Chapter 89
The darkness was filled with twisted shadows, stalagmites, stalactites and rocks of all shapes and forms that occupied nearly every part of one’s vision. Inside the spacious and quiet cavern, even the slightest of noise would ripple through the winding tunnel and reach a very far distance.
From high up on the back of the Demon Alligator, a grim blue light could be seen flicking through Greem’s eyes.
Though he had been surrounded by complete silence, Greem’s mind was filled with a streak of warning tones. It seemed that a large group of enemies were approaching!
An indistinct crackling sound rang through the air, as the fiery red Fire Shield made its dazzling appearance and started to hover around Greem’s body. The Chip was busy calculating in Greem’s mind and matching countless real-time images with each other. Numerous tiny differences that no naked eye could ever detect were found by the Chip’s incredible ability and projected onto Greem’s retina one after another.
Greem turned his head towards a hanging stalactite on his left. He saw a shadow there that seemed thicker than before. Following a gentle stomp of his feet, the Hunter who was mounted in front of him raised its hand into the air and formed a razor sharp, earthy yellow dirt spear in its grip.
With a twist of its body, the Hunter threw out the dirt spear in its hand using all its force. The spear instantly turned into a yellow bolt of lightning and nailed into the shadow in an instant.
From Greem’s field of view, he hadn’t noticed anything at that spot, neither any reaction of Elementium nor any life aura. However, following the piercing of the dirt spear, he heard a muffled sound of flesh being pierced through, immediately followed by a shrill cry that rang out through the once dead silence.
A commotion broke out through the darkness, as a human-like figure with tiny dark green scales completely covering its body suddenly showed up. The dirt spear had pierced through its chest and nailed it onto the stalactite.
“Go and inform Cracked Tooth in Elysium City to pass a message to his master Fallen Adept that someone is trying to enter the ruins. Tell him that the tribe of Gray Ear had failed to stop the enemy and that we’ve suffered a huge loss, while the Lizardmen tribe of Dark Scale had been totally wiped out by the enemy!” From within the darkness, a shivering gleam flickered in the bloodshot eyes of that old Gnoll, with its pale white fangs looking extremely frightening.
“Understand. Your subordinate will carry out your order now!”
After slightly bending its body and bowing, the dark figure turned around and dissolved into the vast darkness.
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The further inside he went, the stronger the worry in Greem’s mind became.
Front and back, left and right, even above his head and under his feet, the metal contained within the soil was getting denser and denser, while the exposed soil was becoming lesser and lesser. This also meant that if he encountered a frightening enemy in this area, it would be tougher for him to escape like how he usually did.
For him, this was bad news that he really didn’t want to hear.
But Greem had to admit, this was the perfect region to build a city.
In order to build a city once and for all in the Underground World, in addition to taking into account living resources, mineral resources and water source in the surrounding area, the most important factor to consider was the stability and toughness of the geological structure. It was really rare to find a region like this in the Underground World, which was surrounded by countless metal ores and large stretches of stable rock stratum.
Being able to find metal ores meant that the place would had a constant supply of resources which could attract the wandering merchants. The existence of a water source meant the place could support more lives. However, none of these are comparable to a stable ‘sky’. No one wished to be crushed into meat paste by millions of tons of rock and sand during his sleep!
Thus, when Snorlax had pointed out that this area was where the ruins of the previous Elysium City were, judging by just the terrain alone, it made perfect sense.
Greem had passed through several habitats of different underground creatures. Perhaps as a result of the Lizardman’s defeat, all these underground creatures gathered in the far away darkness, but no one recklessly launched an attack.
Under this intense threatening situation, the Demon Alligator had finally reached the end of its long and tiresome journey.
When Greem passed through a huge arched door riding the Demon Alligator, the space in front of him suddenly expanded, revealing a gigantic cavern filled with bizarre and fantastical colors in front of his eyes.