Although the lord was full of confidence, for the sake of prudence, the captain of the half-elf guard was still very resolute in excluding the lord from this expedition.

This decision was unanimously agreed by the sorceress and the others, and the lord had to wait outside the entrance of the tunnel, a little depressed.

The sorceress and some guards guarded him, and since the defeat of the elven army, the sorceress seemed to have forgotten that she was just a personal magic advisor, and actively served as the personal guard of the lord.

Aside from sleeping and going to the bathroom, she is almost inseparable from her lord, and sometimes even gives her advice beyond her duties as a magical advisor.

The strange thing is that both the lord and the people around him ignore this, as if it were a matter of course.

Under the leadership of the half-elves, the twenty-eight big-eared monster soldiers, who had returned to a lively state and were eager to show themselves so that they could fit into the new group, cautiously entered the tunnels with a shield in one hand and a scimitar in the other.

They were joined by more than thirty Guard crossbowmen who had survived the last battle, and four Angelic warriors who had volunteered to join the expedition at the suggestion of High Priest Ryan.

With these four strong reinforcements joining, both the lord and the captain of the half-elf guard were overjoyed.

Under the cover of Orison and another big-eared monster, the Half-Elven Captain walked at the front of the group, his griffon's bow already picking up a feathered arrow.

As the torches on the wall were lit by everyone in turn, the group gradually went deeper into the tunnel, and everyone found that in the tunnel, just as the lord said, there was no trace of enemy activity, but from the depths of the tunnel, there were bursts of knocking sounds.

It was the sound of metal striking on a stone wall.

This voice made everyone's spirits suddenly tense, and their actions became more and more cautious.

The condition of the tunnel is very good, and it has not been affected by the collapse of the castle on the ground, I wonder if it was Terrence Rockwin who used some special method to strengthen it when it was built, so that the tunnel can survive such a strong vibration.

The Captain of the Half-Elven Guard believed that even if the tunnels were fine, then the execution chamber and magic laboratory that Terrence Rockwin himself would use, and of course it would be fine.

Soon, the expedition party reached the end of the tunnel, where a guard soldier pressed a hidden mechanism on the wall and opened the secret door.

The torches in the chamber were all lit, and in the bright light of the fire, everyone could clearly see that there were about thirty dwarves in the chamber.

The dwarves had now shed their heavy steel armor and were unkempt, some of them had fallen to the ground, and some were struggling to beat a wall in the execution chamber with their tomahawks or bells.

The half-elves on that wall recognized it as the secret door to the magic laboratory. It seems that after being trapped underground, the dwarves did not sit still, but actively launched a rescue operation.

The dwarves were originally sentinels assigned by Ivo to monitor their opponents' movements in the tunnel leading to the castle, and as the half-elves had guessed, the secret passage was undamaged during the collapse of the castle, so the thirty dwarves had survived.

After the dwarves found that the exit to the castle was completely blocked, they had no choice but to find a way to escape from the other direction.

When they were frightened to remove the bodies of their companions, through the former death route, and through the former death route, and took great pains to remove the airtight sandbags that blocked the passage, and successfully entered the secret room, they were surprised to find that the enemy who had caused them a headache not long ago had disappeared, and there were only a huge amount of living materials and some empty water tanks in the secret room.

The enemy evaporated out of thin air in the secret room, and the dwarves who had not had their heads caught in the door could have thought that there must be another exit here, but unfortunately their luck was a little too much.

They found a secret door, but they didn't find the mechanism that opened it—it was so secretive that even professionals like Polly had taken a lot of time to find it, let alone the dwarves, and it wasn't the escape they had hoped for, but the entrance to the magic laboratory, a stone secret door made of a lot of magical materials, so strong that despite the dwarves' desperate destruction, it had little effect.

But the secret door is stronger than expected, but it makes the dwarves more convinced that this is the way to escape, these days, the dwarves have not stopped sabotage, they take turns to rest, take turns to fight, but the door is not broken, but one by one has been weakened by dehydration.

When the half-elves and the others opened another secret door and appeared in the secret room, the dwarves who were destroying the secret door could hardly even hold the weapons in their hands.

Seeing someone enter the secret room, these dwarves stopped their movements one by one, and the guys lying on the ground also struggled to get up, and they gathered together and watched each other's actions nervously.

Under the command of the half-elves, the big-eared monster soldiers and crossbowmen rushed through the tunnels.

Faced with twice as many enemies as their own and the opponent's light crossbows, these dwarves, who had originally wanted to fight to the death, were a little desperate, and they looked at each other with great hesitation.

When the four angelic warriors with wings on their backs appeared, the dwarves simply put down their weapons and surrendered obediently.

Just kidding, the powerful strength of the Angel Clan's warriors is something that even the Dragon Clan is afraid of.

In a sense, these dwarves have already died once, and now they don't want to die at all, they want to live, and they have a very strong desire to survive.

Especially after being trapped underground for so long, and having to endure the feeling of fire in their thirsty throats, struggling on the edge of life and death, struggling between hope and despair, they want to live better now.

For the first time, they realized how precious life is.

The dwarves were quickly tied up one by one by the big-eared monsters and escorted to the surface.

For these captives, the lord generously rewarded them with some water to drink.

It's another group of free laborers! Seeing the look of these emaciated but still physically strong dwarven captives, their eyes turned green at the sight of them, and the lord's eyes were crooked.

In addition, the half-elf reported that the secret room was not damaged, and there was no loss of materials, and the biggest food problem was solved so easily, which was simply double happiness! Can the lord be unhappy?

The sorceress standing behind the lord also couldn't hide her joy.

She never imagined that her magic laboratory would be saved, which was even more joyful for a magician than learning a powerful magic.

Hearing that there was a magic laboratory hidden underground, High Priest Ryan couldn't help but wonder if his ears had heard it wrong.

"You heard it right, High Priest Ryan!" In response to Ryan's question, the sorceress smiled and explained to the surprised High Priest Ryan after receiving permission from the lord, "There's a magic laboratory built by necromancer Terrence Lockwin down here!" ”

"Necromancer Terrence Rockwin?" Ryan was shocked, his wide eyes and open mouth were exaggerated beyond the limits of what a human could achieve.

(3rd Update)