"I won't hold you back! Even though I'm a low-level person, I have these, which are all magic ornaments of level three or above!"
Knowing that she was the weakest, Pekkala quickly spoke and raised her hand to indicate the rings on her right hand.
"All right."
After hearing the choices made by the two of them, Claire nodded lightly.
She had already reminded her where she needed to be reminded, and even if something happened next, it would not make her feel too uneasy.
She relit the brass lantern and let it float in front of her. Then she took out another identical lantern, lit it and handed it to Anvis.
"Use this lighting. In this corridor environment, the range lighting effect of candlelight may bring us hidden dangers."
"certainly."
Avis extinguished the light ball as usual, and added a dark vision to himself.
Afterwards, the team of three continued to move deeper.
Claire was still taking the lead. Since Pekkala was the weakest, Avis chose to walk behind, leaving her in a safer central position.
This very gentlemanly behavior earned the girl a grateful smile and made Claire look at him extra.
The dark corridor is very long, and often has twists and turns. The walls on both sides are made of a solid blue-gray rock, and the direction is slightly up and down.
The three of them explored forward very cautiously, but except for a blind snake that slipped in through a crack in the wall, there were no other traps or other objects in the corridor.
This proves something from the side: this corridor is probably some kind of emergency passage.
"Looking at the direction, this corridor seems to lead to the aristocratic area of the city."
As they walked forward, perhaps feeling that the atmosphere was a little quiet, Pekkala took the initiative to speak.
"Aristocratic area?"
Claire looked at her slightly surprised.
Noble? Underground tunnel?
It sounds so familiar, I always feel like I have heard many similar stories in the castle.
Pekkala's words aroused Avis's thoughts, and he almost instantly came up with a slightly bold speculation.
"I have a guess——"
Under the gaze of the two women, Anvis gently tapped the gray rock wall on the side of the corridor with his staff and slowly spoke.
"Perhaps this corridor was a passage used by a certain high elf noble to meet privately with other people in ancient times."
"In order to avoid certain factors, he had no choice but to secretly open up this winding tunnel."
"It's very possible!"
Pekkala nodded in agreement and continued what Anvis said.
"Perhaps, the other end of the secret passage leads to the residence of a young noble elf.
The handsome man met another beautiful and kind-hearted elf girl when he went out once.
But due to their different backgrounds, the elf youth's family forcibly separated them!
Unable to disobey the family's will, the helpless young man had no choice but to quietly open up this underground passage while the family was not paying attention.
Every night late at night, the star-crossed lovers would quietly meet each other through this tortuous passage. Just like their love that has withstood many twists and turns..."
As she said that, Pekkala couldn't help but hold her slightly red cheeks with both hands, her amethyst-like eyes revealed a hint of reverie, like an ordinary girl pregnant with spring.
...how many bloody love stories have you read by the authors of the Ittel Federation?
Anvis twitched the corner of his mouth. His original guess was:
Because the city has a defensive array with inscriptions prohibiting teleportation.
In order to have a tryst with his adopted mistress without being discovered by his wife, a certain elf noble in ancient times opened up this passage.
Although high elves practice strict monogamy, it is impossible for all individuals to abide by this rule.
After looking at Pekkala and then at Claire who was also in a daze, he finally wisely swallowed this opinion back.
At this time, the three people moving forward encountered the first obstacle on the road.
Due to terrain changes over the years, part of the corridor has collapsed and the road ahead has been blocked by earth and rocks.
""Control earth and stone"——"
Claire, who was walking in front, calmly raised her right hand, pointing her delicate white fingers toward the clogged earth and rocks.
Light yellow fluorescence emerged from her hands, and under the influence of magic, the earth and stones blocking the road separated to both sides like soft water, flowing slowly past the three of them.
After clearing the obstacles several times as usual, the three finally arrived at the other end of the corridor.
A dark metal gate blocked the way. After searching around the gate, the three of them could not find any inscription circuits or devices connected to the gate.
Obviously, the door's opening device should be at the other end.
Claire reached out and touched the surface of the gate. When her white fingers touched the cold metal, the magic attached to her fingertips felt a strange barrier that could not penetrate.
"This door seems to be made of a demon-weary alloy. I can't feel its thickness..."
Claire pursed her moist lips slightly and said hesitantly.
"Then what should we do? Sister Claire, I'm afraid it will be difficult for our attack to break through this door."
Hearing Claire's words, Pekkala was stunned, with a hint of embarrassment on her cute little face.
"If you are a senior student of the Construct School, you may be able to forcefully break open this door."
Claire thought for a moment, then turned her beautiful green eyes to Pekara and Anvis.
"You guys step back a little and I'll test its sturdiness."
The two of them took a few steps back as instructed, and the blond girl also stepped back outside the safe area. Then, she took out a conical alchemy flask from the small bag at her waist and threw it directly on the surface of the door.
With a crisp crackling sound, the highly corrosive dark green alchemical liquid splashed everywhere.
Most of it was poured on the surface of the door, and a small amount of liquid splashed onto the surrounding rock walls and ground, emitting bursts of thick smoke and a violent corrosion sound.
But after the liquid drained away, there was no change except that the color of the corroded area on the surface of the door became lighter.
Anvis even had a feeling that the parts corroded by the liquid were the original color of the metal of the door.
Looking at the nearly undamaged black metal gate, Claire's slender eyebrows couldn't help but frown.
"Metal corrosives are almost ineffective on it. It should be some kind of high-level evil-repelling alloy."
"Perhaps, we can try to use fossils as mud to dig through the surrounding walls to bypass this door."
As she spoke, the girl took out an earthy yellow crystal and held it in her hand, turning her head slightly to look at the two of them.
A faint light shines in her blue eyes, adding a touch of strange charm to her delicate face.
"Avis, Pekkala, come together! These blue-gray rocks are too strong, and my magic power is not enough to complete these-"
At this moment, she took off all covers and veils, completely revealing the style of the future legendary explorer!