Chapter 7: Into the Ground

Stepping into the mine of the Peak of Power again, Bibo had a feeling of unease, and when he entered the mine, the fat guy Hot was wandering around the unusual minecart, and Sir Jerome was also stationed in the camp to watch them from afar, and the miners did not have the strength of the past, and they looked listless with their heads drooped one by one. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Agnes walked lightly in the front, carrying the miner's lamp herself, urging Sam from time to time to hurry up, according to the plan they needed to keep down, around the area where the miners worked, after spending the night in the mine, to reach the ancient area, if it went well, it was three days before they returned to the surface again.

Sam was panting, the backpack he was carrying was full of food and cool spring water, and the sides of the backpack were also tied with blankets to keep out the cold, although it was the height of summer, but it was still not easy to spend the night underground, and there were spare miner's lamps in Bibo's backpack, lamp oil, flint, and even a pot and a few cups, because Agnes kept emphasizing that it was good to have a little coffee when resting, and soon they were far away from the noisy crowd, the sound of ding-dong came from afar, and the area where the miner's lamp could not shine was pitch black, A cool breeze seeped into everyone's cloak. In order to guard against possible dangers, in addition to the dagger that Agnes always has by his side, Sam and Bibo each carry a short axe.

The familiar mine cave made Bibo feel a little cold, for him, the story of the Lannos family is familiar, but yesterday afternoon, Agnes's words made him breathless, Sam smiled and said that the great journey was about to begin, but he had no idea at all, looking at Agnes's back, he knew that now he could only continue to walk, because Agnes was still not very clear about some details, her idea was to wait for the search, whether she could find the holy relic or not, she had to find a way to go to Atlasia together, Her adoptive father, High Priest Brian, would explain everything.

After a few hours of continuous walking, Agnes stopped and took out a small hourglass from her satchel, "Alright, let's rest and have something to eat......" She spread her off-white cloak on the ground, leaned against a smoother rock wall, and pulled a few more leaves from her satchel, "Come, put it in her mouth and chew it a little...... Keep your mind clear. ā€

"Bitter ......," Sam frowned, taking the marinated strips and bread out of his backpack, "Miss Agnes, I still don't understand how a noble lady like you would like to stay in the dark underground, how strange! ā€

Agnes snorted and rearranged her hair, "There is a saying that only those who are deep in darkness will understand the preciousness of light better, so let's start eating!" ā€

"Bibo, do you still want to play in the game to join the garrison? Since you are a descendant of a nobleman, uh, although not recognized by the kingdom, you are also a nobleman. Sam scratched his head, "I mean, what are we going to do in the future?" ā€

"Actually, I don't know," Bibo looked dazed, and then shrugged, "but now I know that nothing will go the way you imagined, and I won't wait for you to be ready, although I don't know my mission yet, and I don't know if I will have the opportunity to join the garrison or become a knight, but I will definitely obey the call of my heart, and do my best to protect the weak and maintain a good character." ā€

"That's right!! I'm sure to be a strong fighter, I'm Muscle Sam! Ha ha! ā€

"Fat Sam~!" Agnes filled the lamp with oil, "Don't be too happy too soon, Bibo's identity must not be revealed, even your blacksmith father, everything must be pretended to be nothing when we get back to the ground, ah, it's midsummer." ā€

"Hey! Bibo, the time we have been waiting for has finally arrived, the wine, the revelry, and the town garrison recruitment, by the way, your arrangement is quick to hear, why do I think it is not very reliable? ā€

Bibo had already brewed his coffee, and the smell of the fragrance even attracted a pit rat to hurry by, and Agnes warmed her hands with a cup and looked at him with interest, "Haha, don't worry, you just need to wear thicker clothes when the time comes." ā€

"What do you mean?"

"Ignore him," Agnes said to Sam, "he's using you as a shield, and when you get on the field, knock him down and get rid of a competitor in advance!" ā€

"Hehe, I know Bibo must have a trick, Agnes is going to cheer us on when the time comes!" Sam smacked his lips, "If only there was some wine, even if it was the cheapest red sour." ā€

"You're such a big fat mouse!" Agnes said angrily.

Bibo suddenly felt a movement in his heart, he turned his head, and there seemed to be a slight sound in the pit when he came, "Let's go quickly, I feel a little bad!" ā€

"What's wrong?" Agnes had quickly gotten up and helped Sam with his backpack.

"I can't tell, but I think I heard a slight wheezing sound!" Bibo re-approved his cloak, "I'll go ahead for the rest of the road, and we'll be one hour away from those ancient downward stone steps!" ā€

"I hope it's just the sound of food digesting in your stomach," Sam muttered, "I'll go back, whatever it is, taste my axe first!" ā€

"What could it be?" Agnes drew her dagger, "The craters here are intricate, but we haven't encountered anything in the past few days, and there are usually no monsters in this kind of artificial mines, right?" ā€

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, these mines were mined many years ago, according to my grandfather, the scale of mining is only 1/10 of the scale now, there used to be more large-scale mining in the west and north of the Peak of Power, and many places are now deserted, we haven't gone deep into these places these days, and the stairs to go will need to pass through a gap, there may be the remains of the old dwarves, because only they will build cities underground." Bibo was familiar with the road, and the road began to become difficult to walk, and all the way down, his restless heart slowly became calm.

"We also stumbled upon it, but we didn't go down too late, no matter what monster, eat me first!" Sam clenched his axe.

"I hope all goes well, the ore near the relic will be lower in terms of magic crystals, this is the only place my father and I have explored, and I suspect that the appearance of monsters around the town is also the reason, I heard that the king's rangers reported that they may have entered the ground from the western part of the mountains."

"Then why are you the only one here?" Bibo asked, carrying the miner's lamp back and forth around the bend, looking for the crack in his memory.

Suddenly, a low voice sounded, like a very hungry wild boar, Bibo hurriedly lifted the miner's lamp to shine in the direction from which the sound came, and the three of them turned back at the same time, and found that the way they came had been tightly blocked by a huge spider, the spider's dark golden carapace was extremely bright under the miner's lamp, it looked at them with ill will, and the lilac mist loomed in the pincers.

"No, we really met a monster, what should we do?" Sam drew his axe, "Agnes, run!" ā€

Agnes grabbed Sam and shouted at Bibo, "Get out of here, this guy is going to spew corrosive slime, I've never seen a corrosive spider this big." ā€

The corrosive spider didn't start a total of things, it moved slowly, and gradually approached its prey, and suddenly, Bibo spotted the crack, right behind him, he pulled Agnes, pushed her in, and shouted at Sam, "Come in, I've found the entrance!" ā€

Sam hurriedly took a few steps back, unloaded his backpack and put it in his hand, and began to squeeze into the crack, but his fat figure had long exceeded the width of the crack, and the spider noticed that its prey was about to flee, so it accelerated its pace significantly, it obviously did not want to use the slime to corrupt the food that fell into its mouth.

With less than 5 meters to go, Sam was stuck in the crack and couldn't move, and Agnes was so blocked inside that she shouted anxiously, "Bibo, run!" ā€

Bibo's palms holding the short-handled axe began to sweat, and there was no choice but to fight, he put the miner's lamp at his feet, clenched the axe with both hands, and quickly meditated in his heart, "Athasia, the god of light, the embodiment of courage, the power to defeat evil, the power of concentration!" Instantly, he felt a surge of power fill his body, and under the effect of his concentration, he noticed that the spider's movements seemed to slow down a lot, and its pincers had opened and were ready to bite down. Bibo gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, raised his axe, and slashed at the spider's head with all his might, "Die! The force of the blow pushed Bibo back a few steps, and at the scream of Agnes' Sam, he saw the corrosive spider take a few steps back from the pain, the pincers had been split open with a huge wound, bubbling with dark blood, and the mine was filled with a strong stench for a moment.

"Well done! Bibo! Sam was so excited to see that he was repelling a strong enemy, and he kept slapping his hand against the rock wall.

"Be careful, Bibo, don't get shot by its slime!" Agnes's voice softened, "Hey, fat mouse, shrink your belly, we're going to help him!" ā€

"Well, I really can't help it!" Sam was stuck and couldn't move, Bibo just took a breath, and found that the body of the corroded spider began to lean back, and in an instant, a fishy mucus came to him, and the spider rushed over immediately after shooting out the slime, ready to use the injured mouth pliers to deliver a fatal blow, Bibo turned his body lightly to avoid the slime, and then squatted down to avoid the mouth tongs, and slashed hard towards one of the spider's spiky legs, the corrosive spider obviously did not expect, under the effect of the impact, it rushed in front of Bibo and let out a painful roar, Then it disappeared into the darkness of the mine.

Bibo gasped for breath, and suddenly something hit him heavily from the side, he was startled, and was about to raise the axe again, only to find that it was Sam who flew out under the fierce kicking of Agnes, and when Agnes came out, he laughed and pulled the two of them up.

"Bibo, you're really amazing, why do you look a little different?" Sam rearranged his backpack and stared at him with wide eyes.

"Focus! How can you have this blessing spell? Agnes looked at Bibo curiously.

"Uh, what's going on......" Bibo scratched his head, remembering that the magician had said not to mention it to anyone else, and just as he was thinking about how to explain it, the sound of corrosive spiders crawling came from the pit again, "Here we go again!" It seems like there is more than one! Bibo looked at his palms, "Stand back, there's still time!" ā€

As Agnes and Sam pulled the letter away, Billy took a deep breath, wrapped his hands in the cloak that had just been scratched by the corrosive spider, and slammed his fists into the rock wall next to the crack with a loud bang, and with a bang, the rock chips fell, and the crack instantly widened by an elbow, "Let's go," Billo shrugged, pushing the stunned Agnes and Sam into the entrance.

When the mine was back hidden in the darkness, two figures began to climb upward, one of whom said, "It's dangerous, but it's good that the Corrosion Spider didn't notice us!" ā€

"Damn, let them run away, go back and report to your lordship!"

"Staying in the town should be rewarding, we're not here, just so they can go find it!"

"That's right, we just have to wait."