Chapter 12: The Frog
"Ofregan's on top, these corpses are ugly. Shouting the name of the god of fire, a thunderous voice came from behind Shuer, "If you look so ugly, you will definitely lose the courage to live." ”
Mobuck was right, the corpses were indeed weird.
Although they have become dried corpses, it can still be barely deduced from the remains that they had a bloated and fat upper body before their death. Especially in the abdominal cavity, you can see by looking at the curvature of the sternum that their abdominal cavity is convex, at least twice as convex as a normal humanoid.
In order to support their heavy bodies, their long lower limb bones are unusually strong, and it is conceivable that their muscles are particularly developed before they dry up, and theoretically they should be very flexible in running and jumping.
On the other hand, their upper limbs are surprisingly slender, and they can only compare to the three or four-year-old children in the world of Pavatiga, and it is difficult to imagine how they usually use their upper limbs to carry animal bodies.
As for their heads, their round skulls and curved tops of their facial bones protrude high forward, like what Mia said earlier, like frogs walking upright.
Although there are many races and different shapes in the world of Pavatiga, both in terms of body shape and limb proportions, they basically maintain a human form, and only those aquatic races are a little strange, and there are really no strange creatures with such distorted body proportions, no wonder Mobuck is so surprised.
"Shut up and get to work. Shure pointed to the corpse and gestured to Miriday, who had followed.
Making a gesture of understanding, Militi held the pendant on her chest, and black energy began to emanate from the pendant, and a looming wail once again silently appeared in the depths of everyone's heart.
"Saf, follow the whole way. ”
"Yes. The quiet and slender female swordsman drew her heavy sword and dragged it behind her, following closely beside the necromancer.
"Everyone, enter the room. Shul beckoned to Mia and Moria, who had just finished working on the frozen entrance, "Mobuck, guard this door, Milit and Saf will check the corpses behind you, and the back road will be handed over to the three of you." ”
"Hahahaha, Mobuck is the most reliable. The dwarf slapped his chest, finally relieved of the breathing restriction and could speak freely, he couldn't wait to make up for the words of more than an hour, "Leave it to me, you can rest assured, as long as there is my shield, no one can ...... Alas, don't go, Captain. ”
"The others come with me and explore the whole room. Shure ignored the murmur in his ears, "Macajaeren, check the traps and secret doors, confirm the location of each vent and drain, Mia, look for magic traps, although there may not be ninety percent of them, but that should be checked as well." Moria, always pay attention to the ingredients in the air, if a group of low-level intelligent plants succeed in plotting, it will be really shameless. ”
As he spoke, he drew two maces and put them at the forefront with the halfling, this is the combat style of the battle priest, when there are enough men, the duty of the priest is to drive in the rear, and once the battle situation requires it, he must pick up the war hammer and heavy shield, and rush to the front row to start hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
"In the name of the Wind Cello, I won't make a mistake this time. The halfling swore loudly that the shame just now would be washed away with practical actions.
As Mia's sticky ball of light stuck to the roof, the room occupied by darkness was gradually reclaimed by light.
Shul guessed right, but he was wrong.
It was indeed a dead end, with only one entrance and exit from the outside world, but not one room as he thought, but four.
As soon as you enter the door, you will see the room where the corpse is located, probably as an activity room, with dining tables, sofas, bookshelves, and all kinds of strange and unknown equipment, judging by the experience of the shadow chasers, it should be a variety of entertainment facilities to relieve the boredom of the guards when they are not on duty.
There is one room in each of the three directions of the activity room.
The one on the front is the smallest and the weirdest. The most conspicuous thing in the room is a strange wall, which is divided into dozens of rectangular lattices, which are inlaid with black glass.
"This ......" frowned and pondered for a while, and Shure asked Mia uncertainly, "Mage's Eye?"
"If this is really a guardhouse, it should be a similar function. "The elven mage is also uncertain, after all, it is not a familiar world, there are too many unknown existences, and it can only be inferred by experience," but the mage's eye is directly reflected in the mind, this is probably displayed as an image, and each grid represents an image, however, this is a little inconvenient. ”
"Yes, you need to be watched. Shure pointed to the two chairs facing the wall, "It's hard for one person not to get distracted, so it's hard to keep two people, even two people, to keep their full attention." ”
"Well, let's say boring reading. "There was a long table in front of the chair, and the paint on the body of the table had begun to peel off, revealing the wood inside, but the whole thing was still in good condition. There were a few thin books on the table, and Lin Jing Moria was looking through them with interest.
"What book is so exciting?" Lin Jing's nature is full of curiosity about unfamiliar things, even experienced shadow chasers are no exception, and Xiuer has no choice but to sigh helplessly.
"The album is very interesting, you can learn a lot of things, do you want to take it with you and see it?"
It is indeed a very interesting picture book, which can be seen from the cover. On the pink background, there is a long-legged frog with blue and white skin, with very little clothing on its body, its thick long legs tightly clamped, one arm pillowed under its head, and the other is over its bulging belly, caressing its thick legs.
If it were a different character, such as Miridy, it would be full of temptation, but now, think of a frog doing something strange with this album, forget it, Shul gave up his imagination.
"I'm sorry, forgive me for refusing. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he threw the album back.
"Huh?" said Moria, her eyes widened in surprise, puzzled, "Why? You can't ...... a tree or a deer?"
"Hey, you're hitting yourself. Xiuer rolled his eyes and interrupted Lin Jing's teasing angrily, "Be serious, the work isn't done yet." ”
Indeed, although the level of safety has become higher and higher, after all, the danger has not been completely eliminated, and the exploration work must continue.
Of course, at least nothing unusual could be found in this room, except for the bright red button on the wall door. However, no one wants to try the function of the button, and from the function of this room, you can guess what it is used for.
The front of the activity room is a monitoring room, and the room on the right is used as a dormitory.
As soon as you enter, you can see six bunk beds arranged against the wall, and two boxes are placed at the head of each bed, storing a small number of personal belongings. The bedding on the bed was already rotten, but the barbed wire underneath was still strong and did not affect the use at all.
The simple dormitory is for the guards to rest, there are no traps, there are no superfluous furnishings, except for the bed, the only furnishings are the twelve lockers at the door.
The locked cabinet was easy to pry open, and there were some clothes inside, as well as ......
"This should be a weapon, a thermal weapon. Picking up a small, oddly shaped metal device, Mia fiddled with it a few times, and a slight "click" sound came from the device, "I remember those curious scholars named them guns, what a strange name." ”
"Attention people outside, it's okay here, don't worry. Seeing Mia's movements, Shul shouted out the door.
"Bang".
Sure enough, there was a bang, and a pungent smoke followed.
"Something. The halfling, who was still examining the bed, almost hit the foot of the bed, rubbing his ears that were still ringing in the ears and complaining, "Why is it so loud all of a sudden?" ”
"You'll have to get used to it, there are a lot of low-energy Atlas projections that have this weapon in them. Shul took the gun Mia handed and fiddled with it, "It's just too noisy." ”
"This should be the most common weapon, the power is too weak, my skin can't be broken, let alone yours. Mia shook her head and said, "It's okay for ordinary people to use it for self-defense, but unfortunately, the ammunition will be invalid when you bring it back, and it will be useless at all." ”
Indeed, due to the different rules of the world, back in Pavatiga, the same proportion of substances in ammunition is not flammable at all, and firearms are like scrap metal.
"So......" Shure said as he tossed the gun back to Mia and looked around the dormitory, "I can figure out what the other room is." ”
"Arsenal, there must be high-powered weapons stored in the security room. "The elves who are more than two hundred years old, the one with the most experience in chasing shadows, although I haven't experienced a similar world personally, I have heard a lot.
"Well, the door of that room should be the most troublesome, let's check it at the end, go to the opposite room first, if nothing else, there is actually nothing to see. ”
There was really nothing to see, it was a very small room, with only a few sofas and coffee tables, just for the reception of visitors.
The only thing special is that there is a movable metal plate at each of the four corners of the roof, of course, it is now locked, and judging by experience, there can be thermal weapons in it to strike the interior of the room in all directions without dead ends.
"Initial confirmation of safety. "Back to the guard room, Shure closed the door, "Mia, seal the door, Macageren, all vents and drains set warning traps, Miriday, don't play with corpses yet, you and Macajren together, in the same location to set up a circle to probe life, now, this room is ours." ”
"That's all for today?" cried the dwarf, "Can you rest?"
"Well, as soon as you enter the door, you will encounter a lot of trouble, everyone's mental pressure is not small, fortunately, those difficult plants have been thrown away, at least tonight can ensure safety, everyone adjust well, tomorrow is the beginning of the treasure hunt." ”
"Really, really, really get rid of it?" the female swordsman habitually hid from everyone's sight, looked at Moria, and then at Shure, and mustered up the courage to ask in a low voice.
It is clear that she has not yet been able to get rid of the shadow of "very troublesome" and saber-toothed spiders.
"At least for the time being, Moria?" Shure asked Lin Jing with his eyes.
"Well, theoretically, they can't threaten us anymore, at least I can't think of anything else they can do. ”
"That's enough. Shure nodded, "But always keep an eye out. ”
"Understood. ”
"Very good, then the alert state is lifted, as always, you lazy bastards, all work for me!"
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