Chapter 744: · Respective Actions

【"There is no guarantee, after all, no one has returned after entering the cave."】

【Furiuga smiled: "It's just that my teacher, as you can see, is a fortune teller. I heard that when he discovered this cave, he felt the flow of the dragon's heart. If we want to gamble, I think this choice is not bad."】

【Qingxuan: "No, no, no! The problem is not here! As a mage, one can always deal with high-rise buildings or ordinary heights. However, what is going on with being tens of kilometers deep! Basically, this cave is very wrong! Just observing from here, one can see that the Great Source is unevenly distributed everywhere. Depending on the location, the magic exercised will be completely scattered, and one will crash heavily onto the ground and be finished! What do you plan to do!"】

【Furiuga: "Of course, if we descend tied with ropes, no matter how long the rope is, it won't be enough, so we will go down using gliding relics. This thing only needs a small amount of vital energy to work."】

【Saying this, Furiuga took out a small gliding wing relic that looked like it was folded from several pieces of cloth, but in structure, it was closer to the wings of birds.】

【Luvia: "This is Icarus's relic, you really have brought out something rare."】

【Furiuga: "That's right, although it is far from flying, it can be used to glide all the way in this big hole, because we are not trying to approach the sun."】

Waver: "Good guy, this shortcut is really..."

Kayneth: "In other words, even that old man himself has never been down there?"

Shishigou Kairi: "No wonder he said it was very dangerous; this is completely a gamble."

Shishigou Kairi: "But with Waver's ability to turn bad luck into good, he shouldn't lose the gamble."

Waver: "Hehe, I'll take your word for it."

【Qingxuan: "What a huge gamble..."】

【Waver: "No, only by gambling can we possibly succeed. After all, the Ancient Heart is located at the lowest layer among the areas the Clock Tower can currently reach, and deeper below is the Fairy Domain, which is a realm that humans have not been able to reach to this day."】

【Furiuga distributed the relics to everyone and continued to explain: "From here on, it is an unknown. Even if this cave connects directly to the Ancient Heart, it does not mean the journey ends there."】

【Everyone understood and put on the relics one after another.】

【Just then, Luvia suddenly detected that a group of huge earthworms was attacking them.】

【Each of these earthworms was the size of a train, and together they looked like a dark cloud.】

【They didn't make any big movements, so why were these things attacking them all at once?】

【However, there was truly no way back now, so everyone had to jump into the Void Hole and conduct this huge gamble.】

Tohsaka Rin: "So disgusting, are these earthworms?"

Caules: "Even if they are variants in Albion, they are too big, right?"

Waver: "So unlucky, is this 'when it rains, it pours'?"

【On the other side, the mining city, an old cafe.】

【"What is going on, Olga Marie?"】

【Reines came to the appointment according to the instructions on the note, and Olga Marie was already waiting there wearing a hood.】

【"You're here, Reines, I thought you wouldn't pay attention."】

【Reines: "After all, the last time I received such a note was before the previous head passed away and I became the El-Melloi heir."】

【"Actually, I have something I want to ask you."】

【Olga Marie didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "Does El-Melloi oppose the redevelopment plan of Albion?"】

【Reines: "Oh my, this question is really sudden."】

【Olga Marie: "Because for you guys, isn't this a good opportunity to get ahead?"】

【"But if we are eliminated before we get ahead, then it has no meaning, right?"】

【Reines mocked herself: "Weak factions like us, once we disobey our superiors who belong to the Aristocratic Faction, we will be beheaded in an instant."】

【Olga Marie: "However, the redevelopment of Albion itself is not the proposition of the Aristocratic Faction and the Democratic Faction, right? Barthemello specifically sent a letter from the previous head, stating that the Albion redevelopment plan should be stopped."】

【Reines: "The letter was sent by the previous head, does this mean..."】

【Olga Marie: "That's right, this means that even if we ignore that letter, we can claim that it does not count as violating the meaning of the current Barthemello."】

【"In that case, as long as we declare at the Grand Resolution that this is not a problem of the Aristocratic Faction and the Democratic Faction, it will be fine. The status of the Astronomy Department is not inferior to the Spirit Department. If we compete for votes, the two of us can overturn the result of this Grand Resolution."】

Waver: "This, I didn't expect her to have such thoughts."

Fiore: "Is this preparing to backstab at any time?"

Tohsaka Rin: "This is also good, let that arrogant old man take a good tumble."

Kayneth: "Hmph, it should be said as expected of the heir of the Animusphere family; I underestimated her."

【Reines: "... I see, you have grown a lot."】

【Olga Marie: "I want to hear you say that this was learned by taking someone as a role model."】

【Reines: "Sorry, I cannot give an answer on the spot. However, I will keep your words in mind."】

【Olga Marie: "That will do."】

【Walking out of the cafe, Reines looked at the light emitted by the dome and narrowed her eyes involuntarily.】

【She had already arrived at the mining city, and the small tricks she could use were limited. Next, she could only pray that her brother would arrive at the Ancient Heart safely, while she would spend the remaining time like this.】

【"You are Reines El-Melloi Archisorte, right?"】

【Just then, a voice sounded from behind Reines, startling her.】

【She actually didn't feel the magical energy and aura of the comer. If this were an assassin—】

【"Rest assured, I am not an enemy."】

【The voice then asked her to go to a small alley on the side, and Reines could only accept it obediently.】

【After entering the alley, she dared to turn her head slowly, only to find that the person who made the sound was an old man.】

【"Who are you?"】

【"My name is Graf, an old man who can't even be considered a mage."】

Tohsaka Rin: "Hmm? Mr. Graf actually went to find Reines?"

Waver: "This old man, it seems he is also restless."

Shishigou Kairi: "You destroyed his seclusion, so you have no right to say that."

Waver: "But with Mr. Graf around, Reines is not unable to act in the mining city."

【The gaze returned to Waver and the others.】

【The group who jumped down the Void Hole was falling at a terrifying speed, however, the huge earthworm group did not intend to let them go and actually chased them down directly along the rock wall.】

【The spell bullets fired by Luvia and the knife controlled by Furiuga did not stop their pace, and the distance between the two sides was gradually closing.】

【Among the group, because Gray was using it for the first time and hadn't adapted to the Icarus relic on her back, she was still falling, while the others had already transferred to the gliding state.】

【The next instant, the heads of the chasing earthworms actually opened, revealing things like eyes.】

【The moment those eyes opened, Gray felt a familiar magical energy.】

【Waver: "How is that possible! It's actually a monster holding a Mystic Eye!"】

Kayneth: "Mystic Eye! What the hell!"

Tohsaka Rin: "This group of earthworms actually has Mystic Eyes!"

Tohsaka Rin: "No, I should say what kind of grudge is this, they even chased them down after jumping down."

Waver: "This is really troublesome, everyone is in mid-air and cannot launch effective attacks."

【"Here it is!"】

【Just at this critical moment, Qingxuan suddenly flapped his relic and turned around, then stretched his arm out.】

【It was not a metaphor; his arm really extended by several meters.】

【The spirit root arm given to him by Graf changed its form and, like a hook claw, directly pierced into the head of the earthworm chasing at the very front.】

【"Ah, although it's disgusting, this hand is really convenient!"】

【With one hit, Qingxuan immediately lifted his eye patch, and then he saw those earthworms erupting with flames, their bodies leaning back significantly.】

【And seizing this gap, Gray finally successfully adapted to the relic and joined the counterattack team.】

【Add transformed into a death scythe, and with the acceleration, a silver light flashed.】

【Judging from the huge size of the earthworms, this degree of wound could not be a fatal injury, but it was enough to make the injured earthworms shrink back.】

【Waver: "Qingxuan, that was just now..."】

【Qingxuan smiled: "Where do you think I hitched a ride from? When I met up with you at the Rail Zeppelin, I had already undergone surgery to transplant the 'Burning' Mystic Eye."】

【Although he couldn't make it in the mage world, the Ashborn family left a large sum of savings for him, which was more than enough to buy a Mystic Eye.】

【The crisis was resolved, and everyone controlled their relics to dive downward, diving into the deeper darkness underground, continuing into the bottomless darkness leading to the Ancient Heart.】