471. Return
The team avoided the hellhound hunt, and under the leadership of the half-elf archer Samira, they passed through the complex terrain of stalactite pillar rocks to the bottom of the stone wall of the vent, and according to the previously agreed contact method, Andrew threw a large piece of bacon to the vent, and it didn't take long for the ogre Gulitham to stick his head out of the stone platform of the vent and look at the dark rock field below.
In the pitch-black cave, Surdak lit the torch of holy light in his hand, and the white flame reflected the faces of a group of people in the team.
Gullit looked excited, and he stood on the stone platform and swung his fist vigorously a few times.
A rope hung down from the stone wall, and Andrew of the Nanai tribe took the lead in climbing up the rope with five knights, this kind of climbing with the help of ropes was not difficult for these knights, and then Surdak hung the black mage on the rope, pulled the rope, and motioned for the man above the vent to drag the black mage up, and then hoisted the lame Haynes swordsman up to the stone platform in this way.
There were a few low roars of hellhounds in the distance, Surdak ignored those hellhounds, and asked Samira to take the succubus Aphrodite to climb the rock wall first, and when the hellhounds found Surdak's traces, Surdak had already pulled the rope and slowly rose to the stone wall, and those hellhounds could only surround the stone wall, constantly impacting the stone wall, and the sharp claws of the hellhounds were inserted into the cracks in the rocks, and they rushed out desperately.
Samira, who was crouching on the stone platform, drew the forest bow in her hand, and the feathered arrows pierced the heads of the hellhounds, shooting them at the foot of the stone wall.
The ogre held an air-dried salted fish in his mouth, pulled the rope with both hands, and pulled Surdak up, and saw Surdak appear intact on the stone platform, and hurriedly walked over to give Surdak a big hug, but when the tall ogre hugged Surdak, it was like picking up a child.
The succubi who were patrolling back and forth in the sky heard the movement here, and hurriedly spread their wings and quickly flew towards the vent, but they were one step slower after all, and when they flew to the vent of the stone platform, the Surdak team had already walked into the dark and deep cave, which was distributed in the underground world like a spider web, and even these succubi did not dare to break into it easily.
Speaking of which, the biggest physical advantage of succubi is flight, and their ability is only 'charming' and 'hypnosis' black magic, in the extremely dark cave, the succubus's combat power is not even as good as a giant hellhound, as a large number of hellhounds converge under the stone wall, countless hellhounds began to try to climb over this stone wall, some hellhounds fell from the stone wall during the climbing, and some hellhounds successfully climbed the stone platform.
After the six giant hellhounds climbed the stone platform one after another, with a burst of low roars, a large group of hellhounds rushed into the dark cave.
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The Surdak team had now entered the depths of the cave, and Samira followed the markers left behind to return the way she came.
Until the team walked out of the cavern, they didn't meet the hellhounds chasing from behind, and it was clear that the hellhounds had rushed into the intricate web of holes, most of them lost in the darkness.
After walking in the cave for a long time, the team finally saw a dazzling ray of light shooting into the hole in front of them, and the team let out a burst of cheers, everyone had stayed in the dark cave for too long, and they were about to grow damp moss on their bodies, and they couldn't wait to run to the entrance of the cave.
In particular, the five knights were able to regain their freedom, and they hugged each other tightly to celebrate each other's rebirth.
Surdak walked up from behind with the torch of holy light, and whispered to the team: "Everyone be careful, there is a large field of piranha growing outside, we better not disturb them, we escaped into this cave by mistake in the first place." β
The Haynes swordsman limped to the entrance of the cave and looked out of it.
After spending a long time in the dark, everyone walked to the edge of the cave, and was so blinded by the sunlight that they could barely see anything.
Surdak also stayed at the entrance of the cave for a while to get used to the brightness outside the cave, the man-eating vines guarding the entrance of the cave have retreated, and the entrance of the cave has returned to its original appearance, except for the overwhelmed weeds, only some flower vines were left on the rock ground that were cut down by the Surdak team, and now these flower vines have completely withered, but those thorny flower vines still look very terrifying, which makes the team feel palpitations.
The knights and the Haynes swordsmen had never seen the horrors of the man-eating flower tree, and they looked at the quiet forest in front of them.
Samira crouched down at the mouth of the cave, exploring the cavern to make her right arm worse, and she used her dagger to cut open the man-eating calyx on the ground, and found several black seeds from inside, each about the size of a red agate grape, which the half-elf archer happily collected into his arms, and then trampled the dry man-eating vines to shreds.
The succubus Aphrodi stood in the grass at the entrance of the cave, looking at the outside world in a daze, through the gap between the man-eating flower trees, in the distance was a rolling green mountain, overhead was a clear blue sky and a few wisps of clouds like cotton wool, this was a beautiful new world completely different from the Flame Hell, looking at the beautiful scenery in front of her, her eyes were covered with a layer of wet moisture.
The entrance to the cave was a little too low for the ogre, and he carried the black mage all the way.
When they arrived at the entrance of the cave, the ogre had to hand over the black mage to Andrew, and he bent down to walk out of the cave, outside the cave was the territory of the man-eating flower, and everyone in the team gathered outside the cave, and everyone did not dare to cross the territory of the man-eating flower tree, so they walked around the edge of the cave.
Surdak took out a map of the outskirts of Warzhmara City and pointed out the current location of the team to the Haynes swordsman, who knew that this place was at least thirty kilometers away from the main battlefield of the Constructed Swordsman Regiment, and it was impossible for him to trek on foot and climb over these mountains to join the Constructed Swordsman Regiment, so he followed Surdak's suggestion, and followed the Surdak team to the agreed meeting point and returned to Warzhmara City by magic airship to make plans.
The Surdak team made their way south along the ridge they had come from, and they didn't encounter the haunting ghost monkeys along the way.
The team walked to the junction of the magic airship, which was a large barren meadow on the hillside, with huge dirt pits on the hillside, and some finger-thick ironwood saplings mixed in the wild grass, which were said to take at least a hundred years to grow into large trees, and this meadow became a paradise for hares and pheasants.
The group climbed the hillside, and suddenly a flock of color-tailed pheasants flew up from the grass, flew out against the grass, and soon landed at the bottom of the hillside......
Samira picked up the forest bow and was about to chase after her, but she was stopped by Surdak, who took out a few bags of marching rations from his bosom and said to her: "The food rations are enough for the time being, and if you want to eat game, Andrew's archery skills are also good......"
With that, Surda took out the alloy bow from her magic belt bag and threw it to Andrew, who was stunned.
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The team waited on this hillside for a day. Night.
At dusk the next day, I finally saw a magic airship silently flying through the clouds and onto the hillside.
The magic airship folded its sails and slowed down, dropping a huge anchor on the top of the hillside, a cast-iron anchor larger than Andrew's. The chains that were still a circle thick of the legs hung down, and with great inertia, the large iron anchor dug deep into the dirt of the ridge.
As the airship continued to slide forward, the iron cable was gradually straightened, and the large iron anchor plowed a deep trench nearly 100 meters long in the soil of the ridge, and finally hovered at the end of the ridge meadow, and the crew of the airship stood on the aft deck, constantly waving the Grimm Empire flag in their hands, and the Surdak team hurriedly chased the airship and ran up.
Sixteen floating devices hummed on the left and right sides of the airship, a soft ladder hung down from the side of the airship, and the middle-aged captain held the railing of the ship's side and waved at Surdak with a wine bottle in his hand, with a long-lost smile on his face.
Surdak was the first to climb the magic airship, and the middle-aged captain came up and hugged Surdak, and said with a smile: "Young knight, I'm glad you came back alive, and Warzhmara welcomes you......"
As he spoke, the middle-aged captain glanced down again, and saw that there were many people added to the back, and the middle-aged captain exclaimed: "It seems that your team has gained something, let me guess, did you meet other reconnaissance teams that got lost in the mountains and forests?" β
"I've gained much more than that, we have captured an important person this time!" Surdak whispered into the middle-aged captain's ear.
Then he lowered a rope on the side of the ship, and the middle-aged captain hurriedly waved his hand to signal the crew on both sides to come up and help.
With the help of the crew, Surdak dragged up the black magician trapped in a dumpling from below, this black magic had been tortured enough for the past two days, and the team members did not give him a chance to speak at all, except for untying the bandage on his mouth when feeding water, he had hardly done anything else, the black magician's eye sockets collapsed deeply, his face was gray, he was weak with hunger, and the parts of his body tied with ropes were strangled with black and purple marks.
The middle-aged captain is also a man who has seen the world, and when he sees the outfit of the black magician, he knows that his identity is not ordinary.
Sending the Black Mage aboard the Magic Airship, Surdak finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The magic airship was carrying a lot of other combat teams on a reconnaissance mission together, and when they saw a team boarding the airship, everyone stopped to watch, and when everyone saw that the Surdak team had captured a dark mage, many knights gathered around this side.
"It's a dark mage...... someone shouted, and the whole airship stirred up.
The middle-aged captain made a quick decision, immediately suspended the next answering work, personally stood in front of the rudder, made the airship go around in a big circle, and then flew towards the city of Vozhmara at full speed.
In order to avoid the possible pursuit of the demons of Hell, the airship continued to rise in altitude until it reached the clouds, and then headed for the city of Warjmara.
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The sea of clouds under her feet was dyed with a pale gold, and the afterglow of the setting sun was reflected in the magnificent purple eyes of the succubus girl, and Aphrodi looked a little mysterious with a cloak around her body, a hood, and a light veil, but since she followed the Surdak team, no one questioned her identity.
In the Grimm Empire, many magicians like Aphrodite's outfit, Samira is almost the same as Aphrodite's attire, and she doesn't want to show her face, the only difference is that she carries a forest bow behind her back and wears red salamander leather boots on her feet.
Many Imperial people don't have that much respect for half-elf women, and they are even inferior to dark-skinned female orcs.
Surdak pressed his hand on his forehead, and then he began to feel a headache, Karl had officially stated that he would not help him anymore, in order to get a pass for the ogre Greitham, the team ventured into the jungle to investigate the clues to the hell passage, and now finally the teleportation ticket of the ogre Gulitham has been found, but a succubus has emerged.
Surdak really wanted to put a seal on his mouth, but he couldn't hold back at that time and sent an invitation to the succubus girl.
Surdak took a sip of water, trying to calm himself down, he held the side of the ship with one hand, stood on the edge of the ship, hesitated for a moment before confessing to the succubus girl: "I want to find a way to get a pass and a teleportation ticket...... Well, it seems that even if I have a teleportation ticket, I can't bring you there, so I'll have to find another way to get a pass. β
The succubus girl glanced at Surdak and nodded obediently, now she had nowhere to go.
The half-elven archer Samira stood beside Aphrodite and said to Surdak, "I know a few people who specialize in smuggling, do you want to ask them?" β
Surdak immediately raised his head and asked with some surprise, "Those stowaways were able to let Samira sneak through the portal?" β
The half-elf archer pursed his lips and said, "As long as you have money, there is nothing you can't do in Warzhmara, and if you don't go through that portal, no one will stop you wherever you go on the maca plane, and there will be no smuggling at all, but captain, you must be prepared with enough money, and they only know the glittering Imperial Gold Coins!" β
"Well, I'd like to meet them when I get back to the city of VoΕΎmara."
Surdak took a deep breath and decided to come down.
After flying for most of the night, the airship finally arrived in the bustling city of Worimara at midnight.
When approaching the city of Warzhmara, the magic airship met the wizard patrol patrolling the sky, and informed these magicians of the news of the capture of a black mage, and then the news was quickly transmitted back to the plane war headquarters of Warzhmara City, and when the airship arrived at the airport dock, a team of constructed swordsmen was already waiting on the dock, and the leader of the constructed swordsman looked up at the airship slowly approaching the port, and did not wait for the magic airship to stop, and stepped onto the airship.