With his agility, he kept looking for footholds among the broken rocks and walls. As he continued to kill some cave spiders, the stench continued to attract some other powerful creatures.
More and more creatures gathered and they were getting bigger and bigger. If we went in again, we would probably die, so we had no choice but to retreat.
The retreat route had already taken shape in his mind, and Windtalker had marked every turning point or objectionable place for himself.
He checked the pocket watch hanging inside his clothes. It took him seven full days to get back this time. He stood at the exit and pulled the rope from top to bottom.
The huge bell hanging outside rang, and then someone kept pulling the rope upwards. The Wind Talker also slowly rose with the huge basket.
It was already noon when they returned to the castle. After receiving the notification, Aina and the others rushed out, and the four little ones rushed towards her excitedly.
She picked up the two youngest black girls and kissed them on the cheeks again and again: "Did you miss me during the time I was away?"
"I think I think more than my sister!" A little boy with delicate features said exaggeratedly!
"Really? I didn't expect you, Xiuya, miss me so much. Auntie just found a big gem down there, so I'll give it to you, okay?" As she said that, she put the two children down from her arms and took out two huge gems from the space ring.
"Auntie! Xiuya lied to you. I am the one who misses you the most. The biggest thing should be given to me." The little girl was immediately unhappy and quickly defended herself.
"I knew that Hillock missed me the same way, so how about you each take one of my two gems?" As he said that, he handed the two raw gems shining with blue light in his hand to the two little guys.
"Emily and Shilok, don't be sad! Auntie has brought gifts for you two!" As she said this, she took out two slightly smaller rough gemstones.
The two older children were very polite and thanked the Windtalker after taking the beautiful gem.
"Thank you, Auntie..."
"Hey, hey, hey... don't be polite with me. Next time, auntie will bring you something good when she finds it." Hei Mei changed her usual stern expression and faced the four angelic children.
"Okay, Shivana, stop playing with them and come over here to prepare for dinner!" Seeing the black girl and the four children making a big fuss, Anna had to speak up.
When the four children heard Anna's voice, they behaved very well as if they had seen their nemesis, and walked to their seats to prepare for their meals.
"Madam Anna, you are too strict with the children!" Shyvana felt distressed when she saw the dejected children.
"They are not small anymore. Although they haven't grown much taller, the oldest of them is already fifteen years old and the youngest is eight. I started learning many things at their age." Anna looked at the children who secretly looked up and glared at them fiercely.
“You are different from them, perhaps fifteen and eight years old are already very old in the human race.
But don't forget that their bloodline comes from the high elves, and this age is only in infancy. They will only enter adolescence after their 100th birthday." Hei Mei obeyed Anna in other matters, but she kept arguing with her about the four children.
"Perhaps what you said is right, but unfortunately their mothers are all humans and as their guardians, in my eyes, it's not their height that matters, only their age. They must accept the content that they need to learn at every age." Anna also refused to give in on the issue of hitting the children. Even the old ancestor Christian under the Tree of Life was unable to cope with her words.
"Okay, Anna and Shyvana, stop arguing and eat first! Tell us later what new discoveries you made this time!" Marceline tried to smooth things over and changed the subject.
"I was inside for about twenty days this time. The space inside is even bigger than I imagined, and I haven't found any boundaries yet.
As I went deeper, I found that the creatures inside were getting stronger and stronger. When I went the furthest, I could feel a breath that could threaten my life. "
"This underground world is rich in resources, but of course it's also very dangerous. I still say the same thing, don't send people in rashly unless it's necessary." Shyvana was eating the food on the plate while her mouth was busy.
"We have been investigating for about ten years. We have been investigating from different locations but have never been able to get deeper. It seems that we have to pass the news to the backyard. I hope grandpa can come up with a solution." After listening to Shyvana's story, Eve thought about it and could only shake her head.
"Do you think the underground world is so easy to explore? But I guess grandpa won't care about this matter. He has reached a critical moment in his cultivation now, and he would rather go to the abyss than walk out of the backyard." Evelyn has matured a lot over the years and no longer wants to panic when encountering things like before.
"Alas... now everyone has his own things to do, and no one can leave. The only idler in our family has been missing for nearly ten years. I think we should wait until he comes back before exploring this underground world!" Anna teased the idler, but everyone knew that she missed that guy very much. Everyone present, except the two little ones, missed that guy very much.
"I was missing for three years before, and this time it's even more exaggerated, it's been ten years. If my ancestors hadn't said I was still alive, I don't know if I could have held on." Anna couldn't help but shed tears when she said this.
"Mom, don't cry. I can feel that dad will be back soon!" The girl sitting on Anna's left was very considerate and wiped her mother's tears.
"Don't worry, Emily. Your father will definitely come back. Your aunt and I are waiting for you."
After dinner, Shivana took her four children to wander on the streets of Maple Leaf Territory. The Maple Leaf Territory of the past no longer looked like it used to.
It is no exaggeration to describe it as a revolutionary change. All the old streets and buildings have been rebuilt. Every time the main road is demolished and rebuilt, the width of the road is widened and the buildings on both sides are also raised accordingly.
When the territory building law was revised for the third time, Green generously removed the clause that the building height should not be higher than the Duke's Castle. Since then, high-rise buildings have continued to appear throughout the Maple Leaf Territory like mushrooms after rain.
The tallest building in Maple Leaf Territory is the fifty-meter-high Magic Tower. This tower was a landmark building in Maple Leaf Territory when it was first built, but now it has become a headache that restricts the development of Maple Leaf Territory.
"Big sister, second sister, are you going to the White Pagoda to study today?" asked the fourth sister, Xiu Ya, as he looked up at the tall White Pagoda.
"It's the weekend today and I don't have to go to class." The eldest brother, Shilok, said with ease.
"Did you also see it when father built this white tower?"
"Yes, Xuya, you don't know that on the day when this white tower was put into use, my father carried my sister and me up there!" The second child, Emily, also recalled the scene.
"Okay, don't think too much. Let's go find those dwarf masters and ask them to cut the gems in your hands." Shyvana didn't want the children to be trapped in bad memories, so she pulled them straight to their destination.
When the five people walked to the central square, there was actually a bard telling a story there. Under the attack of the four children's tearful eyes, Shyvana could only stop and listen to the bard telling the old story.
Since the undead disaster, the Sharpnero Empire suffered heavy losses. Faced with such a situation, the then Emperor Gustav could barely suppress the situation.
Unfortunately, the old man, who was physically and mentally devastated, passed away in less than half a year, and his successor William Rolla Adams became the helmsman of the new empire under this special situation.
Although he has always been trained by Gustav as a successor, William cannot suppress this situation. This is how the human race can gather together to be extremely strong and united even when faced with external pressure.
But as soon as the external pressure disappears, the seeds of power will take root and sprout wildly. William's brothers will jump out one by one to confront him, and finally a war broke out in Sharpnero.
Such a war directly destroyed the last bit of confidence of the already shaky empire. The fight for the throne is always cruel.
William the Great, who had many supporters on the front line, continued to capture city occupied by the traitors one after another, and was on the verge of reunifying the country.
As a result, the leader who could have revived the Sharpnero Empire died because of a small glass of red wine. After losing William, the once powerful orthodoxy became a mess.
In desperation, Gustav's illegitimate daughter Caitlin took her brother's only son and, with the help of her husband and friends, led a large number of people to flee to Maple Leaf Territory.
The Sharpnero Empire also fell apart into five kingdoms, and these five kingdoms were always trying to invade each other in order to complete the great cause of unification.
It's a pity that their strength is limited. It has been ten years since the Undead Scourge. The heroes at that time have long fallen asleep, but later generations did not remember their sacrifices but took their bravery for granted. We should cherish everything in front of us. Their efforts have given us our future.
The bard told the story with great emotion, and the people of the Sharpnero Empire who had fled to the Maple Leaf Territory because of the civil strife kept crying as he told the story. Perhaps for them, the empire had already become a memory of the past.