Chapter 4 Cave in the Ground
The mercenaries carried Tath and his wounded companions on stretchers and prepared to leave, and Elish said goodbye to the few who remained, "We will go back to Duluth, if you have the opportunity to pass there in the future, you can come to me, I will definitely entertain you to thank you for your help." ”
Hearing Duluth, a name hidden in Frazier's heart was awakened, and he stared blankly at the ground, the past that he didn't want to remember flashed in front of his eyes. It wasn't until the mercenaries walked away and Emos patted him that Fraser came to his senses, and Jurania looked at him in bewilderment. "You're such a mysterious person, is your name really Frazier?"
Fraser ignored her, and instead struck up a conversation with Amos, "What are our odds of winning at night?"
Amos looked up at the darkening sky. "We can still tell the direction of the monster by sound and smell, which is a skill unique to witchers, but your words are not easy to say. ”
"Don't worry about me, you can just fight. Fraser checked his gear and was ready to go.
"Can you really do it? You must know that the witcher only has these skills that ordinary people do not possess after drinking the deadly alchemy potion, and only one of the ten people who drank the potion can survive, and then he will have to go through a cruel trial before he can become a witcher, are you sure you can do what only a witcher can do?" Yurania was clearly unhappy that Fraser had ignored her, and immediately fought back when she found an opportunity.
Fraser looked at her faintly. "I didn't say I had the skills of a witcher, and since a witcher has a special skill, why can't I have it?"
Jurania looked up at Fraser in disbelief, and this raised her hood faded back, revealing her long, messy flaxen hair, her royal blue eyes widening, and the top of her head reaching only Fraser's shoulders. "Then tell me what special skills the Demon Swordsman has, and how did these skills be obtained, can they be as dangerous as the Demon Hunter?"
Frazier's brow furrowed slightly, and his voice softened. "I don't need to drink any deadly potions, I don't need to go through cruel trials, I don't need to do anything. His eyes were calm. "All I have to do is wait quietly...... A mage who gave her life to inject all her spiritual power into my body. ”
Jurania took a step back in surprise, her expression was no longer aggressive, and she didn't know what to say for a while, and Amos relieved her. "It's no wonder that there are fewer magic swordsmen than witchers in Wallis, the original requirements are even more demanding, and now the mages who are still alive are almost gone, and the magic swordsmen will only become fewer and fewer. ”
Fraser's mind drifted back into painful memories, and he had no intention of continuing the conversation, so he simply stood on the side of the road and waited for Amos to lead the way. Yurania simply hung her hood behind her back, pulled a black ribbon from her waist and tied her long flaxen hair into a braid, and then filled her two short crossbows with arrows. Amos examined the blade of the silver sword, then withdrew it from the scabbard on his back. As the group continued their journey, it was almost evening, the cloudy sky was getting darker, and the surrounding swamp was gradually blurring, and if you were not careful, you would step into a puddle. Fortunately, Amos is an experienced witcher, who has been chasing monsters in the wild for many years, and has a good understanding of all kinds of weather and terrain, so he and his companions walk into the depths of the swamp.
The group had gone far into the swamp, and there was no sign of people around, and even animals rarely came here, and there were puddles everywhere, and the mud that could put their feet down was wet, and if they stepped on it, they would sink into half of their feet. Amos stopped beside a small inconspicuous mound and walked around it, finding a half-man-high hole in the back. "This is it, it's a hole in the ground, and it looks like we have to get in. ”
"Why don't these damn water ghosts grow taller!" Yurania bent down to measure, even she had to hunch over to get in. "That way, if we encounter danger in the passage, we can't fight back. ”
Fraser stood at the entrance of the cave and looked in for a moment, a puzzled look on his face. "You wait here for a while, and I'll go in and have a look. ”
Jurania tried to stop him, but Amos stopped her with a look, and Fraser bent down and walked in slowly, and in a moment his figure disappeared into the darkness. The three who remained outside the cave waited anxiously, and Yurania did not understand why Amos would let Fraser alone in what she thought was tantamount to suicide. Just as she couldn't wait any longer and was about to ask Amos about it, Frazier's voice came from the cave, and it sounded like he had gone far inside. "Come in, it's not so hard to get through the hole. ”
Amos and Jurania glanced at each other and walked into the cave first, followed by Jurania, who still did not hesitate to follow. As soon as he entered the entrance, the passage was tilted downward, and Amos slowly walked down with his right foot to resist the downward pressure of his body. At the same time, he was glad that Fraser had found the way for them, otherwise he would never have ventured into a cave where he couldn't see anything.
After walking for about five minutes, Amos noticed that the passage had stopped sloping downwards and began to move forward steadily, and the height of the cave was slowly rising, and slowly he was able to stand up straight, and after walking for about five minutes, a little light appeared in front of him, and Fraser was sitting on the ground waiting for them. After walking in the dark passage for so long, seeing Fraser again, Jurania actually felt a sense of security, and couldn't help but speed up and rush over. "Why did you go so far that the sound could reach the entrance of the cave. ”
Fraser stood up and patted the dirt off his ass. "I called you when the passage was no longer going down, and then went on again. ”
Amos looked at the cave by the light. "It's getting more and more complicated, if this cave has always been as low and simple as it was when I first came in. ”
"That's right. Fraser looked out into the darkness ahead. "Everything can only be known until the front. ”
Jurania clearly didn't understand what the two mentioned. "Why is it that things are getting more and more complicated, isn't it better for us to pass through the hole that has become higher? ”
Fraser looked at her without speaking, and Yurania was about to have a seizure when Amos interrupted her. "Water ghosts are originally smaller than humans, plus they are naturally rickety, so if the entire cave has always been low, then it means that there will be no other monsters here except for the water ghosts who can enter and exit freely, but the current situation is that only the entrance of the cave is low, and the back is all the height that humans can pass smoothly, and there must be other monsters behind. ”
Jurania nodded silently, glaring at Fraser.
Amos eased his breath, the old witcher was no longer young, and he was very tired from a day of marching and fighting. "Then you take the lead, you seem to be able to see your surroundings in the dark. After saying that, he glanced at the ball of light in the demon swordsman's hand. "It's really good. ”
Fraser raised his left hand, and the ball of light floating on it flew to Amos's side. "Then you can break the back, the ball of light can let you see the situation behind clearly, like you said, I don't need it to see the front. With that, he turned and walked forward.
Amos motioned for Jurania to go second, and Emir followed, and after he broke himself, the group of four slowly walked towards the depths of the cave.