Chapter 398 - Completely Convinced (1/2)

Chapter 398: Completely Convinced

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Whoooo, Whooo. The sound of the wind howling came from nearby.

Lannie said softly, “Up ahead is the center of the shallow portion. From the sound of it, the air formation has been activated. It will purge the stale air from the tunnels out from above.”

Link nodded his head and rubbed his nose. He said, “The situation probably isn’t too good. I smell a thick scent of blood.”

Even though the system was circulating the air, Link could still smell the blood in the air.

The smell of everyone’s blood was different. It differed based on body mass, Mana quantity, and other minute differences. Normally, people would not be able to tell the difference, but Link could.

Link could smell that in the center area, there were at least 30 corpses. Perhaps they were too late.

However, Link did not say a thing and walked ahead with Lannie.

After about 300 feet, they reached a circular pool about 150 feet across. In the center of the pool was a round platform. Connected to the platform were four walkways supported with semicircular bridges. At the top of the sewage, chamber was a light spell formation which emanated warm light, lighting up the entire underground chamber.

Lannie took a single glance and immediately shut her mouth and sobbed silently.

Up ahead, corpses were piled over each other. There was not a single corpse that was complete. Some brains were split in two, while others had their bodies separated into two or more pieces. On both, the left and right side were pools of dried blood. Some places of the floor were crumbled, perhaps from cannon explosions.

Corpses, rubble, and cannon shells were strewn across the area. The only thing that didn’t seem to be around was the Dimensional Demon. Not even a trace of black demon blood could be found.

Lannie sobbed. “No, no, all these are Warriors, I’m sure there are civilians still alive. There must be.”

Lannie was about to jump into the sewage to look for people, but Link held her back. She struggled fiercely. “Let me go! I’m going to take a look!”

Of course, her struggles were futile. Link restrained her with little effort and pulled her back beside him. He glanced around the space and warned her softly, “Lannie, you’re right. There are survivors, but it is because there are survivors that is why it hasn’t left.”

Lannie trembled and quieted down. Swoosh, she drew out a musket.

However, this musket’s firepower was unfortunately far too low. It was useless. In all likelihood, it would not even be able to penetrate the demon’s armor.

Link took out the musket he had picked up and handed it to Lannie. “Here, I picked this up along the way.”

This gun’s firepower was much higher. Although it could not pose a serious threat to a Level-9 demon, at least it would be able to inflict an injury. Lannie obviously couldn’t do anything by herself, but she could support Link and create a distraction when he was battling the demon.

Lannie nodded, “I can use this.”

“Good, okay follow me.” Link said as he stepped forward carefully. He was in a state of high alert.

However, the Dimensional Demon did not appear. As Link walked through the sewage chamber to the platform on the other end, all they could hear was the howling of the wind in the chamber.

“Strange,” Link said, frowning. He couldn’t seem to see through the demon’s intentions.

In front of him was a wide passage. At the end of the passage, there was a large door. Along the passage were many footprints and lots of blood.

Link knelt down to inspect the trails. “The footprints are heading towards the door. There were at least a hundred people, it’s probably the survivors I think.”

As he said this, he turned to Lannie. “Stay close by my side, we’ll continue going forward.”

Lannie nodded, hugging the larger musket to her chest. She kept close behind Link, looking around attentively the whole time.

After walking about 60 feet into the passage, Link suddenly shouted, “Stop, there’s a spell formation here. Seems like there is a Magician among the survivors. Based on their skill… They’re probably Level-7.”

The space up ahead seemed completely clear, and nothing seemed odd about it. There wasn’t even any trace of Mana left behind. This level of spell formation couldn’t be done by a Magician without sufficient skill.

Lannie was short and could see things on the ground and at low angles more clearly. She suddenly pointed to the base of a sewage pipe and said, “Look! There are many bullets stacked over there. Those are incendiary bullets possessing about Level-6 strength. There are about ten of them.”

Link followed the trail of Mana that existed in the air and quickly understood what was going on. “This is a trap. This trap is very well done, even if you pass through without touching the floor or the walls, the trap would still be activated and explode. The explosion would even affect the Dimensional Demon’s other dimension and tear it apart. I believe it is because of this that the demon does not dare to enter. The survivors must be inside.”