Chapter Twenty-Three: The Thunderbolt

"The canyon is a little wide, Knor, okay?" Doudou climbed on the edge of the cliff, carefully examined the terrain, and asked with a little concern.

"Don't worry! This is the latest improved climbing claw, which is designed to cope with such a scene! Knoll pulled out another pile of unfamiliar tools, crouched there, and tinkered with them.

An Xu watched from the side and didn't speak, to be honest, he didn't know how to cross this rift dozens of meters wide, if he was alone, he could only choose to take a detour when he encountered such a situation.

"Will those things catch up?" Doudou pointed to the hole behind him.

"No, gold-eating rats are burrowing creatures and are very afraid of the sun, so they won't leave their habitat easily!" An Xu said with certainty that it was not the first time he had dealt with such a creature.

"That's it!" Knorr picked up his crossbow arrow, then placed something like a hook on the front forge, aimed it at a large tree on the opposite bank, and pulled the trigger.

With a whistling, the hook claw catapulted straight with the rope, plunging headlong into the trunk of the tree, and with a crisp 'click' sound, several hook thorns on the hook claw stretched out and were firmly fixed to the thick trunk.

"Big man, try to be steady!" Doudou didn't seem to believe in Noel's level so much, he handed the end of the rope to An Xu, ready to let An Xu experiment.

An Xu is not very relieved, this is a cliff hundreds of meters high, and if you are not careful, you will enter a catastrophe, and no one can save it.

He stood firm under his feet, and pulled the rope vigorously, with his current strength, the stone the size of the millstone could be easily lifted, and the rope did not move at all, but the big tree opposite shook a little.

"Awesome!" An Xu was really convinced, and said that the craftsman skills and alchemy skills of the bits were second to none, and after seeing them today, they were exactly the same as the rumors.

Noel firmly fixed the rope, and then took out another rope and handed it to An Xu: "Tie it around your waist to prevent accidents!" ”

An Xu nodded, and after tying it up, he grabbed the rope and slowly climbed over.

In the past few years, he has done a lot of things over mountains and mountains, but this is really the first time to climb in the air.

Just looking down from the sky makes me feel dizzy, and the wind blowing above the rift valley makes my body shake a little scary.

But fortunately, An Xu's arm strength is amazing, there were no twists and turns in the middle, although the strength of the two bits is not as good as An Xu, but they have a natural physical advantage, not only light weight, but also a small wind area, the whole process looks easier than An Xu.

"Let's go! The rope doesn't matter, and you'll have to use it when you come back! Noll strapped his backpack and walked in front.

This is the first time in An Xu's life that he has set foot on the land of the Northern Wilderness Plateau.

Looking at the vast plateau, and the endless mountains at the end of the view, it is really a different experience, and such a scenery can never be appreciated in Hidden Moon City.

The three of them continued to move forward with the guidance of the map, and they walked all day, because they had no mounts, it was very tiring to walk for a long time in such a place, and soon Doudou couldn't carry it.

"I'm going, I'm feeling a little hard to breathe, how long will it take to get there?"

An Xu also felt a little dizzy, it stands to reason that it is just this little distance, it should be a little bit of a matter for himself, how can he be so hard.

Noel tightened his backpack and said, "Drink some water and rest, slow down your breathing, listen to the people here say that this is a reaction to the discomfort of the environment!" Hold on, it's not far away! ”

Suddenly, the ground shook slightly.

"What's going on? Earthquake? Doudou was already a little uncomfortable, and now his face is even paler.

An Xu stood taller, his field of vision was relatively far, and at a glance he saw a black spot in the distance pressing in his direction.

"Shhhh Get down! He pressed the two little ones to the ground, and then he himself knelt down, raising his head and staring ahead.

"It's a herd of red-blooded horses!" Doudou also saw clearly what was coming from a distance at this time.

"It's not a wild herd of horses, look there!" Anxu Nunu mouthed, motioning them to look behind the horses: "Someone is grazing, look at their dress, it is a rebel with a red collar, there must be a horse farm nearby." ”

"Let's keep our voices quiet, don't be seen by them! We'll leave when they're gone! ”

Noel lifted the crooked goggles and said, "This horse is so beautiful!" I really want to catch one and go back. ”

Yes, the red-blooded horses deserve the praise of being pretty, they are stronger than the average horse, their whole body is crimson, even their manes are no exception, and they run wild with their hooves like a ball of red flame.

Especially when a herd of red-blooded horses moves, it's quite a spectacular scene.

It is said that the red collar's blood cavalry guards are all red blood horses, and at the beginning of the war, the crusading army was suppressed by the momentum of this galloping horse, which led to a series of defeats.

"It's useless, the red-blooded horse is too wild, even if you catch it, you can't keep it alive, only the red-collared people know how to tame this kind of mount, this is their strategic material, and it won't be spread easily."

Hearing Noor's words, An Xu poured a basin of cold water on him, someone had already had the idea of beating the red-blooded horse, but all of them failed.

"Really? What a shame that is! Noll smacked his lips, he was just talking, in fact, the bits were not good at riding.

The red-blooded horses ran in front of them, but no one noticed them because the three of them were hiding under a small mound, and perhaps the dust raised in the middle of the horses made it impossible to pay close attention to their surroundings.

"They're gone, let's go too, the location of the treasure map is just ahead!"

Noel got up, reoriented, and led the group in the direction of the mountains, and after resting for the night, they did not reach the foot of the mountains until the next day.

"Liar, didn't you say it's not far, it's called not far?" Doudou was furious, and even the long ears that he was pulling on stood up.

"Ahem, aren't I worried that you won't be able to hold on?" In fact, even he didn't expect to walk for so long, and the map was always just a map, which was very different from the actual situation.

An Xu looked up at the rolling mountains, and there was a touch of amazement in his eyes, this scenery was so beautiful.

But he's not in the mood for the view right now, and for some reason, his eyelids have been jumping since he got here, and he always feels like something is going to happen.

Could it be that there is something wrong in the family?

Forcibly suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, An Xu asked, "What is the specific location of the treasure, have you found it?" ”

"Don't worry, don't worry! Isn't that what you're looking for? Knoll took out the treasure map again, carefully corresponded to the information on it, and muttered, "The peak of the triangular fork...... The peak of the triangular fork ......, found it, and it's over there! ”

I saw that not far away, there was indeed a high mountain in the shape of a triangular fork, and the three of them trotted all the way over, but they didn't see anything special.

"Hey, be reliable, if you find the wrong place, you'll have a big game!" Doudou glared at Noll and said with an uneasy expression.

"Are you stupid? If the treasure was so conspicuous and had been discovered, how could it be our turn? Get out of the way, I'll make sure it's here! ”

Noll climbed onto a rock with the treasure map in hand, and carefully compared his surroundings.

"That's right!" Doudou thought about it and didn't say anything more.

Even An Xu couldn't help but glance at him a few times, Doudou has always shown the level of an excellent mercenary, but after arriving at the Northern Wilderness Plateau, he felt that his IQ had dropped sharply, wouldn't it be his own delusion?

"That's right, this is it! It's been too long, though, the entrance is buried, and we're going to clean it out! Noll jumped off the stone and ran.

"Treasure underground?" An Xu asked, in fact, the last thing he wanted to do was to drill into the ground, that kind of claustrophobic environment was terrifying, and there were often all kinds of dangerous creatures, just like the gold devouring rats encountered in the mines.

The Gold Eater Rat can only be regarded as very ordinary, and some underground creatures are much more ferocious than it.

"Well, the information on the treasure map records that there used to be a house here, and the drawings were stored in the basement! Later, because of an accident, the owner of the drawings did not have time to take out the things in the basement, blocked the passage of the basement, and left after burning the house on fire. ”

"Look, there's some remnants of the building here, right here!"

Knoll moved away a few rocks, revealing some level ground, apparently artificially trimmed.

"And digging up this place?" An Xu took the initiative to ask, this kind of physical work was very easy for him, and besides, he was here to work, and he always felt sorry for the honorarium of the twenty gold coins if he didn't make a little effort.

"No, it says that the basement is very deep, and it takes too long to dig it, so let's be violent!" Knoll pulled out his various bottles and jars and tinkered with them.

"Doudou, you guys make a hole here, go deeper!" He said without looking back as he poured a strange black powder into a special tube.

Doudou's face turned pale, and he was surprised: "I'll go, you want to use a thunderbolt tube?" Don't collapse the mountain, I haven't lived enough! ”

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry! I calculated, it can't collapse! Knoll said impatiently.

Well?

An Xu was confused, looking at Doudou's expression, it seemed that the 'thunderbolt tube' in his mouth was a very, very terrifying thing, and it might even collapse the entire mountain.

No way? He glanced at this huge mountain, and he couldn't see the top even when he stood at the foot of the mountain, and even the legendary dragon couldn't shake it, right? Isn't Doudou too exaggerated?

However, An Xu soon regretted it!

"Run far, quick!"

Just when An Xu was still thinking about what method Noor could use to collapse the mountain, Doudou's shout sounded in his ears, and he ran forward for a distance during the conditional launch.

However, this is not far from being talked about at all!

He watched as Knorr and Beanie scurried like rabbits to the far side, then lay down behind the mound with his ears covered, and then heard an earth-shattering thud behind him.

"Boom—"