One by one, the people in the line passed through the narrowest part of the crypt. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It's a dark, damp, oppressive, stuffy crypt.

Time is like a dripstone hanging overhead, passing slowly and drop by drop.

On both sides of the cavern passage are the nests of many bloodthirsty giant rats, as well as some mysterious and eerie forks.

Walking in the Devouring Crypt, Dole was still prompting, "When you encounter a fork in the Cavern, only look for the right way." Don't panic when you encounter a bloodthirsty giant rat, quickly extinguish the torch. Bloodthirsty giant rats are particularly sensitive to the smell of blood, so as long as they are smeared with the blood of the same kind of giant rats, they can survive the danger. ”

For a moment, terrifying sounds could be heard from the depths of the crypt. Sounds like the howl of a wild boar, mixed with the sound of knives slashing through meat and bones shattering?

"Stop!"

With Dole's command, everyone's movements suddenly stopped as if a knife was cutting the strings of a harp. Until the voice got closer and closer, Jabu quickly extinguished the torch at the cue of Sauron's eyes.

"Something is approaching, get down!"

Thirty bear goblins and a dozen dwarves, all lying on their stomachs. For the next period of time, everyone held their breath. I tried to find a little more of the sound I had just heard, but I could only hear the sound of my own heartbeat.

This silence lasted until Sauron's patience ran out.

Just as he was about to get up, the Ringwraith reminded him not to move.

And he knew in his heart that he should trust the Witch King of Angmar at this time.

Whew--Whew――――――

After about two minutes, the breath that had stayed in Zoro's ear was very wet, and he could feel the tongue being soft and waxy, shaking slightly.

A rounded nose drips down a brushed mucus. Through the silhouette of the object seen in the darkness, Sauron shook his head at Jabu beside him, stopping him from drawing his sword. And in the next few minutes, it turned out that Zoro's judgment was not wrong.

When there was a slight noise in the tunnel, the bloodthirsty rat quickly trotted down Sauron's shoulder.

The cubs of the bloodthirsty giant rat were carefully examined before, and the cubs had pointed heads, long snouts, short limbs, short and fat bodies, and were only about 30 centimeters long, and their appearance resembled rats. And he suffers from severe auricular degeneration, and the eye area is covered by fine fur.

At this time, an adult bloodthirsty giant rat pressed over its body, but Zoro could feel that its body length was more than 1.5 meters, and its weight should be about 100 catties.

As for the body structure of the bloodthirsty giant rat, it should be completely adapted to the underground lifestyle. The pair of front feet were large and turned outward, and equipped with powerful claws, which were like two shovels on Sauron's back.

"Danger lifted, light the torch!"

After a close 'close' encounter with the big rat, there was no danger, and after receiving Dole's signal, Thorin quickly beckoned the people behind him to move on.

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In places where the sun does not shine all year round, it is always the darkest and damp existence.

And in this dark tide, there will be something moldy that grows continuously, with its amazing tenacity, hard to grow, and the momentum cannot be stopped. It is like a weed, no matter how bad the environment is, it always shows a lot of vitality.

Different mushrooms have different flavors.

Generally, the smell of poisonous mushrooms is pungent, and those that are not poisonous generally exude fragrance.

But there are exceptions to everything, such as the undead mushroom found in Sauron, which is not only as white as bones. The smell of the strange fragrance kept drilling into his nose from the beginning, reaching his heart and lungs, and the smell made Zoro feel dizzy. At this time, there are already many bear goblins who are somewhat unsteady on their feet.

And if you want to pass through here safely, you can only barely support yourself by covering your mouth and nose with a damp cloth soaked in urine.

"The undead mushroom, even the deadliest poisonous plant in the Shadowlands, is not as poisonous as it is. We're going to collect as much as we can, maybe we'll need it later. Dole said.

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The olfactory system, so to speak, is the third hand that the bloodthirsty giant rat uses to catch food, and it is an extremely sensitive olfactory organ. This is what predators rely on to hunt. As for what they eat on weekdays. Zoro soon discovers that in addition to bloodthirsty giant rats, there are also giant ants, poisonous snakes, and various unnamed molluscs in the cavern.

No one died even in the battle in the hollows of the hills, but here, two strong bear goblins fell.

Encounters with bloodthirsty giant rats several times made almost everyone tense their nerves.

In the first 20 minutes, everyone can also use torches and long swords to disperse poisonous insects, but in the second 20 minutes, the tired and highly concentrated spirit inevitably relaxes, and two dwarves are still accidentally bitten by poisonous snakes.

"We're going to have to leave them here." Thorin sighed.

The bodies of the two dwarves were abandoned in the darkest and most damp crypt.

The next short stretch of the road felt extremely depressing and long, even though it was only two hours, it seemed like two days, or even two months. It seems that I can hear many people asking again in their hearts, "How long will you go to this hellish place?" Where does the front lead? Zoro heard the sound of a bear goblin gasping for air. The dwarves who have lived on the surface for many years are even more unbearable, and the thin oxygen makes their faces turn red and they have difficulty breathing. I can vaguely hear the unwilled ones muttering to themselves on this stretch, and it looks like they might lose their minds at any moment.

After all, some people's endurance is not as strong as they think.

Finally, near the exit, a thin light shone in from the other end of the crypt.

However, everyone's face was not happy.

"Be careful! ――――”

Dole, who was walking in the front, whispered, and immediately someone gestured to the person behind him.

In the eyes, several bloodthirsty giant rats blocking the entrance of the crypt seemed to be asleep.

With the help of bright light, Sauron could finally see what they looked like.

In Zoro's point of view, the bloodthirsty giant rat's most iconic features, in addition to its ugly appearance, are its pig-like sniffing nose and several exposed razor-sharp fangs.

…… Their tails are small and powerful, their ears have no outer outline, and their bodies are dense, short, silky, black-brown hairs with unfixed tips pointing in a certain direction, and they are crooked and messy.

The crypt is very humid and prone to breeding earthworms and poisonous insects.

And these characteristics are perfect for giant rats, running freely around the long and narrow tunnels.

Of course, it will also be very convenient for it to eat in the underground 'restaurant' on a regular basis.