Aldric and his new squad which now consists of Mukesh, Suresh, Rajesh and Mohan, just crossed the slum area and now they are moving in the direction of an ancient city which was near the royal capital of Swaragadari but no one knew about it. If not for Aldric having his past life memories he might not have known that such a city even existed.
They took a few food items... or maybe everything there was in the house of Mohan so that they could sustain themselves for a few days without having the need to go to Astradhal and buy food... also to buy food you need money and Aldric sacrificed half of his gold coins for that Superman moment. They were kind of tight on budget. They needed a lot of money and the only way to stay hidden and get money was with the help of Dr Einstein and he did not have unlimited money and Aldric knew this fact so he couldn't ask for too much of money. Even if he got millions, then how would he travel with all of that money, he needed to figure something out.
The five of them were on their way and only 2 km remained when Aldric stopped them and said while breathing heavily," Wait... Let's rest for a moment... I am so tired..."
"Mad respect... Truly mad respect for you Captain with that weak body and coma... and everything that happened to you... " Mukesh shook his head and said, "You are Cynide for real. I will carry you"
"It will be dark in a few minutes... We should hurry. " Mohan spoke with concern even though he was also catching his breath.
"Here we go captain," Mukesh picked up Aldric and Mukesh's share of weight (Food items that they took from Mohan's house) was lifted by the other three.
Mukesh resembled a typical bodybuilder, with a muscular physique and a reputation for lacking intellectual depth yet he was easily carrying Shantnau on his back, they were moving a little slow but they would still reach their destination on time, before dark.
When they reached their destination, Aldric got off the back of Mukesh and Started moving towards the ground where he commanded all the others to look around the place to find a cave as that cave had an entrance to that ancient city.
The place where they stopped was at the intersection of woods and grassland. The place was giving sounds of distinct incest from the woods which we get to hear rarely. All of them were looking for a cave that could lead them into a cave according to the memory of Aldric but meanwhile, all the others were looking for a cave, the muscle head Mukesh was climbing a tree to find the cave from above.
'This muscle head what is he even thinking? In this dense forest, how is he going to find a cave while climbing a tree' Aldric thought and then yelled at Mukesh," Oh Mr Intenlligent can-"
Aldric was cut short by Mukesh when he said," Captain I can see some mossy stones there" Pointing his finger right behind Aldric." Right behind you and thanks for the compliment... Mad respect"
"Imp... Impressive " Aldric hesitated, then he called everyone at his location, the cave entrance wasn't too big but was enough for Mukesh to go inside.
"We will go inside and then we will try to find a gate, it is like a big broken gate or something like that... We have to find that gate and from there we can go inside an ancient city. It has some cool artefacts and also a few rare elements." Aldric explained the plan.
"We are going to be rich..." Rajesh expressed his joy.
"They are for our use" Aldric deleted the joy of treasure hunting from every single one of them.
"How many torches do we have?"
"Two... Cap... Captain" Mohan said.
"Ok there will be two teams," Seeing a split in the cave Aldric explained the plan of action to them," You three will go to the left side" Pointing towards Mohan, Suresh and Rajesh," I and Mukesh will go the other way."
"Ayee... Ayee.. Captain" Said the three idiots.
After this, they ventured into the darkness of a cave with only two torches. Aldric and Mukesh were in trouble already or Mukesh was in trouble as the space was getting narrower as they went inside meanwhile the other three faced a few snakes and had to kill them.
The root that Aldric and Mukesh had chosen was smoother but narrower and there was some dirt in the way, it was creating an impression that the cave may not have been this narrow originally.
"Captain, this cave will not fall right?"
"Yeah" Aldric spoke with laughter as he knew this cave wouldn't fall, 'hopefully'
They went deeper and deeper into the cave and at this point, the cave was no longer narrow but started giving unusual curves like it was moving extremely left and then extremely right as well as going stepper and stepper.
After moving like 400 metres inside the cave they saw a big opening and with the help of that tiny torch they were able to see a giant door, one side was perfectly still while the other was tilled and the other side of the door would have been visible to them if they had a very good torch.
They walked towards the door and stopped and took some rest," Captain how are we going to contact the other three."
"If they find a dead end, they will just come here " Aldric spoke while painting with great intensity because of the lack of air in the cave.
Just as Aldric closed his eyes, his head looking up at the cave that was when he heard someone shouting for help right above his head," Helppppp..."
Right above the door was very high up, it can be understood that Aldric and Mukesh had to go very steeply to reach the door.
Aldric caught another guy falling above him. It was Suresh.
"Captain, you are the best" Suresh first said this to Aldric and then looked up and shouted, "You two fall in Captain will catch you"
"Are you sure?" A voice came from up there.
"Yeah dive in" Mukesh shouted.
'There idiots, what if I didn't reach here' Aldric thought and soon Rajesh also fell into his Phantom hands.
"Yoo nerd what are you waiting for" Mukesh shouted in impatience," Dive in" He was enjoying this.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes... Don't worry I will catch you" This time Aldric gave him the power to dive into darkness.
He also dived in soon after. All of them met at the same point after going in different directions.
"Every distorted structure this cave has," Mohan commented on his opinion of the cave's structure.
"Our side of very good it was narrow in the start but slowly it wasn't much of a deal" Mukesh stated his opinion.
"We had very diffi-" Rajesh was about to continue the discussion on the topic of the cave's structures and their experiences but Aldric cut them short.
"We have to take this giant door down and get inside the cave" Aldric flashed the touch in the eyes of every single one of them and then continued," We will take one side of the door down, this leaning one, in our side that would be easier. " That door was at least 5 meters tall and all metal with some moss and corrosion on it.
Mukesh and Suresh tried to pull up on that door to make it fall down and after several tries and even after some wried noises by both of them the giant door didn't fall so Aldric made it fall in a second with the help of his overpowered abilities of Phantom path.
What they saw left them open-mouthed. The city was so deep and so tall that the lights could not even make the city visible. So, Mukesh thought of an instant idea of throwing a pebble into the darkness and then he tilted his head and tried to hear the sound of a pebble to determine the depth of the city which was inside a cave.
"No sound, it is very deep" Mukesh gave the results of his deduction.
"Maybe you should try a bigger rock" Mohan gave a suggestion.
"Good idea... Good idea..." He threw a rock that was almost 30kg and this time sound came and it turned out that it was not that deep. They were just imagining it.
Then Aldric used his Phantom powers to make many hands and drill them into the cave slowly going down and making his hand like a pole to help the other four to get down into the city.
They lit a bonfire with difficulty to get some warmth inside this cold cave and settled down near it to start making their plans. Aldric said that they will explore the underground city tomorrow. Aldric also started contacting Dr Einstein to get more information.