Chapter 383: Ancient Ruin Covered In Snow (2/2)
“Boss!”
“Boss!”
They panicked and shouted loudly.
“What’s with that panicking scream? Didn’t I just forget? Just tie it now!”
With a splash of water, Redwin surfaced and scolded the group.
While they breathed a sigh of relief, Redwin shivered as they tied the rope on him, “But the water below is quite cold, prepare a campfire for me later.”
Redwin disappeared into the dark water again.
The rope tied on him kept unwinding. Suddenly, Redwin seemed to have stopped advancing and stayed at a certain place.
As time ticked past, the Brotherhood members in the cave began to worry. They held their breaths in order not to miss any sign of movement.
“Not good! Let’s pull boss up!”
Suddenly, that obedient-looking Anderson shouted while panting.
“What’s wrong?” The rest were surprised by him and asked.
“I started holding my breath when boss dove in. I can’t sustain anymore, he should be at least limit underwater as well.” Anderson spoke.
“Boss doesn’t seem to be coming back?”
“What to do?”
“Safety first, let’s pull him back!”
“What if we randomly pull and trap him somewhere!?”
“Even if trapped, boss can snap the rope.”
“But if he snapped the rope and lost his ways down there, it will be more dangerous.”
“I’m going down!”
They argued with impatience, and two people were tying rope on themselves in the meantime.
Right then, the two people holding the rope tied on Anderson shouted in joy, “It’s moving!”
“He seems to be coming back!”
Not long after their exclamation, there were clear signs of water stirring.
After another short wait, Redwin emerged from the water with a splash.
“Boss!”
The excited bunch pulled Redwin out immediately.
Redwin was chilled to the bones. His face looked purplish, teeth clattered in coldness. He regained warmth after sitting next to the campfire after a long time. However, the first thing he said after recovering was, “Jackpot......”
“Is Thousand Storms Sword really there?”
The Brotherhood members blanked out for a moment before screaming in disbelief.
“There are many deductions and estimation records. And the place underground current flowed out are holes similar to Thousand Storms Sword...... Very likely!” Redwin wanted to laugh, but his clattering teeth did not let him.
“The water is very cold, it might be a really deep underground river.”
Anderson, the tactician of Brotherhood, frowned again, “If that’s the case, how can we check those records safely...... Going down again and again, or use ice arcane skill to somehow freeze the water. Then slowly drill through?”
“Hahahaha...... Regardless, let’s do it!”
At that moment, Redwin, who had warmed up, heartily laughed.
......
In the faraway Kingdom of Doa, most of the territories were covered in snow.
Doa City in the Kingdom of Doa was the human gathering with the longest history in Doraster Continent.
During the Era of the War with Dragons, although the ancient Kingdom of Doa and most of its buildings were destroyed in the war, most buildings in Doa City were immediately reconstructed after the Era ended. So most buildings had very long history.
Walking through Doa City, one could see many masterpieces made by hill dwarves, goblin crafters, and ancient artificers that were unimaginable.
Doa City was also the earliest mixed settlements of various races. In addition, it was originally a gathering place of dwarves, goblins and some rare races. So one could see various strange humanoid races in Doa City now.
Also, the Kingdom of Doa retained the ancient anarchy system unlike the Kingdom of Eiche which used parliamentary system. The king had major authority over the lords. The king’s order was absolute to almost every lord, unless the lord wanted to carry out Coup d'état and become the king himself.
Jean Camus was currently walking into the Kingdom of Doa’s palace with the lead of a few palace guards.