The Death Knell

"This is where the Green Seer lives." Ye Zi seemed to have forgotten the heavy topic. Standing at the entrance of the cave, she smiled and turned to the two humans and said: "It's just that there is still a long way to go. You have to follow me."

There was a huge, dark crack on the black hillside. The magic floating cloak gently rubbed the Supreme Mage's back, reminding him that this place was protected by very powerful energy.

This special energy is exactly the opposite of the energy carried by the white ghosts. It is the energy of life, but the form of the barrier is similar to the world barrier between different worlds, but it is not as powerful.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, you can smell the smell coming from the cave. It is a warm smell mixed with the aroma of grass and moisture, which reminds people of a greenhouse used for growing flowers in winter.

Hermione looked at the professor, and Deathstroke patted her on the shoulder:

"Is this the entrance to the center of the earth?"

The Supreme Mage asked Ye Zi.

The female child of the forest was already accustomed to the knowledge of the death knell. She nodded, picked up a torch wrapped in bark from the entrance of the cave, lowered her head and struggled to make a fire with a flint.

"Even though we have lived here for millions of years, we still have not explored everything in the cave. The cave is like a tree root, extending in all directions, leading to different places. There are many passages leading to bottomless pits, and there are also tunnels that are Forgotten roads lead to the center of the earth.”

"Lumos!" Hermione pulled out her wand, and as the improved 'Lumoshine' spell was recited, a small sun-like ball of light floated out from the tip of the silver wand: "I'll light the way, you lead the way. Well, can you tell me what’s in the center of the earth?”

She was very unhappy when she was taught the common language of the mainland, but now it really tastes good. She is obviously very curious about what is in the center of the earth.

Ye Zi was obviously very interested in Hermione's magic. Her big eyes looked at the cold sun, her cat-like pupils shrank, and she happily dropped the torch and clapped her hands:

"The center of the earth is the center of the earth. There are countless bones, endless darkness, and a vast ocean."

Her voice was simple and brisk, as pure as the ice and snow in winter.

As she spoke, she quickly walked into the cave, her short legs flopping frequently and began to lead the way.

After entering the fissure cave entrance, the road soon became narrow and rugged. The cave entrance was so short that Deathstroke almost had to crouch down for a while.

There are also many small white tree roots growing from the cave walls. These are weirwood tree roots that come from unknown sources, because from the outside, this black mountain should be bare.

Hermione picked the lighting ball out of the air and handed it to Ye Zi who was leading the way to play with. She happily held the ball of magic and laughed, and her guidance seemed to become more exciting.

After walking down the black road for a while, the tunnel began to branch. Ye Zi chose the fork on the right, eating the bread given to her by Deathstroke while walking.

She was not willing to finish the bread, which was the size of a human palm, in one go. She just bit a row of tiny teeth marks and then carefully put it back into her small backpack woven with leaves.

In this way, Hermione was curiously asking various questions along the way about the underground world and the underground passages full of forks.

Ye Zi answered almost every question, but there were some questions that she couldn't answer.

The Children of the Forest don't like overly complicated questions because they think it's better to wait for time to give the answer if you are struggling with difficult problems.

After walking down dozens of forked roads and spending nearly ten minutes turning left and right, the three of them finally came to an empty underground cave.

The area here is very large, almost the same as a football field. There are many sharp stalagmites hanging down from the roof of the cave, and there are also raised stone pillars at corresponding positions on the ground.

But the air is not very humid. It can even be said that except for the lack of sunlight, it is very suitable for human habitation.

There are more passages connecting this underground hall, and there are torches lighting up everywhere. You can see that many passages have stone chambers carved into them, and some green eyes are staring at the three of them in the stone chambers.

"Do you usually live here?"

Hermione thought she saw the children of the forest's dormitory and waved hello in the distance, but the owner of those eyes shrank back shyly.

Su Ming deduced that this place was at least three hundred meters underground. Living here did not seem to be in line with the habits of the green people.

"No, this is where the singers and goats work." Ye Zi chose a passage in the hall and continued down the hall very familiarly: "You have also seen my home, which is the big tree when we met. I live in a tree and have a beautiful house, but it’s a pity that you humans are too big to take you as guests.”

Hermione turned to look behind her with a confused expression: "Goat?"

"Yes, they help us collect food and grow mushrooms, and we provide them with protection." Ye Zi picked up the juice and took a sip, then screwed on the cap without any instruction, and carried the bottle and the obsidian dagger on his back. Behind you, continue on your way.

The witch glanced at the teacher and asked with her eyes. Is this probably what Druid calls the ability to communicate with animals?

Su Ming nodded and didn't say anything else. He focused more on the ground.

As we walked through the hall, the passage that continued downward became slightly wider, at least enough for two people to walk side by side without having to lower their heads.

But as he advanced, something kept breaking under his feet, and Strangler immediately gave feedback, those were bones.

The most common ones are the bones of various birds and animals. They are so thin and delicate that they basically turn into fly ash when stepped on.

But there are also other bones. For example, there is a leg bone stick in the passage, which is more than five meters long. It must have come from a giant. I don’t know how it was moved underground.

There are also some small bones that resemble human bones, which probably come from the Children of the Forest. They seem to have no concept of funerals. Maybe the dead are placed beside the road of bones and allowed to return to the earth.

There were many carved stone niches on both sides of the tunnel, with different skulls looking down at them.

With a simple glance, Deathstroke could easily identify a bear skull because he often ate bears at home. In addition, there are several wolf skulls, six or seven human skulls, and almost the same number of skulls of children of the forest, just lying there so white and miserable.

Weirwood roots sprouted from each skull, wrapping tightly around them and reflecting a pale white light. There were ravens perched on several of the skulls. When a few people passed by, the ravens stared with bright black eyes and laughed like ghosts.

"professor?"

This kind of road decoration would inevitably make Hermione feel a bit intrusive. At least the catacombs in Paris had not yet been paved with corpses, so she was a little wary.

"Relax, the skeleton represents the purest form of divinity."

Su Ming comforted him with words from the Warhammer World.

Ye Zi didn't understand English, so she continued to lead the way holding the ball of light, and waved to the ravens on the roadside in a show-off manner, causing them to flap their wings in displeasure.

After continuing forward for a few hundred meters, there is a chasm, and an abyss hundreds of meters wide seems to suddenly appear in front of you. There is only a narrow stone bridge above it, and a huge bat skeleton hangs tens of meters above your head.

"Be careful when crossing the bridge. If you fall, you will be dead."

Ye Zi said in a nice voice. She stood at the end of the bridge and moved the light ball under the bridge. The darkness below was like a solid and could hardly be dispelled.