Chapter 67 - Another Cave (2/2)

After listening to Marlene’s reasoning, Rhode pondered to himself in silence Frankly, he didn’t wish for her to follow him His current character wasn’t the same as before Back then, if the Gods barred his way, he would kill the Gods, and if the Buddhas hindered his path, he would slaughter the Buddhas! But right now, he was a puny level 10 Even defeating a few advanced thieves would require hihly Was it safe if he went inside alone?

Rhode didn’t know

So, in the end, he agreed

“Ok” Rhode nodded, “but I do hope you can protect yourself”

Since Marlene had a way to escape, he decided to trust her At least the probability of surviving would be higher

“Of course!”

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There was no light source inside the cave

Initially, Rhode was extremely cautious because based on his experiences, secret passages usually hosted many kinds of deadly traps For example, a pressure plate trap If he accidentally stepped on the wrong slate, it ht set off a series of irreversible outcoe was on level ground And with the help of the torch, he noticed beautiful carvings on both sides of the wall

“These areon exa a beautiful sculpture on the wall at the moment

She could not help but feel aes ell educated Naturally, they had read about these historical stories before However, Rhode clearly didn’t care about that He was currently expending all his energy on detecting traps… but it looks like there was no indication of any at all

“Be careful and hold rabbed her hand as they made their way deeper And not far in front of hi the ‘trap trigger’ After all, a dead suain Moreover, this pitiful canine had already died more than twice, so what if it died once et used to it

The poor Flah Unfortunately, it did not have the rights to disagree

The black hound ju to Rhode’s co around its body, creating a e

After walking for a distance, Rhode began to sense so odd He couldn’t tell what exactly it was, but it kept nagging him at the back of his head

e appear here? What can we find here?</eht process and wasn’t paying attention to his surroundings Marlene was also no longer observing the surrounding murals On the contrary, her head was lowered as she stared at her hand which was held by Rhode She didn’t knohether it was because of the heat, but she knew that her face was burning

Suddenly, the Flaround two times and ran forward

“What happened?”

Rhode’s heart tightened He didn’t stop the black hound Instead, he took a step forward and stood in front of Marlene with his sword raised Then, he scanned each and every detail around hi happened

Rhode frowned Up until now, he was constantly on the alert, and it was straining his senses If there were e, he wouldn’t feel weary as it was so so far… and that was too strange Of course, since he had already made it this far, he didn’t intend to retreat

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Finally, the duo e and found theround The Flame Killer wasn’t too far away from them When it noticed that its master had arrived, it arched its body and roared at the perpetual darkness below

“Ms Marlene, do you have any spells that be used as light?”

Rhode held the torch nearer to the stairway, but he still could not see as down there For safety reasons, he decided to use another approach However, after a while, Marlene still did not respond Her head was still lowered, staring blankly at her hand

“Ms Marlene?”

“Eh?”

Rhode called out to her once more and she finally recovered froht? I have it, please wait” Marlene said with a flush on her face

She irip in a hurry and closed her eyes After a chant, a bright luht emitted from the sphere ate away the darkness and illuminated the entire area

And the scene that appeared before them left the duo in disbelief