Chapter 7 Lacquer Black Trap
“Wuwu… it hurts?”
Accompanying a burst of intense impact, Lonis gradually woke up.
She didn’t know what had happened, but at this moment her body felt as if it had fallen apart, causing extreme pain.
(Eh? Am I… asleep, asleep on Elus’s back?)
Realizing her impropriety, Lonis was startled. She wanted to open her eyes quickly and apologize to Elus.
However, the scene that met her eyes was…
A bloody darkness.
She seemed to be in a cage, with sharp metal bars all around. The air was filled with a thick, decaying smell, so oppressive that it was almost impossible to breathe.
Why am I here?
What just happened?
Lonis was filled with bewilderment…
But after only a moment of thought, she immediately knelt down and shouted into the distance:
“I’m sorry, Elus, I was wrong! I shouldn’t have fallen asleep suddenly, I’m sorry, please forgive me!! >_<" Having learned from the previous lesson in the dungeon, Lonis readily admitted her mistake this time. Elus wasn't an unreasonable person. As long as she sincerely apologized, she would probably forgive her, right? But... there was no response. It was quiet all around, with only a low wind whistling, echoing faintly in the air. "Wuwu, I'm sorry, Master Young Lady. I'll never be so slack again. I'll wag my tail, I'll sing nursery rhymes, please forgive me!" Lonis was already humbly wagging her tail, but still, there was no response. (What... what's going on? Could it be that Elus is really angry and only satisfied by toying with me?) Thinking of this, Lonis deeply swallowed a mouthful of saliva. The world before her was not just a simple punishment... Lonis's instincts told her that there was something terrifying ahead. (Wuwu... Elus is truly a black-hearted person!) ... So, Lonis could only walk forward. It was a very deep tunnel. Her high heels stepped on the floor, emitting an empty and lonely echo... Lonis didn't know how long this tunnel was, but she could only brace herself and walk. Finally, after advancing for about a kilometer. She arrived at a closed stone door. Upon pushing open the stone door, the scene that greeted her eyes stunned the white-stockinged maid. Because in front of her were dense, countless tentacles! They weren't tentacles monsters, but just long tentacle-like tentacles... They were like a spiderweb, densely covering this already narrow small hall, looking extremely disgusting. (Elus, this, this is...) Her legs went weak, and Lonis instinctively wanted to beg for mercy. But she also knew that if she didn't feel ashamed, Elus would never be satisfied (replenish magic power). So... "Hmph, I'll go if you say so, who's afraid of whom." Although these long tentacles looked disgusting, there were still some gaps among them. Lonis believed that as long as she bent down and crawled, she should be able to pass through here. ... ... The silver-haired girl's plan was good, but she forgot... she still had a big tail behind her! Although her body passed through, her fluffy big tail immediately touched the root of the tentacles, triggering the tentacle monster's alarm. "Help me!!!!!!! " The little fox's cry pierced the silent underground hall. But no one came to help her. The pitiful white-stockinged girl was immediately restrained by the tentacles... These strange gelatinous substances firmly wrapped around her wrists and shins, and kept spraying sticky fluid. One gust~ Two gusts~~ This viscous fluid was extremely sticky, just like spider silk. Before long, Lonis was sprayed covered in white... Her hair was stuck together, and the excess liquid even flowed into her clothes and shoes, making them sticky. "No. Let go of me, hurry up and let go of me!" Due to the shame of being covered and the fear of capture, Lonis struggled desperately... And whether it was because the girl's struggle had an effect, or because all creatures entered a period of weakness after spraying, the tentacles became soft and powerless. Lonis was thrown to the ground. ... "Hoo ah, hoo ah... while it's like this..." Lonis panted heavily, preparing to quickly pass through this place in this fleeting moment. But what about the viscous fluid? It was particularly annoying because it had a glue-like property, so the girl's clothes clung tightly to her skin and couldn't be taken off. And with every crawl, some viscous fluid seeped out from her stockings and clothes, flowing little by little to her knees and palms, making Lonis's every crawl extremely difficult. Her big tail also became like a cotton swab dipped in syrup, unable to be lifted up. It drooped limply like that. "Wuwu... Elus, you're bullying me." But even so, Lonis could only continue to crawl. Because she didn't know when these tentacles would regain their strength, it was better to pass quickly. However, just as the little fox was about to pass... "Wow, why did they wake up so quickly!" "No, no! I can barely see with my eyes!!!!!!!!" After being tormented by these tentacles once more, Lonis finally crawled out of this tentacle jungle. Only now she looked extremely disheveled—those sticky spider silk fluids would solidify after cooling and stick to her body, unable to be wiped off. And Lonis had been sprayed all over by the tentacles, so at this moment, the girl looked like the protagonist on their birthday being pranked by friends... covered in cream all over, almost unable to see her original skin. Her movements were also hindered, and the girl walked forward unsteadily. "Hoo ah, hoo ah... is it over? Elus, stop bullying me?" Lonis was wronged and her eyes were a little red. She wished that if she just pushed open the next stone door, Elus would forgive her and hug her? But... What appeared before the little fox was another "punishment". She saw a huge chasm in front of her. This chasm was bottomless. Lonis stood on a protruding cliff, and when she slightly leaned out to look down, all she saw was darkness like a ten-thousand-foot abyss. There was no other path, only a single-plank bridge with a diameter of 10 centimeters extending from where Lonis was, leading to the other end of the chasm. Roughly estimated, this single-plank bridge was at least a hundred meters long. ... "Am I supposed to cross this single-plank bridge and crawl to the other side?" Lonis took a deep breath and said in surprise.
