Chapter 361 - Curse (1/2)

That thing was a ball of energy with unknown colors. When Roland’s net of mental power approached it, he was nauseated, and even more surprisingly, that thing could absorb his mental power.

Though it was slow, Roland had no doubt that he was being drained.

So, Roland quickly retracted the threads of his mental power.

“It must be the watcher that our Hero ancestor left behind.” Looking at the stones, Cage said, “It will be tricky to clear these stones. Also, the watcher below might launch an unexpected attack when we’re about to move the stones.”

Cage’s concerns were well-grounded.

As a former mercenary, Cage was still vigilant though he hadn’t fought for almost ten years.

He knew very well what would become of him if he was attacked during his work.

He had experienced it before.

While he was hesitating, Roland stood out and snapped his fingers.

Then, the stones melted like ice under the scorching sun. They turned into a swamp with a vortex at the center, before the mud in the swamp flowed down.

“Impressive!” Cage complimented in amazement. “Instantly casting Stone to Mud, a level-two spell, at such a young age means that you’re more than a genius.”

Andonara grinned delightedly. She liked it best when other people complimented Roland.

Roland smiled modestly.

But then Cage frowned and said, “The mud is sinking into the secret chamber. What if the three bottles of blood are buried?”

“Don’t worry. I’ve just investigated it with my mental power. This secret chamber is rather huge.” Looking at the bubbling swamp, Roland said, “Even if all the mud falls in, there will be nothing more than a three-centimeter-tall layer of mud on the floor of the secret chamber.”

Cage was much relieved after hearing that.

Soon, most of the mud was drained in the vortex, revealing a dark entrance in front of them.

Roland snapped his fingers again, and the remaining mud became stone.

Cage looked at Roland again and shook his head in admiration.

They approached the entrance together. There were supposed to be stairs here, but because of the mud, the stairs had been reshaped into an irregular slide.

Cage and Andonara both looked at Roland.

Roland snapped his fingers again, and the slide of mud was hardened.

At this point, a cold wind was blown from below, reducing the temperature of the air quickly. Very soon, everybody could see their own breaths.

“This is unusually cold.” Cage drew his longsword and wiped it with his left hand, and blue flames immediately bounced on the longsword, driving the coldness away. He continued, “I’ll go down first. You can follow me.”

Then, he jumped into the cave.

Because Floating was still functional, Cage was not worried that he might fall. He was dropping at a very low speed.

Roland immediately summoned three luminous spheres and jumped down too.

Andonara followed Roland.

The three of them, wobbling, landed in the secret chamber from above, right after the three luminous b.a.l.l.s did.

Under the illumination of the spheres, they could see the whole secret chamber clearly.

On the floor was a rock layer about ten centimeters thick, which was particularly thick and uneven at the front.

Roland peeped at Cage, who had jumped fearlessly when there was absolutely no light.

It could only be explained in two ways. Firstly, Cage might be very familiar with the secret chamber, which was unlikely.

The second explanation, and the more plausible one, was that Cage had Dark Vision.

Normally, it was a special ability for rare species, such as kobolds, drows, or nocturnal magical beasts.

There were only a couple of races in the main plane who had Dark Vision.

But the cases were different for the devils. It was said that the devils lived in a dim world, so everybody in the Realm of Devils used Dark Vision for survival.

Recalling the words he read last night, Roland had some guesses.

But he didn’t give it a lot of thought, because his attention was attracted by what was before his eyes.