"Boom——"
In the depths of the maze, there seemed to be an earth-shattering tremor. It was like waking up a sleeping beast, and let out a deafening roar.
But the strange thing is that almost everyone is unaware of this, even the players in the maze have not noticed it at all.
Only a few high-level monsters and monsters raised their heads, and looked into the void if they felt something, showing complicated expressions.
When Di Ling stepped into the teleportation array, he was full of complacency.
So far, her plan has been a complete success. Not only did she get enough treasures and magic crystals to squander for a long time, but she also cheated the boy who didn't like her. Thinking of this, she couldn't help laughing out loud.
The teleportation circle is a one-way magic circle, and the destination is unknown. However, Di Ling also vaguely heard some news before.
This secret room existed as early as when the castle was built, not only as a treasure room, but also as a place of refuge in case of accidents.
Once any major event that endangers the life of the castle owner occurs, the castle owner can escape through the secret room.
From this, Di Ling deduced that the teleportation array in the secret room would definitely not lead to any dangerous place. In order to avoid being hunted down, she had already decided to use it as a transit point and would not stay there any longer.
Before learning of the existence of the Chamber of Secrets, she had already planned her escape route. Now it's just a matter of following the plan.
However, Di Ling did not expect that after the white light of the teleportation array disappeared, she came to an extremely strange place.
The teleportation array hovered slightly, about a dozen centimeters above the ground, because it could only be used once, and it disappeared in place after the mission was completed.
As soon as the teleportation array disappeared, Di Ling fell to the ground, and then she heard a "click", as if a few water splashes were splashed on the shoe.
She was still a little strange, could it be that she fell into a puddle
This space is probably at night at this time, the surroundings are pitch black, and there are no luminous objects such as stars and moons in the sky to illuminate it, which is very unfriendly to races that cannot see at night.
And you don't need to feel it carefully, there is an obvious sense of humidity in the air, and there is also a strange smell that Di Ling feels familiar but can't think of at the moment.
It's so humid. Could it be that there is a lot of water here? She guessed so.
But thinking about the species of the Duchess, she is not so strange: don't mermaids just like water by nature? It is also understandable to set up the teleportation array in such a place.
The top priority is to find a way to leave here as soon as possible to avoid being found out.
Thinking this way, she took a step, and then she was stumbled by something, and nearly fell to the ground.
"What the hell?!" As soon as Di Ling got angry, he kicked the thing hard, and then heard a rolling sound.
She raised the kerosene lamp that she had been holding all along, wanting to see what it was——for countless days and nights after that, she regretted her actions immensely.
"Ah!!!" The woman's shrill cry echoed in the space.
The kerosene lamp fell to the ground with a snap, and was soon stained red by the blood on the ground.
Yes, bloody water.
The shallow layer of liquid on the ground is not the puddle that Di Ling thought it was at all, but a thick bloody water that seems to be endless, covering the entire floor of the space.
And the thing that almost tripped her was a huge, unidentifiable rib of any creature.
What is it that bleeds so much? ! Di Ling thought in horror.
Only then did she react belatedly. The smell she felt familiar at first turned out to be a strong smell of blood!
What exactly is going on? ! Where did the teleportation array take her? !
She grabbed her hair, her heart was beating wildly, and an unspeakable sense of crisis hit her heart.
She didn't need anyone's reminder, she also knew that this space was abnormal.
But at this moment, disturbed by her scream just now, countless pairs of eyes suddenly lit up in the darkness.
…
"Are you all right?" The mermaid looked up and down the boy in her arms, and couldn't help but touch him to check his safety.
Xia Nuo subconsciously wanted to avoid the mermaid's hand, but seeing the worried and anxious eyes of the mermaid, he finally stopped this urge.
He shook his head: "It's okay, I'm not hurt."
Although he didn't expect Di Ling to do that kind of action, when he fell into the water, he tried his best to adjust his posture and held his breath so that he wouldn't be choked by the water.
In addition, almost in the blink of an eye, the mermaid changed back to its original shape and hugged him, so he didn't get hurt at all.
Now there are almost no problems except that the skirt is a bit heavy after absorbing water, and it is sticky and sticky to the body.
No... There is still a little problem.
Xia Nuo's expression was a little weird, he couldn't help but kicked his feet to confirm the fact: "...my shoes sank in the water."
Originally, the size of the high heels was a bit bigger than his feet, and with the buoyancy of the water, both shoes were separated from his feet, and neither was spared.
Seeing the young man's hesitant expression just now, the mermaid thought he sensed something wrong with him, and couldn't help being very worried, but heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this.
"It's just a pair of shoes." The mermaid's arms lay across the boy's waist, and the two bodies were tightly pressed together. The boy's body temperature was transmitted through the wet clothes, which was a reassuring temperature.
The mermaid's beating heart that had been beating wildly since seeing the boy fall into the water finally calmed down slowly, but the fear of losing the boy at that moment still remained in his mind, making it difficult for him to truly calm down.
"It's my fault for not protecting you well." The mermaid's voice was hoarse.
It is true that he is too arrogant, he shouldn't let down his vigilance just because that woman is weak like an ant.
"Why do you have to apologize?" Xia Nuo looked at him suspiciously, not understanding why the mermaid blamed herself so much, "I'm really fine, I just fell into the water, and it's not your fault at all, I still Thank you for saving me!"
Because the mermaid was rescued in time, Xia Nuo was not harmed at all. He was not frightened, because the mermaid was by his side, and he knew that he would not let anything happen to him.
So falling into the water this time was not a big deal in Xia Nuo's heart, and he couldn't understand that the mermaid's reaction could be said to be somewhat violent.
"No, you don't understand..." The mermaid's eyes darkened, "If I had reacted in time, you would not have fallen into the water."
But at that moment, a completely strange feeling hit his heart. It seemed to resonate with certain memories that did not exist, or did not belong to "him". Although the boy was close at hand, he had the illusion that he was about to lose him.
The monster's heart ached sharply, and when he came back to his senses, the boy had already fallen into the water.
"Hmm..." Xia Nuo murmured, looking at the dazed eyes that are rare in mermaids, he made an unexpected move——he pressed the mermaid to his chest, and then began to stroke her like a hair. Mermaid hair top.
"It's okay." He deliberately slowed down his tone, and his voice sounded extremely soft, "It's not winter, so it's better to take a cold bath to cool off the heat."
The mermaid let Xia Nuo touch it obediently. Looking at the ear fins of the mermaid, which were different from ordinary people, Xia Nuo couldn't help feeling as if he was petting some kind of rare beast.
The monster's head was close to the young man's chest, and the powerful beating sound of the young man's heart could be heard in his ears. He listened fascinatedly to the beating sound that represented fresh life, and rubbed his cheek against it subconsciously - this small movement , can be unconditionally condoned at this time.
"But it's a pity that that person escaped." Xia Nuo looked at the place where the teleportation array disappeared, and said with some regret.
He is not some holy mother who forgave the other party after being murdered, so he is naturally going to take revenge. But the other party slipped away so fast, Xia Nuo couldn't help feeling a little depressed.
"I can't run away." The mermaid, who was pretending to be obedient in the boy's arms, said suddenly, with a somewhat cold voice, "The place that the teleportation array leads to is the realm of nothingness."
"A realm of nothingness?" Xia Nuo was a little puzzled.
"That's the place where the devil exiles sinners." The mermaid smiled slightly, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "There is no food, no change of time, just tens of thousands of monsters living there. They are fighting each other all the time. Immediately resurrected, you will never be able to escape this cycle."
"If the weak go there, they will probably only be hunted and killed." And Di Ling is obviously not a strong person either.
"She has probably been killed countless times now?" The mermaid said casually, "but she can't get real relief, she can only be killed again and again and resurrected again and again, falling into eternal despair in this miserable situation .”
This is what happens when you offend the Demon King.
In another space far away, the woman's desperate wailing echoed endlessly in the space. But it won't be long before she even has the strength to howl.
Shano: "..."
Feeling the boy's hand stop suddenly, the mermaid raised her head: "Why, do you think this method is too cruel?"
His arms around the boy's waist tightened involuntarily.
The mermaid realized later that the words just now did reveal some unknown cruelty. If teenagers feel scared because of this...
Xia Nuo realized that the mermaid had misunderstood what he meant, and quickly shook his head with a strange expression: "This is not..."
Nor would he sympathize with someone who wanted to kill him. If it weren't for the existence of the mermaid, he might have been drowned by now.
Moreover, she walked into the teleportation array on her own initiative, and she had to bear the consequences for the choices she made.
So upon hearing Di Ling's fate, Xia Nuo had no other thoughts except for feeling a little guilty about what she had done to herself.
He was stunned just now because he received a long-lost reminder from the system:
The position of the player is 108 degrees latitude. Exploration progress: 0.0015‰
If a special event is detected ahead, the player can decide whether to go to investigate.
The progress bar adds a trivial amount, while a special event occurs.
Xia Nuo was a little puzzled: shouldn't the castle be regarded as a space independent of the labyrinth? Why did he receive this prompt? Or... this secret room has left the castle and is located in the labyrinth
No, no, when he walked into the secret room, he didn't receive a prompt from the system. To be precise, it should be this river that exists in the maze
The mermaid watched the boy hesitate to speak, and then made a strange request: "Can we not go ashore yet?"
At this moment, the mermaid, who was about to swim to the shore with the boy in her arms, stopped her movements.
The author has something to say: Xia Nuo who smoothed the boss's hair: It feels like petting some kind of rare beast
↑ In a sense, yes
There is one more, thank you little angels for feeding the baa baa ball, thank you little angels for your watering, okay (≧3≦)