Although Gu Xi didn’t know what was happening behind him, he quickly lowered his head. A loud boom followed, and a giant stone, like a pendulum, crashed heavily into the midst of the Black Robe Cultists.
The stone, possibly weighing several tons, sohow swung violently, knocking the Cultist at the front out of the way, and directly crushing over a dozen people to death on the spot.
At this mont, Gu Xi heard a voice behind him.
"This way, co this way!"
Gu Xi looked up and saw a youth who was unnaturally thin sticking his head out from nearby, waving at Gu Xi incessantly.
Gu Xi was curious, and as he hesitated, he heard the sound of Black Robe Cultists moving the giant stone behind him.
Without thinking much, Gu Xi imdiately ran towards the young man.
After taking only two steps, Gu Xi realized that this young man was hiding in a passage behind the wall.
If he hadn’t personally signaled, Gu Xi would never have discovered the passage’s existence.
Without much thought, Gu Xi quickly approached, and the young man grabbed Gu Xi’s hand, dragging him into the passage.
As he was being dragged, Gu Xi noticed that the young man’s arm was so thin it was just skin and bones, and there were even so teeth marks on it.
The youth didn’t react much; he led the way while pressing chanisms on the walls.
Though he didn’t look back, Gu Xi could hear the sound of movent in the wall behind him.
Uncertain of what was happening, Gu Xi focused his mind and communicated secretly with Luna, prepared to act if the youth tried anything.
They ran forward for over thirty ters, took several turns, and then arrived in a small room about seven or eight square ters in size.
Upon entering the room, Gu Xi saw four or five other n and won inside, all looking quite thin. As Gu Xi and the young man entered, they sat there weakly.
However, from their eyes, Gu Xi could see anger and murderous intent.
Looking more closely at their posture, Gu Xi involuntarily made a sound of realization.
"Aren’t you..."
"Yes, we were in the cell next to yours. I’m Jack, Little Flea Jack. When you escaped, you threw the key to us."
The young man who brought Gu Xi here explained when he saw Gu Xi realized the situation.
"So it’s you all, good you got out. But why didn’t you escape?"
Seeing that they were fellow prisoners, inexplicably captured like him, Gu Xi felt slightly relieved but still looked at them with surprise.
Given the circumstances they entered, a small room like this clearly wasn’t crafted by them.
If they had such chanisms, they wouldn’t have needed to wait for Gu Xi to act; they could’ve escaped centuries ago.
"Oh, those who wanted to leave already did. We stayed because we know so secrets. I say, sir, you’re a Professional, right?"
Jack looked at Gu Xi mysteriously.
"Yes, an Undead Mage."
As Gu Xi spoke, Luna also peeked out from behind him.
The hollow gaze startled everyone present.
Fortunately, Jack reacted quickly and imdiately said, "Sir, sir, please, we an no harm. These are people I kept with , and we know a secret here.
That’s why they captured us."
Hearing this, Gu Xi’s eyes narrowed. Having been locked up here for so long, almost unable to complete his employnt, this was sothing he rembered all too well.
After achieving his position, he didn’t leave imdiately, looking for a chance to retaliate.
Now hearing such news, Gu Xi felt excited.
"What reason?"
"Those guys discovered the Mirror Image Underground Palace. We were to be sacrifices to open the Mirror Gate."
As Jack explained, he proudly glanced at Gu Xi, hoping to see shock in his eyes.
But Gu Xi knew nothing about things like a Mirror Image Underground Palace.
He ca to this world solely to beco an Undead Mage.
From his past experience, he knew he just needed to choose a suitable undead from the graveyard as his Contracted Undead to complete his employnt successfully.
Then he could leave this world directly.
Why would he bother reading all the background information of this world?
What Jack said was like throwing flirtatious glances at a blind person; Gu Xi didn’t understand the significance of Jack’s information.
Seeing Gu Xi’s lack of reaction, Jack assud Gu Xi dismissed the news and had to explain further.
"Sir, when I was first imprisoned, my neighbor was an architect.
He wasn’t content being trapped here and wanted to escape.
While planning to dig a tunnel, I helped him a little. But his actions were too noticeable, and he was soon seriously injured.
If I hadn’t occasionally given him water, he might have died even faster.
Later, he told he found so unusual bricks while digging, and he concluded that this should be the legendary Mirror Image Underground Palace."
Jack stressed the words ’Mirror Image Underground Palace.’
But Gu Xi really didn’t understand this; he simply asked, "Is there sothing wrong with the Mirror Image Underground Palace?"
Jack realized so things were hard to explain.
Gu Xi genuinely didn’t know.
So Jack and the others began to explain the Mirror Image Underground Palace to Gu Xi.
It turns out this Mirror Image Underground Palace is a legend of Victoria City.
About three hundred years ago, when Victoria City was under the Stuart Dynasty, Jas I, in order to seize the throne, offered the entire Victoria City as a sacrifice to an unknown existence.
However, after ascending the throne, he was unwilling to give up the city, so he devised a sche.
Using the core of Victoria City, the Victoria Tower, as a reference point, he copied an identical city at a one-to-one scale.
He then offered this false city to the unknown existence, using the mirror thod to exile the being and the false city into an Alternate Space.
Since then, this false city beca the backdrop for ghost stories about Victoria City.
Among all the true or false tales, the only certainty was that entering the exiled false city required passing through a building completely opposite the Victoria Tower.
That was the never-discovered Mirror Image Underground Palace.
The Black Robe Cultists were followers of the unknown entity, and their goal in capturing Gu Xi and others was to open the passage from the Mirror Image Underground Palace to the false city, releasing the entity they worship.
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