Above The Sky
Chapter 338 - 338 312 Towards the Future Labyrinth Plot Concludes 23_2

338: Chapter 312 Towards the Future (Labyrinth Plot Concludes, 2/3)_2 338: Chapter 312 Towards the Future (Labyrinth Plot Concludes, 2/3)_2 [Meng, put the knife down]

[I won’t!

Captain, I know, you want to eat me!

You want to eat me!

Just because I am one of the Mountain People, not one of the Imperial People?!]

[No one wants to eat you, Meng.

You are also one of the Imperial People.

And to speak the truth, if we really wanted to eat someone, isn’t Jekal’s body right next to us?

Why would we not eat a dead man and choose to eat you, the living?

Be sensible, put the knife down]

[But I heard it!

Someone wants to eat us, devour our brains, and consume everything, even our souls…]

[Captain…

Meng Ironbone’s ancestors were priests of the Mountain Tribe, and their lineage was expelled from the mountain after a failed struggle…

His words might be right, I think I heard it too…]

[Morin, you heard it too?]

[Captain, I am a Huai Guang Believer, and I would never lie at this time.

If I deceive you all, may I fall into the eternal darkness of An Jail, never to see the light again!]

[Alright…

then let me tell you]

While the others were trying to calm down Meng Ironbone, who was somewhat mentally disturbed, the Captain and Morin went to the other side of the bonfire to talk quietly.

In the Captain’s hands was a small animal skin handbook with delicate writing unlike that of the Natives.

It was an instruction manual and a warning left by the ancient ancestors, explaining the story of demonic parasites and the destruction of Magical Beast communities.

Unfortunately, the Natives never really tried to understand the history recorded in it, merely treating it as a test and warning of faith.

Therefore, they enshrined it before the sacred images of their ancestors.

The White Folks’ Captain read it and knew what he held was a legacy from those before him, and the door behind was the key to the real Holy Ground of the Natives—however, all Four Keys are needed to open this Crystal Gate.

But from the concerned descriptions in the handbook, he knew around this cavity, there was a secret underwater passage, independent of the Crystal Gate, which could be opened with just the Blue Key.

It was a secret passageway left by the Tenglan Tribe, so their own people might be the first to return to the Holy Ground in the future.

From there, they might bypass the sturdy Crystal Gate and try to enter the ruins to survive.

However, the demonic creatures lurking in the ruins, those strange brain-eating parasites, might have been awakened and become active due to the great storm.

They are still beasts now, without wisdom, but if they get their hands on their own Body or a sufficiently intelligent brain…

Even if they leave through the door opened with the Blue Key, exiting the ruins to this vast ocean…

[Morin, I have a dose of Underwater Breathing Elixir here, which I’ll give to you.

When the time is right, try to return to the port and seek help; have Lord Viscount and the others come save us—the secrets here must not be known to too many, especially the potential demons in the ruins…

We absolutely cannot let them be released!]

[Captain…

why don’t you go?

I’m not being modest, but among us all, I’m indeed the best swimmer.

But I remember your child is about to…]

[Morin, I trust that you won’t abandon us.

And if you want to bring help, you’re the most likely to survive the storm—As for my child, don’t you think, ensuring the secrets here are not leaked, is a way of protecting?]

[…I will definitely not fail your trust!]

[Mm.]

The man fell into deep thought in the dim light of the fire; he did not know how to choose.

With his knowledge, he only knew the Natives’ Holy Ground might be the embryonic form of a Labyrinth, and inside the labyrinth were vicious parasites that devour human brains—it wasn’t strange, even not so uncommon in the entire world.

The problem was, how should he choose?

With the Blue Key in hand, they could indeed try to enter the Labyrinth through the underwater passage.

But if they were consumed by the parasites inside, the secret passages they knew would be discovered.

The demonic parasites could then leave through the door they had opened.

At that point, they would be the ones who released the demons.

It’s just like those Adventurers who unknowingly explored the labyrinths and brought disaster to their hometowns.

[Is someone talking in my head?!

Who is it?!

Who!!]

[This place is haunted, haunted I tell you!

It wants to eat us all!

Devour everything…

but why, why do I not dislike the feeling?

It feels like not just being devoured, but merging into one…

Hehe, hahahaha!!]

[Stay clear-headed, Saul!

Guard your mind!

It’s the monster using Spirit Energy to erode your spirit.

Its power is very weak, as long as you stay resolute…

Damn, has he gone mad?!]

[Captain, kill them.

These people have gone mad…

and we really have no more food…]

From deep beneath the ground, strange sounds seemed to echo as if some colossal creature was repeatedly striking the rock walls, rhythmically shaking the earth.

And with this vibration, waves of Spirit Energy Fluctuation spread, driving everyone into madness.

In the chaos, in hunger, in madness, amid the fearful suspicion of each other, everyone began to draw swords against one another.

The White Folks man signaled a somewhat shorter young man to leave, then stood alone at the narrow entrance of the chamber.

Even now, the White Folks man still had a chance; he could flee alone, open the underwater passage, and venture into the ruins to live.