"Watch your step!"
At the top of the cliff, Erik missed his footing. Fortunately, Rhode noticed in time and grabbed him, preventing him from plunging into the bottomless Abyss.
"Whew! That scared the life out of me!"
After steadying himself again, Erik's heart pounded wildly. If he had fallen, he would probably have been turned into Erik paste.
Probably only Rhode and Serie, who knew Levitation Magic, could ensure their own safety.
"By the way, don't we have any other route to choose from?"
After calming down, Erik spoke. Their group was currently within the Dwarven Kingdom ruins.
"Of course we do, but those paths are guarded by Monsters. This way is safer."
To keep Erik from falling again, Rhode summoned several vines and tossed one of them to him.
"Tie this around yourself."
"Is it long enough?" Erik muttered.
Rhode controlled the vine, and in the blink of an eye, it grew several dozen meters longer.
Then Rhode simply stared at Erik without saying a word.
Come on, these were vines created with magic. They could be as long as he wanted, and they were ridiculously sturdy—better than a safety rope.
With an embarrassed chuckle, Erik tied the vine around his waist.
"You two should tie yourselves up too."
"Do you have enough mana?" Norn hesitated.
To guard against the Monsters in this area, everyone was trying to conserve as much mana as possible. Otherwise, they would not have gone through so much trouble to climb this cliff.
"It's fine."
Since Rhode had said so, Norn and Som stopped hesitating and tied vines around their waists as well.
This eased the unease in their hearts somewhat.
"I'll go over and scout the way. Wait for the signal."
Rhode exchanged a glance with Serie, then leaped off the cliff and