"Oh, why can't I avoid her?"
In the dark underground, Klein shook his head and sighed.
He originally planned to ignore Valeera for a few more days, and then he would "truly forgive" her after next Monday's "Tarot Session", using the identity of "The World" to resume contact with her.
He didn't expect that he would come to the underground near her home the next day, asking for "forgiveness" in advance, and even asking for help.
Alas, it’s all because that employer gave too much!
This morning, the new owner of No. 8 Williams Street came over and asked him to clean up the architectural remains behind the secret door in his basement, and was willing to pay him 50 pounds.
So, after giving the photos of the girl he caught to Ms. Mary, he came over in the afternoon.
After entering the hidden secret door in the basement alone, Klein was quickly dumbfounded——
In that underground space, there was a large group of snakes huddled together for the winter, forming an exaggerated snake nest more than ten meters long and wide!
Because he didn't want to look like an amateur in front of his employer, he tried using a "Sleep Charm" and explored a small area inside.
The gain is small.
In addition to confirming that he could not complete the exploration with the "Sleep Spell", he also confirmed that the age of this underground building belonged to the ancient Quaternary Period through the marks on the black stone bricks that looked like cutting with an axe.
The historical circles of various countries in the Northern Continent all agree that the Fourth Period is shrouded in thick fog, making it difficult for people to see its true appearance.
There are too many gaps and discrepancies in the records of various aspects of this period of history, and there are very few unearthed tombs, ancient cities and documents, making it impossible to form effective confirmation.
But that doesn't mean there's a complete void.
At least, there is a broad consensus on the architectural style of the Quaternary Age:
Whether it is the Solomon Empire, the Tudor Dynasty, or the Trunsoest Empire, they all have similar architectural styles, which are characterized by being contrary to common sense, messy and asymmetrical, and fond of black. The most representative one is the candlestick hanging from the ceiling. And the pattern marks on the black wall are like hacking.
Looking at the group of snakes moving around and approaching again, Klein took a few steps back with numbness in his scalp, hesitating whether to withdraw and prepare again.
At this time, he changed his mind and realized that he could not find any suitable helper after withdrawing.
Except Valeera.
And she would be "invisible", so if she wanted to come, he wouldn't have to leave at all.
This ruins is near her home. She used to like to discuss the history of the Fourth Age, so she probably wouldn't refuse... Thinking of this, Klein shook his head and sighed, and took out a small mirror from his jacket pocket.
…
Saturday, daytime, meant free time for Valeela.
Therefore, when Klein initiated the communication request, she had just finished enjoying afternoon tea and was playing with the dog in the bedroom.
It is now the end of September, more than two months have passed since Habib became the "Sleepless One". Under Valeela's supervision and education, it is almost qualified for promotion.
"...Okay, just wait for me for a while, I'll be right back."
After connecting in the bathroom and having a brief conversation, Valeera naturally chose to agree to Klein's request first.
She was also planning to take this opportunity to hand over Mr. Azik's messenger copper whistle.
After sending Habi out of the bedroom, Valeera disguised herself briefly and left from the balcony invisibly.
Crossing the street and lawn, entered the house at No. 8, came to the basement, made the workers temporarily distracted, entered the secret door, walked through the corridor... She soon came to the black double stone door at the end, and saw Ke The figure of Laien holding a lantern.
…
After ending the "mirror call", Klein waited a few minutes in boredom.
Sudden.
His "clown intuition" activated and he felt someone was attacking him. He quickly threw out the lantern in his hand and rolled away from the place.
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"Very smart, truly worthy of being a "clown".
"Tsk tsk tsk, you actually escaped my "assassination". "
Klein raised his head and saw Valeera's figure outlined in the air, with her right hand stretched out and her left hand grasping the lantern he had just thrown.
"I don't like this kind of joke."
Klein said, he stood up and looked at the large amount of dust on his body, and patted it with some distress.
"Here you go," Valeera smiled and held out the lantern, "I don't have any use for this."
Klein took the lantern, pushed open the black double stone door again, and asked:
"What are you going to do?"
"Have you ever heard of the Gorgon?" Valeera asked with a languid smile.
She walked step by step into the hall full of squirming snakes. Everywhere she passed, all the snakes moved away.
Klein's brows jumped at the sight.
This kind of Valeela seemed to have a bit of a snake-girl feel, which made him feel a little nervous.
After walking to the middle of the hall, Valeera poured spirituality into the "Disease" rune she carried with her, which affected the surrounding snakes to secrete corresponding pheromones in large quantities, quickly dispersing the dense group of snakes.
In fact, Valeela can also use a method similar to Sharon's as described in the original book, using the low temperature brought by the frost to disperse the snakes...but she does not master the wind control spell, so the dispersal effect can only be limited to her surroundings. a certain range.
In this way, they have to explore surrounded by snakes.
Knowing that the animals that Klein was most afraid of were snakes, Valeela chose a more thorough method of dispelling them.
Without the snakes blocking the way, Klein came to Valeera with a lantern and finally saw the overall layout of the hall clearly——
The style here is consistent with the corridor outside, mainly dark black stone slabs, with eight columns of the same color standing there.
Metal round poles hang from the high dome, and at the bottom are candlesticks carved into different creatures.
"It is indeed a building from the Fourth Age." Valeera spoke first and concluded.
"Let's count the number of candlesticks and confirm the specification level of this building."
Knowing that Valeela also understood the "common sense" of these insiders, Klein simply mentioned it without further explanation.
He raised his arms, raised the lantern high, and walked forward slowly, counting the candlesticks on both sides.
Valeela didn't object, but it was obvious that she wouldn't really count.
Her main attention was actually on her right wrist, where Mr. Azik's messenger whistle was tied there, which felt cool and soft to the touch.
The two of them walked forward for at least a hundred meters before they saw the platform half a meter above the ground in front of them, and then they saw the thick wall marking the end.
"There are 41 inverted candlesticks on the left and 40 on the right. This, this is a bit exaggerated. Which class does this place belong to?" Klein asked in surprise.
Valeela pointed to the two iron-black seats placed on the platform and said:
"There should be answers there."
With dark vision that was far beyond Klein's, she had already seen the two huge, ancient seats with a strong overlooking effect one step ahead.
Double praetorian seats.
"Strange, why are there two seats?" Klein asked after seeing it.
