Chapter 272:
“You can come out now.”
Isaac was the first to crawl out of the low tunnel and whispered. He was followed quietly by Bashul.
Both of them were covered in mud.
As is often the case with ancient cities, Lichtheim had a layered underground structure. However, the priests of Lichtheim were particularly interested in making use of the underground, where they imprisoned things that didn’t need to exist in the world: criminals, forbidden knowledge, and evil relics, sealing them beneath the city.
As a result, Lichtheim had undergone several planned redevelopments of its underground, unlike other cities.
Naturally, the prison where the Emperor was held and the secret archives of the Censorship Bureau were also constructed underground. But with such repeated redevelopment, there would inevitably be parts that were left out or abandoned. If these spaces were not properly understood, they would become secret passages unknown even to the designers.
And Isaac was very knowledgeable about these secret passages.
Bashul felt overwhelmed as he emerged from the claustrophobic waterway into what appeared to be a corridor.
It truly was one of Lichtheim’s underground passages.