Under Jenn's feet, a secret passage was clearly visible.
Without the cover of the thick floor and ground, Zayen could clearly see the secret passage extending all the way down. It seemed that this secret passage led to a hollow under the City of Ice.
Jenn wasn't surprised. Ice City was located at the peak of the mountain, so it was normal for there to be a few caves below.
However, judging from the traces of the secret passage in front of him, it should be a naturally formed cave, and not a man-made one.
However, it was hard to say who found this secret passage and made use of it.
"Mr. Jenn?"
At this moment, a voice sounded in Jenn's ear. He turned around and saw Barty looking at him nervously. Barty's face, which was pale due to the cold wind, showed an uneasy expression.
"Erm … Mr. Carter asked if you found anything?
They searched the other side, but they didn't find anything other than monsters … "
"I seem to have found something here."
Hearing Barty's question, Jenn nodded.
Then, he gripped the hilt of his sword tightly.
The tip of the sword pointed to the ground and knocked on the floor in front of him.
"If I'm not mistaken, there seems to be a secret passage under this room. But I don't know how to open it."
"I see …"
Hearing Jenn's answer, Barty nodded. Then, he hesitated for a moment and said as if he thought of something.
"Erm … Mr. Jenn, can you let me try?"
"You?"
Hearing Barty's request, Jenn was surprised.
But he reacted quickly. Then, with a meaningful smile, Jenn sized up the young man in front of him. Barty looked like he was in his early twenties, and Jenn wasn't much older than him. Perhaps it was because he had been doing experiments for a long time, but this young man's body was thinner than most men. The loose alchemist robe wrapped around his body, and his short black hair set off his feminine face.
Noticing Jenn's gaze, Barty seemed a little uneasy. He frowned and looked at Jenn, thinking that Jenn was worried about him.
"What's wrong?
Mr. Jenn?
You don't believe me?
I have a certificate of qualifications issued by the Walsh-Royal Association, and I have profound attainments in the field of civil engineering and mechanisms. I'm not trying to say this, but unless it's an ancient inheritance, there's no way it can stump me. "
Saying until here, as if to prove his words, he lifted his head and looked at Jenn, proudly puffing out his chest.
Hearing his words, Zayen just shrugged his shoulders.
"Alright, then I'll leave it to you, Mr. Barty."
Barty was quite dissatisfied with Jenn's tone, but he only glared at Jenn for a moment before turning his head around. With the help of the magical radiance, he began to carefully examine the house in front of him.
Then, he took out a ruler from his sleeve. He rotated the disk on it and pointed it at the wall in front of him as if he was gesturing something.
At this time, Carter and the others also strode in.
"Hey, kid, how's the situation over here?"
Carter walked into the house and patted the snow off his shoulder, then looked at Jenn and asked loudly. Then, he saw Barty fiddling with something in front of him and couldn't help but be surprised.
"What the hell is this?"
"It's like this. I realized that there might be a secret passage down here, and Mr. Barty said that he should be able to find a way to open this passage."
"Secret passage?
Here? "
Upon hearing Zayen's reply, Carter narrowed his eyes, looked around, and narrowed his eyes.
"Is it really that troublesome?
Just point out where the secret passage is, and then we can break a hole in it. Can't we? "
"It's not that easy!"
Barty was originally scribbling and drawing as if he was calculating something. Now that he heard Carter's answer, he turned his head around and glared at Carter.
"This kind of secret passage usually has a security mechanism. If it's violently attacked by an external force, then it's very likely that the mechanism will be triggered.
When that happens, it's very likely that the entire passage will collapse and collapse. When that happens, do you want us to dig a hole and crawl in? "
"About that …"
Hearing Barty's question, Carter smiled awkwardly, but in the end, he didn't say anything.
It wasn't that he didn't understand what Barty meant. Moreover, everyone had their own specialties. Mechanisms were Barty's specialty, and he was naturally more qualified than Carter in this aspect.
Hearing Barty's words, Carter naturally couldn't say anything else. He could only shrug his shoulders and stand by the side with Jenn to watch Barty busy himself.
One had to admit that Barty was quite talented in this aspect.
To others, this was just an ordinary stone house. Since the person who lived here was a cultivator, there was basically nothing else other than the necessities.
Therefore, it was easy to search, but to them, other than the necessities, there was nothing else here.
Under such circumstances, would there really be any mechanisms?
But soon, Barty made his move. After he finished his calculations, he first nodded at the wall, then walked to the side of the stone wall, and reached out his hand to touch the bottom of the wall.
Very quickly, Barty pressed his hand on a stone brick. Then, he pressed down hard, and the stone brick immediately caved in toward the inside of the wall.
Following that, followed by a rumbling sound, the heavy stone slab in the corner of the room slowly slid to the side, revealing a dark and gloomy passage.
Seeing this, Barty's face immediately revealed a proud smile.
At this moment, suddenly, a black shadow flashed in front of Barty's eyes.
Swish — —!!
A monster the size of a baby with two slender arms suddenly jumped out of the opened secret passage. It screamed, raised its arms, and tore at Barty's throat.
This sudden scene shocked the young man. He instinctively leaned back, trying to avoid the monster's attack.
But as an Elite Alchemist with no actual combat experience, it was too difficult for him to dodge the ambush at such a close distance.
Fortunately, as an Alchemist, the equipment on his body also displayed great power at this moment.
Halos instantly erupted from his ring and earrings, forming a protective barrier that blocked the monster's attack.
The monster slammed its head against the barrier of light and let out a hoarse scream. Its face that looked like a withered baby was hideous and terrifying, and the green liquid that dripped from its mouth was incomparably stinky.
Seeing that its attack didn't hit, the monster suddenly turned around, spread its arms, and flew toward the others like a bird.
This guy can actually fly?!
Looking at this scene, the others couldn't help but retreat. Although it wasn't a problem for them to kill this monster with their strength, who knew if this thing would be like the monsters in the temple?
After all, this was a narrow room, and if such a problem occurred, no one in the room would be able to escape.
And at this moment, who knew if this thing would explode a pile of venom or poisonous fog after being killed like those monsters in the temple?
And at this moment, Jenn made his move.
Looking at the monster, he narrowed his eyes slightly. At the next moment, the aquamarine light jumped out of the scabbard as if it had a life of its own. Without hesitation, it penetrated the little monster's body and pinned it to the wall.
And at this moment, the withered monster's corpse suddenly swelled up as if it was about to explode. But before it could move, a layer of frost that was visible to the naked eye quickly appeared and sealed the little monster completely in ice. Boom! At the next moment, the frozen monster fell to the ground like a stone, never to move again.
"Hu …"
Carter finally let out a sigh of relief. Then, with a hint of mockery in his eyes, he looked at Barty, who was standing blankly at the side. Barty's face was pale, and it seemed like he hadn't recovered from the shock yet.
"You're amazing, Mr. Barty. But I have to say, as an adventurer, you're still lacking."
"You …"
Hearing Carter's mockery, Barty glared at him. He gritted his teeth and wanted to say something, but in the end, he stomped his foot and shut his mouth.
Nadia didn't care about the scene before her. Instead, she knitted her brows and stared at the monster's corpse.
Just like the other monsters, a green magical radiance emanated from the monster's body. After the radiance disappeared, the strange monster was gone, and in its place was a skinny infant.
This was indeed an uncomfortable scene, but Nadia's expression became more and more solemn. She looked at the corpse and then at the entrance of the secret passage. Then, everyone saw the female holy knight unsheathing her sword and rushing into the secret passage without hesitation.
What's wrong?
Witnessing Nadia's actions, everyone was surprised. But soon, they reacted to the situation. This was a secret escape passage, and there were actually such monsters in this secret escape passage, which meant that these monsters were everywhere.
Moreover, from what they saw from the Water Mirror, this secret passage led to the little girl's cave.
If there were monsters in the secret passage, then the little girl was obviously in danger!
At this thought, everyone followed Nadia and rushed into the secret passage without hesitation.