Chapter 283 : Underground Library
"Wow..."
When crawling in here, Lonis was already stunned.
Because what lay before her wasn't some ordinary secret room, but an underground library as huge as a basketball stadium!
Each row of shelves displayed thousands of books. And looking around, row upon row of bookshelves were as vast as an ocean, inspiring awe from the bottom of one's heart.
"Elucia, this is too much! Don't just because I successfully passed the first two challenges, set up such a difficult secret room. With so many books, who could solve this?!"
Lonis felt frustrated and an indescribable sense of helplessness.
But the good news was... the little devices on her body hadn't been activated.
This meant she had plenty of time to analyze the books here, without having to rush like last time when she almost knelt on the ground.
"Fine... let me investigate randomly first."
Lonis pulled out a book and opened it to read.
But it didn't matter if she didn't look—once she did, her back turned completely cold... because this was a terrifying book introducing various forms of torture!
Not only did it include water torture, branding, being torn apart by five horses, hanging and other punishments, but beside each torture method were corresponding illustrations and operating procedures!
Among them were many torture methods Lonis had never heard of, truly nightmarish.
After reading just a few pages, Lonis was already wet. (From sweating.)
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Afraid she wouldn't sleep well at night, Lonis quickly closed the book and took out another one.
But this one was even worse than the previous one!
Because this wasn't instructions for using torture methods, but had simply become usage records of certain torture methods!
For example, the first half of this book described the bizarre technology of turning a person into a cow... involving body modification, skin transplantation, torture device implantation, with the final effect being a person wrapped in some kind of cow-like shell, ultimately only able to move by crawling on all fours.
Most terrifyingly, this modification wasn't just talk, but had detailed step-by-step records.
This included records of a beauty named "Pasiphae" being step-by-step transformed into a female cow, then engaging in certain bestial acts... not only Pasiphae's physical data at each stage, but even photographs from that time!
Eventually this woman named Pasiphae even shamefully became pregnant and gave birth to an NTR warrior called Minotaur.
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This made Lonis feel a chill down her spine, and her legs became somewhat weak.
After all, bull penises were much more terrifying than humans. Even if Lonis wanted to commit suicide, she wouldn't want to accept such horrifying torture.
"Wuu... Elucia wouldn't be hinting that she'll bully me like this in the future, would she? Too perverted..."
Compared to what was recorded in the book, Lonis suddenly felt that Elucia had become very gentle... After all, although that black-hearted girl treated her as a pet, she was still on the "beloved" side, and daily life was quite pleasant.
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"Master Elucia, I was wrong. I'll never be ungrateful again. Please forgive me."
The silver-haired girl pitifully spoke upward, but there was no response.
And just then...
Lonis also realized something was wrong.
Logically, Elucia should have calmed down by now, right?
After all, she had already been tormented so miserably and begged for forgiveness so humbly.
But... the girl still hadn't appeared.
Normally, Elucia would definitely mock her triumphantly to make her feel more ashamed.
However...
(Wait, could this place not be some mechanism set up by Elucia, but a real trap?)
Lonis looked around, and the more she looked, the more she felt this speculation was highly possible!
Because the previous mechanisms and tentacle monsters were one thing... but how could Elucia possibly give her so many torture books to scare her for no reason?
The floor here had a lot of dust, just like some kind of underground ruins!
So that means...
Did Elucia hate her, so she deliberately threw her into the ruins?
No, no matter how black-hearted Elucia was, she couldn't do that.
Then, could it be that they encountered an accident?
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Although she figured out the truth, Lonis immediately broke out in a cold sweat from nervousness.
So the tentacle monsters and single-log bridge earlier weren't mechanisms, but real monsters and abysses!
If she had lingered a bit longer, might she have been caught by the tentacle monsters to be used as a breeding mother?
If she hadn't stood steady earlier, would she have fallen into the ten-thousand-zhang abyss and become mincemeat?
"Wuu!"
Lonis felt a wave of fear and her legs became somewhat weak.
So now, in this library...
Might there also be some terrifying monsters?
Like the Minotaur warriors recorded in the books?
That huge body was a full three meters tall, and the weapon on its body was actually thicker than her wrist!
If she really encountered such a monster, and that monster wanted to violate her... wouldn't she have absolutely no way to survive?
(No, I don't want to be transformed into a female cow, absolutely not!!!!!!)
Lonis was so scared she could barely walk, and just then...
Heavy footsteps came from the distance.
Clack, clack.
That crisp sound didn't seem like some creature's, but like something metallic.
(I'm doomed!)
Lonis curled up in a corner under the bookshelf like a little rabbit... At this point, running away was definitely too late. Lonis could only hope this monster wouldn't discover her.
However, things didn't go as hoped.
The footsteps not only didn't go away, but got closer and closer.
As if they had locked onto Lonis's position, clack, clack... As the footsteps gradually approached, Lonis felt her mood becoming more and more tense.
What to do?
Fight this monster desperately?
But she didn't have Elucia by her side. Never mind monsters—any random man could defeat her.
Then...
(Right, Rainbow Abyss weapons!)
Lonis couldn't care about anything else. She directly summoned the Red Lotus Hammer, Clear Staff, Emerald Whip, and Ember Shield.
Although Lonis didn't know what use summoning all these weapons simultaneously had, hiding behind the Rainbow Abyss weapons gave her an instinctive sense of security.
(Monster, I'm not afraid of you!)
Lonis tremblingly gripped the shield.
And that monster finally stopped in front of Lonis... Lonis didn't even dare stick her head out to observe the monster's appearance, because she was afraid that once she opened her eyes, she would see an enormous rod.
However...
"Lonis?"
"Eh?!"
A familiar call made Lonis open her eyes wide.
And what appeared before Lonis was a silver-haired orthodox princess, Sethilu.