Chapter 35: The Vanishing Army

Douzzi saw a camp in utter disarray.

The gray military tents were trampled to pieces, with all sorts of footprints on them, monsters and humans. Army wagons and supplies were strewn about, tattered armor and weapons were left here, and dried blood was everywhere on the ground. Duzi could almost imagine the chaos of the attack when it happened.

"Ah Yu, let your Haka confirm the location of the monster army again." Shengyan naturally served as the temporary leader of this team, "Especially the two teams of monsters chasing the defeated army, they should not be far from here." ”

Hanekawa nodded in response, gently stroked the pale cyan feather of the handsome eagle on his left shoulder, whispered something to it in a strange and sharp tone, and then the majestic eagle spread its wings and soared into the sky. Du Qi knew that it was a unique art handed down by the Liao family, communicating with birds and monsters. Hanekawa is not yet an adult and has not yet awakened his abilities, so his combat power is considered to be the lowest existence in the team. Haka was one of the main reasons why he had to be taken with him. You know, Feather Wind's flight is one of the top of known monsters, and with its amazing eyesight, it only takes a few moments to scout the surrounding area.

"Bai Shao, Luo Yin, you are on guard nearby." Sheng Yan looked at the couple at the back of the line.

"Yes, Teacher!"

"Others, please search the camp and surrounding area."

Dozi and his companions glanced at each other, and each scattered to search the chaotic camp. "We're one area at a time, and if we find something strange, don't make a noise for the time being." They are constantly reporting their findings to each other through the friend system. In fact, they had already been tasked with the task of investigating a camp where the attack had taken place as early as Stonecrown City, and the first link in the chain was to investigate a camp where the attack had occurred.

Based on past experience, this mission may trigger some kind of big event.

There weren't many clues that could be found in the camp, and even with the help of the scanning radar, Duqi and the others still couldn't find anything eye-catching. Finally, their attention was focused on the dozen or so holes that were more than two meters in diameter. If you look down from the top at the entrance of the cave, these almost vertical caves continue to stretch downward, and it seems that there is a tendency to expand, and I don't know where they lead. In the rock walls of the cavern, many holes could be seen poked by sharp objects, which Duzi speculated were probably the footprints of the monsters that had traveled there.

Du Qi hesitated for a moment, and the shadow under his feet twisted slightly, as if something came out of it, and burrowed into the cave at a great speed.

"Ghost Pawn Chain", a special skill obtained after wearing the full Black Realm Reaper set, can summon the spirit of the Refined Prison Guard confined to it for his own use. The peculiarity of this skill is that there is no time limit for how long it can be used, so the soul is usually hidden in the shadow of Duqi, ready to deal with any unexpected situation. The only limitation is that once the soul is killed, it will take an extremely long time before it can be summoned again. As a result, most of the time, Doge is reluctant to let the jailer's soul go on an unknown quest.

Du Qi controlled the soul to extend the cave downward, and the passage was deeper than he had imagined, extending nearly a hundred meters downward before it gradually turned gentle. Shortly after that, Duzi finally stopped exploring. Two hundred meters, which has reached the limit of his long-range control.

"Duqi, did you find anything?" Xiao Fu asked softly.

"There's a passage dug by the monster down there, it's so long that you can't see your head out." An idea then crossed Duzi's mind that these underground passages must be able to lead them to something.

"No, that's too dangerous!" Shengyan vetoed Du Qi's proposal without thinking about it, "This passage is too narrow, once you encounter the enemy in it, not only will the battle be limited, but even it will be very difficult to escape. Taking a step back, even if we were one-on-one with the monsters, the aftermath of the battle would have a high chance of causing the passage to collapse. We are human beings, and if the passage collapses, we will all be wiped out. ”

"Uncle......" Hanekawa ran over in a hurry, "Those two monster troops that pursued the defeated army, Haka couldn't find them, they all disappeared......"

"Can't find it? How can a large army disappear into thin air? Shengyan asked unhurriedly, "Go on, what else did Haka find?" ”

"In the path we predicted the monster would travel, Haka found several huge holes, about ten meters wide, that extended into the ground."

"So they might have gone underground?" Shengyan subconsciously glanced at the hole dug by the monster under his feet, "Is this forcing us to go down too?" ”

"Why don't we go down and have a look!" Kui Qu looked eager to try. Apparently, he had just received a further hint from the quest chain. Players with the ability to resurrect often only need to follow a reckless word when faced with such a strange opportunity.

"Time waits for no one, let's divide the soldiers into two ways at this time!" Duqi also suggested.

"This ......" Shengyan hesitated a little, he had not found out the origin of this group of people, but he also knew that they had magical powers. Eventually, he nodded in response, "Alright! Then I'll trouble you four. We'll start investigating where the monster troops disappeared, hoping to find some useful information. If necessary, we'll go underground from that location, and maybe we'll be able to meet somewhere. ”

To be honest, he was somewhat moved. Everything in the world will always follow some laws, and resurrection is a terrifying and powerful ability, but in his position, some of the more bizarre abilities are not unseen. These capabilities have a few things in common, one of which is equivalent exchange. The more powerful you are, the more you give. And the price to be paid for the resurrection is by no means so simple.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but whisper a few words in Du Qi's ear. "Be careful! I don't know what the price of your power will be, but remember that everything in the world is in balance. What you see in front of you is not necessarily everything. ”

"Thank you......" Du Qi glanced at Shengyan deeply, with a trace of warmth in his heart, but also a little uneasy. Shengyan's words are right, players seem to think that some things are too simple.

"You may be appreciated by death for this, but this is a means of upsetting the balance, and the world will not applaud you." He suddenly remembered the soul offerings he had collected after his death not long ago. Perhaps, when this matter is over, he will have a good chat with Yuan Ya.

"Your actions, please let me join in" Feng Xing, the Fourth King Daughter, who had been silent, suddenly said loudly, "Please rest assured, although I don't know what you have to rely on, I will never be a drag." ”

"Your Royal Highness Princess, this won't work......"

"Lord of the Castle." Feng Xing interrupted Sheng Yan's words, even if there was a gap in strength, his momentum did not fall behind at all, "You should know some of my abilities, which will be useful in times of crisis." Moreover, this is for the sake of the country. ”

The woman didn't let her eyebrows go, and such a sentence flashed in Du Qi's mind.

"Indeed, your awakening powers...... It can really help them. Shengyan finally nodded in agreement. He knew this princess too well, in one way, she didn't look like a princess in the slightest, but on the other hand, she didn't mean to be a princess. For example...... Stubborn.

The hole in the ground drilled by the monster was not small, but for the sake of safety, Duqi took the lead and entered the cave first. Since the cave is almost vertically downward, and the holes left by the monsters in the rock wall are not small, with the help of ropes and daggers, it takes a lot of effort to reach the bottom of the deep cave.

Dozi lit his torches and looked out at the passage that spread ahead. He waited for his companions to arrive one by one, and at the same time had already released the jailer's spirit. Lately, he seems to have been involved in the underground, and he is curious about how many secrets are hidden underground.

"Let's go!" The sound echoed through the cavern as he stepped forward.