The deeper you go into the mine, the more humid the environment inside the cave.
Sylvie carefully avoided the drops of water dripping from the top of his head, holding a torch and slowly advancing in the hole. Even if there is no light, the Eye of Truth will not be blocked by the darkness. This is just to save magic power.
"It's a fork in the road," Nightingale, who was walking at the front, stopped, "What cave is this from?"
"The first fork in the twenty-third second gate," Lightning took out his notebook and glanced at it.
"Hopefully this is the end," Sylvie muttered, opening her eyes completely shaped by magic, "The left side... is out of the mining area, there is no mine. The right side... the same."
Lightning wrote down the result, "Then, there is one last door left in this cave that needs to be checked."
"Let's go," Nightingale circled from the front of the group to the end again, leading everyone back the same way. It seemed that her ability was not as simple as just being invisible. Sylvie could only faintly see the changing magic power of Nightingale, but was unable to capture her figure and movements. According to Lightning, she is the strongest fighting witch in the Mutual Help Society.
This may be the reason why Roland asked her to follow him. There are rumors that this mine was once the lair of an ancient monster, and there have been several incidents of missing miners before. Before the departure, His Royal Highness also warned repeatedly that you must be careful. If you encounter an uncertain situation, you should exit the mine first and then report to him.
Sylvie disagreed with this, no monster could escape the detection of the magic eye, even the animal carcasses and twisting soft-bodied worms in the stone walls, she could see clearly.
The expedition consisted of four people, besides her, Nightingale, Lightning, and a little girl named Lucia. Every time she found the ore, she turned it into various debris, and then carefully sorted it into a pocket, saying that it was to be handed over to His Highness for identification.
Lightning is responsible for drawing the topographic map of the mine. Of course, according to her own words, any expedition cannot be without her. Her proud tone made Sylvie think of the captain temporarily stationed in Sleeping Island.
Cave No. 23 belongs to a huge deep cave near the bottom of the mining area. It divides into three fork roads after going hundreds of steps deeper. If you continue to go deeper along these fork roads, you will find more branch roads, but they will almost extend by then. Outside the scope of the mining area, there is very little possibility of owning ore veins, so they will only go deep enough to stop it.
Returning to the original fork in the road, which was the door of the lightning record, Sylvie used his abilities to observe the situation of Cave No. 23 and three doors.
The wider the gaze range of the True Eye, the greater the consumption of magic power, and it is also a heavy burden on the body, so she chooses to observe at each fork, and probe one passage at a time.
"Another three gates... Well, there is no mine, and there is..." She was stunned for a while, "There are five forks, and one of them seems to go back down."
"Down?" Lightning repeated.
"It's true," Sylvie read it again, the slender passage turned down not long after, and came straight towards the mining area. When she wanted to continue to look along this fork, she A strong sense of dizziness poured into her mind, interrupting her connection with the magic eye, "I think it might lead to a mine."
But this explanation is very far-fetched. The intricate caves in the North Slope Mine are obviously not artificially excavated, and they will not specifically search for the ore. The unidentified lode found before, is sandwiched between two forks. Penetrating the obstacle, it was impossible to find the pile of metal stones hidden under the stone walls and mud.
"No matter what it is, just go and see it," Nightingale shrugged.
The group of people filed into the third door of the cave and reached the end of the passage after about a quarter of an hour.
I saw that the passage was divided into five parts, and the narrowest one was no longer suitable for people to walk in, and it was almost impossible to climb in. The strange passage that Sylvie had seen before was located in the middle of the five-fork road, and the terrain turned sharply down, almost forming a steep slope with the ground they were standing on now.
"It looks quite deep," Nightingale took a picture of it with a torch, "I always feel that the caves in this place are somewhat similar to the ones I see in the cliffs of Desolate Realm."
"Let's hurry back after the inspection," Lucia couldn't help grasping Nightingale's arm. "I don't like this place very much... I always feel like something is staring at us in a hole."
"There is nothing in the cave, except mud and stones," Sylvie said, although she didn't like this quiet and damp place, but her ability told her that there was no danger here, "The four left and right are all free of mines, leaving the mining area, "She quickly swept the straight fork, turned her eyes to the middle one, and then froze slightly, "... huh?"
"What's wrong?" Lightning asked.
"I… can't see what's going on below."
"Can't you see?" the little girl said in surprise, "Is it too tired to use the ability to fail? Take a rest."
"No, it's not a problem of ability," Sylvie closed his eyes and opened them again, but it was still pitch black, as if his vision had been deprived. She resisted the headache and further expanded her field of vision, but in the end, there was still no change. The surrounding soil was clearly discernible, only the middle piece was completely shrouded in endless darkness, thick like insoluble ink. "There's something blocking my peeping."
"You all stay here and don't move," Nightingale drew out two shiny silver weapons, "I'll go down to check the situation, and I'll be right back."
"Don't go!" Sylvie stopped by pressing her sore forehead, "There is only one thing that can produce such an effect. Even if you go, you will be in danger."
"What is it?"
"The Stone of God's Retribution," she said through gritted teeth, "there is a Stone of God's Retaliation underground, and it's the kind that can cover the entire area!"
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When Roland learned the news, he immediately mobilized the soldiers of the First Army to enter the North Slope Mine.
And the final investigation result was as Sylvie had guessed that there were a lot of God's Retaliation Stones in the deep hole at the bottom of the mine.
After confirming that there was no danger, Roland also entered cave No. 23 under the protection of his personal guards. He also wanted to see with his own eyes what the Stone of God's Punishment, which could ban the entire bottom of the mountain, looked like.
"Your Highness, please be careful," Carter reminded. "The exit is just ahead."
"Magic can't be used here, it's safer for you to stay there," Roland turned to look at Anna, Nightingale, and Lightning who were following behind him, "Isn't it good to learn from Sylvie?"
"I'm better than you without magic power, of course I can come if you can," Nightingale pouted.
"Wherever there is an adventure, there is me." Lightning said with a chest.
Anna didn't say anything, just stared straight at Roland, and when she saw the clear eyes that reflected the light of the torches, Roland knew that what he said was useless.
"Okay," he sighed, "you must stay with me, but stay away."
Walking along the sloping cave to the end, Roland suddenly understood what the exit in the mouth of the chief knight meant.
The line of sight in front of him suddenly became clear, and a huge cave that was extremely deep appeared in front of him.
Even without the help of firelight, he could clearly see that the whole view of the cave was illuminated by the God's Punishment Stones like crystal prisms. Gengen neon giant tower stands majestically in front of his eyes. (., Your support is my biggest motivation.)