The six kobold guards got up from the ground one by one, and their eyes were full of fear when they looked at the black swordsman, although the other party had separated both sides at the same time just now, but if it really started, there was no doubt about what Kirito's choice was. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Mibo cautiously moved out of the corner behind the throne, relieving the timid kobold without fighting.

"Introduce yourself, Kirito. After saying that, Kirito took two steps back and returned to the group of adventurers.

"Besco. "Shirley. "Todak. ”

The dwarf put the heavy axe away, but apparently had no intention of conversing with the kobolds further.

"What is the purpose of your visit?" asked Yusdayel, pointing straight to the core.

Although Mibo said that the adventurers were there to help them retrieve the dragon cub, the timid and somewhat cowardly creature certainly did not think that these adventurers must have a purpose.

The torches stuck in the wall burned, and the shaking flames made the shadows of the crowd swaying and blurring.

Besco looked at Kirito, who tilted his head at him and motioned for him to speak first.

The wanderer coughed lightly, then said, "Have you seen any other adventurers, it must have been a month ago. ”

Yusdayel nodded quickly: "If you were talking about a month ago, we didn't see anyone, we just found their traces in the ruins, they went deeper than us, but never came back. ”

This incident obviously made a deep impression on the kobold chieftain, and he barely remembered it.

The targets of those rescues are trapped in deeper depths, although they have been expected for a long time, but there will be no less troubles.

"Those adventurers didn't go in that direction. Yusdayar added, "If you are looking for them, Mibo will help you, but you must also help us find the Holy Dragon." ”

"It's not an equal deal. Besco looked directly at the kobold leader sitting on the gravel throne.

Yusdayel did not immediately reply. Instead, he struck the stone with his hand that was not holding the scepter, and several kobold guards stood upright with spears in their hands, not squinting.

The wind of circulation swirled around the dragon throne, and Yusdayel's fingers tapping the stone stopped, and he said in lingua franca to the two nearest guards, "Move the altar out." ”

Hearing this, the two kobold guards walked behind the throne, where Mibo had been hiding. Together, they moved out a stone altar.

There was a faint magical glow on the altar, and it was clear that it was all magical items.

Gray-green feathers, three spell scrolls of different sizes, and a bottle of herbs.

With Kirito's knowledge, he could only tell that it was a bottle of antidote, as well as the demon fire spell in the spell scroll, and if he could look closely, he might be able to recognize even more.

"You win, human. The kobold leader said. "Mibo will lead the way, but he won't leave our kobold's area of control, and if you can help us retrieve the Holy Dragon, you can choose two of them as prizes. ”

Besco looked at the key in the dragon's mouth, pointed to it and asked Yusdayel, "Can you choose that?"

Yusdayel looked up at the key, obviously hesitant, but nodded after a while: "Yes, if you choose that." You won't be able to pick and choose any other rewards. ”

The wanderer felt that his question was almost done and looked at Kirito.

Kirito asked the kobold chieftain, "Did you know that there is a Druid Wanderer here?" ”

Druid.

Todak, the eldest in the room, suddenly widened his eyes. He was also in his eighties, considered middle-aged among the dwarves, and had heard his fathers talk about elves and their companions in the forest, and the druids had not been seen in the eyes of the world for a long time.

Shirley, who was staring at the magic items on the altar and analyzing their value, couldn't help but raise her head when she heard the word druid, the lineage of forest rangers and druids was very similar. Rangers are also able to use some druid spells to a limited extent after a certain level, and can be said to be strange and familiar with this group.

Only Besco looked at his companion with some confusion, not understanding why they reacted so much.

"You seem to know a lot of things, humans. Yusdayel was silent for a moment and said, "Yes. Belik the Vault Dweller, who lives on the ground floor, cultivates magic apples and lets goblins sell them for him. Yes, the goblins who stole the Holy Dragon are his minions!"

This sudden intelligence caught the three Besco unexpected, and the possible enemies were changed from a barbaric goblin tribe to a druid with unknown rank and unknown means, and the difficulty of this mission can be said to have skyrocketed.

Yusdayel mentions the magic apple, which explains why the goblins are able to come up with the magical, healing apple.

But why would Belic sell apples? No one would think that a spellcaster would be short of that money.

Now I can only hide my doubts in my heart for the time being.

"Last question, Mibo said that you encountered a monster, so the attack was blocked, who is the enemy?" Kirito asked.

If you want to go deeper, you will inevitably encounter those monsters, and even if you are careful to avoid them, you will always have to face them when you finally face Belik.

"That's a withered young tree. Yusdayel explained to the adventurers, "These things are the creations of the Vault Dweller, and there are not many of them in the upper level, and in the dim grove of the lower level, there are dozens of them. ”

"I'm done with my question. Kirito said.

The other three adventurers also said they had no problems.

"You can rest at the station on the other side of the Hall of the Dragon, or take care of the Dragon's room at Mibo. After the kobold leader finished speaking, he closed his eyes, and had no intention of continuing the conversation.

Besco and Todak had just rested and didn't feel tired, and Shirley and Kiritto had no problem.

"I recommend a sneak attack at night. Besco suggested.

"Agreed. Todak briefly expressed his opinion.

"I really don't want to stay up late. The Winged Maiden expressed her displeasure slightly.

"No problem. Kirito said casually.

It looked like they had traveled a lot, but in fact, the underground castle was only a castle, not a city, and less than three hours had passed since entering the ruins.

(Time log, April 21 17:05, by Kirito)

They have plenty of time to launch a nocturnal attack on the goblins, and although there is no clear difference between day and night in a dark underground castle, goblins are also diurnal creatures, and their vigilance decreases during the night hours.

"Mibo. Shirley beckoned the kobold who was leading the way.

Go back to the empty cage room first.

Before waiting for the night, a preliminary investigation was carried out, and the kobold leader said that the adventurers had taken other paths before, and it was here that they were different from Kirito's route.

The door to the Dragon Throne in the empty cage room was located on the west side of the room, while the direction taken by the Heckley siblings and the other two adventurers a month ago was the small door in the northeast corner.

Passing through the crooked path behind the door and pushing open the half-hidden door, Mibo led the adventurers into an empty room.

In the dimly lit and empty room, there was little else but rat droppings, broken stones, and stains.

Careful explorers can find details that ordinary people don't notice, and Besco is one of them.

"Mibo, is there a rat nest here, I'm talking about the very big dinosaur. As he spoke, Besco held a lantern and shone it on a row of triangular paw prints that were not very obvious on the ground.

"Yes, more, big. Mibo raised his hand and gestured.

"Huh. The dwarven warrior who was watching the ground with the light suddenly let out a puzzled voice, "I seem to see some larger footprints. ”

Todak's footprints were on the edge of the cone-shaped light of the bull's-eye lantern, and they were not very clear in the dimness, and Besco leaned closer with the lantern, and now everyone noticed.

The footprints of more than twenty centimeters were already somewhat blurred, and they were obviously not left by a dinosaur or even a goblin kobold, but the footprints of a medium-sized humanoid.

"Sure enough, it's coming this way. Besco muttered quietly.

Combined with the information of the kobolds, it is easy to determine that these footprints should have been left by the previous wave of adventurers.

Beyond that, it was not under the control of the kobolds, and Mibo only sent the adventurers here, but he also told them that the road ahead was not goblins, but a nest of aborigines, who were rats. (To be continued.) )