Chapter 33
Even though Theou's attitude was clear, he was nominally a member of the Arlettes.
Under the attention of the Templars, Theu let go of his clenched fist.
"Charlie, take us to the mines. Gustav smiled and encouraged, "With the Templars here, the Knights of Taiu don't dare to do anything out of the ordinary with you." ”
Charlie Hunter nodded gratefully, restrained his excitement, and said in a hoarse voice, "Go this way, this is the shortcut." ”
Gustav and Amelia nodded, following the poor scavenger, the Templars of the Arlett Sect at the end of the line.
Because of the development of mining in the past, many trees in the vicinity were cut down, resulting in the current landscape being desolate. Much of the land is left uncovered with vegetation and is showing signs of desertification.
The wind blew and the dust rolled up a lot, and Gustav squinted his eyes to prevent too much dust from entering.
The abandoned mine that Charlie Hunt said is about three kilometers southwest of the Tyu Knights, and it was once a mining area with large deposits, but now only the entrance to the black hole and the dilapidated minecart transportation road remain.
The scavengers' tents are nearby, and the canvas that was originally white has turned gray and yellow due to the dust of time. Some people are basking in the sun, and they can get some barely life-sustaining food every day, but they can only save energy by sleeping a lot.
"It's right in there. Charlie Hunter said with some trembling: "There is a huge demon in it, or a devil, it's not a normal thing anyway!"
Gustav and Amelia looked and prepared to walk inside.
They prepared torches, soaked the canvas in kerosene and wrapped it around the top of a stick. Amelia lit the torch, and the two of them prepared to walk towards the bottom of the cave with Charlie.
The Templar thought for a moment and said, "We don't need torches, we'll use the Luminatura technique." ”
Pulling the canon from his bosom, the Templar bowed his head in prayer, and with his voice, a glow like a particle of the sun lingered around him. Then, when the concentration reaches a certain level, the particles polymerize and form a glowing film on the surface of their bodies.
What a handy magic spell!, Gustav complimented inwardly.
"I hope you don't hold back. "The Templars led the way to the bottom of the mine, their weapons specially treated and imbued with the power of the Lord of Light, which was good for the creatures of darkness.
Gustav let Amelia and Charlie walk in front of him, and he decided to press the formation himself, guarding the back of the line.
Amelia's weapon is a flying crossbow, and growing up on the border of Byrland, she has been adept at catching prey since she was a child. Amelia, who was born as a hunter, naturally chose long-range weapons such as crossbow arrows after becoming a witcher.
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The environment in the cave is not as damp and boring as expected, which is probably because it has been abandoned for a long time.
As the group walked inward, the glow of the light spell alarmed the resting rats and the like, and the animals in the darkness fled one after another, making squeaky sounds.
It's not damp, but it's smelly, and you can see traces of defecation everywhere. There are visible marks of excavation on the walls of the mine everywhere, but most of them are left from a long time ago.
The entire mine extends downwards, and the further down it goes, the darker it becomes, making it impossible for even a person with excellent night vision to move quickly without light.
Gustav kept his body in the right amount of tension, his feet moving lightly and nimbly, ready to move at any moment.
"They're dead in front!" said Charlie Hunter, "I buried them, and if we followed the trails, we would be able to find the bodies." ”
Gustav vividly remembers that Charlie used the horrific description of the corpse's death, 'flesh and bones, all skin peeled off'.
The leader of the Templars nodded, "Very well, Charlie, then you point out the place where you buried the body, let's see if it was the evil creature that did it." ”
Charlie looked at Gustav, who smiled and nodded, encouraging.
As he remembered, Charlie walked to the eastern corner of the mine.
"Right here, I remember it well!"
Charlie confirmed, but to his surprise, the soil was clearly showing signs of renovation, and the area was much larger and more extensive than when he had been oatmeal corpses.
Someone flipped here!
Charlie Hunter is not stupid, and any normal person would make such a reasonable guess when he sees such a scene.
The Templars took out their shovels and quickly turned the soil again.
They were all instructors, and their physical fitness was comparable to that of warrior professionals of the same level, and under the extremely fast speed, they quickly dug a large pit half a meter deep.
"If it were a body like yours, it would be impossible to dig half a meter deep in the pit. The Templar leader said slowly, "There's nothing here, Chuck, you're lying. ”
Charlie Hunt's face turned ugly, and he said, "No way, someone must have turned it over here." I've clearly hidden one of them here!"
The Templars stood on the side of the pit, their glow and grim faces, and it was clear that their trust in Charlie had fallen too low.
"I think Charlie is right, there are signs of massive turbulence here. Gustav stepped forward and patted Charlie on the shoulder. "If Charlie didn't have the strength to dig a half-metre hole, he wouldn't have been able to dig such a large area. Moreover, the soil here is very loose and apparently has just been renovated. But a week had passed since Charlie went to church, and in the intervening time, he couldn't have been back here because of fear. I think it's true that someone did it. ”
Gustav's statement was echoed quite well, and even among the Templars, there were some who felt that Gustav was not wrong.
"Charlie, I remember you said: you have killed many of your companions, so you can't bury them all in this place, can you?
Charlie was reminiscing about the place he had buried, and he knew this place very well, as if he were the owner of it.
After a few moments, he felt like he had finished reckoning.
"Yes, I remember the places where the others were buried!" Charlie nodded: "Please follow me to those places again, and I will prove the truth of what I said!"