The ugly woman carried the magic lamp and led the way. Rob could sense the change in her mood after entering the underground. She must have recalled some unpleasant memories. Neither of them spoke for a period of time. Hector, on the other hand, looked at the stone walls curiously and even reached out to touch the moss on them.
The world here was different from the one above ground. It was exceptionally quiet.
After walking for so long, other than the sound of footsteps and pebbles hitting the stone walls, there was no other sound. It was as if they had dived into the deep sea. In front of them, there was only endless passageways and complicated crossroads.
The future Supreme Magus Your Honor already understood what Karina meant when she said that it would be difficult to move forward without a good guide. These crossroads were like a beehive. If one was not careful, they would lose their way. This was also why there would be people escaping underground every once in a while, and why the powerful forces above ground could not do anything to them. If it was the first time they came to the underground world, they might not even be able to find their way back after walking for a short distance, let alone looking for someone.
Fortunately, the ugly woman had lived underground before and was very familiar with this place. She did not hesitate when they encountered the crossroads along the way. After walking for about half a magic hour, the two of them arrived in front of an inverted conical stone pillar. The ugly woman finally stopped and spoke again. "The guy we are going to meet now is very well-informed. If you want to find someone, he should be able to help a lot. However, he is naturally cautious and will not show himself in front of strangers who are stronger than him. So, no matter what happens later, you better not do anything. Let me handle it."
Rob nodded, indicating that he had no objections.
However, the ugly woman still seemed to be worried. After thinking for a while, she added, "I have dealt with him a few times. He may be a little, uh, a little neurotic, but he is not a bad person. He is one of the few people who can still be considered human in this place. Besides, he has helped me before. So, even if he does something rude, I hope you will not take it to heart."
"Don't worry, I will not hurt him." The future Supreme Magister Your Honor was very clear about what the ugly woman was worried about. The power he had displayed previously had obviously made the latter feel a lingering fear. The ugly woman was afraid that he would get used to using force to solve problems when the negotiation did not go well.
With a certain someone's guarantee, the ugly woman finally stopped hesitating. She put her thumb and index finger to her mouth and blew a whistle with a strange rhythm. She blew this whistle three times in total. It sounded the same every time, but in fact, there was a slight change in the pitch each time.
After repeating it three times, the ugly girl pressed her ear against the stone wall and listened to something quietly. However, the pitch-black cave in front of her was still quiet.
So, five minutes later, the ugly woman repeated the previous set of actions. At the same time, she explained to Rob, "That guy used to live nearby. If he heard the whistle just now, he should come out to see me. However, three years have passed, and I don't know if he has moved away. I don't even know if he is still alive. Let's wait a little longer. If he still doesn't appear after half a magic hour, I will bring you to find the others. However, the information provided by those guys is much less accurate. Most people who live underground have a fixed area of activity. Only he is more special. Basically, we can find out anything quickly."
Just as the two of them were talking, there was finally a rustling sound coming from the depths of the tunnel ahead.
The ugly woman raised the magic lamp in her hand and was surprised to find that it was not a human, but a clay figurine. The clay figurine was only half a meter tall and had wheels on its feet, allowing it to move in the tunnel.
However, what interested Rob was the faint magical wave emitted from the body of the clay figurine.
This was the second magic device he saw in Grimm, and unlike the magic lamp, the production level of this magic device was obviously much higher. Although it was still crude, it was more because of the lack of materials. It could be seen that the designer was very thoughtful. Apart from some essential cores, many places were replaced with all kinds of strange things. This was obviously related to the extreme shortage of materials in Grimm.
As expected, these magic materials performed very badly. However, from another perspective, it was not easy to use these terrible materials to put together a usable magic device.
The clay figurine in front of them, the future Supreme Magus Your Honor did not know what to call it. From its body, he could see the prototype of a golem, but apart from the power system, it did not seem to have any other functions. It was just an empty shell with very limited use. At most, it could help run errands or something.
The clay figurine stopped half a meter away from the two of them. In its hands were two small stone bowls, filled with green and brown unknown liquid.
"What … What does this mean?" The ugly woman did not understand.
"It seems that it wants us to drink the things in the bowls," Rob speculated.
"How is this possible?!" The ugly woman frowned. No one knew what was in the two bowls. Drinking it was equivalent to putting their fate in the hands of the master of the clay figurine. The most important thing to do in order to survive in the underground world was to never trust anyone. Even true friends or relatives might betray you for their own interests, let alone people you had only met a few times.
The ugly woman said to the clay figurine in front of her, "Where is Carlisle? Why doesn't he come out to see me? "
However, the clay figurine was indifferent when it heard this. It held the two stone bowls and stood there motionlessly, as if using this method to tell the two that if they did not drink the things in the bowls, they would not be able to see its master.
While the ugly woman was still hesitating, Rob had already picked a stone bowl and drank the brown liquid in it. At the same time, he gestured to the clay figurine for the empty bowl in its hand. So the ugly woman gritted her teeth and drank the things in the other stone bowl into her stomach. The green liquid was very bitter when it entered her mouth, and it had the stench of rotten organs. The ugly woman almost vomited.
In the end, after the two finished the things in the bowls, the clay figurine still did not have any reaction.
It just stood quietly in the darkness, as if it was silently laughing at the two.
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