Samurai Around The World
Chapter 44: A Glimpse of Hope

Samurai Around The World #44.

Suddenly something happened. My feet suddenly went into the ground.

Blueepp!! My right foot fell to the ground.

“Heiii!!” Allan approached me because he was shocked.

Allan immediately grabbed my hand and helped to lift my body.

But no matter how much effort was made to get my foot out of the ground, my foot remained inside and even more rubbed inside.

“What's in here?!” I kept trying to lift my feet.

“Come out!!” Allan held my hand tighter.

The others took my hand and helped me get my feet out of the ground.

My feet started to lift little by little.

“Come a little more out!!” allan said encouraging the others.

Finally my right leg managed to come out and leave a hole in the ground.

“Fiuhh! Thankfully, it still comes out. But there's something strange here, what's in this land that's making my foot come in? Hmmmmm” said to myself while wondering.

“Try to dig the ground. There could be a clue in it. I'll leave you guys to look for clues around here. Later just let me know if you find something” Mr. Mark gave an answer after helping earlier.

“Any Mr Mark”

I also obey the words of Mr. Mark.

Allan also helped

Srowek! A sreek! Srowek! Allan and I dug up the ground where my feet were mired.

After digging for 5 minutes, Allan and I found a round handle like a ship's steering wheel that seemed to be the key to a door.

“Try you open Girou. It could be something” Allan told me to unlock the steering wheel found.

Both of my hands immediately tried to rotate the handle that was shaped like the steering wheel of the ship.

But again the problem came back, the handle could not be rotated at all. I tried with all my might still not be rotated.

“Wow! This handle is too strong to rotate with my energy. Maybe we can use another way” I said give up while shaking hands because of pain after trying to open the round padlock.

“Perhaps because it has been underground for too long and also not opened in a long time makes it tightly closed. Wait, I have one tool that can likely be used to open it” Allan also directly reached into the contents of his bag.

And Allan's hand came out holding a bottle of liquid that I didn't know what kind of liquid it was.

“It is a rust removal liquid and can be used as a lubricant as well. Let me drop it around this round thing. Hopefully it can open” Allan's hand is ready to drip his liquid.

When the lid of the bottle is opened, the liquid gives off an unpleasant smell. Like a stench. I also immediately closed my nose so that I was not disturbed by the smell of the liquid Allan brought.

Tess! Teess! Tess!! Tess! The liquid came out little by little from the bottle and entered on the narrow sidelines of the round padlock. Allan continued to drip it until it was felt that all parts had been exposed to the liquid.

“Wait a minute for this liquid to work to remove rust in its padlock” Allan told me.

I just nodded too.

After 1 minute passed, Allan stood up and asked me for help.

“It seems that the liquid was enough to soak in it. Help me Girou to open it”

“Siap” I immediately stood up and helped Allan.

Allan and I stood face to face while holding a round padlock that had been given liquid.

“1 2 3 Rotate!” allan said giving a warning.

My hand turned the lock. And finally the round padlock finally spun a little.

“Good. The liquid was already working. Turn stronger Girou” said Allan with a happy face.

We both turned the padlock stronger so it could open.

Cait! Ciettt's! Cait! The sound of iron rubbing out of the padlock we turned.

After about 5 minutes we fought with the round object, finally the padlock was open. And when the lock opened, the stone and earth covering the door moved.

“Thanks to Girou's lock. The entrance is underground around this padlock” Allan also told me to lift the padlock.

“Siap”

“Heemmmhhh!!” The padlock had a heavy weight and left me a little overwhelmed when lifting it.

But luckily I was able to lift it

And a chunk of stone moved out from the ground that covered it with the lifting of the padlock. And left a pretty big hole.

“Try you into there Allan could be a secret passage or something else” I said to Allan to get into the hole of the former chunk I picked up just now.

“OK lah I will go there” Allan also took a small flashlight from his bag.

“I leave this bag to you ya”

“Siap. Now go inside”

Allan's body went in little by little into the hole. The size of the hole is wide enough that it can be entered by adults.

“What's in the ground is Girou? Is there something?” ask Mr. Mark to me.

“We found something Mr. Mark. An underground door. Allan just got in there. Hopefully this excavation can produce results” I also answered Mr. Mark's question.

“Oh good then. Hopefully”

“Master Mark found anything while walking around here earlier?” replace me who asked.

“I didn't find anything Girou. I hope this excavation will be our guide to continue the journey again. Because we've been here almost 30 minutes. And our time is not—“

“I found something down here Girou. A jalan” Allan said told me from the ground.

“Luckily we have found our way” Mr Mark said happily.

“What kind of road is Allan?” many ensure.

“It seems that the road below here is a path that we can use to pass through the tree line earlier. Therefore you quickly come here let me show you” Allan also make sure and tell me to go into the hole earlier.

“Ok then. I'm going downstairs. Mr. Mark's just upstairs. Later can come down if what Allan said was true” my message to Mr. Mark.

“Siap Girou”

My foot went into the hole that was found earlier. My body can enter easily because my body is a little smaller than Allan. So I was able to get to where Allan entered earlier quickly.

Drreepp! The sound of my feet hitting the ground after passing through the hole earlier. And it's true what Allan said. There was an adult-sized hallway that extended like a road.

“Ah you said was right it turned out. But is this the path of Allan?” I want to make sure again.

“Iya Girou's. You see the writing board, it says information about the hallway we see this” Allan also pointed his index finger to a wooden board.

I walked closer to him too.

“Hmmmmmm using what language is this? I can not interpret it because the language is foreign to me” I was confused to read the writing.

“I thought you could read it, yeah let me explain it to you. The written language is the nordic language Girou” Allan was willing to help me.

“This hallway can be used to continue the journey. That's what's written on the board is Girou. Perhaps the purpose of continuing the journey is the continued path from the dead end above. There is also a ladder to climb up again. You can go upstairs to tell the others about this hallway” Allan also told me to go upstairs again.

“Ya already I will go up to tell others related to this hallway” I also took the stairs that Allan said earlier for me to use to go up.

When the stairs have been installed and can be climbed, my hands and feet also tread to the stairs with a fit.

The distance between the underground passageway with the surface above was not too far away. Only 30 meters. Maybe because the entry is a little difficult so it feels longer.

When he reached the ground, Mr. Mark immediately helped me to get out of the entrance of the hallway.

“How are things under Girou?” ask Mr. Mark to me.

“There's a hallway down there Mr. Mark. If from the writing below, below there is a continuation path from this dead-end road” I said while cleaning my clothes that were hit by the ground.

“It's great then. We can use it to continue the journey tonight”

“You can all get closer here! We have found our way through this tree barrier!” Mark called the others to come closer.

The others approached me and Mr. Mark who was standing next to my hole came out earlier.

“How is the way out of this obstacle Mr Mark?” ask Mr. Mack.

“We get into this hole because there is a secret passageway in it”

- To Be Continued