117 Blocked tunnels

Marlon led his soldiers to grope their way through the walls of the deep tunnels of the mine—the end of which, according to Robin's calculations, would soon be reached; From there, they can follow the exit to leave the mountain range and head straight to the town of Moonstream, the last human settlement in the Western Wilderness.

However, just as Malone began to think about what to say to the survivor leader there in Mooncreek Town, the sentinels who were scouting the way ahead brought back a piece of news that made him frown.

"Chief Lothar, the front is sealed with stones!"

Harry hurried over and whispered - Marlon didn't know his identity until he heard his voice - no way, the fluorescence of the jade ore was almost invisible by now.

"Sealed? Take me to see it! ”

Malone realizes that this is definitely not a trivial matter - not only will it affect the timing of his team's arrival in Mooncreek Town, but it may also put his team in danger.

Anxiously following Harry to the end of the mine, Malone noticed that there were still a few soldiers left here - apparently you were a scout with Harry's team.

"Torches."

Malone calmed down and said calmly - he didn't really want to be calm at all, but ...... As the commander of this team, he can't mess up on his own.

The savings along the way finally came in handy now, and as the two torches were lifted by the soldiers, one left and one right, Marlon was able to see the end of the tunnel clearly.

After the torches were lit, Malone realized that he had no way of telling if this was the end of the tunnel—a large pile of stones was stuck in front of him in the shape of a cone.

Judging from the size of these stones, the way they were damaged, and the way they were on the other side, it could be a landslide - although according to Robin's judgment of time, the horizontal orientation of Ma Long and the others should have reached the vicinity of Yuexi Town, but ...... No one knows if there were caves before this landslide.

"Bring that gnolloll here."

Marlon's face was a little ugly, and he opened his mouth to command—this collapse looks like it's been some years, why didn't Hogg sue himself before?

……

In a short time, Hogg the Jackal was escorted to Marlon by several human soldiers, his dagger still pinned to the rope around his waist to hold his pants, and his face was full of panic.

"Hogg! Don't kill! ”

The gnolls screamed in horror - he thought the humans were going to "kill" themselves in the same way that the legends told by the elders of the gnolls.

"What's going on? Do you know there are landslides? Why don't you sue us? ”

Marlon said to Hogg with some anger - cleaning up these collapsed houses is not a simple job, maybe this tunnel will save Marlon and the others time to fill it in, but it may not be enough.

"Hogg! I don't know! ”

The gnoll quickly explained—all the while, he struggled to look at the pile of rocks behind Malone, his eyes full of confusion and confusion.

"You don't know? You used to ...... Haven't been here? ”

Malone noticed the gnoll's expression—he thought of a possibility.

"Nope! Over here! Legend! Hogg ...... Didn't go through! ”

Hogg shouted.

"Damn ......"

Marlon cursed in a low voice, not only to this unreliable and intellectually low gnolls, but also to himself who was a little careless at the beginning.

But now, Marlon knew that he had no choice - he couldn't go back the same way with his soldiers - that would delay at least half a month, maybe the town of Yuexi would have been slaughtered by the orcs.

"Get the stones out of the way!"

Malone no longer paid attention to Hogg the Gnoll, but commanded loudly.

Almost all of the militia recognized the urgency of the form, and with the exception of two people who were carrying torches, all the militia and the Xiquan garrison were engaged in carrying the stones.

The tunnels were a little wide before, but now they are immediately crowded; Not every militiaman was able to get to the mouth of the tunnel to move the stones, and most of them had to stand behind their comrades, waiting to replace them.

Soon, most of the gravel was taken care of, and Ma Long's face became iron blue under the reflection of the firelight.

It's not just rubble blocking the mouth of the tunnel - when the rubble is cleared, what is revealed is a few boulders huddled together that are more than a man in height.

The boulders didn't know how they got stuck at the mouth of the tunnel, but Robin tried it with his one-handed sword and found that it couldn't fit into the gaps in the boulders.

"These stones...... How do I get out of the way? ”

Robin slashed the stones with his one-handed sword a few times, then said indignantly.

"Pry it and try it!"

De Jong came up with an idea - he had done a lot of work in the Red Ridge Mountains, farming, hunting, artisans...... Naturally know the principle of leverage.

"Hurry up, try!"

Malone also thought of this, and he ordered.

Soon, under the command of Ma Long, the militiamen tied several spears together with the ropes they carried with them, and used them as pry bars, trying to pry the stones.

It took a great deal of effort to send the bundle of spears into the bottom of the boulders, and several militiamen went up together, pressing and hanging, but they could not shake the boulders in the slightest.

"Get out of the way, I'll come! Paul, Robin, you join me! ”

Marlon shouted loudly, and he walked to the end of the bundle of spears, reached out and pulled the handle of the spear that was raised high, and said to Paul and Robin at the same time.

"Got it, Chief Lothar!"

Paul and Robin replied in unison, and then did the same with Malone.

"One, two...... Three! ”

Ma Long shouted the slogan loudly, and when he shouted three, he exerted the strength of his arms and slightly bent his legs, exerting the strength of his whole body, and pressed the shaft of the bundle of spears down fiercely.

There was a soft "click", and the wooden spear shaft could not withstand the force of the three people, and made a fragile cracking sound; Ma Long wanted to try again, but this time, with only a little effort, the spear shaft, which had already cracked, could no longer be supported, and was broken into two.

A few short spears were thrown to the ground by Marlon, and he stared at the boulders that were still not moving, and gasped for breath - the explosive exertion of force just now was also a great burden on his body; It's a pity that although I tried my best to eat milk, I ...... But it's still useless.

"It's all to blame on that damn gnoll who led us to a dead end!"

Paul gasped as well, and after a while, his chest gradually calmed down, but he turned his head sharply, cursing loudly as he searched for Hogg's traces.

"Those things...... Wait until you get out of here, Paul, Robin, you guys stand back, you can go as far as you can! ”

Malone suddenly spoke.

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