Chapter 244: Deep Lake

Su Lun walked to the lake. The candlelight around him made the lake very bright. He could clearly see that the lake was pitch black.

He saw that spring water was constantly gushing out from the center of the lake. There should be a spring under the lake.

It was this spring that kept gushing out spring water that made all the polluted water here flow into the sea outside.

Su Lun observed carefully for a while. There was not only dark sea water in the lake, but also a mass of black silt that was constantly churning. This mass of silt was the source of pollution.

It was a piece of silt from the shadow world. While polluting the water source, it was also increasing its volume, and it was still emitting power from the shadow world.

Su Lun had never been to the shadow world, but he also knew that even if the shadow world was very powerful, an ordinary piece of silt could not have such a strong pollution ability. The silt here must have been transformed.

"That thing is the source of pollution. I will destroy it immediately." Sina also found the black silt floating on the lake.

She has been trying to solve the pollution around her, but she has not found a good way. Now that she has found the source, she will naturally not sit idly by.

Su Lun did not stop it. It was not difficult to deal with the sludge. The difficult part was how to deal with the things that happened next.

This sludge from the shadow world was deliberately created by someone. Once it was dealt with, it might be discovered, and they were not clear about the strength of the other party.

Sina rushed over directly. A dark blue longbow appeared in her hand. This bow had no entity and looked like an energy state.

She pulled the longbow, and an energy arrow quickly condensed on the bow. As soon as she let go, the blue arrow flew straight to the black sludge.

Sina's bow and arrow shot very accurately, and the arrow pierced the sludge directly.

The black sludge wanted to wrap up the blue arrow, but the arrow kept emitting a blue glimmer, and the sludge was actually disintegrating rapidly. It didn't take long for it to turn into a ball of air.

Seeing this, Su Lun had some understanding of the abilities of the high elves, and remembered to be careful when fighting with the high elves.

He couldn't see the principle of the arrow causing the silt to disintegrate, but few people could block such an attack when the arrow hit a human.

The longbow in Sina's hand turned into a little blue light and disappeared into the air. The lake water was no longer polluted by the silt from the Shadow Realm and was slowly becoming clear.

At this rate, it won't be long before the surrounding pollution gradually disappears.

"I didn't expect it to be so easy to deal with the pollution in the Shadow Realm. The sea water outside should be able to return to normal soon." Sina said with a smile.

She was very happy to solve the pollution here, because the pollution in the Shadow Realm made the entire elf community suffer, and it was constantly affecting the surrounding environment.

Su Lun was very happy, because the matter was solved too easily, which made him feel very wrong.

He asked Sina: "Have you ever thought about why that piece of silt from the Shadow Realm appeared here?"

Things from the Shadow Realm cannot appear in the real world for no reason, especially in a water source. He didn't believe this was a coincidence.

Sina was stunned when she heard this. She thought about it carefully and found that what Su Lun said was not unreasonable.

The entire elf tribe once sent a large number of elves to investigate the cause of the pollution, and finally locked the source of the pollution in this cave.

Because they were worried that the cave was too dangerous, only the elf elders could enter.

Later, the elves' task became to deal with the creatures affected by the pollution around them. As for why the source of the pollution has not been solved, only the elf elders know.

Sina frowned and said, "Only the elders can come in here. Do you suspect the elf elders?"

She immediately shook her head and continued, "This is impossible. The elders will never take the lives of the tribe to risk, and there is no benefit in polluting the surroundings."

"I just guessed that the elf elders are the most suspicious. If it is really the pollution spread by the elf elders, it is very likely that the entire upper elf is involved in this matter." Su Lun said while staring at the increasingly clear lake in front of him.

The pollution here cannot appear out of thin air. Those elf elders must have some special purpose.

And what happened here seems to have a certain relationship with the dark elves in the East Continent.

"Could it be that the high elves also want to contact the Shadow Realm?"

Su Lun thought about it and felt that this was unlikely. The high elves should not be reduced to being with the Shadow Realm. Even if the high elves were in decline, they were still one of the ancient races and their strength could definitely compete with some of the kings of the Shadow Realm.

Just as they were guessing, many bubbles suddenly emerged from the lake. The bubbles were very large. Under normal circumstances, the lake water would not be like this.

Su Lun frowned and looked into the lake. The black pollution of the lake water had not yet dissipated, but in this turbid lake water, a huge creature could still be clearly seen swimming out quickly.

"Hide quickly!" Su Lun said, and immediately pulled Sina to hide behind a huge rock on the side.

Sina did not pay attention to what was happening in the lake, but she saw that Su Lun did not have any malice, so she did not resist.

Su Lun's perception ability was very strong. He could clearly sense that the creature under the lake was extremely powerful, so powerful that it was not an existence that the two of them could easily deal with.

After they dodged, a black creature like some kind of dragon emerged from the lake.

This creature was covered with dark scales and a lot of mud from the Shadow World. It was shaped like a dragon and had a sharp horn on its head.

Su Lun could only see half of this creature, and the other half was in the lake.

He didn't expect that there was such a monster hidden in the lake. The lake was deeper than he thought.

"That is..." Sina just made a sound, and Su Lun blocked her mouth with his hand.

The monster didn't find them, so it's better not to make any sound to avoid exposure.

Sina's face turned red, and she quickly took Su Lun's hand away. Although she knew Su Lun's intention, she had never been in contact with outsiders.

She secretly glanced at Su Lun and was relieved when she found that Su Lun didn't care.

Su Lun hid behind the rock and stared at the dragon monster carefully.

The monster was looking around. It hadn't found Su Lun yet, but the candlelight that was automatically lit around it made it a little uncomfortable. After a roar, all the candlelight went out, and the whole cave immediately became extremely dark, without any light at all.

Even if Su Lun had a strong sense of perception, he couldn't know the surrounding situation in a completely dark place.

They could only stay still, hold their breath and not make any sound.

In this completely dark environment, any slight sound would be amplified.

Although Su Lun did not move, he was calculating whether he and Sina could escape from this monster. The result was that they could not, because the environment here was not suitable for them to escape.

Sina saw that the surroundings became dark without any light, and she didn't know what to do.

She was not as calm as Su Lun, especially when she was not sure about the situation.

After a while, there was no movement around her, but she knew that Su Lun was next to her.

So she opened her mouth and whispered: "We should be able to..."

Her voice was very low. She wanted to light a torch and go out, but before she finished her words, Su Lun blocked her mouth again.

Su Lun controlled Sina, and the warm touch in his hand seemed to touch something soft, but in order to prevent Sina from moving around and making noises, he could not care so much.

He felt that it was a bad idea to let Sina enter this cave. Although the other party was a high elf fighter responsible for patrolling the territory, the other party had too little experience and did not know how to deal with emergencies at all.

Sina's face flushed and she was about to struggle. At this moment, a huge sound of water came from the direction of the lake, which meant that the monster had not yet dived into the lake and was still on the shore.

She immediately knew that it was bad, and immediately stopped struggling and stood still, not even daring to breathe.

Because she could also feel the monster's strength, unless she wanted to die, she would not take the initiative to expose herself.

The sound of dripping water was getting closer and closer, and the monster was approaching.

Su Lun took a deep breath to calm himself down. He knew that it was useless to be anxious now. What he needed now was calmness.

If the monster found them, it should rush over directly, and the other party's slow approach showed that the monster was just suspicious.

The sound of water drops was getting closer and closer, and Su Lun and Sina would be nervous with every step closer.

The sound of water drops finally stopped at a position and did not continue to go deeper. Soon after, it slowly retreated.

Su Lun was relieved when he heard the sound was moving away, but he did not relax. Just now, it was because Sina mistakenly thought that the monster returned to the lake that caused danger.

This time, he would not make any sound until he was sure that the other party had left.

Because there was no light around, Su Lun could not use his eyes to determine whether the other party had re-entered the lake. He could only determine it by sound.

After a long time, the sound of diving finally came from the direction of Su Lun Lake. The monster should have returned to the depths of the lake.

But even so, Su Lun still took a long time to confirm that the other party had really dived back.

"Hey, how long are you going to hold me?" Sina whispered.

Her voice was as thin as a mosquito, but Su Lun still heard it in this silent environment.

Su Lun immediately let her go, because he was afraid that she would suddenly move and cause danger, so he had to control her.

"Sorry." Su Lun apologized and lit the torch.

He saw through the light of the torch that there was indeed nothing on the lake in the distance, and he was relieved immediately, which meant that they were temporarily safe.

He turned to look at Sina and found that Sina's face was flushed and her eyes were a little evasive, which did not look normal.

Su Lun was a little embarrassed. He was about to say something when Sina suddenly stood up.

Sina said to Su Lun: "You must not tell anyone what happened just now, otherwise..."

She couldn't think of what to say for a moment, so she simply walked away without saying anything, and walked directly to the exit of the cave without caring whether Su Lun heard it clearly or not.

She just wanted to leave here as soon as possible.

Seeing this, Su Lun hurriedly followed. He also knew that this place was not suitable for staying for a long time, and he didn't know when the monster in the lake would come out again.

But before he left, he took a special look at the lake and frowned immediately, because the lake was polluted again, and the shadow world silt appeared in the lake again.

He found this kind of silt on the monster's body, and guessed in his heart that the silt that polluted the water source came from the monster.

After walking out of the cave, the giant eagle of the elves was waiting outside.

Sina jumped on the giant eagle and was about to leave, but Su Lun stopped her.

"What are you doing?" She asked angrily, but she didn't dare to look at Su Lun at all.

She felt that she had brought disgrace upon the high elves. As a noble high elf, she actually needed a human to protect her. This was simply a great shame.

More importantly, because her recklessness caused her to be almost life-threatening twice, this is what she cares about most.

Su Lun didn't know what happened to this elf, but he still said: "There is one thing you must know. The lake has been polluted again, and what we did has no effect."

As long as the source of pollution is not removed, the pollution outside cannot be solved.

Xina was stunned when she heard this. She thought she heard it wrong.

She asked in surprise: "Are you sure?"

She entered Shandong at the risk of being punished by the elf elders, and finally came out alive without solving the pollution.

Su Lun explained: "The monster is the source of the pollution. We just dealt with some of the residue from the monster."

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have known that the pollution came from a certain creature, and he hadn't seen that creature yet.

Xina was stunned for a long time after hearing this. If she didn't succeed, she now doesn't know how to solve the pollution here, because the monster is too strong, and even if she goes back again, she may not be able to defeat the monster.

She thought about it for a long time. Although she knew that the source was in this cave, she didn't think of a good way.

After a while, she glanced at Su Lun secretly and thought to herself: He always seemed calm, could he have something to do?

She must deal with the pollution here, both for herself and for the sake of the high elves as a whole.

Xina asked Su Lun a little embarrassedly: "Do you have any good ideas?"

This was the first time she had asked a foreigner for help, so she seemed very embarrassed.

"Let's get out of here first." Su Lun said and left with Xina in the giant eagle.

They came outside the elves' territory, which was far away from the cave and would not be in danger.

Xina has calmed down a lot after some time, but what happened in the cave still lingers in her mind, so her cheeks will turn red from time to time.

Su Lun thought she was strange, but he didn't care and said directly: "That monster should be related to the elders of your tribe. We need to investigate them more."

"You elves have many books, which should contain information about that creature. If we can find out the weakness of that monster, we have a chance to defeat that monster."

Su Lun said that he had wanted to enter the Elven Temple openly to check the information, but it was difficult. If Xina led the way, it would be much easier to enter secretly.