Imagine lying comfortably in a steaming hot bathhouse on a sunny afternoon with a freshly mixed cocktail by your hand. The sun shone through the window above you, reflecting the colorful light from the glass. The steam around you separated you from the noisy world around you …
How leisurely and contented was that ~
"Looking at this bath, I'm starting to envy the people who lived here ten thousand years ago," Lolo said.
"Do you want to experience the bliss of bathing here? Maybe it won't be long before you get the chance. When we Adventurers clean up this floor, the Sacred Alliance will send people here to develop this place further, turning it into a historical site. We'll try to preserve the original style of the place and renovate it accordingly. I believe it won't be long before this bath reopens for business, "Old Rogue Edward said.
His follower, Ai Mi, could not help but interject, "We've been to the dungeon near Hearthforge. That and the dungeon on the Frost Highlands are the only two that have been conquered. Now, it's been transformed into a tourist destination. Every year, many people go there for sightseeing. Tsk tsk, there's even a carnival on the sixth floor every night. Tsk tsk, but the prices there are ridiculously expensive. Those damned dwarves make a lot of money from that dungeon," Ai Mi said as she stuck out her tongue.
Although they were chatting, their hands were not idle. Soon, they searched the entire bathhouse. Becker found a tunnel in the alley on the west side of the bathhouse. After entering it, he found that the exit of the tunnel was in the changing room of the women's section of the bathhouse.
This made the Elven Archer very embarrassed.
"Tsk tsk, seems like there are idiots in every era." The Great Magician soon found a tunnel in the surroundings, but it turned out that it was only a shortcut to the boiler room.
Although Old Rogue Edward did not find the tunnel, he accidentally dug out the private stash of money of the owner of the bath. However, those strange silver coins could not be used directly. They had to be melted down and recast. Of course, they could also be sold as historical relics to interested collectors. They should be worth a lot of money.
In the end, it was Lolo who found some useful clues. She pointed to the door of a lounge on the second floor. "Look here!"
"Hmm, this is?" Edward, the old thief, went closer and found that there were many grooves of different depths on the door, which looked like some kind of animal scratch marks.
"Ghouls!" Becker recognized the scratches at a glance. The elven archer looked at the young scholar beside him and said, "If I remember correctly, you once said that the guy who provided us with the clue was once chased by a group of ghouls."
"Yes, he also said that everyone else in the team died, and only he survived. He escaped all the way here, and in order to avoid the ghouls, he accidentally found this secret tunnel." When Rob saw the scratches on the door, he quickly guessed what happened here. "It seems that he has been hiding in this small room."
The Archmage opened the door and walked around the room, but he did not find any other exit. The only window was also locked from the inside. After all, this was only the second floor, not too high from the ground. Jumping out of the window was the most likely option. But considering that there was only one person in the room at that time, if the guy in the room chose to jump out of the window, the window should be open because ghouls would not close the window for you no matter what.
Luo Bu quickly scanned his surroundings, then walked to a marble table on the west side. After feeling around for a while under the table, he found a protruding point. After pulling it, a small door on the opposite wall slowly opened.
Luo Luo was dumbfounded. "What the hell? There's a Secret Door?! I don't believe that there are no strange services in this bath. "
"…"
The men in the room looked a little embarrassed. Well, when they found the secret door, the first thought that came to their minds was "Hehe, when this place reopens, we must come here to take a bath." Only the future supreme magus, Your Honor, remained calm. He was even stunned when he heard the rookie The Brave. "Strange services? What kind of strange services?! "
The girl looked suspicious. "Really? You must be pretending. You look like a smart person, but why don't you know this? Isn't this common knowledge that every man should know?"
"Huh? Is this common knowledge?! " The future supreme magus, Your Honor, was stunned. But since he had decided to leave the Academy of Magic, leave the protection of Demain and Steins, and live a good life alone, it was especially important for him to make up for his lack of common knowledge as soon as possible. The young man decided that after this adventure, he must find a bath to experience the so-called strange services.
"Oh no, I think I told you something amazing." Lolo shook her head.
Ai Mi asked cautiously, "Are we going in now?"
"Well, since it's confirmed that this is the place, let's send a signal to Captain Hansen. When everyone is here, we'll go take a look together," said Edward. The old rogue heaved a sigh of relief after finally ending a certain embarrassing topic.
Half an hour later, not only Hansen, but also Hilton and Grimm had arrived. All the team members were gathered. The Archmage opened the secret door again, and everyone went in one by one.
Opposite the door was a row of stairs. Judging from the footprints on the floor, the unlucky guy who was targeted by the ghoul must have run down.
Everyone followed the footprints and finally came to a small storeroom. The storeroom door was locked from the outside, but half of a pitch-black hole was revealed under the tiles on the floor.
"Yes, it should be here," said Amy.
After spending so many days here, they were finally about to see the legendary artifact. At this moment, everyone's heartbeat involuntarily sped up. From the various signs nearby, it was obvious that no one had touched this place since then. This should be good news, in other words, the artifact should still be inside.
"Be careful. Every treasure has a guardian," said Hansen. "From the information we received, the guardian here is very likely to be a water magical beast. When we fight later, we will try to lure it to the shore so that its strength will be weakened."
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