"Huh?"

There was a burst of surprise on Arrow's face, and he hurriedly stepped forward.

"President, what do you think ......?"

Cream's hands were covered in blood, and he held a huge heart in his hand, the top half of which was gold, but the bottom half was still made of muscle. At the junction of the two, there is a faint feeling that gold is gradually growing.

Arrow frowned and shook his head slowly. But then thinking about it, he still handed the heart in his hand to the puppet behind him.

"Look, Captain, it looks like not every heart of a corpse eater is gold. There are also some that are in the process of being transformed. ”

The puppet picked up the half-flesh and half-gold heart, looked left and right, frowned and said, "So, what does this mean?" ”

This means less money.

Although Arrow thought so in his heart, it was impossible for him to say it directly. After a moment of hesitation, he sighed slightly and said, "Let me say it, it means that these ghouls don't have gold nuggets on their hearts in the first place. It may take some time...... Come...... Nurturing and the like. Let's look at the other end. “

As he spoke, Arrow walked over to Brad over there. Brad also slit open the corpse's chest after some effort, and this time ......

"There is no gold."

Arrow frowned, sighed, and said—

"The chest of this head is just some slimy, rotten flesh. In terms of size, this one is also the smallest, and it looks like a 'juvenile body' that has not yet grown. ”

Since a corpse eater does not necessarily produce gold nuggets, Airo's idea of killing two or so white-headed corpse eaters to save up a thousand gold coins is clearly shattered.

However, since there is disappointment, it is necessary to take advantage of this disappointment. After all, the facts are in front of you, and it is better to find a way to transfer your disadvantages to your advantage than to do nothing.

Arrow got up, turned to the puppet behind him, and said, "But on the other hand, since there may not be a nugget of gold in the chest cavity of a ghoul, then we can also bring this half-heart, half-gold thing back and give it to the Count, which also explains why we have been here for so long and have not received three pieces of gold after killing three ghouls." From that point of view, it's better for the agreement between us, isn't it? ”

Captain Muppet thought for a moment, and then he pulled out the piece of gold from his pocket again. After a moment's hesitation, he looked back at his teammates behind him.

Nuggets, not too small.

For soldiers, the money can definitely be used to enjoy for a long time.

Now that there is a way to deal with it, it is better to do something that makes everyone happy than to fall into the hands of the earl, and look at the greedy and happy eyes of those teammates behind him.

Thinking of this, the Muppet Captain laughed again, he put the gold nugget back in his arms, took a piece of cloth from the hands of the team, wrapped the half-gold, half-heart substance, and let the team carry it.

"Well, no way. I agree with you, President Arrow, that with this piece of gold, it doesn't matter if we kill a few more ghouls, because not every monster has a nugget in its chest. Well...... Can we move on? ”

Looking at the current look in the Muppet Captain's eyes, Arrow knew that the greedy side of the soldier's personality had been stimulated.

That's not a bad thing, at least not yet.

Turning around and making a slight adjustment, Airo confirmed the physical condition of each guild member, the equipment they carried, and the food and drink. After confirming that there were no problems, he nodded.

"Well, let's move on."

————

Raise the torch and move on.

It didn't take long for the mermaid song, which had taken the lead, to come back to that narrow passage.

The faint light of the fire was very dazzling in this small passage, and the light could even illuminate the patterns and words on the ceiling.

All the members are moving slowly, vigilant about everything.

Especially the Mermaid Song who has experienced the last exploration, as the front of the team, Brad has always held a shield, vigilant of all the unknowns in the darkness ahead.

All around, the twisted carvings of the city reappeared.

Accompanied by those words that made people look a little "strange", Arrow involuntarily covered his chest.

This is the second time he has explored, because the last time he walked here and got a slap from Brad, he was doubly vigilant this time.

At the same time, he is also wary of not looking at the carvings on the wall, hoping to keep himself in a state of not being too nervous......

~~Come, come to me~~

~~ I will dispel the darkness in your heart and give you the greatest gift~~

“！！！”

Smack——!

Auditory hallucinations reappeared, and Arrow slapped himself without hesitation. This crisp sound spread far away in this narrow passage, making Brad in front of him stop and look back, and the puppet team behind also stopped to look at him with some surprise.

"What's wrong with you?"

The whiskey behind him asked.

Arrow didn't answer directly, he held his breath and listened silently.

No......

Those strange whispers are gone.

Is this really an auditory halluciation caused by excessive mental stress?

Arrow raised his head, looked at the crowd around him, and asked, "Did you hear anything just now?" ”

Polyester laughed, this guy rubbed his shoulder that was still wounded, and smiled: "I only heard the sound of you slapping yourself." What's wrong? The president of Mermaid Song still has this fetish? Slap yourself for fun? ”

Arrow didn't answer, just breathed a sigh of relief.

When he raised his head and scanned the carvings on the walls around him again, he made sure that his mental state was not so nervous that he would hallucinate, and then said, "It's okay, let's move on." Ahead was a large hollow with a huge pool of water, where there were probably many corpse eaters. It's possible that the Corpse Eater King was there too, so we have to be careful. ”

Now that Arrow is fine, the crowd moves on.

But as he walked, Arrow's heart was still worried about the voice that was whispering in his head just now.

So what is it exactly?

What is it that can dispel the darkness in one's heart?

If you do get to that thing, that thing ...... What would you "give" yourself as a gift......

The more he thought about it, the more he didn't understand, and as he was about to reach the exit of the tunnel, Arrow shook his head, putting all these thoughts behind him and concentrating on the situation in front of him.

Get out of the tunnel...... However, the situation in front of him made Arrow feel a little different.

First of all, there is the issue of light.

The last time I visited, the entire ceiling was covered in glowing moss that looked like stars. Although the light did not reach the point where it was daylight, it at least allowed people to see the size of the hollow in the pool.

But now, it was pitch black, and the torches in the hands of a few people could only illuminate a range of about 20 meters nearby, but there was no way to illuminate the distance at all.

"Be careful."

There was no light, and I don't know how many corpse eaters were hidden in that darkness, which made Arrow a little nervous, and whispered.

The four members of Brad, Cream, Coco, and Parfay are also vigilant and make defensive postures. Although Whiskey and Polyester had never been here, seeing that Arrow was so nervous, he couldn't help but raise the weapon in his hand and stand beside the guild members.

However, the puppet team behind did not show an expression of facing a great enemy, and the puppet, as the captain, waved his hand to a member behind him, who nodded, and then took out a scroll from his equipment pocket, opened it, and lightly scratched the scroll a few times.

Poof-

With a slight sound, a ball of light suddenly ejected from the scroll. The sunlight-like light slowly rose into the air, completely illuminating the place that made Arrow extremely nervous in one breath.

"Scroll spells?"

Arrow was slightly stunned for a moment, but then he showed a look of envy.

After all, it's all money! The ability to seal magic in special scrolls and then use them means that the price of such scrolls is not cheap. At least, this is definitely not something that a small guild like oneself can afford to use every mission.

Thinking so, Arrow jerked his gaze to Coco next to him.

And this little necromancer suddenly came into contact with Arrow's eyes, and seemed to be frightened by this serious look at once, and a little cringe.

However, it was useless to stare at her. After all, no matter how much the necromancer thinks, it is impossible to release this kind of light magic, right? Alas, forget it.

Arrow withdrew his gaze from staring at Coco and turned to look at the entire cavern.

Unlike the last time, what was originally thought to be a pool in the middle is now completely empty, replaced by a huge void that seems to reach the abyss in the center of the earth! Around the hollow are a number of spiral-shaped downward passages that seem to have been artificially carved, each capable of accommodating two carriages side by side. It doesn't look like a simple road to build, just for people to pass through.

"Heh, this iron pit was really deep at that time."

The Muppet walked to the edge of the Abyssal Jaw and looked down.

Even the power of light magic could not reach the bottom of the cavern. He threw the torch down in his hand, and watched as the light of the torch grew smaller and smaller, until it was gone. No one knows how deep this abyssal mouth is.

Arrow also watched the torch fall, frowned, shook his head and said: "The water here will disappear, then it means that there should be a sea water below, and there will be a difference between high tide and low tide." Now that the situation is unknown, I suggest that we retreat for the time being, and wait until we confirm the time of the tide to rise and fall here, otherwise we will be too dangerous if we are halfway through and the water will suddenly rise. ”

It's a pity that Arrow's suggestion was rejected by the puppet captain shaking his head. He could see that the captain's eyes were already full of obsession with the gold nuggets, and this mood was really understandable to Arrow. After all, with their large numbers, those who no longer pose a great threat to the corpse eaters are really an easy target to deal with. If you are lucky, you can receive an income of a few hundred gold coins in one breath, who doesn't want this kind of beauty difference?

Especially......

It was when a pair of familiar red dots of light emerged from the spiral staircase.