"It seems that the worm really treats this place as its nest." After the basket landed, Agatha looked around with the Stone of Lighting in her hand. She frowned and asked, "Did you find Fran?"
"Miss Fran isn't here." Lightning had already checked the surroundings. "The Blackstone Tower seems to be stuck in the middle of the cave. There's a gap on both sides. Could she have fallen on the tower and rolled down from the side?"
The two ends of the diamond-shaped tower were embedded in the rock wall, like a bridge in a deep pit. No one knew how the tower did it. As for the tentacle demon and the Hundred-eyed Demon hiding at the bottom of the tower, they were nowhere to be seen.
"This thing doesn't affect my ability to use," Nightingale said as she emerged from the Mist.
"But you can't pass through it like you can through a wall, right?" Agatha squatted down and summoned a piece of ice to stab at the Blackstone Tower. The ice cone shattered, but the surface of the tower remained intact. "Rumor has it that it was made of God's Stone of Retaliation. Although it doesn't affect the magic power in a wide range like the prism of the God's Stone, it can still isolate magic power."
"Not make, but grow," Elena corrected in a low voice. "The Decaying Magic can change the effect of the God's Stone mineral vein and promote it to grow into a stele. However, only the one born under the Bloody Moon has the ability to produce Red Mist. The others just keep the Red Mist from dissipating too quickly. This was a top secret in the Union era. But after the fall of Taquila, Lady Eleanor told us all about it."
"Why didn't you tell us earlier?" Nightingale said unhappily.
"You didn't tell me that there would be a Demon Spire here," Elena retorted. "There are so many things that can affect magic power. How could I have guessed that it would be this thing?"
"We have to keep going down," Lightning flew between the two of them, interrupting their confrontation. "There is still some distance to the bottom of the cave. I just tried to fly down a little bit, and I can hear the faint sound of running water. There may be an underground river below. If Miss Fran really fell from either side of the stone tower, she may still be able to survive."
"Really?" Elena sounded excited. "Is it possible that Sylvie didn't find Fran because of the underground river?
"Very likely." Agatha nodded. "Most of the Eye of Magic's sight is blocked by this stone tower. That's why she said she couldn't see the ground. If Fran was washed away by the water, she wouldn't be able to see the light of magic." She turned to Lightning and said, "Fly up and tell Vendy about our situation. Ask her to ask Maggie to send some God's Punishment Witches down... and ask the soldiers of the First Army to set up a sentry post here. Then we'll continue our exploration."
"Okay, leave it to me." The little girl nodded.
…
With the help of the Magic Ark, they quickly gathered enough manpower.
During this time, Lightning completed her inspection of the space under the Blackrock Pagoda. Just as she had expected, the vertical wall did not last long before it gradually tilted and the air became more and more humid. After descending 30 to 40 meters, a wide underground river appeared in front of her.
The snow water that flowed along the walls of the cave converged into a rapid stream of water, pouring down from the entrance of the cave, forming a waterfall. When the little girl approached it, she could feel the cold air blowing on her face.
Due to the abundant water, the bottom of the deep pit was covered with all kinds of moss and mushrooms. Some of the plants even emitted a cold blue light, illuminating the surrounding ground. Even without the use of the Stone of Lighting, they could vaguely see the outline of the karst cave. Together with the flying fireflies, the whole underground world was like another world.
When the witches and the Taquila survivors boarded the Magic Ark and descended to the bottom of the cave, they were all attracted by the scene in front of them.
"It would be great if these glowing fruits could be planted in Neverwinter." Nightingale sighed. "Then everyone would be able to see the road clearly at night."
"Shall we take some back and plant them?" Lightning excitedly rubbed her hands together. Discovering and cultivating new species was also one of the things that explorers often did. For example, sugar cane and corn were harvested from other small islands in the Fjords by the explorers. Step by step, they cultivated them into what they were today. She wondered if these giant mushrooms and the glowing "cattail fruits" would be as sweet as the Bird Beak Mushrooms.
"Let's finish our business first." Agatha counted the number of people and said, "Maggie, you stay here and help the First Army set up a sentry here. We'll continue to walk along the underground river. If we don't find Fran after two kilometers, we'll temporarily set up camp."
No one objected. Lightning, Nightingale, and Agatha all had the ability to escape and protect themselves. The 10 God's Punishment Witches led by Elena were all extraordinary and their fighting strength was equivalent to that of an Extraordinary. Although there were not many of them, they could be regarded as the most elite group in the united front.
After entering the underground river cave, the sound of the water became extremely loud, as if it was roaring right next to her ears. Lightning had to get closer to hear what they were talking about.
"Can the devouring worm swim in the water?" Agatha asked.
"No one has tried that." Elena shook her head. "But the worm's body is extremely large. I think even if it is pushed forward by the water, it shouldn't be too far from the deep pit."
"Can you tell where the river comes from and which direction it goes?" another God's Punishment Witch asked. The little girl remembered that her name was Zoey.
"If I remember correctly, it's facing the direction where we entered the snow mountain." Nightingale answered her. "That is to say, it should come from the underground water vein of the Western Region and lead to the hilly area in the south."
Lightning could not help feeling a little strange. It was not surprising that the underground water resources in His Majesty's territory were abundant, but to the south? There wasn't a proper river there, so where did all the water go in the end?
Suddenly, she saw something on the stone wall not far away tremble.
"Wait, there seems to be something in front of us!"
Following her warning, everyone stopped in their tracks and pulled out their weapons.
"There's no magic reaction." Nightingale quickly confirmed this. "But there is indeed something hiding there..." She paused and seemed to take two steps closer. "It looks like a semicircular... egg?"
"What?" Agatha was slightly stunned.
"Since it doesn't have magic power, it can't be a threat to us." Elena waved to the God's Punishment Witches beside her. "Follow me."
Nothing unexpected happened during the encirclement. When Lightning looked closely at the trembling object, she could not help but frown.
She saw a mass of gray skin stuck to the cave wall. At first glance, it looked no different from the surrounding rocks. However, when she raised the Stone of Lighting close to the skin, she could see that it was covered with many openings, which matched the undulation of the skin as if it was breathing.
"What the hell... What's this?" Elena spat. "It's disgusting."
"If it's really an egg, then how big was the mother that laid it?" Lightning asked as she measured the surface area of the skin and found that it was about three meters long and wide. The swollen part in the center could almost fit an adult cow.
"No, this shape..." Zoey suddenly gasped. She pulled out her long sword, stabbed it into the skin, and then flicked it upward.
A sharp cry was heard, and a large amount of mucus sprayed out from the broken "egg". Then a black shadow slid out of the swollen part and fell to the ground softly.
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