It was about ten minutes later when Gerald came across a pond in the deepest part of the cave…
There appeared to be a stone pier of sorts in the middle of the body of water, and on that pier, lay a jade board made of jadeite…
Raising a slight brow, Gerald then watched as a drop of water fell from a stalactite… and right onto the jade board, producing a sound that felt oddly euphoric… Then another… and another….
With how echoey the cave’s walls were, it was no wonder why they were able to hear the sound from so far away…
Squinting his eyes at the jade board, Gerald had a feeling that destroying it would only trigger another trap. With that in mind, after some thought, favonovel.com eventually settled on taking out a shirt from his backpack.
Following that, favonovel.com carefully aimed at the jade board… and with a toss, Gerald’s shirt completely draped over it!
While favonovel.com couldn’t safely destroy it, it didn’t mean that favonovel.com couldn’t stop the dripping sounds… or at least, that was what favonovel.com hoped.
Staring anxiously as the next drop of water fell from the stalactite and rapidly descended toward the now covered jade board… Gerald eventually found himself heaving a sigh of relief when no sound was made.
Now that that was done, Gerald quickly rushed back to where Rey and Yann were to check in on them…
Upon realizing that the two were still in a daze, Gerald quickly began shaking them by their shoulders while yelling, “Hey, snap out of it!”
Thankfully, that seemed to work. Recovering shortly after, Rey shook his head before asking in a slightly sluggish tone, “…Huh…? Mr. Crawford…? I… What happened…?”
“Indeed, Gerald… What on earth happened back there…? The last thing I remember is hearing a pleasant dripping sound… Everything after that is foggy at best…” added Yann, groaning as favonovel.com slowly regained his bearings.
“Well, essentially, both of you became unresponsive after hearing the sounds of dripping water! From what I can tell, the sounds themselves had hypnotic effects!” replied Gerald.
Now getting the gist of what was happening, Rey was prompted to ask, “Then, the sound…”
“Don’t worry, you won’t be hearing any more of that dripping for a long while! Regardless, I have a feeling that all those people who previously died here passed on euphorically… At least, that’s what I’d assume since all of you had goofy grins while you were entranced earlier…” explained Gerald.
“…C-come again? Euphorically…? To think that we could’ve died like that as well!” exclaimed Rey in an incredulous tone.
“Indeed. Whatever the case is, we should resume focus on finding the exit!” replied Gerald, not wanting to stay in this place for any longer for fear that more dangers awaited them.
Hearing that, the two men nodded before continuing to scout the cave together with Gerald… Thankfully, Gerald was able to find an exit this time!
“Rey, Yann! Over here!” yelled Gerald as the duo immediately ran over to see what was up.
Upon seeing the light coming from the exit, Rey and Yann were rightfully excited.
“Thank god! Looks like there really is another exit, Mr. Crawford!” exclaimed Rey, now feeling like favonovel.com could trust Gerald with just about everything.
After all, both Rey and Yann had pretty much lost hope of finding an exit earlier. Thanks to Gerald, they were able to see the light of day again…!
Yann himself couldn’t help but praise, “Amazing! I have to say, nothing is impossible with you around, Gerald! Regardless, let’s get out of here while we can!”
“Hold it!” said Gerald the second Yann suggested that.
