I, the Villain, Want to Save Myself, But the Yandere Heroines Disagree

Chapter 23 - Sandstorm Subsides and Family Crisis (1/9)

On the other side, Orson was still chatting with the Shaman.

“By the way, this is my first time visiting the temple. I would like to ask, besides this main hall, are there any other branch halls in the temple?”

“No,” the beastman Shaman shook his head. “We only worship the great Limusa here.”

“Then... excuse me, are there any sacred artifacts in the temple? Or, is there any place that we absolutely cannot go?”

“If you ask about that, I can’t quite remember right now...” The beastman Shaman thought for a moment, then said, “The temple originally had a basement, but for some reason, no one could enter that basement. Gradually, it was abandoned, and we don’t know what’s in the basement.”

“Alright, I understand. Thank you very much,” Orson said this, thanking the other party, then took Laina and re-entered the temple from the side entrance.

“Eh, big brother Edward, haven’t we already prayed at the temple?” Laina asked, looking at Edward taking her back into the temple, confused.

“Mm, but I have other things to do,” Orson said this, looking into the temple again.

The book recorded that Limusa used his last divine power to turn the desert into its current state. This meant that if Limusa’s divine power dissipated, the sandstorm protecting the beastmen would also dissipate.

Therefore, the medium storing Limusa’s divine power must exist within the temple.

After learning about the basement from the Shaman, Orson took Laina and returned to the temple.

At this moment, Balu had finished his confession. He still had to go back and complete his mission of unifying the beastman tribes.

Inside the temple, only Orson and Laina remained.

“Big brother Edward, are you looking for that basement? But the Shaman already said we can’t get in...”

“He says you can’t get in, and you actually believe it? Let’s try. What if we can get in?”

“Alright,” Laina heard this and sighed.

Then the two

“Ugh, well, what if there’s a mechanism that requires two people to complete, right...”

“Alright, alright,” Orson heard this and nodded helplessly.

To be honest, after coming to this vast underground maze, Orson still felt a little uncertain.

He didn’t have any prior information about the underground maze. He had even only confirmed the information about the temple from Arati when he entered the desert. What would happen here, and whether there was danger, Orson didn’t know.

He could only take it one step at a time.

Orson frankly disliked doing things without certainty.

One slight misstep could put him in danger.

Let alone the many people outside waiting for Orson to return, even if Orson were alone, he would still dislike this feeling.

But at this moment, the underground maze might hold secrets sealed for a thousand years, and it concerned the future of two races. Orson had to go in and explore.

“Speaking of which, big brother, don’t you think this situation is very strange?”

In the dimly lit maze, Orson and Laina walked side by side.

“Hmm?”

“After we came down, the torches on the walls automatically lit up. Could there be people in this underground maze...”

“No, even if there were people, according to the Shaman upstairs, so much time has passed, they should be gone. That means, there are other ‘things’?” Laina said this, unable to help but feel her hair stand on end.

“Don’t scare yourself,” Orson said, giving Laina a playful chop on the head.

“This should just be a small mechanism left by the builders when the underground chamber was constructed. Whenever someone arrives here, the torches automatically light up for illumination.”

“Ah... I see,” Laina heard this and immediately lost interest.

She had just been thinking whether there might be some strange creatures hiding in the maze, ready to scare them.

“Yes, magic is indeed that convenient,” Orson said this.

“That’s true...” Laina nodded in agreement.

While traveling and camping before, Orson’s magic had helped Laina a lot. It was very convenient for keeping warm, providing light for exploring the path, and so on.

Laina also pestered Orson to teach her magic, but along the way, despite Orson’s diligent teaching, Laina’s talent was insufficient, and she never quite grasped it.

In the end, they could only give up.