Black Hearted Mage

Chapter 223 Underground Corridor 4

Caesars held the pup tightly, making him stand with him at the edge of the underground corridor. Many horses were approaching. He didn't panic, but instead focused his attention, casting various buff spells on himself. Faint rays of light flickered around him, increasing his attack power, movement speed, and defensive capabilities.

Then, Caesars pulled out the staff that exuded the aura of death from his back, gripped it tightly with both hands, and prepared for battle. He turned to look at the puppy beside him and said in a low voice, "Silly dog, when they come over later, we must fight with all our might! Judging by the sound of horse hooves, there are a lot of them. Yell louder and louder, and try to scare the horses into giving up. That way, we have a chance of winning!"

The puppy seemed to understand what Caesars said and whimpered in response. It also didn't want to be mercilessly trampled by the galloping horse's hooves.

At that moment, from deep within the inky black underground corridor, the faint sound of rolling wheels and horse hooves could be heard. Gradually, a series of ornately decorated carriages and tall, sturdy horses appeared in the distance. Caesars took a closer look and gasped—the number was far greater than he had anticipated! There were five massive carriages, each adorned with dazzling magical lanterns. Behind them, sixty or seventy horses galloped towards them in a mighty procession.

As the carriage drew closer, less than fifty meters away from Caesars, he took a deep breath and called out to the pup, "Get ready, damn dog! As soon as I cast the spell, you scream!" Without hesitation, he began to chant softly. As his chant grew, the dark magic around him surged violently, like boiling water.

The grayish-white mist quickly gathered and spread at a visible speed. In the blink of an eye, a thick fog area stretched thirty meters across the underground corridor, completely enveloping the road ahead. This fog area was filled with an eerie aura, making it impossible to see through it.

"Dead dog, bark!"

"Ow!"

As Caesar urged it, the puppy erupted in a deafening roar, making Caesar's ears buzz. Perhaps because it had eaten the eggs of the ground dragon, the puppy's roar sounded almost like the sound of the ground dragon.

Then, screams and the neighing of horses rang out from the dense magical fog. A large carriage pulled by six horses quickly rushed out of the dark fog.

Caesars had no idea what was happening, but the six horses' skin had been corroded, and they wouldn't last much longer. However, at the carriage's current speed, they couldn't catch up on foot. Rays of white light streamed down from the carriage toward the horses, and Caesars had a rough idea. The people inside cast telepathic protection and healing spells on the horses.

Fortunately, no more carriages sped out of the thick, corrosive fog. However, waves of miserable cries and the wailing of horses continued to emanate, like a sad melody, which was particularly harsh in the silent atmosphere.

The puppy opened its mouth wide, revealing its sharp fangs, and looked at Caesar with its head held high. Its short, thick tail stood straight up, wagging like a flagpole, as if to show off its roar to Caesar.

"You idiot, well done, you've done a great job this time!"

Caesars praised with a smile, pulling out a few sticks of rich, salty meat. The meat was incredibly salty, but the puppy embraced it all, chewing it up with eager mouthfuls. You have to know, this guy is no ordinary glutton. Not only does he crave salt, he's even eaten it as a meal.

After about half a minute, the highly corrosive mist gradually dissipated. A shocking scene unfolded within the spacious passage—a horrific sight of blood and flesh strewn across the floor. Caesars quickly donned protective gloves and cautiously stepped into the bloody area, beginning to carefully search among the corpses for the storage ring.

The puppy, having just had a hearty meal, had lost interest in the bloody horse meat. It nimbly moved between the piles of corpses, actively participating in the treasure hunt with its keen senses.

In this way, a man and a dog were in a passage filled with a strong smell of blood, searching for treasures with great interest, and were very busy.

Each corpse lying on the ground wore a faintly glowing storage ring on its finger. Caesars carefully picked up the rings one by one and opened them for a closer inspection. He saw that each storage ring was filled to the brim with various items, with almost no space left.

After a thorough inventory, Caesars was surprised to find only about forty storage rings. Seeing this number, he instantly realized that someone else must have escaped during the chaos. He frowned at this thought, secretly pondering how to recover those storage rings.

Caesars first cast a cleansing spell. A gentle light emanated from his hand, quickly covering his body and removing all traces of blood, dust, and other impurities. Then, he gently waved his staff over the blood-stained puppy, also casting a cleansing spell on it. In the blink of an eye, the puppy's once dirty fur became clean again, without a trace of blood remaining.

"Damn it! Someone just escaped and took our storage rings. Go find them!"

Caesars took a step, ready to immediately launch his pursuit. However, at that moment, he suddenly felt something gleam in his pocket. He hurriedly reached into his pocket and pulled out the Soul Gem. The originally off-white gem had undergone a dramatic transformation—it glowed brightly, rivaling the brightness of moonstone, a material used for lighting.

Kaisas understood that only when the Soul Gem was fully charged with soul energy would such a strong flash of light appear. On ordinary days, if the soul energy in the gem was not yet filled, then at most it would continue to emit a faint glow.

Gazing at the gem brimming with soul energy, Caesars brought it before him, chanted an incantation, and cast his soul-draining spell. He took a deep breath of soul energy and felt an indescribable sense of euphoria wash over him like a tide. This wondrous sensation enveloped him in a state of utter bliss, even his limbs felt a slight tingling sensation.

Fortunately, Caesar was leaning on his staff, otherwise he would have fallen to the ground. The puppy noticed Caesar's abnormality and snorted at him, with distrust in his little eyes.

"You idiot, I didn't steal any good food. That wasn't delicious food. It was Master Caesars's cultivation resource!"

Caesars took out the glowing Soul Gem and showed it to the greedy puppy, who whined and wagged its stubby tail.

"Let's go find our storage ring!"

Kaisas quickened his pace, heading west along the underground corridor. After replenishing his soul energy, he felt his mind sharper. Killing the escaping wretch didn't matter; as long as he could get the storage ring, that was all.

The dark underground corridor was silent. Caesar walked a few hundred meters west and saw two dead horses, but the Delta family had already fled far away. He could not catch up with the fleeing people on horseback. Now Caesar could only follow the route map. If he could not catch them, he would first break into the mausoleum of the former high priest of the Holy See.

The puppy, with its keen sense of smell, walked ahead, with Caesars following behind. The journey, over twenty miles, was neither long nor short. After about an hour's walk, a magic steel gate appeared at the end of the underground corridor. Faced with such a solid gate, Caesars had no choice but to use his undead rot to destroy it.

The people in Delta Castle were fleeing frantically, knowing they couldn't stop the people in the underground corridor. If they could enter the underground corridor from the seaside, the magicians guarding the magic gate must have been killed.

The people of the Delta family, including guards, servants, and maids, numbering nearly two thousand people, were fleeing in a mighty manner towards the southeast.

The eagle-eyed spies who had been closely monitoring the Delta family were now bewildered. The Delta family members were now fleeing as if they were fleeing, crossing their own wheat fields and fleeing for their lives towards the sea.

The spy chief in Fire Maple City was also bewildered by this sudden incident. The spy sent him a message: the Delta family was fleeing on foot, and only a few horses were seen, not a single carriage.

"Quinn, what do you think about this matter?" the spy chief asked Quinn.

"Kaesus shouldn't be able to open that magic door. It must be the magician he brought with him. Carlos, maybe that person is from the Crater. Let's go and see how they break the magic circle!"

Although it was already late at night, Old Quinn was not sleepy at all. He urged the spy chief to set off immediately.

"Quinn, even if we leave now, we won't reach the beach until tomorrow noon!"

"Noon is noon! Let's follow those who are running away and see who will help them along the way."

Late at night, a carriage with the Eagle Eye emblem set off.

At the end of the dark, deep, and ancient underground corridor, Caesars, like a raging beast, madly swung his immensely heavy hammer. With bursts of dull thuds and scattering dust, he forcibly and violently broke open the entrance to a long-sealed tomb.

At the tomb's entrance, a nearly dying gravekeeper lay powerlessly on the cold ground, his weak breathing seemingly about to cease at any moment. Caesars ignored him, sledgehammer in hand, and strode swiftly into the tomb.

Upon entering the tomb, the first thing that catches your eye is a massive, intricately carved white marble sarcophagus. On either side of the sarcophagus stand two massive iron boxes.

Caesars walked forward, full of anticipation, and gently pushed open the lid of one of the iron boxes. Instantly, a dazzling light burst forth from the box, illuminating the entire tomb as bright as day. He subconsciously squinted his eyes, and once he adjusted to the intense light, he was surprised to discover that the box was neatly stacked with countless brilliantly gleaming magical gems!

Faced with such a vast array of precious magical gems, Caesars couldn't help but feel somewhat bewildered. Normally, a person of the High Priest's stature wouldn't collect magical gems they couldn't possibly use. To them, such behavior was simply a meaningless waste.

But at this moment, Caesars had no time to think so much. He happily put the two large boxes of magic gems into his space ring. Then, he turned and walked to the exquisite marble sarcophagus. Without hesitation, he raised his sledgehammer and smashed it hard.

With a resounding "bang," the solid stone coffin instantly shattered into countless fragments, scattering everywhere. As the coffin shattered, the remains of the high priest, previously placed within, were exposed. However, by this point, the high priest had long since been reduced to a pile of bones, his robes tattered and completely decayed from the erosion of time.

Fortunately, after a careful search, Caesars was surprised to find that the storage ring on the high priest's finger was still intact. So he quickly took off the storage ring and mercilessly threw the high priest's body out of the tomb and abandoned it next to the gravekeeper.

After finishing all this, Caesars looked towards another tomb. In his eyes, this was not a tomb, but his treasure house.

The High Priest's cemetery was similar to the cemeteries of the Roland Empire's nobles, consisting of a stone chamber and a sarcophagus. This made Caesar's treasure hunt very simple; all he had to do was swing his hammer vigorously.

A few hours later, Caesars entered the Delta Castle from the underground corridor. It was deserted, with various items scattered on the ground. He and the puppy searched the entire castle but couldn't find any gold or silver treasures. However, they found a large amount of food and fine wine in the huge cellar.

Wooden racks over four meters high and twenty meters long were filled with cured meats, smoked meats, sausages, and cheeses, making the puppy's mouth water. On the other side of the cellar were hundreds of wine barrels, large quantities of flour, and various unprocessed spices.

"You idiot, I'll give you another storage ring. Go and fill it with food. We have to take everything here away. Don't leave anything behind!"

Caesars gave the puppy another storage ring and turned to the wine barrels. He saw the dark red puppy running ahead of him. It actually filled more than a dozen barrels of wine first, and then ran to the linen bag filled with flour. Caesars didn't want to pay attention to the puppy. Anyway, this guy would eat anything.