"Oh, I'm skeptical," Sebra replied.

"I'll tell you the truth, miss, I don't mean to be offended!

The longer I've lived here, the more I hate being like you, always busy.

Never satisfied with staying in the same place. You and your man will be much happier here than on the ground.

But it's strange that you'd rather die than go back to earth. What are you going to face up there? betrayal!" he glanced at Calamon.

"There's a war going on up there!" said Lena, eagerly. "People are suffering, are you indifferent?"

"The people up there are always suffering," Sebra said. "There's nothing I can do to change that, yes, I'm indifferent.

After all, you see, what kind of care has gotten you?

How far has he got?" Sebra angrily pointed at Calamon and turned away, slamming the door shut.

Lena looked at the man's back uncertainly, considering whether to rush out and grab him, begging him for help.

Apparently he is the only connection to the world above. It doesn't matter what kind of place it is......

"...... Lena"

"Calamon!" Lena tossed Saibra aside and ran to the fighter, who was struggling to sit up.

"What the hell are we in?" he looked around with wide eyes. "What's going on? The ship—"

"I—I'm not sure," Lena stammered. "Can your body sit up?

Maybe it would be better to lie back down......"

"I'm fine," Calamon said rudely. Then he noticed that Lena was frightened by his rudeness, and he reached out to put his arm around her.

"I'm sorry, Lena, forgive me. I......

I ......," he shook his head.

"I understand. Lena put her head on his chest and whispered.

She tells him about Sebra and the sea elves. Calamon listened intently, blinking incessantly, trying to absorb what he heard. He frowned and looked at the door.

"I wish I had been sober," he said to himself. "There's a good chance that the guy named Sebra knows the way out. I can let him tell us. ”

"I'm not sure," Lena said suspiciously, "he's a magician, like—"

She immediately stopped talking, noticing the pain on Calamon's face, and she approached him and reached out to touch his face.

"You know, Calamon," she said softly, "he's right in some ways.

We might be happy here. Did you notice, this was the first time we've been alone in a long time.

I mean really alone! It's so peaceful and peaceful here.

The glow of the moss was so soft, not as dazzling as the sun.

Listen to the sound of the water, as if it were singing to us. The shabby furniture, and the funny bed......"

Lena shut her mouth. She felt Calamon's arm grip tighter. His lips ran over her hair.

The love in her heart flowed all over her body, and she had a very urgent desire.

She quickly responded to his hug, holding him tight, sensing each other's heartbeats.

"Oh, Calamon ......," she gasped. "Let's combine, please!

I- I knew we were going to get out of here.

We've got to find someone else and get back to the surface. But for now, let's bring it together. ”

"Lena!" Calamon hugged her tightly, as if he could merge two people into one and become a single creature.

"Lena, I love you! I—I told you, I can't pour my heart and soul into you. I still can't, the time hasn't come yet. ”

"No, you can!" said Lina in a fierce reaction. She pushed him away and looked him straight in the eye.

"Rodrith is gone, Calamon, you can live your life!"

Calamon shook his head slightly. "Rodlis is still part of me.

He will always be, just as I will always be a part of him. Can you get it?"

No, she couldn't, but she nodded and lowered her head.

Calamon smiled and took a deep breath. Then put your hand on her chin and lift her head up. Her eyes were so beautiful, he thought. Deep green eyes. They are now glistening with tears.

Her skin has grown more freckles than ever before as a result of her long time outdoors.

The freckles embarrassed her. Lena is willing to give seven years of life in exchange for the same smooth skin as Lorana.

But Calamon loved every freckle, and he loved her curly hair that encircled his palms even more.

Lena saw the love in his eyes. She held her breath as he pulled her closer.

His heart was beating faster and faster, and he whispered, "I'll give you everything I can give you, Lena, if you're satisfied." I hope you can get more. ”

"I love you!" she said only that, wrapping her arms around his neck.

He wanted to make sure she really understood. "Lena—" he began.

"Shhh......hh

The long chase traversed many of the city's streets, and its decadent beauty was terrifying to Robert.

Finally they came to one of the palaces in the center.

Running through a dead garden, into a hall, and turning a corner, they stopped. The red-robed man was gone.

"Stairs!" said River Wind suddenly.

His eyes were just adjusting to the strange light, and Robert found them standing at the top of a staircase so deep that he couldn't even see the end.

Walking briskly to the stairwell, they were just in time to see the red robe flickering underneath.

"Hide in the shadows by the wall. The river breeze reminded everyone to lead the group up this huge staircase that would allow fifty people to walk side by side.

The dull, peeling murals on the walls still seemed to be lifelike, giving Robert the illusion that the characters on the walls might be more alive than he was.

Perhaps some of them were standing right here when the burning mountains hit the Pope's palace...... Robert put the terrible thought out of it and moved on.

After walking about twenty steps, they came to a wide stairwell decorated with life-size, solid gold and silver statues.

From here, another flight of stairs leads to another stairwell, and so on.

Until they were out of breath, but the red robe kept appearing in front of them.

The true temple of Pope Ista is no longer in this sunken city.

After darkness, it was withdrawn into the bottomless abyss, trying to use it as a base to re-enter the human world.

The location of the temple is now known as the "Ishtar Pit", which is the gateway to the bottomless abyss, but the group did not notice it.

Suddenly, Robert noticed a change in the air. It is getting wetter and wetter, and the saltiness of the sea is getting stronger.

As a result of listening closely, he could hear the sound of water drops hitting stones. He felt the river wind tug at his sleeve and grab him back into the shadows.

They were already approaching the bottom of the ladder. The red-robed man stood at the bottom of the stairs, looking at a dark pool in front of him that led to a large cave in front of him.

The red-robed man knelt at the water's edge. Then Robert spotted another figure, who was in the water!

He could see that the long hair shining under the torches seemed to be green. Two thin, white arms. Place on stone steps.

The lower body is not clear. The man's chin rested on his arm, seemingly completely relaxed.

The man in the red robe stretched out a hand and tenderly touched the man in the water. The man looked up.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. A woman said with disappointment.

Robert gasped. The woman spoke Elfish!

Now he could see her face, with big watery eyes, pointed ears, and delicate features......

It's a sea elf!

As he tried to hear the man's conversation with the sea elves.

The legend I had heard when I was a child began to come back to my mind, and at this time, the sea elf was facing the man, showing a charming smile.

"I'm sorry, my dear," the red-robed man said fluently in Elven language, and sat down next to her.

"I'm going to see what you're concerned about, how those two young people are doing. He'll be fine in no time. It's really dangerous.

You're right, he had completely lost the will to live. His younger brother, a magician, betrayed him. ”

"Calamon!" Robert said to himself. River Wind looked at him suspiciously, of course he couldn't understand the elves' conversation.

Robert shook his head, not wanting to miss the conversation between the two.

"Gutassir, Rob Dells. The woman said contemptuously. Robert felt confused, this sentence is not elven language!

"That's right!" the man frowned.

"After I was sure that the two men were safe, I went to check on the others. The bearded half-elf pounced on me as if it was going to eat me!

The rest of the people we rescued were fine. “

"We have buried the dead," said the woman, and Robert could hear the sorrow in her voice, and the elves lamented the loss of life.

"I want to ask them what they're doing in Ista Blood. I've never seen a captain stupid enough to drive into a whirlpool.

The girl told us that there was a war going on up there, and maybe they had no choice. The elven woman playfully threw water on the red-robed man.

What is the relationship between the two of them?

Why would a sea elf, a symbol of dignity and holiness, have such an intimate relationship with a human magician?

In his imagination, the sea elves should be perfect and can be seen from a distance and cannot be played with. And the scene he saw at this moment completely broke his imagination.

"So, do you think I should let those humans back to the surface?" the magician said thoughtfully.

"Well, I'll have to confirm it myself. The sea elves had a sly smile on their faces.