Chapter 100: Blocking the Way of Retreat
The six men who followed the stream finally found a cave beneath the mound. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info but rather a cave than a cave, it is a fissure in the rock wall that the gods have wrought with their axes. The entrance of this cave is extremely narrow, only for one person to enter sideways, and everyone has moved dozens of meters with their backs against the cave wall before they come to a place where they can turn and bend their knees. Under the light of the torches, a hanging ladder leading to the top appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
"Where does this ladder lead?" Wall struggled to raise his arm so that the torch in his hand would shine higher, his voice echoing through the cavern, sounding cold, and everyone's eyes moved a few inches upwards with the light of the fire.
The ladder in front of me led only to a natural platform, and there was a suspension ladder to a higher place, and the top of the cave was still out of light.
Knowing that there was no way to see what was above him except to kick up the ladder, Wall gave up on the idea of continuing to shoot at the top of the cave, and turned to look at Gretel, the light of the torch shining behind him.
At this moment, Gretel was barely standing on Diredo's shoulders, the sweat on his cheeks was reflected in the firelight, and he narrowed his eyes and replied, "It's a tunnel, you want to ask which part of the castle it corresponds to?"
This sentence made Diledo's eyes widen in surprise.
"We're already under 'heaven'?" he chimed in.
Gretel sighed helplessly.
"We should be under the walls of the castle. ”
He suddenly let go of his left hand, which was hanging from the back of Dildedo's neck, and slammed down on the side of the ladder. This sudden move made Hawke involuntarily touch the weapon beside him, and Amanda saw this and hurriedly stopped between the two. Hearing only the sound of "bells", an iron gate suddenly fell from behind Hawk and the others, blocking the passage that could only be used for people to advance and retreat sideways. Gretel looked at the crowd who had not had time to react, and suddenly laughed and threw away a wedge in his hand.
"Now, we only have one way to go. He leaned back on the ladder and looked up at the darkness high up. This act provoked a series of reactions like dripping water into boiling oil.
Amanda, who was standing in front of Gretel, pounced on the iron gate, Hawke grabbed Gretel's collar with a single step, and Dildedo saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly grabbed Hawke's right hand holding the knife, while Wall and Ola stood in place in shock.
"Let go, idiot!" Hawk glared at Dilredo and then turned to Gretel. The man he had grabbed by the collar was laughing at him, his eyes flickering with flames of madness, and the sight of Hawke immediately reminded him of Drogris and his own experience of being deceived and manipulated.
At this time, Amanda slapped the iron gate again and screamed hysterically.
"We can't lift it! It's blocked! We can't get out!"
These words added fuel to the fire, and Hawke's anger gushed out, and he gritted his teeth as he snatched the knife from Dildedo's hand, "I'm going to kill him!"
"What the fuck is going to do! I'll let go and see if you can open a way out of the way if you kill him." Diredo let go and scolded.
"But don't forget, we haven't seen Silreth yet! isn't it too early to think about retreating?"
Hawke gradually calmed down under this questioning. He looked at the knife in his hand, looked at Gretel, who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, suddenly reached out and pushed Gretel hard against the stone wall, and then turned and walked towards the iron gate.
Amanda, who had twice stood in his way, sat on the ground in distraction, and Hawke glanced at the woman in disgust, then grabbed the iron fence and shook it unwillingly, but the iron gate did not move. A flash of fire came from behind him, only to hear Wall ask, "How's it going?"
"That's right. Hawke kicked the gate in annoyance.
"Well, then we don't have to think about it anymore. Wall smiled wryly.
Amanda sneered twice at this reluctance, and Ola sighed secretly. Seeing that no one had stepped forward to care about Amanda, she was thinking about whether to go over and help her up, but she unexpectedly caught a glimpse of a relieved expression on Wall's face.
"What was he thinking?" Ora pursed her lips unconsciously. I don't know why, she thinks that Wall is a little abnormal, to put it bluntly, a little unresponsive, the problem is that she and Wall don't know each other well, this feeling may be just a momentary illusion. And now, he seems to have recovered again.
"There's only one way anyway, so let's go up first. Wall looked up at the ladder and sighed.
As soon as he finished speaking, Gretel let out another chuckle.
"That's a good point, but ......," said Gretel, pointing to his injured shoulder and barely holding his injured leg, "I'm afraid I won't be able to climb this damn ladder......"
After some time, everyone finally saw what Gretel was talking about. Wall and the others, who were the first to climb the ladder, saw that Diredo, who was carrying Grett, had finally reached the top of the ladder, and hurriedly dragged Gretel up. Dildedo, who was light on his back, hung on the edge of the ladder for a moment.
Aura saw Diredo pouting with a look of grievance, and couldn't help but smile and stretched out his hands to him. At the moment when she reached out and grabbed Di Ledo, Di Ledo, who was originally "dejected", suddenly widened his eyes, and he opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something. Ola added another strain to his arm, and Drydo smiled hastily and began to climb his last few steps with bared teeth.
And the smile full of gratitude, which flashed like a shooting star, happened to be seen by Amanda, who stood still as if she had been touched. Aura looked sideways at her and looked at her again, and couldn't help but blink her eyes in confusion.
At this time, Diledo happened to climb the hanging ladder. He sat down on the ground, regaining his strength as he looked around.
"This place ......," Diledo frowned suddenly.
The tunnels they are in appear to be rammed earth, that is, at the foundations of the castle. The problem is that the tunnel seems to be supported only by a large amount of wood to support the roof, and if someone were to set a fire here, the castle above might collapse. Thinking of this, Diledo stood up suddenly. He looked at the others, trying to make sure that his guess was accurate through their looks. But no one looked as nervous as he was. But it's not surprising, how many people here have been orderly soldiers and know about this?
"What's wrong?" asked Wall.
Dildeau didn't answer Wall's question, he moved to Gretel's side, and asked tentatively, "What kind of enmity does he have against you, do you want to make him doomed?"
Gratt, leaning against the wall, twitched her shoulders and laughed twice.
"Diredo, I don't understand what you're saying. ”