Captivated by the Ruler of the Underworld
Chapter 227 There Is a Spy

"It is the love bell," Lela said.

Sylvester did not hear it at all. He furrowed his brows and asked, "Honey, what did you just say? Did you say the love bell?"

Lela held Sylvester's handsome face with her hands and excitedly said, "Sylvester, didn't you hear the sound of the bells? It is the love bell. It is a thing you can only see in the tribe in the valley. Since I can hear it here, it means that people from my tribe are nearby."

Lela did not find it particularly strange, as her hearing was sharp. She thought it was not odd that she could hear the bells when Sylvester couldn't. However, hearing the bells did not necessarily mean that the members of her tribe could find her immediately.

After all, they were in the wild. One wrong step could lead them to a bottomless abyss...

They headed north...

Lela patted Sylvester on the back and said, "Sylvester, let's keep heading north."

If she weren't mistaken, continuing north would surely lead them to someone from her tribe.

They passed through the land that was full of bones and finally arrived at a place where the road ahead was divided into dozens of paths.

Sylvester looked at the paths before them and raised an eyebrow. "It looks like we have so many choices now. Honey, which one would you pick?" he asked.

Lela couldn't see behind her as Sylvester was carrying her at the moment. Sylvester adjusted his grip on her waist and turned in a different direction. Lela suddenly felt her vision expand as she found herself sitting on Sylvester's right shoulder. Lela couldn't resist Sylvester, so she looked ahead and examined the unfamiliar paths.

The members of her tribe would periodically send people to do something that could confuse the invaders who wanted to break into the valley. Those paths were just one of their little tricks.

The wrong selection of the path might lead to danger.

That's why those who possessed keepsakes and sought help from the divine doctor in the valley were unable to enter for a second time. It was because the right path to the valley would be different every time.

Lela shook her head and said, "It's an illusion. Only those with access to the updated internal roadmap know the true path."

"Updated internal roadmap?" he asked, intrigued.

Sylvester thought, 'Ha! The people in the valley are indeed cunning.'

Lela furrowed her brow. If the roadmap had been updated, she would have received the map. But this time, she didn't receive anything. She didn't know why. This meant that her information had been intercepted.

Lela had a bold conjecture...

Lela said coldly, "Sylvester, I guess someone you brought this time is someone's spy."

Sylvester immediately understood the gravity of the situation, and his gaze turned cold.

He thought, 'How dare they plant a spy in my troop! It has been a long time since I last investigated my soldiers. I must purge the spies in my troop.'

Just then, the sound of the bells became even closer, and this time, it wasn't just the sound of bells...

The earth seemed to be shaking... A huge thing seemed to be approaching them.

Sylvester found a smooth, big rock and had Lela sit on it. He lay down on the ground and approached his ear to the ground. He could tell it was the stamp of hoofs... Not just one horse, but at least a dozen..

"It's a stampede!" Sylvester shouted, alarmed.

Sylvester stood up straight, placing his hands on both sides of Lela, enclosing her in his embrace. "Honey, do we have to ride horses to enter the valley?" he asked.

Lela wrapped her hands around Sylvester's neck, nodded, and said, "Yes, Silvercrest is over one thousand and two hundred miles long. We are in a pristine forest. You can't use vehicles. If you go there on foot, it will take a long time." Only then did Sylvester realize how difficult it was to enter the valley.

He thought, 'No wonder, for so many years, nobody dared to disturb the tranquility of the valley, and very little was known about it from the outside world.'