Even though he had collected some Gill Sac Grass for emergencies, Elwyn had never eaten it before. The first mouthful of cold lake water he took was like obtaining the oxygen he needed for life.
He swam like a real mermaid, his head no longer spinning in the water.
Elwyn took another deep breath of the cold river water. It was a wondrous feeling, the water flowed smoothly through his gills, sending oxygen to his brain.
He stretched out his hands in front of him, carefully examining them.
They were somewhat green underwater, looking rather frightening, their fingers connected by webbing. He turned his head to look at his bare feet. His feet had become longer, and his toes were also connected by webbing, as if his feet had suddenly turned into duck webbing.
The evening river water was no longer bone-chilling cold, on the contrary, he felt very cool and comfortable, his body also becoming extremely light.
Following the similarly strange looking Ugat, Elwyn continued to swim forward.
With the help of his two webbed feet, he could now move quickly in the water.
Moreover, his eyesight had become very good. It seemed that he didn't even need to blink to see clearly in front of him.
Following the narrow riverbank, he quickly swam forward for a long distance. He could hear the sounds of centaurs fighting not far above his head, smoothly entering the enormous lake at the center of the tribe.
Unprepared, without any resistance, the fallen centaurs did not expect someone to enter from underwater.
Ugat's robust figure flickered in and out of sight, finally disappearing.
After entering the central lake, Elwyn swam back and forth alone in the dark, hazy and bizarre scenery, his ears completely silent.
He could see everything within a ten foot radius. With every stroke in the water, a new scene would suddenly appear from the darkness in front of him: a forest made of undulating, tangled black water plants, wide and flat silt strewn with sparkling pebbles.
Elwyn and Ugat swam deeper and deeper, advancing towards the center of the lake.
Following the central island, the main structure of the Moon God Temple extended all the way to the deepest part of the water, the ancient, enormous silhouette of the building appearing before Elwyn's eyes.
He was once again shaken by the centaur's miracles, immersed in the greatness before him.
Elwyn's eyes were wide open. His gaze pierced through the gray, treacherous lake water and stared at the huge shadow in the distance. The lake water there was dark and hazy.
Countless small fishes swam past him nimbly like silver darts.
The next second, Elwyn saw a big guy moving in front of him. It wasn't Ugart. When he sped up and swam over, he realized that it was a giant squid.
The squid waved its claws and stared at Elwyn, as if it wanted to attack him.
When Iven nervously grasped his wand, it suddenly lost interest in him and quickly swam away in pursuit of the fishes that had gone far away.
Elwyn breathed a sigh of relief, but he soon encountered a new problem.
He encountered a Grindylo in the thick water plants below the island. This water monster with long legs suddenly poked its body out of the water plants, its long nails grabbing onto Elwyn's leg tightly. It bared its sharp teeth, as if it wanted to bite him.
He waved his wand lightly, and a stream of boiling water shot out from the tip of his wand, hitting the green-skinned Glindylo.
The water monster immediately stiffened and turned grey. It remained motionless as it slowly fell downwards.
Elwyn's Petrification Spell worked, but more Grindylo came out of the water plants. Without the mermaids and other natural enemies, these water monsters reproduced wantonly in the lake.
This was not the way to go. Elwyn was ready to show them what he was made of.
He quickly waved his wand, and the Grindylo that was lunging at him was instantly split in half. Blood dyed a large part of the lake red, and the water monsters began to retreat.
Elwyn seized the opportunity to swim over. After a few minutes, he slowed down and looked around blankly, looking for the hidden entrance to the Moon God Temple that Ugart had mentioned.
But he didn't see anything. He was alone in the dark lake.
He turned 360 degrees in the water, and only felt the silence pressing against his eardrums.
He knew that he must be very deep at the bottom of the lake, but there was nothing but endless darkness around him. The huge water pressure made him feel an unprecedented loneliness.
He and Ugart had separated, and the other party might have entered the temple. The effect of the Gill Sac Grass was gradually fading, and just in case, Elwyn added a Bubble Head Spell to himself.
Then, the end of his wand began to emit a strong light.
The darkness was dispelled, and Elwyn saw the lonely water plants. In front of him, the huge greenish-black rock wall was carved with an image of ancient centaurs looking at the stars.
There were a few stone centaur sculptures scattered in the depths of the lake, and it was unknown how many centuries they had been here. They were either holding bows and arrows, or holding strange scepters high.
Elwyn followed the rock body of the Moon God Temple and swam down for a distance. Just as he was worrying, a strong arm suddenly stretched out from the middle of the rock wall.
He hurriedly raised his wand, only to find that it was Ugart.
They followed the narrow and slippery tunnel all the way up, and the surrounding rock walls were covered with thick green moss and water plants. With the help of light and shadow, Elwyn found that the entrance to the secret tunnel was cleverly hidden in the murals. If one did not know the specific location, it would be very difficult to find.
"I just turned around and found that you were gone," Ugart said in a rough voice. "The effect of the herb is fading, and I can't swim too far to find you."
"I just met a group of Glindylo and fought a battle," Elwyn explained. He lightly tapped his robe with his wand, and a large cloud of steam came out.
This was a very effective little spell. His body instantly became dry and clean.
"Those damn water monsters have been lurking in the lake, and caused a lot of trouble for us. They will suddenly attack people who come to get water, and drown you in the lake." Ugart shook his body vigorously, like a beast shaking off the water droplets on his body. "You're lucky to come to the entrance, or else I wouldn't know what to do."
"Is there a trick?" Elwyn asked. "I saw that the murals on the rock bodies in the lake are all similar, how did you find this entrance?"
"It's very simple for us centaurs, we just have to follow the trajectory of the stars." Ugart walked to the top of the narrow tunnel, and continued. "This is the Moon God Temple, you have to follow the trajectory of the stars to find the position of the moon. That is where the entrance or the mechanism is."
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