Consciousness gradually awakened from the boundless darkness. The painful groan escaping from Chris's mouth was later blocked by the gushing blood. The hazy breath covering his hearing gradually became clear and first reached his ears. Among them were sharp sounds that pierced the air: "This... this is..."
"You are not out of danger yet, His Highness Prince Chris."
One of the sharp sounds then flashed past the side of his face, knocking away an arrow that was about to sink into his head. Chris, whose eyes were clear, hurriedly tried to get up, but the severe pain all over his body soon followed. An irresistible sense of powerlessness prevented him from taking the next step: "If you are unable to act now, please stay where you are and don't move around, otherwise——"
"This will have a certain impact on our security work."
Countless metal wires extended outwards in the dim light of the underground space, with splashes of blood cutting the dark tracks heading towards Chris into fragments all over the sky. They intertwined into a network not far behind, with fine straight lines. The reflected light also showed the huge hole that had just been penetrated there, and showed it to Chris' vision as he reluctantly turned around: "I...here is..."
"It seems you haven't fully understood the situation, Your Highness."
Several more shrill screams rang out, and the flying flesh and blood then formed a beautiful flower in front of Chris' eyes as he turned around with difficulty. The codeword Ninglan standing at the stamen of this bloody flower then put away its entanglements in various places. The metal thread in the direction and the daggers on his hands were dripping with a viscous red liquid that chilled the whole body as he turned around and stood upright: "You just fell from the central square."
The increasingly clear voice helped him condense the information about his situation. Prince Chris's lips and eyelids kept trembling up and down, and his movements to get up became more and more distorted due to the pain. In the end, he still Unable to support himself, he fell to the edge of a cliff made of rocks and hollows: "Square? By the way, I just... cough, cough, I, did I fall?"
"Because someone wants to do harm to you, His Royal Highness Prince Chris." Ningyu Ninglan, who was gradually approaching, replied in a low voice. The maid uniform that had been stained with countless bloodstains also frightened Chris so much that he subconsciously shrank back: "If it's just a simple assassination, Ninglan is still confident to ensure your safety, but if the other party uses a mass-destruction attack... Mr. and Miss Yushang have prepared it for you out of such considerations. Corresponding retreat."
"But there have been some changes in the plan." After saying this, she suddenly turned around and waved, sending the flying knife with a sound of piercing the air into the darkness behind her, where she heard another scream. It also suddenly fell when Chris subconsciously looked over there, and was interspersed with the last footsteps of the maid player approaching: "For some reason, the escape route that was originally specially prepared for you also collapsed. Well...well, is it because there were too many explosive potions buried in the ground beforehand? Or is it because the sword energy that passed in front of us destroyed the floor structure?"
….
"I, I fell from the square, right?" He gritted his teeth and summoned up the last of his strength and energy. Chris's pale, paper-like face gradually regained some color: "I remember... the last scene of the trial just now. ……Wait a moment."
"So now I'm back underground with Tanya, huh?"
After taking stock of the surrounding scene again, the poor, bruised man's voice through clenched teeth returned to its basic fluency: "The Magic Empire...do they want to kill me?"
"Now it seems that they should be the masterminds behind the scenes." After putting away her Xingyue Dagger and the countless metal threads wrapped around her body, Ningyu Ninglan, who put her hands together, tilted her head and smiled: "Of course, Mr. Heyu As expected by Miss Shang, if the truth is exposed at the end of the trial, the Magic Empire will definitely take action, and no matter how they choose to take action, His Highness the Prince will bear the brunt and become the first victim of this conflict."
"So you designed this passage." First, he looked up at the battle lights flashing faintly above the high hollow. Prince Chris looked around here with difficulty: "In order for me to survive, then
Then escape from this place? "
"If you're lucky, this mark can be turned into a cover-up. The Magic Empire might think that you were killed in the bombing just now, and they won't hunt you down in the future." Ningyu Ninglan smiled and nodded: "But because of the unknown Due to the reason, the collapsed hole expanded several times, and the underground space collapsed several more floors. The originally arranged escape route was naturally no longer usable. In addition, these pursuers jumped down from above after discovering something strange—— Um."
"Since the plan cannot keep up with the changes, we can only ask His Highness to wish for his own blessings."
The delicate smile stained with blood bloomed in the light and shadow. With a smile, the secret voice Ninglan handed a bottle of life potion to Prince Chris, who still looked dull. The strange sounds and shouts coming and going from far to near were also vaguely followed. The sound of footsteps came from all directions of the collapsed holes, and it sounded like more pursuers were beginning to approach the area where they were: "Ninglan will stay here to block more enemies, and by the way, help Chris." Your Highness, the Prince, is acting as a bait. Your Highness, you'd better take the opportunity to leave and find another safe route to escape from this city."
"Ning, isn't Miss Ninglan responsible for protecting me?" Clutching the potion bottle in his hand, Prince Chris couldn't help but shouted at the back of Ningyu who turned away: "If I am the only one -"
"Ninglan was assigned the duty of 'protection and' care." She interrupted Chris's words, and the maid player who gradually disappeared into the underground fault passage lost her original light smile when she replied: "With the existing Judging from the situation, continuing to perform the duty of care will directly affect the personal safety of His Highness, which conflicts with the duty of protection, so I have to give up one of the tasks and let His Highness escape alone."
"Please, Your Highness, escape for your own life. Don't let Ninglan down, and don't make it difficult for Ninglan."
The indifferent voice completely disappeared into the darkness, and a sense of chilling finally penetrated into the ending sound. The aura full of blood and killing also surged out from the depths of the direction where the maid player had just disappeared in the next moment, along with the surroundings. The surging darkness and shouts of killing began to gradually gather in that direction. After staring blankly in that direction for a long time, Chris's mood finally calmed down as the sound of the pursuit moved away and the silence gradually fell. He gritted his teeth again and then suddenly drank the potion in his hand, and then Enduring the severe pain all over his body, he struggled to get up from the ground: "...Where should I go?"
….
"Although I have been underground for so long, I have never walked out." Using the light cast from above to observe the surrounding environment, Chris finally looked down at the bottom of the hole where he had not completely fallen: " Tania’s underground sewer area is so complicated and winding, if I could just rely on myself——huh?”
"Is there... a sound coming from below?"
The inspection sight revealed something concerning, and Chris stopped talking to himself. There were also faint noises and commotions along the bottom of the sloping slope of the hollow, accompanied by different sounds. The dark yellow light of the white light above flickered vaguely: "Where is that...? There seem to be a lot of people... Should I avoid them? Or should I go to them for help?"
"Is there a way down?"
The recovery effect of the potion is gradually taking effect. Chris barely controls his body and approaches the direction of the light below: "The road ahead is blocked, and there are countless killers behind... Calm down, Chris, you have to calm down, you are from the empire. Prince, a warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles, no matter what kind of danger you are in, you must maintain the demeanor of the imperial royal family and remember the teachings of Frey's ancestors - huh?"
The sound of rocks rolling down came from above again, suddenly tightening Chris' hesitant nerves. He raised his head and saw another petite black shadow in a cloak walking along the edge of the torn hole. Sliding towards his position: "——Stop!"
"You, don't come over here!"
His Royal Highness, who was in ragged clothes and covered with wounds, shouted at the other party, and at the same time looked around, as if he wanted to
At this critical moment, I found a handy weapon: "Otherwise I will have to... I will have to... Damn it!"
"Don't run!" He landed on the ground quickly, and the petite black figure rushed towards Chris: "I finally got this great opportunity to clear my name, how could I let you run away!"
"I, I will not be caught by you!" Prince Chris, who had not found any weapons and returned without success, then turned around with a resolute look on his face: "I——"
"I will definitely survive!"
Jumping down the slope of the hollow, Chris's body spun a few times amidst the accelerated fall and bumps. The sound of falling like a rag bag falling to the ground was then dragged through the air together with the surrounding rubble fragments that were also knocked down. A long, crisp and miserable sound came out: "Cough cough, cough cough cough... Damn it, damn it..."
Most of the strength he had just recovered was lost again in this fall. Chris, who was lucky enough not to fall to death, spat out a few vague curses after a while. He endured the severe pain and struggled to get up again. What he saw was a vast underground space that was also completely destroyed and was now occupied by collapsed walls and huge cracks: "What, what is this place?"
"Why are there so many people?"
There was not much time to observe what this area was. Chris, who was still waiting to get up, was immediately frightened by the countless pairs of eyes looking at him. The two adventurers who were confronting each other, one behind the other, also Located in the center of these people who are watching and looking at themselves, it seems that there is some kind of one-on-one battle going on: "You, you are——?"
….
"stop!"
A shout from behind frightened him again. It was the second rolling sound behind him, which was a signal that the pursuit was approaching. Chris, who was aroused by this sound, ignored his eyes. Not yet clear about the situation, he raised his head and started running forward: "Get out of the way! Get out of my way! Someone is chasing me!"
"Get out of the way!"
In the arena where the underground boxing ring has entered its final stage, a bizarre scene that made people laugh and laugh was played out in front of the eyes of all the players and the audience. Two figures, one behind the other, one chasing and the other escaping, then just turned around and screamed. The ground passed through the center of the arena, abruptly interrupting the final exciting duel that was about to break out. Watching the ragged young man running in front who was as miserable as a beggar and the familiar petite figure running behind slowly disappeared without a trace in the other corner of the field, one of the gray-robed magicians who were confronting him also followed. Putting down his hands that had been brewing magic for a long time, he shrugged helplessly at the shield warrior opposite who was also at a loss, and then raised his question to the top of the underground space: "Those two just now, are they? Are you a passerby who stumbled into this place?"
"You ask me, who am I going to ask?" Then from the top of the space came Fuhua Sijin's unhappy reply: "You made such a big battle before, and that sword that shot into the sky would probably have penetrated the ground. Come on! It shouldn’t be an accident if a few innocent passers-by fall in!”
"It seems that this part was not part of our previous verbal promise." Jiangshan Ruhua, who pressed his shield and took a break, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Fortunately, two uninvited guests didn't rush in to ruin our game, otherwise I would have been there again after the game. I can’t argue anymore.”
"With so many witnesses and the broadcast of the event, no one will blame you this time." A joke from Blossoms also sounded: "Of course, out of good intentions and for safety reasons, Let me ask this question first on behalf of the audience: You don’t know these two outsiders, right?”
"Uh, how is that possible?"
Looking back at the two figures who had run into the darkness in the corner of the arena, Jiang Shan Ruhua immediately shook his head: "I don't know them, and I definitely didn't ask any foreign aid to interfere with our game. Those two people I didn't even see their faces clearly when they ran over."
"One of them seems to be a player." A player on the sidelines immediately reminded: "I seem to see an ID name on the head."
"A player is chasing an NC, right?
. Another onlooker also made a confused voice: "What kind of strange intrusion is this? Or is it some kind of intermission performance?"
"Forget it, even if it's just an intrusion, let's just ignore him. It won't affect the game anyway—"
"No, the situation doesn't seem to be that simple."
Putting away the hand he had been holding by his ear, Duan Qing, who was standing opposite, sighed and said this. He stared at the hole in the ceiling where the two people had just fallen for a while, and then frowned at them. The direction he just disappeared from is approaching slowly: "I have arranged an escape route for you, but I have not arranged an escape route like this for you... huh?"
He walked to the end of the dark corner, then pointed there and asked the audience closest to him.
"Where are the people?"
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