Chapter 146: Into the nick of it (1/2)

There was a catch, though.

The statue's mouth will open wide if a person grabs three of its seven overextended strands of snake-like hair and pull them down at the same time.

Elliot did just that, creating three golden hands that stretched out of his back, grabbed Medusa's hair strands, and pulled them down.

”Clank!”

Immediately after, her mouth opened up wide enough for her jaw to drop to touch the ground.

He walked up to her front once again. Then, what he saw caused his eyes to widen in surprise!

”Is this some sort of secret passageway?”

The shape of her mouth now replicated the entrance to a cave.

It was wide and long, enough for him to go inside without crouching.

He went inside. Immediately, he met face to face with silence and darkness. The loud rumbles in the forest no longer reached his ears, and only darkness entered his field of vision.

”So this place is cut off from the outside world. I guess it's truly a safe zone. I can pass the dangers of the night by resting here.”

Of course, he had no plans to stay idle! Exploring this mysterious place and uncovering its truth came as his main priority. He refused to believe that something he discovered after so much was only a safe place.

He raised his head and looked at the darkness below with the intent of illuminating it. Immediately, the godly matrix in his soul absorbed several units of the essence of life from his body to realize his thought. His eyes widened as rays of golden light shoots out of them, ripping apart the darkness and illuminating this place.

He saw a cavern-like passageway with seemingly no end. At least, he couldn't see it before the rays of light shooting out of his eyes vanished.

However, they had triggered a chain reaction!

The inside of this place was far vaster than its surface. Furthermore, torches were attached to the walls on each side as well. They were in straight lines with a fixed distance between them. They lit up the moment the golden ray of light passed by them.

There was something special about the inside of the statue! Now, he was sure about that! His godly right eye had missed it by a long shot! He inferred that that happened because the surface and the interior of the statue were not the parts of the same body but two different bodies. They existed as individuals, each having its properties and mechanisms.

He lowered his head to stare at the floor of this place, then used the power of his godly right eye to know everything about the place where he currently stood.

A small amount of information drilled into his mind, instantly becoming a part of his memories.

His eyes brightened in amazement. This place was truly unique, one of a kind! First off, the area of this place was vaster than a stadium in length but equal to a corridor in width. Secondly, it came equipped with a passive spirit mark that separates this place from the world outside. Lastly, there was a large passageway leading to the end of this place.