The Snow Leopard Baby of the Black Leopard Family - Chapter 200

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Chapter 200
Tiel suddenly recalled Illum’s words.
“Yet I cannot say how much longer this will remain open. Lord Renato’s power has nearly faded. It’s likely because he sensed Lord Karl’s awakening. Once Lord Renato’s power vanishes entirely, this door will not open again.”
The vast underground chamber functioned only because the power of Renato Virgilius Eberard, Head of the Everard household who had died centuries ago, still lingered.
The problem was that no one knew how long that power would last.
Illum had said that Renato’s power had grown so faint they could not know when this place would seal itself.
Which meant—
‘The chamber could collapse at any moment.’
Only then did Tiel understand the source of that rumbling.
The Eberard Underground Chamber was collapsing! Illum’s face had gone deathly pale.
“It’s collapsing!”
Illum cried out. Tiel turned her head to follow his gaze.
At the end of Illum’s line of sight stood a statue positioned at the edge of the chamber, and water was seeping from beneath it.
Not long after, there came a sharp crack—the statue’s neck snapped clean off.
It was crumbling from the inside!
Fortunately, the space was vast, and Renato’s protection, though extremely faint, still remained—so it wouldn’t collapse in an instant. Yet even so, at this rate it would crumble soon.
Karl closed the book Tiel had been holding and placed it in her hands.
“Take these with you, Tiel! We should escape this place at once.”
“What? But these books cannot be taken beyond this chamber…….”
A special spell was cast upon them, preventing them from being carried outside this space.
Wasn’t that precisely why they had descended to these depths to search through these books? They could not be removed.
Yet Karl shook his head.
“If Lord Renato’s power has completely faded and this space is collapsing, then you should be able to carry them out. The spell will have weakened along with everything else. So take them. Take whatever you can carry, and let’s escape as quickly as possible.”
“You’re right, Karl. Let’s gather what we can.”
Ferdi picked up several of Everard’s vast collection of records and threw them toward Iandros.
“Iandros!”
“I thought as much.”
Iandros showed no surprise at the materials suddenly flying toward him—he opened a Subspace.
Whoosh!
Iandros’s Subspace opened. The unstable Subspace entrance flickered open and closed, revealing its pitch-black interior.
“Ah, so if we store them inside the Subspace, we can take them……!”
Tiel exclaimed in admiration. Iandros nodded.
Iandros’s Subspace was a space separate from the reality around them. Even if Renato Virgilius Eberard’s powerful spell remained intact, they could still partially evade its reach.
Besides, wasn’t this space collapsing right now precisely because Renato’s power had disappeared entirely?
If they carried things out inside Iandros’s Subspace, they would be able to remove them. This was their only chance!
Those who realized this truth frantically poured the documents and Eberard Treasures nearby into Iandros’s Subspace.
Iandros watched as Tiel dumped the Eberard Treasures into his Subspace, briefly worrying whether he would be able to retrieve all these things safely from inside it.
In the past, he wouldn’t have worried at all. But now Iandros’s Subspace did not obey his control.
‘Well, either way they’ll disappear.’
Iandros shrugged.
Time prevented them from fitting in all the vast collection of materials, but they managed to fit a substantial amount.
Illum also collected the Clearest Water that had pooled in the center of the Altar into a bottle. The reasoning was that they might need it at any moment.
Rumble!
The thunder sounded once more. Tiel lifted her head to look at the ceiling.
Cracks were spreading across it.
At this rate, it would collapse soon. They had to leave! Tiel gripped Iandros’s hand firmly.
“Lord Iandros, we have to go……!”
Iandros nodded. Illum led them all back toward the entrance through which they had first descended.
Fortunately, the entrance was still open, though it too bore cracks and seemed ready to crumble at any moment.
“Lord Karl!”
Tiel called out to Karl, who still stood in a daze, staring at the collapsing ceiling.
Cracks were spreading across the wall where all of Everard’s history was recorded, splintering with ominous sounds.
For Karl, this was his first time entering such a place—it was natural that he should feel reluctant to leave in this manner. Tiel understood his feelings.
Yet they had to go.
She understood, but if they remained here, all these countless documents and the history of Everard would be buried along with the chamber—it was as plain as day.
When Tiel seized Karl’s hand, pulling him from his daze, his eyes finally snapped open.
“We have to leave, Lord Karl!”
“Yes, I’m sorry…….”
Karl used his Ability.
Karl created an enormous Water Droplet and carried Ferdi, Tiel, and Iandros inside it.
Karl himself also rode inside the Water Droplet rather than swimming in animal form.
The massive droplet shone with five colors, just as it had on the way down, but with one crucial difference.
When they had descended, Karl’s Water Droplet was extremely stable.
But now his Water Droplet seemed to tremble precariously for some reason.
‘Did Lord Renato’s power collapsing cause some kind of Resonance with Lord Karl’s Ability?’
Such cases of Ability Resonance, while rare, were not unheard of, so it was not an implausible possibility.
Fortunately, the Water Droplet was unstable but did not burst. Just as Karl was about to submerge the droplet into the water—
Rumble-!
A third deafening sound!
Crack-crack-crack!
Cracks split the ceiling as an enormous torrent of water came crashing down. It happened so suddenly that Tiel couldn’t even scream.
Water poured in with a force that would have seemed appropriate to call it an explosion.
Fortunately, Karl pushed them toward the entrance faster than the water could fall.
Karl pushed them into the passage and entered himself.
The problem was that the passage connecting to the entrance was also splintering.
“It’s cracking…….”
Because Tiel’s fish illuminated the walls of the passage, she could see the cracks spreading across it.
The passage was cracking apart.
What would happen if this passage broke? Would they be unable to escape?
For a moment, such terror flooded Tiel’s chest. Yet she pressed her lips together and said nothing.
Right now, the one bearing the most fear would be Karl, responsible for three lives.
Right now, the one suffering the most loss would be Karl, forced to witness Everard’s history and the traces of his father crumbling away…….
So Tiel said nothing. She folded her fear again and again, tucking it away deep inside.
Tiel’s fish seemed to resonate with her resolve, glimmering in response.
Karl swam upward at maximum speed, carrying Tiel, Ferdi, and Iandros.
The Water Droplet rose toward the surface at a speed incomparable to the descent.
“Tiel.”
At that moment, a familiar voice reached Tiel’s ears. It was Karl’s voice!
Tiel, who had been sitting rigid with fear, opened her eyes wide and looked toward Karl beyond the Water Droplet.
Karl’s lips were moving in the water. He brought his hand toward the droplet carrying Tiel.
“Do not be afraid.”
As if responding to Karl’s voice, the Water Droplet shimmered with transparent light. Tiel’s lips parted slightly.
Karl’s Water Droplet was a manifestation of his power. It was a space with qualities similar to Iandros’s Subspace.
That was why he could keenly sense the emotions of Tiel riding within it.
Sensing that Tiel was frightened, Karl rapidly ascended and brought his hand to the Water Droplet surrounding her.
Tiel, without quite realizing it, reached out and met Karl’s hand through the water barrier between them.
“Don’t be afraid. I will bring you to the surface soon.”
Karl said.
And in that moment,
Rumble-!
The passage cracked open once more along with the sound.

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