Quaint magic lamps illuminate the rough black granite wall tiles, and the dancing magic flames reflect the stone staircase that spirals downward, as if it were not real.

Unknown and strange symbols appear between the stone bricks from time to time.

As if an illusion, there seemed to be something inexplicable wriggling in the shadows between the stone staircases.

But when you look closely, you're a little dizzy from the magic lamp, and there's nothing peculiar about the stone staircase, just patterns that look like plant roots.

"Did you get the assignment too?" A Pigo mercenary whispered to Lawrence, who was crouching and touching the stone ladder.

"Hmm." Lawrence replied nonchalantly, slowly stood up, remembered the slippery touch of touching the stone staircase before, and frowned tightly, he calculated that they had walked at least a few hundred meters down the castle, but they had not yet bottomed out.

Considering the height of the castle's location, if it went any further down, it would be below sea level, and he had never heard of anyone building a 'basement' so deep!

And after his observation, the further down he went, the stranger the surrounding environment became. But he couldn't say it for a while, where it was weird.

Lawrence turned around and looked at the number of people walking on the stone stairs at this time, including him, there should be more than forty people, all of whom received an urgent task on the bracelet and came to do the task.

But somehow, he was just a little flustered, and he always felt that there should be more than that, and there seemed to be more eyes staring at him in the dark.

Just when he was still thinking about what was wrong, the previous Pigo seemed to be quite familiar, and he was so perfunctory to him, he actually got closer together.

He even touched him lightly with his elbow, "Did you notice a little bit here, um, weird?" “

"Hmm" Lawrence perfunctory again, pulling out a little bit.

Instead of stopping, the Pigo mercenary leaned over again, "I'm here with my companions. “

"How?" Lawrence raised his eyebrows lightly and put his hand on the hilt of the sword, asking suspiciously.

"But I suddenly found that I couldn't find him." The Pigo mercenary swallowed and whispered carefully.

"Huh? Are you sure? Lawrence woke up and looked behind him. Suddenly, he discovered a fact that sent chills down his heart. - That is, the two companions who followed him are also gone!

However, according to his observation, the number of people on the stone staircase does not seem to have decreased!

Lawrence took a deep breath, his years of experience as a mercenary let him know that he couldn't panic now, and the more he hurried, the more he couldn't panic.

"Thank you, brother. Well? Hiss! Lawrence turned around and was about to thank the former Pitgo mercenary, when he suddenly noticed that the mercenary who had been standing next to him had disappeared at some point, which made him gasp.

When he looked up, he saw that a tall stone gate covered with scarlet evil symbols appeared at the front of the team, and the black knight leading the team was pushing the door open.

Through the stone door that was gradually pushed open, an empty, damp cave appeared in his sight, Lawrence's pupils narrowed, and although it was only a glance, he actually found his disappeared teammate standing in the cave. He couldn't be mistaken.

Lawrence hurried into the dim, damp cavern, but as soon as he stepped through the stone door, he nearly stumbled and fell, for the touch under his feet was not real, but as soft as stepping on raw meat.

He froze, looked at his teammates not far away, gritted his teeth, and walked forward quickly.

Standing cautiously beside his teammates, he asked the Rhine man with a giant axe, "Where have you been?" As a result, his voice almost didn't make the two teammates jump in fright.

"I'm grass! Chief! “

"That's what we should ask you! You're walking and you're gone! “

Lawrence looked at the two teammates in disbelief, and tried to confirm that it was indeed him for a few secrets that only they knew before reassuring himself.

However, Lawrence noticed that it was not only their team that had this problem, but all the people gathered in the cave at this time were confirming the identities of their teammates.

This slightly noisy scene made Lawrence's originally relieved heart rise again, and there were more questions in his heart.

At this moment, a dark-haired teenager in a scarlet robe came from the back of the group to the front of the group, surrounded by a group of succubi wearing crop tops.

I saw a succubus singing loudly: "Respectfully the walker of the Grim Reaper Earth, the Holy Son of the Doomsday Church, and the forty-eighth lord of the great Blackstone Island, Lu-Camille."

All the mercenaries looked at each other, and the black-haired boy who stood in front of everyone came out of the crowd, and began to whisper to each other as people began to know.

"He's the new cult owner."

"Isn't he the son of the former owner?"

"Was it him? After the death of the former owner, the young owner seems to have become very low-key and has never held a meeting again. ”

"yes, it's been a long time since there's a rally."

…

"Ahem! Thank you for your willingness and participation in the task I have entrusted to the Crystal Tavern, and welcome you to the gap between life and death, where I am just as humble a servant as you are in the face of the great Grim Reaper. It's okay for everyone to call me Lu Ye. Lu Ye looked around and saw that everyone was quiet, so he paused and continued. You may be curious, what is the mission today, since you are invited, you should have the right to know, but before I say that, I need to emphasize that this is originally a secret of our family, and I hope that everyone can keep this secret after the mission. ”

Lu Ye paused again, leaving time for everyone to think and understand, and then continued: "

"Not long ago, the former owner of the island, who was also my father, was looking for a way to save the people of Blackstone Island. Offering his soul to the great Grim Reaper, he succeeded in opening the way to the slit of the underworld. I think everyone has experienced the difference here along the way.

Before I can name the specific tasks, there is one thing that I must state in advance.

The risks and benefits of this mission are very high, if someone wants to quit, I hope he will stand up now, I will send him back safely, otherwise if you choose to stay, you will not be allowed to back down, I hope you think about it carefully. Now give everyone 3 minutes to think. After speaking, Lu Ye stopped.

The mercenaries whispered again, and in the end, after only one or two foreign mercenaries withdrew, the vast majority of them chose to stay, Lu Ye nodded with satisfaction and continued:

"Ruth must be familiar with the spar tavern, and most of the exchange items in the tavern come from here.

But not long ago, an evil outer god invaded the place, which lies in the gap between reality and illusion. Our oracle team is trapped somewhere in the passage, and this mission is to go to the passage to rescue the trapped oracle team.

A word of advice to everyone before leaving, here you must remember that one rule is to say less and do more, and keep secrets, especially about the secrets here, even if you leave here, you need to be cautious. I won't say anything more, I wish you all a safe journey. “

As soon as Lu Ye's words fell, I saw that the ground under everyone's feet lit up, and a huge magic circle-like pattern painted with many evil symbols lit up.

The 'stone wall' on the right side of the cave turned into countless tentacles and spread out in all directions, revealing a strange cave wrapped in huge flesh and blood.