CHAPTER 96.5 - WATER YOU WAITING FOR? COME, DON'T MIST THIS CASH FLOW OPPORTUNITY!

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An excerpt from the journal of Shuye Skullcrusher, Guardian of the Ancient Hill Forest:

It was easy at first. Sure, the place was maze-like and our group of five rescuers from the White Tiger Clan had to pulverize some rocks to find the way down, but all of the demons were small and weak. We got to the tenth underground level without much problem. There we found plenty of traces that indicated that someone, probably Baroness Violet, had been camping in that location.

None of us could figure out why she hadn’t just stayed there. Perhaps, even though the level seemed free of demons, something spooked her?

Our troubles started when the person we sent back to the surface to get more supplies for us did not return after two days. We sent another one to check on him, but that person didn’t return either. Therefore, the remaining three members of the rescue team all went back up to check on what had happened.

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That was when we discovered that the underground complex was cursed. Every time we went up a level, the ladder we used to go down disappeared, and we had to search for another one, which was very time-consuming.

With some experimentation, we discovered that the ladders wouldn’t disappear as long as we left one person on that level. The backup team offered to join us underground, but I judged that would be too reckless. Instead, we called on more volunteers. We asked the younger warriors to form pairs and left two people behind on each level who could pass down supplies and information to the people on the level below.

This way, we cautiously made our way down to the twentieth level, where we once again found traces of another campsite.

Unfortunately, that marked the end of the easy levels.

The demons on the next levels used poison and ranged attacks, which were much harder to deal with since they swarmed our team. Our progress slowed to a crawl.

Soon, a few of the men had to leave since they had clan or family responsibilities to take care of. By the time we reached the thirty-fifth floor, we only had enough people to leave one person behind on each level.

I had to send word to my wife that I might not make it back until after winter’s end.

Violet, where are you?