"Roar—"

In the Crystal Valley, the leader of the dragon roared.

It trampled on the corpse of a man-eating flower that had been burned to the point of dryness, and the resuscitators around it were reduced to ashes under the scorching heat.

However, after the battle, it did not find anything of value.

Inside the crystal wall, except for the warring cannibal flowers and resurrectors, there were no expected treasures at all, leaving only a cold earth lying quietly in front of you.

In an instant, the airflow of its control even went out of control.

A few ordinary lizard dragons that it took all the way to the Crystal Valley were burned alive by the furious heat!

"Damn it!"

"Where...... Where is my treasure? ”

“……”

On the other side, Lindsay and Red are still evacuating.

Although the leader of the dragon was furious, he had no idea that the two little humans would still survive.

The structure of the underworld is meandering.

Passing through this straight tunnel, the next cave immediately connects three intersecting tunnels.

At this moment, Lindsay's essentia has finally returned to the level that can cope with the battle.

He activates the module he had just unlocked.

【Puzzle Game - Clue Collection】

“……”

After activating the skill, the screen in front of Lindsay's eyes did not change at all.

But as he focused his attention on the three tunnels, some of the vague traces became more noticeable, looking like the naked-eye 3D effect on a laser card!

"The passage on the left, with air currents passing through."

"There are obvious footprints on the ground of the passage in the middle."

"The passage on the right, with a clear slope going deep into the ground, has a completely different amount of rubble than the stone on the tunnel walls."

Clues emerged in front of Lindsay's eyes.

There is currently only one level of puzzle games, and the skills unlocked are also at the most basic level.

But looking at the sight in front of him, he could even guess what the next skill in the puzzle game would be.

"After collecting, it's natural to analyze the clues."

"But even if there is no skill-assisted analysis, it is definitely enough to specialize these clues in front of you."

You don't even need to enlarge the map.

Lindsay was able to determine the direction to go next.

"Red, let's go to the left......"

Lindsay habitually turned her head to look at Red, ready to continue leaving with her companions.

But this time, his gaze made him aware of a picture he had never seen before, on Hong's body, there was a gray-black air flow around his body, and a murderous and ominous aura was coming.

"It's ...... Essentia? ”

Lindsay reacted immediately.

What he saw now was not the mood swings that he had just spied on like the sapphire glasses, but the essentia in the red body!

This is supposed to be a perceptual ability that can only be acquired after truly becoming an ascender.

But on him.

This unique perception ability is acquired in advance in the form of a [Puzzle Game] skill!

Lindsay subconsciously turned her head to look at the tunnel where they came.

The dark passage was silent, with no sign of essentia.

Although the sixth-stage lizard dragon leader is powerful, it is not outrageous enough to be observed here.

Lindsay's anomalous move immediately caught Red's attention:

"Lindsay, what's wrong with you?"

Lindsay pointed to the girl's body:

"I've just gained a new ability and can now see direct signs of essentia activity with the naked eye."

Hong's tone was a little surprised:

"See signs of essentia activity...... Yes? Didn't you see it before? ”

Hong's thoughts at the moment were clearly written on his face.

She always thought that Lindsay, who had completely suppressed herself and was now on par with herself, definitely had such an ability!

Lindsey replied:

"Generally speaking, this is an ability that can only be awakened after reaching the fifth stage of the ascender."

Red retorted incomprehensibly:

"That's not what your strength says."

Lindsey had to patiently explain:

"That's because I'm in a special situation, and I can see it now."

With that, the two of them also came to the entrances of the three tunnels.

They should have stepped onto the tunnel on the left to the surface without hesitation.

But at a close enough distance.

The originally quiet underground tunnel was filled with the sound of fighting, floating like poplar catkins floating in the wind.

Red immediately looked at Lindsay:

"Lindsay, or those guys?"

"The dragon isn't coming from this direction." Lindsay shook her head, then crouched on the ground, stroking the footprints she had just seen. "Look at these footprints, they should have been left by those eyeless people we just met."

The size and shape of the footprints match the size of the eyeless man.

Lindsey immediately decided:

"It seems that in addition to the attack of the lizard dragon, they have other troubles ahead."

Red nodded in approval of Lindsay's judgment, and the wood poison javelin was already in his hand:

"Shall we take a detour or go straight?"

Lindsey replied without thinking:

"Keep going."

"This is the closest way back to the surface, there's no reason to stop here."

"However, this place is still not far enough from Crystal Valley, and some things that are too big may still attract the attention of the dragons, so let's avoid fighting as much as possible."

Red listened to the sound of fighting in the wind and asked:

"What if the battle ahead is fierce?"

"If the road ahead is completely blocked by fighting." With that, Lindsay took out the meteorite pickaxe again, "Then let's dig a tunnel up now!" ”

Lindsey and Red moved on.

Dragons and Eyeless, as inhabitants of the Underworld, are kept out of the control of drakemons.

So for these underground dwellers.

The ground becomes an unpopular zone.

After all, as creatures who obey their instincts to manipulate essentia, they are far more vulnerable to the erosion of drake rules than humans, and this is something that must be avoided as much as possible.

And there are six stages like the dragon boss.

Even if the former dragon beasts didn't kill them, once these 'fish that slipped through the net' frequently stepped into areas they shouldn't enter, the result might not be as lucky as in the past.

……

At the other end, Lindsey and Red continued on.

After passing through two more caves and a tunnel, the source of the sounds of fighting in the wind appeared in front of them.

It's a battlefield.

Some of the Eyeless People who chose to flee made it all the way here, only to collide head-on with a group of bat-like monsters.

Fighting ensued.

However, compared to the battle between the Eyeless Man and the Lizard Dragon, the scale of the fight here is much smaller.

And there is no strong man of decisive strength to enter the war.

The battle between the Eyeless and the bats is at a stalemate, a pure contest of numbers and individual strength.

It's in this position.

In addition to the fights that came from the wind, Lindsay also clearly heard the roars of these bat monsters:

"Kill them!"

"The dragon can't occupy such a large territory, as long as we fight for living space on the edge, we can also get a place to live!"

"If we survive here, we can get out of control!"

(End of chapter)