Chapter 52: Poison

After that, the knights held funerals for the victims.

The process is brief, breaking the floor to expose the soil, digging another pit, and burying it in place.

"Let us pay tribute to the brave knight who gave his precious life for Randall, whose light of honor will always shine and illuminate this vast darkness. His soul will return to the bosom of the goddess Lulan and embark on a pilgrimage of peace and tranquility.

Let's pray for him in silence...... The goddess is on ......"

Isabella herself planted his weapon in front of the grave, and his name was engraved on it like a tomb mark. There was silence in the temple, and everyone closed their eyes and silently prayed that his soul would be protected by the goddess of souls Lulan after going to Santanam.

After the funeral, the knights began to continue searching the entire temple.

"I'll take a look...... If you want to maintain the dark canopy...... There should be a key point here...... And there...... And there ......"

The princess, who is proficient in formation, points out several key points in the temple.

Subsequently, everyone divided into three directions and went separately to destroy the magic circle, this feeling of darkness is really not something that normal people can get used to.

"I thought it was ...... You on the battlefield have long been accustomed to this kind of parting between life and death. ”

On the way, Leah, who was with Alec, said after noticing the other party's loss.

"Ah, it's true that such tragedies often come before our eyes. To be honest, I thought I would get used to the sacrifices of my brothers, but it was because I had encountered so many of them. Finally, I finally realized that this thing will never get used to it. ”

Alectron pulled himself together and smiled.

"Looks like I was being rude, sorry. Makes you say something unpleasant. ”

"No, please don't care, Lord Leah. ”

Alec shook his head.

"When we arrived, we could feel a strong dark force, and it should be here. ”

As we talked, a huge serpentine stone statue suddenly appeared in front of me.

"Leave it to me. ”

Alec raised his sword, and a milky white fighting aura clung to it. Then the sword flashed, and the stone statue turned into two parts.

"By the way, I forgot. Congratulations on your promotion, Alec. ”

Seeing Alec's behavior of attaching his fighting energy to the weapon, Leah smiled and said.

"Thank you. ”

While the two were talking, the atmosphere in the temple suddenly changed. The viscous and thick darkness gradually dissipated. Although this still does not change the fact that the dungeon lacks light, it ......

"It turns out that the whole temple is not that big. ”

Leah unleashed the illumination, and without the help of magic, the light clearly illuminated the entire temple.

Taking a closer look, it turned out that the place where Karine and the others were located was not far from here. It seems that they were in the dark before, because of magic, so they thought they had walked a long distance, but in fact they were just spinning in place.

"Alright. In this way, there is no obstacle to vision. It's time to explore here. ”

After regrouping, Karene led the group to prepare to tour the entire temple.

"Speaking of which...... There seems to be some strange smell...... Sweet ......"

Before leaving, Rebecca gently fanned the wind with her hands and sniffed the air in the temple.

"Is there one?"

Karen frowned slightly.

"I didn't feel anything out of the ordinary, if I had to say it, the smell of blood here was too strong to smell anything else. ”

Leah shook her head, and even the others felt the same way.

"Maybe I'm too careful, I'm sorry. ”

Just after a big battle, the air was filled with a thick smell of blood, and even Rebecca suspected that she was too sensitive.

Abandoning the problem of tangled taste, they began to travel in the direction in which Queen Medusa had appeared before. Soon, there appeared empty thrones, as well as gold and silver jewels scattered throughout the hall to attract adventurers.

"It's truly the Medusa Treasure House, no wonder so many adventurers are risking their lives to come here. ”

Looking at the gold and silver belongings in front of him, although they are not like a small mountain, and they are not comparable to the small treasury of Isabella's family, the amount of these gold coins alone is at least enough for four or five people to live like a rich man for a lifetime.

"But that's not the amount you can take all at once......

Leah looked at it briefly, and she suddenly felt a little envious of the way the protagonists in the novel swept away all the treasures with a sweep of the space ring. At the moment, these treasures are a problem in terms of size alone.

"It might be easier to shrink with Transfiguration. ”

The princess came up with a good idea. But even then, I'm afraid you have to fill two boxes to carry them back.

"Yes, indeed, but then again, we still haven't seen Sister Eve's shadow. ”

Leah looked around, and there was no trace of Eve in Nǎ.

"If you have to say it, the only possible place is ......"

Karen shifted her gaze to the throne of the temple, where Queen Medusa was supposed to rest.

"Indeed, with such a large throne, it is not difficult to hide one or two people behind it. ”

Leah nodded, and together with Karen she carefully circled to the back of the throne, the only place where people could hide, but there was still no sign of Eve.

However, on the opposite wall, they found a door. It was hidden behind the throne and could not be discovered without deliberately circumventing it.

"Perhaps, Eve is here?"

Karen said with some confusion.

"Yes, definitely. ”

Looking at the door in front of her, Leah felt her heart beat faster and faster. Yes, she could feel itβ€”something was calling to her from behind there.

No, if you have to say it, it's like a part of yourself, as if behind the door, there is an extension of your own.

"However, this thing doesn't look like it can be opened casually......"

Isabella touched the stone door. There is no grip on it, and it can't be pushed at all.

"Princess, please stand back with Leah. We'll leave it to us here. ”

Karene called a few knights, and then stood in front of the door in unison, puffing up a fighting spirit and violently!

Just as Fenrir can smash the city gate with his fists, although Kalian, who is also a sixth-level warrior, is not a strength type, but with a few knights, if it is placed on the earth, I am afraid that a house made of steel and concrete will not be able to support such power.

But the one in front of me looks gorgeous. But the door, which was nothing special, did not move at all.

"Let me do it too. ”

Rig walked up, and the Minotaurs were born to be Hercules. Even if it is a shaman, his strength will not be small.

"Looks like it's not going to be easy to get through this door, Leah...... Leah?"

The addition of the Minotaur still can't shake the door in the slightest. So Isabella looked at the little Lori in distress. Then she noticed that Leah had somehow come behind the crowd who were pushing the door.

"Open!"

Reach out. Speaking that ancient language, beautiful and sacred, like singing. The only two words that Leah remembered in her prophetic dream were unexpectedly useful in this dungeon.

Swish!!!

"Ahhβ€”β€”!!!h

With Little Lori's words, the door disappeared out of thin air in an instant. As a result, Karin and the others who were trying to break down the door violently slammed into the blue wall behind the door.

"This ...... What the hell is going on...... Leah, can you open this door?"

Karene asked, rubbing her sore forehead.

However, little Lori didn't answer in a daze, she just stared blankly at the translucent wall.

In the midst of that. Huge cerulean square bricks paved the ground, a variety of mutilated white jade pillars formed an endless corridor connecting infinity, a fountain that defied the rules of gravity, azure grass, and azure flowers.

That's exactly. Foreknowledge of what appeared in dreams, the courtyard of dreams!

[This is ......]

Before she could stop it, little Lori ran with her feet and jumped into the wall composed of spatial elements, and then ran into the distance and disappeared.

"Wait!"

Karin tried to stop it, but her outstretched hand hit the wall. Not only the countess, but among all the people present, except for little Lori, no one was able to penetrate the wall.

"Damn!"

Seeing that Leah was so uncalm and rushed into the unknown space alone, Karen angrily kicked the barrier in front of her, not only could she not catch up with the other party, but there was no way to do it, which made her a little annoyed.

"Ever since I came to this dungeon, I thought things were weird, and it seemed that it had something to do with not only Hanufain and Eve, but even Leah herself. ”

Isabella said, leaning on the azure wall.

"What do you mean?"

Karene turned.

"Because Leah told me about her prophetic dreams, I know that behind the walls made of this spatial element, there is probably the building that often appears in Leah's prophetic dreams.

Because of this, only Leah can enter here. ”

The princess said.

Although there is a reasonable explanation, this does not reduce everyone's concern about Leah, after all, little Lori went to an unknown place alone.

Just as Karen was in a hurry, she suddenly collapsed......

On the other side, Leah is running through the courtyard of her dreams, leading through the guΓ² promenade and through a maze of mirrors, and metal gears are gradually emerging in front of her eyes.

[It's almost there, the other party should be in that clock tower!]

Leah thought so.

Then suddenly, the scene in front of me shook for a moment, and then turned into countless ghosts,

"Ahh

With a bang, Leah, who had lost her center of gravity, fell to the ground with her legs limp.

[What's going on...... Leg...... No, it's not just the legs...... Even the body ...... Can't move!?]

Tried to stand up, but little Lori found that her whole body was paralyzed.

[What's going on......]

The numbness began to creep in, and gradually, she found it difficult to even move her fingers.

[Could it be...... Poisoning!?But when exactly...... Ahh

Although the situation was completely out of her control, Leah was keenly aware of a signal - Rebecca had previously said, "Smells a weird sweet smell." ”

"That's right, I think that's the time......"

Although the numbness could not be relieved, at least the agent did not affect the vocal cords and lungs, and Leah could still talk to herself without suffocating from it, and it did not seem to be a lethal poison.

[But who is it? Sister Eve? No, it doesn't make sense at all, since Sister Karene hasn't caught up yet, I'm afraid she can't enter this space at all, and since that's the case, Sister Eve has no reason to plot the entire knight team as well.

The most likely person to do this is the mysterious assassin who sent out that wave of magic and killing intent in the maze of the Minotaur before. 】

Thinking of this, Leah was a little uneasy.

[No matter who the killer is, this is obviously not a place where that person can come in casually, but in case the other party's target is not only me, but also Sister Karen and Isabella......]

She was worried that if the anesthetic could even knock Karen down, it wouldn't be a good situation on the outside......

In fact, Leah guessed correctly, on the other side, not only Karen, Isabella, but also Melty and others, even Rebecca, who is trained to avoid drugs and has a certain ability to resist drugs, is also immune to this difficulty.

Both the girls and the knights fell to the ground dizzily and flutteringly.

It didn't take long after that for the real murderer to suddenly show his figure.

"Ahh

Alec exclaimed, the girl in front of her had short gray hair, a rough cloak, and a smudge on her face that was not the same as it was at the time, but not very different.

There is no doubt that the person who came was the girl who had watched Leah and Alec and their party to the Palace of Wisdom.

At this time, she didn't eat the apple, and she didn't even look at Alec and the others, as if they were all air.

"Answer me, who are you!?"

Karen couldn't move, but as in Leah's case, the medicine had no effect on speech.

β€œ......”

But they didn't intend to answer, they just let them fall to the ground.

Then, she reached out to the wall of spatial elements.

"It's useless, if we could get in, we wouldn't have waited until now. ”

Even in danger, Isabella still smiled stubbornly.

β€œ......”

The girl ignored the princess, her hand touched the wall, and then pierced through.

It seemed that even she herself did not expect such a simple success, and a trace of surprise crossed her eyes.

But then, she stepped into it and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Damn! Sure enough, it's an assassin who is going for Leah! These bastards of the Salman Holy Sect, even the despicable and shameless means of poisoning are used! Shameless!"

Karene gritted her teeth, her heart was full of unwillingness, but there was nothing she could do.

[No, that's not an assassin sent by the Salman Holy Sect...... That's ......]

Everyone who fell was cursing loudly to the Holy Sect, but no one noticed that at this moment, Isabella's expression was hard to see.

ps:4k update,Because I don't want to drag the number of chapters to more than fifty,So recently slowed down the update frequency,Increase the number of words updated per chapter ~~~