The coat of arms under the slate was small, not bigger than a palm, and the image engraved on it Esther had never seen before, and it looked very much like a town surrounded by darkness, but the town was made up of thin black lines that made the whole picture look distorted and weird.

Thoma's eyes lit up: "Is it the Land of the Night?" Here are the ruins of the Night Country! ”

Alexander had already put on his gloves, and seeing that Hamel had not made any further moves, he motioned for Aaron to step aside, and he carefully picked up the coat of arms.

And Esther was also a little dazed: "Does this thing work?" ”

Alexander nodded, and placed the crest in the box that contained the key before: "At least it is definitely more valuable than that key, as a relic of that mysterious country, it can be used for divination and guidance of many related secrets. ”

Aaron's smile was obviously uneasy, and he leaned over to pick up the heavy backpack he had just put down from the ground, it was not very convenient to carry this thing on his back before: "Of course, there is a certain risk, but we can let others take this risk." ”

It means to trade this thing with the tantric order and then exchange it for better benefits.

Esther's gaze swept around the "bath": "It's a pity that this is the only ...... There doesn't seem to be anything else special here. ”

"It's not such a special room in the first place, so it's nice to have a harvest." Thoma said.

Esther's perception was suddenly touched.

The next moment, the flames in the lanterns beside the men exploded, and in a burst of shattering sounds, a figure twisted and leaped out of it, and slammed into Alexander from diagonally behind, and the man threw out several pieces of paper from his hand, and went straight to Alexander's head like a flying knife.

The other party's goal is self-evident, it is a bronze square box with heraldry!

Esther left the point of light in the passage to support their retreat, and at this time she could not directly use the power of "restart", and the action of using her body to intercept it would take longer, and she would respond more quickly and instinctively-

She opened and closed her fingers, and a grasp stole the thought of stealing the other, which halted the man's forward momentum, and Esther herself took a step forward.

She had no time to stop the flying knives that had been turned into blank pieces of paper.

At the moment when the enemy appeared, Aaron was on the other side of Alexander, and his actions were completely a knee-jerk reaction to the enemy: raise his hand and turn around.

Aaron was carrying the heavy backpack he had just grabbed the shoulder strap and had not had time to re-carry it.

The backpack rose with his movements, and by such coincidence that no one could have predicted it, it hit Alexander's head directly, giving him a hard blow, smashing Alexander to the side and rolling him to the side.

It was this sudden turn of events that made the backpack extremely lucky to block a few paper knives, only one of which cut Alexander's shoulder and dyed bright red.

And the moment the other party's body stagnated, Thoma had already thrown off the backpack on his shoulder and greeted him, and clasping the opponent's arm was a twisting and over-the-shoulder fall.

If it were for a more casual occasion, Esther would have complained in her heart about why Thoma, as a scroll mage, would master hand-to-hand combat so easily! Even looks so skilled!

However, it was only through Thoma's glance that Esther could see the other party's face clearly, this was the middle-aged man she and Alexander had photographed in the bookstore before!

The man who had been hurt in his chest and abdomen instantly regained his senses, and after holding back the discomfort of wanting to cough, he unleashed his extraordinary ability in front of Thoma's fist in the face.

"Magician", "Paper Man Stand-in"!

His figure immediately appeared next to Alexander, reaching for the box in Alexander's arms.

However, when Alexander rolled to the ground, he was already protecting the box with his left arm, and his right hand took out the charm from his bosom, and the moment a figure flashed beside him, Alexander did not hesitate to recite an ancient Hermetic phrase: "Storm! ”

A bolt of lightning burst forth, tearing apart another paper figure in the air and slamming it against the wall, causing the room to ripple and a large amount of dust and rubble falling from above.

After the man launched this paper man stand-in, he realized that the difference in strength between several people was too great, so he simply gave up and continued to entangle with everyone, and his figure jumped out from the candle flame that was still burning.

Esther seized the opportunity to reach out again, this time not by the thoughts and ideas of the other party, but by extraordinary ability—she stole the ability of the "air bullet" and took away the opponent's most suitable long-range means of attacking.

Her thoughts even coincided with the other party, the middle-aged man's lips moved slightly, and he spit out a word according to the thought of the previous second: "Bang!" ”

The man himself only wanted to use this to injure the other party and delay their pursuit, but nothing happened, and he realized that his abilities had been stolen!

Aaron lifted the long-barreled revolver, but the moment he aimed and knocked, the man's figure disappeared again.

Esther's perception was touched, and she immediately shared the information she had learned with others: "He left a match in the passage, and he jumped directly from there before. ”

Alexander had already gotten up from the ground, and although his shoulder was oozing blood, the wound was not deep enough to bleed profusely: "Let's also go at once, in case the other party tries to destroy the passage, it will be troublesome, there may not be other exits here." ”

Thoma helped Alexander: "I thought Aaron was going to make you faint." ”

"If it weren't for the physique of Sequence 8 Amplification, maybe I would have been killed by him." Alexander, who stood up, shook his head, "There may be a slight concussion." ”

Aaron apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't think anything at the time, it was completely subconscious......"

Thoma was rather impatient: "Good luck and bad luck are offset, right?" We know, you don't say any more. ”

Alexander didn't even have time to stuff the box into his backpack, and the four of them quickly ran towards the entrance of the passage, hoping to get out of here before the other person could make any other moves.

However, what they didn't expect was that the other party was generously waiting for the four of them by the entrance of the cave.

The middle-aged man in the tuxedo kept tapping a stone against the edge of the hole, and at his feet lay several inferior explosive tubes stacked together. When he saw a few people stop three meters away, his face became even more gloomy, but the action of knocking on the wall did not stop.

The man kicked out an explosive tube at the men: "Take your pick." ”

His strength was very cleverly controlled, and the explosive rolled twice, just stopping in front of the four of Esther, handing over that thing or letting the other party detonate the explosive, and the choice given by the other party was clear.

He stared at Esther and said, "If you let me stand still any longer, my companions outside will not hesitate to manipulate the flames to ignite them. ”

That's why the man kept knocking stones on the walls, which was a signal to his accomplices outside.

Esther was also vaguely aware of the strangeness, so she didn't do it immediately, and her hunch never missed.

Thoma sneered fiercely: "Ha, it seems that your relationship with your companion is not very good, he doesn't care about your life or death at all." ”

"Yes, everything is prioritized by mission objectives." The middle-aged man on the other side replied indifferently, which made Thoma choke on this sentence.

Esther was standing at the back of the four, quietly retracting the points of light that were stalemate with the black lines in the passageway, letting them fall slowly back in the direction of their backs.

Because the other three men were in front of her, there was very little light on her, so her small movements were not noticed by the other party.

Aaron's neck moved twice, and he didn't turn his head, but just asked a few people next to him, "Shall we give him things like this?" Nothing is life-important. ”

He said this on purpose to the other side, but Esther keenly caught that Aaron had other thoughts, and the current "show of weakness" was more like trying to make the other party let down his guard.

There wasn't much expression on Alexander's face: "We don't seem to have much to do. ”

Esther could tell that his voice was not in the right tone, and Alexander would never have spoken so sharply. This is obviously some kind of "other plan" hint, but because she has not been with a few people for a long time, she does not yet have the tacit understanding to quickly comprehend the instructions of action.

Thoma cursed twice, glaring more viciously, as if he wanted to make up for the punch he hadn't missed. He looked extraordinarily irritable, not much different from his usual reactions, but Esther could vaguely feel his emotions.

Thoma was far less impulsive than he seemed, unlike Esther, who had grasped Aaron and Alexander's hints well and was ready to cooperate with them.

Aaron sighed: "Alas, it seems that there is really no way, are we so unlucky?" Bad luck......"

The man standing by the explosives raised his chin at a few people: "It's good to know each other." ”

Thoma suddenly rushed over, grabbed Aaron's collar hard, and opened his eyes angrily: "You fuck! I've told you how many times, don't talk about your bad luck again! ”

Such a sudden change made Esther stunned, and the middle-aged man opposite also showed doubts in his eyes, but the tapping action on his hand did not stop.

Of course, he did not dare to relax, which was also a signal of his own life. Even if he said that "the mission goal is first", he didn't want to die because of such a small mistake in surprise.

Thoma grabbed the bronze box from Alexander's hand, held it in his hand, and shouted at the other side, "You want this garbage, don't you?" I don't want to die in this place of humiliation, what about you! ”

"Wait, Thoma! We've got to talk to them! Alexander said dissuasively, but he did not attempt to reach out and hold Thoma down.

"Talk about a fart! What else can there be to talk about, I'll give it to you if you want it! ”

After scolding, Thoma shook his arm violently and threw the box in his hand in the direction of the man.

"They threw things over! I'll get out right away! There was still not much expression on the other man's face, but as he shouted outside, Esther could clearly hear a certain anxiety in his tone.

Aaron suddenly turned his head sideways and made a lip gesture at Esther, who instantly understood what he was talking about.

"Steal"!