Volume 2: Storm Falls 113 Dark Caverns
Hold the torch high in the air, trying to make the torch that felt a little too big illuminate the cave in front of you. But I was wrong, the torch I raised was like a candle in the night, the darkness in the distance remained, and the darkness above my head remained. All I could see was a radius of twenty meters around me. And my feet are not cliffs, but winding roads.
I've been to many caves before, but it's bigger than I ever imagined. Perhaps only the Moriath pit described in the story has such a large scale. But apparently this is not the dwarven masterpiece.
The air is getting fresher and wetter. I walked down the road that the kobold had worked so hard to dig. I went around a lot of circles until I saw the water.
Dark, watery! I hate the surface of the water in the dark, especially in places like this. Subconsciously took two steps back. That's right, it's the smell of the water.
There was not a single ripple on the water, it was as quiet as a mirror. But the smell of this water does not seem to stink. I don't feel uncomfortable scooping up a little water to taste salty, and of course I don't stay too long, this place is a bit scary.
My torches do not illuminate the darkness in the distance, and there is no way to the left or right. Why don't the kobolds pour the excavated dirt into this place? I looked down at the land on the shore, then at the road that winded up, and then at the calm water. I'd better hurry up! The water may not be clean! I hurried back.
This silence is a little eerie! I hate the feeling.
When I got back to the cave above, I suddenly remembered where the kobolds had dug the holes. I don't remember that there was a separate fork in the wall of the cave when I came here. So I stood on the side of the road down and took a closer look.
Only then did I find that there was a very narrow road on the left wall, about more than a meter wide, and one person could just pass it, and the kobold could go hand in hand. But it's also extremely dangerous.
Because it was a road dug by the kobolds, it couldn't be considered a road, and I couldn't stand up at all, so I could only move forward in a half-crouch.
At this moment, there were footsteps in front of me, and my heart suddenly rose to my throat! It's not a torch to throw in your hand, and it's not a torch to throw. I pressed my body against the wall.
Getting closer! I pulled out the knife from my waist, it would be absolutely unwise to fight in such a place, but I couldn't turn around and run, because it was too narrow and there was a cliff next to it, and these laughing things must be faster than I could run like this!
There was a gurgling sound from the other side, as if talking, two! And two more!
I don't dare to move, if I do, I'm going to get the attention of those two things! I gritted my teeth and waited for the two kobolds to appear. Getting closer!
My heart was racing, and my eyes were glued to that corner! Here it comes!
An ugly face appeared in front of me, and then my knife had swept past, and I could only hear the thing scream! I pulled out my knife and stabbed it hard!
It fell, the one behind it visibly frightened, but the screams of the thing broke the silence instantly. It ran away!
I dropped my knife and reached out to grab the kobold I had stabbed to death, and threw him off the narrow cliff.
The fall made a sound, one, two...... Poof! It's falling into the water!
The load of dirt they were carrying was thrown on the road, and I pulled it hard, and it was heavy! Dragged it aside to make me a little gap, but just then, a reflective stone in the dirt caught my eye!
I hurriedly reached out and pulled the dirt chop apart! I thought I was wrong! Illuminated by the torches, isn't this glowing green stone the stone I'm looking for! How can there be ...... in this soil? How could there be such a stone?
There's no time to think! I hurried after him. But at this moment, there was a sudden sound of splashing in the calm water below! And quite intense! Lying on the ground, I looked down, and all I could see was the sound of blackness and the churning of the water. That's probably why they get the dirt out!
I tried to move forward, but the further I went, the narrower the path became, and the dirt on the ground was all new! Oh my God! Haven't they dug it yet?
But...... Where did that little thing go? Catch up! I have to catch up with it!
Moving a few meters forward, I tilted my head and was stunned by the scene in front of me! An open space appeared in front of them, and they connected the passage in the cliff face to the front, and the rock wall in front of them shimmered with ...... Is it Thoryin?
The discovery didn't excite me, I just moved as far as I could, sticking to the cliff they hadn't dug up, and I wanted to lie on the ground, because the distance between the few meters that connected the cave in front of me was already more than half a meter wide. My body feels like it's going to slide down this place at any moment!
The little thing had run away and I didn't know where it had gone, and I gritted my teeth and crawled over the meters, and the feeling of being scared to death eased a little as my body rolled into the wide cavern in front of me. And the ensuing fear made me feel uncomfortable.
Hurry up from the wet ground, hurriedly raise a torch and look around, there is no enemy! There are no kobolds!
Where am I again? Where does this new cave lead?
This new discovery didn't make me feel new or happy at all, but made me a little repulsed. Am I walking a little ...... It's too deep!
Forget it, now that you're here, there's a good chance there won't be a next time, no, it's not very likely, I won't come to this kind of place again!
Let me use my good luck next time!
Just go to the end, I'm going to see what's inside. First walk to the rock wall and look at the glowing green stones, there are quite a few on this wall, though not very large, which may prove that there is such a mine here.
But these kobolds don't seem to be uncommon to this kind of thing. Dig a few times into the wall with a dagger, pick out a few of these stones and put them in your pocket. This stone is much heavier than a normal rock.
With a torch in one hand and a knife in the other, I walked briskly deeper into the cave. But the cave became wider and wider, and there were obvious traces of excavation on the rock wall. What exactly are these kobolds digging in?
The deeper I went, and the more and more forks in it, I kept making marks, but as I walked, I felt that I couldn't go any further! One hole after another, one hole after another! It's a bottomless pit! The kobold didn't know where he had gone. What surprised me the most was that the temperature inside was much warmer than when I first came in!
Looking at the torches, which are no longer very bright, I feel like I really have to go back! So I stopped and turned back, and there were some of these silver mines on the surrounding rock faces, but they were not on a large scale, and the place would have to be hollowed out to get them.
Although I didn't get much mine, I finally got an explanation. As I walked back, I picked out some of the ore that was easy to pick off and put it in my pocket. Just as I was concentrating on digging ore, a familiar voice came from the darkness!
"Woo Whoa, Whoa, Whoa!"
This sound almost scared my soul away! I turned around suddenly, and I saw a dozen fish-men in the distance rushing towards me like evil spirits!
The dagger in my hand had already made me chisel and lose my pointed head, I didn't care so much, I threw it directly to the opposite side, the dagger hit a fishman, the guy let out a strange scream, and it didn't hurt a bit!
The scene of killing an enemy with a throwing knife is very good, and it is not shown! I pulled out my knife and waited for them to come closer.
Deal with...... How? The stalactite pillars here can't play a role at all, and they have to fight in the face of these dozen fishmen!
One of the fishmen who pounced first was smashed in the head by me with a knife, and with a twist of his wrist, the knife was swept over, and the two fishmen were swept to the ground by me. I jumped backwards, and leaped again, and a fish-man who pounced on me was slashed in the face. Back again, back again, my back told me there was a rock wall behind me and I had no way back.
Subconsciously, I flashed to the left, but this judgment made me taste the pain immediately! I forgot that I was holding a torch in my left hand instead of a weapon! And this torch is the most basic guarantee for my survival! However, the defense of the left hand is nothing other than the arm guard on the forearm.
A fish-man bit into my left hand, and luckily its big mouth bit my forearm. At that moment, I threw it off with a flick and raised my right hand to slash down a fish-man who was leaning in next to me.
Can't play like this! I'll run away!
The fish-people in the back are in hot pursuit, and I can't care so much anymore! Rushed straight into the cave that he had just come out of.
In a hurry, I thought that was it, and as soon as I met the entrance of the cave, I turned left. After passing through four or five holes, the fish-man behind me had been gradually pulled away by me. A few of the people who followed me stopped and slashed them to the ground one by one. After slashing and injuring more than a dozen in a row, no fish-man chased after him, but there was still a strange cry of fish-man in the cave.
But the most terrifying thing at this time is not the fish man, but the torch in my hand has been dying from my run!
I need to go back quickly...... Get out of here. If I can't touch that path for a while, I'll be miserable!
So I walked forward as fast as I could, but try not to let the flames drift, and when I got to the fork in the road, I turned right, then right, and then right! When I saw the fish-people hacked to death on the ground, I was sure I was on the right track.
The flames grew weaker and weaker, so I took off my clothes and lit them with fire, just to make the stick burn a little harder. But the sackcloth garment burned to the ground in less than a minute.
I stripped off all the clothes I could burn and burned them as I went. In the end, I managed to make it to the narrow passage of the rock wall.
This road was uncomfortable when I came, and it is even more uncomfortable to go back now. The ten meters at the end of this passage have basically not been completed, and the width of about half a meter makes me frightened. I simply stopped squatting, and in order to overcome the fear in my heart, I chose to lie on the ground and crawl forward.
This full-body position on the ground makes me feel a little more comfortable. The chassis is low and the center of gravity is stable!
Crawling forward over the unfinished stretch of the road, the road ahead widened, but at the very corner where I would have stabbed a kobold to death, I distinctly heard the sound of rustling.
Doesn't this cost me my life! In this kind of place! I quickly got up and got to my knees with my body on my side, leaning my back against the wall as much as I could.
Slowly moving forward, the voice became clearer and clearer, yes! There's something there! I must have heard the sound from my knees, but the guy didn't rush over. It scared me. The corner was indeed wider than the road, but there was a pile of dirt scattered on it.
I can't see, I can't see what's behind the corner at all. Move forward, you have to make a choice! Now it's life or death!
With a slam of my legs forward, my body came to the corner, and the torch in my left hand followed, but the already faint light of the fire suddenly weakened! When it's too late, my eyes really see what is making a sound!
It's a giant fish-man! It's huge!
It was staring at me with big eyes.