Chapter 018: Ruins

A gloomy cave, damp and filled with a disgusting stench of decay. From time to time, some cold water seeped out from above the walls on both sides, and it dripped down, staying rhythmically in the puddle.

Grant saw through the golden flames that maggots were arching the scarlet carrion, and the sunken chest cavity was as if it had been hit hard, the sternum was shattered, and the exposed muscles were all maggots and rotting.

"This Monkey Lord has been dead for two days, and it seems that he has been attacked by rotting spells on the surface, and has been seriously injured by blunt blows, resulting in a shattered chest cavity, a fatal injury, and there are also different minor injuries to his limbs, and the blood is specially released."

After looking closely, Grant could roughly determine the cause of death of the human-faced monkey lord in front of him. But it is not easy to solve the lord of level 12, and the number of mages on the other side is at least two.

"Now shall we move on?"

Teffel asked tentatively.

"Go ahead and see what's there." Grant's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a look of recognition.

He was certain that he would escape safely.

"Refe!" Grant's eyes were fixed on the front as he picked up the Moon Elf longsword and placed the hilt towards the end, pointing the tip of the sword underneath for the fastest attack.

In the pitch black environment, the long-haired Refy scales emitted a faint pale green fluorescence, which seemed to automatically produce a faint light due to adaptation to the night and pitch black environment.

She half-crouched, silently disappearing into a dark corner, and even the green light on her body gradually disappeared.

"Let's go."

Grant stood at the front and gave an order, feeling the need to put the poisonous centipede on the ground. Be prepared to attack, even if the damage reaches level seven. But Grant knew that being like a first-order mage could only make them feel severe pain, and nothing else could be done.

"Let's go. We followed. ”

"Pay attention to protect the three mages, and the ones with round shields are on the outside."

The three knight squires began to line up in a certain formation, their expressions grim, as if they had encountered a problem that they had to face with all their strength, a warrior of the rank of a formal knight, if it was an ordinary imperial class, it would be a minor nobleman.

They are the valiant knights of the battlefield, second only to the Knights of Glory.

But in the mage's world and adventures, it can only be used as some simple squires and pathfinder stones, which is mysterious. A world full of weirdness and danger is never something they can touch.

The narrow walkway, I don't know how long, the farther they went, the more the ground became more and more hollow, as if they were slowly moving underground.

"These places are starting to pile up on the surface with bricks and stones, can't they be inhabited?"

Grant advanced a kilometer or so, crouching down and carefully stroking the marks on the black wall, the decaying masonry seemed to have softened, and the surface was fluffy like bread. With a slight wave, the rustling lime slowly fell down, and there was a glimmer of shiny gold on the fine sand.

"Strange place." Grant wondered, and moved on. When they advanced a kilometer or so again, they found bundles of torches lit on the walls on both sides, and the sporadic light of the fire was like a muddy oil lamp. Reflect a small area around you.

Suddenly, a knight called.

Both Tiffel and Taylor caught attention. Carrying the corner of the robe, he hurried over to observe. Grant also lunged forward, and then looked down at the disposed scarf. The red blood didn't dry up in particular, as if it had just been left behind.

"It seems that someone has been living here all along, and he must have killed a lot of people or monsters."

Tefiel tried to speculate, and at the same time carefully sniffed the smell coming from above, but could not distinguish the specific appearance, which was quite curious.

Grant silently watched everything in front of him, and he was also wondering what the hell was going on.

Just as he was thinking about the situation here, a black streamer suddenly cut through a silk thread and passed through the front of the torch, causing the flame of the torch to sway a few times and then not move again.

"Poof!"

A stream of bewitching blood surged from Rafi's chest, and scarlet blood flowed down the wound.

Grant quickly took out a handful of dust from his waist bag and threw it at the sky, the incantation on the corner of his mouth causing the dust in the air to suddenly turn into sunlight and illuminate the narrow passage.

"Ah......h

Screams of pain rang out, and in the corner in front of them squatted two thieves in black hunting suits, with a cross sword on their backs and daggers at their waists. Holding a mechanical stun in his hand, he tried to kill everyone who invaded here with a bow and arrow, but they didn't expect the sudden arrival of Grant to cause glitter dust.

"Vertigo!"

"Vertigo!"

Grant threw two auxiliary spells in a row, and mobilized Refi to immediately step forward and kill one, leaving only one alive to extract some topics and clues from it.

Rafi grabbed the black arrow and slammed it down, his towering and full chest filled with a perfect curve, and at this time, the blood also slowly flowed down it, and the blood flow rate was significantly greater than before.

The dragon's claws stepped on his two feet, and the speed ghostly approached one of the thieves, and with a stab of both hands, it pierced directly through the heart, and the one that was still thumping exploded at once, and the viscous blood in the sky spilled all around, dripping onto the body of the other thief, from head to toe, there was no place that was not dripped.

"Humans, who are you?"

Refey spoke to the thief in jerky human language, sharp claws gently pressing against his chin, and if he dared to make any dangerous movements, the claws would instantly pierce his throat, causing him to fall to the ground without making any movement.

"Ah, why do you speak human language. You guys, this is the Dark Staff's territory, remember to get out of here. ”

The thief staggered to his knees in fear, but his legs were numb and he did not dare to move because of the sharpness. The claws that exuded cold air were always four or five centimeters away from his neck.

"The Staff of Darkness? What a coincidence, this has just entered the Staff of Light. Now that I've just come here and met the Staff of Darkness, it looks like I'm quite lucky. ”

Grant looked around in a dark corner. There was no one else at all, and he couldn't help but sneer three or four times, an occasion like this in front of him was definitely an opportunity for him to make a dead move, just like just now.

He has never let go of those who want to kill him. Like the sacrifice that gave the soul seed in Wanghuo City, he didn't have the slightest idea of letting go. As long as he waited until he had dealt with the seeds in his body, he decided to settle accounts with him.

As for the thief now, Grant has already pronounced the death sentence for him in his heart.

"Who are you? Where did the mage come from. ”

The thief trembled with fear, and he was even more frightened by the strange appearance in front of him. A female monster with horns. And like a mage is slightly better, after all, at least a lot of it has been seen.

"Hmph, a thief talks to a mage. You, as the dog leg of the Staff of Darkness, have forgotten the dignity of mages and ordinary professions, and I don't think you dare want to try the poison of centipedes. ”

A rustling sound sounded, and a pitch-black, half-sized centipede crawled out of the corner, and with the help of the dim light, the hideous thick shell could be seen, and the dense arthropods made me feel dizzy just by looking at it. No one dared to approach immediately, for fear of causing an attack.

The centipede climbed to the thief's lower body and touched his private parts slightly with the jaw of his forefoot.

"I'm sorry Master Mage, I'm just a low-level servant."

The thieves finally broke down a bit. He shouted in fear and quickly apologized, for fear that the centipede would puncture his brother with a sharp jaw, and the pain was terrifying just thinking about it.

"What are you doing here? Hurry up and tell me. Grant sat on the ground. The tip of the sword rubbed against the thief's leather armor, and the silver sword light flickered. It dazzled the thief's eyes.

"Can I not say it?" The thief was so aggrieved that he was dripping with beads of sweat the size of beans on his pale face. And when I breathe heavily, I exhale and inhale, and my chest rises and falls obviously.

"Nope." Grant shook his head, a sword stabbed him in the left leg, and bright red blood gurgled out. The pain was so intense that the thief screamed at once, and he gritted his teeth and nodded bitterly.

"I said, it was the two mages who found a ruin here, and in order to conceal it, the others brought me and the third, the fourth, and the fourth, and the four thieves here, and the third and fifth were all dead along the way, and now I am the only one left. As for the mages, they had a cellar ahead. ”

"They're dealing with two mechanical golems."

Grant's face was slightly stunned when he heard the ruins. He was no stranger to ruins, but he didn't expect that there was an obscure ruin here, and after asking about the strength of the mage twice, he also had a basic judgment.

"A second-order mage or a first-order top mage can completely hire a knight of glory or the top-level assassin, and there is no need for such a semi-elite level."

"Can you let me go?" The thief looked at Grant aggrievedly, his eyes wide open, and he looked pitiful.

Granette nodded, his eyes signaling. Refey also pierced his throat with a sharp claw and struck him in the head, killing the thief before he could react.

"I know now, there is a ruin."

Grant nodded excitedly.

"Two first-order mages, we can try. After all, he just happened to hide from everyone, and we just need to do a little bit of black hands, and I don't think they know either. ”

Teffier also rose a little excited, this kind of behind-the-scenes thing is not too new in the mage world, every year there will be many mages who lose their treasures in vain because of this condition.

"Sister, I'm really going to do it."

"Yes." Tenfil glanced at Taylor and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, then this matter will be decided for the time being, now move on, if according to what the thieves said, they should be dealing with the mechanical golems now, it stands to reason that it is the moment when the mana is relatively exhausted, we can take advantage of this opportunity to solve the two of them in one fell swoop."

Grant turned his head to talk to Tiffel. They all understood that the ruins themselves contained a lot of treasures, such as the products of alchemy, enchanted weapons, spell notes, and the value of corpse remains. There are also magic stones, and even magic crystals used in ancient times are very valuable things.

"I understand this for the time being, so I can go and see it now."

Tefir nodded. Also confirmed.

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In the middle of a quiet passage hall, the walls of the surrounding area have been hollowed out. Then a brazier was placed inside, and the firewood and magical power caused the flames to crackle and still burn, several times brighter than the torches, so that all parts of the hall could be illuminated clearly.

"Click! Click! ”

The empty hall was filled with two pitch-black metal golems that resembled human appearances, but had no heads, and eight fingers on their arms, each with a sharp sword. At this moment, the metal heavy shells thumped straight up.

"Cobweb Corrosion!"

Two black-robed old mages stared at the puppet in front of them, and they continuously consumed spells to drain the puppet's energy. It took two days to consume it even under such continuous consumption.

The pitch-black metal armor jumped out of two steps, creating a lot of depressions on the surface, and the important magic connection circuits were destroyed, and the continuous joints were clattering and stiff.

"Great, Helf, those two puppets can't hold on to it, we'll have to get them done this time, and we'll have half of the cellar stuff when we're done."

"Of course."

The two old men with white eyebrows and beards both laughed cheaply. Make a hey-hey sound. Raising the staff in his hand and pointing into the distance, countless cumbersome and obscure incantations once again bombarded the other party.

"Green Poison Mist!"

An old man threw out an emerald green vine seed, and the incantation caused the seed to take root and smell of rot. The green mist wrapped tightly around the puppet's body like a cloud of liquid, inserting the last sword into the already fragile metal watch armor.

When the energy in the body is rapidly consumed, the puppet can't stand such repeated consumption. Fall to the ground.

"Great, get rid of them."

Both old mages raised their hands excitedly. But without warning, they turned to look at the three figures behind them, and their eyes showed annoyance.

"Thank you. Now leave the things in it to me, don't worry, I want to give me such a good thing is the most cost-effective thing. What do you think? ”

"When did you come? Two days ago or a day ago. ”

"Neither." Grant shook his head, he knew that the two mages in front of him were also the last thread, like their current spiritual perception that they didn't even find out in the back just now, which also clearly showed that they were now more tired and a little uneconomical.

"And how did you come here?"

"No, you still have to ask about this matter slowly when you go back to hell, as for now, you are still ready for tomorrow's arrangements, I have other things now."

Grant quietly held the long sword in his hand, and at the same time, his whole body was in a state of explosion, ready to deal with the sudden counterattack of the two old men, he would not stand here in vain and let the other party attack.

"How could it be such a coincidence."

Their eyes were stunned, but the next second, their faces suddenly became calm. They raised their right hands one after another, and a fiery red fist-sized bead quickly appeared in their hands. Then slap hard in Grant's direction.

"Explode me!"

The two mages from the Staff of Darkness will never lose to anyone in terms of ruthlessness, and the black-robed mages are naturally darker.

"Boom!"

The entire passage was shaking. Countless flames scattered wildly. Everyone's eyes were pierced by the violent explosion for a moment.

The moment Grant sensed the danger, he immediately tore open a scroll, and countless elemental powers kept intertwining into an energy shield of ice crystals in front of his chest, and the surface exuded a trace of cold power.

"Damn, didn't expect to waste a spell scroll. The mage scrolls left behind by Master Kuran were considered to have been used up, and there were only two scrolls that he had obtained from Tefiel. ”

Grant's face turned slightly pale, and he immediately waved his hand to throw out mental confusion, and he knew that the most diligent attack just now had always been the mage, and his mana was supposed to consume the most, so it was a good thing to attack him alone.

The three knights in the back were originally held with round shields, but at the same time as they were attacked by energy, a mouthful of blood spat out from the corner of their mouths, and countless energy tilting ripples spread to both sides, and they couldn't help but fly upside down on the ground.

Only Teffir and Taylor were able to hold up the protective enchantment in time was not much of a problem, but they also knew a little about the mages of the Staff of Darkness, and even if they were laughing in the next second, they would definitely not hesitate to strike, and the power was amazing.

"Don't be stunned, hurry up and attack with spells!"

Grant picked up his sword and rushed over, he and Refei attacked one after the other, chanting and applying an elemental shield to himself, giving himself an extra guarantee.

"Dingding......

Grant stabbed with a sword, and the milky white halo of the Full Moon Elf long sword attached to the surface of the blade, making the blade sharper, but when the tip of the sword touched the opponent's chest, a crisp spark collision sound also sounded. Grant couldn't help but stagger a few steps and stopped behind.

The mage on the opposite side was also pale, spitting a mouthful of blood and wanting to retreat to the back.

"Flame Beads!"

"Frozen Orb of the Second Order!"

Two spells fell from the sky, and suddenly fell on the mage at the front. The explosive power of the flame is almost the most powerful of all the elements, but when it falls inside, there is also a trace of strange conditions.

"These two guys naturally come from that team, and it may be a shame for them, but it's more about the identification of the classification." A classmate said in the class like this, (To be continued.) )