Toby gestured with a serious look.
"You sensed an aura that made your heart palpitate?" Angor frowned when he translated Toby's words. He reached his spirit feelers out of the Purification Field and tried to sense the aura around.
But he did not sense anything.
He nodded at Toby, and Toby immediately dived into the dark, dirty water. Toby closed his eyes and stayed in the water for three seconds before he swam back into the Purification Field's barrier.
Angor cast a Cleanse and Purify on Toby.
Toby quickly gestured while taking out a new set of clothes from Snowy Feather and asked Angor to put it on for him.
"Bikini?!" Angor looked at the lacy bikini in his hand and put it on for Toby with a disgusted look. Seeing how Toby was still enjoying himself, Angor sighed. "I don't want to remind you anymore. You're a male bird!"
Toby did not have a human's concept of gender. While enjoying Angor's help, he kept flapping his wings and chirping.
"You smell an unusual stench?" Angor's nose was not modified, so he could only tell that the water was stinky. But he could not describe it.
"What you're saying is that there might be a powerful magical beast residing here? But that doesn't make sense. Just now, I stirred up the water at the bottom of the lake, and almost dug three feet into the ground, but no magic beast appeared. " Angor considered. "We have no other choice. Even if there's a monster, we have to keep moving forward."
"If the monster didn't attack us, maybe it's not strong enough. Or maybe there's something else."
They had to be careful, but they could not afford to be afraid. Angor did not know if there was a monster in the lake, but since Toby said so, he believed it. But he could not just run away without even seeing it.
"I have a magic scroll Devildare gave me. We won't be afraid even if there's a powerful monster." He took out a magic scroll, which was engraved with a defensive magic array, Nova of Defense, which could block wizard-level attacks.
With this magic scroll as a base, the man and the bird felt a lot more relieved. After all, they couldn't possibly run into an adept-level magical beast, could they? An adept-level magical beast was a treasure from beginning to end. Adepts would never let an adept-level magical beast roam free in the wild.
They kept going deeper into the lake.
At first, the passage was going downwards. But after a while, Angor noticed that it was not going downhill anymore. Instead, it was going up at a slight angle.
Angor finally smiled. If the passage was going up, did it mean it was connected to the outside world?
He seemed to have seen the hope of leaving.
After swimming for about a minute, the passage became wider. It was about three or four meters wide at first, but now it was more than ten meters wide..
He was still trying to figure out where they were when they suddenly found themselves on the surface of the water.
He didn't see any light at all. How did he reach the surface of the water? ........
With the help of the Illuminating Spell, he realized that this was actually just a small cave. There was a road ahead, but he didn't know where it led.
Angor removed the Purification Field as soon as he climbed out of the water.
He immediately smelled something rotten in the black water. The air was stinky, but there was enough oxygen. This place was not completely sealed off. There must be a way for the air to circulate.
While maintaining the Light spell, he carefully stepped into the pitch-black cave.
After walking for a short while, he realized that something was wrong. Although the cave was very humid, the ground shouldn't be so damp, right?
He walked to the wall of the cave and wiped his hand. His finger was covered in water vapor.
He sniffed and did not find any foul smell.
Angor touched the water on the ground again. Before he put it to his nose, he already smelled something rotten.
What did it mean that the two types of water were different? Angor narrowed his eyes and patted Toby's shoulder. "So you're right. There's a monster watching us in the dark …"
The wet marks on the ground were proof.
But Angor still had another question. The monster must have created the hidden passage. Why would it do that? Was it just to lure them here?
He did not know the answer. However, they had to be careful when dealing with a monster lurking in the dark.
They walked even slower. While walking, Angor kept observing the surroundings while simulating possible encounters in his mind and figuring out how to take advantage of the environment.
The cave was spacious. There were stalactites above them, which dripped water from time to time. There were also jagged rocks on both sides of the cave walls. There were many hidden corners. Angor kept using his spirit feelers to check the dark corners just in case.
After moving forward for about one kilometer, Angor found a corpse in front of an open field.
The corpse had already turned into bones, and its clothes were rotten. Only a small piece of cloth was left. There was a shoulder strap on the corpse's left shoulder, which was connected to a small iron box.
Angor recognized the box. He found a similar one at the bottom of the lake not long ago.
"Another medical kit?" Angor opened the box out of curiosity.
The layout of the box was exactly the same as the one he found before. So were the devices inside. They were all medical tools.
Earlier, Angor used his spirit feelers to observe the box, so he could not see it clearly. Now that he was looking at the medical tools, he could clearly see the strange symbol on them.
A snake covered in black scales was coiled around the silver-white ring-shaped cone.
Such a strange symbol, could it be a clan emblem? But even if it was a clan emblem, it would not be carved on a syringe. The color did not fade even after so many years. Both the scales and the rings were very life-like.
Angor put down the medical kit and looked at the corpse.
The bones were very intact, without any cracks. If it was killed by a magical beast, it shouldn't have left a complete corpse, right?
They kept moving forward. About ten minutes later, Angor saw seventeen or eighteen corpses and six medical kits.
"These must be people from the village. But why did they die here? And why are there so many doctors here? " Angor was getting more and more confused. Was the village used to be a medical academy or something?
There were all kinds of academies in the mortal world. Monasteries, art academies, medical academies, music academies … These were all specialized academies. There were also comprehensive academies. For example, if Angor did not want to join the wizarding world, he would definitely study at the Gorse Knight Academy.
Of course, there were different kinds of academies. Some were built into castles and palaces, while others were built into villages. To highlight their uniqueness, it was not strange to put them in a sealed underground world like this.
Angor kept moving forward while wondering.
Soon, he reached the end of the tunnel.
He thought he would run into the monster hiding in the dark here, but he did not see anything. There was only a deep pool at the end of the tunnel.
The pool was only about five or six meters wide, but he could not see the bottom.
Angor sniffed the pool and did not sense any foul odor.
"Maybe the monster is down there. Or maybe the pool is a passage to the outside world," Angor muttered to himself.
Either way, he had to go down and check it out. Whether it was the way out or the danger, he had to take the risk.
Angor nodded to Toby and jumped into the pool.
He jumped into the pool and dove down for three or four meters. His eyes glowed when he realized that the pool was connected to the underground river outside!
He saw an underwater cave. It was not long, and Angor could faintly see a vast, flowing water through it.
Angor's face brightened up. He dashed through the cave like an arrow.
When he reached the wider water, he quietly sensed the direction of the water flow and prepared to follow it.
But at this moment, Toby suddenly cried out in surprise.
Angor followed Toby's sight and slowly turned around.
He did not know when, but a giant python had quietly stopped behind him.
Just how big was this python?! Angor looked like a baby in front of it.
The python had a round head, golden eyes, white belly, and black scales. It was about three or four meters wide. As for its tail, Angor could not see it clearly. Most of its tail was hidden in the darkness, and Light could not illuminate it. He could only see a curved shadow.
Angor felt a chill running down his spine when being stared at by such a creature.
Out of instinct, he fired a shot at the python. The bullet with armor-piercing runes sank into the python's belly and bounced away without even breaking its scales.
The bullet's effect might be weakened in the water, but it was an armor-piercing bullet! Isn't his defense too strong?!
At the same time, Toby kicked at the python with great force. The sudden sonic boom even caused the water to tremble violently.
This attack was definitely at the level of a third-level cantrip!
But … it still did not work.
"Run, Toby! Don't attack! "Angor's eyes widened." Why is there a wizard-level monster here?! "
"Run, run, run!"
Angor grabbed Toby with Hand of Spell. Without hesitation, he cast the "Nova of Defense" scroll. A ray of starlight bloomed from the scroll and surrounded Angor and Toby.
Under the effect of the spell, Angor and Toby quickly ran toward the direction of the water flow.
Since the python was immune to Toby's attack, it was not certain that it was a wizard-level monster, but its defense was definitely as strong as a wizard-level monster. How could an adept-level magical beast be slow?
Absolutely not.
Angor planned to run back to the village as soon as possible. With the rainbow dragonflies as his shield, he had nothing to fear. However, the reality was even worse. Before Angor could go far, the python slowly slithered in front of him.
Angor could not move fast underwater. Seeing the python moving so leisurely, he felt like crying but failed to shed any tears.
He changed directions several times in a row, but the giant python still easily blocked his path and stared at him coldly with its golden eyes.
Are you trying to fool me?!
In the end, Angor was so tired that he simply gave up.
The python did not attack him. It was only blocking his way. Its pupils were cold, but not indifferent.
Angor panted heavily. He looked at the python and yelled, "Tell me, what do you want from me? What do you want from me? " The giant python obviously needed him to do something. Otherwise, with his previous rude attack, it would not have let him go.
Angor waited for a long time, but the python did not answer. It seemed that the wizard-level monster could not speak, and it did not even know how to express its emotions.
In the end, the python gave Angor a meaningful glance and turned away while wagging its tail.
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