"Trust me! A dozen or so steps forward, there is a gap to turn left......"

Tails' tone was excited, and the speed of his speech was slightly impatient: "Go from there!"

"Huh?"

Kezi was a little confused, still resisting his help, and wondered:

"But you ......"

Feeling the uncooperation of the person next to him, Tails became more and more impatient.

The seamstress sighed: "Forget it, you alone will be faster......"

Damn it!

This guy ......

Where do you get so many words?

"Leave me here, maybe that's the price for me...... You shouldn't be doing unpaid work......"

Tails couldn't take it any longer, he took a deep breath, leaned into Kez's neck in the darkness, and shouted into her ear:

"Shut up, bitch!"

Kezi shuddered!

"What do you call me?" she gritted her teeth, "Boy?"

"Nonsense!" Tails roared back, "If you die here, who is going to take care of that cripple who only has in his head?"

"Without you, one day, he will die in some remote and dilapidated alley!"

"Rotting into the dirt, no one knows!"

The arm around his neck shook slightly.

Tails dragged the seamstress forward desperately, gritting his teeth, "Stop your stupid babbling!

"I don't have so much spare time to help you pass the word, the prince is very busy!"

"Whatever you want to say to whom, say it yourself!"

Kez's voice was quieter.

All I heard was her low wheezing.

"Damn it......" Ketz gritted his teeth, suppressed his voice, and sniffed in and in:

"What do you know...... A little kid who has never been touched by a woman......"

But she no longer resisted, but followed Tails' rhythm and limped forward.

The collapse behind him is getting closer and closer.

Tails abruptly left the rock wall he had been holding onto, and forcefully led the woman to the other side of the rock.

And a second after they left, the rock wall suddenly cracked and collapsed.

"Follow in my footsteps, there's an uphill ahead, you have to climb up......"

Kezi was taken aback: "Huh?"

Tired and out of breath, Tails didn't bother to explain: "It's here, reach out and climb!

The seamstress was suspicious: "But how do you know ......?"

"Hell, climb up!" Tails grabbed the other man's arm and threw himself up the slope, pushing Ketz with his shoulder, and climbing up with the injured Ketz, and roaring angrily, "Don't talk more!"

"This is the Prince's order!"

Kezi was choked up, and she had a hard personality, but this time she surprisingly didn't talk back.

Instead, he obediently followed the prince and fled for his life.

This is probably the most well-behaved time in her life.

They climbed the slope, and after only a few seconds, it was covered in a fallen rock slab.

"Speed up ......"

Tails gasped as he urged, "I'll try to choose the safe path...... But we ...... The rock formations underfoot are fragile...... Later on...... Collapsed ......"

Ketts didn't say much, but pressed half of his weight on Tails' shoulders and stepped up.

The darkness of loneliness, paired with the boundless years, is a terrible torture.

Knowing that the deadly threat behind him is imminent, but still can only grope forward in the boundless darkness, this is torture worse than torture.

Strive to move forward, climb hard, and explore hard.

Try to climb over obstacles and try to avoid danger.

But there is still no way out, no sun.

It was still pitch black.

I don't see the day, I don't see the five fingers, I don't see the light.

As if everything was in vain.

Why, why hasn't it arrived yet......

Is it a mistake?

Tails' hope faded, and he had a feeling that if he was the only one who walked alone, he would sooner or later be mad by this terrible torture.

But......

But now......

He felt the same warm body on his right, the heartbeat of himself so close to her chest, pulsating back and forth.

No.

He couldn't give up.

Tails bit the tip of his tongue hard, letting the pain remind him.

He can't give up!

Darkness still hung over Tails' eyes, as if he had become completely blind in the past ten minutes.

The ground is cold and wet, and the feet are bumpy and difficult to navigate.

But he couldn't give up.

Instead of walking in a straight line, they hurried back and forth through the dark underground labyrinth.

The collapse behind them, both above and under their feet, never stopped, and the rubble swept past their heels several times.

"No, don't go there, there's a cliff in front of you, leading deeper underground...... Let's turn right ......," Tails gritted his teeth.

He gasped for breath, touched the rock wall, and shook his head to confirm his feelings.

"How do you know?" Kezi, who endured all the way, finally couldn't help but speak, and questioned: "The sound of falling rocks on the right is too loud, we will be buried alive!"

"Because there's a cliff in front of me, I don't know if it's a few thousand or a few hundred years ago after an earthquake cracked......" Tails shook his head, "And there's a naturally formed cave on the right, and it's very solid inside......"

"No, no, no," Ketz's question grew, "I'm asking—cliffs, earthquakes...... How do you know that?"

Tails' breathing stalled slightly.

They turned right into a cavern, where there was a constant tremor from the top of the cave and dust falling from time to time overhead.

But it didn't collapse after all.

"I don't know ......"

Tails struggled to climb, muttering, "I am, I just know......"

He just knows the way.

That's all.

The prince knew very well that Kez wondered how he had suddenly become a well-known guide.

But he didn't have time to explain.

Just now, at the moment of touching the rock wall.

Time does not slow down, perspectives do not rise, and the senses do not intensify.

But Tails felt as if he was seeing something more.

Fracture ...... of rock formations

The squeezing of the mountains......

The rhythm of the earth's crust......

and where he should go.

It's all in your heart.

Tails gasped sharply, stunned at his own strange sensations, wondering if this was a new feature after the further development of the "Senses of Hell".

But according to what Black Sword said - he obviously hasn't "died" yet, how can the power of the end be upgraded?

"Forward, forward, that's the only way to the outside world, the only exit," Tails was sweating profusely, but he couldn't tell whether it was Ketz's sweat or his own, his shoulders were sore and painful, his legs were trembling, and his back was almost numb against Kez's back:

"And ......"

He didn't say any more.

According to this scenario.

Whether it was an exit or not, it would all collapse in a few minutes, and it would never be seen again.

Completely isolate the Black Path from the eyes of the world.

However, just after climbing a gentle slope, Kez suddenly spoke.

"This feeling...... That's right, the air is getting clearer. ”

"We're getting closer to the ground and the exit!"

Experienced her, with a faint surprise in her voice at the moment, "Boy, you are really a god!"

Tails was suddenly refreshed!

Finally, after turning a corner, they could see the rock in front of them—at the top of a steep slope, a faint light seeping into the cavern.

The two of them took a sharp breath!

It's here!

"Bang!"

The roar behind him suddenly increased!

A huge stone pillar fell from behind him.

"Run!" Tails roared, and Kez didn't need him to remind them, and the two of them used their strength to suck and climb the steep slope with all their might!

They just stared at the top exit and moved forward.

The splash of rubble behind them, the roar, could not make them turn back.

Their height slowly rises upward, and their wrists and knees are rubbed with blood marks.

Tails gritted his teeth, feeling his strength run out.

No.

Crawl.

Climb!

The same rapid breathing of Kezna tickled in his ears.

Her life, her future, still weighed on his shoulders.

The other party's obedience and trust made Tails feel a heavy sense of weight in his heart.

Even though Kez lost hope.

Nor can he succumb to despair.

The roar in my ears and the shiver beneath me still didn't stop.

And the sound of shattering behind him.

But he couldn't give up.

It must move forward.

Keep moving forward.

Keep moving forward!

Finally, climbing the last rock, Tails stuck his head out of the hole and greedily inhaled a breath of fresh air on the ground.

"Ahh

The bright sunlight shone on him and he couldn't open his eyes, but Tails only felt a relief in his heart.

He didn't care about resting, so he hurriedly rolled out of the hole, turned around, and grabbed Kez, who was immobile and lagging behind.

The sin of the River of Hellriver spilled over her arms and legs, and Tails roared, pulling her out of the hole.

Kez collapsed at his feet in agony, and the two of them gasped, their hands and feet crawling out of the gap under the mountain.

"My God......" The seamstress's face was covered with bruises, bruises, and stains, but she looked at the clouds in the sky with excitement and trembling, and stretched out her hand to the air.

It's like touching air for the first time.

"We're ...... Came out alive?"

Tails collapsed to the ground, gasping for pain from the same scars, but seconds later, he burst out laughing.

Right now.

"Boom!"

In the midst of a loud bang, a strong wind suddenly blew out of the cave, kicking up a burst of majestic dust!

Tails and Kertz had to raise their arms and cover their heads while coughing incessantly.

"Ahem...... What are you ...... doing?"

After a while, the huge smoke and dust cleared, and Tails and Kez, who were sitting on the ground, looked at the scene before them, and looked at each other.

The cave they had climbed out of was blocked by a boulder that had fallen from it.

The road is closed.

If they're a step late......

Kez stared at the refugee-like Tails, burst out laughing, and lay down on his back.

Tails laughed too.

He also slowly lay down on the ground.

They just lay down in the gap in the rock at the foot of the mountain, and laughed together.

He laughed for a few minutes.

The prince sincerely felt in this moment that he could see the sky and see the sun......

What a blessing.

Compared to those who are underground......

Thinking about it, his mood froze.

"Hey. ”

"Have you been here before, and how did you know the exit?" Kertz laughed enough, and she fell to the ground, looking at the blue sky and white clouds she hadn't seen for a long time, and a sense of satisfaction came over her.

Tails' smile froze slightly.

"I've climbed the black path no less than ten times," the seamstress snorted, "but I'm never the only one who shows the way......"

In the next second, Kez jerked up from the ground!

She propped her hands on either side of Tails' shoulders, kneeling on the prince's waist, and pressed her whole body on top of Tails, blocking Tails' view.

"Don't tell me this is a compulsory course for the nobility or the royal family," Ketz's eyes were quite sharp, she slowly bowed her head, her eyes getting closer and closer to Tails: "Even the lord family in Valhalla doesn't know this damn place—it took us generations to figure out a way out of it, and many of us never came out again." ”

Tails stared at her apprehensively—a position that made the boy feel rather uneasy.

Ketz's gaze grew sharper and sharper.

His heart was beating faster and faster.

Worst......

How, how to explain?

"Hahaha, just kidding," Ketz suddenly laughed again: "You escaped, who cares how you know - look at you ...... scared"

Tails let out a sigh of relief.

"But," but Ketz rolled his eyes, looked at it, and thoughtfully, "You're quite calm...... It's not like the first time. ”

"Huh?" Tails froze.

Kez swapped his palms for elbows, getting closer and closer to Tails.

The chest was almost hitting Tails' chest.

Tails looked at her nervously.

Ketz observed his expression and laughed evilly: "No wonder you dare to call me '', hehe, I've played with a lot of girls." ”

This time, Tails choked and really blushed: "Ahem......"

He turned his head in embarrassment: "Nothing......"

"yes, wasn't it quite enjoyable to just push my chest?" Ketz squinted his eyes and stared at him firmly with a look of rape.

Tails was embarrassed again: "That, that, ah, yes, about why I know how to go...... That's because ......"

"Cut. Kertz watched Tails change the subject, shook his head disdainfully, and turned over and sat back.

Tails escaped his grip and fled in a state of panic, standing up.

But he was stunned.

Here it is......

He looked up at the towering peaks, cascading rocks, quiet soil, and tenacious trees in front of him......

Tails' gaze was up again, following the curve of the peak, taking in the views of the mountains that meandered outward.

In the light of the sun, it looks so special.

It's the sigh hills.

He exhaled slowly, and imperceptibly walked forward, touching the rock formations that stood in front of him.

This was the first time Tails had stood outside the belly of the mountain, at the foot of the mountain, looking around at the majestic mountains that surrounded Longxiao City.

It lay silently above the earth, under the clouds.

The scorching sun, the blowing of the wind and rain, and the footprints of travelers have not made it move half a minute.

From ancient times to the present day.

From the present to the future.

to eternity.

There's a strange kind of magnificence.

At that moment, Tails suddenly understood.

That's not the sin of hell, it's not the senses of hell.

Rather—

"Why do I know the way, you ask?"

"Because," Tails was distracted for a moment, "because someone gave me a blessing at parting." ”

"What?"

Ketz's expression changed: "Blessing?"

Tails smiled as he felt the shiver of the rock formations beneath his palms.

Oh, yes.

He lowered his head and looked at the sealed cavern.

The figure reappeared.

May the mountains contain your footprints. 】

May the earth bless your journey. 】

"He bless me......" Tails looked at him in a daze, thinking about the deep underground, and said with mixed feelings:

"Never get lost. ”

"So, I found a way out. ”

Kertz watched Tails firmly for a few seconds.

Look at the look on his face.

"Alas," Ketts sighed and shrugged, "another madman." ”

Tails came back to his senses and chuckled.

"Maybe. ”

The two of them lay quietly on the ground, recovering from a considerable amount of physical strength.

There is no terrible darkness, no silent loneliness, no falling rocks behind you, no shaking of the ground.

At this moment, it was as if the whole world was lazy.

Tails leaned his arms and looked at the looming black figure on the top of the mountain, slowly curling the corners of his mouth.

"Valhalla. He said lightly.

Kez was stunned: "What?"

Tails looked at the dark shadow and muttered, "That's the palace of the Grand Duke of Longxiao City in the magnificent Longxiao City. ”

"Built on the dangerous peak, suppressing the top of the mountains......"

He smiled faintly, "But, why is it called that?"

Ketz frowned and looked at him with the eyes of a madman, "Heroic Spirit?"

"You'll have to ask the person who built it. ”

Tails snorted.

He shook his head, filled with emotion in his heart: "In the language of the ancient Northlands, it means - the ghost of the hero. ”

A gentle breeze blows, bringing fresh air to the small flat land beneath the mountain.

The sun was blocked by the clouds, and the two ushered in a hint of shade.

Tails looked at the mountain steadily: "You know, Ketz, somewhere in this city, somewhere underground in this mountain, maybe there really are the undead of ancient heroes......"

The boy sighed: "Day after day, year after year, there is no day, no end, and no one knows ......."

"In the darkness of Longxiao City and the invisible of people......"

"Watch over this city, this land. ”

Kez raised an eyebrow, looking at Tails' eyes growing stranger.

At this moment, the prince suddenly remembered the scene of his first encounter with the Silver Shadow Man.

The other party was delirious and grabbed his throat, and his silver-glittering arm stabbed dangerously into his chest.

The moment he saw that he was about to take his life, he could not stop.

Tails was slightly stunned.

He subconsciously reached for his chest and pressed down.

The boy shuddered slightly.

Tails' expression slowly sank:

He said with mixed feelings: "What do you say, Kez?"

Ketz looked at Tails pitifully with the eyes of the patient, and turned over helplessly: "You ask me?"

Here we go again, Psycho Kid—she whispered.

"The devil knows. ”

I see.

Tails continued to touch his chest, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a faint smile.

"That's right," he said, smiling as he looked at the towering peaks.

"The devil knows. ”

The touch under the palm of his hand gave him the outline of a pair of glasses.

It's that pair of glasses.

The heavy, old, cracked, black-rimmed glasses.

(End of chapter)