Chapter 022: Emptiness
"Be sure to kill with one hit, and don't make any mistakes. "There is no more time to hesitate www.biquge.info, this is the order that Sauron gave to the Ringwraith. Because he knew that there was no other way to get through the crypt than to do so. The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable the situation becomes.
Received orders from Sauron. The Witch King of Angmar took the lead towards the bloodthirsty giant rat.
Zoro motioned to Thorin and selected a few dwarven warriors, one deep and one shallow, also cautiously approaching.
Staring at the ugly face of the giant rat up close.
At this time, Thorin's focused eyes bulged slightly, forming a plane with the eye sockets, and the moment he raised his long sword, his eyes looked a little tough because of his heart's blood.
Suddenly.
PhewββββHumββββββ
A bloodthirsty giant rat suddenly woke up, stretched out its nose and inhaled. As if smelling an unknown danger approaching.
But also because its eyes are sunken deep under the skin, and its vision is completely degraded to nothing, so the brave dwarf can still maintain his composure.
Calm and tense, the tip of the sword in the hands of Thorin and several dwarves was aimed at the throat or heart of the bloodthirsty giant rat.
Puff -
The Ringwraith Witch King Angmar suddenly appeared, and then his sword fell. Thorin and the dwarves around him also immediately took action.
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Arrived safely at the other end of the devouring crypt. The scene in front of him was basically the same as what Dole had said.
The only discrepancy, the disgusting smell here, was completely beyond Sauron's imagination.
"It seems that what the bear goblin said before is still not detailed enough."
Zoro smiled bitterly at Yabu, in front of him, this was a strange foul of stagnant water, even if the wind fell on it, I am afraid it would not be able to blow the slightest ripple.
In the few places that can be seen clearly, the 'leftovers' of trolls are mostly human and animal internal organs, and most of them are bones. Over the years, it was enough to make the stagnant water almost fermented into 'green wine', and it was full of maggot-like white foam. Those disgusting red fat worms that resembled earthworms were enough for Yasuo to be glad that he hadn't suffered from any dense phobia.
The third jumped into the filth.
I slipped and almost lost my balance. Sauron's originally muscular hand was now clenching the hilt of his sword and using it as a crutch. And the green tendons on the back of his hand under the filthy water must have been more obvious. I just hope it doesn't cause the urge of those red maggots to come up and take a bite.
"Go down!"
Seeing Sauron, Jab, and the dwarf Thorin all jumped down. Dole, with a quick order, the bear goblins followed him, one by one quietly falling into the disgusting pile of 'slurry'.
If this stinking pile of paste could be called a ditch, each step forward, both legs had to cut through the slime that wrapped around the thighs like scissors. At this moment, from the neck down, everyone's nose is full of foul and pungent smell.
The green paste was mixed with minced meat, dead branches, bones, and feces, and a ditch of green stagnant water, and this was certainly not a place where anyone wanted to stay.
Alerted to the fact that there were no trolls nearby, everyone quickened the speed of their trek, and strode hard under their feet, until they turned a 90-degree visual blind spot, and everyone's eyes suddenly opened up, and a different scene appeared.
Along the ditch more than ten meters wide, at the end of this stagnant water, there is a recessed semi-hole space, as if it is embedded in the rock and wrapped in steps, on both sides of the huge half-hole space, there are two rows of steps like high platforms.
"It can be seen that the troll's excrement is about the same as our castle in the shade of greenery. If anyone wants to experience it, I can stand here and wait for him. β
Zoro's humor, because it is somewhat abrupt, achieves a certain unexpected effect.
Especially when everyone is tense because of the vigilance and nervousness.
"If anyone wants to cut off half of their big white ass and stay here, I don't object to the Dragon Court Lord's proposal." Dole's answer made the nervous bear goblin's face finally relax slightly. And the hilt of the sword that the other dwarves clenched in their hands was no longer so strong, and everyone's mouths were more or less relaxed and smiling.
Staring at the tunnel ahead, Dole said to the bear goblins, "A team of five, hurry up and occupy the passage ahead." β
As Thorin said earlier, "Bear goblins know how to work together when attacking." β
One by one, the bear goblins stepped on the rocks that were out of the water and waded through the deepest places, and finally made their way up the rough stone staircase, quickly dodging into the staircase sandwiched between the half-holes.
Externally, the ogre's buildings are made of heavy stone. Inside it, Sauron soon found carvings of all sorts of animals. There are giants, dragons, strange birds, etc. Perhaps the trolls have a different aesthetic from humans, and although they are hateful, these carvings have allowed Sauron to fundamentally change some preconceived and misconceptions. For example, Sauron used to think that trolls were stupid, inferior creeps.
Jab seemed to see Sauron's confusion, and pointed to the carvings and said, "Trolls are very intelligent, and even know art. In the Kingdom of Fran, there are also one or two trolls tribes, these monsters are hierarchical, and it is said that the highest trolls are called ogres, not only developed intelligence, but also not lacking in cultivation and elegance like human nobles. β
Curious about anything he sees in this world, Sauron delves into the passages sandwiched between the half-holes. In fact, this stone step tunnel was not as dangerous and long as he imagined, only less than thirty meters. You can easily see through the exit at a glance, and there is not a single trolls guarding you, let alone seeing any ogres.
It's just that I've just arrived at the other end of the tunnel, and it's too late to observe.
In Sauron's ears, there was a flickering sound floating from the direction of the east side of the trolls tribe. These sounds are in the ears for a while, disappear for a while, clear and shocking for a while, and a miserable howl for a while. But the kind of momentum that can only be found on a large-scale battlefield will not be misheard by anyone who has experienced war.
Following the direction from which the sound came, the view was separated by a hazy curtain of raindrops.
As expected, the Zhongpingling army is on the offensive. All the remaining forces of the trolls are in their way. And at this moment, in front of Zoro and his party, the trolls tribe is showing an unprecedented emptiness.
The Thorn Forest was originally the sphere of influence of several trolls tribes, and the trolls tribe in front of him was not weak.
According to Thorin's previous estimates, this trolls tribe should have at least 10,000 troops.
Such a huge military strength once made the surrounding human lords feel terrified.