Chapter 19: The Cave
"How come there are only so many of you? and you've been attacked by corpse worms. In an open space, Jack led everyone to sit around a ghost fire, divided dry food and water, handed it to the elves who had just been rescued, and asked.
"It's hard to put into words. The middle-aged elf took the water handed over, slurped urgently, and said with a tired face. Only then did everyone discover that this middle-aged elf was actually a white-robed mage. Most of the costumes of the Silver Moon Elves are mainly silver and white, and the light in the dungeon is dim, and everyone didn't care about it for a while, until they saw the badge on the chest of the middle-aged elf.
It turns out that the elves of the Silvermoon Forest also understand that this dungeon is not something that can be entered by just a few people. Therefore, they also chose to ally with the human mercenary group. The Silver Moon Elves have chosen an A-rank mercenary group called [Wind Fox]. Also in the alliance are two B-rank mercenary groups. Counting the Silver Moon Mercenary Group, this is a combination of one A and three B.
The elves followed the leader of the [Wind Fox] mercenary group from north to south through the north gate into the dungeon, and they shared weal and woe along the way. During this time, he also met Tata, a priest from the Holy See. The two sides just looked at each other at a long distance and left. The simple and kind elves thought that this alliance would always go on as united, but everything changed after the discovery of a crypt on the ground floor.
The tomb resembles a huge cave built by magic, miles away. It was filled with sleek, swarthy skeletons of humans, but surprisingly, the corroded and broken armor of these skeletons resembled the knights of light in the Holy See. And the Holy See priests. The Knights of Light's body and armor were rotten, but the jewelry, weapons, and holy staffs they carried with them still radiated the glow of magic. Hundreds of mid-level and high-ranking knights and priests of the Holy See, one can imagine how much wealth they have. Human nature is greedy, and the mercenaries are the first to throw down the weapons in their hands, and one by one they fall on the dry skeleton to buckle the rings on the bones and fingers, or the necklace pendants on the neck and chest, or the weapons and staff on the side of the skeleton.
The elves stood at the mouth of the cave, staring at each other. A few elves couldn't take it anymore and rushed forward to snatch the weapons and jewelry that were hanging from the dead bodies.
"Ahh
It was as if a greedy door had been gently pushed open from the outside. A fierce and brutal aura rushed to his face, and another injured mercenary casually picked up a long sword beside him and swung it vigorously. The sharpness of the sword in the hand of the Knight of Light was beyond imagination, and a human head was directly slashed into the air, and blood suddenly gushed out like a column of water, spilling on the face of the sword-wielding mercenary.
Everyone was shocked, and then more and more people waved the swords around them, and the scene suddenly fell into chaos.
Adelaide looked at the wrong form. Three wood-based first-level magic [Winding Techniques] were thrown out, tying back the three elves who had rushed forward to snatch the weapons and accessories. Led everyone to escape from the cave.
The rest is understandable. Adelaide and the elves wanted to withdraw from the dungeon, but on the way they encountered corpse poison insects, and the spirits fought for several hours, tossing and turning to many places, but the corpse poison insects were not shaken off, and their gang got lost. There are more and more corpse poisonous insects. Eventually, the elves were surrounded in front of the Necromancer's statue.
Originally, there were thirteen elves, six of whom were killed in battle, and seven remaining.
The elven white-robed mage regained some strength, and the dark brown staff tapped the ground, and a white simple magic circle appeared, and with a flash of light, several trinkets and long swords appeared in the clearing.
"I'm ashamed to say that. The middle-aged elf said: "The elf should be noble and pure, but it is also burdened by this world, and it is really ashamed to be in front of the respected Yellow Elf His Highness." As he spoke, the middle-aged elf stood up and bowed deeply to Kara. Seeing this, the other elves also bent down to apologize to Kara.
Fei Qi laughed: "Ha, what are you doing, what are you doing bowing to her, compared to the world, you are far worse than Calabina!"
"We can't touch such a thing as making a dead man's wealth, and if we do, we may take it the most. Feige was open-mouthed.
"This .......". The middle-aged elf raised his head, speechless for a moment.
Kara glanced at Feige, but only snorted, but didn't refute!
The middle-aged elf spoke: "No matter what, the Silver Moon Mercenary Group will remember your life-saving grace today. There is no way to repay it, if you don't dislike it, these few ornaments will be given to you in the long sword. We're going back. ”
"Is Lord Adelaide about abandoning his mission?" said Jack.
"Double S-level mission, the pan-continent hasn't appeared for many years. Originally, our [Silver Moon Mercenary Group] came to see it with a fluke mentality, but now that we have seen it, it is time to go back. The elves are still more yearning for life and nature. The dungeon is just a dream for us after all. ”
If you are afraid of death, you are afraid of death. The only natural estimate that can say that they are afraid of death is so beautiful.
"In this case, we wish Your Excellency a safe journey. Jack didn't shirk it, and asked someone to accept the ornaments and swords first, and drew a map of the silver moon elves to the south gate when they came, and said goodbye. At the time of parting, the elf named Bran thanked Kara repeatedly and invited her to visit the Silvermoon Forest after her mission, but Kara politely refused.
Everything was not for nothing, and the most important thing was that Jack and his party learned from the mouth of the middle-aged elf that the entrance to the second basement floor was actually in the cave of the tomb. Jack asked the middle-aged elf for general directions, and the group continued on their way.
The cave is located in the northwest corner of the basement level, and from the outside, there is only a small inconspicuous arch that has collapsed in half. When you walk in, you can find that there is a hole inside.
Jack and the others huddled outside the narrow arch and peered inside. The dimly lit cave was empty.
"According to the middle-aged elf, it has been several hours since the [Wind Fox] mercenary group came in, even if they kill each other, they will have already been killed, and some people are strange, it is estimated that they have already gone down to the second layer. Kim Puwangka stood beside Jack and said with a blank face.
"Let's get in quickly. See if there's anything left. "Hyperrell is out of the question.
The people walked into the cave. There is no need to command at all, and the mages have already sacrificed the light system auxiliary magic [illumination] one by one. Including Fitch. However, a startling scene occurred. The blackened dry bones that the middle-aged elf said were gone, and in their place were dozens of fresh, hideous mercenary corpses, some of which Jack could even name including Yinfeng and Kongque.
"How so?" muttered Jack's eyes as he stared at a middle-aged swordsman with a broken arm and a bloody heart not far away. The shock was palpable.
"A generation of iron-blooded instructors, the life mentors of countless young mercenaries, the leader of the [Wind Fox] mercenary group, and the great sword master, actually died here. Jack said sadly.
"Man dies for wealth, and birds die for food. Everyone who steps into the dungeon is prepared for this, and you don't have to be too sad. Yinfeng comforted.
"Zheng He!" Jack shouted, "Move the corpses of your predecessors aside and put them away carefully, and when we return, we will bring them back to the Fox of the Wind Mercenary Regiment and give them to their deputy leader, which can also be regarded as a thought for them." ”
Ryan and Kara follow Feige in search of any treasure that may have been left behind. Our gray-robed mage sent to his knees to look.
"It doesn't make sense, these mercenaries are all dead, where are the things?
Kara looked around, her eyes narrowing slightly, and as far as she could see, she could see even a speck of dust on the ground. Elves have different eye structures than humans.
Kara walked over to a pitch-black gravel, kicked it off, and a blue and yellow magic ring with intricate patterns on its surface and radiant brilliance lay there peacefully.
"Haha, there it is. Kara, I have to say that you elves are just good at what they look like. Feige laughed and threw himself at the ring. Take a closer look.
"Water and earth dual system law ring", Fei Qi's eyes were closed, and his right index finger gently rubbed the wall of the ring, feeling the magic fluctuations on it, and began to explain authoritatively.
"The water and earth systems are all first-level magic, and it is rare that there is a second-level magic gathering array engraved on the inside of the ring, according to the efficiency of the second-level magic gathering array, this ring can release water and earth magic every two hours. The market price is around 2,000 gold coins. Haha, got rich. Feige laughed, then immediately covered his mouth and shhh
Ryan snatched the ring and said resolutely, "This ring should be handed over to Jack first." ”
"No, this is what we found. Feige said reluctantly.
"Have you forgotten how those mercenaries on the ground died?" Ryan said, ignoring Feige, and walked straight towards Jack.
Not to mention, under this search, a few magic ornaments were indeed found, which may have been spilled during the fight, but where did the dry bones and weapons of the Holy See personnel go, and everyone was still confused.
"Ding-" The sound of the interplay of the soldiers sounded, and in the far corner, two mercenaries were entangled together.
"What's going on!" roared Jack angrily. From a distance of tens of meters, a light purple sword qi slashed out, directly cutting the two mercenaries from the middle. Leaving a half-meter-deep crack in the ground.
"Commander, it's the [Eagle Sky] thieves group, I saw that this thief had hidden a string of magic crystal bracelets, I asked him to hand it over, but he didn't say a word and wanted to attack him and cut his throat. The mercenary on the left shouted.
The thief took two steps back and disappeared into the shadows.
Jack looked at the sky, who looked down. After a few moments, Kongque shouted to the thief, "Kirby, hand over the bracelet." ”
The thief, named Kirby, lowered his head and handed the bracelet into Kongque's hands. With a wave of his hand, a mercenary holding the mercenary journal walked to Kongque's side to register the appearance of the magic crystal bracelet.
Jack looked around, looked at everyone in the cave, and said loudly: "The income of this dungeon, after the task is over, I will discuss with several group leaders, and distribute it fairly, if you want magic jewelry, you can bid in the group, and the auction proceeds will be included in the whole group and then distributed according to work, those who dare to hide privately, next time my sword qi will be directly cut off to his head." Never break your word. ”
Jack's words were deafening, and the Great Swordsman's vindictive voice pierced deep into everyone's hearts. The rest of the search was uneventful, and every single one in the cave was searched. A total of seven trinkets were found. The entrance to the second basement floor was in the deepest part of the cave, and after packing their bags, the group stepped into the bottomless staircase that stretched downward.