Chapter 92: The Cave of Bones (I)

The black cavern entrance to the Cave of Bones lies between the southern foothills of the Coppercrown Mine and the northern edge of the Black Mist Swamp.

Perhaps due to the location, the group that had rented a carriage and traveled along the mountain road could clearly feel a dark fog in the distance in the direction of the swamp, and the sky shrouded in thick fog was said to be infested with mutated flying snake creatures, and the damp and foul-smelling swamp surface was infested with humanoid monsters called ghost women.

The formidable powers of the Ghost Woman are disguised by their rickety bodies and shriveled skinned ugly old women, who are divided into many subspecies of different abilities, speak the lingua franca and the language of giants, have some natural resistance to spells, and cast some of their own spell-like magic, and the different subspecies of Ghost Women often gather into warbands with complementary abilities to hunt the poor travelers who strayed into their sight, or to try to confront their adventurers and mercenaries driven by tasks and rewards.

The thick fog of the Black Mist Swamp is a safety hazard that travelers must be aware of, which is why Urs chose the route for his team to follow the mountain path of the Copper Crown Mine, rather than the shortcut to the plains that was closer and more dangerous on the side of the swamp.

Although adventurers are called adventurers, they are not born to take risks.

Urs, who was in charge of driving, and Gloridon, who was sitting in the front row of the carriage with him, jumped lightly from the car to the ground in turn, and after turning back to make sure that the other four companions in the back of the carriage had also gotten out of the car, the young man handed over the task scroll to the old thief, and arranged for the latter to lead the cart to a small group of Twilight guards guarding the entrance of the cave to negotiate about the mission.

Half-hunched over, Stonefist helped Koto to the side of the road as he had done after the battle in the Shadow Cave. The Mithril armor-clad dwarven warrior didn't look well, and with the help of the orc monk, he made his way to a bush of weeds on the side of the road, and the slimy liquid under his bulging cheeks sprang out of his mouth like a dam flood, and the mosaic poured down with the smell of stomach acid and fermented food, and scared the two hares hiding in the grass away.

"Ode, god of order......" Stone Fist looked helplessly at the two small animals that were scared away by Koto, and his big green-skinned hand slapped the dwarf's back through the armor, "I really didn't expect you to get motion sickness." ”

"It's all strange that the mountain road is too shaking, the carriage is shaking, and the warriors of the clan and Xiao Meng are shaking together, uh......" Koto raised his head with a sad face, and before he could finish his words, his panting mouth hurriedly buried it again to start a new round.

Thea stood a little further away from the warrior monk and warrior duo, looking at the dwarf with her head down to clear the space in her stomach with a worried face, and was relieved to get the orc to turn around and give her a look that was okay, and then distributed a bottle of holy water prepared in advance to the crow.

Weapons smeared with holy water receive a bonus bonus of +1 Hit and Damage Check against undead creatures.

Miss Poet's dark purple eyes showed a subtle disdain under the hood, and she took the small glass bottle containing the holy water of the church from the hand of the priest maiden and casually sneered: "I can't imagine that this thing, which looks no different from the clear spring, is actually the treasure of your church, and can even be used as a way to earn money as a way of income for the diocese." ”

"Because this bottle of holy water comes with a faint positive energy, it can not only deal with the undead, but sometimes it is also a spell casting material for some divine arts." Thea smiled and explained to the jay, "It symbolizes the concept of life. ”

"But if the symbolic concept of positive energy is life, isn't the essence of the male more up to the task?" The corners of Miss Poet's mouth curled under the hood, "Maybe you can try to get someone a full bottle like this?" It only takes a few minutes to move your mouth. ”

After saying that, she didn't forget to have a certain evil taste of teasing people, and raised her eyebrows in the direction not far away from the wolf-eared girl with prompting and encouragement.

Thea blinked in surprise and looked in the direction of the crow's eyebrows, then understood the dark elf's joke and blushed.

Thankfully, the young man and the old thief shouldn't have noticed the interaction between the two female members of the team.

Urs and Grolayden came to the side of the squad of guards guarding the entrance to the bone cavern. An iron fence was blocked at the entrance to the Bone Cave, and the captain of the guard held the halberd in his hand, turned his head to see the young man and the old thief walking towards him, and stepped forward to warn: "This is the Bone Cave, who are you?" What are you doing here? ”

"We're official adventurers in Twilight, and we're here on this mission." Gloriden replied to him, picking up the scroll of tasks that Urs had given him early in the morning and handing it to the other party.

The captain of the guard is a sturdy middle-aged man who retired from a disbanded mercenary group and was recruited by Twilight a few years ago to start working for the most famous adventurer city in the Okazawa region, but due to the time difference, he didn't know Gloledon, who was active in the Thorn Adventure Group eight years ago.

He took the parchment scroll from the old thief, first checked whether the payment was stamped with the anti-counterfeiting seal pattern of "gold coin and sword inserted in the scroll", and the signature of Irina, the head of the association, and finally confirmed the content of the mission, raised his head and looked at the six members of the team, and his hesitant eyes fell on the brand on the side of Urs's neck, the wolf ears on the top of Thea's head, the black skin under the hood of the crow, the green skin of Stone Fist as a half-orc, and the dwarf who was vomiting......

Forehead...... All in all, this adventurous party seemed to him to have no normal people except for Gloriden.

But the quest scroll is not fake.

In addition, the old thief rolled his gray eyes, and immediately showed him his four-star adventurer badge again.

"Okay...... Adventurers. I'm the captain of the guard here, Eddie Horford, and I'm in charge of the day-to-day vigilance and surveillance of this haunted place. The guards shrugged their shoulders and handed the scroll back to Groeldon, "If you don't mind, just call me Eddie." ”

"Then it's a pleasure to meet you, Captain Eddie." The old thief retrieved the scroll and shook hands with him, "I'm Gloridon, the ...... of this adventure team."

"Captain?"

"No, diplomatic spokesman."

"And your captain ......"

"Urs, a strong and courageous combat specialist, and an absolutely qualified squad leader."

Gloriden smiled slightly, stepped back and stepped aside, spreading his hand to introduce the black-haired young man to the captain of the guard named Eddie at the right time.