Chapter 11: One Hundred Yards Underground (2)
Chapter XI
In his previous life, Jiang Zhe's impression of werewolves was still stuck in the movie.
This nocturnal race is no different from ordinary people in appearance, but on the night of the full moon, it will transform into a wolf-like creature, with a physique and strength far beyond ordinary people, a beast-like sense of smell and perception, and super recovery ability, which is destined to make them the object of fear of ordinary people.
There is a saying in the West: "Even a person with a pure heart, a person who does not forget to pray at night, will inevitably transform into a wolf on a full moon night when the aconitum is in full bloom." ”
In many movies, werewolves are not pure villains, on the contrary, people who sit in front of the screen and watch the film are full of pity and sympathy for the tragic story of werewolves.
Just like Jiang Zhe, he used to have a good impression of this nocturnal race.
But just once, when he met the so-called, real werewolf in this world, Jiang Zhe really couldn't raise the slightest good feeling in his heart.
There was once a philosopher who defined humans and beasts, and he said that humans are far more dangerous than beasts, because unlike humans, beasts will only harm other animals or people when they are threatened, except for hunting when they are hungry, but they will not harm their own kind for no reason, while humans often hurt others for their own **.
Of course, Jiang Zhe does not agree with this point of view that overturned a boatload of people with a stick.
But......
The villagers in front of them were originally innocent villagers, but at this moment, they became a soulless walking corpse because they were attacked by werewolves......
Different from the werewolves in the movies in the previous life, in this world, werewolves are still turned into humans in the end, and it is a relatively special kind of metamorphosis, perhaps it was really brought by demons at the earliest, because this metamorphosis will make people crazy and tyrannical.
But the key is...... Werewolves first appeared in the chaotic era hundreds of years ago, and with the continuation of hundreds of years, werewolves have long disappeared from human history, and even the special transformation technique of wolf transformation has been strictly forbidden by the empire to be memorized and circulated, so how did the werewolves who attacked the villagers appear now, hundreds of years later?
Could it be the revival of a werewolf who has been sleeping for hundreds of years?
Please, werewolves aren't vampires, even if they live a long lifespan, they can't live until now in a few hundred years, right?!
For this reason, Jiang Zhe prefers another explanation......
Maybe there may be someone else in this place besides the real werewolf, the one who somehow brought the werewolf of history back into this world!
"Boom!" the last werewolf puppet was burned to ashes.
"Whew!" sighed softly, Lavia raised her hand and wiped the sweat from her forehead with a white glove, and then, as if she remembered something, she secretly glanced at the boy next to her, and saw that he didn't pay attention, so she breathed a sigh of relief, after all, for a girl, wiping sweat with gloves is really rude.
At this time, Jiang Zhe was staring at the piles of ashes on the ground that resembled charcoal, and he had done the least respect for these innocent villagers.
"Soth?" With a somewhat puzzled expression, Lavia asked softly, "What do you want?" As she spoke, she seemed to remember what had just happened, and suddenly said with a disgraced face, "Soth, you were too messy just now, we are now a hundred yards underground, if we blow up this cave......"
"Heh," Jiang Zhe smiled slightly and said lightly, "I'm measured!"
Ravia rarely retorted, but hesitated for a moment before whispering, "These werewolves seem to be guarding this place......
"Well, maybe the owner of this place doesn't want us to get close to here," Jiang Zhe nodded, pointing to a tunnel entrance directly in front of him with the light from the five fireballs floating around, "What do you say is down there?"
Lavia shook her head and whispered in contemplation, "I don't know what's down there, but there's one thing I can promise...... The closer you get to the ground, the more werewolf puppets are guarded......"
"Hehe, in a word!"
"Huh, what?" Lavia obviously couldn't understand Jiang Zhe's words.
Shaking his head with a smile, Jiang Zhe walked towards the tunnel in front of him, he had come here, if he didn't see what was underneath, wouldn't he be very sorry for himself?
But to the surprise of the two, they didn't encounter many werewolf puppets as they went deeper and deeper into the ground, and they barely encountered many more along the way.
This made the two of them feel very strange, they were sure that there were probably no less than four or five hundred werewolf puppets in this pit, but why didn't they see many?
Suddenly, the scene in the tunnel in front of him caught Jiang Zhe's attention, he quickened his pace and walked over, shocked to find that the tunnel in front of him was actually full of werewolf puppet corpses...... Although it is a bit inappropriate to describe it as corpses, because these villagers are already dead, but at least, the werewolf puppet in front of them at this moment has lost the ability to move.
"Evil ......" Lavia subconsciously covered her mouth, she felt very disgusted.
It's no wonder that the werewolf puppet that is unfolding in front of them at this moment seems to have been burned by flames, and the scorched stump and severed arm are nothing, but the rich smell of flesh that fills the tunnel makes Lavia sick to her stomach.
Although Lavia had also experienced it once just now, it was only more than thirty werewolf puppets, and the corpses under their feet at this moment were more than one or two hundred?
On the contrary, Jiang Zhe's nerves were relatively thick, he didn't feel much discomfort, and was squatting down to look at the charred corpse under his feet.
"Is it the professor?"
He could tell that the corpses were scorched almost instantaneously, and for that to do so, the temperature of the flame was crucial, and it would not have been possible to achieve this level of flame like the one cast by Lavia......
Sure enough, in the next ten minutes, Jiang Zhe and Lavia almost stepped on those charred corpses, obviously, those werewolves tried to block the 'invaders' here.
"It's the professor!" Jiang Zhe said affirmatively.
"Teach...... Is the professor in front?" Carefully stepping over the corpses, Lavia tried not to look at the corpses beneath her feet, but even so, the feeling of tightness in her chest did not abate.
"Well, the professor is ahead!" Jiang Zhe breathed a sigh of relief as he spoke.
After all, in a deep environment where you don't know the situation, you can be accompanied by a powerful mentor, even if Jiang Zhe doesn't have the slightest fear, but he still feels at ease.
In his impression, Professor Huo De was an excellent mentor and at the same time a very powerful magician himself, at least Jiang Zhe could not cause any harm to Professor Huo De by exerting all his skills.
Indeed, Jiang Zhe's estimation is very correct, Professor Huo De is indeed in front at the moment, and the corpses of those werewolf puppets are indeed the masterpiece, if he hadn't walked in front and solved most of the werewolf puppets, at least Jiang Zhe and Lavia would not be as easy as they are now.
Of course, Professor Hodd didn't know that his two favorite apprentices were in the tunnel behind him, and he was walking in the dark tunnels with a lot of concern.
A mere torch was not enough to illuminate the tunnel, but Professor Huo De did not use fireballs to illuminate like Jiang Zhe, because he did not have the extraordinary talent of his apprentice.
Approaching the strength of the Great Magician, Professor Hodd achieved it completely by his own efforts, but unfortunately, hard work can allow you to surpass most people, but it is impossible for you to surpass everyone...... In the world of magic, innate outstanding talent cannot be replaced by acquired efforts!
If he didn't use any special means, Professor Hodd might only be at this stage in his life, close to the Great Magician, just close to ......
"Hmm, is it the end?" Professor Hodd found himself at the end of the mine, as he had no culprit other than the werewolf golems he had encountered along the way.
Are you on the wrong track?
The professor smiled wryly and shook his head, and was about to return the way he came, when he suddenly felt something was wrong with the wall on his right.
In deep thought, the professor raised his hand and slowly reached for the wall, and to his surprise, his right hand went straight through the wall and disappeared.
"Enchantment?" the professor shook his head and chuckled, his eyes lit up, and he saw a strange twist on the wall, and then his true face was revealed, it was a cave about two or three yards long, and the scene inside the cave made the professor look surprised.
After entering this 'room', he realized that the 'entrance' just now was just a hole in the wall, not the real entrance to this 'room'......
And......
Relying on the light of the torches, the professor frowned and looked around, and he found that the walls around him were all made of bluestone, which was a very hard rock that was not easy to mine, and most of the time it was used to build castles and walls, but it was found in such places......
The professor reached out and touched the wall, and at this time, he was surprised to find that the surface of this hard bluestone was actually weathered, which showed something, this means that this building is at least a hundred years old, maybe more!
The room was filled with bookcases and long tables, the bookcases were cluttered with books and materials, and the long tables were piled with various alchemical equipment, as well as some parchment that had been placed everywhere, and the parchment was painted with all kinds of strange symbols, although Professor Hodd did not quite understand, but this did not prevent him from understanding the origin of these parchment scrolls, which were the common symbols used by alchemists for centuries to record recipes.
Could it be that this is the place where alchemists have been alchemists for hundreds of years?
The professor was surprised.
To know how valuable these things are to the magician! Hmm...... It is collectible, after all, alchemy, which was immature hundreds of years ago, cannot be compared with the current orthodox magic.
But even so, Professor Hodd was still intrigued by the parchment in front of him, but after reaching out to unfold a roll of parchment, he casually glanced at the long table in front of him......
Compared to this filthy and dusty alchemy room, this table was obviously too clean......
There's also an enchantment to hide this room......
Someone!
No, there are magicians!
There's at least one magician here!
"Huh?" a slight startled sound caught Professor Hodd's attention.
"Who?" Professor Hodd subconsciously turned around and saw a man walk through the hole, looking at him with a wary expression.
The pale complexion, the black coat, the messy hair, and the seemingly scruffy and unkempt appearance could not hide the sharpness of the man's eyes that flashed for a moment, like a sharp knife.
And compared to this man, there was a seemingly transparent object floating next to him, and Professor Huo De was more concerned.
Is that......
Ghost!
Playing with the soul?!
Hum!
Professor Hodd slowly put down the parchment in his hand and stared at the man in front of him, this seemingly inconspicuous man made the professor feel threatened, it was a throbbing from the soul.
He was able to get close to ...... without even noticing it.
This guy ......
Tut!
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