140 Elemental Lotus. (1/2)

As Ozul approached the wall, everyone followed behind him, but they all kept their distance. Only Raven and Blaze stuck closer to him.

When he stood before the wall made out of the mud with vines all over it, Ozul closed his eyes to see if he could sense anything on the other side. Unfortunately, he only felt these strange vines there as well.

He searched for some switch or a lever that would open this hidden wall somehow, but there was nothing as of this sort around here. Ozul sighed as he did not like to make a mess of things.

The conical hat on top of his head suddenly turned into liquid before changing its shape to a sharp blade and turning solid again. The blade slashed at the wall, cutting out a square in an instant!

With a push from Blaze, the square part of the wall fell on the other side. Some dirt flew in the air, but everyone had a clear vision inside after the debris had settled down.

Raven and Blaze had to squint their eyes at the tunnel before them. They tried, but couldn't see the end of it from here.

”This does not look like some secret treasure room...” Blaze muttered. Raven did not say anything since she agreed with him as well.

Shouldn't a room with such a rare treasure be more majestic or something? But all they sensed was some tunnel that was made in the dirt!

Ozul was about to explain to them that there was an exit to the tunnel, but just then, a sudden light flashed. They could clearly see a beam of red light under the ground, moving towards the other side of the tunnel!

Although the beam of light was under the ground, they could see it moving from above!

Because of the intensity of light when it reached the other end of the tunnel, the duo also saw the exit. As for the beam of light, they could only wonder what it was.

Only Ozul was aware that the beam of light was actually Mana in compressed form since he had seen it in the giant root before. And because it was red, he guessed that it was because the Element of that individual was the Fire.

The trio knew that standing still here wouldn't get them anywhere, so Ozul took the lead and walked down the tunnel.

The group behind the trio, though, were too afraid to step into the dark tunnel. The group had already been surrounded by the Beasts before; they did not want to face such danger again.

However, to their surprise, it was Clara who stepped up first and followed behind the trio!

”Hais... Young Miss!” Venessa sighed before following behind her as well. And since Clara had gone ahead, Henry followed as well.

Not long after, Clive also started to advance since his real mission was always to protect Clara. Behind him followed the Silver Knights, who were all his subordinates.

On one side, they had the person who had protected them from such a dangerous situation and the other two Rank-7 Mages. While on the other hand, there was only Barry! So it wasn't difficult for them to decide on what to do.

Barry was not following behind everyone else since he did not like the idea of following someone who had killed someone who he considered to be a brother.

However, when almost everyone had left, and only the mercenaries of Wind Eagles were left, he realized how dangerous it would be to be alone here.

If there were two Rank-7 Beasts here before, then there might as well be more!

If he stayed back here, it would be the stupidest decision of his life! So, he put aside his grudge for later and also followed others into the tunnel.

In the lead, Ozul reached the exit as he had to push aside the vines blocking his way out.

”Just what is up with so many vines!” Ozul muttered in annoyance. Although it was true that such a jungle was sure to have so many vines, he had come to dislike them after seeing so many in just one day.

It had come to the point where Ozul was internally complaining to the forest for not having anything other than the vines as decorations!

*Sigh.*

'Will there ever be a day when I will find something equally perfect as the emptiness?' Ozul thought inside his mind before a chuckle escaped his mouth.

”Hah, who am I kidding!?” he spoke out loud to himself in a sarcastic tone.