Lin Mo quickly stood up and walked over to Miriam, who lay utterly still.
He soon found the reason.
The backpack Miriam had been carrying on her back had long since been shattered by the Great Axe's Slash. Its contents were scattered all over the ground, and the most eye-catching thing among them was that grayish-green treasure chest.
The red mark on the treasure chest was slowly disappearing. At the same time, a crack was rapidly spreading along the side of the chest.
Lin Mo seemed to have guessed the reason.
There might have been some kind of magical protection placed on this treasure chest by the builder of the Secret Realm. The Minotaur's axe blow just now had happened to strike the chest, and because of that magical protection, it had failed to destroy the chest outright.
And now, as the monster was eliminated and the magical protection disappeared, the treasure chest was destroyed along with it.
He looked at Miriam, who had collapsed on the ground. Her eyes were closed, her face deathly pale, and blood seeped from all seven orifices. Even the Leather Armor on her body had been dyed red, but her chest still seemed to be rising and falling ever so faintly.
This treasure chest she had been carrying had somehow, by sheer accident, saved her life!
Lin Mo wasted no more time. He quickly collected the scattered materials on the ground, then searched the secret chamber for a while and soon found the Bronze Treasure Chest that belonged to this room.
After taking all these things, he brought Miriam with him and stepped into the crack at the end of the room.
It felt much the same as when he had entered the Secret Realm. After a brief sense of emptiness came a dizzying