Ruth lifted the short sword on his waist, checked his bags again, and made sure that everything was ready, so he left his room and went to find his teammates to meet, today is the day to explore the underground world, since he has received the commission of the royal family and got the deposit of the royal family, then it is impossible for him to give up this task, otherwise, whether it is the official or the adventurer's association, it is impossible to let him go, and the defaulter is the object of contempt wherever he goes.

A group of royal cavalry escorted the group of adventurers and mercenaries to the foot of the hill behind Eagle City, and led them to a heavily guarded place.

Ruth glanced at it roughly, about eighty percent of the barracks were crossbowmen, and twenty percent were spearmen, such a number structure was quite unreasonable, but he didn't think that this was the result of the stupidity of the military commander, after all, the current military power, but the eldest daughter of the emperor, who was known as a victorious in a hundred battles, must have her deep meaning when she arranged the imperial city garrison like this.

It didn't take long for Ruth to understand why there was such a disposition, and in the center of the barracks, there was a huge deep pit, surrounded by tall towers and stone fences, and the entire barracks was actually guarding this pit.

This is the Eagle's Cave Mine, which used to be famous for producing a large amount of iron ore throughout the country, but now it has been abandoned due to the hollowing out of resources, and the main axis of the mine is cylindrical, vertically deep underground, and you can directly reach the underground world as long as you hang down with a rope.

Due to what astrologers call underground disturbances, martial law has been imposed around the abandoned mine, and a garrison camp has been stationed there to guard against dangerous creatures that may climb up from the ground.

"This is the way to the underworld, since the staircase down has been destroyed by disrepair, you can only hang down with ropes, ropes and other supplies are provided by us, you just need to carry out your mission in peace. The red-faced and bearded officer spoke to the adventurers, and at the same time, several soldiers came out with a large bundle of rope.

Before entering the pit, Ruth looked at his teammates again, in order to carry out this mission smoothly, he carefully read the profile of his teammates before, in the profile, these people are all first-class good players, but as the saying goes, seeing is believing, Ruth still thinks that observing their performance during the mission can draw more accurate conclusions, and when observing his teammates, Ruth also found that his teammates are observing him.

The equipment carried by the teammates looks pretty good, they all give people the feeling of being insiders, no one carries a long sword, this is a wise choice, due to the narrow terrain of the underground world, if you choose a long sword, it is easy to use it, and it will slash into the wall, Ruth's teammates all chose the short sword without exception, and the longest one is only half an arm's length.

"Look at this outfit is still an expert, but I don't know if the outside is the same. Ruth knows that if you want to successfully complete this mission, it is absolutely not enough to have a good swordsmanship, tracking and anti-tracking, and the ability to survive in the wild is equally important, I hope that his teammates can show their due quality in this mission, it is best not to let anyone drag their feet, and completing the task quickly and cleanly is the best choice, the underground world is full of dangers, not to mention that astrologers also predict that there will be abnormal movements underground, there are too many risks, and the sooner things are solved, the better.

You don't need to carry any lighting tools to enter the underground world, and anyone who knows about the underground world should know that there are fluorescent moss everywhere, and if you want to illuminate, you only need the blue-white light of fluorescent moss to do so, so all the adventurers hang down the rope directly after the last inspection is completed.

But before leaving, Ruth saw that the expression of the military commander of the base was a little strange, which made him a little more vigilant, what the hell are these guys doing?

In the Eagle Castle, the eldest princess, who was dealing with military affairs, quickly received the news that the adventurer had set off, put down the quill in her hand, thought for a while, and then took out a document submitted by the spy chief from the pile of documents next to her, and signed her name on it.

The military commander of the base stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the ropes tied to the stakes, he knew that the lives of these adventurers were now in his own hands, and if he cut these ropes, then these people would definitely die.

If he could threaten the adventurers with the money he had, he would be able to make some money again, and he would have money to have fun at night.

But he wouldn't do that, the order of the eldest princess was to do her best to cooperate with the actions of these adventurers, he was just an ordinary officer, although he knew that these people had just been rewarded and had money on them, but even if he was greedy, he didn't dare to do anything now.

Besides, he also really wants to know what is going on in the underground world, the royal family has sent a team of royal agents down before, but he has not heard anything until today, as a garrison officer, in the face of possible unknown dangers, the pressure is not ordinary, the officer actually hopes that this group of adventurers can bring him back some good news.

Just half an hour later, some soldiers came to report that the rope had been pulled three times, which meant that supplies were needed, although the soldiers were a little puzzled, but they still pulled the rope up, and a note was tied to the rope, and the soldiers did not dare to look at it, and handed it directly to the officer's hand.

The officer was a little puzzled, why did these adventurers get into trouble as soon as they went down? Although he didn't like adventurers, he could see that these adventurers were all experts, so they wouldn't be so unreliable, but with the order of the eldest princess, he finally unfolded the note, and what was written on it surprised the officer a little.

"The fluorescent moss is all dead and needs oil lamps for illumination. The note said something like this.

"How is this possible?" The officer has been guarding this pit all his life, he thinks that he knows the situation in the underground world very well, and that the fluorescent moss is the most tenacious and easy to survive plant, how can they all die? And why did the adventurers come to him for help, but the royal agents did not come to him for rescue? Could it be that during this time, something major has happened in the underground world?

Although full of doubts, the officer still asked the quartermaster for a few oil lamps and wicks, and then tied them to a rope and hanged them, and at the same time he also sent his own cronies to report the matter to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess.