394 CCCXCIV. The Breach (2/2)
”Fuck, Dag... I can't see anything down there and I'm dying of fear! Why did you decide to take me with you? Brr... I already feel the cold coming from down there!” Karl exclaimed, regretting the boring moments he spent in Jernhest, where his only commitment was to train in the arena and look after his ailing father.
”I have my good reasons, my friend. Now hold your weapons and stay behind me, in silence” he replied, not listening too much to his young friend's fearful outburst.
Gridd remained silent, with both of her swords in her hands, watching the macabre panorama that surrounded them, which became worse as they descended.
The white snow and the faces of the soldiers disappeared less than a minute later, when the first team of exploration reached a depth of about ten meters, walking along a ramp that followed the walls of the breach, with a circular trajectory.
Dag pulled out a torch and lit it with the flint, without even stopping, showing a certain dexterity.
Soon after, he grabbed the Giantbane and detached it from his belt's magnet.
At that point, the only sounds that could be perceived were those of their steps on the rock of the path, which became more and more impervious, with splits and cracks that forced the three adventurers to get closer and closer to the walls to avoid falling below.
After going down for almost 50 meters, they still could not see the bottom and there was no shadow of an enemy.
”Dag, why don't we continue north? I am sure that we will find another village to plunder, perhaps similar to the one where we have been so far, guarded only by farmers and merchants! I don't think there's anything down here and we're moving a lot away from the surface! If they attacked us now, we wouldn't be able to climb back up!” Karl exclaimed again, who began to sweat from his forehead, even though the temperature had dropped.
”Look at this... what an incredible structure this tunnel is... it must have taken hundreds of years to dig it so deeply... this detail changes everything... the Sun will not help us” he replied, completely ignoring the words of his comrade, who would not stop worrying and being pessimistic as usual.
”I was thinking the same thing, brother. It's pitch dark down here, your torch can barely light up the path in front of us... once we reached the bottom section, if the space will become wider, we would not be able to see anything and we would be exposed to other surprise attacks” Gridd added, making her remarks.
”We won't know until we get down there. Come on, let's speed up the pace... others will be worrying about us...” Dag continued, walking faster and trying not to lose his balance on the rough terrain of the descent, which thinned further, becoming about a meter and a half wide.