Chapter 414 - 3 Shadows (2/2)
“I feel like she is so like us” Gu Jun pondered “She knew about the different worlds earlier than we did but she worshi+pped darkness so she had access to greater power However, even so she could not physically transrate between the different worlds It hy she wanted to consume me earlier but now… I’m not sure anymore”
“Captain Gu, didn’t you say she scoffed at the Yith’s culture and achievement?” Yu Chi asked, “So what could she have wanted from this place? The evidence of our failure?” If the Pnakotic Manuscript was the Yith’s creation, then naturally Pnakotus would be a Yith city
“There is no telling when she is lying and when she is not” Gu Jun picked up his pace and he cliuard” From the earlier illusion, they had a sense of the enor There were incalculable steps from the platform to the front door They hurried for about 10on the same spot This reminded Gu Jun of the stone steps underneath Rikers Theagainst the witch Furthermore, they feared that once they stopped, they would never be able to suy to continue anyh the desert for a day and their physical condition was less than optimum due to the heavy alcohol in their system The climb proved not only to be aon a determination If they stopped, they would probably need days to recover Should that happen, everything would be too late
Thankfully, when they almost lost their breaths and their knees were numb from pain, they finally saw the end When they crossed the last step, they instantly fell on the relatively wide landing They gasped hungrily and their skeletons felt like they were collapsing
“Captain Gu, in our state…” Yu Chi said between breaths “We won’t be able to take down even a gorilla”
“Even in our nororilla…” Gu Jun countered but he knehat Captain Yu meant Now that the drive that propelled them had deserted their bodies, they found it difficult to even move a muscle He worried that the witch would choose this roup of kids like how she did back at the oak forest Even if the girls were all less than 3 years old, being surrounded, the two men would still be beaten to death Thankfully, they were not at the oak forest and the witch did not appear to be that powerful here
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Gu Jun lifted his eyes to look around This was a spacious stone corridor There were so door Through it, Gu Jun could glie bookshelves The shape of the corridor confir
“We’re here, Captain Yu…” Gu Jun wanted to clie “I’ve been here twice already”
At that roup of bat-like creatures rush towards thee of current Each of theh their sharp jaws
“You guys sure took your sweet ti here It’s unwise to make a lady wait, you know?” The female voice said with a cackle