"Do you think those apprentices will gain anything?" Barnsley's voice came with the sound of footsteps.

"Do you think it's important?" said Luke chuckled, with an aristocratic pretense of reserve.

"Sure enough, you still have a back hand. Barnsley stretched out his right hand, allowing a white owl to stop on his right wrist out of nowhere, and after chanting a few incantations, he let it fly again, quickly disappearing around the corner with the sound of its stomping wings. "You've placed tracking runes on them. The tone was affirmative, without any doubt, as if the answer was read directly.

"Of course. Luke nodded very calmly, and quickly drew three crimson runes in the air in his hand, and the runes were suspended in the air and continued to emit a faint red fluorescence, "As long as the runes are broken, it means that they are dead here, if they are not broken, then we can easily find them after we go out." ”

"Oh. And what would you do to them if they made it out alive?" Barnsley turned his head and looked earnestly at his companion.

"Where do you want to go, I don't need to kill them. If they can successfully obtain some resources, I will naturally offer the market price in exchange, and my family is not short of this money. It doesn't matter if they don't get anything, being able to come out alive has already proved their strength, and they can be brought together on the next expedition. Luke replied flatly, and with a wave of his right hand, all the red runes in front of him dissipated. "Don't worry, since I have made this relic public, I naturally won't have the kind of thoughts you think, because it's not necessary at all. ”

Barnsley nodded noncommittally, no longer dwelling on the issue. Of course, the situation of Gehr, who came out with their harvest but was unwilling to sell at the "market price" that Luke called was not in the minds of the two wizards at all. On one side is the wizard, and on the other is the apprentice. In a world where power is status, such questions are meaningless.

Then. Suddenly, an angry roar came from ahead, sweeping through the not-so-wide passage like a storm.

"Speed up, these traps are too troublesome, my pet can't stand it anymore. But fortunately, there is a barrier not far ahead, and after breaking through, we should be able to enter the core control area, as long as we can take away most of the control axis inside, our operation this time will be considered complete. ”

"Is the resource warehouse still going?"

"Forget it, time is tight, I won't go this time. In comparison, it is the control axis that is the most important. It doesn't matter what the resources are, even if you can't get them here, you can get them from other places with a little more effort. Let's hurry up, it will inevitably change if it drags on, there are already other people who have entered here, and there will only be more and more people in the future, this is our last chance, otherwise wait for those big people to find out. It's not our turn here. ”

"Hmm. ”

For a moment, neither of the two wizards spoke again, only the sound of da-da-da's footsteps echoed in the space.

......

Just as the two wizards were discussing their apprenticeship on the other side of the ruins, Gehr suddenly felt that something was wrong. But this feeling comes and goes quickly, and it dissipates in an instant. As if it was just an illusion.

But he didn't see a red rune suddenly appear behind him, exactly the same as Luke's drawing. It was only a moment later and then it disappeared again.

Gehr was a little wary of this strange feeling. But there is no point in delving into it, after all, the time and place are not right now, and if it is delayed for a while, it is impossible to imagine that those dead crocodiles who were attracted away by Dilansina will return. Once they find out that Gehr is patronizing their lair, it makes people's scalps tingle just to think about it.

After carefully sealing and placing all the reagent tubes filled with Anya's water, Gehr looked at the stone bowl that still had a shallow layer of black liquid left below and could already be faintly visible at the bottom, and decisively chose to give up and continue to scrape, without further delay, and quickly left this place of right and wrong, and went around to a pre-planned corner of a cave that was far away from here and easy to hide, waiting for these dead crocodiles to return and let the passage mouth out.

Now the mouth of the passage filled with devouring mist is as busy as a pot of boiling boiling water, several dead alligators are gathered outside the exit, their huge bodies are crowded together, and they all want to get into the passage, but due to the obstruction of their companions, they can only keep squeezing their companions around them, and the sound of tails slapping the air is getting more and more urgent, and it looks similar to a group of aunts rushing to buy in a crowded store, and it happens to be a little similar to the situation of a big sale at a discount.

However, it is useless to let the dead crocodile behind him push and shove, because from Gehr's point of view, he can just see the back half of the body of a dead sound crocodile exposed from the exit, and then look at the gap between it and the not too wide passage and the constant struggle, it is obvious that this relatively strong guy is stuck in the passage, and he is constantly pushed forward by his companions behind, so that this poor guy can't even do it.

I have to praise it, this passage that has existed for I don't know how many years is really strong enough, no matter how these huge power-type monsters toss, this passage is not seriously damaged, at most it is scraped off some rubble, and it can't destroy the overall structure of the passage at all.

The outermost crocodiles couldn't see it, so they returned to the river and swam slowly, while the rest of the crocodiles were still crowded in front, not giving an inch of land.

Faced with the current situation, Gell can only wait with peace of mind, as for Dilansina in the passage, it can only be up to her.

The commotion lasted for almost two hours, and the crocodile outside the passage slowly dispersed and retreated back to its habitat, and the crocodile stuck at the mouth of the passage finally had a chance to exit.

I saw it swaying from side to side, its hind paws on the ground and constantly exerting force, leaving a series of claw marks deeply embedded in the ground, and it took several minutes of busy work to finally pull out its body, and it made a sound like pulling out the cork at the mouth of the bottle.

At this time, Gehr noticed that the dead alligator that had exited the passage seemed to be a little wrong, and although the skin of its front half of its body that had been blocked in the passage was still black, it was obviously a little dull compared to its back body. It's like the result of the contrast between the skin of an old man and that of a young man, and there are even faint grayish-white spots. And after this dead voice crocodile left the shackles of the passage. Not only is the crawling speed very slow, but also constantly swinging. It's like having a high fever.

"It's supposed to be because of the devouring mist. ”

Gehr watched the dead crocodile, which had lost its fierce nature, slowly crawl back into the water, and had some understanding of why these monsters had been trapped here.

"The number is wrong, there is one less dead crocodile. Gehr looked at the group of dead crocodiles in the distance, his brow furrowed slightly.

Before, because of the crowding and chaos, Gehr didn't notice the problem, but now that the dead crocodiles were quiet again, it was easy to tell, and at this time Gehr found that there was one less than the number he had pointed out before.

After counting the numbers a few more times and taking a closer look at the surroundings, Gel could be sure that he wasn't wrong.

"There's only one possibility. The rest is in the passage......"

Now that he was sure that there was still a dead crocodile in the passage, Gehr naturally did not stupidly run into the passage, but began to wait.

After nearly an hour, all the dead crocodiles in Geer's sight returned to their original habitats, and they did not realize that the water of Anya they guarded had been visited by outsiders, and they quietly returned to sleep on the stone face.

However, the dead crocodile that Gehr thought was still in the passage still did not move.

Gell thought about this situation for a while, and finally decided that he couldn't just wait for it. He carefully moved out of the hiding place and returned to the passage.

Walking back into the thick darkness, Gehr listened carefully to the movements around him, and carefully followed the direction he remembered.

Griezmann...... In the ......"

Gehr returned the way he came. After walking in the dark for more than ten minutes with his vigilance, he never met the dead crocodile he thought had entered the passage. Finally, there was a faint shouting from ahead.

Gehr didn't answer directly, but walked a little further further with more vigilance. The voice finally became clear. Stopped, and Gehr listened for a moment. After making sure that there was nothing wrong with the surroundings, he responded loudly: "I'm here, where are you?"

"I'm in the teleportation hall!" Dilansina's voice suddenly became a little joyful in the darkness.

"Is there a dead crocodile coming along?" asked Gehr.

"Well, it's dead, right in the teleportation hall. The news from Dilansina stunned Gell for a moment.

"Okay, I'll come here. ”

Confirming that the threat was no longer there, Gehr strode towards the teleportation hall.

Then, without any trouble, he quickly came to the entrance of the passage, but did not go out directly, but stopped and listened again for a while, and made sure that Dilansina's position was on the side of the altar far from the door, and then quickly flashed out.

Returning to the teleportation hall, Gehr was greeted by the heavy smell of blood, and then saw the corpse of a dead crocodile lying at the mouth of the passage, which was relatively smaller than its companion, its skin had completely turned grayish-white, like weathered stone, and its fatal wound came from above its head, and under the action of some powerful force, its skull was completely lifted, revealing a red and white slimy patch inside.

Retracting her gaze from the corpse of the Dead Crocodile, Gell shifted her gaze to Dilansina who was sitting on the edge of the altar, she looked quite embarrassed, sitting on the ground with no image, and her apprentice robe was also a little ragged, and the right sleeve was torn into strips of cloth, revealing the bandage on her arm, which was faintly bloody, and looked like she had also gone through a hard fight.

Seeing the image of Dilansina, Gehr relaxed his tense muscles and asked, "How is it?

"It's okay, it's good that the protective force field of this dead voice crocodile was completely destroyed after passing through the dark corridor, and its body functions were also greatly damaged, otherwise it would really be hanging this time. Knowing what Gehr wanted to know, Dilansina sighed heartily and relieved Gell of his doubts.

"I see......" (To be continued......