now in the middle of the ice bridge, I have fallen into a dilemma!