41. Survival of the fittest

In the excavation team of King Solomon's treasure, the first expedition pioneer team, was trapped in a cave with no way out.

The group of scholars and experts ☯ who traveled with the paladin were neither worried about the situation in front of them nor sad for their deceased colleagues, but gathered together to study a sarcophagus.

Yes, it's a sarcophagus. In the middle of the cave, there is a sarcophagus, which is placed alone. The remaining three experts ☯ are surrounding it, doing all kinds of inferential research.

It seems that their professionalism ☯ is no less than that of Agostino's loyalty to the Holy See.

"What now?" asked Agostino one of the knights.

Although the captain of the knights is stronger than others, he can only turn to Mataró, who has been engaged in this business for a long time, for this matter.

Mataro observed the surroundings for a while and said, "I haven't found an exit for the time being, everyone will take a rest first, and let the three experts ☯ also study the coffin ☯ more, maybe there is some way out." ”

The knight said: "But this place has become a desperate situation, and if we don't go out, I'm afraid we will suffocate ☯ from lack of oxygen." ”

"Don't worry!" Mataró said, "If you look at the surrounding stone walls, they are so smooth, it shows that they have been washed by water for a long time. You're looking at it......" he shone his flashlight at the roof of the cave. "There are no drops of water on it, which means that the water has come up from the ground ☯. Dry land, indicating those with water

The distance between them is relatively far. As long as we can find the connection, we can go through ☯ the waterway. ”

"But where is the mouth of the water?"

Mataró: "The only thing here that connects to the exit is this coffin ☯." ”

"Are we going to open the coffin ☯, or push it open?"

Mataró: "Don't be busy yet, wait for a few experts ☯ to study it thoroughly." With their professionalism ☯, I am afraid that they will not let us move the coffin ☯ until we are cornered. ”

Since they couldn't find an exit for the time being, everyone had to sit down and rest, drink some water, and eat something.

Among them, there were also a few curious knights who ran over to study the coffin ☯ with the experts ☯.

The coffin ☯ is a deep purple color with a smooth surface, and the lid, ☯ the coffin ☯ itself, and the place where it is placed are all tightly integrated.

Around the perimeter of the coffin ☯, there are strange symbols carved into what appear to be some kind of ancient sacrificial script ☯. However, the experts ☯ who studied the script ☯ had unfortunately died when the passage was closed.

After a while, Mataró stood up, approached the men, and asked, "Guys, how is the study?"

An expert ☯ said: "There are not enough instruments here, many things cannot be analyzed, and what we have learned is relatively simple, and we cannot draw any conclusions." ”

"And we studied the bottom of the coffin ☯ and found that the height of the coffin ☯ was much higher, and some of it was buried in the ground. However, we have limited tools and cannot draw specific conclusions about the height of the coffin ☯. ”

Listening to the expert's ☯ words, Mataró also looked at the coffin ☯. I saw that the coffin ☯ lid was densely packed with many oval protruding dots, the size of a baby's fist. If you look at it for a long time, it will make people dizzy.

No wonder these experts ☯ focused on the bottom of the coffin ☯, it turned out to be dazzling to look at it.

Just when the two experts ☯ were about to dig the soil with their bare hands to see if they could dig out the low of the coffin ☯, the words ☯ around ☯ the coffin ☯ emitted a faint light.

Just when everyone looked over, the intensity of the purple light suddenly skyrocketed, and everyone was caught off guard and instinctively closed their eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, Agostino found himself in a different place. It was pitch black, but nothing could be seen. Come to think of it, it must have been wrapped ☯ in something black.

The knight captain pulled out ☯ the knight's sword from the space bag, and suddenly, he felt that God was with him, and an inexplicable confidence poured ☯ into his body ☯.

The captain shouted the names of the others as he walked forward.

Just then, a voice in the darkness ☯ answered him: "Don't scream, they can't hear you." ”

The knight quickly turned around and aimed the knight's sword at the source of the sound.

I saw a tall man in the darkness ☯, walking from the darkness ☯.

The person was purple all over, with a naked ☯ upper body and numerous symbols tattooed on it.

"Who are you?"

The purple man smiled and said, "You should ask, what am I?" ”

Knight: "You're a demon ☯?"

Purple: "Of course not, I'm a treasure collector." ”

Knight: "Since you're not a demon ☯, why did you bring me here?" ”

Elf: "For the treasure, of course. The treasure here is mine, and since you are here to discover the treasure, how can I let you go. ”

Knight: "You are talking nonsense, King Solomon prayed to God in a dream for wisdom, and God gave him not only incomparable wisdom, but also endless glory and wealth and virtue. These things will naturally be returned to God after his death. ”

"Hahahaha! Return it to God, or let God take it back himself. As for you, you are not qualified enough. ”

"Bastard ☯!" the knight snorted, and slashed at him with a sword.

The elf didn't expect the other party to be so fast, and he said to fight. It dodged in a hurry, dodging the sword, and slammed its fist into the knight's lower abdomen.

Although the knight was angry, he was calm, and his body ☯ twisted to the side, and the knight's sword was raised in his backhand, forcing the elf back.

Without waiting for all the elves to prepare, the knight followed closely with a complete set of swordsmanship.

Although the elf is bare-handed, his body is flexible and his moves are changeable, and for a while, neither side can make it difficult for anyone.

But the knight can see that the opponent is getting more and more urgent, and it seems that something is making it absent-minded.

But on the surface, the elves still pretended not to care. "Well, you can't help me in my space, and your companions are besieged by me, just like you. I think you'd better give up resisting ☯. ”

The knight was unmoved: "Hmph! The holy knight can be killed, but he will not surrender." Moreover, since you said that I can't help you in your space, then I will break this space. ”

As he spoke, the paladin swung his long sword, and an arc of sword qi forced the elf back. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the knight gathered ☯ all the power of divine light into the long sword and slammed it into the ground.

The ground was opened, and a white light shone ☯ in.

At the same time, the elf cried out with his hands on his lower abdomen, "I'm going to kill you." ”

"yes, then it's up to you to see if you have the skills. The sound of speech came from a crack in the ground.

After finishing speaking, I saw a ball of light burst out of the gap and turned into a human form.

This person is none other than Mataró.

Looking at Agostino, Mataró asked lightly ☯, "The one over there has been solved, why haven't you done it yet?" ”

It turned out that Mataró, like the Paladin, was taken to a dark ☯ space and met the same elves. It's just that his elf has been defeated by him.

In terms of strength, Mataró is not as powerful as a paladin, but he has a magic stone in his hand, which can unleash magic and deal with multiple enemies at the same time.

Mataró sent out several magic stones at the same time, and one of the magic struck the ground, which allowed Mataró to discover the secrets of space and elves.

After defeating the elves, Mataró was about to find the exit when he noticed a crack in the ground. When he leaned in curiously to take a look, he was sucked into Agostino's side by a force.

Since singles are not afraid of each other, let alone two here.

Just as the angry elves were about to attack the two of them, Mataró had already used the Philosopher's Stone to unleash a lot of magic to entangle each other, and Agostino once again condensed the holy power of his whole body on the sword, slashing heavily at the earth.

There was a loud bang, and the surroundings began to shake, and the elves turned into ashes in front of the two of them, and cracks appeared in the space.

The shockwave from the shattered space echoed around, and in order to survive, both of them took out their housekeeping skills and attacked the shockwave with all their might.

After a move, the two were deafened and dazzled.

When they opened their eyes again, they found that they were still lying in the cave, and there was still nothing around. It was still so empty, only the coffin ☯ in the middle, still lying there quietly.

The two stood up and saw that everyone else was the same, lying unconscious, so they hurriedly stepped forward to check on their situation.

I saw the other knights fall to the ground, their eyes closed and their expressions in pain, but they showed signs of awakening.

But the three experts ☯ were not as lucky as them, and they all grabbed their necks with their hands, and their expressions were hideous. Mataró touched ☯ their pulse, sighed, and said, "It's late." ”

"What are we going to do next?"

Mataró: "The next thing is easier, without the professors, we can show what we can do." ”

"What do you mean......"

Mataró: "With our ability, we should be able to penetrate the ground ☯ and escape." ”

"But what about the corpses of these experts ☯? You said that this underground ☯ passage leads to unknown waters, and once it is opened and the water is flooded here, what will happen to the corpses of the experts ☯? ”

Mataró: "Then what do you want to do, can you still carry their corpses with you." As you said yourself, it is an unknown water, and we don't know if we can escape it ourselves, and you still have the energy to care about the rest. ”

......

Mataró: "Otherwise, you dig a pit and bury them for the time being, and when we get out, we will find ☯ people to come back and get their bodies out." ”

This proposal is clearly the only solution at the moment.

Although Mataró came up with the solution, he had no intention of digging a hole.

I saw that he walked to the side of the coffin ☯, gently stroked ☯ ☯ the coffin ☯ lid with his left hand, and thought while circling the coffin ☯.

"What are you thinking?"

Seeing Mataró's strange behavior, Agostino stepped forward curiously and asked.

"I wonder if the passage will be inside the coffin ☯. ”

Agostino: "Didn't the experts ☯ just say that the coffin ☯ lid and the coffin itself are one and the same ☯. ”

Mataró: "The reason why they say that is because they find that there is no gap between the two. But did they really find that there was no gap, or did they not find a gap. ”

"You think the gap is well hidden, so the experts ☯ didn't find it?"

Mataró: "Not only because it's well hidden, but also because of the dots on the coffin ☯ lid, if you look at it for a long time, it will make people dizzy, and cause a certain error in judgment." Coupled with a little magical cover-up, then not to mention ordinary people, even people like us may not be able to discover the secrets. ”

"Shall we open the coffin ☯ now?"

Mataró: "Don't rush yet, wait until your ☯ ☯ people have disposed of the corpse, and everyone will rest before we get to work." I don't know what is inside this coffin ☯, but a good mental state can affect the outcome of the battle. ”

After resting for about half an hour, the crowd began to move.

I saw four paladins standing at one end of the coffin ☯ and began to push the lid of the coffin. Agostino and Mataró, on the other hand, stood across from them, armed with weapons ☯, ready to deal with the unexpected.

The four knights used almost all their holy power before the lid of the coffin slowly moved to the other side. And the two people on the side were also very nervous watching all this.

Just when the inside of the coffin ☯ was a little exposed ☯, suddenly, a hand reached out.

This startled everyone present and stopped.

I heard a voice inside the coffin ☯ say, "Help!

Agostino reacted and hurriedly urged: "Quick, keep pushing." As he spoke, he went up to help himself.

When the coffin ☯ was three-thirds open, Mataró dragged the man out.

The man took half of the water handed over by everyone before panting and thanking everyone.

"Who are you, why ☯ are you in the coffin ☯?" asked Mataró without waiting for the other party to come to his senses.

"I ...... I ......"

"The secret door outside the passage was opened by you, you are the tomb robber who sneaked in, aren't you? ”

In the face of the other party's questioning, the tomb robber replied without showing weakness: "What, I don't steal or ☯ rob, I just come in to satisfy my vanity, isn't it?"

"You don't have any instruments with you, but if you can find it, it means that you have a treasure that can help you get in. ”

"Nope. ”

Mataró: "It's okay if you don't admit it, I can kill you and find the treasure from you." ”

With that, Mataró reached out and grabbed the tomb robber's neck.

Unexpectedly, the tomb robber ☯ was nimble, turned to the side, and another carp struck, and then retreated behind everyone.

Actually, Mataró didn't really want to kill the other party, he was just trying.

The other party can come here, in addition to treasures, there is also a possibility, that is, its own strength. And even if he really has a treasure, can he use it himself?

I heard the grave robber after standing still, "Stop, stop, we have something to say." You're here for archaeological excavation, I'm here to explore, why don't we cooperate?"

Mataró: "Why should we believe you?" ”

Grave Robber: "Big deal, I'll just tell you my secret......"