002: Hope?
“geilaozianjingdian!”
His laughter was so loud that before the others could come to their senses, there were several incomprehensible roars outside, and a large eyeball and half a head with dark green rough skin appeared in the crack in the doorway. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Under that cold gaze, Troy's whole body trembled violently, the smile on his face disappeared, and the whole person immediately shrank into a ball and fell to the ground, burying his head in his hands, trembling all over.
“hahaha!”
The act of the nest immediately caused a burst of laughter outside the cave, and the laughter faded away, followed by a few orc conversations, and although the language was not understood, the undisguised mockery could be heard in the tone alone.
"Get up for me!" Mutter said angrily, lifting Troy up as he said, "What about your dignity as a soldier of the Empire?
"Shh
Unexpectedly, Troy was not angry or ashamed of Mutter's reproach, and with a playful smile on his face, he made a silent gesture and whispered, "Calm down, man, don't you want to get out of here alive?"
At this time, everyone remembered what Troy had said before, and Mutt's eyes lit up, and he immediately turned his face over, and hurriedly asked, "What did you say?" Damn Troy, you cunning fellow, you better not lie to me. ”
"How dare I deceive the future General Mutt. Hey, let go of your hands first. ”
After struggling to break free from Mutter's grasp, Troy hurried to the corner where he had been, and under the concentration of everyone's eyes, he said intently, "Listen carefully, what do you hear?"
"The Holy Spear is above, and I will receive the inheritance from this time..."
"It's not that, you listen carefully to the movement outside, and put your ears on to be clear. ”
The crowd did the same.
When the environment fell silent, all the sounds seemed very clear, especially when the attention was more clearly distinguished, and after listening carefully through the cold stone wall for a while, Kane suddenly frowned, and was about to speak, but Lil next to him had already taken the lead.
"It's... The sound of the water?" Karl said uncertainly
Yes, the sound that everyone can clearly hear through the stone wall is the sound of rushing water.
"And that's not all. Kane added: "The water is so strong that the only rushing river outside the Cachino Mountains is the middle and upper reaches of the White Dai River that flows inland around the Moorish Forest." ”
The Baidai River is a large river that flows down from the Cachino Mountains in an arc shape around the outer side of the mountain range, and finally returns to the inner side of the mountain range and flows inland, and the upper part is in the territory of the empire, although Kane's words are not exhaustive, but everyone clearly understands where they are.
"Hey, Brother Karl, do you remember what we saw outside when we came in?" Troy then asked
"I do hear the sound of the water," Karl said uncertainly, and after a moment of thought, he added, "But I'm sure I don't see the river." ”
"That's because our Baidai River is right below us!" said Troy
"What do you mean—" Kane's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward, "We're on a mountainside, and we're out in the middle reaches of the Baidai River, south of Moorish Forest?"
The terrain is relatively flat north of the Cachino Mountains, and the only thing with a few ridges is in the southern part of Moor's Forest, which connects to the mountains, but this is obviously a bit unusual.
Because the southern part of Moorish Forest is less than a hundred miles away from the Cachino Fortress, it is still under the control of the Saint Laurent Empire in principle.
"The aristocratic lords who graduated from regular colleges are just different from us. Troy nodded and said, "As far as I guess, it should be about the same, as long as we break through this layer of stone wall and jump into the river and go downstream, no matter how many orcs outside, there is nothing they can do with us!"
Hearing this, both Karl and Mutter's faces were a little ugly, obviously it was a fantasy for them to break through a tunnel unarmed, Mutter immediately walked up and said angrily: "Damn, are you fooling us? How to dig? What to dig with? Do you look like a shovel? How thick is this stone wall? Do you want to..."
"It's not too thick!" Kane interrupted, "If it's too thick, we can't clearly hear the sound of the water outside, and since the Baidai River is next to it, the orc station outside is considered to be a water source, so it's impossible to go far, in other words, this cave is likely to be close to the Baidai River, and the perennial river erosion will also make it more vulnerable." ”
"And that's not all. Troy went on to add: "It's definitely not as strong as we thought it would be. ”
Speaking of this, he raised his hand and buckled it above the stone wall, and soon buckled a small piece of stone, and then he stretched out his fingers and pinched the stone and rubbed it, and the seemingly solid stone actually turned into fine gravel and fell, and he said excitedly: "See? Guys! What is this? Sandstone!"
With the exception of Kane and Chou Xili, most of the people present were born in rural households, and building a house was a problem for them all, and they naturally knew what it meant to be a material with an unreliable structure.
All of a sudden, the eyes of everyone present lit up.
Driven by a strong will to survive, everyone began to act, and although it was still daytime, it was completely forgotten by the orcs compared to the quiet environment at night, and they were more advantageous to act at this time.
After discussing for a while, everyone changed positions, the tall Mut and Carl sat side by side on the outside of the open position chosen by Troy, while the more clever Troy guarded the entrance of the cave, monitoring the movement of the orcs outside through the gap in the stone cave, once the orcs came, with Mut and Carl could block that area.
In this prison escape, only the cowards Lil and Yu Xili are not involved, the latter is because of the relationship with the girl, and the former seems to have been in a state of mental breakdown and can't help much.
As the sound fell, small pieces of stones were thrown from the stone wall and tossed to the ground, and the more delicate Somili seemed to feel that she couldn't do anything, and picked up the stones and rubbed them into gravel.
In less than two hours, the mountain wall had been dug out to a finger thickness, but what made everyone anxious was that there was no end in sight.
The operation didn't leave them much time, every once in a while the orcs would come and make rounds, the area was out of sight of the orcs for a long time, and even if they were stupid, it would inevitably arouse suspicion, and once they were allowed to see what was behind the stone wall, no one would doubt their end.
The orcs may not kill them just for the sake of keeping it fresh, but that's where it's the scariest part.
Hands and feet were broken, still in the corner, like a puddle of mud, forced to pour something that could maintain vital signs every day and wait for the end to come, far more terrible than death.
Time, minute by minute, everyone has an extra layer of fine sweat on their foreheads, their throats are dry, and the tense atmosphere is self-evident.
And when time can't tell how long has passed, finally, the dawn has quietly descended at this moment.
"Click!"
With the fall of a stone, a hint of reddish sunlight shone in from outside, although it was obviously the afterglow before sunset, the light was very dim and faint, but perhaps because they had not seen the sun for many days, and at this moment everyone in the cave had tears in the corners of their eyes.
But just as hope comes suddenly, despair sometimes comes unexpectedly.
“ganshenme?” A violent roar seemed to make the cave tremble.
“geiworankainimenjige!”
During the orc's sixth round, the movement inside finally aroused their vigilance, and an orc appeared at the door of the cave, calling out something and waving his hand to Mutt to get out of the way.
Time, as if forbidden at this moment.
Troy's face was pale, his eyes were filled with panic and panic, and his stiff body subconsciously wanted to move to the side.
"Ignore him, move fast! Fight!" At this moment, a broken drink suddenly exploded.
Hope was close at hand, Kane knew what the consequences would be if he gave in at this point, so he simply stopped pretending, and rushed to the gap that had been dug up with great difficulty, and his deep hands tore violently along the edge of the gap.
At Kane's snort, the others also came back to their senses, gritted their teeth, and took the same action, and the gap in the cave was completely exposed to the eyes of the orcs outside.
The orc's huge eyeballs kicked suddenly, and then a few curses sounded, and then he ran away quickly, and after a while, a bunch of orcs surrounded him, and the huge rock that had been blocked in the door for a long time began to show signs of loosening.
At this time, the gap, which was originally only the size of a finger, was also opened to the size of a fist under the full force of several people, and the efficiency of concealment and caution was suddenly improved.
However, this is far from the extent of escape, but at this time, the huge rock has been slowly moved away under the joint force of the three orcs...