With a creaking sound, the wooden door closed automatically.
Grimm only felt a sudden chill on his back. He turned his head fiercely, but did not see anyone. The wooden door was still as rotten and dilapidated as before, as if it would be completely destroyed the next time he used force. Grimm looked a little nervous, but he kept telling himself in his heart, "This is not real, this is not real …"
With this, Grimm's breathing finally calmed down a lot.
"Huh? I can't use magic? " Grimm was surprised to find that he wanted to use fire elements to light up the place, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not activate it. Preventing sorcerer-apprentices from releasing sorcery was an act of absolute control over natural energy. Grimm was sure that even a Level-3 Great Sorcerer would not be able to stop him from releasing sorcery even if he could suppress the power of his magic array to its limit.
Hu …
"Since I can't release magic, then … I won't use magic. Although this dilapidated water tower is very famous, I've never heard of anyone dying here. "Thinking this way, Grimm raised his head to look at the environment inside the water tower in the darkness.
The ground was full of dried grass and there were many faint footprints, as if people often came here. The inside of the cylindrical water tower was surrounded by a continuous wooden ladder. The water tower was about 50 meters tall, but he could only see the wooden ladder about 20 meters below. The top was a blur of darkness, and he could not see clearly.
Go to the top of the black tower to take a look? Maybe that huge eye …
Filled with a sorcerer's desire to explore the unknown and pursue new knowledge, Grimm's gaze was firm as he slowly walked towards the wooden ladder. His left hand held onto the broken handle, and his right foot stepped on the wooden ladder, making a creaking sound.
Wu …
Faintly, there seemed to be a cold wind blowing past. Grimm was unmoved, and he climbed up step by step. The creaking sound of the wooden ladder continued. However, after a dozen steps, Grimm felt that something was wrong.
"Huh? That's not right! Why are there two wooden ladders, and there are 'people' behind them? " Grimm suddenly turned his head, but in a daze, he found that he was actually standing on the first step of the wooden ladder, maintaining the first step he wanted to take.
Grimm was stunned.
"I didn't leave just now? That's not right … The memory is so clear. Could it be an illusion? It couldn't be an illusion. There was nothing wrong with the Symbiotic Insect. Could it be that he had turned around and was brought back here by some kind of space-folding force? Or could it be … time reversal? Hmm, neither is possible, Grimm guessed as he walked up with a determined look in his eyes.
This time, Grimm swore in his heart that no matter what happened, he would reach the top of the water tower!
With this thought in mind, Grimm lifted his foot and walked up. This time, he had only taken six or seven steps when Grimm faintly heard the sound of someone stepping on the wooden ladder behind him.
Creak!
Almost at the same time as Grimm, the two footsteps stopped. Grimm took a deep breath and carefully distinguished the smell in the air. He also used the Ashen Mask's Ultrasonic Witchcraft to sense behind him, but all his senses told him that there was no "person" behind him.
Whoosh …
Zhe Lin forgot how many times he took a deep breath. Then, he once again walked up with a determined look in his eyes. At the same time, the sound of someone stepping on the wooden ladder behind Grimm also began to sound. It seemed to be gradually catching up with him, getting closer and closer to Grimm.
At this time, Grimm was about ten meters away from the water tower. Hearing the creaking sound of the wooden ladder behind him, which was at most two or three steps away, Grimm suddenly stopped again.
Creak! Creak!
Suddenly, Grimm's hair stood on end, and his body instinctively trembled! He did not hear it wrong. It was definitely not an illusion. Just now, the footsteps behind him actually took an extra step, which was why there were two sounds!
Although Grimm was wearing the Ashen Mask and a loose robe, and no one could see that Grimm was trembling and panicking, Grimm could not deceive himself. At this moment, something called fear spread in Grimm's heart. Grimm really wanted to turn around to see what was behind him.
"No!"
In a split second, Grimm was like a madman, or perhaps it was better to say that he had completely driven himself crazy. He actually walked forward again, the veins on his forehead bulging, and his eyes bloodshot, but incomparably resolute!
Gradually, the footsteps stopped about half a meter behind Grimm. Maintaining the same speed as Grimm, it climbed up the wooden ladder. The two creaking sounds seemed to be magnified countless times in the water tower, and could be heard clearly.
Ha …
Suddenly, Grimm felt that there was a "person" gently breathing on his neck behind him. Not only could Grimm feel the sound of the breath, the flow of the air, and the heat, he could even feel the breath hitting his neck and condensing into water droplets.
A drop of cold sweat slowly flowed down from the Ashen Mask's forehead, flowed down his pale face, and then flowed down his neck.
Grimm fiercely swallowed a mouthful of saliva, tightly clenching his teeth, not allowing his teeth to chatter. Lifting his weak legs, he trembled as he walked forward step by step. Grimm seemed to have made up his mind. Today, even if there was a "person" who killed him on the wooden ladder, he would not turn back.
After climbing for about another twenty meters, Grimm even developed some immunity towards the "thing" that was constantly "swaying" behind him. Until now, that "thing" had simply disappeared.
Grimm let out a breath.
In a split second, Grimm only felt his body lighten, and at the same time was filled with excitement. He felt as if he had overcome all difficulties in an instant, and had broken through his limits. A kind of self-confidence filled his heart.
"Hmph, a broken water tower is only so-so!"
Thinking like this, Grimm continued to walk a few more steps, and suddenly stopped. Something didn't seem right in front of him! Complete darkness, complete silence, as if another space had split the space of the water tower into two. On one side was the relatively normal broken water tower world, and on the other side was an unknown world that devoured all light and sound.
"Forcing me to turn back? Hmph … "
Because Grimm had just overcome his fear, his confidence was bursting. He almost did not think about it, and almost stepped into this unknown world without light and sound, as if he was fearless of everything.
…
There was no light, no sound, not even a smell. The Masquerade Ultrasonic Sorcery could only sense nothingness. Even the wooden ladder under his feet was a mass of black mist under the Ultrasonic Sorcery. But Grimm could feel the wooden ladder under his feet and the handle he was holding on to as he walked forward step by step.
"How long have I been in this space? Three days? Four days? Five days? How many steps have I walked on this wooden ladder? Thirty thousand steps? Thirty-five thousand steps? Forty thousand steps? "
However, it was obvious that the water tower was only fifty meters high, why had he walked for so long without reaching the end?
"It's time to report to Mentor Norris. Lafite couldn't contact me, so he must be stamping with rage. Go back … No! I can't turn back! I don't believe I can't reach the end! Besides, I'm not hungry or thirsty. Everything I've experienced must be an illusion! It must be! "Grimm was simply a guy who was driving himself crazy, and he kept walking forward step by step.
At this moment, suddenly, Grimm felt as if he had just passed through a layer of thin film, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Huh? I can see things now. Did I succeed? " In excitement, Grimm looked around and suddenly said, "No, why am I still on the first wooden ladder?"
"Hey, you've been there for ten minutes since I came in. Are you done?" An impatient voice suddenly came from behind. Grimm's legs almost went soft, and he instinctively sat on the ground. With an "ugly" scream, he desperately crawled back two steps. When he saw the blurry figure clearly, he panted violently and asked with a trembling voice, "You … You're a human?"
It was a female sorcerer-apprentice who was so fat that she almost looked like a ball. She had two balls in front of her chest, and even the sorcerer's loose robe could hardly cover her figure. It even made people suspect that if this female sorcerer-apprentice made any violent movements, the robe would probably be ruined in the next moment.
This guy was even more shocking than the fat guy on the first floor of the Black Iso Tower. Preliminary estimation: more than four hundred pounds!
"Nonsense, if I'm not a human, what am I? Look at you, you scared. Did you hear footsteps behind you, coward?" Saying this, the woman actually ignored Grimm's temper and shouted, "Hurry up and go. There's nothing strange in this water tower when there are two people here."
Grimm also didn't want to argue with this woman too much. It was as if he had just experienced a few days of darkness, and Grimm would remember it deeply. At the same time, there was also his firm belief to brave everything.
He quickly left the dilapidated water tower courtyard. It was still late at night. Looking from outside the courtyard, the dilapidated water tower looked normal. There was no strange phenomenon, just like an ordinary ruin.
Grimm suddenly thought of something and took out the crystal ball.
After a moment, Grimm opened his eyes and couldn't believe it. He said in shock, "No way, how is this possible? 29 points of mind power, 5 points of mind power increase! This … this dilapidated water tower is simply a miracle. Oh no, no, it's a miracle. "
Grimm planned to study this matter carefully, and even put it before the study of the Life Code forbidden zone.
Maybe … he could ask the great wizard Norris for advice. Norris was a level-three great wizard, and also one of the three principals of the Black Isotta Academy. He must know more secrets about this dilapidated water tower.
With this thought in mind, Grimm came to the mission hall and put up a mission to find 100 "Beauty Clams". If there were only a small number of Beauty Shells, the Magic Stones required for each Beauty Shell would naturally be higher. However, if there were a large number of Beauty Shells, it would be relatively cheaper. Grimm paid four thousand Magic Stones as commission.
Before leaving, Grimm asked the service staff in the mission hall for the time. After confirming that he had been in that dilapidated water tower for less than an hourglass, Grimm was shocked for a long time.
After finishing all this, Grimm didn't go back. He went directly to Lafite's house. One night of love.
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