"Are you afraid of snakes?"

Early the next morning, Duanmu Huai called Lorena and Mary and asked them about it.

"Uh............... Dislike. ”

"Me too."

It is clear that neither man likes snakes, and the problem is .........

"Are you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid."

Lorena replied quickly, which was normal, after all, she often went out and went, and she must have encountered snakes a lot, so I'm afraid she was used to it.

"I......... I don't know, I've never met a snake, I just know that snakes are venomous, dangerous animals........."

Again, Mary doesn't look like the kind of lady who just runs around.

"This time our goal is to ............... like this"

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai explained the situation about the snake people to the two of them, and when they learned that there was such a long-established race entrenched under the town, both of them couldn't help but be surprised.

"Snake Man............... Are we going to fight against such a race? ”

"That's right, annihilate it completely, that's what we're about."

"But there are only three of us."

"You can rest assured at that."

In the face of Mary's curious inquiry, Duanmu Huai showed a meaningful smile.

"We're not just three of us."

“……………？？？”

After breakfast, Duanmu Huai took Lorena and Mary to the previous mansion of Vinscott——— this ancient mansion is still demolished, and the nearby police cordon still exists, but from the point that the police are not visible, it is obvious that this is not the focus of the police investigation.

Duanmu Huai crossed the cordon and came to the underground passage that Vinscot had mentioned, and at the end of the underpass, it was indeed blocked by collapsing rubble. At least from here, it's impossible to get through.

"Wow............... I didn't expect it to really collapse, can this really be dug up? ”

Looking at the tightly blocked passage in front of her, Mary couldn't help but feel distressed, while Duanmu Huai shrugged her shoulders.

"Look, it's easy."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

The next moment, dozens of puppets suddenly appeared out of thin air, and then they began to act.

"Huh? Ay? What is it?? ”

Looking at the puppet that suddenly appeared, Mary was surprised, and Lorena ——— saw too much and didn't care.

"Haven't you learned magic?"

"Of course I do......... But ..............."

Saying this, Mary looked at Duanmu Huai in disbelief.

"Mr. Duanmu, you actually know magic?"

"What? Isn't it like? ”

“…………………”

Mary Tsai carefully looked at the bald man in front of her, who was stout and muscular, even his shirt was torn, and his eyebrows were fierce.........

Frankly, it's not like that.

"I thought magicians were like Miss Lani..............."

In contrast, Lani fits Mary's image of a magician very well. Wearing a hat like a witch, a cloak, and a staff in her hand, she always sits on a chair and looks very wise.

"In this day and age, how can a magician not fight in close combat? Didn't you also learn melee combat? ”

"Uh......... That's right..............."

In fact, most of what Mary learned from Lani was a melee combat mode, such as the magic of the Kalia Sword or the Kalia Greatsword, which basically only used magic to condense the blade, and then still had to rely on her own melee skills. However, due to the magnificence of Kalia itself, Mary ignored it.

"Is that true of all magicians?"

"Of course, let me tell you, the so-called archmage is to learn a flash technique, and then slash the whirlwind to the full, and then rush in to cut it——— aren't you the same?"

“………………………”

Although the words were said so, listening to Duanmu Huai say this, Mary felt speechless when she heard it.

"And isn't that the same with Lorena? Don't look at her as a priest, she can fight very fiercely. ”

"Uh......... That's just as well. ”

Mary had not seen Lorena in battle, and she had seen the gorgeous priestly uniform that Lorena wore in battle several times, the white dress was inlaid with gold trim, and the sacred ornamentation did give people the feeling of praying and chanting on the altar or in the church.

However, it was such a gentle girl who was always smiling, and when she fought, it was a ferocity, and Mary saw more than once that she held the huge holy book in her hand and smashed the monster's brain to burst............... To be honest, Mary didn't think it was like the work of ordinary priests or priests, most of whom she remembered were praying in church, or disciplining believers, and boosting morale behind people......... Well?

Is it actually my own common sense that is problematic?

Just as Mary begins to wonder if something is wrong with her common sense, the dolls have cleared the blocked passage again.

"Alright, let's go inside."

The reason why this passage was re-chosen was because according to Suzume's investigation report, there was only one path under the snake people empire, and one was the passage to the surface that they had been using before. The other one is here, and because it's closed, it's actually closer to the back of the snake man's lair underground.

In other words, this is not a common road full of snake guards, which is more suitable for sneak attacks. Although Vinscott must have scared the snake once when they came down before, considering that Vinscott blew up this place again, I'm afraid that even the snake people don't think that anyone will pass through this kind of place again.

But that's the way it is.

After passing through the blown passage, the group quickly found what Vinscot called the passage to the underground, and they made their way to a large cavern below.

"Wow ..............."

Looking at this scene in front of her, Mary's eyes widened in surprise and let out a sigh of emotion.

When Vinscott told it before, maybe because she was too nervous, or because she didn't want to remember, she didn't describe the scene in detail, but for Mary, her first reaction when she saw this underground cavern was.........

"It's so pretty........."

That's right, as Mary said, the underground caverns are not just underground caves, the walls here are smooth and neat, and there are tall stone pillars on both sides, and there are intricate and ornate carvings on the walls and stone pillars. On the other walls, the moss scattered around the walls and floor emitted a blue-white glow, and it looked like a beautiful scenery.

"It looks like it's an underground ruin, and if it is discovered, it will be excavated and studied."

As a student in the Faculty of History, Mary certainly understood how sensational such a relic would be if it were discovered.

"It depends, if everything goes well, it's not that you can't stay."

This is the civilization of the Snake Empire, and there are naturally records about the snake god in it, if Duanmu Huai can successfully kill the snake god, then the record here is not that it cannot be left as the result of archaeological excavation. But on the other hand, if the snake god cunningly escapes from Duanmu Huai, then Duanmu Huai will completely destroy this place.

"Well, now is not the time to look at the scenery here."

Duanmu Huai lowered his voice, he had already noticed that in those dark places where the light could not shine, there were several dark shadows hovering among them. I don't know what it is, but it's clear that if you don't speed it up, you'll be spotted by the snake people.

"Let's go!"

The tactics adopted by Duanmu Huai are very simple, that is, a little breakthrough, directly inserted into the center, and the puppet army will follow closely behind, responsible for entanglement those monsters who find the traces of Duanmu Huai and others, and destroy them. After all, for Duanmu Huai, as long as there are enough soul cards, he is an army alone, and he doesn't have to worry about this aspect at all.

According to the results of the bell girl's investigation, the largest number of white-haired apes and demons are the same, and the number of snake people is the least——— which is understandable, even those metal ribs are made by themselves to guard the tomb, and they are shrunk in the coffin to sleep.

There were only a few snake people guarding the lair, and there was supposed to be a leader among them——— but Suzume didn't go in because she sensed the danger, so she retreated.

This can't be helped, after all, in this world, the bell girl is just a poor kitten, and she is not an elusive female ninja, otherwise she doesn't need to come down at all, maybe one night will pass, and the snake people in the entire nest will be killed by the goddess of the bell unconsciously.

Now all Duanmu has to do is to reach the place where the bell girl shows that there is danger, and then take out the threat inside.

Although there is the lighting of underground moss, the whole cave is still quite dim, but of course, this is not difficult to stop the Duanmu Locust and the others, and the blue magic ball of light appeared above their heads, illuminating the path in front of them——— which is one of the magic that Mary learned from Lani, Starlight.

To be honest, Mary didn't learn much magic from Lani, but each was the essence, Starlight was responsible for lighting, composure was responsible for stabilizing the spirit, the magic sword was used for long-range attacks, and the Kalia Sword and Great Sword were responsible for hand-to-hand combat, it can be said that Lani was not an excellent magician, although Mary did not learn much magic because of her limited magic power, but these few magic alone were enough to solve the difficulties encountered most of the time.

From this point of view, Lani still values Mary very much.

"Go this way."

There is a passage ahead, but Duanmu Huai chose the fork next to it, of course, if it was usual, he walked over directly, but the bell girl told him that there were traps there——— Well, at this time, Duanmu Huai was very happy to have the existence of the bell girl, although he was not afraid of most of the traps, but he was also quite mortal.

"But Mr. Duanmu, there's no way ahead!"

Turning the corner and moving on, there is an abyss that looks like a cliff.

"It's okay, get ready!"

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand, grabbed Lorena and Mary one by one, and then jumped down!

"Hoo —————!!"

This sudden scene also surprised Mary, she subconsciously closed her eyes, only to feel the sound of the wind flashing in her ears, and then the next moment, with a strong impact, Duanmu Huai fell heavily to the ground. Then Lorena and Mary were put down.

"Hoo ..............."

Lorena had long been used to it, and even stretched after coming down, but Mary sat directly on the ground, her face pale.

"Duan, Mr. Duanmu, this is too dangerous! I thought I was going to fall to my death! ”

After all, among the magic that Lani taught Mary, there was no magic that could fly.

"It's okay, I'll get used to it after a few more visits."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai looked ahead.

"But for now, let's get ready for battle."

"Hiss —————!!"

As Duanmu Huai spoke, Mary also heard a voice coming from the darkness ahead, and she also subconsciously clenched her staff, then stood up and stared ahead.

Then, in the light of magic, the pitch-black monster emerged from the shadows.

(End of chapter)