Because the big spider on the ground was probably still blocking the doorway, Chelus and Nanoha were not in a hurry to go up to investigate the enemy, but carefully groped the underground hall.

It seems to have been built specifically to commemorate the original incarnations of these statues, and nothing else exists other than these stone statues, which are suspected to be elite warriors from various races. The pedestals under the statues were carved with strange handwriting, some of which looked like the lingua franca of the road but seemed to have some subtle differences, while others were completely unseen by Cheruth and Nanoha, and according to the age of the ruins, Cheruth guessed that it was an ancient script from a time ago.

At the other end of the main hall there were three passages that were supposed to lead deeper into the ruins, but now, two of the three passages were blocked by stones, as if the passages had collapsed, and the only remaining leftmost passages were faintly visible in the corners with some steps down, apparently a corridor leading to the lower level.

Chelus wasn't interested in continuing to explore the ruins, so she didn't pay much attention to the unobstructed corridor, but the collapsed passage on the far right caught her attention.

Shuai Ke and the Knights Templar had entered the underground ruins before them, and the previous section of the stone staircase corridor had no other branches, and they should have arrived here. It stands to reason that they should have ventured down from the only passage that had not collapsed, but Cheruth had unexpectedly spotted some shallow footprints in the dirt at the mouth of the passage on the far right.

Chelus had no knowledge of tracking, so she couldn't tell if the footprints were new or old, but the discovery still sent a chill through the wolf girl's heart.

After all, there are no traces of similar footprints on the small section of dirt in front of the other two passages, if these footprints are really left by Shuai Ke and the others before, then it means that at least the passage on the far right when Shuai Ke and the others arrived here should also be open, but now, it has only been more than an hour since Shuai Ke and the others came down, and the passage they entered was firmly sealed by falling rocks, is it an accident? Or did Shuai Ke and them fall into the trap of those fallen mercenaries in the ruins?

Cheruth frowned, and quickly retreated to the other side of the stone staircase, where Nanoha, who was guarding the two unconscious Templars, couldn't help but be a little worried when she saw her serious face.

"Cheruth, do you notice anything wrong?"

“...... Well, anyway, I don't think we'd better go deeper, it's better to wait here for Sister Gray Wind and them to come over. ”

The three mutant big bugs that suddenly appeared were definitely not found here in the ruins by accident and came together, and the wolf girl was very aware of the inexplicable attachment that those depraved mercenaries had for her before. Undoubtedly, those mercenaries or the boss behind those mercenaries did not give up the idea of catching her, and after not knowing what method was used to trap Shuai Ke and the others who went down to the ruins-I hope it was just trapped-, the other party used the power of the three big bugs to successfully force themselves into this mysterious underground ruins, and the next step should be to borrow land to deal with them, right?

In any case, it was obviously not a wise decision to run around in the enemy's home arena in a vulnerable situation, and although the numerous statues here somewhat obscured the view, the structure of the entire hall was simple, with stone stairs leading to the ground on one side and three passages to continue on the other...... As long as there is no secret door, the only thing they need to pay attention to is whether there is an enemy in the passage on the other side that has not collapsed.

After gathering her thoughts, Cheruth crouched down and looked at the two Templar Knights who had been rescued from above with a slightly tangled expression.

"These two people, no problem, right?"

Nanoha smiled bitterly, the previous experience of going up the stairs was indeed a bit weird, almost being bumped into by two muscular men and running over was not a pleasant experience for a teenage girl in every sense of the word.

"It should have just hit his head when he came down, but both of them should have used vindictive energy as protection, and they didn't suffer any serious injuries but just fainted. ”

Cheruth pursed her lips and raised her hand to type on the magic compiler.

"Cheruth?"

"Since you are not injured, then get up and help to keep watch, really, you saved their lives but we almost suffered, and we slept here in peace. ”

The wolf girl, who was full of resentment about the experience of being chased behind her ass by the flesh rolling stone just now, quickly gathered a lot of small transparent wind blades in her hands, picked up the thick places of the two knights' armor, and cut the clay cobwebs stuck to them one by one, and then slightly blessed a little vindictive little fist, one by one.

"Ahh

The two knights who were woken up each exclaimed in surprise and woke up with a touch of their heads.

"Uh...... We're ......."

In the end, it is the elite of the Knights of the Templars, although they were a little confused when they just woke up, but the two of them quickly reacted that their current situation was not a time to be able to swim around, and after quickly confirming the surrounding situation, the two quickly stood up, I don't know if they didn't realize it or deliberately ignored the rough way when Cheruth woke them up, and the two of them took it seriously and gave a standard chivalric salute to Cheruth and Nanoha.

"Thank you two for saving your lives!

No, bless it, forget it, as long as you don't keep holding on to us.

"It's okay, it's okay," the wolf girl waved her paws, "You can see that behind us is the stone staircase passage when we entered, and this is the outermost part of the underground ruins, so it's a safe place for the time being." ”

The two knights looked at each other.

"Excuse me, how are our companions outside?"

"I don't know, in that situation at that time, we had already worked hard to protect ourselves and save you, and we really didn't have time to pay attention to other places...... I understand your feelings, but as you have seen just now, going out rashly at the moment will only fall into the lair of the big spider again and fall into a bitter battle, which will not really help the battle situation. There are more than a dozen of your companions, and it won't be so easy to defeat when you get together, don't worry. ”

Seeing that the two hot-blooded muscular men were quite in the posture of returning to the ground to fight side by side with their companions, Cheruth couldn't help but add a few more words to dispel their idea of delivering food.

The wolf girl's words were a bit blunt, but fortunately, the two knights were also very pragmatic people, and although there was still some worry on their faces, they did not express their desire to return to the ground.

"This is the ruins of the underground...... By the way, you two might as well go with us to find Captain Shuaike, with Captain Shuaike, they should be able to attack them. ”

There's a good chance that your Squadron Leader Shuai Ke is no longer able to protect himself by now.

Of course, Cheruth would not say such a thing that irritated the other party's nerves, and with a flick of her tail, the wolf girl opened her mouth and vetoed the proposal of the two.

"Squadron Leader Shuaike, they have been in for more than an hour, and the roads in the underground ruins are usually intricate, we don't know where they are at all, and there is a great chance that people will not find it, but we will not be able to get out. This is the stronghold of those fallen mercenaries, there are only four of us, and once we fall into the trap of the enemy, it will be a dead end. ”

The dilemma was obviously quite rare for the two Templar Knights who had been rampage under Shuaike's men, so they had to wait for the little wolf girl in front of them to come up with an idea.

Cheruth was speechless and accepted the gaze of the two knights, "You take the idea, we will execute", although she did hope that these two stunned people could listen to the command, but you are also adults, okay, what kind of trouble is it to put on a look of giving up thinking and listening to the command in such a generous way to a child, and now adults are really (?)......

The wolf girl suddenly felt that she could understand why Raphael was developed into that kind of single-threaded thinking mode, and the thinking circuits of the people in the Holy See were all like this, if they didn't advance, they would retreat, and sure enough, the heads of this group of people had been squeezed by the muscles to the point that there was only one main road left.

"Let's wait here, among my companions who are rushing here, there are strong men whose strength is not lost to your Shuai Ke Squadron Leader, as well as the elite members of the A-level Wanderer Mercenary Regiment, when the time comes, we should be able to deal with the three big bugs outside, but it will take a little longer, it will take more than three hours, during this time, we will focus on staying vigilant here, and we will rush up as soon as my companions come." ”

The idea was clear and organized, the two knights nodded their heads again and again, so the four of them stood guard around the entrance of the stone staircase passage as Cheruth said, Nanoha carefully monitored the movement in the stone staircase passage with a magic guide spear, and the two knights were monitoring the hall on one side, Cheruth stood in the middle, while using the contract link to report the situation here to the gray wind, while using the keen hearing of the demon wolf to pay attention to any subtle movements around.

It was easy to lose track of the passage of time in the quiet and gloomy environment, and after an unknown amount of time, perhaps twenty or thirty minutes, or perhaps an hour, just when the vigilance of the four of them was more relaxed than at first, suddenly, an inexplicable vibration sounded in the ears of the wolf of Cheruth.

The sound of the vibrations came from the stone walls of the hall on either side of the entrance to the stone staircase, and at first it was a faint sound that almost made Cheruth think it was just her illusion, but soon the sound gradually became louder, and in the quiet environment, the wolf girl quickly recognized that it was the sound of the sand being excavated.

"Something's coming, get out of here!

Hearing Cheruth's reminder, the other three immediately followed her towards the center of the hall, and had just walked less than ten steps when they heard a loud bang, and the stone walls on both sides of the entrance were broken through two huge gaps at once, and a large group of desert giant scorpions with teeth and claws rushed out of the two gaps, and forced towards the four of them with a fierce momentum.

At the same time, from the only intact passage on the other side of the hall, there was also a sound of hurried footsteps, only to see the eight-character Hulud and another bearded mercenary who had fought with the Horal tribe before, and another bearded mercenary leader, the large group of mercenaries who had previously hid in the ruins trotted into the hall from the other side, and together with the desert giant scorpions, surrounded the four of them from both sides in the middle.

Looking at this front and back attack, Cheruth grinned bitterly.

Although I had expected that they would come out to look for her even if they didn't go in, I didn't expect the other party's "welcome" to be really warm enough......