Chapter 144: You Must Avenge Me

"What is going on!"

The elves ran out of the palace to take a look outside. The streets were filled with panicked dwarves everywhere, but not a single werewolf was in sight.

"Where are the werewolves?"

Lin Lei turned back to ask Guinevere. The Black Dragon Lady, while ordering her servants to pack the luggage, said, "The tremor came from ahead. If it wasn't ahead, then it must be below."

"Below?"

The elves looked down at the ground. The source of the tremor wasn't on the eighth level?

"Are you sure it's the werewolves?"

"I am sure."

The Black Dragon Lady led her servants toward a huge elevator. "I sense the terrifying aura of the werewolves. They have already invaded Slorca... I am retreating to a safe location. What about you?"

"We are going up too!"

The royal mages replied immediately; they needed to go to the palace to collect their winnings.

The mages looked at Lin Lei with beaming smiles—you claimed you weren't sure, but the werewolves really came, and in less than a day's time.

Even if Lin Lei were to say he was uncertain now, the mages wouldn't believe him.

They couldn't wait to go to the palace to demand their money from the king. Ten times! That was ten times the payout!

"Little Prince, we don't know the situation yet. It's best to go back and figure things out first."

Lady White was worried that Lin Lei would rush down recklessly, so she reminded him.

Lin Lei nodded and walked toward the elevator with the others.

Every level of the city of Slorca was an independent city, and communication between the cities relied on these numerous elevators.

The elevators consisted of circular stone slabs operated up and down by traction ropes.

However, no matter how many elevators there were, it was impossible to transport everyone all at once, and refugees kept streaming up from below.

Lin Lei and the others waited near the elevator.

"Prophet, Lord Prophet!"

While they were waiting, a dust-covered paladin found them. "The commander asks you to come down and help. We've encountered the werewolves."

Lin Lei looked at him in surprise. "You've already gone down? Wait, what about the tremor just now? Weren't you going to investigate the goblins?"

"It is the goblins." The paladin wiped the dust from his face and said, "The tenth level is the city of the goblins. Those goblins built some teleportation arrays connecting to the outside world. When we went to investigate, they activated them in a panic."

"None of these teleportation arrays were ready, and half of them exploded."

The elves realized that the source of the tremor just now was the explosion of the teleportation arrays. They turned their gazes to Lin Lei, waiting for him to make a decision.

Lin Lei frowned slightly, yet still decided to go down and help.

They boarded the descending elevator.

Inside the elevator, Lady White asked the paladin, "How many werewolves are there?"

"Probably fewer than twenty thousand." The paladin didn't know the exact number, but he could roughly estimate. "Lord Brook said we must eliminate those werewolves as soon as possible."

Lady White nodded slightly. If the number of werewolves wasn't large, they still had a chance to seal the teleportation arrays.

If those werewolves and teleportation arrays couldn't be dealt with right now, once the werewolves occupied the tenth level, they would build more teleportation arrays connecting to the surface, continuously sending in troops.

Eve summoned her lantern. "Why didn't the dwarves discover those teleportation arrays in advance?"

"Probably because the tenth level is too deep."

Lin Lei answered for the paladin. To ensure safety, the span of each level in Slorca reached up to hundreds of meters. One could imagine just how deep the underground tenth level was.

At such a deep underground level, no matter how powerful an excavator was, it couldn't dig through, so the dwarves naturally felt secure.

"Lord Bell said Slorca's defense focus is on the upper levels." The paladin nodded. "Goblins and dwarves have lived in peace for hundreds of years; they never expected the goblins to betray them."

Eve sighed inwardly. Affection built over hundreds of years could be betrayed just like that—what on earth had the werewolves promised the goblins?

However, goblins were creatures who loved money more than their lives; as long as there was sufficient profit, they were capable of doing anything.

Within the pitch-black void, the elevator continued to descend, gradually coming into view of the tenth level's luminescent stones.

A burning city appeared in their field of vision.

"Danger!"

The lantern in Eve's hand suddenly flared brightly. Several black iron balls rose from the ground, shooting toward the still-descending elevator.

"Phoenix Shield!"

The royal mages raised their staffs, and a blue shield blocked the front. The shield was formed by twelve blue phoenixes circling around. The iron balls struck the shield and exploded, the shockwave causing the elevator to sway violently.

"These are bombs!"

Lin Lei steadied his posture.

"Here comes another wave!"

Eve shouted a warning. A large number of iron balls flew in from all corners of the ground, seeming intent on completely shattering the elevator.

The elevator was quickly engulfed in thick smoke and chaos. The mages' shield blocked the bombs, but could not block the shockwaves generated by them.

The elevator's traction rope suddenly snapped amidst the explosions, and the elves were blown airborne by the blast wave, yet the iron balls kept flying in.

"People will die if this goes on..."

Lin Lei realized the danger. He waved both hands toward the crowd: "Boundless Ocean!"

A massive whirlwind rose from the ground, carrying the elves safely down into the city.

Explosions erupted one after another ahead of them. Everyone raised their heads, watching the elevator being blown to smithereens.

"Those werewolves are attacking all the elevators."

Lady White got up. Her gaze pierced through the layers of thick smoke, noticing that the elevators in other locations had also been destroyed.

"They want to prevent reinforcements from arriving!"

"That's not important!" The royal mages clutched their rears, running around with panicked expressions on their faces. "Oh no, oh no, the Boundless Divine Skill, it's the Boundless Divine Skill!"

"Goddess of Fortune, please don't strike me!"

Only then did Lady White recall the terrifying power of Lin Lei's Boundless Divine Skill. A burst of radiance instantly erupted from her body, and the holy light firmly protected her rear.

"Boom!"

The Boundless Divine Skill exploded—a figure was seen flying high into the distance.

All the elves cast their gazes in that direction, and they heard Reinhardt's shrill scream: "Uncle!"

The elves paused for a moment, and then all of them wore expressions of relief.

"Phew, that's a relief."

"A paladin shouldn't die from that, right?"

The mages also breathed a sigh of relief. Eve walked up to Lin Lei and whispered a reminder: "Humans don't know about the Boundless Divine Skill. If you don't use it anymore, they will never know you did it."

Lin Lei nodded, looking solemn as he promised not to use it casually again.

"Uncle, Uncle!"

In the distance, Reinhardt ran into the ruins and picked up the smoking Constantine.

"Reinhardt..." Constantine had never felt such pain in his life. He stretched out a trembling hand in agony: "Those werewolves actually used such a despicable method to humiliate a sacred knight. You must avenge me, ah—"

"Uncle!"

Tears streamed down Reinhardt's face.