Chapter 540
Chapter 540 Secret Passage
The atmosphere in the room quickly turned awkward once Thunder Dragon Arms had charged into the underground hall like a whirlwind.
Less than eleven dragonborn warriors had managed to make it here with Arms. Naturally, they stayed with Zacha once Arms had left for the underground hall.
Zacha’s attitude toward the adepts had slightly changed now that he had more leverage than before.
The dragonborn and the adepts were unquestionably opposing factions in the end!
It wasn’t a good thing to leave the adepts to do as they liked on the battlefield while the master of the dragonborn was fighting with the Third Grade monster. After Zacha obtained a new group of warriors, the first person he had to deal with was Greem.
In the end, Greem had saved his life once.
That was why Zacha chose not to fight with him. Instead, he had his subordinates keep a close eye on the adepts and seal off the entrance to the underground hall. It was as if they were trying to prevent the adepts from doing anything suspicious while their master was fighting.
They walked in the pitch-black maintenance passage for a long time until finally arriving in front of an open hall. A five-meter-thick metal pillar rose from the ground all the way to the ceiling above.
Everyone could hear the strange rumbling sound of a surging flood within the metal pipe when they got close.
“This is the main pipe that connects the space furnace to the surface layer of the Steel Capital. Gazlowe intends to use the energy in the space furnace to power the entire Steel Capital. Here is the main vein of power. Gazlowe’s magical machines have blockaded all the underground tunnels. This is the only way you can get close to the space furnace without him noticing!” Tigule put down his magic energy lamp when he reached this place. He turned and stared at Alice, “I have already shown you the passage you wanted. What about your promise?”
Alice raised her slender hand, and a golden birdcage appeared in it.
Tigule moved closer. He could see a tiny corpse of Princess Vanessa lying peacefully within. Even more peculiar were the magical golden runes surrounding her body. An intangible and phantom-like Vanessa was slowly pulled out from the body. She stood on the spot with a blank expression.
“What’s happened to my Vanessa? You… don’t you trick me!” Tigule shouted agitatedly.
Alice smiled.
“You need to trust us, now that you have decided to help us. I can only temporarily bind Vanessa’s soul to this cage right now. It will take a lot more rare resources if I wish to graft her soul onto yours. These resources can only be found in the World of Adepts. So, if you want to obtain the complete soul of your lover, then you will have to go back to the World of Adepts with us!”
Alice’s words were like the murmurings of the devil in Tigule’s mind. Even though he knew there was poison in them, even though he knew he was being led by the nose, there was no choice for him but to do as Alice said.
“Fine, I will trust you!” Tigule could only submit helplessly, “This pipe is currently filled with magic energy; the energy storm will devour anyone that goes into it. Are you sure you want to sneak in from here?”
Since he had already become an ‘accomplice’ of the adepts, Tigule had to start worrying for their safety, even if it was only for the sake of Vanessa’s soul.
“This is not a problem you will have to worry about!” Greem stepped forth at this moment, “The rest of you bring Tigule with you and leave at the fastest speed possible once Alice and I enter. The faster, the better. The further, the better.”
Alice put her lips together and smiled. She didn’t oppose the plan.
“Why is it you and her? Why can’t it be someone else?” Mary frowned and couldn’t help but ask.
“Adepts with weak defenses can’t even make it to the end if we were to enter the space furnace through this pipe. The reason I’m bringing Alice with me is because of her teleportation abilities. She can instantly bring us out at the most dangerous moment.” Greem gave a quick explanation.
Alice didn’t seem nervous about the whole operation at all. She only handed over a silver-gray metal ball to Endor.
Only Greem and Alice were left once the rest had departed.
“How did you know I would be willing to take the risk along with you?” Alice spoke as she gently laughed.
“Because this is the path you pointed out to me. If it wasn’t you accompanying me, who else could it be?” Greem returned a gentle smile. He stepped forward and wrapped his arm around Alice’s soft and slender waist.
Alice couldn’t help but shiver slightly. She rolled her eyes at him unamusedly.
Greem didn’t say anything else. He pressed her against his chest and crashed backward. Pure elementium fire instantly spread all across his back.
The metal pipe quickly melted and softened under the intense heat, much like a red-hot piece of metal thrown into the snow.
Greem instantly dove into the pipe with Alice in his arms.