Chapter 4542: (*??╰╯`?)? The plan began
In the end, no matter how much Annie thought about it, she could not come up with any reliable way to travel through this world of underground caves and tunnels besides casting Fly directly, suspending the two of them in midair and floating them forward.
Still, that method actually worked pretty well—and pretty fast!
Granted, flying at low altitude, especially under the control of a certain troublesome little girl, was an incredibly hair-raising experience. It was like riding a roller coaster through the tunnels, and they often seemed moments away from crashing into rock walls, sharp stalactites, or solid boulders.
But fortunately!
Annie's "driving" and "flying" skills were both top-notch. So, apart from scaring that idiot Lania into screaming and passing out several times, while increasing their traveling speed dozens of times over, no actual accidents occurred.
Thus, a couple of hours into their underground roller-coaster ride of high-speed flying, Annie finally discovered a gathering place for underground monsters and just barely managed to stop with Lania in tow.
It was an enormous cavern, possibly several kilometers across, with a towering "sky" overhead. It resembled a vast canyon, and beside an underground river running through it, there seemed to be a monster settlement.
Although it probably was not one of Nighon's Dungeon cities, nor the main target of their journey, the place was at least as large as a sizable human town.
Once they drew closer, they could clearly see plenty of Troglodytes, a few Evil Eyes and Tauren, and other monster inhabitants of the underground world. Just those within sight numbered in the hundreds, perhaps even a thousand. Whether there were more inside the caves, they had no way of knowing yet.
"!!"
Seeing so many monsters, the attendant knight Lania immediately grabbed