I have to say that alchemy in the world of "Fullmetal Alchemist" is very convenient for both destruction and construction. One of the two brothers, Edward and Alphonse, is responsible for digging the tunnels leading below, and the other is responsible for reinforcing the tunnels. To prevent collapse, alchemy was also used to create a ventilator to deliver oxygen to the tunnel. Of course, Alphonse, who has no body, does not need to breathe, but Edward is still a normal human being. ,
Edward used the compass to determine the location of the lumberyard. As for how deep the cultists would place the altar, Edward had no idea. However, based on previous observations in the capital of Saxony, it can be judged that the country's construction methods are still quite old and there are not many large-scale engineering equipment. It would not be too deep to excavate a secret altar without anyone noticing.
The light of alchemy in the tunnel was shining all the time. Edward, who was digging in front of him, felt like he had turned into a groundhog, moving forward slowly while looking at the compass.
"Al~ bring the torch closer, I can't see the compass." After digging for another distance, Edward said to Alphonse, who was holding the torch behind him.
With a little light brought by the torch, Edward looked at the compass to make sure that there was no problem with the excavation route. From the current situation, it seemed that he should have arrived directly below the lumberyard, but he did not find any secret rooms or altars. The problem now is that there are no secret rooms or altars. I know if I dug too deep and overdid it, or if I didn’t dig deep enough and didn’t hit the underground altar.
"It should be more than 30 meters deep." Edward recalled the depth of this sloping passage.
"Could it be that we made a mistake and they didn't build an altar under the lumberyard?"
Alphonse said worriedly, and Edward couldn't help scratching his head. It was indeed possible. If this was the case, then he and Al would really be helpless. Although the air in the tunnel was ventilated through ventilation tubes, it was still very turbid. The smell of mud made Edward feel a little uncomfortable. Edward, who was holding the wall and just wanted to take a rest, suddenly discovered that the mud of this generation seemed a little sticky. . Even the soles of my feet felt a little muddy.
tick┉┉
Suddenly, Edward noticed a drop of water falling on his shoulder. Xiaodouzi, who was stimulated, subconsciously raised his head and let the second drop of water fall on his face. He hurriedly took the torch from Alphonse's hand and illuminated Edward upwards. At this time, Edward was surprised to find that the entire top of the passage was filled with water droplets. When the torch was illuminated by the heat, the water droplets suddenly started to rain like rain. fell down.
"Oops, it's the permeable layer!" Edward, who is rich in professional knowledge, immediately knew what was going on. This is not a good sign. The biggest fear for any worker working underground in mines, tunnels, etc. is to encounter a permeable layer.
Just when Edward was thinking about fixing it with alchemy, the water dripping in the permeable layer became larger and larger, and the soil on the top even began to flow down at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Brother~"
"Run back quickly Al!"
Edward inserted the torch into the wall next to him, and was about to use alchemy to strengthen the top of the tunnel when a large amount of mud that had been washed soft by the water suddenly slid down. Edward, who was unprepared, was poured into a clay figure. The mud on the tunnel floor quickly spread upwards, and soon groundwater above the mud began to pour in.
"It's okay, brother!" Alphonse hurriedly picked up Edward, who had been covered with mud. Accompanied by the sound of rushing water, the water in the tunnel had almost reached Alphonse's waist in an instant.
Edward wiped the mud from his eyes and looked at the water that was almost up to his neck (based on Xiaodouzi's height) and quickly made alchemy to create a mud wall in an attempt to block the water flow, but the mud wall fell apart the moment it was formed. It collapsed quickly under the impact of the water flow. It was obvious that the soaked silt could not form an effective barrier at all. But misfortunes never come singly when the torches on the wall came loose and fell into the water and went out. The sound of landslides was also heard from the other end of the tunnel.
With the darkness in his vision and the threat of death, even Edward couldn't help but feel a little at a loss. However, Alphonse lifted his brother up and placed him on his shoulders. In the darkness, Alphonse thought that he could see everything clearly. He put his hands together and began to use alchemy to open a passage upwards at all costs. Relying on endless physical strength, he desperately climbed up along the open vertical passage.
"The water's coming up Al."
Edward, who was hanging behind Alphonse, could tell from the sound of water flowing that the tunnel had been submerged. Now the water was pouring in. God knows what the hell he and Al had dug to cause such a huge leak.
The continuous training and climbing would have been too much for Alphonse if he were an ordinary person. Suddenly, Alphonse suddenly noticed that in addition to the sound of water coming up, there seemed to be some faint voices coming from his ears. Of course, it was definitely not his own. My brother's voice sounded like a woman's voice no matter how it sounded.
Is it going to the ground
Alphonse immediately sped up. But then he put this idea behind him. According to the height he climbed now, he should still be some distance from the ground. However, seeing that the water below had already reached his calves, Alphonse didn't have much time to think about these things. He supported his body and closed his hands as quickly as possible to open the way, and then climbed up suddenly. Pushed open the lid┉┉
Huh! !
Alphonse stuck his head out and found that he seemed to have come to a strange place. The first thing that caught his eye was a white body and a woman looking at him with a puzzled expression. It wasn't until Edward's urging voice came from behind that Alphonse came back to his senses and hurriedly climbed up.
"We've reached the ground┉┉Wow!! What kind of place is this!!"
Edward, who looked like a clay figure, was startled as soon as he climbed out. The hall that looked like a harem was full of naked young women, and a strange faint fragrance that floated into the tip of his nose seemed to be some kind of charm used to cheer up. Edward only inhaled a little and was stunned. I feel some heat all over my body. For two children who are still young, what they see in front of them is really hard to look at!
Alphonse subconsciously wanted to cover his eyes, but suddenly Al noticed a familiar figure, and the person lying flat on the altar in front seemed to be Tia. And a huge black shadow with an ominous aura appeared in front of Tiya.
"Catch them!!" Priestess Xia Luoduo's furious voice rang out, especially the water that kept rising from the pit below the two of them made Xia Luoduo so angry that it was difficult to describe it in words.
The female cultists around him screamed and hurriedly grabbed the surrounding things that could be used to cover themselves and put them on their bodies, while the attendants holding snake-shaped swords surrounded them from all sides.
The worried Alphonse turned a blind eye to the surrounding cultists and just ran towards Tia, but suddenly Alphonse stopped abruptly because the huge black shadow next to Tia glanced at Al, just this One glance made Alphonse stop. His worry and anxiety about Tia were instantly washed away, replaced by an invisible and powerful sense of oppression, like a frog being stared at by a poisonous snake. It is a biological instinct. With a sense of crisis, Alphonse felt an emotion called fear that could not be suppressed in his heart.
The black demon's projected eyes emitted a strange yellow light, piercing Alphonse's soul like a voice from another dimension.
horrible!
Alphonse stared blankly at the demonic projection that had turned towards him. His body seemed to be filled with lead in an instant and became difficult to move. Not only that, it seemed that there was an unknown force squeezing the body and trying to push him away. The soul was ripped away from it.
Edward, who had just made a stone fist and knocked away a female cultist, realized that something was wrong with Alphonse. Edward, who was instantly caught by the devil's sight, seemed to be shocked and cold sweat began to ooze densely on his forehead. Edward knew that he had experienced this amazing sense of oppression before, that is, when he met Yalin when he first came to this world, but compared to the oppression brought by Yalin, it made people feel worthy of reliance and trust, and the devil in front of him It is as threatening as death.
Forcibly suppressing the fear that grew in his soul, Edward suddenly knew something was wrong when he saw Alphonse standing there as if unable to move, and more female cultists surrounded him, and there were even several The woman's body began to change, which was the same change as the monster she met in the lumberyard before.
Edward and Al had to make a strategic retreat to defeat even one human lion. Now facing three or four human lions at the same time, Edward and Al had no chance of winning.
"Come back to your senses Al~" Edward shouted to Alphonse.
Seeing that there was no reaction from his brother, Edward put his hands together and started to practice desperately. The ground began to shake and formed a huge fist shape and flew towards the huge demonic projection. However, before the fist could reach the demonic projection, the demonic projection had already stretched out its hand fiercely. With one wave, an invisible force slapped Edward and his forged fists away.
"Wow!!" Edward fell to the ground and rolled several times before he stopped. Just as he got up in embarrassment, Edward found that three human lions had rushed towards him from different directions.
It's over now! Edward was also at a loss for a while.
After looking at Edward, the devil's projection turned its attention to Alphonse again. It seemed that he hesitated for a moment, and the devil used its huge palm to grab Alphonse, who was standing still. (To be continued...)