At Jenn's feet, a secret passage was clearly visible. Without the heavy floor and ground as a cover, Jenn could clearly see the passage leading downward, and it appeared to lead to some hollow beneath the Ice City. Jenn wasn't surprised by this, the Ice City was located at the top of a mountain, so it was normal for there to be a few caves below. However, judging from the traces of the secret passage in front of you, it should be a naturally formed cave underneath, rather than completely excavated by hand. However, it is difficult to say who exactly found this secret passage and used it.

"Mr. Jenn?"

At this moment, a voice came to Jenn's ear, and he turned his head to see that beside him, Barty was watching him nervously, and a cramped and uneasy expression appeared on his somewhat pale face, which was frozen by the cold wind.

"That......... Mr. Carter asked if you had found anything? They searched on the other side, but found nothing but monsters............"

"I seem to have found something here."

Hearing Barty's inquiry, Jenn nodded. Then he clenched the hilt of his sword. The tip of the sword pointed to the ground, and the bell knocked on the floor in front of him.

"If I'm correct, there seems to be a secret passage underneath this room, but I don't know how to open it."

"That's ........."

Hearing Jenn's answer, Barty nodded, then he hesitated for a moment, and spoke as if he had thought of something.

"That......... Mr. Jenn, can you please give it a try? ”

"You?"

Faced with Barty's request, Jenn was stunned. But he soon reacted. Then Jenn, with a meaningful smile, glanced up and down at the young man in front of him—Barty looked to be in his early twenties. And Jenn is not a few years older, perhaps because he can't go out for a long time doing experiments. The young man's body was thinner than most men, his body was wrapped in a wide alchemical robe, and his short black hair set off the somewhat feminine face. Noticing Jenn's gaze at this moment, Barty was obviously a little uneasy, he frowned and looked at Jenn, obviously thinking that the other party was not at ease with him.

"What's wrong? Mr. Jenn? You don't believe me? I have a certificate from the Royal Society of Wales, and I have a deep knowledge of civil engineering, architecture, and institutions, not me. Unless such a secret passage comes from an ancient inheritance, it is impossible for it to stump me. ”

At this, as if to prove his words, he looked up at Jenn and puffed out his chest triumphantly. And hearing him, Jenn just shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, then it's up to you, Mr. Barty."

For Jenn's tone. Barty was visibly dissatisfied, but he just glared at Jenn and turned his head away, using the glow of magic. He began to take a closer look at the house in front of him. Then he took out a ruler-like component from his sleeve and turned the disc on it, as if he were gesturing at the wall in front of him.

And at this very time. Carter and the others strode in.

"Hey, boy. What's going on on your side? ”

Carter, who walked into the room, patted the snowflakes on his shoulders and looked at Jenn and asked loudly. Then he saw Barty fiddling with something in front of him, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"What the hell is this?"

"That's right, I see that there is a good chance that there is a secret passage down here, and Mr. Barty says he should be able to find a way to open it."

"Secret passages? Over here? ”

Hearing Jenn's answer, Carter narrowed his eyes, looked around, and shrunk his eyes.

"Is it so much trouble? Just point out where the secret passage is, and then we can smash a hole into it, and we can get in? ”

"It's not that easy!"

Originally, Barty was still writing and drawing there, as if he was measuring something, but when he heard Carter's answer, he also turned his head angrily and glared at Carter, and then spoke.

"This kind of secret passage generally has a secrecy mechanism, and if it is treated harshly by external forces, it is very likely to trigger the linkage of the organs. At that time, it is very likely to directly cause the collapse and collapse of the entire secret passage, and at that time, will we dig a hole and drill into it? ”

"Well............ this"

Hearing Barty's questioning, Carter smiled a little awkwardly, but finally didn't say anything. It's not that he doesn't understand what Barty means, not to mention that he has a specialization in the art industry, and mechanics is Barty's specialty, and the other party is naturally more qualified than Carter in this regard. Hearing Barty say this at this moment, Carter naturally didn't want to say anything, so he could only shrug his shoulders, and then stand next to him and watch Barty busy over there with Jenn.

I have to admit that in this regard, Barty is indeed quite talented in this area. To others, it was just a normal stone house, and since it was a monk, there was little else to it except for the necessities. So it's easy to search, but in their opinion, there is nothing but the necessities of life. In such a situation, is there really any mechanism?

Soon, however, Barty was up to the task—he nodded at the wall after he had finished his calculations, then walked to a nearby stone wall, and then reached out and felt his hand little by little towards the bottom of the wall. Soon, Barty's hand pressed against a stone brick, and with a strong press, he saw that the stone brick was suddenly sinking into the wall. Immediately after, with a "boom" sound, soon, in a corner of the room, the heavy stone slab slowly slid to the side, revealing the dark and dark passage inside.

Seeing this scene, Barty's face suddenly showed a smug smile. And at this moment, suddenly, a dark shadow flashed in front of Barty's eyes.

"Whew!!"

A baby-sized monster with two slender arms suddenly burst out of the open passageway, screaming and raising its hands and tearing at Barty's throat. This sudden scene immediately startled the young man, and he instinctively leaned back, trying to avoid the other party's attack. But as an alchemist whose strength was only at the elite level and who had never had much actual combat experience, it was too difficult for him to dodge such a close surprise attack.

But fortunately, as an alchemist, the equipment on his body also exerted great power at this moment. I saw that aura burst out from his ring and earrings in an instant, forming a protective barrier to block the monster's attack. Then the monster slammed headlong into the barrier of light, letting out a hoarse scream, its face that looked like a withered baby was so hideous and terrifying, and the green liquid dripping from its mouth was also extremely fishy. Seeing that he had missed the blow, the monster suddenly turned around and opened its arms and slammed it, flying towards the others like a bird.

This guy can actually fly?!

Seeing this scene, the others couldn't help but retreat for a while, although with their strength, it was not a problem to kill this monster. But who knows if this thing will explode a pile of venom or poisonous mist when killed like the monsters in the temple? You know, this is a cramped room, and if that happens, no one in the house will be able to escape.

And it was at this time that Jenn made a move.

Looking at the monster, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then the next moment the blue light jumped out of the scabbard as if it were alive, and without hesitation, it penetrated the body of the little monster, nailing it to the wall. And at this moment, the shriveled monster corpse suddenly began to bulge, and it looked as if it was about to explode, but before it could make any more moves, a layer of frost visible to the naked eye quickly emerged, and it didn't take long to completely freeze the little monster, only to hear a "bang", and the next moment the frozen monster fell to the ground like a stone, and there was no more sound.

"Hoo ..............."

It was only at this time that Carter breathed a sigh of relief, and then, with a bit of mockery, he looked at Barty, who was standing next to him, with a pale face, and still seemed to have not come to his senses, and smiled.

"That's amazing, Mr. Barty, but I have to say, as an adventurer, you're not far behind."

"You ..............."

Hearing Carter's taunt, Barty glared at him and gritted his teeth to say something, but in the end he stomped his foot hard, closed his mouth and said nothing.

Nadia didn't care about the scene in front of her, instead, she frowned and stared at the monster's corpse. Like the other monsters, I saw a green magical light emerge from the monster's body at this moment, and when the light disappeared, the strange monster before had disappeared, and was replaced by a thin baby. It was indeed an uncomfortable scene, but Nadia's face became more and more solemn, she looked at the corpse, and then at the entrance of the secret passage, and then everyone saw the female paladin draw her long sword, and then rushed into the secret passage without hesitation.

What's wrong?

Seeing Nadia's actions, the others were also stunned, but then they reacted one after another, this is an escape secret passage, and there are such monsters in this escape secret passage, which means that these monsters are already everywhere. Coupled with what I had seen from the mirror of the water, this secret passage led to the cave where the girl was. If there are monsters in the secret passages, then that girl is obviously very dangerous!

Thinking of this, everyone did not hesitate and followed Nadia into the secret passage. (To be continued......)