From MC’s perspective:
Collapsed Mine,
Just I got the feeling of retreat. I heard some movements ahead. Out of curiosity, I walked in that direction to see.
But suddenly my senses alarmed me greatly. I stopped my movements and stood in the same spot. And I turned off the bright light.
The next moment, the surroundings turned pitch black and dark. I have a vague feeling that the bright light must have alerted something. That’s why I immediately felt a sense of danger.
Rumble!
Before I could think of anything the sense of danger appeared again. I quickly wanted to retreat but it was too late. The ground beneath me crumbles all of a sudden.
The ground collapsed and I disappeared into the gap.
This all happened in a blink of an eye,
I should have stayed back in the academy. Now I have fallen into unknown trouble.
Tud!
This was the last thing I thought before I fell to the ground. Now I truly understand what doesn’t mean by collapsed mine. I figured out this layer is the real part of the mine.
But somehow the old pathway collapsed long ago. I held the lighting gadget in my hand. I don’t know whether it’s good to turn on the light now.
If there is an actual threat, my system would have warned me about the target. But I have only experienced dangerous feelings. The feeling was stronger than the bad premonition.
After calming down my heart, I just set the light to dim. I should first observe the surroundings under dim light. In this way, it won’t piss off the monster.
Swish!
When the lights are turned on, I take a good look at the surroundings. It’s a deep empty pocket formed underground. I don’t know the exact location of the entrance.
My current location slightly deviates from the mining route. I have yet to reach the dead end of the mine. Then I raised my head and looked above.
The collapsed hole is visible. If I can reach the spot again, then it would be easy for me to follow the old route.
But how to get to that place? It’s approximately 50 ft high from the ground.
Crack!
When I was lost in thoughts. I heard the same movements near me. Seeing that I quickly became alert. No doubt it must be a monster.
Then under the dim blue light, I finally saw the cave spider hiding in the shadows behind the rocks.
My mouth twitched. As I had guessed before this mind had long since become the lair of cave spiders.
“System, probe the target’s details,” I Instructed the system.
[Ding! Host’s command is recognized.]
[Ding! The command is executed.]
[Status Panel]
[Target’s Name: Cave Spider]
[Order: 3rd order intermediate level]
[Strength: 256]
[Vitality: 257]
[Speed: 258]
[Stamina: 256]
[Skill: Venom bite, Poison, Toxic web]
A row of information appeared before me. This one is stronger than the previous 3rd monsters. Surprisingly, this monster didn’t take any action against me.
I’m certain that this cave spider has spotted me. But it chose to hide in the shadows. Cave Spider’s behavior amazed me.
If this cave spider didn’t plan on attacking me, which is also good for me. I don’t want to attract other spiders after killing it.
My current priority is to climb up from this deep pit. I already got an idea. I will use gravity to form stairs from the mountain rocks.
When I think about it, the plan seems more feasible to me.
Meanwhile,
After some long walk, the bloodline wizard Ko has already reached the deeper part of the mine. But he is yet to find the silhouette of Vincent Carey.
Hiss!
“Where is that brat?” he let out a hiss after talking to himself.
The bloodline Wizard Ko feels restless as he walks deeper into the mine. But his current situation can’t be avoided.
He has to collect the ancient blood back no matter what. Ko is starting to regret coming here.
The special mission is more dangerous than he thought. He doesn’t know whether the mission hall’s people are aware of the extreme danger here.
Time passes in a blink of an eye,
After one hour, I arranged massive blocks to form stairs so that I could step up. When I accessed the final few parts. I realized it will take a few more blocks to bridge the final gap.
When I decided to create another block. I heard the sound of footsteps again. The next moment my expression changes drastically. Because it’s coming from above. Someone is walking along the narrow path.
From the sound, I can tell that it’s not a sound created by monsters. A hint of doubt flashes in my eyes. Who could be? Then a terrible thought comes to mind.
“Has someone followed me here?” I said in my heart. The next moment, I turned off the dim light and stood in the same spot without making any movements.
Then I perked up my ears to listen further.
Above the deep pit, the bloodline wizard Ko followed the route to enter deep into the mines. Currently, he has no idea that Vincent Carey fell into the empty pocket(deep pit) which is right under his feet.
The ground beneath his feet is solid. But as Ko walks along he immediately spots the difference.
“Damn it,” After cursing, he used his flight ability to move further in the path.
When he moved past in the air. He also crossed several cracked gaps. He also failed to notice the presence of Vincent Carey in that gap.
Meanwhile,
My expression turned cold. Just a moment ago, I saw a silhouette go past the cracked gap. And I do not doubt that the person looks familiar.
I massaged my temple to remember. Suddenly, I recalled the old memories. During the official duel, I saw the wizard with the same appearance in the Bloodline Hall Stands.
If my assumption is right then, this person is not simple. Even at the bloodline hall stands, everyone looked at him with respect.
Level-6 Wizard? Suddenly my pupil shrank after recalling something. This guy just now used flight ability. Only level-6 wizards and above can use the flight ability.
Now everything seems clear. If he is a level-6 wizard then he must be the enemy of Senior Gilbert.
“Bloodline Hall, “I gritted my teeth in anger. Before coming here, I still had a lingering hope that they won’t send a level-6 wizard after me.
Rumble!
The nearby rocks are crushed under the gravity pressure. A murderous glint flashes in my eyes. This is too much bullying. In the old days, if I had a poison potion with me, I would take the risk to kill this person.
Then I calmed down my heart slowly. Right now, this place appears to be dangerous as well. On top of it, a level-6 bloodline wizard has appeared here.
This is not good at all. I should return as soon as possible. When I decided to retreat.
“Aggg” a sound of a huge scream reached my ears. 𝒷𝒹𝓸𝓿𝓁.𝒸ℴ𝓶
The voice sounds familiar again. My expression turned solemn; this is the voice of a level-6 wizard. What happened to him?
Looks like he had encountered something dangerous. What could be? For the first time, I started to feel the fear of the unknown.
What can pose a threat to the level-6 wizard? I don’t want to imagine. I raised my head and saw the cracked gaps.
Only a few more blocks to fill. Then I can easily escape from this place.
Meanwhile,
The bloodline wizard Ko’s body was riddled with poison. He lets out a heart-wrenching scream. The poison is so powerful it broke away the body of a level-6 wizard.
In desperation, Ko mobilized his bloodline power to activate.
He is in an area of pitch-black darkness. Which used to be the dead end of the mine.
A few minutes ago, Ko thought he had reached a dead end. While moving in the air, he involuntarily crashes into something.
Which turns out to be one of the eight legs of the spider queen. Ko was scared out of his wits. The Spider Queen is 6th order peak level monster
The monster is one step away from reaching the 7th order. The bloodline wizard Ko was not an opponent at all. After sensing the difference in power level, he wanted to escape.
But it’s a pity, the spider queen bombarded him with poison attacks the next moment. As a member of the Green Serpent Clan, he has the power of venom in his blood.
But it was no way near the power of the 6th-order spider queen. So Ko was poisoned instead. The powerful spider queen’s poison already entered his blood.
Because of it, he can’t activate his bloodline power. In desperation, he immediately sacrificed his artifact to flee from this place.
Boom!
As he detonates one of the artifacts, the explosion quickly covers the place. Using the opportunity, Ko turned back and rushed to flee from this place.
Screech!
The Spider Queen lets out a screech in anger. Right after, many black spiders appeared in swarms. Under the spider queen’s order, the spiders followed the trails of the bloodline e wizard.