Chapter 129: The Looming Darkness 1
Gehr walked carefully one deep and one shallow, and every step he took brought the sound of rushing water, and the slightest cold air passed down the soaked shoes and socks into his limbs, adding a little resistance to his progress.
This is a long and large underground water road, every ten meters or so there is a lampshade covered with an oil pot inlaid on the smooth and abnormal stone wall, the oil pot cover has accumulated a thick layer of mud, it seems that no one has touched it for a long time, but the lamp oil in it can still be used, and the person who walks in the front will light it up to light the way for the people behind.
"This underground river has the same source as the Fermiro River outside the city, and it has plenty of water and clean, so it was chosen when we chose the site for Bern, even if we were besieged and could not leave the city, there would be no danger of water shortage, of course, this situation has not happened before......"
Sylvia, who was sitting on Gehr's shoulder, was in better spirits and explained softly to Gehr.
In this waterway, the depth of the water can generally reach the calf of Geer, because the source of this water is the snow of the snow-capped mountains, and the cold in the water is still not dissipated when it flows here, and a little girl who is not in good shape and does not exceed her peers is not very suitable for walking in it, so she has to find someone to carry on her back, this kind of thing is generally more suitable for men, and Sylvia's closest male is only Gehr, and he can only take this task seriously.
About an hour after entering the cemetery's secret passage, the group arrived at the waterway that ran beneath Bern.
This underground water road was one of the passages used by the royal family to escape for their lives in times of crisis. Every dynasty and every place was the same, and for the royal family and nobles, this secret escape route was essential. It has nothing to do with ordinary civilians.
For most ordinary people, they don't even know that there is such a passage in the Dao.
Of course, as Gehr and others, who are enjoying this privilege, they are not qualified to sigh about this kind of thing.
This secret passage was built in the early days of Bern.
In the early days of the establishment of the Principality of Haysting, the Philippian Empire had already sunset. However, its long-term power still made the Haysting people very jealous, and this secret passage was only for the purpose of being besieged by the forces of the Philippan Empire when the duchy was established. An escape route for the descendants of the Anslin family.
There were several such passages, but because the national strength of the Principality of Haysting was still very weak at that time, it was really impossible to carry out this level of construction in the hard ground below Bern, so these passages were completed with the help of this underground waterway, and the construction was mainly focused on the access passage through the waterway.
However, with the collapse of the Philippian Empire, what had been fearing the Anslin family did not happen, and these secret passages were left unused, and after so many years, these secret passages only existed in the records of the royal family's secret collection. It had long been forgotten by everyone, and it was not until it was accidentally discovered by Saloras during her search for information that it was activated again.
I have to say that as a ruling class, sometimes there are common ideas.
In the years since the establishment of Bern, some nobles have also habitually dug emergency escape tunnels, which are no different from the practice of the Anslin family, and also use this natural waterway as the main part, only digging the entrance and exit, so this waterway can be regarded as a public part.
About ten minutes ago, Gehr and his party ran into another group of nobles who looked like they had fled. At this time, it was difficult to trust other people except their own people, so the two sides did not communicate much, just stared at each other vigilantly. Staggered by a certain distance, the well water does not interfere with the river water, and each goes to a different destination.
Walking in such a waterway, the group was consciously silent. Supporting each other to move forward.
"What do you want to do when you get to Emlock?" Gell grabbed Sylvia's waist with one hand. Let her sit more steadily, and make small talk in a low voice.
Although there is torch lighting. But the waterway still seems a little dark, especially the oil lamps inlaid on the walls can find some damage from time to time, resulting in there are always some places between the waterways that cannot be illuminated, in this dim place, only the sound of water can be heard, and the atmosphere seems a little depressing. Gehr felt a trembling sensation on his shoulders from time to time, and Zhilu Dao was a little uncomfortable for the little girl, so he simply used chat to distract her.
"I want to be a goddess like Carmelita. ”
"For what?"
"Only in this way can we better protect ourselves. ”
"Then you'll have to work hard. ”
......
"Wait. Gehr's face suddenly changed slightly. Although he was chatting with Sylvia, he was always on high alert, his ears were constantly distinguishing everything around him, and with the help of the analysis module, no subtle sounds would be missed. "I heard some voices. ”
"Be careful, there is ......"
Just as Gehr grabbed a few team members around him and reminded him, a crushed exclamation suddenly came from the front.
Screams followed, followed by the sound of violently churning water.
"Don't move, everyone!"
Gehr hurriedly handed Sylvia to Iona behind him, drew his sword and walked briskly forward.
Originally, Gehr was in the middle and early part of the line, but after a dozen seconds, he ran to the front of the line, and there was no fire in front of him, but the church officer who had rushed forward to explore the way was carrying a torch, and it was obvious that something had happened there.
At this time, Gehr felt a fire behind him quickly approaching, and when he looked sideways, it was Camerita who had also come up with a torch.
"I'll go ahead. Gehr took the torch from her hand and stopped the goddess with Epheros.
The goddess officer glanced at him calmly, did not reply, and directly slowed down, keeping a position of about two positions behind Gehr.
After continuing to move forward for more than ten meters, Gehr held his torch high and carefully searched forward, when suddenly there was a dull loud noise in front of him, as if he had thrown something heavy into the water, and then a wave of vibrations came through the ground underwater, the feeling was similar to an earthquake, but it was more subtle, it only made Gehr's figure shake slightly, and it didn't make him lose his balance.
"Stand back!" Ger immediately backed away, and pulled Carmelita back with him, as he suddenly had a very bad feeling, as if his whole body was being completely spied on by something, and the analysis module kept reminding him that the constant sound of breaking water was that something was approaching quickly.
"Hmm. The goddess was crooked by Gella's figure, and almost threw herself into his arms, and her emerald eyes stared at Gel in the firelight, revealing a look of doubt.
However, Gehr was not interested in responding to her gaze right now, he trusted his instincts, the wealth of this experience had saved him many times, not to mention that the information from the analysis module also provided the basis for this judgment.
Just when Gehr pulled the goddess official to retreat, the ground shook violently, and a terrible loud noise suddenly came from the stone wall in front of him, and it shot towards Gehr's side, and soon caught up with the bodies of the two, and the body of the hit was painful, and Gehr even heard the soft snort of the goddess official next to him.
"All back off, quick!"
Gehr yelled at the people in the rear.
At the same time, a huge black shadow broke into the range of the firelight, and the sand and gravel of its bearer jumped into the distance within ten meters in front of Gehr's body, and the huge body plunged into the water and hit the ground with a low muffled sound, and six thick and powerful arthropods stepped on the very smooth ground that had been hit by the water flow that had never stopped for thousands of years.
"Whew!" the monster looked up, its pale yellow pupils staring at Gehr and Carmelita.
This is a monster that seems to combine humans and spiders, about three meters tall, the upper body is a middle-aged male with tangled muscles, naked upper body, dead gray skin, arms alienated into a pair of barbed big crows, but the tail end of the arm is a five-fingered palm that is no different from a human, and below the abdomen is the same as a spider, the blue-gray carapace is covered with barbs and white spots, reflecting a metallic luster under the reflection of firelight.
Just by looking at the size and the movement it made, you can see that the strength of this monster is extraordinary.
The monster looked at the two of them, and the big mouth on its face opened unconsciously, revealing the sharp shark-like teeth inside, and the viscous gray liquid flowed out of the corners of the mouth, and finally slipped into the water, emitting a foul stench like a dead corpse rotting.
Looking at it like this, it's clear that the word friendly has nothing to do with it.
At this moment, there was a sound of rushing water behind Gehr, which was the sound of water made by his companions who immediately retreated after hearing Gehr's prompt.
This movement attracted the monster's attention, and his flickering gaze moved away from the two people in front of him, casting it at the distant firelight, his body slightly down, and his limbs bent, which was obviously a prelude to the power jump.
"Hey, monster, here!" shouted Gehr, slapping the water hard with Eferros to make a sound to attract the monster. Just by looking at the appearance, you can see the terrifying lethality of this monster, and if you let it run into the crowd behind, it will inevitably cause huge casualties. Although I don't know what this kind of monster will appear in this secret passage, Gehr has already subconsciously made a move.
"Go this way!"
The monster didn't seem to have a lot of intelligence, and Gehr's movements easily regained its attention, and the malicious beast pupils returned to the two in front of them, sizzling like a danger signal.
Seeing that he had succeeded in attracting the monster, Gerger pulled Carmelita up and went into a fork in the side, where he now had to take the monster away from the crowd.
Just after Gel pulled Camerita and ran a few steps, a heavy crash came from the position they had just been, Gel turned sideways and looked back as he ran, only to see the monster get up from the thin smoke and dust, shook its head, shook off the debris from the stone wall on its body, and its eyes shook again, and soon locked on the two who were retreating, and after letting out a high beast howl, its body slammed up and pounced on the two of them...... (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you for the commuter pass