Episode 18 Abyssal Fire
We walk in an infinite and seemingly never-ending tunnel.
The ground is rugged, and the sound of noisy footsteps echoes in the vast space, making it even more dull.
Although it is deeper than the old hell, it is not like the cave I walked in before. The rock walls and ground are mixed with glowing ore, bringing a faint light to this dark passage.
However, it is also unbearably hot. The heat coming through the rock wall turned the cave into an oven. And the deeper you go, the more obvious the sensation becomes.
Kawashiro took out a strange instrument from the backpack behind him neatly and began to measure the temperature around him.
That thing is probably a thermometer made by her!
"55°C and counting. ”
The girl stared at the instrument in her hand and muttered.
"It's only 55, it's nothing. ”
River City was a little unimpressed, he used to live in an environment that was more than twice as high as this every day!
"You know what? The last time I came, it was more than 10 degrees Celsius lower than that!"
"You don't understand! Isn't it natural that there are differences in temperature in different formations?"
"Babbling ......"
"Hmm......"
The two sisters stared at each other with wide eyes, and a flash of lightning flashed between their eyes.
"It doesn't matter what, if you don't leave, I'll leave you!"
Ignoring the two fools' arguments, I walked straight past them.
"Ah, please wait for us. ”
The Hecheng sisters didn't care about the winner anymore, and hurriedly chased after them.
"It's boring. ”
Gu Ming Dijue squinted at his sister who was happily riding on the man's shoulder, and said indignantly.
"If you're bored, you don't have to come along!"
When they heard that we were going down to the abyss, the Earth Spirit Hall family also came.
"Don't be arrogant, I'm not here with you!"
I just said that the novel I wrote was disgusting, but I haven't forgotten it! When I think about it, I can't help but be full of anger.
"I'm just going to pay a visit to Sallyel. ”
"Oh?"
"Why? Do you dare not believe me?"
"No, I believe it. ”
It doesn't matter what her real purpose is, anyway, there are a few more people on the road to accompany her, and it's always more lively.
"Na, haven't you arrived yet?"
Konaji leaned down and asked.
The excitement at the beginning is now gone, and the scenery that is always the same is starting to make her feel bored.
"Not yet!"
It is estimated that it will take more than half an hour to get there.
"Why so long?"
The girl fell on her stomach, waving her little hands weakly.
"Bear with it a little longer!"
I'm carrying her on my back now, and before I can say anything, she complains.
"Or, big brother, tell me a story!"
The ancient name of the land love was inspired by an idea, and came up with a brilliant idea to pass the time.
"Love adult GJ. ”
The flame cats and kappa also gave the girl a thumbs up, and they always walked with their heads bored, which was really boring!
"Please, Lord Dongfang. ”
"Hey......"
It's really embarrassing to be asked by such a group of girls.
"Aren't you usually very eloquent? Just say a few words and fool them. ”
It sounds like a compliment on me, but it feels more like a mockery of me!
Gu Ming felt that this guy, do you still hold a grudge against what happened before?
In that case, you can't blame me.
"Okay, I'll just tell you one, you all have to listen carefully!"
"Yes. ”
The girls answered and walked closer to me.
"This is a story about a young youkai......"
No matter how unwilling he is, Gu Ming Dijue has to admit that this man is really good at playing tricks. A story that is not very exciting, but it is said by the other party that it is out of the blue, just look at your sister and other guys with glowing eyes.
And, the most annoying thing is that I seem to be attracted by the other party's words.
"Huh?"
Listening to this, the girl suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Why do you always feel that this story, where have you seen the same?
No, I didn't read it somewhere, didn't I just come up with this story?
However, the allusion that was originally just a passing one stroke was greatly expanded by Dongfang Yao, so it was not heard all of a sudden.
"Ahhhh ”
Gu Ming Dijue shouted loudly, covering his ears and squatting down.
"Sister, what's wrong with you?"
Her shouting stopped the storyteller.
"Lord Satoru is really noisy!"
"Does it hurt your stomach?"
"Shut up, y'all. ”
The surrounding discussion made the girl's face turn red, and then she looked at the man with extremely indignant eyes.
"You bastard, if you don't want to reach the abyss, shut me up. ”
Her gaze was very clear, if she dared to say more, she would kill the other party immediately.
"Alright, let's keep walking!"
I turned around and walked forward.
"Eh, what about the story?"
Gu Ming Di Lian couldn't help but ask, looking at the other party's appearance, it seems that he doesn't plan to tell that story!
"Not in the back. ”
"No, why?"
"Because she was eaten by other youkai. ”
"Eh!!!"
This result is too unacceptable!
"I hate it! Big brother is so bad. ”
Hey, is it my fault?
After walking for a long time, the cave seemed to have finally come to an end, and a red light could be faintly seen in front of it.
"Ah, hurry up, hurry up. ”
Seeing that it was finally coming, the girl on her shoulder immediately shouted excitedly.
"Got it. ”
Without her urging, I quickened my pace.
Rushing out of the hole, a fierce smell accompanied by a terrible heat wave hit our faces, almost suffocating us.
The originally dark space was filled with red and yellow light.
The earth is a sea of fire.
"How so?"
The girls looked at Yiqiē in front of them in a daze, and they couldn't react for a while.
The ground was glowing, and hot lava was flowing freely on the ground, and it was almost impossible to find a safe place to stay. Thick smoke billowed and poisonous gases filled the entire vast space, and ordinary people would be poisoned to death if they stayed here for half a minute.
This place has become much worse than the last time I visited.
It looks like even youkai won't be able to live anymore.
"Changes in the earth's crust. ”
The only thing that can cause such a large-scale change in the ground is the movement of the earth's crust.
"Sally Elle. ”
Seeing this, River City flew away quickly.
Now, she was most worried about the safety of Sally El.
Let's hope everyone is okay!
"Help me take care of my love. ”
Gu Ming Dijue threw down a sentence and flew away, her friendship with those people was deeper than that of River City, and she also felt very uneasy.
"Ah, sister......"
The ancient name of the love only had time to stretch out his hand, and the other party had disappeared.
"Lord Dongfang, let's catch up quickly!"
"Wait, let me find them first. ”
Those two people must not know where Sally El and the others were, and it is too dangerous to run recklessly in such an environment.
Although he was in a hurry, he had to wait patiently.
The mind is like a spider's web, stretching out in all directions at a rapid speed.
The shape shì is really bad, and the next eruption is about to begin.
However, they still couldn't find Sariel and them, but they found River City Mitori and Funaji Love. The two of them were flying around like headless flies, as I feared.
Once you are in a hurry, you completely lose your important sense of normalcy?
The mind continues to expand further afield.
"Found it!"
Finally, a few kilometers away, they were spotted.
"Give it all to me. ”
I shouted to the others, and at the same time caused the ancient name to jump to the ground.
"Yes. ”
The girls obeyed my orders and gathered around me, while Konaji Ai hugged me.
But I didn't have time to tell her to let go at this point.
A spherical enchantment protected everyone inside, only to feel a slight shock in the air, the surrounding scenery suddenly elongated, and the enchantment was like a cannonball, flying into the distance with everyone at unimaginable speed.
"So fast!"
Kawajo looked at the crooked scenery outside, and couldn't help but exclaim.
The enchantment that your hand touches is hard like a piece of glass, and it buzzes when you knock it on.
A lava flow suddenly erupted from the ground in front of it, rising to a height of tens of meters, and before the girls could scream, the barrier had already passed through it.
Looking back, the lava pillar had been cut in two at the waist, and the top one was collapsing.
"Awesome. ”
After withstanding such a huge impact, there was not even a single shock, the strength of this enchantment is beyond people's imagination!
The exterior of the barrier began to glow strongly.
"What is that?"
Gu Ming Dijue didn't know what to do when he saw Hecheng, and suddenly saw something shining in the distance flashing, so fast that it was almost invisible. They hesitated, and hurried towards it.
"Is this the end of it?"
Looking at the approaching red lava, Sariel sighed deeply.
They were now on top of an extinct volcano, like a small island, surrounded by lava that could swallow it up at any moment.
Burning rocks were falling from the sky, erupting from nearby volcanoes, and the mere defense of these extremely dangerous things made everyone a little anxious.
"Sallyel, Elise, you better run away quickly! ”
The girl in the bronze plate had an extremely sad expression, if it weren't for her, the others would have fled to safety!
In order to bring her here, everyone has already spent a lot of energy.
At this time, Juli really resented herself, why didn't she have a body that could move freely?
"Don't make any jokes, how can I leave you alone?"
Elise blasted a rock into the air, gasping for air.
Her face was a little pale, and she was already a little powerless with too much magic power.
But even so, the girl still stood bravely in front of Kikuri.
"Don't worry, I'll be able to get you out of this hellish place. ”
"However, if this continues, everyone will be in danger. ”
Abyssal crustal activity is frequent, and volcanic eruptions are a common occurrence. So at first, when there was an anomaly on the surface, everyone was a little unimpressed. By the time he realized something was wrong, it was too late to escape.
"It's all my fault, if I could have found out sooner......"
Faced with such a desperate situation, Sariel fell into deep self-blame.
"It's my fault. ”
The Demon Eye kept wiping away tears, she was originally in charge of patrolling, but she didn't even notice such an important situation, and everyone was in this dangerous situation.
"Okay, okay, stop crying. ”
Seeing her like this, Sally El couldn't blame herself, and went up and gently hugged the other party.
"What's next?"
Elise asked weakly, if they didn't come up with a way soon, they might really end up here.
It wasn't that she hadn't thought about escaping from here, but it was too far from the exit to the old hell to fly that long with Juri.
Sally El and the others were silent, and they were equally unthinkable.
"Hey, what's that?"
In the dark red chaotic space, something bright light suddenly flashed.
At this moment, the ground shook violently, and the girls were caught off guard and fell to the ground in an instant.
"What's wrong again?"
Elise couldn't help but exclaim, and then she noticed that the others had become much lower.
No, she should have gotten taller.
No, the truth is that the ground is cracked.
This extinct volcano is sinking.
Before everyone could fly, the entire mountain suddenly disintegrated and slowly sank into the sea of lava.
The crimson magma swallowed the girls in an instant......