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Everyone heard the sound he said. It was different from the sound of the underground river flowing. This movement was more like something swimming in the water, and the direction of the swimming was their side.

With the light magic, the area around Yannick and the others is basically visible, but the place outside the light is even darker. The two blood races have the ability of night vision, but Wilson can't see through the flowing river. Take a look at what's below.

Everyone secretly became vigilant, but the pace under their feet still did not stop, and Wilson walked faster and faster.

Yannick knew that he was dissatisfied with himself in his heart, and he showed it in his actions, but he didn't want Wilson to die, which would mean that his side would lose a boost, so he stopped Wilson: "Wilson, wait a minute. "

Not only did Wilson not listen, but his footsteps were even faster, until An Si said, "Wilson."

The former stopped reluctantly, but before he could defend himself, Sophia said, "Did you smell anything?"

Yes, they all smelled it.

A sweet smell wafted from the front, a bit like the smell of lime blossoms, but sweeter than that, even Chris, who was very familiar with magic materials, couldn't tell what it was like.

The scent is getting closer, accompanied by the sound of water splashing.

Yannick reacted quickly. He immediately used a large-scale blessing to envelop everyone inside. Just after the "shield" was finished, a huge black shadow jumped out of the river, like a hill. It didn't match the agile posture, and he threw himself down at the crowd.

Because of the lighting effect of light magic, everyone can see the true face of the black shadow at such a close distance.

It was a very large fish. According to Yannick's observations, it was not much smaller than a whale. Since this underground river is extremely wide, it is not uncommon for this monster to be accommodated in this river, but What is strange is that it has a very strange appearance. Except for its fins, almost its whole body is covered with spikes. Its two lantern-sized eyes are shining with a faint green light, and its wide mouth reveals its sharp white teeth. .

At this time, Chris's staff had already shone with dazzling light, and a "blazing flame" was thrown towards the monster. In an instant, the cave passage was full of light, and countless meteor-like flames hit the shadow. When it landed on the monster, it made a scorching sound, and some black scars were burned on the dark green skin of the strange fish, but they did not burn through. This angered the strange fish even more. Falling into the water, there was a huge splash. Although the blessing blessing can defend against attack spells and negative states, it cannot defend against normal objects. Everyone was sprinkled with water, and most of their clothes were immediately wet.

After the strange fish fell into the water, it didn't come up again, and the water surface gradually returned to calm.

But everyone knows that this is just a prelude.

Sophia noticed that after Yannick used the blessing just now, the scent disappeared. Now that the effect of the blessing disappeared, the scent came out again.

Sophia wanted to talk to others, but she soon felt dizzy, which made her have to hold on to the cold stone wall next to her.

After a strong dizziness, Sophia was surprised to find that everyone around her had disappeared!

Just now, Yannick was still talking to Chris, and the sound of words and footsteps echoed in the empty underground river channel, but it seemed that all of these voices disappeared suddenly, and she was left standing alone. here!

"Yannick! Yannick!" Sophia shouted several times.

The only answer to her was the sound of rushing water, as well as the strange movement under the surface of the water, which was startled by her voice.

Judging from the battle just now, the fighting power of that strange fish is very fierce, and even high-level fire magic can't cause much damage to it. ability can handle it.

Do you want to keep going, or go back?

She thought for a moment, and quickly made a decision: move on.

It is absolutely impossible for Yannick and the others to disappear suddenly without abandoning themselves. The only possibility is that something happened suddenly, and their departure was not voluntary.

Where will they go?

Sophia walked forward while thinking, due to the long-term infiltration of running water, the stones under her feet were very slippery, and the gaps between the stones were large and uneven, and it was easy to sink her feet accidentally. However, Sophia's agility and mobility were much stronger than that of a priest like Yannick. She stepped on a stone with one step and moved forward steadily, while holding the hilt of the sword tightly with the other hand, raising her guard to the extreme.

There was a faint cry in the distance, but after listening carefully, I realized that it was the sound of the wind blowing into the cave.

But apart from the sound of the wind and the rushing water, the waves under the water surface seemed to be lurking with greater danger. Sophia was very worried that the strange fish would appear again, so she tried to walk by the rock wall and stay away from the river.

However, she soon discovered that the stones under her feet were a little wet and sticky, unlike just now, although they were slippery, they did not stick to the soles of her feet.

Without Yannick's bright magic, she could only bend down, touch it with her hand, and put it under her nose.

is blood!

Sophia immediately smelled the fishy smell. She didn't want to go forward rashly, but played on the loop when she came and went. As a result, she walked a long way, her feet were still sticky, and she could still touch blood.

There is only one way back and forth, did I also go wrong?

Everything here is full of weirdness, and Sophia was puzzled. At this moment, she heard a faint groan.

Sophia can use some low-level spells now, but she didn't dare to use them indiscriminately just now, because she was worried that her magic power would be exhausted soon, and she would be powerless, but now she can't care about that much anymore. She chanted spells and replaced spells with swords. The staff, the tip of the sword quickly emerged a ball of flames, she flicked the sword lightly, the flames were thrown out, then floated lightly in the air, and slowly floated to the direction she wanted, the moaning sound source.

This time, with the help of the faint light of the flame, Sophia finally saw clearly that the stones on both sides of the river, where they were illuminated by the flame, all showed a dark red blood color, as if soaked in blood.

And just in front of the shore, lay a person with his back upside down, looking a lot like Chris in terms of stature and clothes.

"Chris?" Sophia called tentatively.

The other party groaned to himself, but did not respond to her.

Even if there were many doubts, and finally met a living person, maybe a companion, Sophia couldn't turn around and walk away, she walked over step by step.

The man looked badly injured, his body was lying down, motionless, his hands were hanging limply beside his head, his fingers had been immersed in the water.

"Chris, is that you?" Sophia asked again, she had already walked to the other side, picked at the other side's clothes with the tip of her sword, and seeing that the other side still didn't respond, she planned to bend down and turn his head around Study the real face.

However, her temptation quickly turned into panic!

It was because she realized that the head that she turned over was completely rotten, with white bones exposed under the flesh and blood, and even white bugs crawling around on it. The clean nature of girls made Sophia feel sick, and she immediately went to bed. Wanting to let go, she didn't even have time to think about why a person who seemed dead for a long time would groan!

But her hands have been tightly clamped!

The dead man didn't know when he started to move, he tightly grasped Sophia's arm with a dead branch-like hand, and then threw her into the river with a forceful push!

Soon, Sophia's mouth and nose were filled with water, and the feeling of suffocation made her struggle continuously. The icy river water surrounded her whole body, but her body seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, and she couldn't move at all.

Am I going to die here!

A wave of unwillingness surged out from the depths of her heart, and Sophia couldn't help but want to shout.

And she really yelled out.

"what--------!"

"To shut up!"

The cold voice had a vicious taste, which made Sophia tremble all over.

She opened her eyes and found that she was not drowning in the river, but lying on someone's back.

"Your cry will attract monsters, and if you don't shut up, I'll throw you down!" The person behind her said coldly.

Sophia was terrified and gasping for breath. She looked around in panic, and found that she had never left the team at all. The light magic was still shining on the top of Yannick's staff, and the silver-haired priest was still walking in front, one left and one left. The one on the right is still Chris and that handsome man, nothing has changed at all.

And the person behind his back is... Wilson? !

As if sensing Sofia's doubts, Yannick slowed down and said to her: "You just got an illusion, and you were affected by that scent, and you fell unconscious on the ground. If you are one step later, you will be dragged by that fish into the water."

Originally, Yannick wanted to carry her on his back, but it was obvious that neither the black mage nor the blood prince would allow him to do so, so in the end the coolie became Wilson.

She wanted to say something else, but the silver-haired priest hissed softly, and said softly: "Don't talk yet, there are many dangers here. We just encountered a few low-level monsters, and the sound will attract greater danger."

Sophia is certainly not one of those easily excited little girls, she calmed down quickly and said, "I feel the breath here, it seems to be very restless."

The rushing river was mixed with roaring, and there was even the sound of some kind of animal grinding its teeth. Even the brave Sophia felt chills all over her body.

Wilson, who was carrying her behind his back, sneered, as if mocking her timidity.

But Sophia was not interested in arguing with him at all, she just felt that the temperature on Wilson's body seemed to be very low.

"Yes," Yanick replied, "The exit of the cave is getting closer and closer. I must turn off the light to avoid being discovered by monsters. We need to be more careful."

With the sound of speaking, he turned off the light, which made Sophia, who was used to the light, darken her eyes.

Even Chris felt a little uncomfortable.

But this kind of discomfort will not happen to the blood clan at all. Yannick only felt that the blood prince's hand that was holding him suddenly loosened, and a gust of wind blew by his side, and his figure had already flashed out. In the darkness, everyone vaguely saw a huge , The black shadow that wanted to pounce on them fell heavily into the river, and was quickly washed away by the river, and then Ans returned to the silver-haired priest.

"These beasts have all mutated." Chris, who basically hadn't spoken since he came in, said suddenly.

"Yes." It was perhaps the first time in history that the Blood Prince had spoken in favor of an enemy. "They were just ordinary animals, but after being affected by the breath of high-level monsters for a long time, they have completely mutated. Maybe a surprising world will be presented to us later."

No one objected to the blood prince's words, because they already felt that the unknown danger was getting closer, and the faint light in front also showed that the cave was about to come to an end.

After taking another two eyeless beasts into the air, Yannick and the others found that the closer they got to the cave exit, there were more and more of these unknown beasts, and they were very fierce and bloodthirsty. Like the strange fish just now, they looked It is also different from many animals on the mainland.

"Where's that strange fish?" Sophia suddenly remembered, and she asked Wilson who was carrying her in a low voice.

Of course, the female swordsman didn't know that it was a vampire behind her back.

Wilson snorted and ignored her.

As a noble second-generation blood clan, he was very aggrieved when he was sent to carry a human woman. How could he answer the other party's question? If it wasn't for the order of His Excellency, he would throw this woman to the entrance of the cave to feed the monsters now. .

Sophia felt that this proud young man was very cute. If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, she would definitely tease him, but now she just kept her mouth shut and didn't ask any more questions.

As they got closer to the entrance of the cave, everyone's expressions became more and more serious, but Chris had facial paralysis to begin with, and he just continued to maintain the state of facial paralysis at this moment.

Yannick threw several blessings on his group, and Chris used the river next to him to create a small mist in front of them. Even better, the mist would move as they moved forward , always keep a certain distance from them, the function is to better cover up the aura of their group, so as not to be discovered by sensitive monsters.

As for the blood prince, he has quietly transformed into a black cat, lying directly on Yannick's shoulder.

In some cases, this form is more convenient and agile than the human form.

It's just that Sophia almost cried out in surprise when she saw a living person turned into a black cat, and then she realized that the black cat who had been with Yannick all this time turned out to be a person.

The entrance of the cave was just in front of us, and a fishy wind rushed towards us, accompanied by the smell of monsters. Even if it was separated by water mist, it was so strong that it was impossible to escape.

Wilson put Sophia down, and then firmly wrapped one hand around her waist, this is to free the other hand to fight if necessary.

Everyone held their breath and looked out along the edge of the stone wall.

As Anse predicted, what they saw was hell.

Sophia didn't know other people's reactions, and didn't bother to watch, but she herself had been speechless for a long time, and she tightly covered her mouth with her hand, for fear of making a sound.

In fact, the river flowed in from the outside, and the sound of the rush was enough to cover up all movements. Even if they shouted now, they might not be found.

And it was louder outside.

Outside the cave, connected to the dark river, is a silver-blue lake.

Under the moonlight, the shimmering lake should have been a beautiful scenery, but at this moment it became a terrifying sight.

A gigantic demon spider crawled out of the lake waving its giant blade-like feet. Where there should have been a head, it was a head that was more than twice the size of a human head. The scarlet eyes were fixed on the head. It can be matched with words such as cruel and bloodthirsty.

Immediately after was the Demonic Ape, which was about as tall as the hill, and then the Heaven-reaching Python...

Countless monsters climbed up from the lake to the shore at the other end one by one like a tide.

Even though this lake is connected to the river beside Yanick and the others, Yanick and the others are not sure at the moment whether the world under the lake is still the scene that Yanick and the others were familiar with.

And it is the real high-level monsters that drive these fierce and huge monsters.

These high-level monsters without human skin showed their true colors. The blue blood vessels flowing underneath their pale skin could almost be seen. Human beings are even taller, and people will not be mistaken for their race.

At a glance, there are densely packed, even counting those low-level monsters, there are at least one or two thousand, almost occupying the entire lakeside, it is simply scalp-numbing.

Looking at those ugly shapes that are not beautiful at all, even a woman like Sophia has the urge to feel sick, let alone Wilson, who claims that his aesthetic vision is much more than human.

Sophia suddenly felt an indescribable palpitation, as if someone had hit her heart hard with a hammer, she couldn't help but hold the position of her heart, bent slightly, trying to calm down the feeling of tachycardia.

Almost at the same time, a senior monster standing in the group of monsters turned to look in their direction!