The Paladin in the Abyss-Chapter 530 - 554 Traps and Roadblocks

Chapter 530: Chapter 554 Traps and Roadblocks Chapter 530: Chapter 554 Traps and Roadblocks “Wait a second, there are so many traps ahead.” Little Isha held onto the waist belts of Lancelot and Bruto with each hand, “There’s a pitfall there, and there will be falling rocks… Please wait for me for a moment, it’s going to take some time to dismantle all these traps…”

“I can help!” The scholar, who was standing behind the little girl, suddenly spoke up, already holding out a scroll, “With this, we can quickly and broadly remove multiple traps…”

“What is this?” Lancelot asked curiously, “Some advanced spell that automatically dismantles traps?”

“To some extent… yes,” Kalalin replied, wearing a strange expression on his face, “I should have mentioned to you that in the Multiverse, the ultimate answer to most problems…”

“Most problems…” Lancelot began to say, but stopped midway, “Wait, you don’t mean…”

Kalalin had already activated the scroll, his face showing a rarely-seen fanaticism, as if he had been longing for a room full of traps for a very long time. Red magic aura, from the energy-shaping school, gathered in his palm, and with an acrid sulfur smell, an orange-yellow fireball the size of a washbasin flew over their heads, hitting the center of the cavern and causing a violent explosion.

The intense flash forced everyone to look away, while the heatwave and shockwave conveyed the explosion’s power. Kalalin’s theory wasn’t without merit; the blast triggered several traps and set off a chain reaction, and when all the dust settled, the cavern was in complete disarray, with upturned grounds, sprung animal traps, spike-filled pits, and all manner of projectile devices hanging from the ceiling.

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“Uh…” Little Isha looked over the ruins ahead with a sick expression, pointing somewhat disheartened at where a pond used to be, “I didn’t notice those explosive barrels hidden underwater just now…”

“Ahahaha, the Fireball Technique is just amazing!” Kalalin’s face beamed with pleasure, “In the past, my enemies were either the Tanari with high resistance to flames or the completely flame-immune Bartez, never giving one the satisfaction of a good burn…”

“It seems the Fireball Technique has some special significance to you… Next time we have a suitable opportunity, I’ll make sure to let you launch your fireball before I charge out.” Lancelot promised the scholar, before stepping into the still-smoldering wreckage, “Let’s go, I doubt our enemies would expect anyone to actually make it through this cavern…”

Everyone closely followed one another, passing through the thoroughly destroyed trap room and entering the passage at the other end of the cavern. As they delved deeper, dense fungi began to appear on both sides of the tunnel, eventually enveloping it entirely. As they neared, they heard a faint hissing in their ears, as if many invisible creatures were speaking in some undecipherable language.

“Do you hear that?” Alamir looked at the mushroom forest ahead with a wary gaze, “I don’t think it’s a good idea to force our way through these huge mushrooms… Bruto, are you sure there’s space behind this?”

“That’s just the sound of air vibrating over the mushroom caps.” The dwarf assured the elf, “It’s a common occurrence underground, nothing to get startled about. In fact, I’ve already recognized several edible fungi, fancy some roasted mushrooms for dinner?”

Bruto spoke as he made his way into the fungus forest, but as he approached, a mushroom towering over six feet tall with a pattern of yellow and green colors suddenly launched an attack at him. Its umbrella-like cap split open to reveal a gaping maw lined with three rows of sharp teeth, at the center of which was a tongue resembling a pistil, covered with barbs.

The massive mouth bit down towards the dwarf’s head, but Bruto’s sixth sense for danger saved him. In the last second, he raised his round shield to block the mushroom’s huge bite, and the next second, Lancelot’s support arrived. A greenish sword aura shot out from the Human Knight’s palm, instantly slicing the giant fungus into countless fragments, while the huge mouth that had loomed over the dwarf’s head fell to the ground, motionless as if dead.

“We’re not supposed to eat this; it’s clearly meant to eat us,” Alamir said, patting the somewhat disheveled Bruto on the back. “This is the Abyss, are you sure these fungi are completely identical to the species you’re familiar with?”

“There’s a… slight difference, at least they’re way too big,” the Dwarf admitted, swallowing saliva with some difficulty. “This is a dead end; we’d better return to the fork in the road. There must be another tunnel that leads to the Dragon’s Lair.”

“No need, if this path is so difficult to traverse, then the enemy won’t expect us to come from this way,” Lancelot shook his head. “We’ve been delayed a bit too long, and by now the enemy is likely waiting for us on another path. Continuing along this route might actually surprise them.”

“But how are we going to get through this fungus forest?” old Reap asked curiously. “If we have to chop our way through, it will definitely take even longer…”

“Let me try first,” Lancelot said and sat down cross-legged on the spot. “Protect me… I mean, ensure my safety.”

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His companions backed away with skepticism, although they had already witnessed the Human Knight’s various magical displays, none seemed capable of solving the present dilemma. And Lancelot planned to use a brand new Cultivation Technique, which naturally he couldn’t explain to his companions; even if he did, they likely wouldn’t understand.

At first, nothing unusual happened, but with Lancelot’s steady and prolonged breathing, a suffocating pressure began to rise in everyone’s hearts, as if what sat there was not a man, but a live storm. Then, Lancelot’s hands began to make Seal Gestures rapidly, and as he moved, a vine phantom appeared, wrapping around his body.

The phantom looked as though it could dissipate at any moment, but with a push from Lancelot’s hands, two bright green beams shot out from his palms, shining upon the fungi. The fungi touched by the green light melted like metal, quickly softening, shrinking, and ultimately turning into countless tiny specks of light that flowed into the vine phantom around Lancelot.

In no time at all, the fungus forest that had clogged the tunnel completely turned into light particles, and the vine phantom around Lancelot seemed to solidify somewhat. He cast a few more Dharma Decrees to gradually dissipate the vine phantom, then stood up from the ground.

“Ah, I still got some dust on me, the Cultivation Technique is still too weak,” Lancelot said, dusting off his behind and shaking his head with a sigh. He then turned to look at his companions and noticed their faces were all blank with astonishment.

“Uh, what’s with those expressions? The effect was pretty good, wasn’t it?”