Chapter 57: The Mysterious Underground Palace
The willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk. In war-torn Calradia, there is no such poetic scene. Even though Aderen is in the middle of nowhere, everyone goes to bed after dark, and no one comes out to admire the moon. In an age of scarcity, all spiritual life had to make way for material things. People who have worked hard all day close their doors early to rest, waiting for the next day's hard work, hoping to get more out of it.
Li Mu and his team sneaked out of the small courtyard arranged by the village chief in the middle of the night. crept out of the village. In order to prevent the chain mail and plate armor boots from colliding on the gravel ground and the cliffs, Li Mu and the others deliberately wore only leather boots and thin leather armor. He also wore only an ordinary fur hat on his head. But I've got all the weapons.
Li Mu and the others walked on the rugged mountain road by moonlight. Li Mu relied on the dark vision provided by Shaw's fox mask to clear the way ahead. Manid carried a broad shield behind the last hall. Mama Tea and Kress are two more agile scouts who pay attention to the wings. Jamila's treatment was of course placed in the middle.
The crowd slowly climbed along the rugged and winding mountain road towards the top of the mountain. Li Mu still didn't, and compared it with the map. The group did not walk very fast, and it was not until the middle of the moon that they climbed over the three mountain beams and entered a small valley. Li Muzai took out the map and compared it in the valley, then walked straight to a corner of the valley, pushed aside the dense vines, and revealed a gap that only allowed one person to pass sideways.
"Boss, who arranged this place, this place is too difficult to find, if we don't have a map, we really can't find this place." Manid followed with a broad shield on his back. The mountain road is rugged and difficult, and the pure steel shield on his body is heavy and terrifying, and it is not easy to walk here on his back.
"Hehe, if it weren't for the fact that the place was hard to find, it wouldn't have been taken away a long time ago, where would it be our turn, okay, let's rest for a while, stay and go in." There's still some way inside. Li Mu looked at the state of everyone and decided to rest for a while.
After a while, when everyone was almost rested, Li Mu continued to stand up again, carrying the Jinling step battle axe and walking towards the gap in the cliff.
Seeing this, Mama Tea and the others also got up and followed. Manid took off the broad shield from his back, put it in front of him, and moved it in little by little, or he would not have been able to bring in this broad shield.
After everyone passed through the long gap in turn, they finally came to a wide place, Li Mu took the lead in lighting the torch, this is a wide cave, the top is three or four meters high, the area is also thirty or forty square meters, there are obvious traces of artificial excavation around the cave, and there are two huge iron doors at the end of the cave tightly closed. The iron door had a huge bronze deadbolt, and two large iron locks firmly locked the deadbolt to the door.
"How did you get such a big iron gate in?" Manid snorted and moved the broad shield in.
"Who knows, how do you get this lock open?" Kress fiddled with the large iron lock on it.
"I'll try, I'll try?" Mama Tea didn't know where to find a wire, and tried it against the iron lock, "There are rusts in some places, but it's fine." Give me some time. ”
After a few moments, there was a click, and the huge iron lock was opened. Mama Tea looked at the strange eyes of everyone looking at her, "What are you doing, I wasn't forced by life before, but now I've changed my ways, I haven't done this kind of thing for a long time, haven't you seen my hands raw?" ”
"Looks like I'm going to have to give me an eye on my wallet." Kress subconsciously touched the position of the wallet on his body.
"The package of clothes should also be taken care of, who knows what ulterior hobbies he has." Jamila also subconsciously touched the place where the wallet was placed on her body.
"Well, that makes sense." Kress nodded unexpectedly, "In the past, there were people in the village who tried to steal my clothes to hang outside, but I caught them and hung them on the tree at the entrance of the village for three days. ”
"Don't look at me like that, I really haven't done anything like this." Mama Tea was about to cry when she looked at the eyes of the two of them.
"Don't talk nonsense, open the rest of the locks, and divide the loot with your share of the lock." Li Mu stood up to stop the topic of several people getting farther and farther away, and urged Mama Tea to continue working.
"What kind of sin have I done, and why did I do this to me?" Mama Tea opened the other iron lock with tears in her eyes.
"Okay, don't pretend to be aggrieved. You can't change the ladies about you at this time. Li Mu pulled down the big copper bolt on the door, and then slowly pushed open the big iron door.
There was a screeching sound, and the heavy iron door was pushed open, and behind the door was a pitch-black cavern, and the stone steps extended downward, not knowing where it led. A slightly moist air blew out of the cavern, giving off a faint musty smell.
Li Mu stretched out his hand and sensed it, "There is wind in here, there should be no lack of oxygen and poisonous gas, I will go down first, and you will follow." With that, he took the lead and entered the cave.
Seeing this, the crowd rushed in, and Manid followed last, as usual.
The stone steps swirled deep and dark, Li Mu estimated that it had extended nearly a hundred meters downward, and they had probably gone deep into the belly of the mountain at this time.
With a click, Li Mu's footsteps fell to the flat ground, and the stone steps reached the bottom. Another wide cavern appeared in front of everyone.
It's more of an underground palace than a cave.
The height of the underground palace is more than ten meters high, and the radius is also several hundred square meters. There are obvious traces of artificial excavation around it. The surrounding walls and floors are paved with huge stone tiles.
There are six huge stone pillars erected in the dungeon, supporting the entire dungeon. The stone pillars are clean and do not have decorative patterns. There are some reliefs carved on the walls around the dungeon, and the specific details are not clear, but from a distance, you can feel that its painting style is rough and vigorous, and a sense of majestic atmosphere comes to your face.
Four blazing torches are placed in the four corners of the dungeon, illuminating the entire cave. I don't know what kind of fuel is used in it, it has not been extinguished after burning for so long.
Just as a few people were looking at the dungeon, suddenly two huge roars came from the depths of the dungeon, shaking people's ears buzzing.
"What's that?" As soon as Manid walked out of the passage, he was startled by a huge roar, and without even hesitation, he threw the huge broad shield in front of him, and then pulled out the heavy crossbow hanging from his waist and put it on the giant shield, the whole process was done in one go, without the slightest hesitation, it became completely instinctive.
Mama Tea and Jamila were separated from each other, constantly scanning the environment on both sides, guarding the wings. Kress pulled out a few throwing knives from his waist and was ready to give the other party a hard blow.
As for Li Mu, he didn't make any moves, because he knew very well what was going on the other side.