Green Monster Epic

Chapter 572: The Passage

A vortex, a massive vortex, formed a waterless vacuum zone, opening a passage to the unknown.

Allen and the others hovered above the lake, heads down, gazing at the vortex forming before them, feeling the faint yet steady magical fluctuations, and a surge of excitement welled up within them.

“I’ll take the first step, Chieftain Allen!!”

Kozmo exchanged glances with Zorf and Ariel, and almost simultaneously, they acted, each diving down with extreme speed, heading straight for the deep passage. Just as their figures were about to disappear into the vortex, Kozmo's excited voice slowly reached Allen's ears.

Watching them leave, Allen raised his head expressionlessly, his mental power expanding outwards, as if trying to find something, but he gained nothing until another voice interrupted him.

“Allen, hurry and enter the passage, or all the good stuff will be taken by those three guys!!”

Figglas, with his enormous head emerging from the lake, anxiously shouted at Allen.

“Sometimes, being the first to enter doesn't necessarily guarantee good fortune!!”

Allen smiled slightly, reassuring Figglas.

However, he didn't intend to waste too much time. After confirming there were no threats nearby, he nodded to Figglas and plunged into the passage in the lake with a whoosh. Once Allen's figure disappeared into the passage, Figglas also plunged into the vortex without hesitation, his massive body almost blocking the vortex, but as the dragon's body approached the center of the vortex, it strangely shrank continuously, and then disappeared into the vortex as well.

As the key to opening the passage disappeared into the lake, the vortex passage gradually slowed its rotation speed after losing the support of power.

Whoosh!! Whoosh!!

Three figures, wanting to seize the opportunity while the vortex still existed, crashed headfirst into the lake, creating a high, white pillar of water, but soon, these three figures emerged from the lake in a rather disheveled state, revealing their true faces.

Drow Matron Mother Deborah was already wearing revealing clothes, and now that the thin garments were soaked by the lake water, the clothing clung to her smooth, glossy skin, adding a touch of allure to her innate charm.

While casting a cleansing spell to remove the excess water from her body, Deborah looked at the now calm lake with a gloomy face, resentfully saying: “Damn it!! So these guys have come to our territory to hunt for treasure!!”

Even the drow who had been exiled to the Underdark had heard something about the origins of the Manta Wastes. Although they didn't know what kind of ruins Allen and his group of experts were exploring, the most likely thing to be preserved in this wasteland was the ancient gods, and the cultural traces left behind by their remnants.

Regardless of which ruins were left behind, this treasure was very tempting. After all, this land was once the divine kingdom of a god, and anything related to gods, whether good or bad, would certainly not be ordinary, otherwise the legendary leaders of the wasteland would not risk coming to enemy territory.

At this moment, Deborah was struggling with what to do next.

To watch a tempting treasure slip through her fingers? Since she had encountered it and knew the purpose of this group of wasteland experts, Deborah had no reason to return empty-handed.

However, with only a few dozen subordinates, wanting to stop five legendary-level experts from entering the ruins, especially the top tier among the legendary, was almost impossible.

“Dejoh, go back and see if those sluts in the city have made any moves since we left? Then go… find Siya, tell her about the ruins, and ask if she's interested in coming over for some fun.”

Although she had made a decision, Deborah still felt somewhat unwilling when she really instructed her subordinate Dejoh to return to the Frostwind Citadel and find other city-state experts to join forces.

However, the Hothian Federation was complex, and the drow had never been a race that remembered old favors. If she invested too many resources from her own city-state in this matter, any major damage would inevitably have a huge impact on Deborah's city-state's position and interests in the Federation, and even be eroded by other city-states.

As a Matron Mother, Deborah's thinking was still clear and rational. Although the temptation in front of her was also not small, for the sake of her own power and the stability of her city-state, Deborah could only choose to cooperate with other Matron Mothers to complete the upcoming stakeout.

“Yes!!”

Dejoh, who had been seriously injured in the previous battle, responded in a slightly weak voice, turned around, and hurried south, quickly disappearing into the jungle.

“Haven't the people I sent for arrived yet? A bunch of trash!!”

After Dejoh left, Deborah also became idle, looking down at this unfamiliar mountain range, frowning and scolding.

“I'll go take a look. There are many dangers in this jungle, maybe they're delayed somewhere.”

Oben quickly responded. Seeing Deborah's noncommittal attitude, he didn't stay and hurried back.

Pfft!!

The suction in the passage was very strong, so strong that even Allen couldn't control his body for a while, until he was ejected from the passage. Although Allen was vigilant and prepared, the moment he was ejected, before he could stabilize his body, a strange magical fluctuation rushed towards him. Allen quickly placed the Bone Reaver in front of him as a shield, and at the same time activated the Bone Reaver's own magic-breaking rune.

The magic didn't seem to have any offensive power. Allen cautiously peeked out from the edge of the broad sword, looking around.

“Figglas, where are you??”

“Ariel, are you there??”

What Allen saw was not the ruins of broken walls that he had expected, but a barren desert almost identical to the Greenwild Plains. On the large exposed sandy ground, there were sparse patches of grass, and even the breeze blowing on his face was very dry, mixed with a bit of heat.

After seeing the desolate scene in front of him, Allen jumped high into the sky, looking around in silence. The three wasteland experts who had passed through the passage one step ahead of Allen were completely gone, and Figglas, who should have appeared after Allen, was nowhere to be seen.

Allen shouted loudly, while making himself fly higher, overlooking the entire land, but still gained nothing. Using the legendary flight ability, Allen constantly expanded outwards around the location where he appeared. The reason he didn't leave this area was that Allen was afraid that he would miss Figglas when the giant dragon came through.

But after more than one magic hour, Figglas still didn't move, and Allen understood in his heart that he was probably separated from him. At this time, he completely gave up waiting for Figglas.