196 Stalactites
readx;? The last person to come down from above was the second mate. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoCompared to the bumps and bumps of the rest of the crew, the second officer's skills are obviously much better, and he comes down quickly, carrying a sharpened knife behind him.
"I left three men to guard over there. "And leave them three days' worth of food, and let them go if they have almost eaten enough." ”
Vincent nodded: "It's true that you want to keep your hands behind, and you're doing a good job." ”
"It's just a parody of what you've done before. The second mate looked at the wound on the first mate's chest, frowned, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"I'll talk to you later. Vincent clapped his hands and let everyone gather. The bonfire crackled and burned, emitting a faint glow, casting the figures of everyone on the stone wall, like ghosts, some big and some tall and some short.
To Ian's surprise, Newman and Merial were among them. It stands to reason that there is no need for the elderly and women to be involved in this, they just need to wait for the news. But they still came, Newman's face was a little not good-looking, he must have consumed too much physical strength from above, and he was an old man after all.
Vincent gathered everyone around, cleared his throat, and said, "I think you all know. There are three passages in total, and I don't know where they lead, so now I decided to divide the team into two groups, and choose one passage to enter, so as not to interject in a hurry. We have 20 people here, and two sets is already the limit, and there are fewer people, and it is difficult to deal with emergencies. ”
"I'm with you. The second mate said.
"No, you need someone to lead the team. Vincent shook his head and said, "Hogel was injured and couldn't lead the team on his own, so he was with me. I figured it out, you can choose nine crew members to take with you, and Hogel and I will take these four passengers, plus a few sailors. ”
Although the second mate wanted to go all the way with Vincent, he also saw Hogel's injury, so he didn't say anything more, just nodded.
When it comes to grouping, Ian can't interject, he just needs to know who he's going with. However, he also roughly understood, Vincent's group was obviously not as good as the second mate's group, after all, there were four travelers, not to mention Tim, Newman and Merial obviously couldn't help much. There's also a wounded first mate, and he's a half-crippled hunter, oh, and that thief Greene.
Green had been standing in the corner, his short stature making it easy to ignore him. Although this guy who seems to have a dual personality is wrapped in doubts all over his body, if he really has the skills as rumored, he will definitely be able to help a lot.
Grouping doesn't make much sense. Soon the second mate had chosen his men, and after a short rest, he led his team into the nearest passage with torches held aloft in tow. Soon it disappeared around the corner of the passage, and the sound of chaotic footsteps faded away until it disappeared completely.
"Okay, let's take the next step. Vincent coughed, looked at the remaining nine and asked, "There are two passages left, one due south and one northwest." I don't know where these two passages lead, so let's take a pick. ”
Everyone looks at me, I look at you, no one knows how to choose, so they don't make a sound.
"I once heard that there was a profession in the interior called sacrifice. Newman cleared his throat, broke the silence, and said leisurely, "Those guys are more likely to look at these things, and deduce the state of affairs in the world by the direction of the stars. So I want to ask, which of you is a priest, or who knows a little bit about this profession?"
The crowd shook their heads.
"Then it's very simple, we're not sacrificial, we don't need to think about these things. Newman pulled out a shiny gold coin from his bosom, "How about letting Heaven decide for us?"
Flip a gold coin to decide?
I have to say that it was a very hasty decision, but after thinking about it, it seems to be the quickest decision. Leave everything to heaven to decide, no one objected, not even Vincent acquiesced, so Newman tossed the gold coin high after deciding where to go on both sides.
Everyone's eyes were attracted by the gold coin, which swirled in mid-air, spinning out brilliant golden light, like a dancing dancer, dancing on tiptoe with a beautiful posture.
Eventually, the gold coin fell into Newman's hands, and it was like a song ending.
Newman slowly spread his hands.
And they entered the passage due west.
The passage was wide, and it didn't feel crowded at all for ten people to walk through. Vincent walked at the forefront with his torch held aloft in his head, illuminating the way forward, and his tall figure looked a little depressed in the firelight. Tim followed Ian closely, looking nervous.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Don't you think it's weird?" asked Tim, "and I feel cold in here, as if someone is blowing the wind on my neck behind my back." ”
"Do you feel this way again?"
"This time it's real. Tim wanted to cry without tears, "You quickly look back and see if there is really a ghost behind me." ”
Ian looked back speechlessly and realized that someone was actually standing behind Tim, blowing wind around his neck. It was the thief Green, who was tiptoeing and gently blowing the wind on Tim's neck.
"Why are you doing that?" Ian glared at him.
"I'm blowing it now, but not just now. Green smiled wickedly at Ian, "I was blowing the human wind, which was hot, and it was the ghost wind that blew him just now, and it was cold. ”
Ian didn't bother to pay attention to him and let Tim quarrel with him. It's just that Green didn't want to pay attention to Tim, so he let Tim blush, and he didn't bother to reply, and retreated to the back of the team again, walking silently. Tim, on the other hand, didn't dare to go too far from Vincent, so he could only glare at Green hatefully, and then followed Ian.
I don't know how long I walked, but Ian faintly heard the sound of water droplets. I don't know if it's an illusion, tick-tock. It didn't take long for it to be confirmed that it wasn't a delusion, and Ian felt water dripping down his face.
Vincent also spotted it, stopped, and raised the torch. Everyone looked up and found that at some point, the rock wall above their heads had turned into stalactites, and the stones were wet and dripping from time to time.
Ian stuck out his tongue and licked the water that had just dripped on his face, and the taste was very light, indicating that it was not seawater.
"There are stalactites in such a place," Newman sighed, "Nature is amazing. ”
Vincent didn't say anything and continued on his way, followed by the rest of the group. Only this time everyone was no longer walking blindly, and they all focused their eyes on the top, admiring those magical stalactites.
"Look over there, there are a lot of these stones. Meria held out her hand and pointed forward.
Everyone looked in the direction of her finger, and sure enough, they saw the dense stalactites in front of them, like long nails. But for some reason, the moment Ian saw the stones, a sense of unease quickly welled up in his heart.
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