Chapter 62: The Crystal Corridor

After we caught the traitor, I asked what the Witch Cult was.

Turns out it was a criminal organization spread across the whole world. Every member was female, no matter the race.

They did everything from assassination to theft to stealing other countries’ secrets. There was almost no crime they hadn’t committed. Some even said they served demons.

Luo Shi, Langbo, and Sun Yanwei had all been ambushed by them during archaeological digs. They’d lost plenty of brothers that way.

So the fact that Yu Qingzhu was in the Witch Cult hit them especially hard. The person they’d once trusted turned out to be the one who’d gotten their brothers killed. How could that not shake them?

For an outsider like me, though, it didn’t mean much. None of it had anything to do with me.

Over there, the Princess was casually shouting for us to move out.

Anyway, we set off. The three relic archaeologists were listless the whole way.

Since we were heading into the high-danger zone of the Forbidden Forest, we didn’t take the hovering carriage. We went on foot.

(The carriage and the ice block sealing Yu Qingzhu were both hidden by Anna. Watching Anna conjure a mountain dozens of meters tall with her bare hands… I was so jealous! So envious! Though also a little proud… after all, she’s the girl who’s going to be my wife)

On the road, the Princess asked me why I’d done what I did, and how I’d known there was a spy among these people.

I played cute when I answered (no point doing much in the dark, so I just made my voice sound younger): “Honestly, I didn’t think that far. I just wondered whether one of them might be a foreign spy, since the world is full of dangers… Who knew it would flush out a Witch Cult member?”

“Hahaha, so that’s how it is. Didn’t expect you to be this sharp! But with this in mind, I’ll need to tighten up the archaeology corps when I get back,” the Princess said cheerfully.

“Huh? Princess, what are you planning again? The three of us are completely loyal,” Fatty said.

“Hmph, you flying pig. I trust the three of you, of course. I’m talking about the others. I won’t allow the Black Feather Ruins to fall into anyone else’s hands.” The Princess’s eyes were sharp. It was clear how obsessed she was with the relics.

Maybe it was Anna’s concealment magic. We weren’t attacked by any magical beasts along the way, but we sure saw a lot of them.

The beasts looked mostly like ordinary animals. Some were twice as big, some had bodies eroded by crystal, and some were nothing but skeletons…

Although I’d seen monsters like these in games, getting up close to them in real life still terrified me. I swallowed hard, my mind racing with lingering fear: ‘Good thing I didn’t run away in the Demon Castle… otherwise these things…’

Strange cries rang out from time to time, making me shiver.

Eventually, we reached a cliff. Down below, where the bottom couldn’t be seen, came the sound of rushing water.

The surroundings grew even more eerie. The wind stirred restlessly, and the forest suddenly fell dead silent.

Something was definitely about to happen! Just as I thought that, a centipede flew up from below the cliff.

“Whoa, that centipede took to the sky!”

I stared at the centipede, which was the size of a whale. I didn’t even know what to say. That was a centipede, right?

“A molting centipede. A type of molting beast. Judging by its aura, it’s only a little level 4 bug,” Anna said casually.

I looked at Anna in surprise. Then I noticed that none of the five people around me were scared! I was the only one panicking!

Was something this big really no big deal to all of you?

Just as I was thinking that, I heard a tearing sound in the air, like tape being ripped apart.

I looked up wide-eyed. The molting centipede, which had flown at least fifty meters out, was frozen solid midair. The next second, it was sliced into countless neat little ice cubes.

“Of course it’s no big deal.” Anna smiled at me. At the same time, a huge magic circle over a meter wide appeared in her other hand. Needless to say, the ice magic was hers.

Watching my girlfriend be this powerful, I didn’t know what to think.

But before I could decide what to say, Princess Qiaolu on the other side raised her right palm.

A delicate little magic circle appeared in her hand, shooting out cannon fire like machine-gun meteors. Every ice cube in the air was blown to smithereens, not even a trace left!

“Anna, don’t do unnecessary things,” the Princess said with queenly authority.

“Ohh~” Anna played cute.

“Alright, let’s go down.” With that, the Princess took one of the giant swords from her back and thrust it into the ground.

The ground around us immediately began to sink. The earth carried us down the cliff like an elevator.

‘Is this magic?? That’s way too convenient.’ I couldn’t help marveling inside.

‘Just wait until you see mine. That was only mid-tier terrain modification. Hmph.’ My girlfriend seemed to be getting jealous…

“Ah, no need, no need.” I sighed. Fearing that Anna might turn dark from too much jealousy, I grabbed her hand tightly. “The mountain you made earlier was already way stronger than this. I could tell.”

My sincere words made her happy.

The scenery ahead slowly darkened, and the sky above grew smaller and smaller. The sky that had been so vast moments ago turned into a thin line.

As we descended quickly, the temperature dropped fast, and the sound of rushing water grew louder.

A June night shouldn’t be this cold, but this ravine was freezing to the bone. The wind kept blowing, and I couldn’t help shrinking my neck.

Ugh… so cold.

Anna noticed my thoughts and immediately cast heat preservation magic and night vision magic on me.

My vision suddenly became bright, and I wasn’t cold anymore.

I’d been wondering why these people didn’t use crystal lamps. Now I understood. They simply didn’t need lamps!

I was so jealous of these magic users!

“Aren’t you going to thank Anna for reading your mind?” Another Personality mocked.

“Umm, fank you, Anna.” I pretended to blush and acted shy.

Anna seemed to be charmed by my cuteness and pulled me straight into her arms.

“Whoa!” The sudden tight hug startled me into a yelp.

I was definitely being treated like a pet!

We reached the bottom of the cliff. The rushing river sounded even louder here. Apart from the water smashing against the banks, there was no other sound at all.

It was frightening down here. Everything was empty and desolate.

“This is the place, right?” Princess Qiaolu said, looking at a map in her hand.

“Here, that’s right. This T-shaped rock, and this protruding stone ledge beside it. This is it,” the old man Luo Shi said.

“Good. Let’s go in.” With a swift motion, the Princess pulled her giant sword from the ground and slashed at the rushing water.

Water splashed everywhere. The intense wind pressure split the river in two.

At the same time, a stream of small ice magic circles shot down to the riverbed.

The water on both sides froze, and a crystal ice corridor appeared before us.

“Wow!” Seeing such a fantastic sight, I couldn’t help crying out in amazement.

Of course, watching Anna conjure a mountain had been awe-inspiring, but what the Princess had just done was too beautiful.

“Ugh…” Anna pouted and tightened her arm around my neck.

“Sis! Mercy! I’m sorry!” I begged.

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