"You look good, very good. It seems like you've had a good time outside these years. Although you say you don't want it, your body is quite honest. You didn't leave behind the things I gave you before. This way, the time for recovery and training will be much shorter than I expected," the man said with satisfaction.
When the ugly woman saw the guy in front of her, her body suddenly trembled. She didn't expect to meet him so soon. Originally, she thought that the two of them would meet again at the Dark Hall's encampment. However, this seemed to be in line with this guy's usual style of doing things for so many years. He was completely free to do as he pleased, never letting others guess his next step. He should have received the news in advance and specially waited for them on the way.
"But teacher, you don't look too good. I didn't expect someone like you to be willing to be someone else's lackey," the ugly woman said calmly. "Tsk, tsk.
"Tsk tsk, I haven't seen you for so many years, but you haven't changed at all. Very good, this is the kind of child I like. Do you still remember the first time we met? I bought you from your previous owner. At that time, you were very obedient and did everything that I asked you to do. You were just like what I had imagined. No, it should be more perfect than what I had imagined. But the way you looked at me … the way you looked at me made me know that you would never yield to anyone, including me. In a sense, we are the same kind of people. This is also the reason why I decided to accept you as my disciple."
The man paused for a moment before continuing, "However, the underground world is no longer the same as before. Not only me, but Spider, Shadow, and Wolf Head have all submitted to Odin. Shadow, a woman named Tullius, and I are now managing the Dark Hall together, gathering everyone together to prepare for the upcoming war."
"This is new. I really didn't know that teacher had such a great interest in power."
"It has nothing to do with power. Survival is the eternal theme of the underground world. The reason why we are willing to gather together, other than Mr. Odin's prestige and strength, is mainly because the underground world is about to be destroyed," the man said leisurely.
"What do you mean?" The ugly woman frowned.
"As a member of the underground world, you should know the secret that only belongs to us. The first batch of convicts who came here did many things in order to survive, including finding ways to grow plants that didn't require sunlight and using magic devices to collect salt. But even though they did everything they could, they still couldn't overcome the cruel environment because they lacked the most important thing — water."
"They might be able to survive for a week, half a month, or even a whole season by sucking the dew on the moss, but they couldn't live longer. Without water, they couldn't water the plants, and they couldn't get food. Just when they were about to despair, nature came to their rescue. Isn't it ironic? All of this sounds like the kind of story that the priests of the temple often talk about, but it actually happened to a group of non-believers and pagans."
"There was a big earthquake in the Kilimanjaro Mountains that lasted for a whole week. The earthquake tore a part of the rock wall, but it also unexpectedly brought them the long-desired water source, which is also the root of the underground world's survival. Unfortunately, all resources are limited. Just two years ago, we found that the water source was on the verge of drying up. In other words, unless there is another big earthquake, the material environment here can no longer support people's survival. Soon, everything will be dead again. If the people here don't want to be buried, they must find another way out. The war between the underground world and the surface world is inevitable, Yvette, which side will you choose to stand on? "
The ugly woman didn't expect to hear such explosive news. She had always thought that the plan to conquer the surface was just some madman's ambition game. She didn't expect it to be a cruel competition for survival, and the losing side was likely to be completely deprived of the right to live.
She didn't doubt what the man said before. In this situation, there was no need for him to lie to her. It seemed that the world she had lived in for many years was indeed on the verge of destruction and was about to cease to exist. No wonder even this arrogant man in front of her was willing to join the Dark Hall and willingly assist Odin.
Because the war that was about to start was related to the fate of everyone on and under the ground, no one could escape.
The ugly woman's heart was already in a mess. She subconsciously looked at Rob.
Even she didn't know why her first reaction was to look at someone at this time. Perhaps it was because of the unfathomable strength that he displayed, the constant calmness that he displayed, or perhaps she just wanted to see the reaction of the people around her. This was just a human's instinctive reaction in the face of shock.
In the next moment, she found that the latter's expression also changed, but Rob's gaze fell on the man's waist.
Then, the young man asked a question that left everyone scratching their heads in confusion.
"How did you get this sword?"
When the man heard this question, he raised his eyebrows and said with interest, "Why? Do you know the owner of this sword?"
His attention was focused on the ugly woman, and he didn't pay much attention to the guy who was captured with her. According to what Carlisle said, this guy was a spy sent by the surface world. He might be able to get a lot of the surface world's secrets from him, but the man wasn't interested.
He didn't care at all about what the people on the surface were thinking. Regardless of whether they noticed the movement underground and were on guard, or they knew nothing about what was happening underground, this war was going to happen anyway. Since that was the case, why should he waste time on such a meaningless thing?
In his opinion, there was no need to interrogate the spy at all. They could just kill him directly. However, the man had to admit that he might have misjudged this time.
The guy in front of him was the kind of person who didn't look very eye-catching at first glance. His strength was very ordinary, his temperament was very ordinary, and he was very ordinary in all aspects. He stood there quietly, and it was easy to ignore him. Or rather, he was deliberately letting himself be ignored.
But when he didn't want to be ignored anymore, everyone would notice his existence.
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