260 Alftander (iv) The vast dungeon
"Feige, be careful to your left, there's a bunch of snow elves in that abandoned building. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Dave! There is a dwarf summoned in front of you on your right, don't alarm it. ”
"Hunter, there is a row of passages ahead, and it is estimated that there will be a large number of dwarven mechanical guards, grunt...... Watch out for the mage! ”
Sawyer poured half a bottle of honey wine and continued to command.
Now that three days have passed since the camp defense, even Sawyer has to admit that the underground area of Elftander is amazingly large, and if conservatively estimated, this dungeon has covered the entire middle of the Ansol mountain system, and extends to the south into the territory of the current White Land, Sawyer even wonders if the dwarves have played with the underground transportation network, directly from Elftander to Erkintander further south.
Now, Sawyer has divided all the soldiers into seven teams according to the formation of the demon army, and each has chosen a direction to explore, but due to the continuous harassment of the snow elves, as well as the endless dwarven traps and mechanical guards, the exploration speed is also frighteningly slow.
And in order to ensure the safety of the exploration team, all teams will be recalled to the camp by Sawyer after exploring for a certain period of time, which also causes the progress of exploration to slow down day by day, and now after more than three days of exploration, the farthest team has only explored more than 20 kilometers.
Of course, although the scope of the dwarf dungeon is very large, the actual area is actually not large, but the passages in it are like spider webs that spread wantonly, so that the dwarf dungeon occupies a radius of dozens of kilometers.
In order to facilitate the progress of the exploration, Sawyer also played remote command, to put it bluntly, it was to solidify a wizard's eye on the summon, and then bring a walkie-talkie modified by Soarer Demon - a solidified sound transmission soul stone, which constituted a rudimentary real-time communication system.
As for the summons, in line with the principle of being able to fly, being small in size, and inconspicuous, Sawyer himself summoned two ravens, while Serana summoned five blood bats, and as for the several wolf spirits summoned by Ah Huan, Sawyer rolled his eyes and completely ignored them.
However, in this way, the soul stones brought by Sawyer are also rapidly depleting, and in just three days, Sawyer's soul stone reserves have dropped by one-third, and Hunter has been sent out by Sawyer, leaving the ruins to go to Winterhold Academy to bring some soul stones over.
However, as evening approached, Sawyer finally received the good news that was not good news - the fifth team led by Gary "Hound the Hound" had explored the end of the ruins!
"At least, the boundaries in one direction have been explored, and it won't be long before the cathedral is found."
Sawyer smiled bitterly and comforted herself, but she had a bad premonition in her heart.
There is an interesting theorem on Earth called Murphy's theorem, one of which says, "If you are worried about something happening, then it is more likely to happen." ”
So, unfortunately, Sawyer's hunch came true.
After Gary's team found the dungeon border on the fourth day, it took another two days, and at noon on the sixth day, Miles's fourth team explored the border, and at this time, the exploration speed of each team also slowed down to a limit, Sawyer had to cancel the policy of returning to the camp every day, and merged the two teams that explored to the border with the first and second teams of Feige and Hunter, and Serana, Ah Fantasy, and the returning Hunter, joined the third, sixth, and seventh teams respectively, Sawyer was relieved to let the remaining four teams find a suitable location to camp every night.
And Sawyer himself hid in the tower, sealed the gate of the tower, and silently played the role of the command center.
On the seventh day, Dave's third team and Sam's sixth team explored the dungeon border one after another, but at this time, Sawyer's command system also reached the maximum distance, so that Sawyer lost real-time control of the team, and could only receive reports from flying summoning beasts every night, but fortunately, the soldiers were already familiar with the combat methods in the dwarf dungeon, and there were no reports of soldiers dying.
On the eighth day, the two teams returned to the camp with Serana and Ah Huan, and by the way, they cleared the small group of snow elves who had occupied the camp, and Sawa returned to the tower and returned to the camp.
That night, Sawyer received a message from Victor, and the Seventh Team explored the boundaries of the dungeon.
After waiting for another two days, it wasn't until the tenth day that Sawyer finally received a message from Hunter's second team, the cathedral, found!
But even after ten days, Hunter's second team and Feige's first team still haven't been able to explore the boundaries of the dungeon, even Serana - the vampire who lived in the era when the dwarves have not disappeared - I have to sigh that this group of dwarves' burrowing ability is really unmatched!
Looking at the question of "wait where you are or return to the camp" at the end of the message, Soarho made a decision after thinking about it: "Serana, Hunter, you two follow the trail of the first and second squads, and gather the two squads back." ”
Regarding Sawyer's decision, Hunter expressed puzzlement: "Isn't it faster to go straight to the past? It's a big deal I'll go find Feige and bring them with me. ”
"Idiot," Sawyer habitually despised Khante's IQ before explaining: "Now that the two teams have been exploring for ten days each, there is at least twenty or thirty kilometers between the two teams, even if you help, it will take at least half a day to walk, not to mention, how can you determine our direction in the dwarf dungeon, the slightest mistake will miss us, it is better to gather everyone back, have a good rest for one night and then go on the road together." ”
"Gotta get it," Hunter immediately raised his hand and surrendered as soon as he heard Sawyer's preaching: "Won't I be able to go?" ”
Hunter has also been fed up with Sawyer's preaching these days, although he is a once-in-a-century genius in kendo, but he is not so proficient in other aspects, and he and Sawyer don't look at each other well, once he says the wrong thing, he will be counted down by Sawyer, and now he has an urge to cover his ears when he sees Sawyer speak, and this time is no exception, before the last "what" word is finished, Hunter has disappeared into the camp.
Serana next to her smiled, said goodbye to Sawyer, and followed the trail of the first team.
Another day and a half later, at noon on the twelfth day, Feige and Hunt's party rushed back to camp, but their plans to get to the cathedral were delayed by a "minor accident."
"It seems that our old friends are a little reluctant to let us."
On top of the tower, Sawyer's eyes looked into the darkness in the distance, and an inexplicable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth......