Chapter 1344

As we continued to move down the hallways of darkness, the environment began to change. The dark stony hallways started to take on a more crystalline structure. I also started to feel the heat. The underground was generally a chilly temperature. It wasn’t cold enough to bother me in armor, but if I had water splash on me, I could imagine it getting pretty chilly. That said, even tunneling down into the Deep didn’t seem to change the temperature.

After having walked through along these corridors for a week, I immediately noticed the temperature change. Using Temperature Gauge, I could see the heat increasing, but I couldn’t see any specific source. As I was investigating this, I noticed we came to a massive archway made out of stone. It seemed purely decorative, with various carvings on it. I looked at the carvings, but I wasn’t able to make out any of them. It was like they had been scoured away.

It was more than that. The rock had various pocks in it like it was being dissolved. Given an environment free of wind and rain, I couldn’t believe that this would take that much damage, even after a long time. There wasn’t exactly acid rain down here, so what exactly was eating away at it? Was it the same thing that was eating away at my light and mana?Diiscover new stories at nove/lbin(.)c/om

To my surprise, Sapphire cocked her head for a moment and then nodded. She knew where they were? Was it because they were undead? That thought worried me, but something told me that wasn’t it. I wanted to ask her a lot of questions, but it didn’t feel like the best time to start overloading her with questions. We were heading toward the girls. That was all that was important. As for escape, I would worry about that later.

“Come on.” I gestured.

The pair of us passed under the archway and entered the abandoned city of the deep dwarves.