Jessica watched Lulunaka disappear with a look of surprise on her face.
She was standing on that strange piece of glass. As it twisted and deformed in a strange way, when the broken image on the glass turned into a swirling vortex, Lurunaka was gone.
And the vortex was still spinning.
This wasn't something that Jessica had expected. She turned to Junia, and her captain didn't seem surprised, as though she was used to it.
And Dina seemed to be the same.
"She's gone."
Jessica felt that she had to speak at this time, or the silence would probably last for a long time.
Zendina frowned as she looked at the rotating glass floor. She then looked up at Jessica. "That's something like a portal … I used to stand on something similar. She played tricks on me a lot back then." Zendina sounded like she had been through it before. It seemed like it was not the first time she had experienced something like this.
As for Junia, as someone who had once been by Lurunaka's side, he also had an unforgettable memory of this pattern.
That was when he was still a teenager. He was still alive, and he had to thank some old people who were no longer around. But he never felt the joy of being alive, only regret that could not be erased.
Junia walked forward and stood on the glass floor that swallowed Lulunaka.
"You guys stay here.
Jessica, take care of this child … "
Before he could finish his sentence, Madina was already standing beside him.
"If I don't follow, she'll be angry."
Dina looked up at the tall Junia and said, "If you've known her for a long time, you should understand."
Junia stood on the glass floor, and Dina followed him for the same reason.
Jessica looked at the two who had already stood on the glass floor. She looked at the strange movements under their feet. She scratched her head and quickly walked over to them.
"It's hard to say if I stay in this gloomy place. It's better to follow you guys.
At least with you here, I don't believe I'll be in any danger. "
Jessica trusted Junia unconditionally, and Junia responded with silence.
There were some things that didn't need to be said out loud. As long as there was a tacit understanding between them, they would understand each other.
Junia never had to worry about her back because she had Jessica with her — or perhaps Gade, who had already left with the knights to patrol the area.
Junia trusted Gade as much as he trusted Jessica. It was due to this that he made the decision to split up.
All three of them stood on the revolving glass floor, which slowly "sank."
Jessica could see her vision going down and the scenery around her rising.
When she lowered her head, the glass floor was still spinning. She could not see any abnormalities. Only when she used her surroundings as a reference did she realize that she was sinking.
Soon, there was only darkness left in her surroundings. It was so dark that she couldn't see anything. When she thought that her eyes should have adapted to the darkness and started to regain her vision, this didn't happen.
If the sound of their breathing and small movements was ignored, there was no sound around them. They also didn't see Lulunaka. It seemed that they wouldn't be able to see the person who "went down" first for the time being.
After passing through the darkness that made it difficult to keep track of time, Jessica finally felt that her feet had stopped. Her body had a slight sinking feeling. This meant that the thing under their feet had finally stopped.
"Are we here?" Jessica saw that her surroundings were still dark.
Dina took out a small lantern from her small backpack. It was the same as the one in Lulunaka's hand.
Zendina lit the lantern, and it shone in the darkness.
Unlike Lurunaka's lantern, which emitted a ghostly green light, Dina's lantern lit up with an orange-red flame, which made people feel more relaxed.
The darkness was dispelled, and they finally saw where they were now.
They were standing in a hall that they couldn't see the edge of, and it seemed that they were right in the middle.
There was a cool aura around them, which confirmed that they were definitely not in the manor now. At least, they weren't on the manor's ground.
"Are we underground?"
Jessica asked, and the one who answered her was the real Dina. "We should be underground, as long as the passage doesn't turn … But even if it does, it won't send us anywhere other than underground."
Junia was the first to step out onto the platform that had brought them to the bottom.
The glass floor had disappeared. It seemed to be just a barrier. After sending them to a certain distance, the thing under their feet turned into a gray floor.
It wasn't the first time that Junia stood on this strange pattern, but it seemed that there was a difference in the way of teleportation.
In any case, they had arrived underground.
They couldn't feel the flow of wind in this place. It seemed that there was no place like an exit nearby.
But this place was very cold. The feeling of the air sticking to their skin felt like something was covering them.
If they didn't care about the environment, then this was a good place to escape the summer heat. If they didn't care that this underground might be full of dangers.
"Follow me. Don't wander around," Junia said to Dina.
That was for Zendina. At that moment, Jessica released another scouting light orb. The light orb floated into the distance and soon disappeared. "That's right," Zendina said.
Jessica's eyes were half-closed. She seemed to be sharing her vision with the light orb. "I can't see anything moving. It feels dead. At least that's what it feels like."
"Stay alert. No matter what happens in this place, it won't be strange."
Junia put her hand on the weapon at her waist. "If we can't deal with any accidents, then it's our own problem."
Junia's words were very reasonable. No one had any thoughts of refuting her.
Jessica was very familiar with Junia's attitude. She was serious to the point of being a little unreasonable.
"Let me say this first. I don't have any combat ability at all."
Dina was between Junia and Jessica. The three of them formed a vertical line, protecting her in the middle. "Even if something happens, I can only run. I can't do anything else."
"That's enough."
Junia didn't expect much from Dina. As long as she could avoid danger, that was enough.
Just as Junia's group of three started moving, something was moving in another space not far away.
Unlike the hall where Junia and the others were in, this was a wider, but very dilapidated place.
The soft ground looked like it had been turned over by a hoe. The debris of the surrounding buildings were scattered and piled up into small hills.
Between these ruins, there were many broken bones of creatures scattered around. There were also humanoid creatures.
At the end of these ruins, there was a humanoid shadow moving.