Chapter 590 - v3c356 (2/2)

In their eyes, Brendel was capable of anything. A Lord at such a young age could defeat the Holy Cathedral of Fire and escape from terrifying demons, and also had what seemed to be countless treasures with him, it was as if no situation could ever baffle him. Such a person might not even have existed in long poems or legends.

Even the knights could not help but think that if today’s story leaked out, it might become a legendary folk song that would spread throughout the pubs of Aouine or even all of Vaunte.

After the princess drank the Health Potion No.7, she held the bottle and entered a daze. She looked at Brendel with puzzled eyes, the Health Potion was different from ordinary magic items because it often could only be made by a high ranking divine officer of the Holy Cathedral of Fire who knew alchemy, and Brendel had a surprising amount of Health Potions. Not to mention the fact that Brendel had distributed these Health Potions to the knights without any reserve.

This meant that he must have more Health Potions in store. Although Gryphine did not covet these Health Potions, it did not stop her from becoming increasingly curious about what Brendel had gone through.

She wanted to know more about what other secrets this man was hiding, just like in her mind she had always wanted to confirm his ident.i.ty and purpose. The half-elf girl acquiesced to Brendel becoming her knight, but it was known that this t.i.tle was a bit of a sham, and even the princess herself felt that there were too many unknown things about him. It was less of a knight and princess relations.h.i.+p between them, but more like an equal relations.h.i.+p where she needed his help.

Such a relations.h.i.+p had once made her feel uneasy, and she had always vaguely wanted to rectify it. But it was all in vain, she did not know if Brendel could understand her kindness and her intention to change this relations.h.i.+p, but the moment Brendel was in danger, she suddenly understood that she would never allow Brendel to die just like that.

She has been feeling the taste of loneliness for too long already.

Even someone as outstanding as the Wolf could not fully comprehend her thoughts, and no matter how perfectly Sir Beninnger disguised himself, he was just someone who could provide her with help.

The princess realized that she had developed feelings for Brendel. She felt her heart tighten and frowned, she hurriedly recollected her thoughts and returned to her original calm state.

She understood that it was impossible, so she had to be careful.

This was the limit.

After entering the rift, the line of men had delved deeper into the ground of Ampere Seale. The temperature had risen a little, initially just offsetting the cold outside but gradually becoming hot. Especially since there was no wind circulating in the undergrounds, the air was filled with a stale smell.

Brendel was talking to Babasha, “Babasha, do you know where that secret pa.s.sage leads to?”

“It’s somewhere not far north from here, I know where there should be a secret gate.”

“So that means we can pa.s.s by itt on the way?” Brendel’s eyes sparkled when he heard the good news. He was afraid that the secret pa.s.sage would be in the Hall of Ancient Ruins in the east or the ancient underground tunnels even further east, because even without mentioning the problem of whether he would remember the maze-like terrain since it’s been so long, there was the big issue that it was also the territory of Anarons, the Mother of Spiders, and he absolutely did not want to mess with her.

She’s an enormous female bug after all.

Babasha looked at him mysteriously, not speaking. Just like how the rumors of the Darkness Dragon were deeply etched into everyone’s heart, she undoubtedly believed that lord Brenel already knew all of this, the prophecy of the Dark Word was absolutely right without question, thisfeudal superst.i.tion was deeply planted in her mind.

But it was at this moment, Brendel， who was leading the way in the front stopped in his tracks.

He stopped and stretched out his arm to prevent anyone from moving forward. Everyone was slightly stunned because they did not feel anything abnormal at all. But they have all went through a few battles already and had a certain level of tacit understanding, so no one opened their mouths to question Brendel. After a moment, they saw several black shadows emerging from a crack not far away.

The knights exchanged glances as encountering other human-like creatures in this crisis-ridden underground was obviously a little beyond their expectations. But only Brendel could see that they were cavemen.

He made a silent gesture as cavemen had surprisingly good hearing, especially in the silent underground where sound mostly traveled only in one direction. Fortunately, Brendel’s senses were also a hundred times keener than normal people after he had obtained the Elemental Awakening, or else they would have been discovered by the other party first.

There were very few cavemen who stray beyond the Underground Lord except for clans like the Firbur who had left the underground and fled to the surface. One clan was already really rare, and Brendel did not think that he was so lucky to encounter such things one after another, the only possibility was that these were part of the Jorgendy Ridge Underground Army.

But how did they get here? Did the other party discover this secret pa.s.sage too?

Brendel thought that this was unlikely, unless there was a pa.s.sage around here that connected to the undergrounds of Jorgendy Ridge? This was quite possible, and he could not help but frown as he watched the cavemen slowly and leisurely burrow their way through another crack.

The underground world was connected by pathways everywhere, but most of the naturally occurring pa.s.sages were dead ends. Some of them also led to the lairs of magical items or to traps. But Brendel remembered that that path was supposed to lead towards the Hall of Ancient Ruins.

The other party seemed like they were yet to discover the secret gate mentioned by Babasha.

He was slightly relieved. After the cavemen walked away, the knights asked, “Lord, they?” These knights of Anthony used to address Brendel as “mister” but now they’re just addressing him as “Lord”.

But Brendel did not realize that the change in this appellation was not just due to the fact that they respected his capabilities, but more due to the fact that Eikkel had been speaking of his deeds in the Long Song Forest among his knights for years. These knights might have originally scoffed at their Lord who was full of knightly thoughts, but now it seemed that even Eikkel’s place in their hearts had risen quite a bit.

Unfortunately, Brendel did not know these details, or he would have felt ashamed. He waited a moment before answering in a small voice, “The cavemen know way more about the underground world than we do, so it’s not surprising that they could discover this place. This doesn’t mean anything, let’s just move on.”

Everyone nodded their heads, with a feeling of “whatever-Brendel-says-must-be-right.”. But in fact, Brendel was uncertain too, he just hoped that the old witch Babasha was not lying to him.

The secret pa.s.sage better be as secretive as she described, or it’ll be a waste of effort. And finding the way out would be another problem.

He could not help but glance at Babasha. Unfortunately, the old witch’s face was hidden under her hood so he could not tell, but she did not seem nervous.

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