Chapter 24: Dead End

"Damn!"

An Xu was completely defenseless, and was knocked to the ground by an earth-shattering explosion, and then saw a rain of debris falling from the sky, smashing him screaming.

From time to time, a particularly large rock falls next to it, which is extremely terrifying.

He quickly raised his shield above his head, and there was a 'clanging' sound, and he turned his head to look at Doudou and Noel, who looked at him with obvious schadenfreude.

Deliberately! These two guys definitely did it on purpose.

However, this thunderbolt tube is indeed too powerful, and An Xu has not seen some explosive props, the most common of which is the occasional explosive potion that can be bought in the black market, which is also a product of alchemy.

But the power of that potion is far less powerful than that of a thunderbolt, at most it is used in battle, throwing it out to cause some damage to the opponent, and alchemy props like this that can directly blast through thick dirt and rocks, An Xu has never heard of it.

Looking at the crater formed by the explosion, as Doudou said, if a few more such thunderbolt pipes are buried in the mountain wall, it is really possible to collapse the mountain peak.

After a long time, the scattered dust and sand slowly dispersed, An Xu walked over carefully, and sure enough, he found a small opening at the bottom, just enough to accommodate an adult to pass through.

At the same time, there was a pungent smell all around.

"Do you want to go in?" Doudou probe looked at the hole, and it was dark and he couldn't see anything clearly.

"Wait a minute, this passage has been closed for too long, wait for the air to flow in!" An Xu stopped him and moved some of the gravel at the entrance of the cave to make the entrance a little bigger.

After a few more moments, suddenly a group of horseback men appeared in the distance, galloping towards their location.

"Oops, the explosion got someone else's attention!" Doudou looked at it for a moment and said, "It's the red-blooded horse, they're the people of the red collar!" ”

"Go in, don't wait!" An Xu jumped in first.

If they are discovered, they can basically only fail this mission, and one is unlucky enough to be caught by the red collar, and it will be difficult to get out.

Those brutal rebels will not be polite to the people of the Kazuha Kingdom.

In this kind of open terrain, just relying on the three of them, they can't resist a group of cavalry at all, and now they can only hope that the space below is large enough, maybe they can take advantage of the terrain to maneuver.

Soon Doudou and Noel also jumped down, and with the help of the light of the Radiant Stone, they could barely see that it was a spiraling stone staircase, and how deep it was, it was impossible to judge for a while.

Strangely, there was no rotten smell and dull feeling in the air, but a slight breeze blowing.

There is only one explanation for this situation, it is not completely enclosed, except for this entrance, there are other places below that are connected to the outside.

The three of them were all in good spirits, and sure enough, there was no way to go, maybe they could find another entrance and leave after getting something, but they had to be fast, because those people on the ground were not far away.

"Let's go!" An Xu lifted his shield and walked ahead.

It wasn't until they reached the bottom of the ladder that they realized that there was a straight passage ahead, and at the end of the passage, there were actually two forks.

Is this still a labyrinth?

An Xu and Doudou's eyes changed, and they all looked at Noel, whose face was also unnatural.

What about just a basement? What about this sudden fork in the road?

"This, after all, the information on the treasure map is too vague, I don't know if this will be the case, wait, I'll see if there is any information about the fork in the road first." Knoll said quickly.

"There's no time, go in first!" An Xu picked up Noel, who was still rummaging through his bag, and ran forward, he could already hear footsteps coming from the top of the stairs.

"Which way?" Doudou asked An Xu as he ran.

An Xu didn't have time to judge at this time, and said in a low voice: "Just pick one, go to the left!" ”

He had just stepped into the bend when suddenly there was a crisp sound under his feet, and he seemed to have stepped on something and sunk it a little.

Almost reflexively, An Xu rolled to his side.

A spear grazed his shoulder and plunged into the ground, bringing up a trail of blood before retreating back into the stone wall.

An Xu felt a layer of cold sweat on his back, if he hadn't been experienced, maybe he would have been killed this time, and the terrifying spear could almost completely pierce him.

This time he finally understood the benefits of perception, if it was before, he would definitely be dull for a second, and the result would be completely different.

"How can there be a trap! What's hidden in this? ”

He scolded secretly and moved his arm, fortunately, there is nothing unusual about his body, and there should be no poison on the spear!

"I'll clear the way, these traps are my forte!" Doudou volunteered and walked cautiously ahead, stopping after a few steps.

"There's one here, too!" He crouched down, trying to destroy the trap.

An Xu organized him: "Don't dismantle, go around!" ”

Doudou looked behind them, nodded understandingly, and led everyone to avoid this inconspicuous trap and continue to explore ahead.

"Be careful, the traps here are complicated, and I'm not sure I'll be able to find them all!" Doudou gave a warning.

The further you go inside, the more complicated the types of traps become, just some simple trigger mechanisms at first, and then more dangerous later, and there are several spell traps among them, even Doudou didn't see it.

The three of them were hit without accidents, but fortunately, they all maintained a high-intensity state of alert and did not suffer much damage, but Rao was so, and he also hung up some color more or less.

Suddenly, there was a scream from behind the passage, and it seemed that the wave of people behind was not spared.

There was silence in the passage for a moment.

Just when An Xu thought they had retreated, a heavy sound of horses' hooves sounded behind him, and it seemed that a horse was rampaging through the passage.

Damn it! An Xu's face changed, and they actually signed a red-blooded horse to come down and use this ferocious mount to open the way.

The red-blooded horse galloped all the way, and soon triggered another trap, and a sharp sword shot it in the back, which only aroused its ferocity, and it rushed forward at an accelerated speed.

Countless traps were triggered by it, as it ran so fast that most of the trap attacks missed, and the rest could not stop the Red Blood's hooves.

"Damn! These people have no humanity! Noel scolded, he liked this kind of mount very much, and now he was extremely angry to see that these rebels had used the lives of red-blooded horses to open the way.

An Xu also frowned, although he had also hunted many wild beasts, but it was to fight each other for survival, which itself was the survival of the fittest in nature, and it was unavoidable.

But the mount is his companion, and these guys are so ruthless.

Judging by their eagerness, it seems that they have noticed that there is someone in front of them.

"Be careful!"

At this time, the red-blooded horse had already rushed in front of everyone, An Xu pulled the two apart, and stuck to the wall of the cave, and the red-blooded horse rushed over with a roar.

The traps along the way were destroyed by it.

"Let's go, keep up!"

Feeling the movement behind them, An Xu and the three of them didn't dare to stop any longer, and carefully followed the footprints of the red-blooded horse and ran forward.

Soon, they reached the end of the passage.

The red-blooded horse had fallen to the ground, its whole body was red with blood, and its belly was slowly rising and falling, and it seemed that it was no longer good.

In front of it, there was a high staircase, and on the staircase was a huge iron door, which was now tightly sealed.

Noel walked up to the red-blooded horse and looked at it unbearably, his long ears shaking.

The horse was so badly wounded, with fatal wounds all over his body, that it was impossible to live, and it stared at it with red eyes and a painful look! Noel sighed and took the dagger from his waist to end his life.

Doudou was tinkering with the iron door there, and An Xu stepped forward: "Can you open it?" ”

"Difficult! The structure of this lock is a bit complicated, and it takes some time to open it! Doudou fiddled with it for a while, his little face soaked with a layer of fine sweat, and turned around and said, "It's too late, Noel, blow it up with a trumpet thunderbolt!" ”

Hearing the name Thunderbolt Tube, An Xu couldn't help but shudder in his heart, in such a passage, they actually wanted to come again, weren't they afraid of being buried in it?

He has now discovered that in addition to the talent of flexibility, the Bit race also has another talent, that is, boldness!

Really, in this situation now, I am a little nervous, and there is no worry on the faces of the two of them, whether it is the previous battle or the volley, I have never seen the two of them afraid.

An Xu didn't know whether to say that they were brave or that their nerves were a little thick.

However, at the critical moment, it was their calmness that infected An Xu, and made him slowly calm down.

"It's loaded, this small thunderbolt tube isn't very powerful, but it should be able to explode it! Find a place to hide! Noel jumped down the stone stairs and ran over.

An Xu was also prepared this time, and he had already retreated to the rear and raised his shield.

There was another roar, and the whole passage shook for a moment, and the terrified shouts of the rebels could be heard from behind, and it seemed that they were also frightened by the sudden explosion.

Sure enough, the heavy iron door was blown open, and An Xu climbed to the place where the iron door was loose, exhaled heavily, and pulled the iron door down.

But he was dumbfounded!

Behind the iron gate, there is not a basement, but a stone wall, and there is no hole in the other, it is a dead end.

"It's over, it's wrong!" Doudou and Noel cursed, set up their crossbows and aimed at the passage behind them, and now there was no way back at all.

Wait a minute!

An Xu always felt that something was wrong, he carefully inspected the stone wall, and suddenly his eyes widened, and there was a strange texture engraved on this stone wall.

No wonder it's familiar, isn't it the same as the patterns on the training ground in the badge?