Chapter 239: Leaving or Going Deep (Part II)
"Lost? Is that so? Your eyes are as wandering as the fire in your hands, people of the day. The White Spider Woman looked at Barrett with a blank expression. That means you're not confident in your answer. ”
As she spoke, the spider swarm took a step forward in unison, compressing the space around Barrett even smaller.
"Hey, calm down, everyone!" he shouted, bringing the flame slightly closer to the canister, "Trust me, impulsiveness won't solve anything. If you are not satisfied with this answer, we can talk about it slowly. "Damn, why am I so bad at lying to women?" the brute secretly chagrined.
The White Spider Woman stared at Barry for a long time, and she gently stroked her long hair, and the spider swarm returned to its original position, which not only made Barrett exhale in her heart.
It was not an easy task to fight out under such a heavy siege, even with the help of the power of flames.
"Lost...... White Spider Woman groaned, not dwelling too much on the authenticity of this answer, "Only those who have a way to get lost." She whispered, "Since you didn't want to be here, what was your original goal?"
At first, Barrett was stunned. He put away the banter and thought it through his mind. Collecting egg sacs in a spider's nest? No, that wasn't his original goal.
"I don't know, it's the truth, whether you believe it or not. The barbarian's expression was much more serious than before, "I have been lost in this underground world, and I have lost myself. Now I'm back, just trying to find an answer to a question I don't know, that's all. ”
The White Spider Woman stared at Barrett again, a glimmer of flame reflected in her pure black pupilless eyes.
After a long time, she finally spoke, "Take back your sparks, day-walkers of the earth. In the name of the Dark Maiden, I can forgive you for your sins and let you get out of here safely,"
Barrett disagrees with this, and it is natural for adventurers to kill monsters. If there are indeed a few fundamental laws in the multiverse, then the "adventurer kills monsters" can definitely be counted as one of them!
But at this time, the barbarian did not make a rebuttal to death, nor did he obediently put away the oil of fire, but quietly waited for the White Spider Woman's next words.
"But there are many ways out of here, what choice would you make?" she asked.
"Many?" Barrett didn't know, "Choice?"
"One of the departing paths will take you to the rendezvous with your companions. If you're lucky enough and don't get lost again, you might see your companions somewhere along the way after a few long walks. The White Spider Woman reached out and pointed in a direction in the darkness.
"And the other way. She changed direction again, "It will be closer to the surface." Many drow elves who yearn for the light have followed this path to that new world. But the road is not easy, and there are many dangers hidden in the darkness. The quest for light is never easy. ”
"Anything else?" Barrett asked, looking up.
As he asked, the spider swarm in front of the White Spider Woman spread out slightly to both sides, revealing a path that was not too narrow between her and him.
She dragged her bloated belly and crawled lightly towards Barritt, "There's another way." "Right behind me." It leads to the deeper reaches of the Dark Realms. There, war is raging in every corner of the underground, and almost all races are not immune. When you want to escape from this war, you will find yourself involuntarily involved in another war. ”
The war underground, Barrett knew, and countless people were talking about it, but it had nothing to do with him.
"The victors were given a moment of respite and tried to gain a foothold and thrive again in the shadows. The loser, on the other hand, retracts his minions, licks his wounds, and gathers strength in an attempt to fight back. "And you, do you want to be a part of it?"
"No, no matter how tragic the war underground, it has nothing to do with me. "If the two sides of the fight weren't between the Mind Flayer and the Drow, he might be able to see the price and maybe join one of them as a mercenary. But for either race, he had no interest in joining in at all.
Barrett looked back at the other party, and finally put away the oil tank in his hand, "But the road behind you is indeed my final choice." He said firmly.
"In that case, may the 'Dark Maiden' Elise Emerald help you find the answer in your heart. The White Spider Girl took a slight step to the side, revealing the boundless darkness behind her.
"I trust my weapons and skills more than your kind goddess. Barrett said. He took a deep breath and subconsciously pressed his left hand against the 'Tyrannical Touch', walking slowly forward with the torch.
The swarm of spiders retreated before him, and then gathered behind him, as dark as ink.
When they meet the unnamed White Spider Girl face-to-face, Barrett glances up at each other. The pure white woman was more beautiful than he had seen from afar, her long white blonde hair shining in the light of the fire.
He nodded and moved on.
After brushing shoulders with her, Barrett peeked at the other man's bloated belly. Once he got used to it, it didn't seem so ugly, he thought to himself.
As he walked, a three-meter-wide corridor gradually revealed in the darkness ahead. At the entrance to the corridor, a new heavily armored spider with a darker, thicker carapace and spikes on its body swells. And the surrounding rock walls are also crawling with another new type of moss rock spider with extremely sharp legs.
After Barrett arrived, the new heavily armored spider moved slightly to the side, revealing a narrow gap for one person only.
Barrett knew that there were many entrances and exits between the three layers of the dark realm. But for some reason, this entrance is so well guarded, perhaps because it leads directly to the White Spider Woman's lair.
The brute cautiously slipped through the spikes, glancing back at the White Spider Woman, until the heavily armored spider moved its body again, blocking the entrance.
Whew, it looks like I've escaped. He exhaled and continued walking. But before he could walk twenty meters, the passage actually came to an end.
At the end, on the ground, there is a stone staircase that spirals downward. The stairs are narrow, and at first glance it looks a bit similar to the one in the 'Beautiful Experience' store. It seems that the designer of the staircase in the store was also an underground citizen.
However, the staircase in front of me is more quaint, the steps and handrails are made of unknown materials, and they seem to be very strong, but they still bear some traces of axe chopping and knife carving, and it seems that there have been some fierce battles here.
Barrett extinguished the torch and replaced it with a glowing stone, pressed his hand to the hilt of his sword, and walked down the stairs.
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