Since the passage was straight, I had no idea how far we had just gone that way. But whether looking forward or back, the entire path was covered with all kinds of corpses.
And the three of us, all of us long accustomed to such things, crouched down to observe them.
"This corpse has only been dead for a while, this one a long time, and it doesn't even stink of decomposition... but there's dirt all around its mouth..."
As soon as I finished speaking, Oona continued.
"They were eating the gravel as food while under the illusion, and the more they ate, the hungrier they got. Eventually, they either starve to death or die from the dirt inside their bodies."
"How pitiful..."
Cornelia said.
It's actually an illusion technique that can conceal the Pupil of Breguet and the Real Eye Mirror is too powerful, should I say worthy of a dragon tomb?
I laughed bitterly, then said.
"But we've got a new problem, which way should we go, anyway?"
I pointed in both directions.
The road in front and back was filled with corpses and there was no end in sight.
Disorientated ah....
"Try it with your popsicle? It's so straight it should be okay, right?"
Cornelia suggested.
"That's right."
I nodded and was about to reach out to summon when I heard a strange sound.
"Did you guys hear something?"
We all quieted down, and sure enough, there was the sound of food coming from one side of the tunnel.
Remembering what we had just presumed, I rushed over with an arrow, and Oona and the others followed suit.
Soon, I saw two people not far away crouching there, grabbing something to eat from the ground.
Now, I couldn't care less, and a few slender ice totems crashed right into them, knocking them to the ground.
"Ouch! What's going on?"
One man jumped back up at once after being hit, but froze again when he saw the scene around him, and for a moment, kept throwing up.
The other, too, just started throwing up on the ground.
"I didn't think a princess would have a day to eat sand."
I looked at the person in front of me and laughed bitterly.
"Eh, bah, so it's Phil."
That person said as he took out something from his ring and gulped it down a few times then threw up again.
Yes, that's Princess Anne.
And the other one, if I'm not mistaken, should be Dexter, since he's the only crossbow swordsman in the class.
After watching them throw up more or less, I handed them two bottles of water so they could gargle.
"Thanks."
After they rinsed their mouths out, they looked at us.
"d*mn, I thought I just found something good to eat, but it turned out to be dirt... None of you can tell anyone, do you hear me!"
Princess Anne looked very angry, and I do understand that anyone would be in this situation.
"Got it, that little bit."
"You're the one who doesn't know that those gossips are trouble."
"Well~"
I spread my arms, then asked.
"Is it just the two of you? Where are the others?"
"No, we came down and went straight to a palace with no one in it, and then after a long search, we found a table of food and just ate a little bit of it, and then you blew it... Oh yeah, can't you wake us up properly? Why are you attacking us!"
"Come on, we just called that a timely shot, or you guys want more?"
"It's certainly not..."
Princess Annie shook her head helplessly.
"Okay, let's go, if we're going to keep going in this direction it should be in this direction."
I pointed in the opposite direction we had just come from.
"That's right."
I looked over at Dexter.
"Get your weapons ready, let's go."
"Yeah."
By the way, there hadn't been much contact after bringing him to the academy to complete the mission. Although the class had instructed him a few times, the guy was so boring that he basically didn't talk.
It's probably something at home, but I'm somewhat related anyway, and the resolution of the mission afterwards depends on him, so it's better to get to know him a little better.
"Dexter."
"What is it teacher?"
"Let me just ask, do you think that revenge is necessary?"
Dexter's body paused, looked at me, and then continued walking. Instead, the two next to me looked at me strangely, wondering what I meant by my words.
"Not really."
Dexter shook his head.
"I've heard slightly about what Teacher encountered in Blue Lake City, and I suppose that since Teacher is asking this, he knows what exactly happened in the first place, right?"
"Well, what can I say, I can only I'm sorry I couldn't stop him in the first place..."
"It's the law of survival in this empire."
Dexter chuckled.
"I take it you were planning to help my father get revenge, Teacher? But my father didn't ask you to do that, did he?"
"Well? Indeed..."
I was requested to do so by the system, after all, that mission option says assist you above.
"...Well, since you're also involved in it, teacher, you should take a look at this."
Saying that, the other handed me a letter.
I frowned and opened the letter.
Then ghostly light, I read the contents of the letter. I didn't realize that Dexter had written a letter to him before he died, and the contents of the letter were some words of self-preservation and some words that wouldn't allow him to take revenge.
"So that's it."
I returned the letter.
It would have been reasonable if that was the case, after all, although Dexter still had some power in the Smulandor house, this amount of fighting power would have been an absolute death sentence if we really fought.
Although I can also help him take revenge with a bang, then I'll definitely become a public enemy of the Vet Empire instantly.
"Well, if that's the case, then you should hone your skills, maybe the future Duke will still be yours."
"That will have to wait until then."
I laughed, then opened the mission menu.
If the other side didn't even have the will to take revenge, there was no need for me to kowtow here, after all, this mission was quite troublesome to complete, and the prince's side wasn't even getting any information ah, simply.
Maybe the prince is also weighing the pros and cons of it, after all, the current Duke of Smurandol has already gathered all the forces of the Smurandol family, if he suddenly *suddenly* drops it, the Smurandol family might just be finished, after all, it's not the Smurandol family's problem, the other nobles are also eyeing each other.
I originally wanted to just click on an option to end the mission, but when I opened the menu, I found that all three options had actually turned grey.
What the hell? Is it too long to give a choice?
I looked at it, then closed the window.
It doesn't matter about this experience, we'll talk about it later.
After half an hour of walking along this path, we entered a new cave.
Unlike the oversized space before, this place looked like a large cave, but amazingly, there were countless gems embedded on the top of the walls.
But everyone's expressions were calm, and when you think about it, they were all a bunch of guys who didn't lack money.
But to be honest, if it wasn't for everyone's calmness, I would want to gouge out all the gems.
"I think we've probably broken through the body of that dragon,"
Princess Annie said suddenly.
"Why do you say that?"
"I read a little bit about dragons earlier, you know, pure boredom. It says that dragons usually put gems and such inside their caves, not inside their own bodies."
"Well...but this dragon corpse turned itself into a dragon tomb by itself, so maybe...well."
I looked around and then touched the gems.
Just a light touch, there was a slight energy coming from the gems, which made me have to be surprised, normal gems are just storing energy, but this one actually transmits energy, so it doesn't seem to be a cheap item.
And slowly, all the gems around actually lit up, illuminating the surrounding area, and the passageway where we came from before closed right up! I rushed over to check and found the top of the wall completely closed, as if it were a wall.
"It looks like the other side wants us to keep going."
I looked at the passage ahead of me, then at the people.
"Let's go, it's hard to stay in such a bright place."
We all nodded to each other and walked forward.
---An original novel by Kevin Seven Nights ---.
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