Chapter 352: Open the road in the mountains and build bridges in the valleys
After resting, Donn's team continued to set off against the howling wind.
The Cisar Force mercenary group also followed this path, which was obviously beyond Don's expectations.
There are many divergent paths, but they just happened to find this path, and if it was pure luck, then this luck seemed a little too good.
Danny, who was exploring the way forward, came back with bad news: "In front of it was an underground rift, dozens of meters wide, and only a narrow stone bridge could be passed, but that stone bridge was destroyed. ”
Tang En frowned: "The stone bridge was destroyed?" ”
Soon they came to the underground rift, which, as Danny said, was a rift tens of meters wide, with no end in sight on either side, and the only way to the opposite side was the stone bridge in the middle - which was now disconnected from the middle.
Fiona guessed, "Could it be that the people of the power of Cesar deliberately destroyed the stone bridge in order to prevent others from following them?" ”
"Impossible!"
Locke said, and then explained: "Miss Fiona, don't forget, this is the underground world, even if the cave leads in all directions, but no one can be sure if there is a way to leave ahead, destroying his own retreat is to force himself to a dead end, Cesar will not be so stupid." ”
"Locke is right, but it's also possible."
Facing Locke's puzzled eyes, Don added, "Although the cost of hiring a magician is extremely high for an ordinary mercenary group, with the connections and power of Cesar's power, hiring a magician shouldn't be a problem. ”
Locke suddenly said: "I forgot about this!" ”
He sneered and rubbed his head and said, "The magician was too far away for us at that time, so we subconsciously ignored this possibility. ”
That is to say. In order to prevent the others from following into the opposite side, the forces of Cesar deliberately destroyed the stone bridge after they passed, waiting for them to return. Use the power of magic to repair the stone bridge...... Tsk, do you directly and fundamentally eliminate the possibility of other people tailgating? ”
Elsa raised her hand and said, "But just now Kundal said that there are several groups of teams passing through here, and it is possible that other teams have done it, but he only knows the people of the power of Cesa." ”
"Yes, it's possible...... Damn, what's in your hand!? ”
"Spider meat, Uncle Locke said this is delicious."
Tang En suddenly became furious: "Throw it away!" ”
"Oh......"
Elsa pursed her lips and casually threw the snow-white spider meat into the rift. Then the piece of meat was blown to the top by a hurricane blowing up from below.
Don wiped his cold sweat, walked to the edge of the rift and looked down, then turned back and said, "Get ready." ”
After speaking. He stomped his foot slightly, and the thick earth elements deposited around him were mobilized by him, and the section of the stone bridge in front of him suddenly twisted and extended forward, and the surging earth and sand changed the structure under the action of magic. The broken bridge has been reconnected.
The fierce air currents in the cave had been gushing out of this rift. For safety, he erected a row of fences on both sides of the bridge to protect everyone from being blown down by the wind.
Then, with a snap of his fingers, the churning dirt solidified and turned into solid stone.
The bridge was broken and was connected again.
"No matter how many times I watch it, I feel that the power of magic is amazing."
Locke exclaimed, "Sometimes I envy magicians. It's a pity that he didn't have the talent to become a magician. ”
"Don't envy the magician," Don smiled. casually said, "Warriors and mages only have different starting points, but the end points are the same, if you can enter the supreme level, then the boundary between warriors and mages will disappear." ”
"Supreme ......"
Locke, Uncle Depp, and Vanilla yearn for their faces, for most people, it is a distant and unattainable realm, not to mention the supreme level, how many can break through the limits of mortals and enter the gold level? One in a hundred!
How many people can awaken the realm and enter the grandmaster level?
There are not many transcendental levels that are stronger than the grandmaster level, not to mention the supreme-level powerhouses above the transcendental...... That's the second most powerful person after the legend!
Locke couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head and said: "Don't say anything about the supreme level, when I reach middle age, I can enter the gold level, and I will be satisfied when I reach the limit of mortals, above the gold level, that is the world of geniuses, and only the darlings of the gods can have the privilege of glimpsing the mysteries." ”
"Who knows what will happen in the future."
Don En smiled, didn't say much, and took the lead on the stone bridge: "Let's go, shut your mouth, be careful of being blown by the wind." We're going to pick up some speed, it's been hours since we've been in the underworld, and we'll try to get to the Red Grotto before dinner. ”
The place below the entrance is Barod's ranch, where he keeps gargoyles, and the Red Grotto is of course not too far away, in fact it is only half a day's journey.
It's just that this is the first time Tang En and the others have come underground, and the sudden change in the environment here has led to very complicated road conditions, so the speed of progress is relatively slow.
After crossing the stone bridge without danger, there is another dreamlike cave.
"The gods are above...... Is this really underground!? ”
Everyone, including Donn, was stunned by the sight before them, and they held their breath, as if they were afraid that their breath would break the wonderful scenery.
The top of the cave was covered with light crystals, and soft light poured into the cave like a cascade, and the huge light crystal prisms were wrapped around green vines, and vines hung down from the top of the cave, and the vines were blooming with white flowers, gently fluttering towards the light crystals.
Below the vines, from the side of the cave down is the stalactites piled up in layers, but under the processing of wonderful nature, these stalactites have become layers of pools, which are filled with pools of clear water, and there are some colorful crystals distributed in the water, which dyed these pools into various colors, like clouds of various colors on the horizon, but appeared in the underground caves, so it looks very dreamy.
There are some strange underground plants growing around the pool, the faintly glowing moss seems to be the delicacies of those insects, some beetles can be seen crawling by from time to time, and the ferns next to it seem to have never been seen in the surface world.
Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the huge mushroom forest.
Those huge purple umbrella-shaped mushrooms are more than two meters tall on average, taller than vanilla's height, the umbrella handle alone is as thick as one person's hold, and there are still some chopping marks on the umbrella handle, and some fluorescent mushroom spores fall from the umbrella skirt from time to time, although it looks wonderful, but Don feels that this is not a good thing - no matter what game it is, anything related to mushroom spores is either poisoning or parasitism, and it is never a good thing anyway.
Next to the mushrooms are lush shrubs whose roots draw water from the stalactites into nearby pools, on which some small red fruits grow.
"It should be edible."
Locke made a brief judgment and said: "There are still bite marks on some of the fruits, but there are no corpses nearby, so they should be non-poisonous." ”
When Elsa heard this, she went up happily to pick the fruit.
The Albertons raised her in Ellington, completely depriving her of the aristocracy and socialites - one of Elsa's favorite things to do was to go into the woods in search of wild fruits to eat.
By the way, "wrestling games" with some Warcraft - because she is so strong that only these Warcraft can "play" with her, this is really a sad story.
"Don't go."
Don pressed Elsa.
"Why?"
"We're not short of food, so there's no need to take any chances."
Don said: "The most important thing is to be cautious now, if you are poisoned, there is no priest and priest to exorcise the poison for you." ”
Of course, this is because Nora is not there, and if Nora is here, it doesn't matter if she can test the poison at will, her powerful life force is not afraid of any poison at all.
"Okay."
Elsa complied with Donn's arrangement.
"Let's go, although this place is beautiful, let's get through here as soon as possible."
Don gave the order to go again.
Fiona was stunned for a moment, "Lord Lord, why don't we take a rest here?" Everyone has walked a long way in a row, there are no hurricanes here, there is light and water, and it is a very good rest area. ”
Don shook his head, pointed around, and said, "It looks like a good place, but why is there no trace of rest and camping here?" ”
"Huh?"
"We've already had a lot of adventurers here before us, why aren't they resting here? There's clearly something wrong with that. ”
Don had just sensitively noticed this, and it was supposed to be a very good place to rest, but ...... There was no trace of camping, no campfire embers, no food remains, no human traces - except for footprints on the ground.
……
Wait a minute!?
Footprints!?
Don's heart jumped suddenly, and he looked at the ground again, there were dense footprints on the soft, damp shallow soil, but beyond those human footprints, there were also footprints that clearly did not belong to humans.
Turning his head to look at the guards, they had clearly not recovered from the battle of the Shadow Lurkers.
Don gave the order decisively: "Hurry up and get out of here." ”
The team set off again, making its way through a huge mushroom forest.
The huge mushrooms on both sides gave them the absurd illusion that they seemed to be smaller.
At this moment, Danny, who had been walking in front of the group, suddenly stopped and raised his palm.
The team stopped silently for a moment.
Danny turned around, his face a little pale, and before he could speak, everyone had already heard the voice coming from the front.
The next moment, a group of strange creatures emerged from the path of the mushroom forest. (To be continued.) )
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