Chapter 42: The Underworld
Darkness, the lighting tools in everyone's hands have long been lost during the battle or when entering the water, and Acoste can only see the surrounding environment blurbly with his dim vision. The underground river meanders and does not know where it leads, and there is darkness ahead, giving people a sense of inexplicable mystery and fear, strange-shaped stones towering above and next to the stone wall, and there are many mosses that glow pale green fluorescent in the cracks of the stone wall, and if you have good eyesight, you can see many unknown insects crawling on it.
After being left around a corner by the river, a clearing appeared next to the river, and Acoste was overjoyed when he saw it, he knew that he could not continue to drift in the river, not to mention where the river was going, and whether there were any dangerous creatures under the river, the cold and biting temperature alone made Acoste very uncomfortable, let alone the Lavis he was holding in his arms. "Ashore!" Yacoste screamed and reminded the people behind him, he took off a bundle of rope from his waist with one hand, and shook it hard to hook up on a huge stone in the clearing, the pull from the rope and the momentum of the river made Yacoste's whole body be thrown in the air at once, adjust the direction, Yacoste took Lavis and fell heavily on the clearing, of course, Lavis had Yacoste as a "human flesh pad" and did not fall, just choked a few mouthfuls of water.
Li Qing and Ling heard Acoste's roar, and hurriedly took out their ropes from their waists, and threw themselves into the open space like Acoste, but Daren didn't have such good luck, he had neither the tools nor the nimble skills of others as a warrior who had just been inaugurated, seeing that he was about to be rushed into a darker place, Acoster threw the rope and wrapped the other party's left hand, and pulled the other party back. "Ahem, cough, cough" everyone on the shore is lying on the ground exhausted, struggling in the raging river and exerting a lot of physical strength, because if you don't keep your balance at all times, then the biggest possibility is to be washed headlong under the river. This is a very dangerous situation, and everyone has not explored the depth of the river beforehand, and if they are unlucky, they may never be able to float.
After a moment's respite, Acoste was the first to get up from the ground, he was now very glad that he had bought the space bag when he had earned his first pot of gold, and almost all the materials used for the adventure were stored in the bag, as long as the bag did not fall away, they would have the possibility of surviving in any difficult environment.
He took out the dry wood and flint from the space bag, Li Qing consciously walked up to prepare for life, and Yacoste himself took out another lighting stone from it, which was the last spare piece on their bodies, and if they lost it again, they could only use torches.
Seeing that everyone was busy, Yacoste himself took the lighting stone and walked to the depths of the cave, he took broken steps to avoid the gravel and puddles on the ground, and came to a strange place, the adventurers will explore the terrain around before choosing to set up camp, this work is generally done by thieves in the team, but Yacoste saw Ling lying on the ground panting, or silently took over this job.
There was nothing in the empty cave, except for the dark and deep passage, Acoste didn't even find a crawling ant, and after walking for a while, Acoste gave up his intention to continue exploring, the unknown ahead can always cause pressure and fear to explorers, Acoste wisely decided to rest for a while, and then wait for everyone to recover their strength and walk together.
Back on the riverbank, Li Qing and the others had already lit a bonfire, set up a wooden frame and a small pot, and the rich fragrance floated out along the lid of the pot, and Dai Ran also looked at the food on the bonfire with envy, almost dripping saliva on the ground. In the wild, many adventurers can only nibble on hard and cold black bread, and eat with cold water, like Acoste, they eat so well by chance, if the environment does not allow it, Acoste they will not blatantly light a fire.
After the food was stewed, a group of people gobbled up all the contents of the pot, and stayed in the cold river water for a while. After eating, everyone who cleaned up now walked around the bonfire and lay on the hard "natural bed". In fact, Acoste and the others originally prepared tents and sleeping bags, but unfortunately, in order to make room for gems and ores, those large things were thrown out by everyone, but fortunately, they were not a group of pampered nobles, and they didn't say much, and they fell asleep so groggily after arranging the vigil system. "Hey, Acoste!"
The first shift was naturally the leader of Acoste, and just as Acoste was bored and threw a small branch into the fire, a soft call suddenly sounded behind Acoste. "What's the matter, you still haven't slept yet?" Acoste naturally knew that it was Ling, and he asked without replying. "It's nothing, I just can't sleep, do you think we can get out of this cave?" Ling's voice became particularly gentle at the moment, perhaps because she was in an unknown and dangerous situation, and Ling's tone was a lot less arrogant than usual, and more melancholy. "I don't know if I can go out, but I know I'm dying, and since you can't sleep, then you keep vigil for me first, and wake me up when you're tired." Acoste snorted, casually perfunctory with Ling's question, while lying his head back, thinking that he would fall asleep as soon as he closed his eyes. "Smack." A small pebble landed on the back of Acoste's head. "Think beautifully, I can't sleep, don't be lazy, continue to wake up for the old lady." Ling's eyes widened, no man dared to tease her like this since she was a child. "Eh, why are you like this, you can't sleep and drag others down. There is no well, I keep vigil. Acoste originally turned his head and complained, but after seeing the stone in Ling's hand that was dozens of times larger than the previous one, he quickly swallowed the second half of the sentence back into his stomach and changed his words. That's pretty much it. Ling saw Acoste's appearance, and there was an inexplicable hint of joy in her heart, and the corners of her mouth turned up proudly. Since I can't sleep, and you have nothing to do, how about you tell me about what you have seen and heard in the Faren Continent? "Ah, I haven't been to many places either." Acoste habitually refused, and without waiting for Ling to make any new moves, he still followed the memories of his previous life.
The werewolves in the moonlight wetland, the hydra lizards in the swamp, the vampires in the Shadow Fang Castle, the snow trolls on the spine of the world, Acoste slowly told the various adventures in this memory, and Ling also dragged her white chin and listened with relish, only the crackling sound of the campfire and the sound of water accompanied the two, and I don't know how long it took to talk about it
Finally, when Acoste woke up, he found Li Qing sitting by the bonfire, Acoste scratched his head, he was too tired to fall asleep all night, fortunately there was no danger near here, otherwise he would be the culprit in case of an emergency. "You've finally woken up, dead pig." Ling looked at Yacoste with a smile on the side, as if the gentleness he had not been doing was an illusion, but Yacoste didn't think much about it, he ran to the river and washed his face with cold water, making himself a lot more sober.