The water came at them with white bubbles and loud booms.
The force of the water was so strong that the waterproof barrier around the settlement was deformed. The barrier stopped the water flow, but it still created a strong gust of wind inside the settlement, which made the already dilapidated houses even more messy.
The ground was still shaking, and the water was getting faster and faster.
"What's going on?! Why did the current suddenly change direction? And why is it so strong?! Luna, hold on tight! "
A familiar voice suddenly reached his ears. He looked up and saw Keely in her red dancing shoes struggling to descend in the turbulent current. She was swimming towards his settlement.
She couldn't see what was going on because of all the bubbles in the water. She could only follow Luna's guidance and slowly descend.
When the water slowed down a bit, Keely released a bright flame from the oil lamp in her hand.
With the help of the flame, Keely saw what was going on below.
She didn't see Angor, but she did see several "man-made" buildings.
There were man-made structures under the sea, which was more than 8,000 meters above the sea level! She thought about Luna's guidance, which meant that Angor was right below. Keely had an idea of what was going on.
She didn't think Angor would do something useless. Maybe the buildings here were related to the secret of the Sea of Purification.
"He's ahead of us again," Keely muttered. She didn't want to give up so easily. "If she didn't have to spend so much time looking for Angor, she would have noticed something too."
Keely felt a lot better after thinking about this.
"The water is slowing down. Let's go down quickly. I want to see what he found this time. "Keely patted Luna, who was still holding her skirt.
Luna meowed and gave Keely a high-five with its soft paw.
But something unexpected happened. The ground shook again, and more sand and gravel were sent into the water to block their vision. At the same time, the water flow suddenly became faster, even stronger than before.
Luna had put down one of its claws to slap Keely's palm, so it didn't manage to hold onto her skirt in time. As a result, it was swept away by the current.
Seeing that the torrential current was about to drag Luna into the unknown darkness, Keely's heart skipped a beat. Luna was her closest companion and her only friend. If anything happened to her, she would never be able to forgive herself.
Because of the current, Keely couldn't cast any spells to save him. She was a little flustered.
At this moment, a transparent palm stretched out from below.
This was Intermediate Hand of Mana, a Level-1 cantrip that increased the range of the spell by several hundred meters. The further away the caster was from the spell, the harder it would be to control the spell.
Just as Luna was about to be sucked into the dark vortex, Angor caught her in his Hand of Mana and dragged her down. Luna passed through the cover and landed in the messy settlement.
At the same time, Keely also landed.
Luna shook off the water on its body and meowed at Angor before it ran to Keely's feet.
Keely controlled the light in her hand and made it even brighter. Soon, the entire settlement was illuminated like a miniature sun.
With Keely's help, Angor's Illuminate spell was basically useless. "Why are you here again?"
Keely was about to thank Angor for saving Luna, but when she heard the word "again" and heard Angor's tone, her expression darkened. "You think I want to come to you —"
Before she could finish, the ground began to tremble, which caught both of them off guard and made them lose their balance.
Keely didn't want to waste any more time and went straight to the point.
"What's going on here?" Keely looked at Angor. "Is it an earthquake? Or did an underwater volcano erupt?"
Angor shook his head. "I don't know. Something's not right."
This happened after he killed that strange creature. But it was ridiculous to say that killing a sea monster would cause such a huge commotion. It wasn't like Jebra was a "Child of the Sea". It was said that killing a "Child of the Sea" would trigger the wrath of the sea.
But if that wasn't the case, then it could only be a coincidence.
After several tremors, the area finally calmed down. Keely could no longer hear the "buzzing" noises, and the water flow also began to calm down.
She controlled her light to leave the cover and looked at the source of the water flow for about 500 meters. Nothing happened. That was her limit. She had no choice but to bring her light back.
When everything seemed to have calmed down, Keely finally had the time to check her surroundings.
"What is this place? A shelter under the sea?" She sniffed the fresh air and looked around at the broken buildings. In the end, she fixed her eyes on the pile of mangled flesh in front of Angor.
"I don't know what this place is. Maybe it's the abandoned settlement of some undersea civilization." Keely was still wondering about the source of the turbulence and turbulence. "Yeah, I'm not sure. Maybe it's an abandoned settlement."
"That thing tried to ambush me from the dark. I think it's an enemy of the underwater civilization." Keely looked at the monster's body and said, "That thing was hiding in the dark and tried to ambush me.
While speaking, Angor put the severed head of the monster back together.
It looked exactly the same as the one he saw on the totem pole not long ago. The only difference was that this one was a bit bigger. Since the totem pole was used to intimidate enemies, this monster must be the enemy of the "Toad Skin".
Keely carefully inspected the severed head and couldn't find anything strange. She then decided to check the surrounding buildings.
She also found some bite marks on the broken stones of some buildings.
He took a closer look at the teeth of the sea monster and found that the arrangement and depth of the teeth matched each other. Perhaps it was this group of sea beasts that had caused this settlement to be abandoned.
Keely also saw the totem pole of a mermaid in the largest building.
"Mermaids?" Keely looked at the totem pole on the ceiling and frowned. "Is this a mermaid civilization? But this is the first time I've seen something so ugly. "
"It's just a totem pole. Maybe it's not mermaids who live here." Angor considered and projected the image of the "Toad Skin" to Keely. "Have you seen something like this before?"
Keely looked at the strange creature holding a harpoon and shook her head. "You're saying this is the home of these creatures?"
Angor nodded. "I saw these creatures before I entered the trench. They must have a civilization of some degree. The one I saw was as strong as a level-2 apprentice. It attacked me as soon as we met, so I killed it. "
"Toad Skin?" Keely looked at him curiously.
"I named it," Angor said proudly. He thought he was the best at coming up with names.
Keely curled her lips and refused to comment.
She carefully observed the creature and said, "I don't remember anything like this. I don't even remember anything similar. Maybe it's a native of this place? Or maybe Floating Mech City moved it here from somewhere else. "
Keely didn't know where the "Toad Skin" came from, which made it even more mysterious.
Angor suddenly remembered the words he saw in the fortress. Maybe there was something about it. "By the way, do you know Language Proficiency?"
Keely looked at Angor up and down as if she was looking at an idiot. "You don't?"
Angor grinned dryly.
"I see. You've only been a wizard for less than two years. It's normal that you don't know." Keely suddenly realized something. "I know Language Proficiency and Language Analysis. There are some characters with special abilities, such as Primordial Language, Abyssal Language, Winter Language …"
Keely uttered a bunch of strange terms. "I'm familiar with all of them. They're all necessary skills for apprentices. If you want to go on an adventure alone, you should learn them."
For the first time in his life, Angor felt like an illiterate person when listening to Keely's words.
At least … I know Chinese. Angor mumbled in his mind.
"I found some words written by Toad Skins, but I can't read them. Can you help me?"
It was rare for Angor to ask for help, so he tried to be as humble as possible.
Keely wasn't interested in the secret of the "Toad Skin" civilization, but she believed that it had something to do with the way out of the purification garden.
Just as he was about to use an illusion to recreate the words, he sensed a dangerous aura that made his hair stand on end.
He heard something whistling through the air.
"Dodge!" Angor yelled.
As he spoke, the mermaid totem on the roof suddenly shattered. A tentacle reached in from the roof and struck the spot where they were standing.
A five-meter-deep hole appeared in the center of the house.
Keely dodged it as well thanks to Angor's warning. She and Angor quickly left the house. When they reached the outside, they were shocked by what they saw.
A giant black octopus that was hundreds of meters long was clinging to the cliff and examining them with its strange blue eyes.
"Is that … a dark version of the Lord of Tentacles?" Angor looked at the giant octopus whose body was half-hidden in the darkness and immediately remembered the Lord of Tentacles he saw not long ago. Unlike the Lord of Tentacles, this octopus was pure black.
"It's at least a top-level apprentice. Maybe a half-step wizard!" Keely glanced at Luna, who was trembling in fear. "We can't fight it head-on. Run!"
Angor nodded. As long as the octopus wasn't as strong as a wizard, it wouldn't be able to suppress them.
While they were talking, the giant octopus seemed to have sensed their intentions and began to attack with its tentacles. As a large number of tentacles waved, the surrounding water became chaotic and was accompanied by a huge buzzing sound.
Angor and Keely exchanged a look when they heard the familiar noise. "That's what it did."
When they thought about the turbulent water and the continuous earthquakes, they were even more certain that they couldn't fight it head-on.
"Don't resist! I'll take you with me. " Since he still needed Keely's help to translate the words, he ejected his soul and dragged his body along with Keely's and started running in the direction they came from.
Before Keely could react, she was lifted into the air by a strange force. Then, they shot out of the Toad Skin's settlement like a cannonball.
Before they left, Keely glanced back at the giant octopus.
All of a sudden, Keely's pupils shrank. She seemed to see a shadow on the octopus's neck!
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