After running for a long distance with Hope, Carl asked the other person breathlessly why he was running so fast.

He could see the anxiety on Hope's face and knew that she must have discovered something, so at first he ran with her as fast as he could without asking any questions.

But now the two of them had already run a long way, and because Carl was wearing a relatively heavy full set of armor, his physical strength was a bit unable to keep up.

"Hoo~, hoo~, the people who came to attack here are the ogre warlord of Greywall City and a mind flayer psion! We, we must escape quickly, otherwise..."

At this point, Hope paused, leaving only the sound of heavy breathing.

"How about otherwise?"

Seeing Hope suddenly stop, Carl was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead.

Are you violating the heavenly law by saying the second half of the sentence?

Looking at Carl in a daze, Hope seemed to have suddenly developed Alzheimer's disease and forgot what he was going to say.

Carl was stunned for a moment, then he realized that the other party was affected by psychic power again.

The two of them did not conduct any reconnaissance when they were running just now, so they might have been targeted by the brain-eating monster again.

"Damn it! These disgusting guys are so disgusting!"

Carl grabbed Hope and carried him on his shoulder, then continued running forward.

If the brain-eating monster wants to occupy a person's brain, it needs to make the person still. If the person moves, its psychic transmission will not be able to locate him.

After running forward for a distance, the psychic energy from the mind flayer larva allowed Carl to sense the current location of the brain-eating monster.

As an object parasitized by the Mind Flayer larvae, Carl is considered a "neutral" unit to the Brain Devourers. As long as Carl does not actively attack, they will not attack Carl.

Carl gradually mastered the psychic power of the mind flayer larva because the other party fell into dormancy just after completing the parasitism.

When Carl arrived at the location of the brain-eating monster, he found that the brain-eating monster that exerted psychic influence on Hope was actually stuck by a huge rock.

This is probably why the other party tried to control Hope so anxiously after sensing her presence.

Picking up Hope's hand axe, Carl chopped the brain-eating monster into a puddle of mud with his sword.

At the moment the other person died, Hope on Carl's shoulder shuddered and woke up from his confused state.

"Otherwise, we will either be enslaved by the Mind Flayer Psions or sent to the processing plant by the Ogre Warlords to be made into military rations!"

While saying what he hadn't finished just now, Hope blinked and asked belatedly, "Was I controlled by the brain-eating monster again?"

Putting Hope down, Carl nodded and returned the hatchet in his hand to the other party.

"Those two guys you mentioned aren't good people?"

"Few people in Zhuomu are kind."

Hope looked at Carl meaningfully, then sighed, his expression somewhat complicated.

Droum, also known as the Kingdom of Monsters.

Most of the residents here are humanoid monsters such as minotaurs, gnolls, trolls, and ogres. Many tieflings have gradually migrated here because they were discriminated against by humans.

"Judging from Hope's expression, she was probably born in Droaam, maybe even in Greywall."

With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Carl calmed himself down and asked Hope, “Where should we run next?”

Since neither side in the battle is a good person, it would be better to stay as far away as possible.

As they were talking, a violent vibration interrupted their thoughts.

The ceiling of the corridor began to collapse on a large scale.

Carl quickly grabbed Hope and hid beside the brain-eating monster's body. The rock that stuck the monster helped the two of them to withstand a lot of damage from the rubble.

Due to the violent shaking and falling rocks, the floor of the corridor actually collapsed! "Hold on to me!"

Grabbing Carl's armor collar with one hand, Hope kicked the nearby wall while falling, sending both of them flying to the side.

The falling rock produced extremely strong destructive power due to the acceleration of gravity. When it hit the floor of the next level, it actually broke through it.

In this way, it smashed through five or six floors before finally settling down.

"This base actually has a next level?"

When the vibration gradually stopped, Carl mustered up the courage to look down at the hole.

Compared to the upper level, the passage below looks much simpler.

If the Mind Flayer base is a fully furnished house, then the following floors can only be considered tunnels.

"This trace of excavation may be left by the Mind Flayer controlling the slaves to mine. Don't look at it. We have to escape quickly."

Without paying too much attention to the situation below, Hope looked up at the hole above, thinking about how to jump up.

But Carl was still curious about the tunnel below, so he lay down in the hole made by the rock and looked down.

The drooping hair swayed slightly, and Carl could vaguely feel a cool breeze.

This made Carl, who had just experienced a frenzy of running and fighting, breathe a sigh of relief.

But he also knew that now was not the time to be idle, so he prepared to get up and help Hope.

'Wait! Breeze?'

The air in underground caves is usually not well ventilated.

But Carl was sure that he had just felt the movement of the air flow.

Taking off his iron gloves, Carl wet his fingers with his saliva and then reached his hand towards the hole below.

Because of the moisture, Carl became more sensitive to airflow.

"Hope! Come here quickly! There's a draft here! There might be a hole leading to the outside world underneath!"

When Carl confirmed the existence of the air flow again, he immediately informed Hope of his discovery.

The battle outside was still going on. Even if the two of them could get out, they would most likely be exposed to the sight of both warring parties.

So instead of thinking about how to get up, the survival rate might be higher if we explore downwards.

And in Carl's opinion, this tunnel might be a secret passage built for the captured Mind Flayer to facilitate his escape in the current situation.

As for why the Mind Flayer doesn't use the tunnel to escape now?

This is not within Carl's consideration for the time being.

People who are at the end of their rope will always give themselves a little hope, even if this hope is mixed with fantasy.

"Are you sure?"

Hope licked his fingers as well, then stretched his hand over the hole, and sure enough, he felt the air flow downwards.

After struggling for a moment, she turned to Karl and said, "Let's go down and take a look. Even if there's no way out, it's better than running around in the base like a headless fly!"

After saying that, the girl jumped to the next level first, then raised her head, ready to catch Carl.

(End of this chapter)