Chapter 124: Dark Demon Has Never Seen the Secrets of the Secret Passage
In the absence of discovering monsters or traps for the time being.
The most dangerous thing in the secret passage was the complicated paths.
Continuously turning paths, numerous branch roads, and undulating road surfaces made it difficult for even the most directionally aware person to guarantee they wouldn’t get lost.
But when Dark mentioned this, Diana proudly pulled out a compass: “Look, I came prepared.”
Then she immediately noticed that the compass, like her mind, was always spinning.
“Haha, looks like it’s useless.”
Diana quietly put the compass back and took out a pack of glowing stickers.
Dark’s eyes lit up as he took the stickers from her and looked at them. This was much more reliable than any compass.
As long as numbers were written on the stickers, arrows were drawn, and they were stuck along the walls, the risk of getting lost would be greatly reduced.
Seeing her stickers requisitioned, Diana’s big eyes narrowed.
Then she followed behind Dark, chewing on candy while sticking the stickers, starting her first adventure as a student.
…
For the first time in the history of St. Maryan Castle, so many people entered its secret passages simultaneously.
When the number of students entering the secret passage exceeded ninety-nine, the long-silent passages finally underwent unknown changes.
While the students were engrossed in exploring the secret passages, the professors were all anxious.
Principal Altair and Professor Shylph left the castle to try to minimize the impact of this incident.
The professors who remained were somewhat unreliable.
When Professor Thompson of Potions discovered the students exploring the secret passage, his expression changed dramatically, and he hurriedly gathered the other professors.
When all the professors arrived, they found that the two highest-ranking professors were Professor Jones with a muscle brain and Professor Lily with a fairy brain.
Professor Thompson immediately fell onto the sofa, his face dropping.
What should they do?
Finally, Professor Kazel spoke: “From the academy’s perspective, we shouldn’t interfere with the students’ autonomous exploration. But the dangers in the secret passage are unpredictable. We need to prepare for some situations, especially the large number of students getting lost.”
Professor Lily sat in mid-air, propping up her legs, and immediately said, “I can handle the situation of getting lost; it’s easily solved.”
With the biggest problem taken care of, the professors relaxed.
Professor Thompson’s expression gradually softened: “Unlike the underground city, the secret passage lacks safety measures. I always feel it should be sealed off.”
Professor Jones said, “This goes against the academy’s principles. We can wait for the principal to return before making a decision.”
Professor Thompson lowered his voice: “But before that, we can think of other solutions.”
Professor Jones curiously asked, “What solutions?”
Professor Thompson’s voice was somewhat gloomy: “Increase homework.”
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The students still immersed in exploring the secret passage didn’t realize the consequences of their actions.
Perhaps because more and more people entered the secret passage, few cared about getting lost.
They shouted “adventure,” but in reality, they didn’t take it seriously, especially the older students.
Why not just go adventuring in the underground city?
Without monsters, the secret passage could be treated like a picnic!
After all, those with food series magic cards were very popular.
Even Dark Demon became less cautious after encountering several passersby.
Plus, with Diana’s “full gear” containing lots of snacks, they gradually became part of the outing group.
But it’s worth noting.
Once their mindset shifted, the repetitive secret passage became interesting.
Dark gradually realized there were indeed many students.
Someone had even set up signs at the forks, each marked with a number.
Dark drew a map based on the signs and slowly sketched quite a bit.
Around seven o’clock, he finally found the second marker in the treasure map, a lantern mixed among countless torches.
The base of the lantern was an elephant’s trunk.
The Valkyrie had actually drawn a lifelike baby elephant in the treasure map…
“Now it’s only seven o’clock, looks like there’s still a chance to find another marker.”
Dark continued searching happily.
Finally finding something in the secret passage, Diana and Rose felt excited, as if they had already found the treasure, even more so than Dark himself.
Deeper inside.
Dark accidentally encountered the Hero’s Child duo. He saw Wit running urgently with a piece of homework paper, not knowing if he had found anything.
Regardless, their treasure maps weren’t the same, so Dark didn’t pay much attention.
On the way back, he saw Emma Maltis standing alone in a secret passage, quickly sketching the frescoes on the wall with her notebook.
Dark noticed the stickers on the wall and suddenly realized he had been here before.
At that time, he hadn’t seen any frescoes!
“New frescoes appeared?”
Dark’s mind raced. After whispering a few words to Diana and Rose, he also quickly sketched.
Emma glanced at him and said seriously, “I found this first.”
Dark quickly nodded, “Yes, if we come to the same conclusion, your name will be written first.”
“Okay.” Emma then continued observing and sketching.
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Diana leaned against the wall, cracking open chocolate-covered sunflower seeds, watching Dark and Emma become increasingly focused. She whispered to Rose, “They’re so serious.”
Rose hesitated, “Shouldn’t we learn from them too?”
Diana sighed, “Sigh, even if we draw them down, I won’t understand.”
Rose fell silent.
She couldn’t understand either.
But she immediately added, “We can look around and see if there are similar frescoes in nearby secret passages.”
Diana’s eyes lit up, “That’s right, this way we can help Dark.”
She immediately regained her energy.
Rose couldn’t help but shake her head and smile, but there was a hint of envy in her expression as she looked at Dark and Emma.
“They really resemble each other.”
…
The secret passage was indeed changing silently.
Especially as more and more students treated it as a maze to explore, certain undesirable changes occurred.
New secret passages appeared within the existing ones.
Mechanical doors leading to other paths appeared on the walls.
Slippery tunnels leading downward appeared underfoot.
A minotaur, a bull-headed humanoid, wielding a battle axe, stepped out from the wall, his eyes gleaming with bloody radiance.
Robert Broheim almost watched in horror as the monster, resembling Wit’s familiar, gradually came into existence.
