"Install."
The surrounding team members immediately took action. While trying to keep the weight distribution of the platform stable, they walked to the edge of the rock wall, squatted down, and removed thick and strong wooden stakes from the bottom of the platform like magic.
Then he expertly embedded the wooden stakes into the row of round holes, making them fit perfectly and securely.
After doing this, they stepped back and asked Julian:
"Sir, please continue."
"Please, Holy 'Pure White Gate', grant us the Gu Dance of the Heart..."
Julian recited his prayer once more and cast another spell with quickness and precision.
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Chapter 456 Return to the Abyss (Part )
"brush--"
This time, a hazy and ambiguous pink light lit up from the bottom of the platform, forming a wonderful invisible force that steadily lifted up the platform and all the people on it, and slowly "placed" them on the row of wooden stakes that were embedded in the rock wall and exposed a large section.
The bottom of the platform is pre-set with a snap-on design of just the right shape, which fits perfectly with the row of wooden stakes, making it extremely secure.
When the pink light went out, everyone rushed to the four corners of the platform and loosened the ropes tied to them to pull the platform.
Thanks to the support of the row of wooden piles deeply embedded in the stone wall, the platform did not fall down after losing the ropes. Instead, it became much more stable and would not shake even if people jumped on it.
Finally, Julian performed a third spell:
"Please, Holy 'Pure White Gate', grant us enlightenment..."
A purple light emerged from his hand, then it shot straight up with a whoosh and disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant.
Seeing this, Hill could easily understand their plan.
"So, Lord Julian wants to explore this point by point..."
After waiting there for nearly forty minutes, everyone felt a little chilly due to the temperature in the abyss, and then a "creaking" sound slowly came from above their heads.
They were familiar with the sound, the friction of a wooden platform being rappelled.
Hill raised his head and waited for a few minutes, then saw a large wooden board with a notch chiseled at the bottom slowly lowered, with a familiar object fixed on it.
A tripod for rappelling, with a large roll of rope next to it.
In addition, there were two sturdy soldiers standing on it, greeting the team members with a slightly shy smile.
The new platform descended to a height similar to the platform where everyone was standing and just stopped.
Julian inspected the new platform and after confirming that it was docked stably, he ordered the team to board it, while the two new strong men ran to the old platform.
What followed was exactly what Hill had expected:
The team members removed the tripod on the new platform, moved it to the original platform fixed on the stone wall, and tied the ropes on the tripod to the four corners of the new platform.
After doing all this, the two strong men on the old platform struggled to turn the joystick on the top of the tripod, allowing the eleven people of Team No. 3 to descend again.
And so it goes on and on:
Whenever the rope to the upper platform was exhausted, Julian would use "Unyielding Casting" to drill holes in the rock wall, use "Dance of the Heart" to control the platform under his feet to embed wooden stakes, and use "Clear and Clear" to notify the upper level and the ground to continue transporting new materials and personnel downwards.
Platforms were fixed on the nearly vertical rock walls to form "transit stations", and the members of Team 3 continued to go deeper into the cave and head towards the bottom of the abyss in the process.
Hill looked at the faces of the people around him, which were red from the light of the torches. The original uneasiness, fear and restlessness no longer existed on their faces, but were gradually replaced by calmness and composure.
This is the adaptability that the people of the Last Kingdom have cultivated over two hundred years. It is terrifying and powerful.
There was only wealth under the abyss, and no danger. He had personally proved this. As long as he carried out the plan step by step at the current pace, there would be no accidents... Hill knew this very well.
Everything is moving in a positive direction...at least it's not going to get worse, right?
The light of the torch is flickering.
As the depth continued to increase, the temperature of the surrounding environment dropped at an extremely slow rate. After several hours of accumulation... Hill couldn't help but shiver.
Although she is a mage, her physical fitness is indeed not as good as those warriors around her who have excellent physiques and have received years of professional training.
With the chill so deep in her spine, she couldn't help but drag her feet towards the torch, letting the heat from the flames dispel the chill in her body.
"Huh... If I had known it was so cold, I should have put on more clothes. I only put on a leather jacket this time. What a bad decision... Huh?"
Feeling the heat from the fire splashing on his skin, Hill suddenly realized something was wrong: the last time he fell to the bottom, it didn’t seem that cold?
Could it be that because last time he activated the degraded version of “Flame Escape” for a long time in order to avoid falling to his death, causing the temperature around his body to be in a relatively warm range?
Or……
"call……"
A gust of cold wind suddenly blew into her collar, causing her to instantly pull her neck into her shoulders.
“No… No!”
Where does the wind come from?!
Whether it was the last time I fell into the abyss, or the rope descent a few hours before, the darkness around me had always been silent and lifeless. Not only was there no sound, but the air was so calm that it was almost frozen!
Why did the darkness, which had always been like a stagnant pool of water, suddenly have wind?!
An ominous premonition suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart. Unlike the chill of the cold wind that rose from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, all the hairs on Hill's body suddenly stood up at this moment!
Something is wrong! It is definitely wrong!! There must be a big problem!!!
Almost instinctively, alarm bells rang wildly in her mind, as if a little person was lying next to her ear and yelling at her, warning her that she must take some countermeasures, otherwise unpredictable consequences would inevitably occur!
"The Dawn of Flame, Clear Vision!"
She didn't care that she was surrounded by teammates. She activated the night vision spell without hesitation. Her orange eyes suddenly lit up like a candle, and her originally dark vision immediately became bright.
The rough vertical rock wall remains unchanged.
There is nothing weird...
As if everything was normal.
"Still, there is nothing..."
Just when Hill breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he was just being too sensitive...
"call out--"
The ominous sound of the wind brushed past her neck again, like a whining weed, driving her mad.
Hill's expression froze and he raised his head subconsciously.
"!!!"
At that moment, shock and fear exploded in her mind like a bomb, freezing the young girl to the ground.
demon.
If she had to use one word to describe what she saw at the moment, it would be this.
Monsters with skin as smooth and slippery as whales were circling silently in groups above the platform.
Their appearance and size are generally maddeningly similar to humans, with long, disgusting necks, hideous claws, and skinny legs.
The huge wings, shaped like bat flesh, flapped silently; a pair of pitch-black horns bent inward, sharp and deformed; a long tail with barbs on the tip, swinging back and forth meaninglessly.
Where the face should have been, there was only a blank space, which caused fear to the witnesses. There were no facial features and no expression.
The cold breeze that blew from time to time was the airflow generated when these demons flapped their flesh wings.
What the hell are these?
Have they always lived in this deep cave?
Why didn’t I see it last time?
How long have they been following us?
What do they want to do?
Thousands of questions popped up like bubbles in Hill's almost frozen mind.
However, she knew that now was not the time to dwell on these issues, because...
When she looked up and saw this group of strange demons, these unclean monsters...
They all turned their heads.
The blank faces without any facial features gave Hill a horrifying feeling as if they were staring at him.
Chapter 457: Pretend Nothing Happened
At that moment, Hill felt like all the blood in his body froze.
But she was not frightened to the point of standing there unable to move. Instead, she made a prompt decision and immediately moved her gaze away, casually glancing up and around.
He tried his best to keep a calm and natural expression, pretending that he saw nothing and was just moving his neck casually out of boredom.
The group of flying demons, whose number was difficult to count, seemed to be deceived by the performance.
After Hill withdrew his gaze and showed no fear or panic, their faceless and deformed heads no longer looked directly at the platform, but continued to fly around above in a distracting manner.
They seemed to be aimless and did not attack the team on the platform, but no matter how the platform descended, they still hovered above it at a relatively fixed distance.
The crisis was temporarily covered up, and Hill, whose heart was pounding, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Not good, not good, not good, not good...
Feeling the cold wind that blew from time to time, her scalp went numb. After standing there thinking for a few seconds, she pretended to move her feet unintentionally and moved closer to Julian.
When she was only one step away from him, she said in a deep voice without hesitation:
"Sir, there is a situation up there."
The volume was deliberately lowered, almost like a soliloquy, but with the ability of the Grand Elder of the Ultimate Vatican, he would definitely be able to hear it.
At this point, she no longer cared about hiding her strength. This group of slippery flying demons had unknown purposes. If they attacked everyone directly with malicious intent, the team would probably be caught off guard and suffer casualties!
If his compatriots faced tragedy because of his own selfishness, even if Hill survived... he would feel guilty for the rest of his life!
Julian really heard her words. He frowned slightly and slowly raised his head. A barely perceptible orange light flashed in his dark eyes:
"...grant us the insight of the lamp..."
At that moment, Hill clearly saw... the pupils of this powerful elder shrank violently for a moment.
Then, like Hill just now, he withdrew his gaze as if nothing had happened, with the frosty coldness on his face unchanged.
Hill nervously watched his reaction out of the corner of his eye, and kept thinking in his mind what he should do if the great elder gave the order for everyone to launch a counterattack.
Should he continue to pretend to be a "temporary team consultant" with no combat power and stay in the center of the team to be protected by everyone, or should he risk his own secret being completely exposed and use the spell with little attack power to help his comrades?
After all, after noticing the strangeness above his head, he could still use an excuse like "I didn't feel any wind in the abyss last time when I came down, but this time there were always gusts of cold wind, and I felt something was not right, so I reminded the great elder."
If I were to cast a spell in front of so many people... there would be no way this would work!
The True Creator did say that He Himself does not mind revealing His existence to the people of the Last Kingdom.
But He also specifically warned that once His name became well-known in the Last Kingdom... there would be hidden risks.
So far, neither Great Elder Julian nor the other members of the team are aware that they have mastered alternative supernatural powers.
This means that Lady Otilia hasn't told anyone that she is a superhuman yet...
Considering the reminder given to me by the "True Creator" before, it would be better not to let more people know the truth before I meet Ottilia again and both sides have discussed all the risks and hidden dangers of the whole matter.
Even Julian, the leader of the Last Kingdom and the Grand Elder of the Church of Redemption.
"...Be careful, there is an unknown creature following you from above. We don't know if it has any malicious intent. Pretend you didn't notice it and continue diving."
A sinister voice suddenly sounded in her mind, interrupting her thoughts.
The next second, a phantom-like picture unfolded in the mind, depicting the appearance of those strange and terrifying flying monsters.
The scene only lasted a few seconds before disappearing. Hill was slightly stunned, and saw that the other team members around him also showed more or less surprised and astonished expressions, but none of them looked up.
She realized that this was a "group" message, an order from Julian to everyone in the team!
"Instead of letting everyone attack directly, they kept things as they were... Well, it is indeed a wiser choice not to actively clash with these strange creatures."
