72 Chapter 72: Water Source (1/2)

Ahri and Caesar walked into the tunnel they came from, Ahri raised her right hand and ignited her bluish flames on her palms.

The dark tunnel was immediately illuminated by the flames and they carried on their way, Joe came running from behind and soon caught up with them.

They walked through the passageway in relative silence, Caesar sneaked a glance at Joe and observed his smiling expression… Caesar knew that although Joe was smiling, deep within he was hiding his anguish.

'It's something that he will have to get over himself, I won't be able to assist him' Caesar silently mused to himself.

They soon approached the exit of the mountain and walked even faster, none of them wanted to stay in this wretched place any longer than then they needed to.

Joe walked even quicker than Caesar and Ahri, he reached the exit and once again moved his hands in a strange pattern.

”The people who invaded this place must have known the secret codes for the doors, however, they did not know the location of the secret treasury... ” Caesar said quietly, just audible enough for Joe to hear.

Joe nodded solemnly, ”I was thinking the same thing, there might have been a damn trader amongst us,” he said hatefully.

*creak*

The sound of the stone lifted interrupted their conversation, sunlight entered into the passageway and Ahri put away her flames.

Caesar took a long stride forward and lifted his head, the strong winds in the cavern promptly greeted him as he took a deep breath.

”Gasp”

The musky and humid air in the mountain had nearly been intolerable… Ahri imitated Caesar and also took a deep breath of fresh air.

Joe who was used to that environment didn't understand why Caesar and Ahri were so relieved… he had been in an underground prison for nearly 20 years after all.

Once Caesar relished the freshness of the air once more, he turned to the left and caught eye of the carriage located a fair distance away.

”Thankfully no mishaps seem to have happened while we were gone” Caesar breathed a sigh of relief and started walking towards it.

”It's about time we continue on our way, we stayed for far too long” Caesar continued and spoke in an exhausted tone.

Both Ahri and Joe nodded their heads in agreement. No one could have expected to be greeted by thousands of dead remains and eight-eyed demons.

As they got closer to the carriage, Edward who was waving his hand toward them entered their line of sight.

”Heyyy! What took so long?” Edwards loud shouting entered invaded their ears

Caesar didn't feel like shouting back so he waited until he got closer to answer,after a minute or so of walking they finally reached the carriage.

”It's a long story Edward, your better off not asking, but, if you insist… I suppose Joe could tell you.” Caesar eloquently dodged the question and entered into the carriage.

Ahri subtly followed Caesar leaving Joe there with a wry smile, Edward looked at him inquiringly while tapping his arm in irritation.

”Ha… well, it all started with…” Joe started to tell Edward all the happenings inside the mountain, of course, he left some specific details out, but Edward still got the just of the story.

Once Edward heard what happened he looked at Joe with shock, ”y-you have berserker blood coursing through your veins?” he asked in a wary tone.

Joe scratched the back of his head bashfully, ”it's not so great, most of my problems in life are because of it” he said humbly.

Edward just shook his head and pulled the reigns of the horses, ”great powers comes with great responsibility…” Edward spoke as if he were an old sage.

Inside the carriage, Caesar was leaning on the door while Ahri was leaning on him… Caesar reached towards his right eye and took off the eye-patch, he stashed it back inside of his pocket and closed his eyes.

”How are you feeling?” Ahri asked worriedly, seeing his movements.