"Since you're here, don't be in such a hurry to leave."
A feminine voice came from outside the cave. It was hard to tell if the voice belonged to a man or a woman, but it sounded like a venomous snake, sending chills down one's spine.
After a while, the owner of the voice walked in from outside. He had already destroyed the teleportation circle with his flying technique earlier, so he knew that the people in the cave could not escape. Therefore, he was not in a hurry and walked very slowly. It seemed like he was using this method to oppress the nerves of his prey and fully enjoy the other party's fear.
However, this time, he did not smell the familiar scent in the air. When he walked in front of the young man, there was no sign of panic on his face. Hence, his expression became a little curious. He asked the young man, "Aren't you afraid?"
"Should I be afraid?" Rob looked at the man in front of him quietly and asked.
The man seemed to have heard something funny. He raised his eyebrows and grinned, revealing two rows of teeth. "Do you know who I am?"
"Are you very famous?"
"My name is Gunter, but the people here seem to prefer to call me Shadow." The man introduced himself as he squatted down and reached out to pluck the flying knife from the array disc. "Because Shadow is everywhere. No matter how a person runs, they can't shake off their own shadow. And I'm like everyone's shadow. No prey that has been targeted by me can escape. You're very unlucky today, very unlucky."
When the shadow stood up again, he had already grasped the flying knife again.
"Not just you, but also your companions. No matter where they escape to, I will find them." The shadow licked his lips and grinned hideously.
…
Tullius and a burly man with a wolf skin wrapped around his waist hurried to the cave and asked the team guarding outside, "How long has Shadow been in? Why didn't you guys follow him in?"
The guard thought for a moment. "About four or five minutes. Lord Shadow only told us to wait outside."
"That arrogant idiot." Tullius' expression changed when she heard that, and she stomped her feet in anger.
The burly man was puzzled. "That's nothing. They only have three people, and the most powerful one is the female disciple of Livestock. She's only at the fifth level. Shadow alone is enough to deal with them."
However, Tullius shook her head. "If it was that simple, the Stockpiler wouldn't have escaped so early."
The burly man frowned. "Tullius, aren't you being a little too sensitive? Didn't Livestock Keeper say before he left that something had happened to his ranch and that he had to go back to deal with it?"
"But my men reported half a magic hour ago that he's not there, and a dozen lambs are missing from the ranch." Tullius sighed. "Wolf Leader, you don't understand Livestock Keeper. That guy is too scheming. Shadow, Spider, and even we aren't good people, but I can't tell what he's thinking all day long. Back when we were discussing that matter, I didn't agree to pull him in, but I have to admit that he's indeed very strong. The strength of the Underworld is weaker than that of the Surface World. If we want to win this war, we have to work hard to unite all the forces that can be united. That's why I finally agreed to let you guys take him in, but I've never let my guard down. That guy went to pick someone up in the morning and disappeared in the afternoon. He must have discovered something during this period of time."
The burly man named Wolf Leader wanted to say something, but then he saw a guy wrapped in a black cloak walking over from afar. A look of disgust appeared on his face, and he said in a gruff voice, "Tullius, why did you call this annoying guy here?"
"Right now, we don't know what's going on inside, so we have to work together. Wolf Leader, I know there's a grudge between you and Spider, but at this time, I hope that you can temporarily put aside your former enmity and work together."
Wolf Leader snorted coldly. "No matter what you say, I can't leave my back to this guy."
Spider also laughed. "What a coincidence. I also don't want to work together with a brainless guy. This idiot can't even compare to the little spiders I raise."
Wolf Leader was furious. "Are you scolding me?"
"Isn't that so? At least my little spiders can tell me what's going on inside, while you only know how to stand there and curse," Spider said leisurely. After he said this, two little spiders crawled out from between the cracks of the stone, crawling along his trousers and into his ears.
Hearing this, Tullius was shocked. "You can investigate the situation inside the cave?"
"Just general information. Creatures like spiders aren't very smart, and they can't transmit complex information. The little spiders that just went in only told me that there are two people inside. One is still alive, and the other is dead." Spider waved his hand, and the two little spiders crawled out of his ears again.
"Is the living one the shadow?" Wolf Leader asked with a sullen face.
"I don't know. I already said that my little spiders aren't smart enough. They can't tell who's the shadow." Spider spread his hands. "Why don't you go in and see for yourself?"
"Let's go in. I'm not a coward like you, who can only rely on little spiders to send messages," Wolf Leader said as he pulled out the two knives at his waist, unwilling to show weakness.
However, he was stopped by Tullius. "Stop arguing. Let's go in together."
Wolf Leader disagreed. "Is there a need to make such a fuss? If that guy, the shadow, sees us, he'll definitely laugh at us. "
"I hope he can laugh at us," Tullius muttered.
When the shadow saw the three of them coming in from the cave entrance, he was indeed laughing. However, the mockery in his smile was not for the three of them, but for himself.
Because he was already dead, and killed by his own shadow. This result sounded a little ironic. The hand that stretched out from the shadow grabbed his throat. He wanted to struggle and resist, but his own hands and feet had long been frozen into ice cubes. In the end, the frozen smile on his lips looked a little strange.
Rob was busy repairing the teleportation array that the shadow had destroyed, so when the three of them entered the cave, he did not look up.
"You guys came a little later than I thought."
"Who is Your Honor, and why did you sneak into the Dark Hall?" Tullius's mouth was a little bitter. At this time, she would not simply believe that the other party was really captured by Carlisle. No matter who it was, to be able to quietly kill the shadow in a few minutes was definitely not a simple character.
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