Chapter 55: Pennis who can't come back

(Friends help me think about whether there is a handsome and loud book title, I want to change the name and change the introduction.) Do you really want me to change back to Yara's adventure notes, or change it to the road to salvation?or change it to the adventurer's book? )

R&D Zone.

A jumble of footsteps broke the dead silence in the hallway, and the six figures turned the corner one after another, stepping onto the last straight corridor leading to the residential quarters, each of them looking embarrassed as they ran. Rachel and Lina's backpack had been transferred to Catherine's back, Nicole's backpack had been lost after she had been captured, and the three girls were carrying no weight, but even so, they were much slower than Penis and Catherine, forcing Pannis and Catherine to slow down so as not to throw them off.

Among the three girls, Lina can use magic to strengthen herself at any time after all, so she is quite relaxed, the situation is the least optimistic is Nicole, after running wildly for an hour, Nicole, as a mage, has completely exhausted her physical strength, her chest rises and falls violently, and the rapid wheezing sound can be clearly heard more than ten meters away.

"It's not going to go on like this, it's going to be faster. Pannis, who was running at the front, shouted: "There is still half an hour at most, and the final defense will be activated, so we will not have time to continue." ”

Rachel, who had been running beside Nicole, saw Nicole's already pale face and stumbling steps that could fall at any time, bit her lip fiercely, and suddenly accelerated her speed and rushed in front of Nicole, bending down and carrying Nicole to chase forward.

"Are you crazy? ...... you" Nicole, who hadn't spoken much to Rachel, opened her eyes in surprise, and as soon as she said a few words, she was interrupted by her own violent gasps, and a soul-to-soul exhaustion made her unable to lift her arms.

"Don't make any noise, I won't leave you behind again this time, and I will die together. Rachel forcefully stopped Nicole from continuing, then closed his mouth and ran forward.

"You won't be able to support yourself for long. Vivien ran all the way and sat on Pannis's shoulders without feeling tired at all, and couldn't help but say when she saw Rachel's actions. Rachel didn't say a word, looked up and gave Vivien a stubborn look, and continued to run forward with his head down.

Vivien pursed her lips, took out a bottle of potion and handed it to Catherine: "Sister, I see that you are very relaxed, help fill this potion for Nicole, I guess she doesn't have the strength to drink it herself." ”

Catherine didn't ask much, slowed down and waited for Rachel to catch up, then handed the potion to Nicole's mouth and fed her to drink. Nicole was lying on Rachel's back, and at this time she had adjusted her breathing, and after drinking the potion, she asked, "What is this potion?"

"Feather Elixir. Vivien replied: "Only the mage drinks it, it can make you very light, I didn't expect you to be unable to support it, otherwise I would have given it to you a long time ago." ”

"I didn't expect that either. Nicole smiled embarrassedly, "I thought I could hold on." ”

"You haven't eaten much since you were captured. Only Pannis was able to keep his breath alive during the run, and his voice didn't even change when he spoke: "I found that you don't have a backpack, and you certainly don't have any food." ”

Nicole smiled wryly and nodded: "I ate a little the day before yesterday, I came from Gastin, and he hasn't eaten since he left." ”

"Why didn't you say it before. Sitting on Pannis's shoulder, Vivien danced and said, "I told us that we all have extra food." ”

"I don't want to trouble you anymore. ”

Without Nicole's drag, the speed of the six people increased significantly, and they rushed straight towards the entrance along the R&D area.

Passing through the gate of the R&D area, through the long corridors of the living quarters, and half an hour of high-speed running inevitably slowed down the speed of the six people.

"Damn, Pannis, look at the walls. Vivien suddenly exclaimed, pointing to the metal wall in the far cordoned off. The original dark cyan metal wall now faintly revealed an ominous red light, and anyone who was slightly involved in magic could feel the energy restlessness hidden inside the wall.

"Fast, it could be activated at any time, and while I'm not sure what the effect is, I'm guessing it's likely to explode and collapse, closing the hole completely. If that's the case, I can't open the nearly kilometer passage in the warning zone, and then we'll all be locked up here, come on, Rachel, hold on a little longer, it'll be there soon, a little faster. As Vivien cheered Rachel loudly, the red light from behind the walls became more and more obvious, and even the ground trembled faintly.

"Quick, Catherine, you go first, I guess the gate won't be affected, but let's run farther for the sake of insurance. "Pannis was the first to rush through the confines of the cordoned off and to the final passage, a few hundred meters away was the rusty gate. But Pannis stopped, looked back at Lina, Rachel and Nicole, who were at least two hundred meters behind, and waved to Catherine, "I'll wait for them, you go first." ”

Catherine hesitated for only a second, then took Vivien from behind Pannis, shouting as she ran, "I'll run as far as I can, and you guys will catch up as soon as possible." ”

"Don't worry, I'm not going to die. Pennis, who had lost his weight, actually ran in the opposite direction towards Lina and the three, grabbed Rachel and Nicole under their arms one by one, and shouted to Lina, "Can it be faster?"

Lina didn't have time to answer, but the white light on her body flashed again, condensing on her legs. With the power of the divine arts, Lina once again increased her speed. The red light behind the wall became more and more vivid, and it became brighter and brighter, as if it was dripping blood, and the whole warning area was reflected in bright red.

"It's too late. Lina, run. Pannis looked at the gate dozens of meters away and shouted, his right hand was forceful, and he threw Nicole directly first, followed by a wave of his left hand, and threw Rachel and Nicole with him. The two girls were like sharp arrows, cutting a non-obvious arc in the air, flying through the last distance at a very fast speed, directly through the metal gate and hitting the wall on the side of the gate.

After throwing Nicole and Rachel, Pannis's figure flashed, and quietly appeared behind Lina, who was still running wildly, and his right hand was pressed against Lina's back: "You can fly too." ”

Lina, who was running, only felt a strong surge behind her, and her whole body left the ground, flew forward, and passed through the metal gate.

The red light flashed and then disappeared in an instant. There was no explosion, no sound and light, no earth shaking, and the moment the red light suddenly disappeared, the entire warning area collapsed as a whole until the metal gate, and the metal roof above did not hold out for even a second, and was flooded by a large number of falling rocks, and no trace of the passage could be found. Lina, who had just flown through the metal gate, let out a terrible scream, but finally managed not to dodge the falling rocks when the cave collapsed, and was hit by the outermost stone, and the entire calf of her right leg was crushed under the heavy boulder.

"Lina!" Catherine, who was still running forward, turned around sharply when she heard Lina's screams, and found that the collapse of the passage had ended, and Lina's legs were crushed under the falling rocks, and she hurriedly ran back with Vivien on her back, and put her hands on the boulders with all her strength, but even though she used all her strength, the boulders that had been crushed by countless falling rocks on it still did not move.

"Big sister, you dodge. Vivien exclaimed, "Elemental, fossil mud." ”

Under the effect of magic, the corner of the bottom of the boulder quickly softened, turned into mud and scattered sand, and Lina, who was ready, took advantage of the pain to pull her leg out, and the missing small piece of the boulder shook slightly and returned to its immobile state.

As the passage collapsed, several bright hedron lamps outside the metal gate began to flicker, and the lights gradually dimmed.

"Vivien, light the lamp. Catherine had a tremor and panic in her voice.

Vivien quickly assembled the characteristic hedron lamp and lit it before the lights outside were completely extinguished, so that the cave without light source did not fall into complete darkness. After lighting the spar lamp, Vivien asked, "Sister, what's wrong with you?"

"Pan, where is Pannis?" asked Catherine in a dry voice.

Vivien's eyes widened suddenly, she looked around, pointed to the completely destroyed passage and asked in disbelief, "Could it be that he, he, he, he, he is ......?"

"He's behind me. Dragging the calf of her right leg, which had been deformed and blurred with flesh and blood, Lina sat on the ground in a daze, completely ignoring the sharp pain in her leg, and looked at the passage without a trace of gaps: "He pushed me out, and he was the one who could have come out." ”

"No kidding, it's not funny at all. The corners of Vivien's mouth twitched, and she looked at Lina with her last hope, expecting Lina's answer, but Lina stared blankly at the passage closed by the boulder, and said nothing.

"I'm sorry. Holding Nicole, who had broken both legs, Rachel hobbled over and said, "If it weren't for us, you would have run out a long time ago, and it was the two of us who dragged you down." ”

"Yes, we killed him. Nicole said with a sad look of self-reproach.

"I don't blame you. Lina finally recovered from her stupor, waved her hand, and said, "We all have a share, if it were just him, there would be no danger at all." As a result, now, he has saved the lives of each of us, and the only one who failed to save it is himself. ”

"This time, he really can't come back. Catherine's hand gently caressed the rock that had sealed the passage, and said quietly.

"Eldest sister?" Vivien was stunned for a moment, and asked inexplicably, "What do you mean?"

Catherine smiled lightly, but her smile was more bitter than crying: "He always said before, I won't die, I won't die, and then every time he comes back unharmed." But what about this time? The last thing he said to me was that I would not die, but the cave collapsed, which was equivalent to the whole mountain pressing on him, no matter what strength he had, even if he was a demigod, I am afraid ...... I can't come back. Pannis, I've always wanted to redeem your soul, but in the end it was you who saved our lives, sorry, I didn't do it, I'm sorry. ”