Chapter 1311

I was able to find several tunnels, so I selected the one the water was flowing toward. Whether this was the right direction or not, I couldn’t say, The luminescent algae didn’t exist uniformly across the Deep, so there were areas with light and areas without. As long as I had my Light spell, it was rather either to navigate through and didn’t feel much different from traveling in a dungeon.

The landscape was unique though. There were mushrooms the size of trees, and there were various other plants of exotic and strange colorization. In short, it sounded like life. The Deep was its ecosystem, and unlike the dungeons which were relatively silent except for my party and the occasional mobs, this place was lively. I could hear the sounds of slithering, crunching, clicking, and even bird calls, although it was hard to say if there were any birds down here or if it was something else.

The biggest problem being in this unfamiliar environment was that I didn’t know what was a threat. In a dungeon, it was fairly easy. If it was alive, it was likely to attack you. Down here, there was a lot of life, and some of it was hostile and some of it was not. I had to leave my Map and Sense Life up, looking for red. I wasn’t sure how this feature worked, but anything that seemed to wish me harm turned up as red, while allies were green and neutral life was yellow. Without this, I assuredly would have been having more trouble.

I glanced around, frowning. Something big was moving, and it was heading in my direction. I squinted into the darkness. One of the biggest problems with the Light skill was that it created a light circle around me, but beyond that circle was darkness, and the light prevented my eyes from ever adjusting to said darkness. An orb could spread light to an entire cave, although the lighting might be dim.

Light was bright, but it only spread so far. Of course, the reason I remained on light is that it went only one way. If I used an orb in this dark world, then I would stick out like a sore thumb to everything down here.

That said, I started to see various red lights appearing at the very edge of my light. I started to realize they were eyes, and those eyes belonged to none other than the kin of the naked rat thing I had just killed. There was a stampede of hundreds of them coming right at me!