Chapter 9: The Sacrifice for Three
After experiencing the accident just now, Chu Ge, who was originally protected in the center, was also distanced by others, and even Oliver, who talked a lot of nonsense, no longer accosted him.
And Victor no longer seems to have all the trust of Henry, because Henry took the initiative to walk behind him, so that he no longer had the opportunity to contact Chu Ge.
Therefore, Chu Ge naturally hung at the end of the line.
After a few more moments of sluggishness, the group finally reached the position Simon had spoken.
The so-called fork in the road is just an extra crack in the cave wall on the left, but no matter how you look at it, it looks like a cat inside.
If Simon hadn't been prompted, maybe Henry and the others would have really gone in and investigated.
"In other words, is the final test of the ruins just ahead?"
Although they said "test" on their mouths, they didn't care much about it, and they only felt that the only thing they needed to worry about was the two suspicious guys.
Although Victor is Henry's assistant, in the eyes of the mercenaries, killing Simon is Victor's idea alone, at most counting one Chu Ge, Mr. Henry's glory is tarnished by these two guys.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Chu Ge's heart couldn't help but fluctuate a little.
The passage, floor, and walls of the cave are all carved with patterns of unknown plants, and are formed in a graceful curvilinear outline.
This style has no one else and has its roots in ancient civilizations in the distant past.
But his goal wasn't this, it was the crack on the left!
It is a paradise for the dead, where the dead and the night are imprisoned, waiting for the living!
But before that, we have to solve the immediate troubles.
Without much thought, Henry stepped into the silver underground cavern.
Although it was a little relaxed at first, after entering the cave, several people felt a little hairy in their hearts, and their emotions changed a little.
[The saints who climb towards the peak do not have time to stop! 】
[The sage who goes to the final place must leave everything behind him!] 】
[Courage takes three people to fill up. 】
It is a message made of unknown patterns, engraved on the floor, written in the ancient lingua franca of Orlanca.
"Courage...... Need three people to fill up? What does that mean? ”
Oliver read it out in a strange tone, and then looked at the others with some surprise as if he had thought of something in a moment.
It doesn't take the lives of three people to pass, does it......
"Hey! What do you think, you idiot! ”
Isaac kicked Oliver, apparently seeing his thoughts,
"Simon and his friends didn't suffer casualties until the fourth level, and if you sacrifice three people to get through, do you think you'll still be able to see him?"
Henry also nodded and said:
"That's right, in fact, don't worry, since Simon can pass, then we must be able to too, you must know that this is the first level."
Oliver rubbed his head in embarrassment, apparently forgetting Simon's words.
Phil frowned, as if he still had some thoughts in his heart, and said:
"However, the situation in front of me is really strange."
Behind the floor covered with words, about four or five meters away, there was complete darkness.
Not to mention the ore that originally glowed on the walls, even the light that shot from the torch to that side was completely swallowed up, and it couldn't illuminate it at all.
The only place in the darkness that had a bright light was an opening diagonally above everyone's line of sight.
The opening was the size of a palm, like a small window in a cage.
Henry seemed to believe in his personality charm and firmly believed that Simon would not deceive him, so he did not show half of his fear, and directly put his hand into the darkness.
There were no injuries, no foreign bodies, not even the temperature of the hands changed in any way.
"Nothing happened."
As if he had put his hand into the air, he felt nothing.
Even if you reach out and grab the light mouth, you won't find anything.
Then, under the gaze of everyone, Henry decisively stepped into it, leaving half of his body outside.
After carefully feeling the changes under his feet for a while, his eyes lit up and he said:
"I know what's going on!"
"There's an upward ramp ahead, and that light is the exit!"
"Because the ramp is long, the exit will look small!"
"And the light was swallowed up again, and the vision was distorted, so we couldn't judge the distance with the naked eye, so we just thought it was a small window!"
Clever!
This is probably Chu Ge's only positive evaluation of Henry.
To be honest, in his previous life, Chu Ge had no clue about this at all, and he only reacted when the ramp was halfway through.
"So, what's going on with the three clues on the ground?"
Phil was clearly not reassured and still had doubts.
Henry shook his head and said:
"Although it's not very clear, the focus of this level should be courage, and in this way, what the first two sentences want to express is probably to let us keep moving forward, don't stop."
Chu Ge made a not-so-obvious stunned and said:
"That's it? It's so easy. ”
Aisaac looked at him with disdain and said:
"Don't you even have the guts to scare Simon away?"
Phil rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, then picked up a few pieces of rubble from the outside and threw them towards the dark ramp.
Smack!
Hear the sound coming out, and that's the easiest way to get it.
After throwing the rubble, Phil waited quietly, and everyone looked at him with a confused expression.
After about four or five seconds, several sounds of breaking wind suddenly sounded in the darkness, followed by the sound of sharp weapons sinking into the ground.
"It's ...... Crossbow bolts? ”
Victor asked, somewhat uncertain.
Phil nodded and said:
"Yes, and there are three of them, but they aren't fast."
Henry slapped his hand with a smile and said:
"That's right, after the gravel stayed on the ramp for a certain amount of time, it was attacked by the authorities because it violated the rules."
Phil nodded and agreed with Henry's statement:
"From this point of view, this test is indeed very simple, even if it is violated, the agency cannot pose a threat to us at all."
Victor rolled his eyes and immediately echoed:
"Then, the 'three people' in the third sentence of the clue correspond to three arrows!"
Isaac waved his hand:
"Probably."