Chapter 26: Entering the Mine (Zongheng Chinese Net)
Following the captain of the soldiers, Alan and Liang walked out of the tent and left the camp and walked towards the mine mountain.
As they made their way up the mines, they encountered more miners, and there were more soldiers patrolling the same place than at the foot of the mountain.
Fortunately, they had someone to lead the way, and the miners they encountered along the way dodged to both sides. And those soldiers who were patrolling were also stepped forward by the captain to explain the situation, and then let a few people pass.
Soon the group came to the entrance of a mine, which was very ordinary compared to other mines. The only difference was that there were no workers in the mine to transport ore outside, only a squad of ten soldiers guarding the entrance to the cave.
And all of them were holding weapons and staring nervously and fearfully at the inside of the mine, as if some dangerous creature would rush out at any time.
"Cole! What do you think? There were no accidents. The captain who had led the way for Eren shouted to the soldiers guarding the entrance to the cave.
Hearing the voice, the soldiers guarding the entrance of the cave turned to look at a few people.
One of the leaders, who should have been the captain of the mouth, replied, "It's still the same, those animals don't dare to come out, and we don't dare to go in." There was a hint of horror in his words.
Immediately after seeing Allen and Xiong Da behind him, he asked, "Kulin, you don't go to lead the patrol, why did you come to me?" And these two people are? ”
Hearing his question, Captain Kurin said, "These two people are the ones who took over the mercenary mission, and the chief asked me to show them the way." ”
"Really? That's great! I've been keeping watch here for two days, and I'm always worried about the animals coming out! Finally someone will take care of them, and I can sleep soundly. Cole said in surprise.
However, after carefully looking at Alan and Xiong Da, his tone became a little suspicious and said to Kulin:
"Is it okay for two? You must know that there are a lot of demonic beasts in it, and there are also first-order demonic beasts. It can't be a liar, right? ”
Indeed, after Allen's care, Xiong Da looks no more than 20 years old, plus the younger Allen. The strength of the two of them does make people who don't know the situation easy to doubt.
However, her questioning made Xiong Da very unhappy when he heard it, and stepped forward to point at Cole and shouted: "You don't believe Xiong Da, Xiong Da is going to beat you!" As he spoke, he wanted to do it again.
Seeing that Xiong Da wanted to make a move, Cole and the soldiers behind him also drew their weapons and aimed at Xiong Da and Allen, and the conflict was about to break out.
Fortunately, at this time, Allen stopped Xiong Da and said to Cole:
"If we can come here, the strength is definitely guaranteed. Otherwise, you will not be able to receive this task, please rest assured in this regard. ”
The tone was flat and did not fluctuate because he was pointed at with a weapon, obviously very confident in his own strength.
Seeing the two people, a conflict almost broke out, and Kulin on the side also hurriedly came out and explained:
"Stop! Cole asks your men to put away their weapons, both of them having been confirmed by Chief John. ”
Hearing Kulin say this, but seeing Allen's performance, the suspicion on Cole's face subsided a lot, and his men withdrew their weapons.
Then he said to Alan and Xiong Da: "Okay, since the chief has confirmed it, I won't say anything." ”
Then he instructed the soldiers to get out of the way of the mine, pointed to the cave and continued:
"Enter the cave and follow the direction of the arrow, and you will reach the cave that connects with the mine."
Alan didn't talk nonsense, nodded his head to show understanding, and then took Xiong Da to light the torch that had been prepared a long time ago and walked into the mine.
Just as the two entered the mine, Cole thought for a moment and reminded them:
"Watch out for those monsters, their attacks will paralyze people!"
"Thank you! We got it. Allen's voice came from afar inside the mine, expressing understanding.
"Do you think those two kids can make it?" After hearing Alan's answer, Cole asked Kurin next to him with some concern.
In fact, his questioning just now was not to doubt the strength of the two, but to see that Alan and Xiong were not too old and didn't want them to be in danger.
"It should be fine, both of them have the strength of a first-order spirit master, if you are careful, your life will not be in danger." As an old friend of Cole's, Cullin certainly understood his thoughts, so he replied.
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On the other side, Alan and Xiong Da have officially entered the mine with a panther holding a torch. Each has summoned their own spirits in their hands, guarding against any danger that may arise at any time.
In order to facilitate the transportation of ore, the excavation inside the mine is not narrow, and four or five people can be parallel, and the height is three meters. So if you encounter danger, it will not affect the battle between Alan and Xiongda.
Probably because it is located on the periphery of the mine, the ore is almost mined, and there is not much iron ore on the rock wall on both sides, which is black and gray rock.
Torches illuminated the dark cavern, and the two of them continued on their way through the rubble on the ground.
After walking for a while, various forks in the mine appeared, which were intricately intertwined, like a labyrinth. These forks were carved out by the miners along the veins when they were digging for ore, and they were irregular and disorganized.
Fortunately, there is an arrow sign on the stone wall to guide the two of them in the direction of progress, and the two only need to press the arrow to move forward.
Otherwise, you might get lost in this complex passage, knowing that each of these forks goes deep into the mountain. Once you get lost in it and can't find a way out, even a first-order spirit master can't cut through the mountain to get out of trouble, and can only be trapped alive.
Although the fork in the road appeared, the lover still did not see that the entrance to the cave was obviously deeper in the mine, so the two had to continue to follow the mark.
There was silence in the mine, and Alan was vigilantly watching the movement in the mine as he advanced, only Xiong Da occasionally made a few muttering sounds that Alan stopped in time.
But it didn't take long for Alan to make a discovery. Within sight illuminated by the torches, Alan spotted bloodstains.
Alan hurriedly approached and observed, and found that in addition to the bloodstains, there were also fragments of clothes and broken weapons on the ground, which were the same as those on the soldiers stationed at the entrance of the mine.
Finding the bloodstains, it should be not far from the destination, and Alan took Xiong Da to speed up and walk inside. At the same time, vigilance has been strengthened, because the closer you are to your destination, the closer you are to danger.
Soon Alan Xiongda followed the arrow sign to a relatively empty place, where several forks in the road intersected. It is also a place where ore is transferred out and miners rest temporarily, so it is very spacious to excavate.
There is also a lot of ore piled up here that has not been transported, and there are a lot of spare digging tools on the ground.
It's just that this place that should have been a concentration of absenteeism has not been a living person, only the strong smell of blood and mutilated corpses all over the ground.
You go from most of the corpses to miners' clothes, and a small part of them are soldiers' corpses.
Most of these corpses were mutilated, because it had only been two days since the incident, and the blood had not completely dried up and flowed on the ground, forming small puddles of blood.
If the average person saw this scene, he would be frightened and flee the mine.
"No wonder the soldiers looked at the inside of the mine with so nervousness and some fear. It turned out that there had been a battle with those monsters, and it seemed that there had been casualties. Looking at the marks on the ground, Alan said to himself.
It's a pity that Allen, as a dark spirit master, has also experienced death once, and this body grew up in the cemetery since childhood. The corpses made him feel a little sick, but he didn't feel afraid.
As for Xiong Da, he is a mentally imperfect child.
Aside from being hungry and lonely, Alan didn't find anything he was afraid of. At this time, he was still curious, looking around.
When you get to this place, the signs for directions disappear. It should be that the soldiers, afraid of danger, did not move on.
But it doesn't matter, Alan found that although there are more corpses here. But there is still a fork in the road where the corpses and blood stains are concentrated, and that should be the fork in the tunnel where the underground cave is dug to release the unknown demonic beast.
After determining the goal, Alan will take Xiong Da to the fork in the road.
"Boss, hide and seek!" Just when Alan wanted to move forward, Xiong Da on the side suddenly said.
"Hmmm! Peekaboo? ”
Alan thought for a while before he understood what he meant, and asked rhetorically:
"You're saying there's something else here besides the two of us and the Panther?"
"Hmmm! Xiong could sense that someone was playing peek-a-boo with me. Xiong Da said innocently.
"Can you find them all, then?" Alan asked
"Let me look for them, Xiong Da must find them all!" Saying that, Xiong Da closed his eyes, and then hey, Lun felt a spiritual power fluctuation from Xiong Da's body, and then disappeared into the ground along the soles of his feet.
"It is! Harnessing the power of the earth to perceive? Seeing Xiong Da's movements, Alan was a little surprised.
I didn't expect Xiong Da, who looks stupid and stupid on the surface, to have this ability, what a powerful earth talent!
At the same time, it also gave Eren some inspiration, and her death frost ability is a little more talented than Xiongda's. The energy control of the dark and ice systems is also more powerful, and if you develop it carefully, you should be able to find many special uses.
After a while, Xiong Da opened his eyes. Then he stretched out his hands and pointed to which ore piles were nearby, and said:
"Big bear, I've found them! I'm inside the stone. ”
"Got it! Be ready for battle. "Now that you've found your goals, you're going to have to get rid of them. Otherwise, after Alan and Xiong Da enter the fork in the road, they will attack from behind, which will also cause a lot of trouble for the two.
Stick the torches of the two of them into the stone wall first, free your hands and prepare for the battle, and get ready.
Alan picked up a spear from the ground that had been left behind by a soldier who had died in battle, raised it, and threw it with all his might.
"Whoosh!"
Although Alan didn't do a bear metamorphosis, his own strength is also amazing. The spears that were projected flew like cannonballs at a rapid pace towards the ore pile that Xiong Da pointed out.