Chapter 699: The Treasure Cave (Part I)
The battle ended in five minutes, and the corpses of trolls lay on the ruins of the mountain city, including the elite monster troll hunters.
"Get out of hereβ"
The Flame Seeker yelled at the group of players in front of them who were intent on causing trouble, and the group of people left in disgrace, some of them couldn't control their greed and looked back at the shiny drops that burst out next to the troll's corpse, but when their eyes swept to Qianfan and Charles, who had just finished hand-to-hand combat and were covered in blood, they suddenly felt a chill in their hearts and sped up their pace.
This is just a small episode, the chaos inside the mountain city, full of trolls, alchemy creatures and the ghosts of ancient dwarves, especially in the area of the mountain city palace, the team almost clashed with a team of players, but fortunately, the Flying Flame Seeker took the initiative to report his name, how to say that he is also a small celebrity, and has a certain influence on the official website forum, so the player team took the initiative to retreat, and the team leader even asked for a friend position of the Flying Flame Seeker.
The ruins of the dwarven mountain city on the surface are not without good things, but the situation is too chaotic, not to mention the Flying Flame Seekers, and the rest of the team has no intention of lingering longer.
At around 3 p.m., the team successfully entered the underground tunnel from the surface mountain town.
It seems to be the interior of the volcano, with tunnel after tunnel connecting the different hills, and if you take the wrong path, you may end in an open-air cave on a cliff halfway up the mountain, or an abyss full of lava.
The temperature inside the tunnel rises sharply to about 40 degrees Celsius, and it tends to climb deeper and deeper.
From the moment he stepped into the second floor of the Treasure Cave, the Flame Seeker lost the ease of the first layer, as his entire face was covered in sweat due to the heat. With a tense expression, he led the team through the intricate labyrinth of tunnels, stopping from time to time. Look at a scribbled map manuscript and look around.
"The first node!"
The Flame Seeker stopped at the end of a tunnel that appeared to be blocked by collapsing rock, and the smooth walls had no traps, but the Wanderer groped his way around one of the walls. He grabbed a handful of black dust from the bag and sprinkled it on the area in front of him.
Whoop whoop.
In a crisp sound, a palm-sized flame streak. Emerge from the walls.
With a casual hand, the Flame Seeker placed his palm on the Flame Pattern, and after ten seconds or so, Charles suddenly stared at the wall on the side of his right hand. "This wall is gone......"
"Huh?" The shadow thief lalala was puzzled. But when she saw Charles's serious expression, she couldn't help but take a few steps and reach out to touch the wall, but half of her arm disappeared into the wall.
"Fake! A cloud of air! The Lori-sized human shadow thief's eyes widened.
"What's that dust on you?" The female mage Jami stared at the Flame Seeker's right palm, which was still clinging to the black dust.
"Some props that temporarily break the illusion." The Flame Seeker whispered, "It's just a small thing that replaces spell scrolls and spell potions, and it's not worth mentioning. Note that through this false wall, we will enter a stone chamber where we may encounter gray dwarves. Maybe it's the fire elemental, so get ready for battle! β
"I'll go firstβ"
Qianfan raised his sword and shield. The first to disappear through the wall, Charles said to Ren Qingwu: "Wait for you to follow me, if you are not in the right state, hurry up and eat the blood vial to return blood, I may not be able to take care of you." β
Ren Qingwu nodded very knowingly.
To put it bluntly, she is just a drag oil bottle that needs to be taken care of by the team now, and trying to be as well-behaved as possible without making trouble is a help to the team.
The crowd stood at the mouth of a tunnel in an underground cavern.
No one lights the torch, and the Flame Seeker's advanced class is 'Dungeon Explorer', which is an advancement that is biased towards PVE gameplay, and after taking office, you can obtain [Dark Vision] (60 feet), [Dungeon Survival], [Trap Dodge], and [Bone Shrinking Skill] These abilities.
Vision is only the most basic ability of 'Dungeon Explorer'.
There was a spell in the darkness that lit up and disappeared.
Jami threw a [Dark Vision] spell at herself, Charles had the passive visual effect provided by the accessory, and Qianfan, Lalala, and Ren Qingwu also gained 60 feet of dark vision through spell scrolls and spell potions.
"It's a bunch of fire dwarves!"
The Flame Seeker leads a team exploring the grotto, and while he spots the monsters, the Fire Dwarves also spot the outsiders.
The leading fire dwarf model warrior shouted loudly.
Under normal circumstances, the Fire Dwarves of the [Orderly Neutral] faction will not actively attack the player, but the group of Fire Dwarves in the Treasure Cave Tunnel seems to be a group of slaves in the service of powerful creatures.
Seeing the player, these fire dwarves immediately picked up their well-crafted warhammers and charged.
"Thankfully, it's not a gray dwarf!" The Flame Seeker wiped the sweat from his forehead and retreated behind Charles and Qianfan, "Great God, I'll leave it to you!" β
More than 20 fire dwarf minions plus 3 elite fire dwarf warriors, the number of monsters is a bit large, so Charles and Qianfan deliberately gathered the fire dwarves, without prior communication, Jemi raised his staff, and the cold breath suddenly filled the circular area with a radius of 30 feet, and the surrounding rocks quietly climbed on a layer of white clothing.
Three-ring plastic energy spell, [Ice Explosion]!
Charles scurried through the monster piles with shields and flail swings, and the Iron Star Stream martial arts only had the 'Chain Cage' as a group AOE-style skill, but he didn't intend to use a master-level genre move against these Muggle monsters.
Bang! Bang!
The 'Corrupt Flails' smashed through the fire dwarves, and even if the charr didn't activate the enchantment effect of the flails, the rune damage alone would be able to eat the fire dwarves.
Double Weapon Damage!
So, when the range effect of [Ice Blast] dissipated, several members of the team discovered that the hatred of the fire dwarves was actually on Charles, including the 3 fire dwarf warriors!
Charles was not flustered, pulled out the emblem a little distance, and recited the incantation, "-[Blight Swarm] (Five Rings)!" β
A dense buzzing sound immediately sounded in the underground grotto, and Lalala, Flying Flame Seeker and the others looked up and were taken aback, the original cave space, which was not very spacious, was almost covered by the black dark clouds formed by the locust swarm.
In particular, Charles manipulated the locust swarm to continuously attack the fire dwarves, and now the fire dwarf formation was completely scattered, and the encirclement that had just been formed was blocked, and Charles and Qianfan were able to happily guerrilla in the monster group.
It seemed that the efficiency was too slow, so Lala simply jumped down to participate in the battle.
She's nimble, wielding a pair of light-bladed weapons that can switch between dagger and dagger forms at will, and every time she sneaks out of stealth, one or two fire dwarves fall with a muffled grunt.
This time the battle was slightly extended to about ten minutes.
There were no casualties.
Even, until the end of the battle, Charles and Qianfan, who are the vanguard of hand-to-hand combat, still maintain their HP around 80%.
After Flying Flame Seeker and Ren Qingwu cleaned up the loot together, they continued to lead the team through the cave.
It's back to the complex labyrinth of tunnels.
But everyone was aware of the difference.
The walls are no longer bare, with patterns and holes that resemble those on the surface of volcanic rock.
"Be careful, the second maze may be attacked by monsters at any time!" The Flame Seeker looked around, and with the help of the [Blind Sense] ability that the 'Dungeon Explorer' obtained from lv5 onwards, through reconnaissance methods such as hearing, smelling, and air movement, he could easily perceive the monsters that might exist in this section of the tunnel.
After walking about two hundred meters, the Flame Seeker found the Flame Spider lurking at the top of the tunnel in advance, and the team completed the cleanup.
Soon, the Flame Seeker led the team to open the second grotto's Flame Pattern, and the team engaged in a fierce battle with a group of invisible gray dwarves, without the protection of Zeke, a wolf, Ren Qingwu was almost killed by a gray dwarf.
The third labyrinth.
Here, the tunnel becomes wider, and the ambient temperature actually drops.
One small stone chamber after another was connected, and in each stone chamber the human remains were scattered, some of which had recently died, been drained of water, and some were dried up.
"We have a large treasure palace in front of and behind us, but each of them has a dragon guarding ...... near adulthood," said the Flame Seeker.
"Dragon Keeper?" The shadow thief was surprised, "It can't be the blue dragon and black dragon we saw when we first entered the troll mountain, right?" β
"It's those two things!"
The Flying Flame Seeker said in a deep voice: "In addition to the half-adult dragons, there is also a large group of dragon servants, the last time I came with the aboriginal treasure hunters, we didn't try to clean the front hall and the back hall, and directly found the passage on the bottom floor and went down to the third floor. β
"Then go to the third floor!"
Charles and Jami spoke almost in unison.
As they spoke, their eyes were a little cold when they looked at each other.
"Uh......" the Flame Seeker hurriedly said, "The passage on the ground floor is very special, if you don't enter through the front hall and the back hall, then the third passage will have to be opened by my exclusive professional ability!" β
The Flame Seeker leads the crowd to a dead end.
"Hidden Flame Emblem again?" The shadow thief covered his mouth and yawned, with a bored expression of "I saw through".
"Hey, lalala, open your eyes for me!"
His right palm pressed against the rough and uneven tunnel wall, and this time there were no secret patterns on the wall, and everyone in the team was surprised to see the wanderer who was emitting a magical aura around him.
"Spell-like abilities?" Charles was surprised.
A small magic door looms over the wall.
This is the Phase Gate, through which the Flame Seeker can easily reach the other side of the wall.
"Don't!" At this time, the Flying Flame Seeker quickly grabbed the shadow thief who was about to come forward, and said in horror: "Don't touch the phase door, this door is very unstable, and only one creature is allowed to pass through." β
"Besides, I can only use this spell-like ability once a day!"
After saying that, the Flying Flame Seeker was obviously afraid of another mess, so he quickly entered the phase gate without saying a word.
"Boom"
After about six or seven minutes, the dead-end wall turned out to be like a doorway, and it slowly opened to both sides. (To be continued.) )
PS: Chapter 2 is updated in the evening.