Chapter 34: The Demon Cave
The villagers of Bulon saw that in the dead of night there was a sudden influx of heavily armed outsiders, and they all picked up iron plows and nail rakes in a posture of dying together. It's no wonder they overreact, as in the remote parts of the empire, there are always wars of varying sizes between lords and lords, in which case the actions of the mercenaries on both sides will become uncontrollable, and it is always the common people who suffer. However, the geographical location of Bronn Village is special, and it has never seen such a large-scale mercenary "invasion" in the past, let alone the mercenary slaughter of the village.
Later, when I heard that this group of people actually went to the Hundred Eyes Demon Cave, I was even more surprised that I couldn't close my mouth for a long time.
"The last group of people who went to explore the Hundred Eyed Demon Cave are now two feet tall. Zago, the village chief, squinted his eyes and pointed to a dirt slope to the west, "Well, they're buried over there." β
Mo Mingke took a deep breath and asked, "Village Chief, we know how dangerous the cave is. But this time we have to do it. β
Zago said: "I think so, so many people have come, I'm afraid you won't give up until you make a mess." I have only one request: don't disturb my villagers. β
"Don't worry, village chief, we're not a gang of bandits. β
"I don't have any advice for you, and you know, the people who went into the cave are dead, so I don't know what's in the cave. β
Zago lazily waved his hand and motioned for the villagers to go back to their houses, and since the village chief had promised not to disturb the villagers, the mercenary group was stationed on the dirt slope to the west of the village, where there were no tombstones, only endless weeds.
On the eve of the operation, most people couldn't sleep, either because of excitement or nervousness, and the only ones who could snore at the moment they lay down were probably Yam and Old Tree.
Gurlov didn't seem to be asleep because of excitement, but was seeing him sorting through a box full of potions.
Mo Mingke walked up to him and sat down cross-legged, and said in a low voice, "Now that there are so many people, you shouldn't be able to use your spells, right?" β
"Not for the time being. I looked at the list of personnel, and there were a few fire and earth mages in it, who might be able to open the cave by force blasting. Gullov took out a few jars of dark green vials from the box and squeezed them in the palm of his hand, as if muttering to himself, "It cost me a lot of money to make this potion...... But just in case, if a few more people die, the portion will be enough to be distributed......"
"...... Crazy......"
Mo Mingke returned to the tent, Yamu on the side snorted louder and louder, pinched its nose, and muttered a few difficult goblin words, but after a while, the snoring sounded again, coupled with the lingering sense of unease, tossing and turning all night, and finally stayed up until dawn.
Dragging his sore limbs to get up, picking up some dead branches and grass, Mo Mingke quickly started a fire, these days he has learned some basic skills of survival in the wild, take the wild mice that were killed yesterday afternoon, remove the head and internal organs and start roasting, if in the past, seeing others slaughtering a chicken can be so disgusting that he can't eat for a long time, it can be seen that human potential is forced out.
After an hour and a half, when everyone had replenished their water and filled their stomachs, Gurlov gathered all his staff and headed for the Hundred-Eyed Cave.
After walking for about a kilometer, the vegetation around them disappeared completely, and the bare ground was a monotonous earthy yellow, and after a short time, a brown protrusion resembling the tip of a mountain was clearly visible in front of them, and that was the destination of the trip.
As the destination got closer and closer, Mo Mingke's breathing became rapid, for some reason he felt extremely annoyed in his chest and abdomen, the demon cave seemed to have an extremely strong attraction, to suck his whole body in, he wanted to run up immediately and enter the cave. But when he looked at the others, he didn't see it, which made him very puzzled.
Rozan said in Mo Mingke's ear: "This friend of yours (referring to Gurlov) is by no means just an ordinary wizard. β
Mo Mingke only felt irritable, and casually told the truth that he couldn't tell: "He's a necromancer, what's wrong?"
Luo Zan was stunned for a moment and said, "If others know that such a person is leading them, they won't have to blow up the pot." β
Mo Mingke suddenly felt that he was speechless, so he had to say immediately: "Please, don't say it." I really asked him for help as a last resort. β
"It's the same if I say it or not, as soon as he makes a move, things will go through the gang - what's the matter with you? Why are you sweating profusely?"
"I don't know. Mo Mingke breathed rapidly, "I just want to get into the cave quickly." β
"Do you feel a strong attraction in the cave?" Yamm asked suddenly.
"yes, how do you know? Do you feel that way?"
"I didn't. Becauseβ" Yamm suddenly stopped talking, just looked at Mo Mingke, as if conveying some unspoken message.
Mo Mingke looked at him for a while, and realized what Yamu wanted to express, so he said, "Is this moment finally coming......
Rozan said dissatisfiedly, "Hey, how many secret secrets do you guys have!"
Always as an outsider, I will feel uncomfortable with whoever I am. In fact, if Rozan knew that the ninety-eight brave men were just a group of cannon fodder sent to death, I don't know how he would feel in his heart.
"I'm sorry, Brother Rozan, this is a long story, and I will definitely explain it to you slowly when I have the chance. β
When the Hundred-Eyed Demon Cave was completely presented in front of their eyes, everyone had the same feeling in their hearts: this place was like a stinking, festering pustule on the vast earth.
There was a strange smell in the air, not a miasma, but a bit like a corpse, the cave was not very high, as mentioned above, it looked like an ugly pustule, the bottomless "eyes" seemed to be bleeding pus at any time, and some of the "eyes" seemed to have a faint light flickering, as if there was really an evil magic here.
"****** we really want to go into this damn place?" said a brave man in a somewhat trembling voice.
Gullov said in a cold voice: "You chose the path yourself, regret it now, but it's too late - all the wizards of the flame and earth systems are out!"
More than a dozen wizards stepped forward, including, of course, the not-so-confident Paparis. Gullov asked, "What's your most powerful spell?" β
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and naturally they were silent without much confidence, and the wizard with a little confidence replied:
"I'm going to burn the bomb!"
"I'm going to fall apart!"
"I'll Doomstorm ......"
Among the elemental magics, the most destructive is the earth-based magic, and Gurlov asked, "Is there anyone who can master the high-level magic of the earth-based system?"
A wizard said, "If I have high-level magic, I can summon earth elementals......"
Gullov didn't look at the earth wizard, and said to another flame wizard who had mastered the Flame Bomb, "Try to destroy the outer walls of this cave with all your might. β
The wizard nodded, walked forward, the rest of the brave knew the power of this spell, and hurriedly took a few steps back, the flame wizard chanted a spell, the tip of the staff gradually gathered a dazzling red light, this red flame quickly absorbed the energy of the surrounding air, and soon became larger than the caster's physique, the heat energy emitted made the people nearby unbearable, the wizard shook the staff, the red flame shot out from the tip of the staff, this flame that was enough to destroy all living beings bombarded the outer wall of the Hundred Eyes Demon Cave, erupting with a loud sound, countless debris splashed, if these stones hit people, they may directly burn a holeγ Half an hour later, the smoke from the explosion cleared, and the outer wall of the hit was charred black, and although there was a visible gap, the actual damage caused was far from enough - the plan to force the destruction from the outside failed.
"Damn! it's heavy clay with coarse gravel!