The deeper you go into the cave, the more humid the environment inside the cave.

Shield carefully avoided the drops of water falling on his head and held the torch slowly forward in the hole—even without light, the real eye would not be blocked by the darkness, just to save magic.

"At the fork in the road," stopped the Nightinge, walking in the front, "is this the number of caves?"

"The first fork at the twenty-third and second doors," the lightning pulled out the record book and looked at it.

“Hope is the end,” Hilvy muttered as he opened his eyes, “the left side... out of the mine, no mine.”On the right side... just like that.”

The lightning recorded the result, "Then the last door of the cave needs to be inspected."

"Come on," the Nightinge saw again, from the front of the line to the last, and returned with them all the way.Her abilities don’t seem to be as simple as invisible, and Hilvy can only see the magic of the Nightinginge change, but she can’t capture her body shape and movements.According to the Lightning, she is the strongest fighting witch in the co-helps.

That’s probably why Roland has let her follow her — there are rumors that the mine was once the lair of an ancient monster, and there have been several previous incidents of miners missing.Before leaving, His Royal Highness the Prince repeatedly warned that he must be careful, and if he encounters an uncertain situation, he should first withdraw from the mine and report to him.

Shirvey was disapproving of this, no monster can escape the detection of the magic eye, even if it is the animal carcass in the stone wall and the twisting soft worms, she can see clearly.

There were four men on the expedition, in addition to her, the Nightingbird, and the Lightning, and a little girl named Lucia.Every time she found the ore, she converted it into various debris, and then carefully classified it into her pocket, saying that she would give it to Her Royal Highness to identify.

Lightning was responsible for drawing the topographic map of the mine, and of course, in her own account, no expedition could have been less—a proud tone that reminded Hilway of the captain who was temporarily stationed on the island.

Cave No. 23 belongs to a huge deep hole near the bottom of the mine, it is hundreds of steps deep into three fork roads, along these fork roads continue to go deep, and more support roads will be found, but by then almost extended the scope of the mine, the possibility of having mining veins is very small, so they will only go deep into this step to stop.

Returning to the original fork, the “gate” recorded by lightning, Shirvesch exhibited the ability to observe the situation of caves and three doors.

The wider the real eye, the greater the magic, and a heavy burden on the body, so she chose to observe at each fork in the road, and explore a passage at a time.

“Three more doors... well, no mines, there’s a place at the end...” She staggered, “there are five forkeds, one of which seems to be going back down.”

“Down?”The lightning repeated.

"Indeed it is," Hilvi looked again, and the elongated passage down a long way down and turned a corner, straight toward the mine, and as she tried to continue looking along the fork, a strong sense of dizziness poured into her mind, interrupting her connection to the magic eye, "I think it may lead to a mine deposit."

But this explanation is very far-fetched, and the intricate caverns in the North Slope mine are obviously not artificially cut, and will not be specially searched for ore - an unknown vein found before is caught in the middle of two forks, if not the real eye can penetrate the obstacles, it is impossible to find the pile of metal stones hidden under the stone wall and mud.

“Whatever it is, go and see,” the Nightinge shrugged.

A group of fish entered the third door of the cave, and about a quarter of an hour later reached the end of the passage.

Only the passage is divided into five here, the narrowest of which is no longer for people to walk, almost can only climb in.And the strange passage which Hilway had seen before was in the middle of the fork, and the ground turned sharply, almost forming a steep slope with the ground on which they now stood.

"It looks very deep," said the Nightingale, taking a picture of the torch, "and I always think that the caves in this place are somewhat similar to those seen in the cliffs of the Endless Place."

"Let's go back after the check," Lucia couldn't help but hold the Nightingale's arm, "I don't like it very much... I always feel like there's something staring at us in the hole."

"There's nothing in the hole, except mud and stone," said Mr. Silver, though she didn't like the secluded and damp place, but the ability to tell her that there was no danger, "there were four mines without mines, out of the mine," and she quickly swept the straight fork, moving her eyes to the middle, and then a little, "... eh?"

“What happened?”The lightning asked.

“I can’t see what’s going on below.”

“Can’t see?”The little girl was surprised, "Is it too tired to cause the ability to use failure?"Take a rest."

“No, it’s not a matter of ability,” Hilway closed his eyes and opened it again, still dark in front of him, as if vision had been stripped.She endured the headache and further expanded her horizons, but the result remained unchanged – the surrounding soil was clear and discernible, and only the middle was completely covered with endless darkness, thick as ink that could not be opened."Something stopped me from looking at me."

"Don't move here," said the Nightingeon, drawing out two silver-shining weapons, "and I'll go down and explore the situation, and I'll be back soon."

“Do not go!”Silvere held the swollen forehead to stop, "There is only one thing that can have this effect."Even if you go, you will be in danger."

“What is it?”

“The stone of divine punishment,” she said, gritting her teeth, “there is a stone of divine punishment under the ground, and it is the kind that can cover the whole region!”

...

When Roland learned of the news, he immediately mobilized the soldiers of the First Army to enter the North Slope Mine.

And the final findings, as Hilway had guessed, were hidden in the deep hole at the bottom of the mine.

After determining that there was no danger, Roland also entered the 23rd cave under the protection of the guard, and he also wanted to see what the stone of punishment could be banned from the whole mountain.

"Your Highness, be careful," Carter reminded, "the exit is in front."

"It's safer to use magic here, you're still safe to stay on it," Roland looked back at Anna, the Nightingale, and the Lightning behind him, "isn't it good to learn from Hilvi?"

"I am better than you without magic, and if you can come, I can come," the Nightingler said.

"Wherever there is adventure, there is me."The lightning is high-chestrate.

Anna said nothing, but looked directly at Roland, and saw the clear eyes of the fire, and Roland knew that she was useless in saying anything.

"Well," he sighed, "you must be with me, but don't be far away."

Following the sloping cave to the end, Roland suddenly understood what the "exit" in the chief knight's mouth meant.

The sight in front of him was suddenly bright, and a huge deep cave appeared in front of him.

Even without the use of fire, he could clearly see the whole picture of the cave - the light came from the divine stone of punishment like a crystal prism, which rose from the ground, each between 20 or 30 meters in diameter, like a neon tower, standing in front of his eyes.(Unfinished.