Chapter 21: Gargoyles! middle

It seemed that time passed very slowly in the darkness, and following the sound of the water that had already rattled, Roger felt as if he had spent an hour in the few steps he had taken closer to the other party, and the wanderer had already bypassed the two huge objects, although he could not recognize what they were, but the touch of the stone and the rough lines told him that they were just two ordinary stone statues, and more importantly, the moving human figure, and just as he was about to touch the other person's back.

Suddenly, the "humanoid" moved!

The other party seemed to have noticed something, and at this time, Roger could only temporarily suppress the inexplicable familiarity in his heart, bending down and dodging to make a move before the other party, and the short knife in his hand was like a lightning bolt in the dark.

【Backstabbing】

"Hmm!"

The figure in front, no, the person in front let out an exclamation, and then in order to dodge Roger's backstab, the whole person threw himself to the ground, causing a large splash, and at the same time, Roger also heard the origin of the previous familiarity from the voice

"Little Yas?"

He screamed in amazement, but the fierce attack in his hand did not stop.

He wasn't sure it was Yas, but as far as he knew, there were no less than five or six monsters that could change shape or create the illusion that they were seeing relatives and friends, and he couldn't attribute them to his own without verification.

Even said that Roger narrowed his eyes slightly, even if the other party was Yas himself, he still couldn't confirm whether this "Yas" was confused or controlled by something, and once any situation occurred, he let go of the "Yas" in front of him, and returned to the team with him and then was attacked by the other party at some point, the consequences were unbearable for him or anyone, so it was the safest way to continue the attack.

If it was really Yas himself, if there was no problem, Roger would naturally compensate Yas after the task was completed, and now, the only thing he could do was to say sorry softly in his heart.

"Uncle Roger, wait, wow it's me, amm!"

The black liquid accumulated in the position of the two stone statues was already able to cover the legs of normal men, and Roger also felt strange, until now he did not feel that the difference between the terrain on both sides of the corridor was so large, but he also felt that the underground palace was built very neatly.

But if the water is so deep here, does it mean that it is sealed in front? Is this a mechanism that seals the dungeon so that we can't escape? This idea was rejected by himself at the same time as it came up, Roger had not seen that kind of mechanism, but he did not believe that the owner of such a dungeon would leave behind such a stupid mechanism that was almost doomed to the same end.

Yas, who was on the side, was in a panic at the moment, because he pushed away Kleist, who was about to crash into the raised relief on the wall, and slipped to the other side, and was separated from the large force of the mercenary group.

Usually because of Roger, Manalo and other experienced veterans repeated admonitions, he is also well aware of the seriousness of the situation of accidentally leaving alone during the mission, stumbling all the way forward, but in a coincidence chose another direction, all the way to the end of the road ahead of Demps and others, just when he was studying the two stone statues, when he was making some discoveries, suddenly there was a violent malice behind him and the sound of a sharp blade breaking through the air, he could only be forced to pounce on the ground.

Yas also didn't dare to confirm whether Uncle "Roger", who had the same voice as Roger, was really the best wanderer in his team, and he didn't dare to give his life to the dagger whistling behind him, so he could only shout to try to distract the other party's attention while trying to dodge.

However, the gap between the white position and the red bronze is not something that Yas can make up with a little cleverness and flexibility, not to mention that behind him is the person who has trained his flexible skills with his own hands, as Roger, who is half of Yas's master, will only be more agile than his own disciples.

But Yas regretted it when he plunged into the water, the ground was still very dry when he came here, and at some point, water began to flow continuously, but Yas, who was consuming the lighting items he was carrying before, didn't notice the strangeness of these water-like liquids, and now he finally realized it.

When he stepped on the water, he didn't notice that the water was so slippery, Yas was flapping in the water, trying to get rid of Roger's lock, whether it was his elbow or his palm, as long as Yas tried to borrow a little force on the ground, he would immediately slide away, as if he had fallen into a puddle of lard instead of water.

Although Roger was also surprised by Yas's actions, he only became more and more vigilant in his heart, and the short knife in his hand still stabbed out with great determination, and at the same time shouted in his mouth

"Little Yas, don't move! After a while, when the regiment commander comes to inspect it, you can return to the team! ”

I believe that you are the ghost, Yas cursed in his heart, who knows if your test will give me a knife first, and at the same time do not forget to reply

"It's too dark here to see clearly, where are you, Uncle Roger, this water is so slippery, pull me along."

Yas, who was really difficult to get up in the water, finally gave up the idea of getting up and running away, lying in the water and raising his long sword to eat Roger's knife raw, although his entire right arm was numb for a while, and the slippery liquid even couldn't hold the long sword in his hand, but he also used this blow to slide away in the water, until he hit the stone statue next to him and stopped, widening the distance between him and Roger.

Although it didn't work after trying many times, Yas still subconsciously wanted to get up as soon as he held it at hand, but this time he didn't feel the familiar slippery feeling, but touched the rough stone.

"Huh?"

Yas was stunned for a moment, ignoring the body that had been wet with a strange liquid, and touched the stone statue next to him with his backhand, and the palm of the hand that touched the stone statue had a rough and dry texture, as if the liquid on Yas's hand could not cover it, as if it had been absorbed?

Yas thoughtfully withdrew his hand, rubbed it slightly, but there was no longer that kind of grease as smooth, and then put his hand on the stone statue and couldn't find the liquid that he had just smeared, not a feeling, it was really absorbed! Yas's eyes widened, he had never heard of a stone that could absorb water like cotton, this was no ordinary stone statue, right?

Yas, who has not experienced being surrounded by black leeches, still does not have much sense of crisis at the moment, although the head of the regiment has always been extremely vigilant about this dungeon, but he has only encountered some ordinary traps along the way, and most of them are still in disrepair, and he can't help but despise this dungeon unconsciously.

"Wait, Uncle Roger, look at this stone statue absorbing this water!"

But this is just the right topic to divert the attention of this "Roger" behind him, Yas easily dodged Roger's pursuit with both hands on the stone statue, and the short knife infused with the power of the red bronze level fell on the stone statue fiercely, but this stone statue is not known to be made of, although it looks like ordinary granite at a glance, but the texture is unexpectedly hard, Roger even feels that he is not cutting stones but chopping the heavy shield of stainless steel, which could easily chop a large piece of rock. But it was only accompanied by a long trace of sparks, and there was a faint force of anti-shock on Roger's hand.

However, what affected Roger more was the unknown liquid underground, and Roger, who still had half of his leg not in the liquid, also felt the strangeness of this black liquid, although he did not fall into the same predicament as Yas just now with his excellent body control ability, but it also seriously slowed down his attack rhythm, and Yas, who had climbed up the stone statue, was originally covered with liquid that had been smeared on the body of the stone statue that was becoming more and more white, and even his clothes were dry, and he responded more and more calmly to Roger's attack under a decrease and an increase.

"Yes, then you hurry up, in case this thing is in any danger, it will be bad."

Yas, who scoffed at Roger's words, continued to climb the body of the statue, which was three people tall and rough and easy to climb up, and dodged the knife that Roger thrown, Yas grabbed a large bulge as he dodged it.

"Hey, this is, horn?"

Although Roger couldn't confirm whether the information given by Yas contained other purposes, in the gradually approaching firelight, he could see that Yas had indeed arrived near one of the two huge stone statues, and suddenly became agile, and out of caution, he did not dare to approach the stone statues for a while, and even more restrained.

"Roger, stop, and Yas, if you remember that house in the alley of Morlin Street, get out of here!"

At this time, Demps, who was originally going to receive Roger, rushed over with a torch after hearing the exchange and conversation between the two, and when the light of the torch swept away the darkness that shrouded this space, revealing the faces of the two huge stone statues and the huge arch not far away, Demps's face changed drastically, as if he was facing a great enemy

"Captain!" ”

The two people who confronted each other shouted, Roger put away his knife and sheathed it without hesitation and ran in the direction of Temple, Yas was no longer curious about the shape of this stone statue, but immediately jumped off the stone statue, Demps, who could say the term Morlin Street, could never be a monster change, after all, no matter how good a monster is, it is impossible to know the memory of that person.

But just as his feet fell to the ground, stepping on the water that had fallen a lot and making a snapping sound, a black shadow bounced up suddenly, like a poisonous snake around his ankle, Roger in the distance smiled, the hemp rope in his hand jumped, Yas screamed and fell into the slippery liquid again, but this time he was face down, his forehead hit the hard ground fiercely, the blood that flowed was mixed with the black liquid, and the rope that held him did not let him go, no matter how he struggled, It only helped the nimble rope tie him stronger, and the only use was the mixture of blood and liquid that smeared his face, and he looked terrible.

"You've got a lot more to learn, boy."

Roger shook the rope in his hand, and at this moment Yas, who was dragged to Demps's side, was firmly tied together except for a head, like a wild boar caught by the mountain people, Yas kept trying to prove his innocence on the way to drag, and after Roger was indifferent, he finally understood that this guy just wanted to get back the face just now and take revenge on himself.

"I said uncle, you should know that I'm fine, or just let me go?"

In the face of Yas's fawning, Roger still smiled silently

"If it doesn't work, it's okay to loosen it! My hands and feet are numb! No, no, it's okay if you're numb, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it' ”

And what interrupted them was Demps's eager voice, this man who was the only man in the entire Fire and Wine Mercenary Regiment who had left the Seventeen Kingdoms of the South to see the real world, after carefully studying the two stone statues, a picture buried in a distant memory but not fading at all appeared in front of him, and the heavy pressure at that time was revived again, and he felt his heart beat sharply in the face of danger.

"Tell everyone to come here, or we're going to be done!"

He didn't even have time to explain clearly before he drew his long sword, not caring that this would seriously deplete the life of this precious enchanted long sword, he did his best to stimulate the long sword, and swung it towards the stone statue, the faint red light was visible to the naked eye, falling on the hard stone statue, stirring up a wave of qi, and the stone statue also had a deep furrow.

Seeing this scene, Roger and Yas gasped at the same time, Yas was shocked that these two stone statues that didn't look good were so hard, and Yas, who had seen the hardness of the stone statues, was shocked by Demps's attack, they often practiced on weekdays, and they knew each other's strength very well, and although Demps was a small level higher than him, it was already hard to make this level of attack, And the long sword he had loved since he bought it from a down-and-out nobleman a few years ago was estimated to last less than a few hundred swings before it was scrapped.

Is it so serious, Roger realizes that this may really be an existential situation.

"Come on, these are two activated gargoyles!"

Demps slashed his sword again, and the sparks jumped up, as if to echo the torch that Demps had thrown away, a hideous face showing stone statues upwards for Roger and Yas, two long horns that Yas had surprised again, and a mouth full of fangs exposed from the open mouth and another rapidly descending black water surface illuminated downwards to create an eerie atmosphere, which made people feel an inexplicable chill.