Chapter 51: The Mother of Rats
The so-called passage is actually a gap between the rocks, which is very narrow and covered with moss, allowing only one person to walk sideways.
Anna followed behind Lothar and suddenly asked, "Who is that friend of yours?" ”
"I made it up myself."
"It's actually made up?"
Anna was a little disappointed.
She had thought that if the plague really got out of control, Lothar's friend might be able to help.
"But what you said is quite like that."
"Don't forget, I have another worldly identity besides being a Marquis of Transjordan."
Anna suddenly said, "You mean - the author of "The Witcher" and "Song of Winter and Hot Summer"! No wonder you're so good at lying, no, you're not lying, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to fool that crazy woman. Is your so-called friend one of you? ”
"Sort of."
After getting through the initial difficult stage, Lothar didn't bother to be a copycat anymore, because he really couldn't make any money.
The printing workshop made money mainly from hardcover Gwent cards and mass-printed theological books.
The latter robbed Jerusalem of many of the scribes and clergy, so that even though the printing workshops were well guarded, they were still broken in and tried to sabotage them.
"There's a dead end ahead, and there's no way out."
Cellinina, who was exploring the path at the forefront, suddenly turned back and spoke.
The group took a few steps forward and found that the front was much more spacious, and a stone wall rose from the ground.
It's a dead end.
Lothar looked at Pranya with a puzzled expression.
"Behind the wall."
Prajna is concise and to the point.
Anna came to the mountain wall, knocked on it, and frowned: "It's solid, and besides, I didn't even notice the slightest breath of magic, could it be that there is a natural cave hidden behind this mountain wall?" ”
"Don't forget," Lothar reminded, "she has a lot of rats. ”
"By the way, those rats must have the ability to dig out a secret room in the belly of the mountain, so that it will not be detected by magic and cannot be detected by the naked eye, no wonder she is so confident."
"Now the question is, how do we get through this wall?"
The so-called "wall" is actually a mountain wall that is not smooth, no one knows how thick it is, although the weapons produced by the system are indestructible, but to dig a way through it, it is definitely a huge project.
If Prajna could sense the direction of the woman's body, it would not be possible to find the path left by the rats when they made the hole, and even if they did, it would be impossible for them to pass through the path.
"That's a real problem."
Anna said a little anxiously: "If it is a wizard who specializes in earth-based magic and can perform earth-based magic, it is still possible to do it, but there are few earth-based wizards, so in a short period of time, where can I find it?" ”
Although she is also a bit accomplished in space spells, even if she is a space master, it is impossible to teleport herself to a place she has never been to out of thin air.
"That."
A small voice came from behind him.
The crowd followed the sound.
Eve, the unkempt witch, raised her hand a little uncomfortably and said, "I know how to do it, but I haven't tested it on anyone else." ”
Anna's face immediately showed a look of surprise like discovering a treasure: "Why didn't you say it earlier?" ”
Eve subconsciously avoided everyone's eyes and came behind Cellinina: "I, I just called you a lot, but you didn't hear it, don't blame me." ”
Fringilla's eyes widened: "So you weren't talking to yourself just now?" ”
The woman had been muttering for a long time, her voice was as small as a mosquito humming, and she was unkempt and sloppy.
If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't help it, she wouldn't want to follow behind this woman.
"Yes, yes, it's not your fault."
Anna walked to Eve and said expectantly, "Eve, I know that you don't stay in the library every day in vain, try me." ”
"It's dangerous."
Eve hesitated.
The danger of the Earth Movement is second only to the Space Spell, and if the person who performs the Earth Movement is not up to the mark, it is likely that the person will be stuck in the earth and suffocate to death.
"Don't worry, I'll leave a spatial coordinate here, and if there's any danger, I'll teleport it out immediately."
"Okay."
Eve didn't hesitate any longer, and began to chant the spell in a whisper, and although the chanting stumbled, an earthy yellow magical aura did appear in her palm, which meant that the spell had at least taken shape.
A magical aura fell on Anna's body.
She stretched out an arm and pressed it against the mountain wall, which was immediately like water, allowing her palm to penetrate it.
She turned her head and looked at Lothar deeply: "Lothar, the outside will be handed over to you, if there is no problem inside, I will come back and inform you." ”
"Don't worry."
Fringilla muttered in a low voice, "What spatial coordinates, why didn't I feel the breath of space spells?" ”
Lothar had suffered from spatial spells before, and later, he, Pranya, and Flynn had all made up for their knowledge of spatial spells, and they were very sensitive to this aspect of the aura.
Lothar glanced at Flynn and shook her head slightly.
It's so simple to want to arrange a spatial coordinate in a short period of time, and the time is pressing, the reason why Anna said that is just to comfort Eve.
As for whether Eve saw it or not, he didn't know.
The waiting time is painful.
Lothar paced in place for a long time before a ripple reappeared on the mountain wall, and Anna stumbled out of the mountain wall and plunged directly into Prajna's arms.
"Ahem, thank you."
Anna coughed violently at the ground, spat out a mouthful of saliva mixed with dirt, and gave Eve a thumbs up: "Eve, you did a good job, I managed to enter the belly of the mountain, which is full of dormant rats, and the source of the plague is definitely there." ”
Lothar spoke, "Then let's all go in." ”
Anna looked at Eve, "Can you do it?" ”
"It should be"
Eve's tone naturally can't bring much confidence to people.
Lothar glanced at everyone and said without hesitation, "Lady Eve, please perform the Earth Technique for us." ”
"Okay, okay."
The earthy aura covered Lothar's body, and he could feel the hard stone walls around him, which immediately turned into a dim yellow like quicksand, and the soles of his feet felt as if they could sink into it at any time.
Anna reminded, "Everyone comes in turn. Eve, hold on to my hand, let me lead the way, and remember, if you get it wrong, keep your eyes closed and go straight ahead, and be sure to get out of the rocks before the earth-walking technique fails. ”
Lothar clutched Prajna's palm tightly, he and she glanced at each other, seeing that her expression showed a little worry, and whispered comfortingly: "Don't worry, it'll be fine." ”
Enter the mountain wall.
Lothar realized how much risk Anna had taken just now, there was no way to distinguish between up and down, left and right, and even the vertical downward gravity had completely failed, and the whole world was in chaos.
Although he was able to breathe freely, the strong feeling of suffocation still made people's hearts feel depressed.
Lothar clutched Prajna's palm and followed the end of the line slowly under the pull of the forward.
There was a suction force from the soles of his feet that seemed to be stepping into the mud, making him feel extremely heavy every time he lifted his feet.
I don't know how long it took, maybe five minutes, maybe longer.
Here, even the concept of time becomes blurred.
Suddenly there was a huge force from Lothar's hand, and he stumbled under his feet, freed himself from the chaos and fell directly out of the mountain wall.
He let out a sigh of relief, and for the first time felt that the cave in front of him was so sweet in the foul-smelling cave full of rats.
It was an empty mountainside, covered with a carpet of rats, full of pus-covered swarms of rats.
With their eyes closed, they seem to be asleep.
Even though the movement of the crowd was not small at all, these rats still did not break out.
"Look over there."
Anna suddenly stretched out her finger.
I saw that the direction she was pointing was under a cliff in the middle of the mountain.
There is a woman with a graceful body.
She was so large that she was like a tree of life, entrenched in the middle of the open field beneath the cliff.
Still uninched, exactly like the woman Lothar had ever seen.
It's just that now, her eyes, mouth, nose, ears, and the lower parts are actually squirming regularly.
From it, ugly rats covered in slime crawl out one after another.
This woman actually turned her body into a production tool that gave birth to plague rats!