Chapter 37: The Anthill
"It's impossible to ......" Arenas was startled, although the gold-eating ants do not have too strong attack power, but that is also for real magicians or mercenaries, and said to Hot, no matter how much attack power of the demonic insects and monsters are deadly, not to mention the nest of the golden ants that let the grandson eat, it is not one or two gold-eating ants, but a nest, or the largest nest. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Don't worry, Arenas, I still have some magic scrolls here, although it's only entry-level magic, it's not a big problem to make some gold-eating ants lose their ability to attack. This is what I practiced and played, and I'm going to send it to Hoult today. Hauswell took out a large bag, which was full of scrolls, and it seemed that there were hundreds of scrolls, but these introductory scrolls were useless to him at all, and he was a little reluctant to throw them away, after all, it was his hard work.
"This ......" Arenas was still a little hesitant, even with these scrolls, it was obviously impossible to ensure everything, after all, the scrolls also need to be used by people, and the strength is too weak, even if there are scrolls, they may not be able to have a chance to release them, and even if they are released, it is difficult to exert the power of the scrolls.
It's just that, after all, this is their task, and Hult also enjoys only a little lower treatment than Hauswell, in this case, he is not too resolute to object. Of course, the key is that with these scrolls, Hult's danger is indeed much lower, otherwise, he would not hesitate no matter what.
"Arenas, with these scrolls, Mr. Hult shouldn't be in any danger. Seren also persuaded Arenas, this task is related to the promotion of their mercenary group, and he naturally hopes that Hoth can enter.
"I'll go, it shouldn't be a big problem. Huo Tao readily agreed, with those scrolls, he really wouldn't be in much danger, even if he couldn't deal with it, it wouldn't be a big problem to come out safely.
Of course, those scrolls also have a great temptation to him, although the entry-level scrolls are not precious, they are really not much, and it is impossible to buy them in large quantities, especially the fire attribute magic scrolls, which are basically priceless.
And these entry-level scrolls are undoubtedly what he needs the most at the moment, mana is limited, usually he can't spend mana to release magic, such an attack magic, mana consumption is very large, and his little mana can't afford to toss. Besides, it's hard for him to unleash entry-level magic right now.
"It's really dangerous for Hult to enter, and such a cave can only be climbed into, which is very difficult, I think, let's pay Hoth's extra 100 magic coins for his hard work. Nana Magician spoke, she gave the body refining magic array to Hoth, but she had great hopes for Hoth, so she naturally wanted to help Hult speak.
"I have no opinion. After a slight hesitation, Hauswell took the lead in agreeing, now, there is really no good way, he doesn't want to spend more here, and besides, this hundred magic coins are from the entire mercenary group, and there are few to distribute to him, he is still completely able to accept it.
"I don't have a problem either. "Okay!" The other magicians couldn't say anything, but Nana proposed it, and Housewell was the first to agree, and Arenas was Holt's grandfather, so naturally it was impossible for them to object, and in this case, even if they were not satisfied, they were embarrassed to express it.
Whether it is Hauswell, Nana, or Arenas, it is not something they can compare, and among the magicians of the mercenary group, it can be said that they have the absolute right to speak. Of course, the key is that the impact on them is not great, this hundred magic coins, divided to their heads, it is estimated that it is only about one magic coin, for a magic currency to make these people unhappy, it is completely unnecessary.
Of course, it is true that no one wants to drill the ant burrow, and even if they can get in, they are not willing, they are more willing to pay a little magic money for others to drill.
"Since everyone agrees, so be it. "It's impossible for Selen to say anything, to make a few gods unhappy for a hundred magic coins, and to cooperate or not in the future? Besides, the most important thing for them now is to complete this task, if Hort is unhappy and unwilling to make a move, they will be blind, and I don't know how long this task will be delayed.
As for the other mercenaries, they have no say at all, of course, they don't think about this, as a member of the mercenary group, they undoubtedly hope that the mercenary group can be promoted, the B-level mercenary group, that is a large mercenary group, at that time, they will be able to take on better tasks and receive higher remuneration.
Huo Tao began to prepare, wanting to get into the cave, the magic robe was obviously inconvenient, the mercenaries made him a tight-fitting soft leather armor, a pair of gloves, and even prepared a helmet on the spot, although these defenses are difficult to prevent the gnawing of gold-eating ants, but they can also resist a little, so that he has time to use magic potions or magic scrolls.
In addition, the mercenaries also made a simple nozzle, which is obviously not convenient to use the liquid in the cave, and it is much more convenient to use the nozzle directly.
Equipped, Huo Tao carried a large bag of magic medicine to the cave, and not far from entering the cave, he saw gold-eating ants, gold-eating ants are not big, they are the size of mung beans, dark brown, and they look similar to the shape of the ants on the earth, but they are obviously much more ferocious.
Huo Tao immediately blessed himself with a magic shield scroll, and those low-level scrolls bought from North King at the trade fair also came in handy at this time, and while blessing the scroll, he pinched the medicine bag violently, and suddenly, the liquid medicine sprayed out, sprayed on those gold-eating ants, stained with the medicinal liquid, those gold-eating ants suddenly softened, lost their ability to move, struggled a few times, and did not move and starved.
"The effect of the potion is not bad, maybe you don't need those magic scrolls anymore!" For those scrolls of North King, he is not heartbroken at all, those scrolls are really not very useful, but they are better than nothing, but these scrolls of Hauswell are different, the fire magic scrolls, or the attack type, that can basically be used as a first-level magic scroll, for him now is undoubtedly very needed, he is really a little reluctant to use it.
The effect of the liquid medicine is good, but there are too many gold-eating ants along the way, spraying and killing those gold-eating ants all the way, crawling all the way, the speed is even slower than those gold-eating ants, but he is not in a hurry, he climbs steadily and steadily, he doesn't want to be bitten by ants because he is in a hurry.
The length of the cave far exceeded their estimates, and when the bag of liquid medicine was used up, he also climbed into about two hundred meters, but the whole cave was still a gentle upward slope, and there was no sign of descending.
When the liquid was used up, he could only return and take a bag of liquid medicine again, but fortunately, the liquid medicine was relatively long-lasting, and it could still kill those gold-eating ants in a week's time, but he was not worried that the ants would reoccupy the cave he had cleared.
After taking the liquid, Huo Tao continued to climb in, spraying the liquid, the second bag of liquid medicine was over, he estimated that he had also advanced five hundred meters, at this time, he finally saw that the direction of the cave in front of him had changed, and where the magic spotlight illuminated, the cave more than ten meters away gradually became parallel.
He took the third bag of magic potion again, and continued to move on, the parallel cave was still very long, and after using up the three bags of liquid again, he began to descend, and began to descend.
The descent began, and the caves became more complicated, in addition to the main road, there were many branch caves, the main road was about the same size as the outside, but the branch caves were much smaller, most of them were the thickness of arms, and the small ones were the size of little fingers.
Next, it's not a bag of liquid medicine, such a huge cave, the amount of liquid medicine used is very large, relying on him to carry it alone, I don't know how long it will take, at this time, the magicians and mercenaries also made a long hose. A large bucket was hung on the cliff and connected to the hose, Huo Tao only needed to pull the hose in.
The liquid flowed out of the hose and into the caves, the main cave, the branch caves, and poured it little by little. Huo Tao didn't stop, he continued to walk down along the active acupoint, but the more he went down, the more he felt that something was wrong.
The whole cave seems to be too regular, it seems that from the time he entered the cave to the present, it is more than a thousand meters, and the cave of more than a thousand meters has always been so big, he can barely climb in, it will not be easy, and it will not be stuck. Whether it is a burrow dug by gold-eating ants or a naturally formed burrow, it seems that it is not so neat.
The more the cave went down, the more regular it became, the more suspicious Huo Tao was in his heart, suddenly, his eyes fell on a stone wall, on the stone wall, there were several clear chisel marks, he continued to look forward, and soon, he found some chisel marks, he turned around and walked out, carefully observing the cave wall along the way, sure enough, although those cave walls have been treated, there are still some artificial traces left in some places, but the more outside, the fewer artificial traces of the cave wall, or the more difficult it is to see.
"This is not a cave dug by gold-eating ants, but a cave dug artificially, and the person who dug the cave deliberately covered up the traces of artificiality, why did this person dig such a cave?
Thinking of the hidden treasure, Huo Tao's eyes lit up a little, he quickly went down, with the temptation of hidden treasure, he didn't even feel the slightest tiredness. The further down the passage became, the more regular it became, and by the end, it was basically undisguised.
"Judging from these traces, these anthills should have been later, that is, there was this cave first, and then there were gold-eating ants, then, this cave, I'm afraid it has also existed for a long time...... "The wall of the cave without concealment can be seen in some cases, those anthills obviously destroyed the artificial chisel marks, and it was obviously a gold-eating ant after the artificial chisel marks.