[Attack on Titan] The Gate of Hakogawa

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The stairs are very long and deep, and the boots on the steps paved with stone bricks create a clear echo.

As far as the eyes can see, there is a dazed darkness, and without the aid of lights, even Levi has to carefully move down while holding onto the wall.

Moisture adheres to the cold wall, and there are gravel and dust under the moisture. After years of accumulation, the moisture mixed with sand and dust sticks to the wall, forming an annoying slippery and sticky touch. .

Levi moved cautiously, but couldn't help complaining.

"Tsk, it's so dark, that guy Erwin didn't leave me a lamp."

The icy, even scalp-chilling wind flowed through the stairwell unabated, and just as Levi was focusing on identifying the road in front of him, a loud voice sounded from behind.

With the sound of 'touch', Levi immediately turned his head to look at the way he came, but what he saw was an endless darkness, and even the only faint light source from the entrance on the top floor disappeared.

It seems that the gust of wind just now closed the door, Levi couldn't help but look a little ugly, he didn't want to climb upstairs to open the door again, thinking that the other team members outside the door would do something, so he let it go, Anyway, the light was negligibly weak, and it didn't help his speed of moving down.

But having said that, he still kept an eye on it, but found that the door on the top floor hadn't been opened for a long time. I don't know if it was because he had gone down to the bottom floor so that the light could not come in, or for some other reason. In short, he is now Living in a darkness where you can't see your fingers, except for the sound of water drops, only the sound of your own footsteps is left in your ears.

"Cut, it's so black, when will it end."

Unconsciously, he became irritable. Logically speaking, he should be able to hear the voices of Erwin and the others after going down here, but until now he can't feel anyone's breath, as if there is only one person in this corridor. him alone.

The ladder is still going down, and I don't know when it will end, but Levi's mood is completely different from the beginning. He tried his best to stabilize his impetuous emotions, and continued to move with nervous nerves. It's not that he didn't think about going back, But in the situation where he couldn't guarantee that he could leave when he turned around, he chose to find out.

When the habitual downward steps were hindered and stagnated, Levi realized that he had just left the last step and finally came to the flat ground.

Although the surrounding environment has not changed much, it is still a thick darkness, but with the reflection rate of the water droplets and the echo of the footsteps, Levi keenly noticed that the passage of this lacquer has widened when it enters the flat ground.

He tentatively touched the wall of the passage, but what he got was a dry, uneven and hard surface, and a piece of weathered gravel.

This made Levi even more suspicious. Where will this passage go? It is impossible for an ordinary basement to be dug so deep and so long. Even if it is impossible to know for sure, Levi is sure that he has deviated from Allen home is far away.

Maybe he has already come outside the wall, not necessarily.

Something flashed through his mind, and Levi felt that he had grasped the key. If this mysterious basement really leads to the world outside the wall...

Stop thinking about it for the time being, in his opinion, guessing is meaningless, as long as you go to the end, you can always get the truth.

However, being in the darkness, not to mention the scenery of the road, even the passage of time is difficult to grasp. Levi doesn't know how long he has walked, but judging from the exhaustion of his body, at least an hour has passed.

When will we go?Where is the end of the road?Erwin, have they gone out?

Just as Levi was thinking about these things, he suddenly noticed a small voice, which became even clearer as he went forward.

It is not so much the gurgling water, but more precisely, it is the uninterrupted gurgling sound of the waves hitting the shore and then retreating into the water.

And at the same time as the sound of water appeared in the passage, Levi felt that the flat road had begun to climb upwards, and the slope became more and more inclined. It seemed that the exit was not far away.

A wind blew in, and the wind blew warm and humid breath, gently brushed over Levi's cheek, brought up a few strands of broken hair, and then silently sneaked into the deep darkness.

Then Levi, who had been walking in the dark for an untold amount of time, finally saw the light, not the dazzling scorching light like the sun, but a somewhat cold and indifferent star-point brilliance like frost and silver.

Levi quickened his pace and left the passage in one go. Outside the passage, the sun had already set and it was night. The moon hung in the sky, silently casting faint moonlight.

Under the bright moonlight, Levi looked around and found himself at the foot of a gentle slope, surrounded by dense bushes, and the exit of the passage was opened under a small mound, like a naturally formed And it's an ordinary cave, who would have thought that there is something special in it.

However, Levi did not breathe a sigh of relief because he left the passage, but tensed his nerves even more. The reason is that until now he has not found any traces of the leading troops, and there are no footprints other than him at the entrance of the cave.

What the heck.

Levi really wanted to draw such a conclusion, but considering the possibility of a fork in the passage, he held his breath for the time being and explored around.

The sound of water waves hitting the shore echoed back and forth, Levi thought for a while and then went to where the sound of water came from. For some reason, a strange feeling rose in his heart, and the unreasonable uneasiness led Follow him to the water's edge.

When the last clump of branches and leaves blocking the road was pushed away by him, the vision in front of him suddenly widened. At the foot of the mountain, a vast lake was quietly shaking with sparkling waves, like a huge jade plate containing thousands of stars.

Even Levi couldn't help but hold his breath, but at this moment, a sudden thud like water floating into the water broke the quiet atmosphere.

Levi withdrew his mind instantly, and glanced over immediately.

It was just a bubble that floated to the surface of the water burst, and after that the water area returned to calm, but Levi did not look away, but stared sharply at the calm lake surface, the air froze for a moment, and then, in the same position On the ground, a series of foam rushed to the surface of the water, and at the same time, the surrounding water began to fluctuate irregularly, as if something was about to burst out of the water.

At the moment when the black shadow rushed out of the water, a large amount of water splashed outwards, and Levi took a defensive posture vigilantly, but when he saw the opponent clearly, he showed a stunned expression.

"Huha...ha...haha...ha..."

"you……"

There were only violent panting sounds in the air, and Levi's short exclamation due to astonishment. He opened his eyes wide and stared at the figure in the lake without blinking, as if he saw some monster.

The man in the lake finally found his breathing pace, he patted his chest, brushed the tangled hair on his face, and then carefully raised his face to face Levi on the shore.

"Ah...uh, that, Captain..."

Levi couldn't help but want to take out his eyes and wipe them. Could it be that he is getting old and myopia and presbyopia came out together, but this is not right. Although he has no research on eye health care, but Wouldn't it be hallucinations?

Even auditory hallucinations appeared.

For some reason, he felt that his throat was tight, his mouth and tongue were dry, his back was sweating cold, and his brain was fuzzy. Could it be that the hallucinogenic gas in the underground passage was inhaled by him, or the person in front of him with a guilty look Looking at him, who was the boy with a stupid but damned face that made tears well up in his eyes.