Chapter 14: The Hidden Underground Kingdom
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A huge furnace, carved out of the mountain, was completely carved out of the mountain, and the blazing flames burned the entire furnace red, as if it had not been extinguished since it was built. A large number of dwarves were around this furnace, each forging something in their hands, either weapons, or armor, and there were also some strange Ming Chuang zào that could not be seen in their original form, and the arrival of Li Mo and the bayonet did not attract the attention of any dwarf even for a moment.
In the sound of clanging iron, Li Mo could still faintly hear the sound of running water, he walked to a stone bridge that spanned the great forge and the hall, and looked down to see a meandering river, which was not the usual clear, but rippling with an unusual red.
Legend has it that the source of the Red Water River is the Iron Hills, and it seems that the entire red river flows out of this mountain range containing iron ore and spreads in all directions.
Around the large forge is a creaking waterwheel, and a large amount of red river water can be seen pumped up from below, and the guò mechanism flows down from above, becoming a natural coolant for dwarven forging.
Li Mo followed the direction of the red river, and soon found at least 7 or 8 channels in the corners, which had been used, and the red river water mixed with metal residue was re-discharged into the river.
These drains are only about 1.5 meters in diameter, making it difficult for even a short, sturdy dwarf to squeeze through them.
The bayonet looked at the passages and said, "Maybe I can try to use the power of the shadow to enter and investigate." ”
Li Mo thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, even if you are the only one who goes in, it is useless, the stone helmet mentioned a sweep before, and the dwarf must have dug another passage elsewhere." After speaking, he stretched out a hand and pressed it on the rock wall, then closed his eyes and urged his perception to the extreme, and wisps of invisible spiritual silk threads extended little by little through the rock wall towards the depths of the mountain.
Li Mo's face became more and more pale, behind these rock walls were not ordinary rocks, and the large amount of iron particles contained in them greatly hindered his perception ability, just when his will was about to be unable to hold on, he finally found the location of the passage that had been dug out.
He opened his eyes, walked to the corner of the smelting hall, adjusted all his attributes to strength, and pressed his hands against an uneven rock wall, took a deep breath, and suddenly burst out with all his strength.
Bang! The rock wall shook suddenly, and a large amount of debris and dust fell from it, and a gap in the frame was visible. When Li Mo pushed the entire rock wall open, a wind mixed with some indescribable smell blew out of the passage behind the rock wall.
When the passage appeared, the bayonet jumped into it first, he held the dagger and crouched slightly with his legs and groped forward, with each step, the figure would become hazy, and when he took five steps, the whole person suddenly disappeared from sight, as if to merge with the surrounding darkness. In Li Mo's perception, he could clearly feel the existence of the bayonet, but it was only because his vision was deceived by the shadows that he couldn't help but have the illusion of disappearing.
It didn't take long for the news of the bayonet to come from the team channel, and Li Mo's expression immediately became stern when he saw the news, and he stepped into the passage, and soon went to the place where the bayonet stopped.
From here, the front was divided into two unfathomable passages, but the bayonet had explored them all, and to his powerlessness, each of which, after advancing about 5o yards, would diverge again, and each of these forks would be equally unfathomable.
Li Mo couldn't help frowning at this result, the safest way was to turn around and go back to find the dwarf, maybe you could get some more detailed information from the dwarf, but such a method would inevitably waste a lot of time.
At this moment, a shrill warning voice suddenly sounded in the team channel.
"Warning: Your teammate number 181o Recruiter is dead!"
"Warning: Your teammate number 1892 Recruiter is dead!"
The two warnings were no more than ten breaths apart, meaning that two of the recruiters had already died in the expedition.
Hearing this sudden warning, Li Mo and the bayonet couldn't help but look at each other, and they could see deep shock and surprise in each other's eyes.
The Recruiters were joined by a dozen powerful dwarves, killing two Draftees at about the same time, with only one explanation, and that was that they had entered the castle of the Lonely Mountain and had clashed with the dragon Smaug.
"Damn it, how the hell does this idiot lead the team! I've been calculating the time, the moment when the sun and moon meet on the day of Turin, it was only 2o minutes ago, how could they have alarmed the dragon in such a short time and caused the death of 2 people. There was anger in the bayonet's tone, and in this case the attrition of the team was most likely explained by the mistake of the team leader.
However, Li Mo said calmly: "This situation can be predicted from the beginning, although the bearded dog has a certain prestige, but has the Achilles heel of narrow-mindedness and short-sightedness, this kind of person can temporarily unite his companions in a critical moment, but he cannot become a real leader." When they entered the Lonely Mountain Castle, someone must have coveted the treasure of the Lonely Mountain**, and I guess that the treasure inside is likely to have the settings of 'can't be taken out of this world', 'can't be packed into the backpack space', and 'can be sold to the space when you end the main quest and return to the neutral space'. If you are a strong leader, you may be able to temporarily suppress the impulse of the members of the team, but in fact, I guess that the most greedy person in this team is the mustache dog, and under his leadership, how can the actions of the whole team be disciplined and strict, and it is only a matter of time before there is attrition. ”
The bayonet said in surprise: "Could it be that you foresaw this result a long time ago, so you left the team." ”
Li Mo no longer concealed it, nodded and said: "Although I can beat the mustache dog with my strength, but as I said before, it is worthless not to have experienced the test of the team." I'm not a greedy person, and instead of risking your chances in the team, I'd rather put it on your own, and with any luck, I might end up with a good companion when this world is over. ”
Hearing Li Mo's words, the bayonet couldn't help lowering his head slightly to hide the expression on his face, but from his clenched hands, he could still see the unease in his heart.
Li Mo pretended not to notice, raised his head and carefully observed the two passages, and then said: "Generally speaking, digging out complex passages underground is nothing more than the following reasons, creating a maze to hide something, or the need for living habits. Judging from the dwarves' descriptions, these underground passages seem to be connected to another mountain range called Ingrin, which means that the goblins dig these passages just to meet the needs of their habits, and no matter which path we choose to go forward, we will probably end up in the goblins' lair. ”
After saying that, he chose a random passage to walk, and the bayonet behind him was hidden in the shadows around him, guarding against a crisis that might arise at any time.
The passage excavated by the dwarves was not very long, and after advancing for a while, they saw a clear dividing line between the passages, and from here onwards they belonged to the passages excavated by the goblins.
These narrow passages are not too long, after Li Mo crawled hard for a while, the passage in front of him became loose, he tilted his body down slightly, but suddenly felt a slippery feeling from the hands supporting his body, and before he could react, the whole person slid all the way down the passage.
Li Mo took out the Prospector's Blade and stabbed towards the rock wall on the side, almost without the slightest feeling of obstruction, the edge of the entire sword was almost completely submerged into the rock wall, but Li Mo didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, the downward trend was not curbed at all, and the blade of the short sword was inserted into the rock wall like this, leaving a deep trace along the way as his body continued to slide downward.
I don't know how far into the ground, Li Mo suddenly felt his body loosen, and then slammed into the wall. When he staggered to his feet, he realized that he had landed in an empty underground space.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Mo couldn't help but think of the plot in the original plot where the dwarf expedition team accidentally fell into the underground world when it was attacked by orcs. As if to confirm his suspicions, a short shadow suddenly crossed overhead, and when he suddenly looked up, he saw a humanoid creature with folded skin all over his body, looking like a toad magnified countless times, standing on the rock wall and staring at him without blinking.
Li Mo tried not to arouse the other party's vigilance as much as possible, and carefully put the monocular in front of him, and a series of information was immediately displayed.
Goblins
Health: 6o/6o
Strength: 3
体lì:3
Dexterity: 5
Intelligence: 2
Spirit: 1
Charm:1
Goblin Special Ability (Passive): Living in a group, when there is a similar type nearby, the attack is increased by an additional 15%, and the mobility is increased by an additional 2o%.
Goblin Special Ability (Active): Pounce, the light body allows the goblin to fly at a distance of 1o yards in extremely fast degrees.
Just when Li Mo was motionless, the goblin's toad-like bulging eyes were also looking at him vigilantly, and his body slowly moved backwards, as if he was about to jump away at any time. At this time, no one noticed that the shadow under the goblin's feet suddenly splashed a ripple, and then a black dagger suddenly stretched out with lightning speed, and before the goblin could react, it cut a deep cut in its throat.
Smack...... The goblin fell directly from the rock wall and landed at Li Mo's feet, its body was still struggling, opening its mouth to shout, but unfortunately the trachea and throat were cut off together, and the ugly mouth could only keep snoring and snoring, and when the blood gushed out and accumulated a puddle, it finally died helplessly.
The figure of the bayonet slowly emerged, he glanced at the corpse of the goblin, and then said, "If the goblins are all this kind of Cheng dù, I can kill at least 1oo by myself." ”