Soon, he found the "tree hole" mentioned by the couple at the back of the hill.
The tree hole wasn't very obvious due to the cover of the branches. There was also a thick layer of snow outside. If the couple didn't create a hole when they ran away, the tree hole would still be covered by the snow.
No wonder the scout puppets didn't find it.
Angor lowered his body and entered the tree hole. The path inside the tree hole was dark and deep.
Not long after he entered the cave, he found himself in a spacious underground cavern. A pungent smell of sulfur filled the air. White steam occasionally rose from the cracks in the ground.
Through the smoke, Angor saw several white shadows. He reached out his spirit feeler but found nothing. Those must be the "Shadow" people talked about.
There were many forks in the underground cavern, and Angor didn't know where to go. He could only follow the footprints and some traces of blood left behind by the couple.
Following the tracks he found on the ground, he went through the geothermal area and arrived at a tunnel that smelled like water.
This tunnel was longer than the previous one. Using the light from the fluorite, Angor could see the messy bloodstains on the walls and the ground.
When he reached the exit of the tunnel, Angor heard the sound of running water. At the same time, he saw what the couple said caused them to run away in fear — a flying fish monster.
The flying fish monster had a strange appearance. Its scales looked like glass, and its body was slender like a shuttle belt. The fins on both sides of its body were large and wide. They were even bigger than Toby's wings. The fins were moving up and down to keep the monster flying.
Angor activated Infinite Reticence as soon as he entered Shadow Cavern, which was why the monster didn't notice him.
However, just as he was about to pass by the flying fish monster, the flying fish monster seemed to have sensed something. Suddenly, it shook off a layer of mist around its body.
Inside the mist, the flying fish immediately noticed something wrong. Its silver-white eyes instantly turned crimson.
The fish opened its mouth and unleashed a stream of water as thin as a white arrow at Angor.
The downside of Infinite Reticence was that it could eliminate one's presence. Everything was fine when he wasn't discovered. But once he was discovered, he could no longer stay hidden.
He didn't expect that the flying fish monster would be able to set up a water mist around it to monitor its surroundings!
Angor cursed in his mind and dodged the water arrow. At the same time, he took out a white longsword from his bracelet and slashed at the monster.
The flying fish monster was slippery and fast. Angor's attack was easily dodged.
Of course, he wasn't going to use the sword to attack the flying fish.
Instead, he aimed at the mist.
His sword was imbued with Frost Magic Inscriptions, and its freezing effect was so strong that it could quickly freeze any liquid around it.
The flying fish monster was surrounded by mist. Angor's swordsmanship wasn't as effective as Nausica's, but it wasn't hard for him to cut through the mist.
As the sword sliced through the mist, the frost spread through the mist and reached the monster.
Before the flying fish monster could unleash its second attack, it had already been frozen into a fish stick and fell from the sky with a thud. It was easy for Angor to kill it now.
With a casual wave of his hand, the frozen flying fish monster was sliced in half.
Flying fish monsters were a big problem for the couple, especially when there were too many of them. However, Angor had many ways to kill them while conserving his mana pool.
He kept moving forward and encountered more flying fish monsters.
However, they didn't have high intelligence. They only acted on instinct, and Angor had all kinds of alchemy weapons to help him deal with them easily.
After leaving a dozen dead bodies on the ground, Angor finally walked out of the tunnel.
Outside the tunnel was an even wider underground cavern. Angor saw the wide underground river as soon as he came out.
The river was so long that he couldn't see where it went.
Along with the sound of water dripping from Shi Yan's head, the echoes kept lingering in the karst cave. The hollow sound made people's hearts flutter.
Apart from the water, there were also flying fish floating in the air. They seemed to be resting or patrolling. However, as soon as Angor stepped into the cave, they all looked at him because of the light from the fluorite.
When they realized that an outsider had intruded, the thousands of flying fish monsters seemed to have gone mad.
They attacked Angor with their sharp bodies. When their water arrows missed, they charged at Angor with their sharp bodies.
Angor wasn't afraid of such a large number of fish. Back in the purification garden, he had to deal with a lot more flying fish, and they were much stronger.
He quickly set up a mist illusion and used water arrows to harass the flying fish. While being overly cautious, the fish quickly fell into chaos and began to fight among themselves.
He only set up a chessboard, moved a piece, and watched the game from the sidelines.
Not long after, the number of flying fish monsters killing each other in the fog dwindled.
Angor took out his Frost Sword and began to harvest the flying fish. Soon, all of the flying fish monsters within sight had disappeared. The entire battle had lasted less than twenty minutes.
After clearing out all the flying fish, Angor came to the edge of the underground river.
Under the light, he could see the clear water. He could even see the fish swimming in it. He rubbed his eyes and was surprised to see a lobster glowing in silver light in the river not far away.
No, not just one.
There was a group of at least a dozen of them.
He was familiar with this shrimp-like creature. It was the "Turbulent Silver Ring" that Bobota and the others were looking for. It was a delicacy that could enchant men.
Angor now understood why the couple came to Shadow Cave to look for the Turbulent Silver Rings. There was a group of them, and each of them cost dozens or hundreds of magic crystals. The ones Angor saw cost at least a thousand magic crystals.
Since the Turbulent Silver Rings were almost useless to an individual, Angor reached out his Hand of Spell and grabbed them.
Angor couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the trapped Turbulent Silver Rings in his hand.
The Abyss was a dangerous place. But at the same time, it also offered unimaginable opportunities. In the wizarding world, an apprentice would have to work hard for more than ten years to earn a thousand magic crystals.
This was also the reason why so many people risked their lives to venture into the Abyss.
He grabbed a bottle and filled it with the Turbulent Silver Rings before stuffing it into his bracelet.
He didn't need the Turbulent Silver Rings for himself. Maybe he could give some to Kanter and his professor when he got back to the stronghold.
Angor walked along the river. According to the female apprentice, the chirping of birds came from the underground river.
Angor moved against the current. The river was long, and so was the cave. Angor still encountered a lot of flying fish along the way, and the density of them was beyond his expectation.
"Is Toby really in front of us?" Angor wondered as he killed another wave of flying fish.
But he soon found an answer to his question.
He didn't find any trace of Toby. Instead, he found the body of a strange monster that was already dead.
It was a crab with a sea anemone on its back. It was taller than an adult and had a huge body. The monster was already dead, but Angor sensed traces of the sequence of gravity on it, which meant it was killed by Toby less than a day ago.
The female apprentice didn't lie. Toby was probably in the deeper part of Shadow Cave.
He assumed that Toby must have found the frozen river outside, which made it difficult to catch fish. Later, Toby accidentally found the underground river in Shadow Cavern and found a lot of fish there, so he got carried away with eating.
Angor also figured out why Toby didn't respond when he tried to contact him in the stronghold. How could someone receive a signal in Shadow Cave?
Angor sighed in relief.
There were some monsters around the river, such as flying fish and crab monsters, but they were no threat to Toby.
Angor didn't think Toby was in any danger, but he still hastened his steps just in case.
Angor followed the river and passed through a narrow gap, which led him to another spacious underground space.
As soon as he arrived, he noticed something strange about the place.
He suddenly felt a little depressed, as if there was something pressing down on his heart, making him feel inexplicably heavy.
Also, the smell of blood in the air was getting stronger.
This fishy smell was not the fishy smell of the river, but a mixture of the smell of blood and the fishy smell of some reptiles.
It reminded him of the smell he sensed in Akeso's cave when he left Pocratee.
"A snake-type monster?" Angor wondered.
He walked to the center of the cave and saw striped tracks on the ground, which also gave off an even stronger stench.
If he wasn't mistaken, there were snakes here. And judging from the size of the tracks, the snakes weren't small.
Not only that, but there were also a lot of snake tracks in the cave. This meant there was more than one snake here.
Was there another snake nest here?
As he pondered, he suddenly heard a small noise coming from the air.
"Skrr —"
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