nycdaug Chapter 206 Letters
Chapter 206 Letters
The road ahead had to be observed with extreme caution. The layers of broken walls and the mine entrance were extremely strange, and one could only move forward relying on the dim light of the fire.
Soon the two came to an elevator, but this wooden elevator required two people to turn the middle wheel together to slowly reach the top.
Shihui became interested in the old elevator and looked at it carefully: "I didn't expect there was such a thing. It seems that people thousands of years ago were not so stupid."
In her opinion, people thousands of years ago would at most rely on hard labor to transport minerals, but she didn't expect that there would be such a convenient thing.
Momo opened the iron chain of the elevator and walked in, explaining: "This kind of thing is still used in some places now, but it has gradually developed into a system where it is turned by a dedicated person. If the two of us want to continue going up, we will have to rely on our own strength."
"That's really interesting. Maybe I'm just used to using magic and have gradually given up on the idea of using tools."
Shi Hui stood opposite him, and the two of them worked together to turn the elevator. The elevator slowly rose with a not-so-pleasant creaking sound, bringing up a lot of dust and dirt from below.
Momo spoke like a mentor: "Although Your Highness the Princess possesses extraordinary power, it cannot be guaranteed that she can use it unlimitedly, so sometimes it's okay to use some small tricks of mortals."
After hearing this, Shihui nodded thoughtfully. She did not deny this point of view. After all, every time she used magic, it would not only put a burden on her body, but would also continuously reduce her lifespan.
Although he now has a lifespan of more than 10,000 days, he may not be able to survive the next adventure.
"There are so many monsters on land, and there will probably be even more in the sea. By then, we can only rely on ice magic to freeze the sea water and trap them to escape..."
Looking at Shihui who was lost in thought in front of him, Momo asked curiously, "What are you thinking about, Your Highness? Why don't you tell me and we can solve it together?"
Shihui glanced at him. She had nothing to hide, so she said directly, "I feel the ocean will be very dangerous, and there will definitely be something very terrifying waiting for me there. If something unexpected happens, how can I maximize my chances of survival?"
"Your Highness, do you know what kind of danger it is?" Momo became interested after hearing this and started thinking about this question.
"It invaded my dreams, trying to tell me something. In the dark, endless abyss of the ocean, there's something... that might want to come up..."
Lime felt extremely uncomfortable with Cthulhu, and that thing was trapped in the R'lyeh Palace, hidden deep in the vast ocean.
What's more, she herself has a fear of the deep sea. Not to mention going into the sea, she doesn't even want to go swimming at the beach.
I had a strong feeling that there was some huge monster waiting in the deep sea for me to fall into the water and eventually swallow me up.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but frown and turned the gears a little faster.
Momo immediately noticed something was wrong with the other party and quickly said, "Don't be so scared, Your Highness. Although I don't know how you got to the border, I feel that you must have come here by boat. Since you can come here safely, you can go back safely."
Although he was trying to comfort her, he also wanted to prevent her from being so nervous, as it was most likely to cause problems if she let her overthink things at this time.
Shihui couldn't help but click his tongue, his thoughts seemed to go back to the first time he woke up in the cabin. He always felt that there was something hidden there, but now he couldn't go back. He gave up a lot of information and chose to run for his life.
This also makes her always feel annoyed.
"Did I say something wrong, Princess?"
"It's not you, it's my own problem. It's just that this feeling is particularly strong. It's so strong before we even get to the sea. If we set out on a boat, I'm afraid it will be even worse..."
Because she had been dragged into the kingdom of R'lyeh once before, it was difficult for her to feel at ease.
“You might be…”
"careful!"
"Whoosh!"
The two of them immediately stepped back, only to see an arrow fly between them. Without the support and rotation of the two, the elevator began to fall.
Shi Hui quickly stabilized his body and hurriedly pulled the handle that turned automatically.
"quick!"
She shouted and used all her strength to rotate in the opposite direction, and the gears collided with each other and made a clattering sound.
Momo on the other side also reacted, and with the help of the two people's supernatural strength, he stopped the elevator. Otherwise, if it fell at full speed from this height, he would at least suffer fractures and severe internal bleeding.
At the same time, Shihui looked in the direction of the arrow tail and saw a mummy stiffly pulling out an arrow and aiming at here.
"Can you hold on for a while on your own, Momo?"
"can!"
After she finished speaking, she immediately let go of the handle, and Momo held on to her strength to slow down her falling speed as much as possible, almost in a half-kneeling position to hold on. Shihui immediately summoned the Elder Wand and aimed it at the mummy that was aiming at this side.
"Sectum sempra, divine strike without shadow!"
"Shh!"
After being strengthened multiple times, the terrifying wind blade rushed towards the mummy at a terrifying level that could be seen with the naked eye, tearing it to pieces the moment it came into contact with it.
"Princess... Your Highness..."
Hearing the sound of Momo gritting his teeth, Shi Hui hurriedly turned the gears with him and rushed up at the fastest speed.
"Hurry up, I'm afraid there will be more mummies like the ones just now!"
Momo said in shock: "Mummies?! Are they exactly the same group as the ones under the water?"
"That's right, so we'd better hurry up. Now that one has appeared, there will definitely be more!"
After saying that, the two of them turned the gears even harder, using almost all their strength, and reached the upper level as quickly as possible. They rushed out of the elevator like flying. Without the two people supporting it, the elevator fell rapidly, and in the end, only a dull collision sound was heard from below.
Shi Hui looked at the falling position of the elevator with lingering fear, muttering: "There is something wrong with the design of this thing. There is nothing to fix it after it goes up..."
"Actually, this ancient elevator requires four people, two on top and two below. After the bottom one rises, the two on top will insert the iron rod that secures it. That's the one next to you!"
Momo said this while pointing to two iron rods that had already been severely decayed.
Shi Hui sneered and joked, "According to you, we are still short of two teammates~?"
"Haha, Your Highness Princess is really not forgiving. The two of us coming here is already the best plan. In this world, letting people in increases unknown variables, and letting friends and family in is putting them in danger. So the two of us are just right. We won't infringe on each other's interests, and we can still discuss things."
"If there were a few more impromptu teammates, I'm afraid a quarrel would have already broken out. Besides, given your personality, you would definitely kill them all."
"clang!"
Shi Hui hit his chest hard and said with a smile: "Yes, you already know me very well, otherwise I would kill them too. After all, good things are not even qualified to be touched by the weak~".
"What a wicked princess..."
Momo murmured to himself, and then continued to walk upwards. Not long after, they came to a corner. For some reason, the fire inside was flickering.
"has a problem!"
Shihui immediately drew out the two swords from his waist and walked carefully towards the corner. Momo also drew out two huge swords, ready to attack the opposite side at any time.
"How many do you think it is, Princess?"
Shihui listened carefully to the friction sound coming from the corner and responded: "Four to six, but I don't know what they are holding in their hands. If I'm not mistaken, the closest one is holding a torch. If you are not careful and get hit, you will probably feel uncomfortable for a while."
Momo smiled faintly: "The advantages of armor are reflected at times like this, Your Highness."
Upon hearing this, Shi Hui stopped and looked at the black knight behind him with raised eyebrows. After sneering a few times, he said, "That's right, the advantage of armor is reflected at this time. Come on, hero Momo, I will be responsible for covering you!"
After saying that, she put away the two knives and replaced them with a revolver.
Momo was speechless for a moment, and cursed herself in her heart for being so rude. Helplessly, she could only bite the bullet and move forward.
"Click! Click!"
The noise of Momo's armor as he walked immediately caused the fire at the corner to flicker, as if the other party was waiting for its prey to come to it.
But he strode forward nonchalantly, and the moment he turned the corner, a torch came towards him fiercely.
"Shh!"
Momo's body reacted quickly and instinctively, stepping back to avoid the attack.
Seeing that their sneak attack had failed, the mummies in the ward slowly walked out. All seven mummies put away their weapons and bows and arrows and walked towards the two of them.
Shihui couldn't help laughing when he saw these mummies that looked like human machines, and then he said, "They move slowly and clumsily. Can you handle it by yourself, hero?"
"Of course, Your Highness!"
After confirming the degree of danger, Momo rushed over quickly. Like a meat grinder, he easily killed the mummy with his sword and even blocked an arrow with the sword.
Shi Hui applauded when he saw this scene: "Not bad, especially the last shot of blocking the arrow, it was really powerful~".
"Haha, Your Highness, you are too kind. It's just some mediocre skills." Momo was very humble and was not affected by the other party at all.
After confirming that there were no remaining mummies, the two turned the corner, only to find that there was an iron gate blocking the way, and a large number of letters were placed on the box next to the iron gate.
Momo said in a low voice: "It's really troublesome..."
Shihui, however, had a different opinion and went over to pick up the letter from the box.
"It may not be a trouble~"