The flames ignited by the incandescent glue only lasted for a short time before being crushed by some huge squirming tentacles in the darkness. There was no time to see clearly what it was.

However, everyone would not stand stupidly in the corridor waiting for that thing to enter the lighting range of the dancing light spell, and then turned around and returned to the room that had just been ransacked.

After all, running along the corridor is not a good choice. From their experiences along the way, they can see that there are many traps in the corridor, and there is no time to dismantle them now.

Lydia and Michelle, who were the strongest, held up the kicked-down door panel and pushed it up as soon as the last person came in.

"what is that?"

"It was too dark to see clearly!"

"I think I saw tentacles. Could it be another octopus?"

This sentence successfully reminded Anna and Lydia of the psychological shadow left by the swamp octopus when they went to the dam, and they were all in bad shape.

Pei Renli raised his hand and knocked on the door panel with his staff. The magic power quickly took effect, sealing the door that no longer had the locking function.

This reminded others, and they all looked at Pei Renli.

"Do you know what kind of monster it is?"

"I can't possibly know them all!"

Even though Pei Renli has always maintained his explosive power that makes people bald, his main power is in magic, and other information is only taken in passing.

Moreover, the Monster Manual contains only monsters that are relatively easy for adventurers to encounter, and there are no particularly unpopular and rare ones.

"Shh! Don't say anything, it's coming!"

Korra's words calmed down the panicked crowd, and they quietly moved away from the door.

There was a rumble, like a train speeding past, approaching quickly from a distance. The dust in the cracks in the bricks was shaken down, and everyone stared at the door locked by the door-sealing technique with bated breath.

——Boom!

The dull loud noise made people's hearts skip a beat. The magic light on the door panel suddenly lit up, then flickered on and off like a light bulb. There were even obvious cracks on the wall near the door frame.

Pei Renli took a look and made an immediate decision:

"If you can't hold it any longer, everyone will enter the secret passage!"

The door sealing technique is not invincible. The principle is equivalent to temporarily enchanting the door to make it very strong, but there is also a threshold. If it is exceeded, it will naturally not be able to hold up.

At this time, without caring about whether there were traps in the secret passage, Cora and Alton pushed open the half-open secret passage door and rushed in first.

"Aren't you going to fight it? Why are you running?"

Before Sistia could figure out the situation, he pulled out the dagger with great interest as if he was planning to get involved.

"Hit me with a hammer, the opponent is too big!"

Quickly pushing Sistia in, Alindra and Tana, the maids and bodyguards beside her, looked at her with thanks. They couldn't stand the personality of the eldest lady.

——Boom!

At this time, there was another disturbing knock on the door, and the magical aura of the door-sealing technique became dim as if it would disappear at any time.

Perrenli also followed into the secret passage, Anna followed closely, Lydia and Michelle were at the rear of the team, and everyone broke into the secret passage.

This secret passage seemed to be a straight line, but it was not as wide as the previous corridor. It would feel awkward for two people walking side by side. Everyone almost formed a long snake formation and ran wildly.

Since the lighting of the dancing light technique was limited to the vicinity of Perenli, Alton and Korra at the front had already lit the torch and were holding it to lead the race.

Originally, Alton had a magic item that could provide dark vision, but it seemed that there was a lot of mucus on it that hadn't been wiped off, so he had to light a torch.

The good news is that the two people who were the first to explore and lead the way did not give any warning of traps.

But the bad news is that the sealing technique can no longer hold on at this time.

Pei Renli heard a violent crisp sound, like the sound of wood being broken. Immediately afterwards, something crawling in the dark poured into the secret passage and moved towards them reluctantly.

Chase over.

At this time, you can see the professionalism of the Adventurer School. Every morning when you get up, you run a 1500-meter long-distance run. With this kind of training, even Pei Renli can keep up without falling behind.

The sizzling eldest lady Sistia was picked up by the tall Alindra and ran in front of Pei Renli like she was carrying a bag of noodles. It seemed that the bodyguards also knew that the eldest lady was not strong enough.

It was precisely because of the resistance that Sistia faced back and immediately pointed his hand behind him in surprise and said loudly:

"Behind! There's something behind!"

Beyond the illumination of the dancing light and bright spells, there was a thick strip in the darkness approaching them, sweeping across the periphery of the aperture like a test. When Pei Renli turned around, he saw several

Purple-red tentacles pushed and pushed towards me.

Each of those tentacles is as thick as a tree trunk, and under the light shows a dry and shiny texture like leather. But unlike the octopus's tentacles, there are purple pupils that look like eyes at the positions where the suckers are.

It's really as if you can use it to observe, aiming at the people running away and turning slightly.

This picture alone is enough to scare people, and there is also a strange roar coming from the darkness behind, like a whisper in the ears, which is enough to awaken the most terrifying nightmare in the heart.

Moreover, its speed is actually faster than everyone else!

Lydia also looked back after the break, and happened to see this scene, and one of the shots was already approaching her behind.

"Power rises!"

The gray-blue soft hair of the tabby cat suddenly exploded. In panic, Lydia picked up the hand axe, and with the help of combat skills, she turned around and struck out with the axe.

The carefully maintained ax and brute force allowed her to easily leave a half-foot-long wound on the tentacle close to her, causing it to flinch.

But don't forget, it's not just one tentacle that's chasing you.

Before Lydia could take another step, another tentacle squeezed over from the side and immediately wrapped around her waist.

As a heavily armored warrior, Lydia's strength was certainly not weak. What's more, she was still in panic. It could be said that she even used up her strength to feed herself.

But the tentacles were very strong. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't break free. Instead, she was pulled further and further away.

Seeing this, Anna took off her short bow, and a strong wind suddenly arose in the dark tunnel, quickly gathering towards the arrows she had placed on the bow arm:

"Hurricane Bow!"

Release your fingers, the arrows fired from the short bow are more like the siege arrows fired from the ballista, bringing up a tornado-like airflow and hitting the chasing tentacles.

This is not a combat skill, but a divine skill.

Rangers are also considered spellcasters, somewhat similar to priests, but the number and types of spells they can use are very small. The gods who grant them divine spells are the gods of nature, such as the Father of Oak, the Forest Goddess Melikai, and the Sprout Goddess Sion.

Leah.

I’ll talk about the part about the ranger later. In short, Anna’s arrow succeeded in temporarily repelling the tentacles that were closing in to pull Lydia away.

Coincidentally, Pei Renli's spell has also been completed.

Complemented by the magic tool, a total of three runes were used as magic power. He raised the staff:

"Sharp Fang Spin!"

The high-speed spinning position jumped out from the head of the stick. Different from the usual straight line, this time under Pei Renli's control, it walked a curve like an electrocardiogram.

The sharp fangs spun and fell quickly from above, hitting the tentacles entangled with Lydia without any bias. For a while, my ears were filled with a dull sound like cutting leather.

This thing looks big, but it seems to have little defense. The sharp teeth can easily tear open a long gash.

Michelle, who was the closest, took the opportunity to grab Lydia's hand. It looked slender but could actually use a mace as a chopstick. She pulled hard and tore off the tentacle that had been attacked by the sharp fangs.

When Anna fired another arrow to provide cover, Pei Renli simply took out a scroll and activated it.

Bigby's powerful attack punch flew over the heads of the two men, hitting the tentacle that was making a comeback and making it shrink into a ball. The two men took the opportunity to quickly follow the team.

"The exit is ahead! I saw the exit!"

Korra at the front shouted, which made everyone cheer up.

Soon, after running forward for about 20 meters, the exit was already illuminated by the dancing light technique, and people running wildly passed through it one after another, throwing away their arms.

When you look back at this time, you will see that the tentacles that are chasing you are stretched straight forward, but maybe it is not long enough, or it may not be able to squeeze in. It angrily groped around on both sides of the secret passage, and slowly retracted back into the thick darkness.

Amid it, there was a hazy roar...

–‐‐——–‐‐——

Running in panic is definitely different from normal jogging, and the physical exertion is much more serious. However, compared to the physical exertion, the psychological damage to Lydia is probably more serious.

She knelt on the ground with a frustrated posture, and hurriedly shook off a tentacle wrapped around her waist. There were many tough muscle fibers standing on the hair that had been specially maintained, and most of it was cut by sharp teeth.

It flew to her when it reached its tentacles.

However, everyone had no time to comfort Lydia's injured heart, so they searched for the room at the other end of the secret passage.

"Is this an alchemy laboratory?"

Alton was right, the room entered through the secret passage was indeed very close to the alchemy laboratory.

The area is similar to the previous room, except this time it is square.

On the long table against the wall, you can see many things such as beakers, narrow-mouth bottles, and measuring cylinders. Necessary items such as bookshelves and lockers are also placed against the wall. There is also a footpath in the center of the room.

It is a huge oval-shaped brass machine that is three meters high. It is not known what its purpose is for the time being, but this style of painting should have been built by alchemists.

In addition to the secret passage they entered, there was another door directly opposite the secret passage, but the wood may have rotted, and one of the door panels was lying on the ground, revealing the dark door opening behind it.

But what was very strange was that everyone also saw a brass pipe with a diameter of nearly two meters at each of the four corners of the wall. The pipes extended into the wall. They looked a bit like ventilation pipes, but they didn't know where they led.

"Don't move anything, wait for me to take a look."

Perrenli said this mainly to Miss Sistia, who had just gotten off Alyndra's shoulders. Everyone else knew that it was best not to touch anything related to magic.

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his backpack with a magic circle drawn in advance, and activated the detection magic as the magic power was slowly injected.
Chapter completed!