Chapter 130: Complex Pathways
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He and Arthur walked ahead with torches, heading deeper into the cave.
The path to the cave is complicated.
At first, the two of them were able to walk side by side, but after only about ten meters, the road became very narrow, and the four of them could only walk in a straight line. Witt is at the front, Salina and Naine are in the middle, and Arthur is at the end.
Just as he had been in Zait, Arthur still looked backwards from time to time. But this time he was simply precautionary against any unexpected situation in the rear. He didn't feel the same strange feeling as he did in Zait, and the darkness behind him didn't strike fear into him. He felt relieved to walk with his companions.
Even though the narrow road caused them to bow down from time to time, sway from side to side, and make it difficult to walk, Arthur felt much better than when he was in Zait.
This narrow road is about 200 meters long. Werther, who was walking in the front, kept reminding everyone: "Be careful! There are protruding rocks! Be careful of the bottom, there are pits below! Be careful of the side! There are cracks next to the side! Look to the left, there is a ditch there! At the foot, pay attention to the foot, there is a big rock, don't fall it, there is a lot of gravel, be careful not to fall on it!"
He reminded him all the way, and the people behind him followed his reminder to be careful all the way.
At first, everyone was worried that the road would get narrower and narrower until it was no longer passable, so in the narrow path, which was actually only about 200 meters long, the team stopped twice, and Naine lowered his body twice to probe the path to make sure that they were not taking the wrong path, this was the only road leading to the mountain, and it was the path that could be walked.
Their bodies were forced to rub against the rocks during the journey, and there was a lot of dirt on their clothes, and everyone stopped again, pouring out the small stones that ran into their shoes, and the influence on them in the depressive and suffocating environment became greater and greater, and everyone's mood became more and more depressed and depressed, accompanied by impatience and anxiety, as if they had broken through some kind of critical point, the road suddenly widened, and the rock wall that had been rubbing against their bodies and damaged clothes suddenly "evacuated" The road, which could only accommodate one person barely traveling, became able to accommodate two people side by side, or even three people side by side, and after walking more than ten meters, everyone arrived at a wide cave, twenty square meters in size, at least three meters high, planed out of the windowless, it was a very suitable place for a living room.
Upon entering the cave, everyone exhaled and cheered with their hands raised.
Witt sighed: "But don't have such a crowded road anymore, my shoulders hurt!"
Salina also sighed and said, "No, I had to adjust my axe repeatedly or it would get stuck!"
Naine looked up at the top of the cave and sighed, "Wow, the top of this cave is so smooth, it looks like it has been polished,"
Arthur answered: "Put a chandelier on it, and you can be in charge, right?"
Naine looked at Arthur, who smiled silently at the girl before continuing to examine the two swords on his body.
"How long have we been walking?" asked Salina.
"At least half an hour. Witt speculated.
"Half an hour?" Salina stretched, making a sound of bones rubbing, "I think it's half a century." ”
Witt raised his torch and shone it on the pathway: "It's not so exaggerated Salina, at most half a day is that long, we can rest for a while, and then continue walking." Oh, shit!"
Arthur immediately asked, "What's wrong?"
Everyone looked over, and the three holes were illuminated by the light of the torches.
Witt looked at Nain, "I'm sorry, it's up to you. ”
Naine smiled and said, "Why apologize, this is what I should do." ”
As she spoke, she lowered her body, put her hands on the ground, and closed her eyes.
From this cave, the road starts to get complicated, there are forks everywhere, mostly after reaching a cave, branching out into different openings, resulting in different paths.
Except for Nain, who had already explored it initially, the other three people did not expect that the cave in the mountain could be so complicated.
Fortunately, Nayin continued to probe and guide everyone to the right route, and everyone knew very well that without Nayin as a guide, ordinary people would probably be trapped in these labyrinth-like paths and caves for the rest of their lives, and they would never be able to get out.
As time passed, the crowd went deeper and deeper, and it was evident that they were starting to move downward. After a while, they smell the dampness and experience the dampness, and after a short journey, they hear the sound of dripping water.
They raised torches one after another, looked up to look for, and found that the top of the mountain stone was damp, there were water droplets condensed, dripping down, and you could see stalagmites when you continued to move forward, the landform began to change, the cave began to become like a cave, the taste of water became clearer and clearer, the body surface could feel the drop in temperature, the water droplets began to increase, and the water droplets continued to drip down, falling on the top of everyone's heads, which would make people suddenly feel a cool feeling on the top of their heads The sound swayed, causing the firelight to sway from side to side, and the illuminated road seemed to have a long and short shadow dancing.
Sensing the change in everyone's mood, Naine tried to lighten up the atmosphere and said, "I knew we could put on a hat." ”
"And raincoats. Salina added.
Werther, who was walking in the front, saw that the ground was also starting to get wet, and said helplessly: "There should still be rain boots." ”
Arthur looked up and saw just in time for a drop of water to fall on his nose, making a scattered splash and into his eyes.
"Do you have rain goggles?" he asked, wiping his eyes.
Naine could hear that Arthur's voice was wrong, and looked back at him, saying, "I've never heard of anything like this." He took out his handkerchief and tried to wipe it, but Arthur shook his head and signaled that he didn't need to.
After feeling the presence of water in their feet, the crowd began to see puddles between the rocks, then larger pools, and eventually, lakes.
Because he had been walking in the water, Witt suddenly fell into the rubble, half of his body fell down, Salina in the back hurriedly hugged him, and Witt forcibly adjusted the center of gravity of his body with his other foot, and the soaked half of his leg surfaced.
Salina took a few steps back with Witt in her arms, and then the group raised the flames of four torches, trying to illuminate as much as possible ahead, and they couldn't tell if there was a road ahead or if it was completely covered in water.
At this time, the first thing that came to everyone's mind was Nain, and Nain's first thought was also herself, so she handed Arthur her firelight, then lowered her body, buried her hands in the water, closed her eyes and tried to sense.
After a while, her eyes were still closed, but her mouth said, "Oh no!"