bookrandom Chapter 259 Follow your words
Chapter 259 Follow your words
Lilith was awakened by the dazzling sunlight that seeped in through the gap in the tent. She opened the tent with a confused look on her face and found that most people had woken up. Some were picking up stones to consolidate the small camp, while others were sitting in the distance, discussing yesterday's gains in a low voice.
"You also like to sleep in, Lilith." Hannah saw her sticking her head out, walked over and pulled her up with a smile even though her legs and feet were weak from sleeping.
"Sorry, I didn't expect that." Lilith was dazed and a little embarrassed. Everyone's food supplies were with her. If she didn't wake up, everyone would go hungry. But no one complained, and no one came to wake her up.
"Maybe I was too tired yesterday. I was dreaming the whole time. It was the same whether I slept or not." Lilith scratched her head and quickly took out all the food so that everyone could have breakfast.
"Fortunately it was just a dream. If I was sleepwalking and fell into the hole, I would be doomed." Sean put the wild berries he picked nearby into the bread and took a big bite. The sour taste distorted his facial features.
"I told you not to eat it." Lulu complained speechlessly, "If it was sweet, the birds would have eaten it up long ago. How could you have had a turn?"
The group finished their chaotic breakfast with laughter and then continued with yesterday's work.
However, Lilith was getting impatient with the unchanging search. She hadn't been searching for long when she couldn't help but look at the rope ladder that Lucas had set up yesterday. She turned to Ian and said, "How about we go explore the way first?"
"Wow, Lilith! When you told horror stories before, didn't you always say that those who leave the team first are seeking death?" Sean immediately thought of the horror stories Lilith told when she was scaring them.
"Ahem, from now on, you crow-mouthed person, stop talking nonsense!" Lilith quickly stopped Sean from speaking without restraint, "Besides, you also know that it's a story!"
Ian hesitated, "Lucas and I can go first—"
"There's dead grass everywhere here, and open flames are still quite dangerous. With me here, I can at least help light the way." Lilith refused to give in. She didn't want to let the guardian take the lead in everything.
"Don't waste time. I'll wait for you up there." Lucas climbed up directly.
Lilith no longer hesitated and climbed up the rope swiftly, arriving at the door that was already covered with vines.
The wind coming from the other side of the door was very cool and carried the smell of earth. Lilith had been worried about whether there would be a lack of oxygen if she went deeper underground, but now she finally felt relieved.
After Ian climbed up, Lilith lit the light in her hand and stepped forward first.
There is a long corridor outside. Some of the pillars along the corridor have collapsed, but the intricate patterns carved on them reveal a retro splendor.
Even the basement was built with such care that Lucas was amazed and almost sprained his ankle because he didn't see clearly what was under his feet.
"Ouch...you guys have to be careful, the road is very bumpy." The hideous vines spread to almost all the walls, causing the road under their feet to be uneven, and it was easy to step on empty space if they were not careful.
Lilith nodded, holding the light and bending over to get through the collapsed pillar.
Unexpectedly, the road ahead broke again and sunk nearly three meters deeper than where Lilith was standing.
"The dwarfs' craftsmanship isn't as solid as they claim." Lucas leaned forward to look down at his feet.
"In the face of natural disasters, human power is worthless, not to mention that this building was built thousands of years ago." Lilith squatted down and chanted a spell silently. The vines trembled in her hands, and then new branches grew out, winding down towards the fault until they touched the road surface below.
A road connected by vines was formed between the two disconnected sections of the road.
"That's great. I thought I would spend the day braiding ropes again." Lucas said thankfully.
"Look, there really is a next floor!" While climbing on the vines, Lilith saw the floor tiles of the next floor through the broken corridor floor, as well as the debris piled on the floor.
The area she saw was not covered by vines, and clear patterns were visible on the ground and walls, but they were still upside down, looking extremely strange.
Lilith didn't care whether it was weird or not. She just knew that she didn't have to go through the trouble of looking for the stairs anymore. She had found a shortcut to the next floor. So she repeated the same trick and used the vines again to extend a layer of net downwards for climbing.
"Click."
As soon as it landed, there was a crisp cracking sound.
Lilith turned around and saw Ian taking his foot away with an innocent look on his face. There was a shattered glass cover underneath.
He crushed the lamp that was supposed to be overhead.
Lilith's eyes lit up. There was a light here...
She quickly rubbed the wall and finally found a loose bulge. Lilith took out her sword and pried open the wall. There was indeed a small space inside. Inside was a dim little magic stone, which had obviously exhausted all its energy.
She took out the Philosopher's Stone and replaced it with a new one.
"Zizi-"
Ian heard some tiny noises coming from the broken lamps under his feet, and then they suddenly lit up, emitting a pure white light. Then the light extended all the way, and all the lights on this floor lit up one by one on the ground, illuminating the faces of each of them.
"It can actually light up..." Lucas exclaimed, and then walked towards the door closest to him.
"Yes, it seems that magic is more reliable than technology..." Lilith also murmured and looked around.
Just now in the darkness, it was difficult to measure the structure of the building with the little light in front of me. Now that everything has been restored to light, I found that this is a huge circular corridor, and in the middle of this circle -
It was a giant upside-down tree, which plunged headfirst into the endless darkness below like an upside-down onion. Now on the floor where they were, they could only see its thick trunk.
"Be careful." When Lilith reached out to touch him, Ian subconsciously grabbed her.
There should have been a fence separating this corridor from the giant tree, but now that it has been turned upside down, there is no cover at the edge and there is bottomless darkness underfoot, which looks very dangerous.
Lilith summoned a ball of light and threw it out. The light went down along the giant tree and finally dissipated in the darkness.
"Clang-"
Before Lilith could even sigh, she was startled by a loud noise. Ian pulled her away from the edge of the platform and turned around to see Lucas coughing wildly in the dust.
"Sorry, ahem - I didn't expect that the door would break if I touched it." He swore that he just touched it lightly! He didn't even touch the door handle!
"It seems that this floor is also used for storage." Lilith walked in and picked up a intact glass bottle from the broken bottles on the ground. "These should all be potions."
"Why aren't you excited at all? I'm afraid the others will go crazy when they come over here." Lucas was puzzled by Lilith's calmness.
"Who knows how long this potion lasts, and whether it's still useful?" Lilith said noncommittally. "And—"
"How could people live like this before the holy war...so normal and orderly, so boring..."
The dungeon she imagined shouldn't be like this. Where are the skulls stacked in the corners? Where are the dark summoning circles with candle stubs? Where are the deep pools with mysterious bubbles? Where are the monsters hiding in the dark with red eyes?
"Hiss."
Lucas raised his head suddenly -
"Did you hear anything?"