[ Easily Soluble in Water ] After recalling for a moment, he said:
"It should be me."
Are you sure this mark wasn't there at the time?
"Definitely not, it's too obvious, I'm not blind."
"Do you remember when you marked it?"
It must have been three or four days ago.
"Three or four days ago... which means that in the last three or four days, the people of the Eternal Domain have been on the same path as us and have explored areas we have never explored before..."
[ Elderly and Children Fly First ] he murmured to himself, then the three team leaders all widened their eyes in unison:
"Not good!"
An ominous premonition arose in their hearts, a feeling they had recently experienced. "Working for nothing."
The disappointment of missing out on Antos still lingered in everyone's hearts, and the feeling of being mocked in good-natured ways wouldn't go away.
How long has it been? Is it going to repeat itself again?
No, absolutely not!
[ The Retreat Drum Player ] decisively shouted:
"Attention everyone, prepare to increase your pace. Just mark the unimportant passages around you; we won't look at the details now."
The phrase "[ Elderly and Children Fly First ]" is even more straightforward:
"Those headhunters from the Eternal Domain are here again! Everyone run, or we won't even get a hot meal!"
The players realized the seriousness of the situation; whether for the sake of face or for the sake of substance, they had to take it seriously this time.
"Charge! Charge! Charge!"
We must not let those guys succeed!
" Adelaide can only be ours! Ours!"
The sounds of wailing and howling echoed between the rock walls. At the front of the group, the Elderly and Children Fly First was addressed to [ Howling Pothos ].
"Brother, do you think it's possible we'll miss out again this time?"
Clearly, although they were just hurling insults, deep down they were also a little hesitant about the " Elderly and Children Fly First " policy.
"Possibly."
[ Howling Pothos ] answered truthfully:
"However, it's highly unlikely."
"Hmm? What do you mean by that?"
I was surprised by his unwavering determination to Elderly and Children Fly First.
[ Howling Pothos ] pondered and said:
"Based on our previous deductions and the scenario described by Silvis, we know that if the expeditionary force of the Eternal Domain wants to take the Grand Duke away, they must first unseal and then reseal it."
"And the moment the seal is lifted, all the Blood Corpse in the underground city will enter a collective riot mode. Do you remember those corpses under the bridge around the Jiangxinzhou City Lord's Mansion?"
[ The Retreat Drum Player ] nodded:
"I understand what you mean. The second mass riot hasn't happened yet, so Adelaide is most likely still undiscovered."
"It's also possible they've been discovered, but the expedition hasn't arrived yet."
"I understand. As long as Adelaide hasn't left Klaf City, we still have a chance."
The [ Retreat Drum Player ]'s expression darkened slightly:
"If those guys from the Eternal Domain don't give in, then we'll..."
He made a throat-slitting gesture, as if some mafia boss were issuing a kill order.
Is this okay?
[ Elderly and Children Fly First ] But at this moment, I feel a little embarrassed:
"After all, they are allies on the side of order."
"Who are their allies?"
[ The Retreat Drum Player ] hummed:
" The Graycast Corridor at least knows to establish two trade routes as a token gesture. Xilǐ'er has been gone for so long, look at how the Eternal Domain has reacted to our Second Holy See!"
"That's true, but since the two sides haven't completely broken ties, it's best not to go all out unless absolutely necessary. After all, we and Silvis are comrades-in-arms."
" Xilǐ'er and Silvis are good people, but that doesn't mean the Eternal Domain is good."
[ The Retreat Drum Player ] said:
"Haven't you guys been checking the forum lately? There are a few speculations about the identities of the Twin Kings."
"Unless the Twin Kings are actually members of a human hero team from hundreds of years ago, or those two Short-Eared Elf seal masters corrupted by memes, their other identities are certainly not good."
He said irritably:
"Why bother with game ethics when you're playing professionally? Unless Xilǐ'er is leading the team himself, I'll take down every single kill-stealer from Eternal Domain I see."
[ Howling Pothos ] and [ Elderly and Children Fly First ] didn't say much. Although they wouldn't say it so bluntly, they actually had similar thoughts.
No matter how realistic a game is, it's still just a game. Antos wasn't caught because he had already vanished without a trace.
If Adelaide were taken away in front of them, given their temperaments, they might fight to the last moment and then commit suicide.
The paths in the underground city are rugged and bumpy, but overall the terrain is steadily declining.
The group's target location, [ Rotting Corpse Dark Lake ], is located on the fourth floor of the Kraf Underground City. In terms of vertical height, it is almost directly below the rock layer beneath the Jiangxinzhou City Lord's Mansion.
As a highly realistic game, the dungeons in the World of Disorder are not like some games where each level is almost a complete small world.
Here, the two levels are connected by countless caves and paths, and the boundaries between them are not so clear.
If we define the height at which we first entered Klaf City as the first level, the place where we fought alongside Silvis as the second level, and the place where Antos was sealed as the third level, then the [ Rotting Corpse Dark Lake ] that the group is now heading to is located on the fourth level.
The river on the third level had completely dried up, while the [ Rotting Corpse Dark Lake ] on the fourth level still contained a large amount of liquid when they first encountered it.
It was an underground space tens of meters high and almost boundless in the horizontal direction. Even with night vision enabled, all you could see was emptiness.
It wasn't because the night vision had failed, but simply because the space was so vast that even with ample light, the end was completely invisible.
At the very bottom of this space, there was an unknown liquid that was knee-deep.
The liquid could hardly be called water, but the sheer volume of it still caused the massive number of Blood Corpse inside to make a "splashing" sound as they jumped around.
Although it sounds a bit viscous compared to normal ocean waves, that doesn't stop players from calling this place a "lake".
As for the number of Blood Corpse, the group, who had never seen so Blood Corpse before, dared not use the simple unit "ten thousand" to describe it.
After the three presented their viewpoints, [ Howling Pothos ]'s "resurrection pause theory" gained the support of the remaining two.
Although it's unclear why Adelaide no longer summons Blood Corpse, judging from their numbers, the Blood Corpse on the entire fourth level probably make up more than half of the Klaf City and its surrounding area.
With various thoughts in mind, the well-trained and prepared players ran wildly through the crisscrossing caves for several hours before finally arriving at the entrance of a slightly smooth cave.
After passing through this slide-like cave, they will reach the [ Rotting Corpse Dark Lake ].