A quarter of an hour later, Ian understood why the dwarves had failed to lock the five basement floors. They were standing under the hallway, Manhe holding an oil lamp aloft and the candle reaching down the stone staircase. This staircase has not been visited by a living person for thousands of years, and each step is covered with dust. After sweeping away the dust, you can find that the stone steps are dark red, which is the color of blood, and the blood stains have not melted away for thousands of years, and they extend downward little by little, extending to a huge gap.

It was solidified cement, like a big open hand. It was supposed to be a solid cement wall, like a corridor behind the two of them, and the corridor leading from the fourth basement to the third basement was blocked by a heavy cement wall, making it impossible to pass through at all. And here, a huge hole was broken in the wall.

"That's why I didn't dare go down. Manhe whispered, "Look at that gap, what kind of monster could it be?"

Ian shook his head, it was impossible to guess from the gap alone. But there is no need to insist on one thing, that monster has extremely powerful explosive power, Ian first thought of dragons, but in his impression, there is no such small dragon.

"It's the most dangerous place and the safest place. Because the [ghosts] on the four underground floors will not come close. Manhe looked around, "I was chased here by [ghosts] before, but they only dared to chase the previous corner, so they didn't dare to come here, maybe there are some more powerful monsters down there that make them fearful." ”

The monster that makes [ghosts] even more fearful?Ian couldn't help but think of Gornis.

"Let's go down. ”

Ian took the lead and walked down, and Manhe took a deep breath before following Ian. Even if they didn't deliberately stomp their feet, the footsteps of the two still echoed in the not very spacious corridor, listening to the heartbeat of a beast.

The two walked to the gap to get a closer look at the ruined concrete wall. The wall was badly damaged, and it could be seen from the messy cement blocks under his feet that judging from the size of the gap, the monster that broke through the wall should be a small creature like Tiger Bear.

Of course, compared to humans, the size of the [Tiger Bear] is already very large. But for Ian, who has only fought with dragons, the size of [Tiger Bear] is too insignificant. It's just that there is one thing that Ian is a little concerned about, did the monster that broke through the cement wall break through the cement on the day of the disaster, when the cement had not yet solidified, or after the disaster ended, the cement had solidified into a concrete wall?

If it was the former, then why didn't it break through the remaining walls in one fell swoop? Or was it killed by the dwarven warriors of the time on the fourth basement floor? If it was the latter—

Ian squinted, staring at the thickness of the wall.

If it is broken through after the cement has completely solidified, then the explosive ability of this small monster is really breathtaking. What did the dwarves raise thousands of years ago? No wonder the mighty elves were almost wiped out by them.

"Do you really want to go down?" Manhe asked in a low voice, "once we go down, we may not be able to turn back." ”

"You have a choice, but I don't have a choice. "I have to get out of here, there's a lot of people waiting for me." ”

"I know. Manhe sighed, "You can see how important you are to the Terrans, you are different from me, and you are still burdened with responsibilities." But you have to think clearly, once you go down, you may have to face the source of the direct decline of the dwarves thousands of years ago. My people have not been able to do anything in their strongest days, and now it's up to the two of us—"

"You're going down too?"

"Of course, I said that you will be sent for the rest of your life, and the dwarves are a very faithful race. Manhe rubbed his face vigorously, rubbing his face red, "Although I think that if I go down, I will die, but I have lived for so long, and I have no regrets." But you, in fact, can go to the basement level and give it a try. ”

Ian shook his head: "No need, as soon as I say that the underground floor is full of mechanisms, the mechanisms are real dead things, if there are no drawings, no matter how powerful people are, they will die in it." And I don't have the weapons to destroy the concrete wall, and the basement is hopeless. ”

"I see. Manhe nodded, "Let's go, let me be brave too." Huh – what's that? ”

Manhe pointed behind Ian, who turned his head to see several knife marks on the concrete wall. He looked closer, and saw that it was engraved in a few simple small letters—"Greg Thor, down." ”

Seeing these words, Ian's mood became irrepressibly happy. Greg is still alive, at least he didn't die on the fourth floor underground, but went straight to the fifth floor!

What a powerful old man!" Ian thought to himself.

"Looks like you still have a companion alive. Manhe laughed, "Maybe we'll find him." ”

"Yes, he's the Lord of Thorns. Ian said softly, "He is different from me, he is the Lord of Thorns who fought in countless hunts without relying on external forces, and on his own." Who could kill him? Neither humans nor [ghosts] could do it. ”

"Are you confident in him? Manhe nodded, "But it's okay, the stronger our teammates, the better our chances of winning." Do you need to carve a few words on it? at least tell Green and Bowen that you're going down. In case they also go to the fourth basement level, they can at least know where you are going when they come here. ”

"Even if they can't find me, they'll come down, and no hunter wants to stay underground for the rest of their lives. ”

Ian said this, but decided to carve something into the concrete wall. He thought for a moment and pulled out the dagger, the only weapon he had on him, and the guardian and the Muskmoon goddess and the alchemy weapons were all left in the mine. Only this dagger, given to him by his grandfather Ludo, has accompanied him from the beginning to the present, and if he dies here now, then this dagger can be said to have lasted through his entire hunter's career.

Holding the dagger behind his back, he began to carve words on the concrete wall. The sharp tip of the knife easily cut through the ancient cement wall, and the cement powder fell little by little.

"Ian, Manhe is down. Like Rudo, Ian first told the others where they were going in a few simple words, and then, after a brief hesitation, he carved this line into the wall.

"Green, if I die, please help me say sorry to the Messiah. ”

After carving, put away the knife.

Ian looked at Manhe, "Let's go." ”

Manhe's gaze retracted from the wall, staring at Ian for a few seconds, then nodding slightly, "Let's go." ”

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