Chapter 469: The Abyss Waits
Winter snow comes quickly, but stops slowly.
After the originally lively Guild War ended, there was only silence left in Pelican Town.
Even because of the cold weather in January, even the arena that was originally built in the central square is now not demolished.
Seeing that such a large ugly and obstructive thing occupies the square, I know that this thing can only be dismantled after the beginning of spring in March.
So, Arrow regrets it very much now.
He deeply regretted that he hadn't agreed with Round Cheese before leaving for Snow Creek City, and that he would only start the Guild War in January as usual. In this way, two consecutive months of guild warfare can be used to spend the most leisurely two months, without running on the fall and early winter that should have been used for the various busy farming days. In the same way, you can also make money by participating in guild wars through this kind of thing.
"All in all!"
"That sugar-coated bastard didn't hesitate to let the guild war start on the most undesirable day in order to crush our merfolk song, harming the interests of Pelican Town and attacking us at the same time! Of course, I don't want to talk about this matter now, but I want everyone to know that you must not let the immediate interests cover your eyes and forget the future interests! Do you understand? β
Most members: "Understood! β
Arrow nodded vigorously, then turned around and stepped out of the guild gate with the guild members who were already fully armed, stretched out his hand and pointed to the Eternal Sleep Mountain Range north of Pelican Town, and said loudly-
"Now, let's go!"
After the agreement three days ago was over, Arrow spent the past few days investigating and confirming the current situation, and finally led all the members of the entire guild in the evening to set off towards the Changmian Mountain Range, which he had not been to for almost a year.
By the time I left the town, the winter sun was almost completely set.
Looking at the time, it was only four o'clock in the afternoon, but because of the snow and winter, it was almost all dark.
By the time the guild members had fully arrived at the entrance to the cave in the Sleeping Mountains, the surroundings had already turned completely dark due to the wind and snow. In addition to the torches in everyone's hands, only Cheese's eyes still emitted bursts of red light in the darkness.
"President, I know that the reason why we are operating at night is to be able to bring out the best of this Bloodline's abilities."
Margaux didn't raise the torch, she supported the staff with one hand, slightly rubbed her waist, which looked a little sore, and at the same time tugged at her coatβ
"But in that case, will you have to pick a night every time you complete such a large task in the future? It doesn't feel good. Can't you trust us? β
Arrow chuckled slightly.
If he could, he certainly didn't want to always choose to complete tasks at night, after all, the temperature at night was relatively low, the vision was not good, and the tiredness of the members would increase, and if the time dragged on too long, all kinds of troubles were likely to occur.
In such an unfavorable situation, he still chooses to act at night, so to put it bluntly, he is not at ease with other members to complete their tasks during the day. This kind of uneasiness can easily create a gap between guild members, making everyone else feel that so many people together are not as good as a blood clan.
In fact...... That's true.
Judging from the current state of the guild, it is impossible for Airo to leave an experienced bloodclan unused and let others act in a group during the day. But what kind of words can be used to calm the emotions in the heart of this light mage?
"If you think you can do without me, you can! You can come back during the day. β
And the cheese is so immortal, the pride and conceit that belongs to the blood clan alone flares up again at this time, a sneer hangs on the corner of his mouth, and his gaze lingers contemptuously on Margaux's face for a moment.
It's just that he has just put on that kind of invincible expression, but Brad on the side reached out and patted him on the back heartlessly, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, Cheese, now that there are no townspeople, you don't have to deliberately pretend to be arrogant and conceited!" Let's go, let's go inside! β
Although he was a member of the Night Clan, Cheese was completely defenseless against Brad, and after being pushed by him, he couldn't help but take two steps towards the mine. He was a little upset, and turned his head to say something, but when he saw that Brad had already raised his shield and sword, quickened his pace and walked past him to open the way, the night clan thought for a while, didn't say anything, and followed.
"Alright." Airo exhaled slightly, turned to the rest of the team behind him, and said, "After all, now is the maximization of combat power." Let's go! β
With that, the members also entered the mine together.
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The mine is still the same as it was more than a year ago.
It was as if time had come to a complete standstill in the cavern, whether it was the passage or the scratches on the walls, everything was as wrong with the map in Arrow's hand.
Entering the cave, everyone extinguished the torches in their hands, and Margaux tapped his staff of light slightly, using the light emanating from the top of the staff to illuminate everyone's path.
Cheese and Margaux had entered for the first time, so everything in the cave seemed very strange and a little curious.
However, when they follow the map to the gathering place of the Bloody Worms, it is not so interesting to face the dense Bloody Worms.
"Cut, it stinks, I can't drink it at all."
Walking through the nest with the beads of blood, Cheese grabbed a bloodworm and took a bite.
But with just one sip, he threw away the foul-smelling stuff, while constantly spitting and wiping his mouth.
To be honest, this performance was a bit disappointing for Arrow. After all...... If he liked the smell of the bloody bugs, he might be able to save a lot of money on food......
The team walked forward again, and soon arrived at the place where they had encountered the Necro Eater before.
Margaux's orb of light was bright enough, and her abundant light elemental magic affinity was enough to keep her bright all night.
But, perhaps because of these lights, there were no ghouls who wanted to attack along the way.
"Huh? Wait a minute! β
But just as everyone came to the strange tunnel and was about to move forward, Cream, who was in charge of the investigation on the side, suddenly stopped everyone.
He asked Margaux to move the ball of light to the side of the wall slightly, and after careful observation, he nodded slightly, turned back to Arrow, and said, "Some of the scratches on the walls are still very new, and it is clear that a new corpse eater has been born here." But judging from the scratches, the strength is relatively small, so it should belong to the juvenile ghouls. β
Arrow nodded and said, "Sure enough...... The source of the Corpse Eater is not the Corpse Eater King, but there are other real sources. Be careful, everyone, we don't know how the strength of the newly born corpse eaters compares to the previous ones, and if they have a mutation in combat effectiveness, it will be more troublesome, so it's better to be careful. β
The group nodded, and began to make their way down the tunnel.
After passing through the tunnel filled with all kinds of strange images, the huge crater finally appeared in front of everyone's eyes again...... However, at this time, it was full of water.
Originally, Arrow had already thought carefully about countless kinds of problems that he should encounter after going down this pit, but he didn't expect that he would actually hit this pit this time at the moment of high tide.
Under the light of the ball of light, it was easy for everyone to see that there were no corpse eaters in this large cavern, perhaps they were already hiding? But there is no doubt that the large pool full of water in front of him has announced from another level that the expedition of the Mermaid Song has ended in failure.
"So what now? Brother President, are we going back? β
Fourteen-year-old Coco was already about the same height as Arrow, but the little girl still habitually reached out and pulled Arrow's sleeve and asked.
Arrow thought about it, and in the face of the pool of water in front of him, he could only exhale helplessly, and said, "No way, we-"
Boomββ!
However, just as Arrow was about to announce his retreat, the huge cave lake in front of him began to roll wildly!
The water splashed and the entire surface of the water began to spin back and forth! With this whirlpool, the water surface that had just filled the entire abyss crater began to fall rapidly, and in less than ten minutes, all the splashes receded, revealing the passage to the bottom of the abyss flawlessly in front of the mermaid song.
To be honest, Arrow was a little scared now.
It's true! In life, I am not afraid of sudden setbacks and pain, nor am I afraid that I have no money in my pocket.
What I am most afraid of is this kind of appearance of opening the door to welcome you, but I have no other way to go here.
Seeing Arrow's attitude of standing still now, Brad on the side swallowed a little bit of saliva and said, "President, look...... What should we do now? β
Being reminded by Brad like this, Arrow snapped back to his senses. He took a deep breath and cautiously walked to the edge of the abyssal crater, glancing inside.
It's really deep......
Just like the previous time, you can't see it at all.
And it was covered with the black and cold water just now, but now it was dry as if it hadn't been flooded for hundreds of years.