Chapter 293 - The Ark Of A Watery Entrance

But there was a major issue.

"There is no way I'm going down there!" yelled Gab as he looked downwards.

"It's just water, it ain't toxic. Getting a little wet is part of the fun too," said Mavislin, patting Gab on the back.

"It has got nothing to do about getting wet! Look at how deep this thing goes and it's filled to the brim with this murky water."

"Oh? The Baron is scared by contaminated water? I didn't know that you were such a clean freak," taunted Ysabeau, with a smirk on her face.

"Water is fun!" cheered Mavislin, as she reverted into her child form.

"I don't know about you but I am well aware that I can't hold my breath long enough to reach the bottom. My floating corpse would be the first to meet the surface before that happens."

Gab looked so upset as Mavislin pleaded with him to go down. But knowing the limits of the human body, the Valkyrie knew that it would be suicidal. It was just fun to see if Gab would give in to her child form.

And fortunately for the group, Gab did not falter when it comes to his own mortality.

"Aww... Well, that was fun. But, we've got work to do. Stand aside," commanded Mavislin, as she reverted to her ȧduŀt form.

She then stood at the entrance of the deep drop. She then lowered herself and gently touched the water with her hand, palm faced down.

"Zephyr Tunnel," murmured Mavislin.

A small tornado shot out of her opened palm, directly drilling through the body of water within the tunnel. There was now a huge circular tunnel running through the body of water, leaving the ladder dry. Gab was impressed but was still worried.

"Well then, no time to be looking in. We best get going," chirped Mavislin.

"You seem to be in a very fine mood now," said Bryan, preparing to climb down.

"Yea, never seen anyone so excited to climb down into an abyss," said Gab, nervously.

The two women looked at each other before bursting into laughter. Bryan looked shocked and Gab nearly fell into the tunnel.

"Oi! Don't laugh like that! You'll draw attention to us!" yelled Gab, looking very upset.

"Who says we're climbing down? That would take ages," whɨnėd Ysabeau, with a sly grin plastered on her face.

"It's not every day I get to do this!" exclaimed Mavislin as she abruptly jumped into the tunnel.

"Mavis!" yelled Bryan, ignoring Gab about the noise pollution.

Ysabeau had to hold back Bryan to prevent him from going after the Valkyrie. And to remind him about his physical limits. The girl landed safely with a slight thump of her boots touching a stone floor. She listened carefully, looks like the place hasn't got any hostages.

Since the entrance was not very viable or convenient, the body of water actually blocked the initial entrance of the area. And with the spell active, the water was being forced to part aginst the door. It was lucky she jumped in before the humans did.

The water pressure against the door was strong enough to be a reinforcement for a vault. Any human who tried to go for the knob would be trying to punch a row of stone walls. But for a Valkyrie, it was child's play. But she still needed to clear this body water.

"Gab was right, this water is harmful to humans. It's filled with remnants of dead things..." whispered Masavislin, disgusted as she touched the liquid.

She quickly found the source of where that nasty water was flowing from. Or, more accurately, had been flowing from. There seemed to be a plug at the initial place that the water came from. With this in mind, Mavislin decided to make Lord Atlantia using the water around.

"What is she doing?" asked Gab, genuinely curious when the water level descended.

"Looks like this liquid is harmful to humans but not toxic. Boss is kind enough to clear the water first we descend," explained Bryan as he looked at the whirlpool that was forming.

"I didn't expect her Ancient Relic would be used to collect toxic water like this," chided Ysabeau, shaking down.

"My reasoning for this is the same as what Bryan has stated and for another reason as well. Lord Atlantia can remember each liquid it has absorbed. This includes Blood as well," answered Mavislin as she finished collecting the water.

Lord Atlantia looked sick and Mavislin made a silent apology. Someday, she needs to pay a visit to the original place of this Ancient Relic. To apologize formally and thank them. She quickly diminished her Ancient Relic.

"I'll take a look around first before you guys come down," hollered Mavislin as she went to explore.