Chapter 3298 The Trial of the Great Fool (One Hundred and One)
Ten minutes later, Elaine and his party stood at the entrance of the Atlantis Underground City.
"Finally, finally..." He sighed in a low voice.
He had almost died thousands of times in this underground city, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not reach its core. On the verge of death, he was cleared out of the underground city like garbage and abandoned on the surface. It took a long time for his injuries to heal.
, and then challenged that dungeon without any plan like a fool.
The underground city is like a feline beast, constantly playing with its food, biting Elaine to pieces every time, but not completely ending his life. Every time it pushes Elaine into the abyss of despair, leaving Elaine in despair.
It made him suffer, made him tangled, made him despair, and made him lose his self-confidence.
After failing thousands of times, he finally escaped. Not only because he ran out of ammunition and food, but also because he knew clearly that at that time, he was not strong enough and was far from qualified to challenge Atlantis.
After escaping, he instead participated in the Round Table Trial held by Great Britain, trying to make a wish by becoming a Knight of the Round Table, hoping that the Knights of the Round Table could help him conquer this terrible dungeon.
But it turned out that that way was not feasible. King Arthur had no intention of helping him. Even if he could forcefully become a Knight of the Round Table, there was not enough time. By the time the day came for him to be awarded the title of Knight of the Round Table, Atlantis had already sunk.
Into the bottom of the sea.
As a result, he ran away again from the Round Table Trial. Before leaving, he even had a quarrel with King Arthur, scolding him as a hypocrite. Now even if he goes back and asks for forgiveness, he probably won't be forgiven.
And Elaine has never regretted scolding King Arthur. The King of Knights really deserves to be scolded.
Then he went on the road alone and came to this place again. Well, he was not alone. At least he was followed by Queeg's leopard. He also met many people along the way, and finally it was this lineup.
However, among the four people present, two cannot fight. Bailey is just a child and naturally has no fighting ability. In order to protect Bailey throughout the whole process, Queeg cannot help fight. As a result, the only ones who can fight are Elaine and
Edmund. Fortunately, Edmund is a powerful helper and should make Elaine's journey much easier.
"Here, let me explain before going in." Elaine took a deep breath, "Mystery, in addition to various monsters and golems, there are countless murder traps in the maze. But, don't rush too far, be careful every step you take."
"If you touch and trigger a trap, don't try to resist. Prioritize how to dodge. No, otherwise no matter how many lives you have, you won't be able to die."
"I understand, Your Highness the Prince." The Blood Lion nodded and said, "I will follow His Highness cautiously and will not hold you back."
"Wouldn't the monsters that haunt the maze accidentally step on the trap and die?" Bailey behind Elaine suddenly asked.
"Well... most of the traps are biologically induced. They are only triggered by intruders." Elaine replied.
In other words, the monsters in the maze will not trigger traps...at least, most of the traps. For the sake of rationality, this should be the case. Otherwise, the monsters patrolling the maze will step on the traps and die.
If you destroy the trap set there, it won't be worth the loss.
"Then if I get the blood samples of those monsters and turn into their appearance..." Edmund asked on a whim: "Does that mean I can walk freely through the maze?"
Elaine was stunned for a moment. He really had never thought of such a thing.
"Yes, it should be possible. But we still can't take it lightly." He replied.
Is this a vulnerability?
However, Edmund is probably the only one in the world who can use this transformation technique. Perhaps even the designers of Atlantis have never thought that there are people in the world who have such unimaginable abilities.
This is a vulnerability. A system vulnerability that only Edmund can exploit.
Of course, all this is not absolute. There are certain areas in Atlantis that are forbidden to all creatures. Even its own monsters will be killed by traps without explanation if they break in.
There are also some areas that are high-level areas, and low-level monsters will be killed if they enter. Elaine has seen before that the monster chasing him accidentally entered the high-level area with him, and then the monster stepped on the trap and died.
Of course, which monsters are low-level monsters and which areas are high-level areas are all determined by the system. Only the system responsible for managing and operating this Atlantis can determine the level. Outsiders like Elaine and others have no way of guessing.
Just groping forward based on luck.
If Edmund relies too much on his transformation ability, he will get himself into trouble.
Elaine whispered all her worries into the Blood Lion's ear. Edmund nodded convincingly: "I understand. I will really pay attention."
(You shouldn’t be too verbose and might be annoying to him, right?)
A drop of sweat broke out on Elaine's forehead.
But Edmund smiled, and it didn't look like he was disgusted at all.
(I have no idea what he is thinking.)
More sweat broke out on Elaine's forehead.
It's really scary to deal with people. If it was an innocent child like Bailey, or an idiot with no ideas like Queeg, Elaine wouldn't feel pressured. It's hard to say for others.
But Edmund doesn't seem like the kind of person who is duplicitous. Elaine may indeed be able to get along with the blood lion Edmund with peace of mind...
Elaine stole a glance at Edmund.
As a lion-man, the blood lion Edmund is much more handsome than Elaine, even more handsome than Leo. This is what a lion should look like, a bold and handsome big lion. Edmund, who has the ability to transform, also has quite unique abilities.
Common fighting power.
...Maybe you can rely on this big cat a little more.
"Huh? Is there something dirty stuck on my face?" Edmund noticed Elaine peeking at him.
"No, no, don't worry." Elaine replied with a blush and looked away.
We’ll talk about Edmund later.
Elaine boldly took a step forward and entered the Underground City of Atlantis.
The first step he took into the dungeon, he felt a suffocating breath of death gripping it. The dungeon of Atlantis is such a terrifying existence, and countless challengers have died there since ancient times.
Here it is.
The Warrior Tomb of Great Britain was set up for the purpose of selecting people. It was only for people to enter and undergo trials. Although the design of the traps was crazy, it still made sense.
But Atlantis is completely different. Its dungeons are set up to protect something, and all the traps are set up to kill intruders. Some are even completely unreasonable, just killing for the sake of killing, and even giving
The invaders are not willing to test.
Through a short section of cold steel passage, this cold and cruel underground city is completely revealed to everyone, but its first underground floor is a huge space.
"This is... a sea?" Bailey asked curiously: "Is there another sea in the lower level of Atlantis?"
It is not accurate to say that it is the sea. In this huge space with no end in sight, there are bottomless waters on the floor and ceiling. There is an alloy floor above the water surface on the floor and ceiling to pass through. Each one is ten feet square.
Bricks are paved into intricate paths.
No one knows what is going on with the water on the ceiling. That part of the water seems to be affected by anti-gravity and floats completely to the ceiling. It looks like an inverted sea level. The floor and ceiling are huge
Between the waters is a space at least thirty feet high. There is air in this space. But this space is also abnormal, because there are countless waterfalls falling from the sky, and there are also as many waterfalls rising from the ground to the ceiling.
superior.
The gravity in this area is extremely abnormal. The split gravity separates the water on the floor and the ceiling. But in some unstable areas, the wrong gravity will pull the water in the sky downward, or pull the water on the ground down.
The water pulls upward.
You can even vaguely see schools of fish in the waterfall, but the fish swimming inside are definitely not good things, most of them are vicious piranhas.
"Little one, be careful." Elaine took out the Mercy Sword Mistedin and turned it into a large wooden shield: "Eat, the piranhas will jump out of the water, or they may use the waterfall to jump back and forth to attack us."
The scariest thing about this waterfall maze is the swarm of piranhas that live here. They can freely shuttle between the ground, the ceiling, and the upstream and downstream waterfalls to attack intruders, making it almost impossible to defend against.
Elaine remembered that he had been eaten by a piranha until only one head was left. Fortunately, the monsters were not interested in his head, so they bit off one of his eyes and ears and then dispersed. When he broke through the level, his first
The first time he was close to death was in this terrifying area. And he didn't know how long it took him to complete the regeneration of his body.
The school of piranhas should have been able to eat his head, but they didn't. It was as if they wanted to spare his life on purpose.
However, the idea of "deliberately saving one life" does not seem to be correct. For an ordinary person, it would be the same as death when there is only one head left. Only Elaine's special physique can survive from that kind of desperate situation.
Come down.
After "dying" once, Elaine then recklessly broke through several levels, and was naturally eaten several times. Near death, serious injuries, moderate injuries, minor injuries... until she found the trick to pass here.
Now that I think about it, the piranhas might have spared Elaine's life just to eat him a few more times. Elaine is a "leek" after all.
...Just recalling the severe pain that the piranha had eaten all over his body made the white lion man's scalp numb.
But similarly, as long as you know in advance that there will be piranhas, you will have countermeasures.
Elaine directly transformed into a white dragon. The scales on his body were hard enough that no mere piranha could bite him. Except for his eyes, which were the weak points, other parts of his body were immune to piranha attacks.
"I see, dragon scales?" Edmund also immediately transformed into the Snowdramon. The dragon's scales are no different from real dragon scales, and may even be harder.
"Come on my back," Edmund said to Queeg and Bailey.
"Hehe~" Bailey smiled and was picked up by Queeg. The leopard jumped up and landed on Edmund's back.
There should be no problem with these two people, right?
Elaine used fragments of the holy cloth in advance to wrap Bailey's whole body with something like a bandage for protection. The holy cloth was immune to all cuts and punctures, and also had good ability to absorb impacts. The piranha should not be able to bite it.
Bailey, who was covered in protection, moved.
Moreover, when necessary, Queeg will use [Void] to take Bailey with him to be immune to all attacks. There should be nothing to worry about...
"Let's go, let's go." Elaine said, walking into the waterfall maze.