The Land Of Thorns
Secret underground part 3

“What - what is it? Hoi uncle what was that animal?”

Edgar said it looked upset.

The shop owner's uncle ran towards him while carrying a small child and behind him was Ludi and the children and women who followed, those who are sealed in this place are seen to still have the power for them to run.

“I also don't know exactly what it is, I just saw the black blob was sucking this kid's blood when he was unconscious.”

The uncle said it while showing a scar on the neck of a small child that he was carrying and even seen there are traces of blood still attached to him.

“I think we managed to save him Uncle, maybe that black blob that caused them to go unconscious and suck their blood?”

“Didn't this look weird? What are the bandits here for letting those black blobs suck their blood for?”

“True, this really looks weird Uncle.”

Edgar looked at Ludi who saw that he still looked gloomy as if he wanted to say something but held back from saying it, Edgar tried to ignore and returned to see the group of children and women when the owner of the tavern gave the child he carried to them to be taken out.

“We can not guide you to get out of this place, you only need to go down this road until you find a way out, and can I say if it will be safe through this road.”

“Thanks for the rescuer!”

Shouted them together while thanking and walking away towards the exit.

“One more thing, there is a special room in their headquarters before sealing us here, we have all been in the room, maybe you will find someone else who has not been caught by them.”

Said the woman who arrived - suddenly stopped her steps warning Edgar to check the room in question, Edgar with a smile on his face nodding to him understand as they continued their journey back.

They again walked down the underground street with this time Edgar who was leading in front because seeing the grim looking mud made him disinclined to ask Ludi to take the lead paying attention to the road.

“See, it's the stairs leading to the top.”

With his finger pointing, Edgar told them, it did not feel like they found the stairs leading up to the corner of this underground street like what the woman had previously said.

The grim Ludi slowly caught up with Edgar who was in front to walk beside him.

“Hey ... thanks for saying that earlier to me Edgar.”

“What do you mean Ludi?”

“I feel angry, to make me feel like acting without thinking. If we just focus on saving the already dying child and taking them out, maybe we can't save the others.”

Hearing Ludi say that to her made Edgar pat her on the shoulder trying to make Ludi's feelings better.

“No need to think about it Ludi, we are just lucky to come at the right time. Because we also do not know anything about the black blob and what the bandits do here so ... keep the focus Ludi!”

Edgar smilingly said that to her and patted her on the back to slowly encourage Ludi to return to walking in front.

They saw the stairs leading to a room, and they thought that they were now under the building of the headquarters of the bandits, then they continued walking back and forth up the stairs while being on standby with the weapons they were holding.

“…”

“It seems like they are too busy taking care of their front door until they don't realize we're sneaking off the secret passage!”

Ludi suddenly let out those words from his mouth breaking the silence, realizing that until now there had not been a single bandit who confronted them on this underground road until they reached the entrance stairs of their headquarters.

“Shhh ... keep your voice down Ludi we don't know what's waiting for us in that room later.”

The shop owner's uncle rebuked Ludi who arrived - suddenly talking like it broke the silence, making Ludi surprised to hear it and just smiled jokingly in response to it.

Ludi who was in the front entered first into the room slowly looked around as he walked settles, looking around, Ludi looked back at those behind giving a sign that the room was no one else.

“I don't like branched roads. What should we do?”

The uncle of the tavern owner who felt displeased when he saw two different paths before his eyes.

“I also don't like to see it, but we have to find the room that the woman was referring to just be on guard - just in case someone else is packed in there, we have to save her!”

Ludi insisted on responding if he had to find a place that the woman told him.

“Good, I think we should split up here. Me and Silvi will go through the left road while you two go through the road on the right.”

Edgar answered them both with advice.

“Wait for why you are always together with SIlvi? Why don't I be with him through this path and you're with Uncle in the opposite direction?”

“I don't really care that much about Ludi, but are you sure if in a close combat you can withstand their attacks, though, and I don't think Uncle's a typical guy that women are comfortable touching if Silvi is going to talk to him.”

“So you said Silvi could talk to other people she touched? I think he can only talk to you an Edgar!”

Ludi was surprised to hear that, he saw as if he did not expect that he could also communicate with Silvi.

“Why didn't you tell me from the beginning of Edgar? I also want to get acquainted with him.”

“Not that I told you in the store that I was talking to him when he touched me?”

What Edgar said made Ludi remember what happened at the bar when Edgar said he was talking to Silvi and that was nothing else.

“Yes, but you didn't say that I could also communicate with him!”

Ludi sounded so annoyed with his hand that was ready like he was about to hit even though he was still trying to hold it.

“Do you feel unhappy with me Ludi? It's all right what he said has a point!”

The shop owner's uncle pulled Edgar to invite him to leave with a face that looked disappointed to hear Ludi who did not want to be with him, as he did not want to, they eventually split up into two groups in search of another room used to hold the person they were wiping.

Ludi and Silvi had been walking in the corridor long enough until they found a pair of bandits standing guard in front of a room unconscious with them. Seeing it made the two of them immediately hide behind a large weapon rack near them.

“I don't think anyone's in here, but like his guess I'm wrong ... The room they're guarding looks suspicious, I guess that place that woman meant.”

Edgar tells Silvi that makes him nod when he feels the same way that the room looks suspicious because someone is guarding it.

“Silvi, use your magic to surprise them when I start running, you understand?”

Edgar said his plan made Silvi give her thumbs up if she really understood.

Then Edgar quickly ran towards the bandits on guard, following him Silvi swung his hand and pushed using his wind magic shooting towards the two of them. The strong wind made the two of them cringe.

“What is it ... huh? Arghh!”

Those who were still shocked made Edgar so free to slash them alternately who were not alert to hold weapons, his slash was so powerful that it made them instantly fall.

“That's a dirty trick, but it works!”

Edgar gave his thumbs up as he looked at Silvi who was behind him, gesturing that everything was in order.

After that Edgar opened the door and saw the room was so dark that he hinted Silvi who was walking towards him to get a torch in the corridor that did not die from wind magic from Silvi before.

Then Edgar continued to look into the room and saw that there were 3 people inside, Edgar saw a man bound unconscious and surprised to know 2 people he knew were in this place unconscious, Edgar saw Lilia and Celine lying on the ground.