When Dior opened his eyes again, it was dark.

Puff, puff......

In the silence, the beating sound of the heart was exceptionally clear, not one, but two beating, chasing each other.

One came from himself and the other from the man in his arms, which was a great relief to him and looked like they were all alive.

As for the current environment......

After waiting for a long time, there was no sound of vibration or anything like that, and Dior breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the earthquake caused by the explosion had passed.

According to the regulations of the Disaster First Aid Code, Dio showed carefully moving his lower fingers, then his feet, until all parts of his body, after confirming that his body was okay, he carefully sat up, stretched out his right index finger, and a wisp of fire suddenly appeared above the index finger.

By the light of the fire, he looked around and saw that he was in the passage of a certain mine, with a clear wooden support frame on the wall, which looked like it was quite old.

The other end of the short distance was blocked by gravel and dirt, and the low wall he had used to hide could be found in it, but by this time the low wall, along with a large piece of the ground below, had been flipped over to form the main part of the gravel pile.

Dio could imagine that he was thrown high by the force of the shock when the ground hit the tunnel, throwing him far away, thus avoiding the falling rubble, and luckily not being buried inside.

The body of the warrior allows him to make certain protective measures according to the surrounding situation even if he is unconscious, so that he does not suffer more serious injuries except for a little abrasion and bruises, as for the one in his arms, it is estimated that he will not even have abrasions.

"Uh......"

There was a ** sound in her arms, and it seemed that Dio's movement woke her up.

"How'......s it going?"

Dio moved the flame to her face, looked at her and rubbed her eyes in a bit of confusion, and was shocked to realize that this was not Lilia as he thought, but Lilia's friend Melissa.

In other words, he recognized the wrong person in the confusion, and instead of pulling Lilia, he fell down with Melissa in his arms.

Bang!

Dio slammed his fist into the wall of the tunnel, shaking some small stones and dust down, and a flash of anger flashed in his eyes.

"Uh...... Hey, Brother Dior......

Punching the wall for him to vent a little, he restrained the remaining anger and said calmly, "We are in the pit below the castle, how are you?

"Oh, I'll try......" Melissa moved, then nodded affirmatively at Dior, "I'm fine, I'm not hurt." ”

"Okay, stand up, be careful, this place has just collapsed, there may be some places that are loose, pay more attention. ”

"Okay. ”

Melissa slowly stood up with Dior, looked left and right, and asked a little scared, "What about Lilia and Anatis?"

"I don't know. ”

"They'll be okay, right?"

"Well, they'll be fine. Dior said with great certainty. "We have to find our way out first, and then get someone to come and dig up and rescue as soon as possible. ”

Melissa pursed her lips and nodded, the dust on her hair rose and fell with her movements, and then she suddenly pointed to a corner of the collapse, and exclaimed in disbelief: "Brother Dior, look there, is that a human hand?"

Dior looked in the direction of her, and sure enough, he vaguely saw an object similar to a hand in the gap between a few pieces of rubble, his face changed slightly, and he walked over quickly, "You are in the same place, don't come here!"

He threw himself on the edge of the gravel, extinguished the flames, his eyes turned into feline pupils, and in the darkness he could see clearly through the faint light leaking through the gaps, and the muscles of his hands also changed into the form of claws that were good at digging, and then quickly began to dig.

The efficiency of the excavation was very fast, and soon, he dug out the hand and the body behind it and moved away from the collapse site. Only then did he revert to his original appearance, and then the flame was lit again.

When the light came to this dark and silent tunnel again, Melissa, who had been frightened in the dark, breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that Dio had dragged the man out, and hurried over.

"Yes...... Be...... Who ......" Melissa felt herself tremble and said that she could not speak coherently.

Dio shook his head a little gloomily, and reached out to close the eyes in front of him, frozen in horror. "It's Martha. ”

In front of him, the originally beautiful blonde girl lay quietly on the ground, as if she was asleep, but she would never wake up. Her sternum had been broken by something, barbed into her guts, and was dead under the rubble.

Hearing that it was not her friend, Melissa felt a little more at ease, but seeing the person she knew die so easily still made her feel uncomfortable and wanted to cry.

After a moment of silence, Dio took off his somewhat tattered coat and put it over Martha, then stood up and walked towards the unblocked end of the passage without the slightest pause.

Melissa stared at Martha blankly for a moment, then quickly followed Dio and remained silent.

......

Another part of the underground pit.

"Uh...... Hard, hard, get me up!ahhh......hh

With Lilia's muffled roar, the rock rattled loudly, and a large gray-white stone was pryed aside by the tough blade. Then the girl used her cross sword to jam the sand and stone that was about to roll down from above, and pulled out her companion who had been crushed by the stone in the calf, and then drew her sword and retreated sharply.

Thundered......

The next moment, the rubble flooded the space below.

"Anantis, do you have a spare torch in your backpack?"

Lilia, who was a little embarrassed, wiped the sweat from her forehead casually.

It was dark all around, and the light from the canopy was almost obscured by the layers of obstacles blocking it, and the light that could penetrate the depths of the earth was only an extremely faint part, and she could only vaguely see things within two or three meters when she leaned against the narrow seepage rift.

"Yes, in my backpack...... Woo woo, Lilia, my leg hurts, is my leg going to be gone, woo woo...... It hurts......" Anatis sobbed under her breath.

"Hold on, don't worry, you'll be fine with me. ”

Lilia took the torches and matches she had prepared for the camping out of Anantis's bag and fumbled to light them.

After the bright yellow firelight began to beat, Lilia felt a lot more at ease, after all, humans are creatures who yearn for light, and few normal people like to stay in the darkness where they can't see their fingers. She was actually very scared before, the black whirring passage was like a demon's hideous mouth, ready to swallow her at any time, but there was a companion who was more afraid than her, so she had to be strong.

Sticking the handle of the torch to the ground, Lilia carefully sliced through Anatis's left leg with her sword, revealing a blur of flesh.

She leaned in to take a closer look, following the instructions in the first aid manual to confirm Anatis's injuries.

"It's okay, it's just a fracture, I'll help you deal with it, and you can get better when you go out to recuperate for a while." ”

"Hmm......" Anatis struggled not to cry, making a sound like she was plugging her nose.

Lilia stood up, looked around, and then chose a relatively good one among the nearby mine support frames, swung her sword and cut off two small arm-length wooden strips from it, and then hastily processed it, and it was estimated that it was almost time to return to Anantis.

"Hold back the pain!"

Lilia took out the improvised medical kit from her backpack, took out the alcohol to wash all the blood from the wound, then straightened the bones, applied good medicine, and fixed them with wooden strips and tied them with bandages.

In the process, Anatis bit her lip and did not gnaw.

"Alright. ”

Lilia carefully lowered Anatis's legs. "Try it, how does it feel?"

"Well, it's much better. Anatises replied in a whisper.

"I'll help you to your feet. Lilia put Anantis' hand around her neck, and she wrapped her arms around Anatis's waist and worked together to hold Anatisis up.

"You have a torch, and I will help you go. ”

Anatis took the torch and walked a few steps with Lilia, I don't know if it was because of the severity of the injury or the poor treatment methods, even if her injured foot did not fall to the ground, but the severe pain continued to strike, making her face pale, cold sweat dripping, biting her lip so that she did not scream in pain.

Lilia paused, she noticed her companion's state, thought for a moment, and let her companion prop up one hand on the wall, while she herself turned her back to the other and crouched down.

"Come, I'll carry you. ”

"Hmm...... Lilia, thank you ......."

"We're friends......"

The two figures merged together, swaying towards the depths of darkness.

"Lilia, do you think we can get out?"

"Absolutely!"

......

"Is this it?"

Lynch stared straight ahead at the dark hole in front of him, his gaze sharp.

"This is it, this is the place where you can get into the pit, and I don't know what will happen to you inside after the explosion. A man in black sat not far from Lynch and said nervously, it was No. 57, a female member of the Remy Hangton Company.

No. 57 saw Lynch's gaze turn to herself, and a series of goosebumps immediately appeared on her skin, and she was very talented in perception, and she immediately understood that it was the other party's killing intent, and she screamed busily: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, I can show you the way, I am most familiar with the terrain here, you can definitely use me!"

Lynch had killed her companions one by one as easily as a fly in front of her eyes, and this scene had made her very aware of the gap between herself and this terrifying killer, just like a child and an adult, and even running for her life was delusional, and she could only hope that the other party would spare her life for the sake of her own usefulness.

She trembled and waited for Lynch's verdict, and after a long time, she felt that the other party's killing intent had subsided, and then she was greatly relieved, and she felt that her whole body was weak.

"Lead the way, if you can lead me to someone, then I can not kill you. Lynch said lightly.

"Okay, okay......" No. 57 should be again and again.

Lynch's gaze was once again cast into the invisible depths of the cavern......