The assault boat landed at the end of the waterway, clinging to the silent macaw.

The sailors landed in turn, shouting trumpets and pushing down one of the lightest four-pounder cannons from the Macaw.

This was Lorraine's improvised adjustment after guessing the fate of the Nasspelt team.

Before that, no one thought that they would really risk pushing artillery like a clumsy army.

In theory, this is a stupid decision.

In order to launch farther and more stable parabola on a rocking large ship, the casting of sea-going artillery was always larger, more sophisticated and heavier than that of land artillery.

Compare a six-pounder gun of the same class. Six-pounder marine guns often weighed less than a ton and were equipped with lightweight gun carriages, while six-pounder guns for sea could weigh up to two tons.

Even the lightest and shortest barrel on the Butterfly Flower, the six-pounder cannon that Lorraine had chosen to install on the boat, weighed 1.2 tons.

Risking such a massive weight in a rugged sea cave is a fantasy in itself.

However, the Macaw offered Lorraine a different option.

Its stern gun bay contained six well-preserved four-pounder guns, weighing only 0.7 tonnes overall.

There were also gun carriages in the gun compartment that were easy to transport, and although they were deck bikes, they made it possible to go on adventures with guns.

There was also no shortage of shells corresponding to the caliber. Scatter, solid, chainball...... Iron shells, wrapped in dry ointment, were stacked beside the guns, and they were stacked neatly.

The only regret is that the propellant stored in the bilge has deteriorated. Fortunately, Lorraine brought six parts of the propellant, and reassembled them according to the caliber of the four-pounder gun, and it didn't take much to divide the eight parts.

Specializing in the hardness of the cave's walls, Acharin determined that a four-pound projectile would not collapse the walls, so that Lorraine's idea was approved, and the expedition team succeeded in adding a huge reliance.

There were still twenty people left in the expedition.

In order to make good use of this artillery, Lorraine adjusted four people to be responsible for pushing and pulling the gun carriage, and two people were pushing ammunition and cooperating with Yacharin to assist in the operation of the gun. They formed a luxury artillery squad of seven people and were placed in the middle of the line.

The rest of the sailors were also settled, Lorraine and Noah with five sailors were in charge of opening the way, and Henna with five sailors was in charge of guarding the retreat.

The seamen reviewed it again and again while they were unloading and dispensing until they were sure that they were really ready, and Lorraine raised his torch with a hula and whispered, "Let's go." ”

……

It's quiet in the cave......

The dome did not rise with the rise of the foundation, and under the light of a dozen or so torches, the ceiling, which had not been illuminated, became clear, only about three meters high, as if it were within reach of Lorraine.

The width of the cave is also narrowing.

From the beginning of the waterway alone to 14 or 5 meters wide, to now the width of the two walls is only five or six meters, the expedition team has been able to see their surroundings clearly, and at the same time, they can also see clearly the forked holes, some are deep, some are shallow, some are barely pedestrians, and some are not even cats can get into.

Lorraine was holding Acharin's newfound bayonet sword in his hand.

In this cramped environment, his combat ability is greatly weakened, he can't jump, he has nowhere to hide, he can't even use the long knife he is good at, his height, arm length and knife length can't be used in this kind of place at all.

Cannon...... Obviously, it can't be opened either.

He felt like he had walked into a huge anthill, and even began to think that the culprit who had wiped out the Naspelt team was some kind of prehistoric ant, the kind that was tall and big.

Probably not, right?

He comforted himself in an uncertain tone, and while comforting, he walked more carefully, especially those large and small forks, which had to be thoroughly explored before he dared to cross with the adventure party.

They walked for half an hour in fear, and they did not encounter any danger.

Lorraine raised his hand: "Rest in place, the second group will sentry." ”

The procession stopped at his command, and gathered together, and four sailors departed, two in front and two behind, each raising fire and clenching his sword.

Lorraine opened the water bladder and sipped his saliva, and Noah approached him and asked softly, "Captain, what do you think is dangerous?" ”

"I don't know." Lorraine shook her head, "Inge. Arnason is my ancestor, a Viking in the 9th century. Judging by the size of the longship and the executed paddle slaves, even if he had placed his treasure in the depths of the cave, he would not have the manpower to make a trap that would last for a thousand years. ”

"But the explorer's team was wiped out. Is it another riot? ”

"It is not impossible to riot, but at the same time as the riot will be destroyed, and there is almost no possibility that no one will escape. Most of the time, a mutiny will always produce a winner. ”

"Beasts?"

"If you want to destroy a team of 40 people who specialize in exploration, the beasts in the cave will either live in groups or be extremely large. As Acharin said, if such a beast uses the treasure field as a lair, how can there be gold artifacts left......" Lorraine smiled bitterly, "Don't forget, Naspert is not an ancient, only a hundred years before us. But he saw the treasures with his own eyes, and almost took them with him. ”

Noah was also confused.

The two of them discussed for a long time but couldn't come up with a clue, and they were about to ask Henna and Acharin if they had any new insights.

The sailors who were keeping watch at the front of the line suddenly screamed.

He screamed and fell, lying flat and sliding to a fork in the hole not far away, as if he was being dragged by a mysterious force, and had no power to resist at all.

Immediately afterward, there was a scream from the back of the team.

Aina's eyes were quick, and she shot a throwing knife with a loud voice, shouting at the same time: "Lorraine, ankle!" ”

Ankle!

Lorraine didn't want to pounce, and as she ran, the long knife on her waist suddenly came out of its sheath, and like a steel wheel, it swirled past the sailor and the center of the fork in the hole.

Burst!

The sailor stopped when he landed.

The sailors who were on duty with him ran up and dragged the frightened teammates back to the group, and Lorraine picked up the torches that had fallen from the ground and threw them in the direction of the fork.

Torches illuminate the distant landscape.

The attacker was a huge lizard, more than three meters long, with a triangular hideous head, black and brown throughout, and rough skin. Its body is covered with raised bumps, resembling scaly armor, but without scales.

It slowly carved out of the hole with its thick tail wagging, its big eyes fixed on Lorraine, its sharp claws sparkling at the rocky ground.

"Komodo...... Dragons? ”

Lorraine raised her sword vigilantly.

He saw more monitor lizards stepping into the firelight, and there were five in front of the group, from the dome, from the rock wall, from the fork in the hole...... He also heard the sailors behind the palace shouting, and four had been found at the back of the line.

"Yacharin, the hole is too small, don't fire cannons......" he whispered in a whisper that could barely reach Yacharin's ear, "Noya, fight for a quick battle." ”

Before he could finish speaking, Lorraine rushed out, striding in front of the monitor lizard whose tongue had been cut off, and the sword in his hand stabbed straight into the eyes like lightning.

The monitor lizard is no slower than him!

At the moment when Lorraine activated, all five monitor lizards activated at the same time. They leaped towards Lorraine with a swift speed that did not match their length, swung their claws in front of them, flicked their tails left and right, and crawled upside down on the dome and popped their long tongues at Lorraine, like a stabbing sword, straight at Lorraine's throat!

But Lorraine is not afraid!

He lunged and stabbed his sword at his target, his free left hand half-drawing his long knife, and holding it against the back of the knife at his side.

Noah shot out her silver tarot like a flower, more than a dozen, and swirled past Lorraine, cutting off the long tongue on top of Lorraine's head, clanging to offset a sweep.

Acharin fired the musket with a bang, and in the smoke, the fiery red lead bullet hit the body of a monitor lizard, sending it flying half a meter away.

A monitor lizard swung out its claws and smashed into Lorraine's long knife.

I only heard a ding, Lorraine snorted, and the stabbing sword in his hand pierced the target's eyeball almost at the same time, and with a pick, it broke out of the skull!

The target's claws came to a halt less than twenty centimeters from Lorraine's side, and fell limply and limply to the ground.

Lorraine jerked out, spun sideways, and led the long knife in an upside-down manner, slashing diagonally at the second target in front of him.

"Kill!"