Chapter 45: The Choice
Looking at the gray light shrouded above everyone, Old Barton asked with some curiosity:
"What is this thing"?
"It's just a shadow barrier that hides your body where there's a shadow and adds dark vision," Al said lightly.
Looking at the sturdy and powerful shield hand in front of him, he was cautiously holding the heavy shield and walking lightly, fearing that a sound would alarm the unknown monster in the cave.
Al said with some amusement, "The Shadow Barrier can hide our voices, so don't be so careful, just walk normally."
As soon as he heard this, after the experiment, he found that it was indeed as Al said, and the speed of walking in the team immediately increased.
The more you walk towards the gloomy cavern ahead, the more you can feel the biting cold. In this case, everyone couldn't help but wrap their clothes tightly, except for Al.
The nature of the Ice Bloodline made him like this environment very much, and he even felt that when he released the Ice Spell, the speed could be a little faster than usual.
Coming to the cave and looking at the deep, cold cavern, Old Barton, who had been there once before, began to explain the terrain below.
"There's a landslide down there, be careful, it's basically fine, and after the landslide it's ......"
Firmly memorizing the terrain, one of the thieves and Vane took the lead, carefully scouting the way ahead, with Al in the center and Old Patton behind.
Not only is Vane a swordsman, he's also a part-time thief, and he's an appetite for a nimble route to tear down traps and explore terrain.
Silently entering the cave, the figures of everyone melted into the darkness, rubbing the hidden pearl in his palm, Al only felt like a fish in water. The spiritual power that was constantly consumed in order to maintain the "Shadow Enchantment" was now almost unreasonable after stepping into the darkness.
Looking at the hidden orb in his hand, Al thought with some regret, it would be good if he reached the first order, the shadow creatures he summoned were simply natural assassins, and it was a piece of cake for exploring the terrain.
"It's the eye of the dead," said the priest who accompanied him in a low voice, without allowing Eld to think about it.
Eye of the Dead: Using the eye full of resentment as a material, it can be practiced with secret methods, which can detect distant movements, and is one of the necromancer's detection skills.
Looking at the eyes of the dead that dotted the entrance to the cave, glowing with an eerie green light in the darkness from time to time, Al lowered his voice and said to the somewhat rioting crowd:
"Don't be nervous, there is a shadow enchantment, and it won't be discovered."
In this way, in a tense atmosphere, everyone cautiously walked towards the depths of the cave.
"Crunch", not long after walking, a strange sound came from the front, everyone paused, held their breath, and gently drew their weapons in tacit understanding.
Vane and one of the team's thieves slid into the darkness to check the movement.
After a while, under Vane's gesture, everyone continued to walk forward, and several undead creatures and skeleton soldiers appeared in front of everyone.
The miserable white skeleton, the soul fire lit up in the eye sockets, and the white bone weapon in his hand all meant that it was an existence one level higher than ordinary skeletons. Most of these skeletons are artificially summoned, and they are ordered to guard this place unconsciously.
Relatively speaking, such skeletons are relatively easy to deal with, and the average apprentice-level can deal with several, but it is impossible to take out a large group at will, because their strength is roughly equivalent to that of a militia with more than formal training, and they do not have any Achilles heel on them.
Vane and Al glanced at each other, the skeletons were in the middle of the road and had to be disposed of.
Vane began to creep closer, and the skeleton soldier who was unconsciously walking everywhere was unsuspected, holding a white bone spear in its hand, and walked leisurely.
On the other side, after gesticulating, Al jerked the Shadow Enchantment wider, enveloping several skeletons.
A blast of holy light filled with divine aura flew towards one of the skeleton soldiers, while several melee fighters unceremoniously picked up their weapons and slashed at the unprepared skeleton soldiers.
At this moment, a cold light appeared in the darkness!
Vane's figure emerged in the darkness, and in an instant he swung his dagger and stabbed at the skeleton's head.
The level suppression of up to two levels made Vane easily cut open the skeleton's skull and kill it in one hit.
And here, El and them can easily take down the remaining few skeleton soldiers.
After some rectification, everyone continued to move forward.
As you go deeper into the cave, the temperature plummets, making it even more eerie.
It wasn't long before Al and his party came to a clearing.
Several zombies wearing gorse armor appeared in front of everyone.
Looking at the "zombies" who were pale, stiff, and wandering unconsciously, everyone was silent.
As for Old Barton, he whispered their names, "This damn necromancer, I'm going to kill him," Old Barton said angrily, holding his big hands with exposed muscles.
"May your souls rest in peace," the priest prayed solemnly on his chest.
After concocting the same method, several zombies were soon killed.
He lightly gathered the corpses of his comrades who had died in battle, put them aside, and tried to bring them home when he was ready to return.
Soon, after continuing to walk for a while, a fork in the road appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and there were several corpses that had completely decomposed into bones. Only the armor on their bodies, and the vaguely recognizable emblem indicate their identity.
It's "River City, the Hannal family," Vane said after looking through the body.
"How did they die?" Al looked at the three corpses and said strangely, "There is no injury in the whole body, and there is no broken or damaged part of the bones, which means that it is not a traumatic injury."
I couldn't figure it out, but I just found a bronze coat of arms from the bones of this body.
"That's the mark of a senior apprentice," Vane said, looking at the bronze coat of arms.
"It's strange, this kind of temperature is not a problem at all for the quality of a high-level apprentice," Al thought curiously, not to mention the thick warm clothes in the armor.
After searching around several corpses, with no clues, Al got up a little disappointed, stared at the fork in the road ahead, and was caught in a choice.
"What should I do? There are not enough manpower, so do we have to divide another group of people to investigate the two forks in the road ahead?"
"No, absolutely not, it's too dangerous, without the protection of the shadow enchantment, the other team is easy to startle." Al thought with some distress.
Looking at Vane, who was also in thought, Al asked everyone in distress:
"What to do"?