The empty cage room—so let's call it—had several entrances and exits, and Yabo and Kirito took them through the same door as they came. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The labyrinth's passages and rooms are numerous, but not unrecognizable, and from time to time Shirley writes simple maps with pen and paper—things that may not be useful, but may be life-saving.

Mibo led the adventurers around the corner, through a narrow passageway, and into the Hall of the Dragon.

Here, as elsewhere, the hall smells of decay and decay, but the two rows of huge marble pillars on the left and right of the hall give a sense of grandeur, each carved with dragon reliefs. However, as the years passed, most of these reliefs were somewhat dilapidated and dull.

Three small humanoids with horns patrol the halls.

It's kobold guards.

Kirito and the others had just left the narrow passage and entered the dragon hall when the three kobold guards took their eyes on them.

"Wow, wow...... Whew!" a kobold guard shouted at them.

Two other kobold guards rushed over with spears.

"Whew...... Woohoo!" Mibo hurriedly took a step forward to make himself stand out, and stopped them in dragon language.

Yes, kobolds are often spoken in dragon language, and legend has it that kobolds were once servants of dragons, but what baffles linguists is that they can speak the solemn dragon language like a dog's bark.

I have to say that this is also a kind of ability.

"Wooh?" the kobold guard who gave the order also walked over, exchanged a word of confusion with Mibo, and then stared at them with distrustful eyes.

Besco held up his empty hands to indicate that he was not threatening. Shirley lowered her head and kicked the rubble at her feet. Kirito scratched the back of his head and smirked, his hand only two centimeters away from the hilt of the interpreter's sword. Todak protested with a dwarven axe. He patted the scale armor on his chest, and used the heavy armor axe to tell these kobolds that he was not easy to mess with.

Perhaps it was the effectiveness of Mirab's communication, or it was also possible that the dwarven demonstrations made the kobold guards feel the need to offend these powerful outsiders.

Three kobold guards get out of the way of a road to the west.

Besco noticed that the three kobolds were occasionally looking at a small door to the north, and the path they had passed through was south of the Hall of Dragons, so he whispered to Mibo.

"Damn the goblins, they came from that direction and snatched Kachix. Mibo said angrily.

The three kobold guards didn't have any special expressions when they heard Mibo's complaints. It seems that this is a public matter. In this case, the area occupied by the goblins is in that direction.

There is no need to explore that direction for the time being, the first thing to face is the kobold big leader.

On the west side of the hall, a rudimentary throne of rubble rests against an ancient altar, and a short kobold sits on a throne in a red robe, flanked by six similarly dressed guards. Behind the throne is a statue of a dragon with flying scales and claws.

A key was tightly attached to the dragon's mouth, which attracted the attention of the four adventurers, and their eyes exchanged, and Kirito and Besco each saw a confirmed look in each other's eyes.

This key is most likely behind the south door of the rotunda at the entrance to the underground castle. The key to the stone door with the dragon-shaped statue on the side was seen here.

If Kirito had slaughtered the kobolds all the way, then what they would have to do was probably to loot them immediately, but cautious adventurers tend to prefer to settle problems peacefully.

"Mis, humans, winged people and dwarves. "The Grand Chieftain Yusdayel is much more fluent in lingua franca than Mibo.

Because of Mibo's presence, these kobold guards didn't attack the adventurers in the first turn.

Mibo cowered and lay on the ground and reported to Yusdayer, "Great Chief, human. Help us get it back, Holy Dragon. They said. ”

Yusdayel is a female kobold, holding a scepter that indicates her profession, Warlock, a spellcaster class similar to a mage, though even rarer.

Yusdayer's gaze swept over Besco and Shirley, lingering on Todak for a moment. Finally stopping at Kirito's body, her unique instinct as a spellcaster told her that the most dangerous of the four people should be this human swordsman who couldn't see the depth at all.

"We come with kindness. Besco took the initiative to negotiate.

After a long pause, Yusdayel slowly spoke: "You don't smell of my people's blood, I believe you. ”

It doesn't look like it's fully trusted.

"What do you mean? I'd rather prove my strength with your blood than the cheap trust of a kobold. The dwarf was suddenly dissatisfied.

Todak swung his tomahawk in his hand. There was a cracking wind.

Besco and Shirley's faces changed slightly, Todak is usually a stuffy gourd, but sometimes he has a very short temper, it can't be that he is sick at this time, right?!

Sure enough, Yusdayel's expression changed—because of the different races, he couldn't tell what the kobold's expression meant, but it changed anyway.

"Rude!" Yusdayel rebuked.

The six guards raised their spears at the same time, turning their spears towards the adventurers, and a red glow appeared on Yusdayel's staff, a sign of fireball preparation.

Mibo shrank in a corner behind the throne in fright.

"Why is this happening?" Kirito spat secretly, pulling the interpreter behind him from the scabbard with his backhand.

Although the conflict is on the verge of breaking out, there should be a solution, Kirito doesn't want to fight these kobolds, not because he can't beat them, but because Yusdayel should know a lot of valuable information.

Then it would be better to restrain them without hurting anyone.

The kobold guards charged at the adventurers, Besco and Shirley had just drawn their weapons, and Todak was already carrying a tomahawk.

The dwarven warrior who was about to step forward to fend off the attack was pulled behind by a hand, and the owner of the hand took two steps forward, and his body was only a dozen centimeters away from the spear of the nearest kobold guard.

"Horizontal Quartet Slash-"

Kirito's interpreter slashed through the air, and four streaks of compressed air that deflected light appeared in all four directions of his body, and then spread out three or four meters away like a shock wave.

The two sword qi from the north and south slammed into the wall, leaving two marks that were not deep but very wide, which was the reason why Kirito was reluctant to play with lethality.

Todak hastily raised the heavy wooden shield, and the eastward sword qi slammed into the wooden shield with a dull thud, and the strong dwarven warrior felt his arm tingle a little.

The six kobold guards on the other side happened to be within Kirito's horizontal quadripartite attack range. The sound of the wooden pole breaking sounded one after another, and the spear shafts in the hands of the kobold guards broke one after another, and the owners of these spears were also knocked to the ground by the pure shock wave, there was no harm, but it would be impossible to get up again for a while.

That's control.

The hot-blooded kobolds and dwarves were both forced back by Kirito's sword, and the interpreter spun around Kirito's hand and retracted his sword scabbard.

The sword qi of the horizontal quadripartite slash hit Yusdayer's body almost nothing, but the latter still decisively stopped casting the spell.

In front of such a powerful swordsman, there is no room for him to cast spells.

"We have no ill will. Kirito said the same thing as Besco said at the beginning, but the weight was completely different at this point.

Yusdayel glanced at the guards who were not injured but couldn't get up for the time being, and nodded slowly: "I believe in you. ”

Shirley also secretly knocked Todak: "Why are you suddenly angry, bearded." ”

Todak snorted without explanation.

Besco quietly gestured for something, and then leaned into Shirley's ear and said it, Shirley was incredulous at first, then carefully observed the details of Todak's difference from usual, and finally couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

According to the size classification, the dwarf is medium-sized, and the kobold is small, but, but! kobolds are taller than him......

The main reason why dwarves are classified as medium-sized is because of their weight, and although they are not tall, they have an average weight almost the same as that of humans due to their increased strength and sturdiness.

Whereas, kobolds are typically elongated in stature. (To be continued.) )