"It's so noisy up there..." Erica impatiently looked up at the top of the ditch where dust and gravel were constantly being squeezed out due to vibrations and said, "Could it be that Eve and the others used some incredible magic?"

"No, I just felt some special power appear above..." Diana stopped and took out the magic walkie-talkie and said to Erica in English: "Do you need to ask this?

"

"No need..." Erica also switched to English and then shook her head and said: "The situation is unknown, so try not to use this now."

Erica's worries were based on the previous accident in the Envar ruins. When she was communicating with Kalia, she accidentally learned that Kalia captured the "signal" when she and others were communicating with the magic walkie-talkie.

", and Kaliya also followed the communication signal and went near Erica, although she was scared back by Desmo in the end.

In general, Erica doesn't know exactly how Severna handles this magical communication, and she doesn't understand the working principle of this thing at all, but judging from the results, it seems that this thing should have no security measures. If

Normally, it is just used for long-distance communication, but the dark underground water channel where it is now is once again contaminated with things related to Hertogos, so in order to worry about the communication being "eavesdropped" again,

Erica and the others had no choice but to use ordinary radio stations to communicate if it was not necessary. However, since everyone was walking in underground water channels, the signals from ordinary radio stations were not very clear, and the signals were always intermittent and could not be answered for a long time.

connection.

However, in addition to communication problems, there is another point of concern about Alea following the two of them. Her current status is neither enemy nor friend, so most of the dialogue between Diana and Erica is not included.

It was convenient to reveal it to this guy who seemed unreliable, so the two of them had to switch to English to talk in order to keep it secret. After all, Diana had confirmed that she was definitely not a reincarnation, and although she was not completely sure, she

It seemed like he really couldn't understand English.

"Well... a familiar guy is back." Diana suddenly stopped and looked up at the top of her head and said: "It seems that there have been quite a few changes... This power... is a bit too much."

"Back? Who?" Erica also stopped and said, "Kalia?!"

Diana turned to look at Erica, but it was only for a moment, so Erica couldn't see the other person's expression clearly, but she could tell from Diana's soft sigh that she was in a bad mood.

"Uh...Kana...I mean...Is Kana back?" Erica quickly stepped forward and changed her words.

"Yes, Kanna is back and seems to have become stronger." Diana's tone was almost emotionless, but she didn't seem too cold either.

"What does it mean to become stronger? Isn't Cana a stone man? Has he become bigger?" Erica continued to press behind Diana and asked.

"Yes, it's gotten bigger...in every sense of the word." After saying that, Diana shook off Erica's palm on her shoulder and continued to duck into a water channel next door.

There is no light in the underground canal. At most, there is a well head above the head every few tens of meters that can seep in a glimmer of light. Therefore, Erica and Diana always use night vision goggles to move forward in the darkness.

Okay. Although Diana doesn't actually need this, I don't know what she thinks. In short, during this period of time, she always treats herself as a human being and rarely uses magic.

In addition, Morana, who followed Erica under the pseudonym Alea, watched with interest as the two people in front of them bickered in an unfamiliar language. At the same time, she also quietly observed the conversation between the two.

Trying to learn some of this strange language from it. After all, the difference between Annuo and English is not completely related. However, after observing during this period, Morana did not grasp the key to this language.

Inexplicably, I noticed the transitional intimacy between the two.

Another point is that she is interested in these weird props on Erica, such as those little things that emit light, and even have a bunch of incomprehensible numbers and words on them, etc.

And the most important thing is the map in the hand of Diana, an elf. Although they don't mind leaning over to look at it, they don't have any information about this magical map that can zoom in and out with detailed landforms and light spot markings.

Ken revealed more, so Morana could only worry silently in her heart. Although Morana also thought about stealing a few props from Erica and go back to study, she regretfully found that Erica

This easy-going guy is very alert. Although she seems to be very polite to herself, she is also very defensive about herself. This makes Morana feel a little unhappy, even after discovering that Ellie

The relationship between Ka and the elf felt like it was even more inflamed.

Despite all kinds of helplessness, in order to obtain more information and opportunities, Morana still pretended to be "Alea" with a somewhat cynical character and followed Erica and the two of them as they continued to move forward in this underground channel.

Speaking of this ditch, in fact, Morana has been a little uneasy since she followed them in, especially because there is always a lingering haze of danger in her heart, and the deeper she goes, the worse this feeling becomes.

It is strong. Morana can be regarded as a seasoned assassin who has experienced some ups and downs, so after entering here, she put most of her energy into the ability to guard the surroundings, and has been quietly using the power of shadow to penetrate the surroundings in the dark.

of land to conduct range reconnaissance.

Although this ability allows her to maintain environmental awareness close to more than ten meters, it will also seriously hinder her close reaction ability. In other words, if any danger suddenly appears next to her at this moment, then Morana will

He will definitely have a slow defensive reaction like an ordinary person.

Just like now, although Morana saw Erica and the two in front of her standing still, her body was not able to stop in time, so the result was that she hit the person who had just turned around with her face.

In Erica's arms.

Erica reacted quickly and caught Morana who bumped into her, but the movements between the two were clearly seen in Diana's eyes. After all, the hug-like posture was really ambiguous, so

Diana knew it was an accident but was still very unhappy.

"Are you distracted?" Erica helped Morana, who was really ashamed and blushing, to stand up and warned: "Be careful, there are dangers everywhere here."

Although Morana is blushing now, fortunately it is pitch dark here, and Erica and Erica are both wearing night vision devices so they cannot see her face clearly. But Morana herself did not know about this earlier.

It seems that the strange props worn on the faces of the two people can see everything clearly in the dark, so Morana, feeling that she was at a disadvantage, stood up angrily and kept a wary distance from Erica.

Erica tried to reach out to touch Morana, but she quickly stepped away. For a moment, Morana subconsciously thought that she was exposed, but because of the mask on Erica's face,

The night vision goggles and mask prevented Morana from seeing her expression, so Morana did not dare to speculate randomly, so she could only rely on instinct to make a tone of being "taken advantage of" and cover her chest and joked: "I

Should I charge you a fee?"

Erica was suddenly stunned because of these words, and just stayed on the spot staring at Morana motionlessly. At the same time, Morana also heard the sudden heavy footsteps of Diana not far away.

Walking in this kind of water with the water level up to the knees will make a lot of noise, and the force on Diana's leg just now was obviously much heavier than usual. From this, Morana could infer that the elf was angry.

Although she felt a sense of pleasure like "revenge", in order to continue to mix with them safely, Morana restrained herself and did not continue teasing, but obediently came to Erica and asked

:"What's up?"

Erica let out a subtle sigh from behind the mask, and then suddenly asked righteously: "Alea, it's very dangerous ahead, are you sure you want to follow?"

Only then did Morana realize that the three of them were now at a fork in the road. There was an excavated entrance on the wall of this wide water channel and a strange smell was emitted from it. Mo

Lana subconsciously pulled the gas mask that Erica lent her to cover her mouth, and then quietly penetrated it with her shadow power.

Perhaps in broad daylight, Erica, who is very alert, would easily find some smoke-like shadows on the walls on both sides slowly seeping into the entrance of the cave, but this is a dark underground, and above the head here

There was no light source created by the wellhead, so neither Erica nor Diana, an elf, noticed the silent movement of shadows on the wall.

In just a few seconds, Morana came into contact with some fragments inside through the shadow, and at the same time, she was frightened by the incomprehensible things inside and took two steps back.

"Are you okay?" Erica looked at Morana who was a little unsteady and subconsciously planned to go up to help her, but she suddenly stopped midway, and then let out a helpless laugh from the mask and said: "I used the same move.

You won’t be fooled twice.”

It seemed that Erica had misunderstood something, but it also coincided with Morana's desire to mislead, so she forced a smile back and said: "Hey, what a failure, I thought I could give you more excuses.

In this way, I can legitimately extort some compensation from you."

"Well... this is not funny." Erica sighed and then asked righteously: "Then what's your answer?"

"Follow me, where do you think I can go now?" Morana said decisively: "But I don't know why you are going in, but I feel there is some terrible smell inside, so for safety reasons

, I think you should reveal some information to me..."

Although Erica said nothing, Morana clearly felt the hostility coming from the elf behind her halfway through her words. Morana was slightly wary, and then suddenly there was another sound coming from above her head.

It looked very rumbling, and everyone subconsciously stepped aside to see a large amount of dust and gravel falling from their heads. Then Morana took the opportunity to say: "I know this is a bit difficult, but I will swear to the gods with my professionalism.

I will not spread the information here. So...please ask your companions to stop exuding such strong hostility towards me. It feels really uncomfortable."

Looking at Morana who was swearing seriously, Erica smiled helplessly again. She did not feel the so-called hostility on Diana's body, but she knew that Diana had just pointed the muzzle of the P90 RT in her hand at

Quasi-Morana Erica knew that "Alaya" was very skilled, but she didn't think that "Alaya" could fire more SS90 bullets with a muzzle velocity of 850 m/s, and it was still in this kind of

Narrow spaces and distances less than 5 meters.

"This is not a secret, at least we don't intend to keep it secret..." Erica moved slightly, blocking Diana's gun with her body and said: "We don't know exactly what's inside.

But I can tell you clearly that the things inside involve a cult organization that worships evil things, so no matter what the things inside are, it is of great significance to this city, this world and our race.

It is a very threatening existence. Can you understand it?"

Morana didn't expect that the other party would talk about such a serious topic. After all, this city was nothing to her, but to the world and the humans living in it, it made her fall into an invisible...

under pressure.

Erica was somewhat aware of "Alea's" reaction, which was actually quite normal.

After all, in Erica's view, the civilization of this world is very chaotic, so there is no such thing as patriotism, race, or nationalism. If you look at the history of the Principality of Michael before, you can know that in the past, the principality and the Solo next door did not exist.

The battles between the Kingdoms of Lys were so bloody and cruel, with massacres of cities and towns happening from time to time. And if the main battlefields were not on the side of the principality, I am afraid that this kind of thing would also happen in the Kingdom of Solis.

When a city is destroyed, people from the outer city, other countries, and people without borders like "Alea" will at most treat it as a conversation piece in the tavern. People will not care about these existences that have "nothing to do" with them.

. Or for another example, let’s take Ronan Castle overhead. The refugees in the Thorn Flower Castle are also an example of Erica’s helplessness. The refugees in the castle are not like this in the face of this catastrophe.

Outsiders like Alea seem so insensitive. Although they also have panic, the panic is for "their home was destroyed by a monster, so they are homeless." or "their relatives were killed by the monster, so we are very worried."

"Sadness." and other factors.

There is nothing wrong with this idea, but what makes Erica feel helpless is that no one among them, at least Erica did not find anyone worried about whether this disaster will affect other cities or the entire county or even the entire Mi.

The Duchy of Haier. Perhaps in their eyes, the so-called cities, the so-called counties or the so-called principalities are existences that are insignificant to them. If they are gone, they will be gone. As long as their home or family members are still there, it is enough. So by the way

As this thought continues, what does the life and death of the people in the next city have to do with me? The survival of the earldom has nothing to do with me. I don't care at all whether the principality exists...

After all, it is very in line with this era for people to have this kind of thinking, but after all Erica is a person from a different era or even a different world. Even if Erica thinks that she is a wanderer without a sense of belonging to the country, when the problem arises

When it rises to the level of a race or a world, she will still contribute her strength without hesitation.

Erica likes this world and the humans in this world. Of course, there are some individual existences that irritate her, but this does not mean that she will generalize. Although she still does not fully regard herself as

She is a part of this world, but this does not mean that she will let go of any threats that threaten and destroy this beautiful world.
To be continued...