"Tick, tick. ”

Blood dripped down his fingertips and fell to the ground, making a piercing crunch that echoed through the narrow aisles. Ian curled up in the corner wearily, his eyes confused as he looked at his blood-stained hands. The faint flame of the candle flickered in front of him, stretching his shadow infinitely, projecting it on the stone wall behind him, lonely and lonely.

"Wow, I've finally met Lord of Thorns. ”

"Lord Lord, can I call you Ian?"

"Ian Ian Ian Ian—"

......

Manhe walked up to Ian at the end of the hallway, sighed softly, and brought the kettle to him, "Drink something, your lips are cracked." ”

Ian didn't react.

Manhe placed the kettle in front of him and sat down next to him.

"It's not your fault, you've done your best, haven't you? "Almost, almost that girl would have survived." ”

Ian still didn't react.

"Actually, that girl had a hard time surviving, didn't she? As I said before, she won't last long without medication, and even if you can take her out, can you take her across the desert?" Manhe continued, "and then she will be tormented for a long, long time, and she will not be able to escape the fate of death. ”

Ian remained unresponsive.

"I said what can you say?" Manhe said helplessly, "or give me some reaction." ”

"I shouldn't have let her go down from there. Ian spoke slowly, his voice hoarse, "I should take her through the normal passage." ”

"Where there is any normal passage, it is not yet necessary to face a large number. ”

"But I can protect her, in mid-air, I can't. ”

"Listen, Ian. None of us can predict what will happen in the future. "At the time, it was the quickest and safest option. It's just that some accidents have happened, and accidents are not something that people can control. ”

"But it can be avoided, if I don't let her go on like that-"

"There will be new accidents, new accidents, you know. Manhe looked into Ian's self-reproachful eyes, "I said that in the four underground floors, there are many more powerful. You've already seen it, and the one who attacked you was the monster that just came out of the mountain, tell you, it's a centipede, a centipede more than ten meters long, have you seen it? Why don't I let you come to the fourth basement, because it's full of those monsters, if you don't go there, where you go, what will you encounter?"

"But I can protect her. Ian raised his voice, "If it's on the ground—"

"If you're invincible on the ground, then why are you here?" Manhe growled.

Ian froze.

"I've heard from Bowen's mouth that you're the strongest hunter in the Terrans. "But you're still here, trapped with a bad old man of mine, why? Who would stand on the ground and fight you stupidly? Can you know everything? If it wasn't something more powerful that attacked you, you'd be dead." ”

Manhet paused and said slowly, "Just like that girl, this is her life, and there is nothing you can do to change anything. It's over, just let it pass, no matter how much you blame yourself, no matter how guilty you are, no matter how much you regret it, there is no way to change anything. On the contrary, if you keep it that way, maybe someone will die because of your negligence. ”

Ian was silent. He closed his eyes in agony, and held his head high, not letting the tears that were rolling in his sockets flow. Manhe didn't speak anymore, he knew he had said enough, the situation was terrible, the two of them were trapped on the fourth basement floor, in a remote hallway, avoiding those for the time being, but he didn't know how long he could avoid them.

And the seriously ill girl died, and they failed to pick up her body. The giant centipede pounced from above, and he could only pull Ian to run. In this way, Bowen and Green, who were still on the second floor, could not come down in the same way, and they did not know where the road to the fourth floor was, which meant that the four of them were separated again.

Everything is back to a few days ago, just him and Ian. But worse than the other day, they were on the fourth basement floor, and those powerful could find them at any time. And Ian lost all his knives, and the only weapon in his body was a small dagger.

There was no food left, only half a jug of water. For the first time in so long, Manhe felt that survival was so difficult. He was not familiar with the fourth basement floor, and he had come here no more than one hand in twenty years, although he knew that the passage to the third floor was there, but it would be a long, long detour, and he would face many, many things along the way, twice as many as the third floor.

"Have you recovered? ”

Ian opened his eyes and nodded slightly.

Manh breathed a sigh of relief, he wouldn't fail to understand that the biggest reliance now was Ian. He had seen Ian's combat power, even if he only relied on a dagger, as long as he didn't encounter some powerful ones, he felt that there was still hope that he would be able to return to the third layer.

"Listen, we have to go back to the third floor now, the dwarven granary used to be on the third floor, and there is also water there, although it is not very clean, but it is good to drink. "Once we're back on the third floor, we'll go to the second floor to meet Bowen and Green, if they don't leave." Things that go to the fifth basement floor must be considered in the long run, and at least repaired. ”

Ian nodded, "Listen to you." ”

"Just listen to me, and then we'll have to take some detours to find the way to the third floor. Manhe continued, "You need to be in good shape because we have a lot of things to face. ”

Ian continued to nod.

"How can ordinary people be a threat to him, you underestimate our Lord of Thorns, stinky dwarf. ”

A joking voice rang out at the end of the hallway. The two of them were stunned for a moment, but before they could react to who it was, a black feather arrow shot out of the darkness and shot directly through Ian's left shoulder, and at the same time, the arrow sank into the bluestone brick behind him, nailing Ian to the wall!

Silver Crossbow!

"Long time no see. The archer stepped out of the darkness and smiled at Ian, "My dear, Lord Lord of Thorns. ”

Ian saw the person clearly, clenched his fists suddenly, and stared at his face: "It turned out to be you!"

"Of course it's me. The man kept smiling, "Dear Lord, Barlow Stuart is greeting you." ”

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