Dangerous sinkhole

The reason why Lord Glenn came to the Caropetto Empire today and appeared in the magic market in the royal capital was actually to try his luck.

The origin of this incident started two days ago.

Because of Lord Glenn's protection, his kingdom of Obili has become a country of knights, a holy land that all knights yearn for. As a result, this small kingdom is home to several of the continent's top knight academies.

Knights spend their entire lives fighting, so these knight academies hold various competitions every year. Not long ago, several major knight academies just started a regular trial. Because it is a regular trial, the location is also one of the commonly used old locations.

However, this time, new problems arose at the old location.

The old location was a deep mountain forest. The knights on the trial unexpectedly discovered that there was a sinkhole here. Going down into the sinkhole, there was a small hole at the bottom of the pit, which seemed to extend deep into the ground. No one knew where it led to. Moreover, an ominous aura wafted out of the hole.

The young knights were the most adventurous. Once their adventurous spirit emerged, they had to go down and find out what was going on, and then they would never come back.

In order to rescue, one team after another took over, and then these teams disappeared.

The disappearance of so many knights was no small matter. The news was passed up layer by layer, and each knight academy sent people to rescue them. From intermediate to advanced levels, the level of the knights became stronger and stronger, and finally even a strong man at the level of the Golden Knight was dispatched.

This time the golden knight who went to rescue was not trapped and came back, but he was injured and the situation he found was not good.

This hole does not lead directly to the underground. After entering a certain depth, a spatial shift will occur, and this shift is silent and unpredictable.

From this point on, the danger begins.

The previous step is still in a winding underground passage, and the next step may suddenly bring you to the deep of the dark water. The surging water will block your mouth, nose and ears, and the huge water pressure will squeeze your bones. You may also suddenly appear in the sky, and those who don’t have time to react will fall straight down. You may also suddenly appear in a swamp, with a dangerous quagmire under your feet, and you will be destroyed if you can’t get out in time.

According to the Golden Knight, those knights who went down rashly may not be able to come back.

The deans of several major knight academies decisively decided to isolate the forest and report the situation there to Lord Glenn.

Lord Glenn, who was accompanying Leonard on his lecture tour, decided to go and investigate in person, so he gave Leonard a leave.

Although Leonard is a demigod and can provide assistance, Lord Glenn believes that he should first conduct a preliminary investigation of the situation and confirm that the danger is controllable before inviting Leonard to go with him. This is out of Lord Glenn's sense of responsibility, because if even he thinks that place is dangerous, then with Leonard's strength as a novice demigod, it will definitely be even more dangerous.

After Lord Glenn made the decision, he first performed a divination to predict good or bad luck. This was a necessary preparation before taking action. Although actions cannot be completely dependent on divination, it is also important to know the dangers in advance. You can make corresponding preparations based on divination to better protect yourself.

As a demigod, Lord Glenn was naturally surrounded by great wizards. Among them, the wizard who was best at divination made predictions for him.

The result of divination was that Lord Glenn should go to the Caropetto Empire before taking action, go to the royal capital, and head northeast. The first familiar person he randomly met would be his helper this time.

So Lord Glenn came, and according to the divination results, he walked towards the northeast of the royal capital, walking randomly.

Then Lord Glenn came to the magic market and saw Elena.

The moment he saw Elena, Lord Glenn hesitated.

Will the helper this time be this little girl?

This little girl was only a mid-level mage, her combat power was far too low. You have to know how many high-level knights had fallen into that tiankeng, and which one wasn't stronger than her? She was so weak, what help could she possibly offer?

So could it really be her?

Could it be that he met the wrong person?

Lord Glenn stopped hesitantly, considering whether to change direction and look again.

"Lord Glenn!" Elena spotted him and ran towards him with a look of surprise.

Lord Glenn: Uh...

What happens next is what happened in the previous chapter. He meets Elena and Leonard. Leonard wants Elena to accompany him, but Elena can't see Leonard's thoughts. Leonard leaves angrily, but Elena comes to invite him to dinner.

Lord Glenn, who had no intention of disturbing anyone but had to watch the whole thing, said: Leonard is so pitiful.

"Just tell me, I can help you with anything." Elena raised her little face with high spirits, and her eyes seemed to be shining.

Looking at the young, childish, and ambitious girl, Lord Glenn hesitated again.

After some thought, Lord Glenn made a decision.

Okay, let’s take her there first. As long as we don’t let her go down, there will be no danger.

Lord Glenn tore open the teleportation scroll and took Elena directly to the deep mountains and forests.

The air was filled with the scent of mountains and forests, a mixture of damp water vapor and the smell of grass and fungi. The tall, towering trees covered the sky, leaving only scattered sunlight. There was a thick layer of fallen leaves underfoot, and one could faintly feel the rotten mud and leaves at the bottom. In the distance, there were also the roars of animals.

The environment here is actually not very comfortable. After all, the deep mountains and old forests are deep mountains and old forests. They are completely different from forest parks. They are not a habitable environment for humans. Humans will only feel dangerous and scared when they are in them.

But Elena didn't feel uncomfortable or scared at all. She looked up at the handsome knight beside her, and her heart was filled with uncontrollable excitement and joy.

No matter where I go with my brother, it is the best trip.

"We still have to walk a little further. It's a bit difficult to walk here. There are tree roots and poisonous insects hidden under the fallen leaves. Let me help you walk." Lord Glenn bent his arm and extended his elbow to Elena, motioning her to support him.

Elena was stunned, staring blankly at Lord Glenn's elbow.

Can we have "intimate contact" so soon?

Close contact.

AWSL.

Her trembling fingertips touched the iron-solid elbow, and Elena felt an electric current flowing from her fingertips to her heart, an indescribable feeling.

"Hold on firmly?" Lord Glenn frowned slightly. The little girl was just holding on to him in a loose manner, which did not provide any support at all.

Elena had a tacit understanding and quickly placed her palm completely on the elbow, clenching her fingers a little: "Okay."

Lord Glenn nodded and walked forward.

In the quiet forest, any sound seemed to be amplified several times. Elena walked carefully, afraid of falling and losing her manners, but the sound caused by the long hem of her skirt sweeping through the layers of fallen leaves was particularly loud.

Elena felt inexplicably embarrassed; her skirt was too cumbersome.

"Uh, Lord Glenn, where is this place?" Elena started to make small talk to break the awkwardness she felt.

Lord Glenn: "If you mean the large area, then this is the Kingdom of Obili. If you mean the small area, then this is the Snow Ridge."

The Kingdom of Obili?

This is the country that Lord Glenn protects.

Snow Ridge?

Where is Snow Ridge? Where is it located in the Obili Kingdom? Is it famous?

"The place we're going to is just ahead." Lord Glenn raised his hand and pointed in the direction. "We'll be there soon. Please hold on a little longer. I'm sorry it's a bit far away, but there's strange magical interference in that place, so we need to be farther away to accurately locate it."

Elena quickly shook her head: “It’s okay, it’s okay, I have good physical strength, I can walk, I’m not tired.”

Oh, brother is very considerate. He even feels sorry for her because the distance is a little far. In fact, she doesn’t mind at all. She wishes she could stay farther and longer with her brother.

As she walked, Elena inexplicably felt a strange sense of familiarity.

?

A question mark slowly appeared above Elena's head.

How could this be? How could this be possible? She had never been to the Obili Kingdom before, so how could this place feel familiar?

Elena looked around, unable to tell what was familiar, but that was what her spirit told her.

Trusting spiritual warnings is an important principle that Elena learned from Teacher Leopold's class.

Is there any danger here?

Elena couldn't help but tighten her grip on Master Glenn's arm.

What exactly did Lord Glenn want her to see?

With doubts and vigilance, Elena followed Lord Glenn to the edge of the tiankeng.

At this point, Elena's spirituality was touched again.

Elena finally realized that she had really been here.

Elena let go of Lord Glenn's arm, lifted her skirt and squatted down, her face close to the ground, looking forward.

From this ground-level perspective, her familiarity with the place finally had an answer.

This is the viewing angle of her magical pet Yuanyuan.

She once had a dream about what happened to Yuanyuan before she bought her. At that time in the dream, she was at Yuanyuan's perspective, and this was the place Yuanyuan had been to. The reason why she didn't recognize it just now was because the eyes of a chipmunk are different from those of humans, and the images they see are different.

Elena's gaze fell on the edge of the pit. Yes, that's right, Yuanyuan crawled out from this place.

Lord Glenn looked at Elena's strange ground-hugging posture and asked, "Did you find anything?"

Elena got up and patted the dirt on her hands and skirt: "I did find it. I once dreamed of this place."

Have you dreamed of this place?

Lord Glenn perked up.

Is the divination really referring to her?

Lord Glenn: "What did you dream about?"

Elena organized her words and said, "In my dream, I was a chipmunk. I was running in a dark tunnel. Suddenly, the sky shook and the earth shook. The place where I was collapsed and I fell into an even darker place with no light at all. I was injured, and then I desperately searched for an exit. Finally, I found some relatively soft soil. I dug and dug, and finally dug a tunnel and got out. This is where I passed after I got out."

"What happened next?" Lord Glenn asked.

Elena spread her hands and said, "Then I woke up." What happened next was that Yuanyuan was caught and sold, so there's no need to elaborate on that.

Lord Glenn looked at her with a pair of dark pupils, as deep as the starry night. He continued to ask, "When did you have this dream?"

Elena thought about it seriously and pointed with her fingers: "It should be three months, or maybe more than three months. I can't remember the exact date."

Three months.

The timing is almost right, Lord Glenn nodded secretly. A small earthquake occurred in Xueling more than three months ago, and the sinkhole should have been formed at that time.

Lord Glenn's gaze fell on the edge of the sinkhole, on the hidden and dangerous entrance.

"Elena, I'll take you downstairs now." Lord Glenn extended his hand to Elena. "You must follow me closely and don't wander around. It's very dangerous here. If you think of anything, or if your spirit is touched, you must tell me. If you want to do anything, you must tell me to do it. Don't do it yourself."

Elena looked at Lord Glenn's clean and slender hands, and her ears suddenly felt hot, and she couldn't hide her smile.

She reached out her hand and placed it on Lord Glenn's.

"Yes, I will."