Chris and Fate walked up silently and patted Merlin's shoulder gently.
Chris's eyes were gentle but firm. "Merlin, you always think too much about us, but don't forget that we are a team. You can lead the way with confidence, and we will be there to support you. What kind of danger have we not gone through together? This time will definitely be no exception. I believe that as long as we are together, there will be no difficulties that we cannot overcome."
"Yes, President Merlin!"
"We will always follow in your footsteps!"
"I was planning to follow you and work in a factory for the rest of my life!"
Merlin never expected that his classmates would trust him so unreservedly, and his eyes couldn't help but well up slightly.
He took another deep breath, turned the emotion in his heart into strength, and resolutely jumped down. He stood firmly beside Arthur and shouted loudly: "Let's go together! Get ready and set off immediately!"
When everyone heard this, they followed Merlin's example and filed down, their figures quickly disappearing into the darkness of the sewer.
The crowd walked slowly along the sewer passage. The darkness was like thick ink, tightly wrapping around them and greatly affecting everyone's vision.
Shirley subconsciously clenched the staff in her hand, muttering something, intending to cast light magic to dispel the darkness.
Just as she was about to release the Holy Light to illuminate the surroundings, Merlin quickly raised his hand and whispered, "Shirley, save your magic power for the critical moment."
As he spoke, the space ring in his hand flashed, and a large number of scrolls depicting the Holy Light Technique appeared before his eyes.
Merlin waved his hand casually, and the scroll unfolded instantly. Brilliant holy light poured out from the scroll and transformed into countless balls of light, filling the entire sewer. In an instant, the light tore through the darkness like a sharp blade, illuminating the surroundings as bright as day.
Only then did everyone see the scene inside the sewer clearly. It was interconnected, with some places so narrow that only one person could pass through, while other places were as spacious as small squares.
The whole space was filled with a disgusting smell of dirt and stench. Sewage was flowing on the ground, and garbage was piled up like mountains, emitting a foul odor.
What’s even more creepy is that various plants in the sewer are growing in a strange posture. Their shapes were twisted, like the tentacles of countless creatures, spreading wantonly on the walls and the ground. Moss was like a green blanket, thickly spread everywhere, and it was sparkling with a strange luster under the illumination of the holy light.
These mutated plants seemed to have life. Under the scorching light, they made a "sizzling" sound, which sounded like painful groans or unwilling roars.
“What on earth is going on?” Carl’s eyes widened in shock. Looking at the nightmare-like scene in front of him, he couldn’t help but mutter to himself, “Are you sure this isn’t some kind of tunnel leading to the abyss?”
"Mutation! This is the influence of the power of the ancient gods, causing the creatures and plants in the sewers to mutate!" Merlin's expression was solemn, and he observed his surroundings with sharp eyes. The power of the ancient gods was strange and evil, and wherever it went, it would inevitably bring chaos and disaster.
Merlin raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to find that the holy light in the distance was rapidly extinguishing, as if it was swallowed by something.
Faintly, a strange sound could be heard coming from a distance. The sound was like the groaning of countless creatures, or like an evil curse, which was creepy. Immediately afterwards, a black torrent, like a surging tide, was rapidly swallowing up everyone. Wherever it passed, the holy light instantly dissipated.
"What on earth is that?"
Soon, everyone saw that the horrifying scene became clearer and clearer - it was actually a torrent of countless plague-mutated rats, rushing towards everyone with great momentum. These rats are huge, as big as ordinary cats, with sparse and messy fur, revealing patches of festering skin, and emitting a disgusting stench.
Their eyes flashed a strange red light, and their sharp teeth gleamed coldly under the light, as if they wanted to tear everything in front of them into pieces.
Seeing this, Merlin immediately gave the order without hesitation: "Everyone, prepare for battle!"
The black torrent of rats was like a surging black wave, carrying with it the smell of decay and disease, and was about to rush in front of everyone with an overwhelming force.
There was no fear in Arthur's eyes. Without saying a word, he drew the sword from his waist. In an instant, the magic power in his body surged, as if a surging tide had found an outlet.
There was a flash of golden light in his eyes, like the dawn breaking through the clouds at daybreak. With an unstoppable determination, he drew his sword and slashed fiercely in front of him.
The golden sword energy was like materialized lightning, whistling out and splitting the rat swarm into two. For a moment, the rat swarm's charge was blocked and they let out bursts of sharp screams. But soon, a steady stream of rats from the rear quickly replenished like a black tide, forming an impenetrable wall of death again.
Seeing this, Yuna's eyes fixed, and she quickly stepped forward without flinching.
She moved lightly and was muttering something. After a short and quick chant, she blew gently at the air in front of her. This blow was like a sudden and cold winter wind. The biting frost instantly came like fine ice needles. The cold current carried the ice and froze the sewer at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The rats running in the front were unable to dodge and were instantly frozen into lifelike ice sculptures, unable to move.
Then, Yuna drew a circle in the air gracefully with her other hand. In the palm of her right hand, there was a blazing flame, like a fragment of the sun that had fallen to earth. She aimed at the group of rats in front of her and threw it with all her might.
The blazing flames instantly devoured all of the frozen plague rats like hungry beasts. The torrent of flames created a chain of explosions in the narrow space of the sewer. The "boom" sounds echoed all around, causing pain in everyone's eardrums.
However, surprisingly, such a violent explosion and vibration did not cause the sewer to collapse at all.
When everyone looked closely, they found that the vines wrapped around the wall like octopus tentacles were flashing a strange light. They were intertwined and entangled with each other, like a tough protective net, making the sewer indestructible. In the walls, one can even see dark red veins slowly surging, like blood vessels expanding and contracting, emitting an ancient and mysterious aura, as if telling the secret of why this place was eroded by the power of ancient gods.
"Well done, Yuna!" Merlin had just finished praising when he saw a plague of purple-black wind like miasma from hell, passing through the blazing flames and freezing cold frost, sweeping towards everyone.
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