Walking leisurely on the wooden bridge entwined with flowers and vines, feeling the warm spring breeze blowing in his face, admiring the clouds in the blue sky and the cheerful swimming fish in the clear lake water under the bridge, Yang Fan is smiling and very comfortable.

Since he had slept until now, he had not even collected the timber that the peasants had cut, so when he reached the shore of the lake, it was already full of rolling logs.

Seeing Yang Fan coming, the team leader designated by Farrant hurriedly greeted him. "Master, do you have any orders?"

"It's nothing, I'm just going to take a look, you're busy with you. Yang Fan waved his hand and smiled, then walked to the pile of wood and put all the wood into the ring.

After collecting the timber, Yang Fan was not in a hurry to go back, in fact, he had nothing to do when he went back, so he was bored and sat on the stake in the open field, watching the farmers who were logging in a daze.

After sitting quietly for a while, suddenly an archer with a longbow in his hand ran out of the woods, and when he saw Yang Fan, he quickly ran to him and said, "Master, Lord Gate, they have found something unusual in the woods, let me come back and report to you." ”

"Oh, what's abnormal?" Yang Fan was shocked, and suddenly stood up and said.

The archer calmed down his chaotic aura from sprinting for a moment, and said, "This morning, Lord Gate, gathered us together, and talked about finding some wild vegetables and fruits in the forest to improve the taste of our master, and by the way, to explore the surrounding environment. After a pause, he continued, "But Lord Gate, fearing for his master's safety, did not dare to go too far, so we walked a few miles southwest to prepare to return, but..."

"Did you encounter a dire crocodile? How many are there?" Yang Fan grabbed the archer's shoulder and asked eagerly.

The archer was slightly stunned, looked at him in surprise, and said, "How did the master know that we would meet the dire crocodile, don't worry! We have only encountered one, and it has been wiped out by Lord Gate." ”

"Nonsense, the swamp where the dinosaur lives is to the south of the Templar territory, and the Whispering Forest is to the east of the territory. If you go southwest, it's strange if you don't encounter a crocodile. Fortunately, there are not many of them, otherwise they will be in trouble, where are they now?" Yang Fan said angrily.

The archer's face flushed slightly, and he replied embarrassedly: "They are still destroying the Dire Crocodile, and when the Dire Crocodile was about to die, it kept casting magic like crazy, and as a result, a mound of earth collapsed, revealing a tunnel, where Lord Gate, and they are now guarding!"

"Quick, take me there. Yang Fan patted the archer on the shoulder and said.

The archer nodded and said, "Master, please come with me." Then he turned around and walked briskly in the direction he had just run out, Yang Fan also patted the robe on his body, and followed him into the woods.

Compared to the sunny outside, the woods are a little damp and gloomy, especially the fallen leaves on the ground that have been soaked in rain, always emitting a faint smell of rancidity.

After walking with the archers for about half an hour, Yang Fan finally saw the figure of Gate and the others. I saw that more than a dozen of them were all gathered in front of a mound of earth several meters high, the infantry held huge shields in front of them, and the rest of them were all holding weapons and staring at the mound with a vigilant look.

"What the hell is going on, what are you looking at?" Yang Fan asked before he could walk in front of everyone.

After hearing the question, everyone turned their heads and saw Yang Fan, and they all stepped forward and saluted, saying "master".

"Hmm!Gat, did you find anything?" Yang Fan nodded, walked over to the mound and took a look.

Gatt took a step forward, pointed not far away and said: "Master, we were about to return when we walked here, but we didn't know that we met this dire crocodile, and after a fight, we killed it, but when it was dying and crazy, it cast a lot of "water blades" in a row, several of which hit this mound of earth, and then revealed the entrance to this tunnel. ”

"No one entered it without permission, right?" Yang Fan looked at the dark hole and frowned.

Getter shook his head and said, "No, I'll send someone to inform you after the tunnel entrance appears, and we haven't left the entrance during this time." ”

"Good, Ed. Send a few infantry to clear the way, taking care to defend with shields, and the rest of the men and others will follow. Yang Fan turned around and looked at the "stupid big man" and said.

Ed grinned, held a shield in his left hand, and waved his right hand, "Brothers, follow me." Then he rushed into the tunnel.

Watching the infantry disappear at the entrance of the tunnel, Yang Fan and Gate also followed, and at the end were a few archers. Although the most dangerous place in the tunnel is the front of the team, no one can guarantee that there will be other magical beasts running into the cave with everyone, so it is also necessary to leave a few people behind.

Walking into the tunnel, the first thing that catches your eye is the smooth and neat staircase and the magic lamps placed on the walls on both sides, judging from the style of the magic lamps, which are from the same period as the gold mines on the snow-capped mountains.

"Master, it looks like it was dug out by hand. Keith, who was following Yang Fan, whispered.

Yang Fan first instructed the infantry in front to turn on the magic lamp on the wall while exploring the way, and then nodded and said, "Yes, it seems that this place should be related to the duke who wanted to rebel two hundred years ago." ”

"But this is in the forest, and the tunnels are built in a small mound, and they don't look like mines!" Getter wondered.

Yang Fan shook his head and said with a smile: "Look at the steps on the ground, have you ever seen any mine cave that has built the ground like this?" Then he lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said: "If I guess correctly, this should be a place like a secret base built by that duke, as for the purpose, let's go in and take a look!"

As the magic lamp lit up, the dark tunnels began to become clear. It was only at this time that everyone discovered that this tunnel was not as narrow as it seemed from the outside, according to Yang Fan's estimate, the width of the entire tunnel was at least close to five meters, and the height continued to increase as everyone went deeper.

I don't know how long they walked, but the people who were highly concentrated did not meet the imaginary attack, and even in the end, the left hand of the infantry was a little sour because of the shield, and they did not encounter any abnormal situation.

Seeing that everyone seemed to be a little tired, Yang Fan ordered to rest on the spot, and then sat on the smooth ground with Gate.

"Master, it's been so long, why haven't you come to the end yet!" said Ed, who was at the front of the line, sitting on the ground and rubbing his left arm.

"Yes! I think it's going in the direction of this tunnel," Gat took over, and said again and again.

Yang Fan smiled and said: "I know what you're thinking, since you just walked the stairs, the direction of the tunnel has been going to the southwest, are you worried that this tunnel is leading to the swamp, right?"