Click! Click! Click!

"Huh?"

After digging twice with the pickaxe, Kaji was startled by the movement in front of him.

The feel of this iron pickaxe is exactly the same as that of a normal pickaxe.

But when it hits the ground, it makes a weird sound, and the tactile sensation is not the feedback that a normal tool would have.

What happened next was even more incomprehensible to Kaji.

The dirt under his feet, struck twice by this strange pickaxe, inexplicably rose a square clod, as if someone had cut it out with a knife!

This phenomenon is beyond the common sense of Kaji as an awakened person!

"Diablo-sama?"

Ka Tier looked blankly at Lindsay.

At this time, he found the man next to him and took out another pickaxe.

However, unlike Kaji's hand, the surface of Lindsay's iron pickaxe flashes a flame-like crimson, and at a glance, you can tell that it is not an ordinary item!

Lindsay explained in a calm tone:

"Don't make a fuss, keep digging."

"This pickaxe is a new technology developed by Volcano City."

"If you reveal it, don't blame me for not warning you."

“……”

Hearing such a reason, how dare Kaji continue to ask?

Later, under Lindsay's command, the perceiver swung a pickaxe downward, and he dug out the mud one by one, and then Lindsay took it into a bag.

Kaji was secretly surprised.

Props with space storage functions can only be made by craftsmen with a high level of skill, and the price is at least 100 gold coins.

If the number of items that can be accommodated is large, the corresponding price will rise.

Take Lindsay's exaggerated magnitude of the clods......

Kaji swallowed in a dry throat, and immediately had a picture in his mind.

This is a well-informed young man from Volcano City, who is not afraid of the Awakened of the Seven Stages, and has deep pockets!

When these conditions are put together, the identity of the other party will definitely not be simple.

Kaji thought of himself again.

If he can serve this master well, maybe tonight's unlucky experience can become a chance for him!

Thinking of this, Kaji really came to the drive.

He swung his pickaxe more frequently and became more focused at work.

The tunnel dug by the two men downwards is not a vertical hole, but a slope that slopes downward, deflecting 90 degrees to the left at intervals to ensure accurate direction.

Another few minutes passed.

With this upright and serious attitude, Kaji's perceiver skills made him suddenly discover some clues.

After they go deeper than 100 meters underground.

The surrounding soil is noticeably more yellow than above, and it is slightly soft to the touch.

It's as if someone had hollowed out the mountain not long ago and refilled it with soil!

Kaji was excited, and immediately looked at Lindsay beside him:

"Diablo-sama, may I ask? Where are we going to dig here? ”

Lindsey asked rhetorically:

"Have you forgotten who we're tracking?"

“……”

Kaji wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and forcibly controlled his mood:

"My lord, what are you looking for those two seventh-stage awakened people for? They just started a war in Nine Bay City not long ago, and now that they are looking for it, don't they think this kind of thing is too dangerous? ”

Lindsey says:

"For more than a month before, the forest in the forest courtyard has been in an abnormal mutation, and you and those adventurers have been trapped here because of this. Do you know what the real reason for all this is happening? ”

Kaji asked cautiously:

"But...... Hasn't the anger of the forest subsided? ”

"And this week, the situation in the forest is getting better and better, and it is no longer as restless as before."

Lindsey nodded:

"That's right, the last crisis is really over."

"But the root cause of all the problems has not been solved. If you don't want this to happen more often, you have to talk to them. ”

"......" Lindsay's words mean -

He's going to stop the two seventh-stage awakened ones?

Kaji came to his senses in an instant, and he stubbornly said:

"IMHO."

"Diablo-sama, if they want to do something, with our ability, it is absolutely impossible to stop it."

Lindsey shook her head slightly:

"There's a lot of secrecy about this, and it's not as absolute as you see."

“……”

Speaking of which, the two silently stopped the topic.

They continued to dig deeper into the ground.

It is located at a depth that even exceeds the area where the echo tunnels are distributed.

In the absence of air flow, the air underground becomes stuffy and makes people dizzy to breathe.

Lindsay pulls out the map to view.

They were only about 10 meters away from the closed cavity below.

"Kaji, I'll go ahead next, and you'll follow me."

Kaji immediately obediently retreated to the back of the slope and asked nervously:

"We're almost there?"

"That's right." Lindsey confirmed Kaji's guess, and then said more, "Kaji, if you want to run away now, I won't stop you." The rest of the matter is very serious, and it's best not to make any misleading actions. ”

- You can run by yourself.

Hearing such an answer from Lindsay's mouth, Kaji was naturally a little moved.

But he looked at Lindsay's back, which was still digging downwards in front of him, and unconsciously hesitated in his heart.

His hesitation was not because he wanted to save the safety of Morinaka Garden.

But after just realizing Lindsay's identity as an important person in Volcano City, he was a little reluctant, and he was cut off from such an existence.

For an ordinary awakened person.

It is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be able to contact such a big person.

Or even something that you can bet on safety to chase!

Smack-

While Kaji was still struggling and hesitating, Lindsey in front of him was moving quickly.

Under the frequent swing of the fiery red light of the meteorite pickaxe, the pieces of dirt also disappeared rapidly.

It's a few meters away.

Click!

With the sound of a dirt excavation, the ground beneath Lindsay's feet disappeared.

What follows is no longer soft soil.

Rather, it was a pitch-black skylight that reached into the cavern below.

Buzz –

Almost at the same time.

A faint golden light flickered from below, accompanied by a figure with determination in weakness:

"Kid, get behind me."

"Don't come out no matter what happens!"

“……”

- It's Han Sike.

The experience of being in Lookout City made Lindsay immediately recognize the owner of the voice, and he hurriedly spoke:

"Is this Mr. Han Sike below? We have no ill will! ”

“……”

As soon as Lindsay spoke, the light of the law beneath froze.

After waiting for a few more seconds, Han Sike's weak voice sounded intermittently:

"You ...... Not Moon's people? ”

"Who are you?"

(End of chapter)