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Char suddenly found that Ada hadn't changed at all - this guy always had a way to make himself speechless, and his pretty face always motivated his efforts, but he didn't have much to do with this guy.

When the ant colony dispersed, everyone came to the riverbank, but everyone did not dare to stay away from the river for safety.

A fire was lit - and after learning that this terrible gold-eating ant was afraid of all light, it was the safest thing to do.

Around the warm fire, everyone dried their clothes, and the warm flame and fire light brought everyone some sense of safety.

Garin and the witch doctor had a heated argument between the two, and it could be seen that Garin was very emotional, the leader of the Zaku warriors had a loud voice, and there was some dissatisfaction and anger in his tone, but he was always so cold. Char couldn't understand the two of them in Zaku, and naturally he didn't know what the two were arguing about, but from the way Garin kept looking at Ada when he was shouting, it could be confirmed that the Zaku people's argument had something to do with Ada!

Obviously, the Zaku people have some opinions about Ada's presence here.

Although Char knew that Ada was a guest of honor in the Zaku tribe, and Ada seemed to have a deep personal relationship with the Great Chief: the girl said that Ada was her teacher and would stay in the Zaku tribe for a period of time every year. From this point of view, the relationship between Ada and the Zaku tribe is quite close.

But even with the intimate relationship, the presence of Ada in this place, the forbidden land of the Zakku, still made the Zaku people deeply suspicious. Char could tell from the witch doctor's gaze that the witch doctor didn't seem to be very enthusiastic about Ada, and she even occasionally glanced at Ada with a cold look.

The argument between Garin and the witch doctor was fruitless, and Char interrupted their argument, and at Char's request, Garin recounted his group's experience after they were separated.

Garin's account is still relayed by a translator, and according to Garin, he and his men did not reach the place where Char and the others had been to store a large number of "specimens" after entering the mysterious closed gate.

Garlin and his party entered a "warehouse" after entering the gate with the knobs.

The word warehouse was coined by Garin, and in his description it was an underground cavern full of all sorts of things, a large, enclosed room with a lot of metal stuff piled up inside. According to his description, Char immediately came to the god jīng!

Because through Garin's description and Char's own guesses, a large number of weapons were piled up in that "warehouse"!

In addition to this, Garin explained that there was a large number of strange stones piled up in that place, and he could not make out what they were. However, through his description, it is Todora who proposes a possible xìng.

"Those could be magic crystals. The magician frowned and pondered, "It sounds like a lot of magic crystals - what it looks like after the magic power has been exhausted." ”

The magician quickly pulled something out of his bosom, it was a wind-type magic ring that had been depleted of mana, and there was a small piece of crystal on it. After reading it, Garin immediately confirmed: this is the kind of thing!

According to his description, in that "warehouse", the crystals after this magic power was exhausted were piled up!

Garin and his people, after entering the warehouse, reacted similarly to Char and the others, they couldn't get out of the same way, so they had to find another way out. They found another door in the warehouse, and went out through it, through a long underground passage.

Finally, the end of the passage collapsed, perhaps because of an earthquake or something else that had happened in the eternal years, but after the tunnel collapsed, they found a crack after the collapse, and fell out of the crack, and fell directly to this hellish place.

"I don't understand, our two groups of people originally walked the same door, the knob, and the same turned to the 'Akatsuki' scale, but why did we take different routes?"

Char deliberately sighed in distress, but the cunning turtle glanced at Ada intentionally or unintentionally.

Ada snorted, he glanced at Char coldly, this guy's tone was cold: "If you want to ask questions, you might as well say it directly." I won't tell you why I'm here - I don't mind sharing anything else with you. ”

Char immediately shook his head.

After all, he still had a lot of confidence in this humanoid dragon: he had fully experienced the power of this Ada when they first met him.

Ada took a stick and lit it on the fire, then walked to the riverbank and began to paddle on the ground.

"First of all, you have to understand that the place we are in now is an underground cave, this place was built by a powerful race in ancient times......" Speaking of this, Ada glanced at Char: "You don't look surprised, it seems that you already know this?"

“...... Yes, is it the ancient land?" Char nodded.

"Not bad. Ada withdrew his gaze: "Now I can answer the first question in your mind." The outermost passage gates here have some special devices, and the knobs on the doors you see can teleport people to different places through different scales. ”

"But...... We all went to Akatsuki'......," Char immediately described his experience.

Ada glanced at Char and sighed: "Alas...... I can't understand the limited intelligence of your human beings......"

However, he still answered Char's questions.

"Your initial guess is correct, the scale of the 'red moon' is the recording unit of the ancient land jīng, according to the ancient land jīng calendar, they call the third day of each month 'red moon rì', so the red moon, in the eyes of the ancient land jīng people, represents the number 'three'. The first time you turn the knob to 'Akatsuki', it means that the door to 'Warehouse Three' is opened! Do you understand?"

Char nodded.

"But when you turn the knob to 'Akatsuki' for the second time, you make a mistake! You don't reset the number to zero! So, when you turn the knob back to where it started and then rotate it to the 'Akatsuki' scale, you're opening the door of 'three-three'! Two threes! Do you understand?"

Char was stunned: "How to clear it?"

"It's very simple, when you open a door, you don't have to touch the knob, and after a while, it will automatically return to its original position, which is considered zero. ”

Char's eyes widened: "How do you know these things......"

"I just know. Ada rolled his eyes, his answer still in a hateful tone.

Char resisted the urge to smash a punch in his heart, took a deep breath, and looked at the guy in front of him: "So, how much do you know about this place?"

Ada laughed, and he smiled incomprehensibly: "Much more than you think." ”

The two of them were standing on the edge of the riverbank, and at this time, Ada glanced back at the Zaku people by the fire behind him, Ada seemed to hesitate, and he lowered his voice: "Okay, Char, although it is not my plan to meet you here, however, I think, you may be able to provide me with some help." ”

"Huh?"

"Hmph, you and those Zaku people are here for their 'holy snake', aren't you?" Ada's smile was a little mocking: "It's not hard to guess, the Zaku people's attitude towards their holy snake is very well understood. Seemingly...... The last time I met you, you were just a witcher, but this time, you're doing mercenary work, have you accepted the commission of these Zaku people to help them kill the serpent?"

There was basically nothing wrong with this guess, and Char didn't mean to deny it, he looked at Ada: "What do you want to say?"

"We can work together. Ada's smile was bright, but his eyes made Char's heart a little furious: "If you wander around here by yourself, I can guarantee that you won't even try to find the serpent even if you wander around here for a few months - but I can help you find your way." ”

"What do you want?"

"Snake eggs. Ada smiled: "Ten snake eggs, my requirements are not high." ”

Things got to this point, and Char had two options.

The first choice is to tie up this hateful fellow, then torture him fiercely, pry his mouth open, and get everything you want to know!

But...... Imagine Ada's past experiences! This humanoid dragon is definitely one of the top three people Char has met in his life, and his wisdom can be ranked among the top three!!

The first time he met him, he was buried alive in the ground by several magicians!

And, think about Dora, who has hatred for him! Dora is so much stronger than him, but Ada has endured it for many years, lurking in the mountain where Dora is hiding, surveying everything around, and then deliberately releasing news about Dora, and letting several magicians go to death as cannon fodder...... In the end, Dora died. And this Ada is still alive!

Therefore, Char directly dispelled the idea of turning his face with Ada.

Then the second option is simple...... "Okay, we cooperate." Char's face was a little reluctant: "But let me explain one thing first, if you yīn me again this time...... Like last time, you tricked me into going through the fire-breathing swamp...... If you dare to do this again, I'll break your neck first. ”

"Don't worry, I'll keep you alive and safe. Ada looked at the Zaku, and he smiled, "I still need you to protect me." The Zakku didn't do anything to me right now, but I can guarantee that they will take me back to the tribe as soon as we get out of here. After all, I trespassed on their forbidden land. At that time, I need you to keep me safe. ”

Char's eyes rolled: "Deal!"

Both guys had smiles on their faces, but in their smiles, they all looked like they were ghosts.

※※※After resting for about two hours, Char announced that everyone would continue to leave.

"We have a new guide. Char pointed to Ada: "He can lead us to the Holy Snake." ”

Ada stood beside Char, his face calm, and regardless of the puzzled eyes cast by those Zaku people, he directly said coldly in Zaku: "I don't want to waste time explaining the doubts in your hearts, I can only promise one thing: I can help you find the big snake, I know where it is hidden." So, if there are any other questions, let's talk about them when we get out. ”

Garin didn't speak, he glanced at the witch doctor, stared at Ada for a while, and then nodded: "Okay, that's it." ”

"The first step is to clean up all the things on your body! Throw away all the iron tools! Throw them all away!" Char said mainly to Garin and the others.

There was no opposition to this, because he had already told Garin and the others that in this place, carrying iron weapons on his body would cause those gold eaters to attack.

Anyway, in the woods, the Zaku people would not lack weapons, and soon they cut out a bunch of tree spears, and even Garin found a few stone chips with similar shapes by the river beach, tied them to sticks with ropes, and made a few stone axes.

After all the iron tools had been thrown into the river, everyone waited a little longer.

Finally, when the three hours arrived, at the top of the cave, a red light flashed, and then a red light quickly gathered into the huge crystal ball, and suddenly the crystal ball burst out with a strong light, like a burning fireball, illuminating the entire cave!

"All right, it's dawn now, and we're heading in the ...... Walk through that hillside. Char pointed ahead, and suddenly everyone's face changed.

"Don't worry, it's 'daytime' here, and the gold devouring ants' habits will not go out in broad daylight conditions, unless there are metal objects to lure them, as long as we throw away the iron tools on our bodies, even if we go down the hillside, those things will not come out. Of course...... Unless you burrow into the ant hole yourself, ha!"

Char pretended to be heroic and laughed a few times.

He had just saved the lives of Garin's group of Zaku people "last night", so everyone had a good impression of this guy, and under Char's encouragement, these Zaku people mustered up their courage and made a few loud noises.

It was not difficult to walk in the bushes, but when approaching the hillside, everyone was still a little nervous, and even Char, who was the most courageous, couldn't help but have a somewhat abnormal face. At this time, it was Ada who was ahead of everyone - this guy seemed to be very sure.

When we got around the hillside, we all saw a tingling scene!

This hillside, which is tens of meters high, is simply a giant ant's nest. Char even suspected that the whole mountain might have been hollowed out by ants!

On the surface of the hillside, you can see a large bag of graves on the ground, each of which is one or two meters high, and the mound of this kind of grave is about every dozen steps, and the surface of the entire hillside is densely covered with this kind of thing.

Under Char's reminder, everyone deliberately walked around those mounds, not daring to touch these things. Even everyone subconsciously slowed down.

When they finally got around the hillside, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, even Char herself.

Through the jungle, we came to the other end of the cave, where the walls of the mountain were smooth and glowed softly like crystal, and there was a faint light flowing like water waves.

Just below this mountain wall, there is a passage!

It's a pity that this passage has been blocked. Countless rocks collapsed, blocking the passage without any gaps.

"Where's the road?" Char looked at Ada beside him.

"Underwater. Ada looked very sure: "Although the passage here is blocked, don't forget this river in this cave! Haven't you thought about it? This water is living water, because if it were stagnant water, after 10,000 years, plus the fire elemental lighting that triggers the underground magma every three hours, the water would have been baked clean a long time ago! This water can remain unchanged for 10,000 years, and the only reason is that this water is alive." There is an undercurrent underwater. ”

As he spoke, Ada pointed to the river in front of him: "There are two openings for the water flow here, an entrance and an outlet, this is the inlet, but be careful, as far as I know, there is a magic array under this inlet, and every three hours it will trigger a magic spell to pour in the water from an underground undercurrent outside to keep the water in this cave." When the water backs up, the pressure under the water is very strong. So we have to time it right and when the current is calm, we can dive out of this underground undercurrent. Well...... I've calculated that it will take about a quarter of an hour to dive out of the undercurrent to another exit. ”

Char was furious: "A quarter of an hour? What hell do you think we are? Fish? Do you think we might be able to dive underwater for a quarter of an hour without breathing?!"

Ada smiled, he looked at Char, quietly waiting for Char to finish his anger, this guy seemed to be very good-tempered: "Do you think I will do boring things? Why don't you want to think about it, since I can get such an accurate dive time, then I must have tried it myself." ”

"Huh?" Char's eyes lit up suddenly!

He knew that this Ada, although he didn't know how strong he was before he changed into a chéngrén form, but at least, the current Ada was in human form, and it was an ordinary human body without much strength.

Since he can dive for more than a quarter of an hour, then ...... Ada took out something from his arms, it was a round bead, it looked like a pearl, but Yan Sè was a little cloudy and not very inconspicuous. But as soon as Tatara saw this thing, he immediately exclaimed, "Avoid the water droplets! Oh my God! Is this a water repellent beads?!"

"Look, Char. Your servants are more knowledgeable than you. Ada still smacked Char silently. Char glanced at Tatara in annoyance, and the magician immediately shrunk his neck: "That...... When I was studying at the Academy of Magic, the Dean of the School of Magic once gave us a lecture, and he showed us such a treasure! This thing is a high-level water-based magic prop!! It's strange, Mr. Darwin, this one in your hand is the same size as the one I saw back then!"

Ada smiled, "Lovely Mr. Tadoro, you read that right, this is the one you've seen." ”

Tadora's mouth opened wide, and he swallowed and foamed, "How is it possible?

"I said he gave it to me, do you believe it or not?" Ada didn't seem to intend to pay any more attention to Char, but stood at the water's edge, stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture, he smiled kindly: "Who will come down and follow me first?"

※※※※ The water bead thing looks inconspicuous, but when Char saw it work with his own eyes, he was really shocked.

When the group jumped into the water with Ada, they didn't feel any "water" at all!

Once this water-repellent bead touched the water, the water waves were immediately dispersed by an invisible force, centering around Ada, and a waterless space about five or six meters in diameter appeared under the water! There seemed to be an invisible wall around, blocking all the water from the outside, when Char stood beside Ada, under the water, he took a deep breath and stared around with some curiosity for a long time.

"Isn't it magical?" Ada rolled her eyelids.

“...... Well. ”

"Do you like it?"

“...... Belch. ”

"Want to do it?" Ada sighed.

“...... Huh?"

Ada smiled and looked at Char: "I'll give it to you when we go out, I won't need this thing in the future anyway."

Char immediately looked at this guy: "What are you thinking?!"

Ada sighed, as if he was a little dissatisfied: "Char, how can we say that we are also old friends, think about it carefully, when we worked together before, did I harm you?"

"Of course you have. ”

Ada snorted: "Oh, I hurt you, what did I hurt you? You got the dragon bones, dragon scales, and dragon blood! You got so many benefits, isn't it the result of my guidance?"

Char was speechless.

There is no water space of five or six meters, and there are nearly twenty people in a group, but it can barely accommodate it. Everyone gathered tightly around Ada, slowly advancing underwater.

Sure enough, as Ada said, there is indeed an undercurrent channel under the surface of the water, and the undercurrent channel below is very wide, and the surrounding cave walls have become very smooth because of the perennial water flow, although the light is very dim, but after the witch doctor lights up her staff, it is enough to illuminate the way forward.

The terrain under the waterway is very tortuous, and everyone walks under the water for a full quarter of an hour. When the time comes, the waterway ahead will be cheerful!

After everyone surfaced together, they suddenly saw that the outside had indeed left the previous cave and came to another place!

※※※※ Bones!

This cave is full of bones!!

The air in this cave is turbid and filled with an indescribable stench! When everyone surfaced, they couldn't help but cover their noses!!

Before they could reach the shore, a few Zaku people couldn't help but lie on the surface of the water and vomit! Char was also pale, his chest was bored, and one by one nausea surged up, and it took a lot of effort to suppress it.

"Holy, what does this smell like!!"

"Can't you see?" Ada sneered, pointing to the bones all over the cave, "That's it!"

She walked to the shore with her staff, and with this light in her hand, when everyone saw the shape of these bones on the ground, they couldn't help but change!

Obviously, these bones are all human! no doubt human! Because the shape of the bones, especially the shape of the head, speaks for itself!

What surprised Char the most was that the bones didn't look too old! many of them weren't even completely rotten!

Moreover, all the bones looked slender and small...... "It's a snake girl." ”

Holding the staff, he suddenly whispered something like this.

Snake Girl?!

Char's heart was shocked!

He immediately remembered the tragic fate of those snake women in the Zaku tribe!

"These snake women, some of whom are rejected in the selection process, will become food for the holy snake and other small snakes! And even those who become snake women will be responsible for taking care of the hatching baby snakes after the snake hatches, and the final one will also become food to be eaten......

"Everyone, be careful!" Char said in a deep voice!

Since there are so many bones here, I'm afraid ...... I don't need Char's reminder!

With the light in their hands, everyone could see the surrounding walls clearly! The walls of this cave were covered with large and small openings! As soon as everyone stepped onto the water, there was an "sizzling" sound in these holes!

In the dim light, you can vaguely see that there are dozens of holes in this wall, large and small, and many of them have poked out of the triangular heads! One after another, snake heads stretched out from the holes, some opened their mouths, some spit snake letters, and a pair of green eyes peeked at the crowd under the cave!

Soon, many snakes swam out of the hole and slowly slid down the walls little by little, at least twenty or thirty of them!

These snakes were large and small, but fortunately, none of them were as big as the one Char had seen in the Dijīng tribe before.

The largest snake here is only five or six meters long, and the smallest is ...... Char noticed that the smallest snakes did not look different in size from ordinary snakes, and some were only as thick as their wrists.

Seeing so many snakes rushing out at once, it immediately triggered a burst of exclamations.

Garin shouted a few times, and under his command, the Zaku people quickly formed a circle, spear in hand, and stared at the group of snakes that came up.

The spears were like a forest, and these snakes seemed to sense the hostility of these humans, and did not rush up immediately for a while, but slowly approached one by one, and some stretched out their heads to test it, but before the spears of the Zaku people pierced, they retracted.

The siege of the snakes was getting closer and closer, and Char stood there with a fire fork in his hand, shouting angrily, "Ada, what can you do?"

He looked back, only to find that Ada had run away without knowing when.

When I looked up, I immediately saw a scene that made him angry!

Ada, the bastard, was not in the circle of the Zaku, he actually walked to the wall and sat down! He sat next to the snakes, and this guy leaned against the wall leisurely, looking at Char. He sighed, "Fool, ask me what to do, aren't you here to kill these things?

The snakes swam around Ada, but they didn't seem to have any intention of attacking Ada. Char's heart suddenly moved, and she remembered an important thing!

Similar!!

These snakes are all low-level Damandras! Because although Ada is in human form, he is the soul of a dragon after all! Therefore, these low-level Damandras do not have intelligence, but only instinctively identify according to their induction, and mistakenly regard Ada as their own kind!

Didn't you experience a similar scene at the beginning?!

"Garin!!" Char shouted, "Don't do it yet!" Everyone stand back! Stay close to me! Everyone get close to me!!"

After listening to it, he immediately commanded the Zaku warriors to gather towards Char, and the formation became more and more flattened.

"Can't, kill the little snake here, the holy snake will wake up soon!" Char shouted anxiously in his ear, the witch doctor raised her staff, and her other hand suddenly lifted the hem of her robe, suddenly revealing a round and smooth thigh! In the dim light, the long legs of the witch doctor were full of beauty, but she didn't seem to care how much temptation such a style had in the eyes of others, so she tied a leather bag around the witch doctor's thigh, and this circle of leather bags was covered with thin bamboo tubes that were only as thick as a finger.

She quickly pulled out a bamboo tube and bit open the plug on it, and a drop of turquoise liquid poured out of it and poured it on the top of her staff!

The witch's medical staff paused heavily on the ground, and with a bang, a green fire immediately erupted!

With a bang, the light of the green sè dispersed, and suddenly the surrounding snakes seemed to be extremely jealous and retreated one after another!

The witch doctor began to chant something out loud, her Zaku language was subdued, as if she was reciting some kind of incantation, and suddenly, the green sè light turned into a green sè aura, and instantly turned into countless green sè meteor fires!

Many green sparks splashed out and landed on the surrounding snakes, and the snakes immediately twisted and rolled, opened their mouths and sizzled and roared, as if in extreme pain, and immediately shrank back far away. Others quickly turned around and swam away.

The witch doctor's eyes began to look a little painful, and she quickly pulled out another bamboo tube to bite open, this time pouring out a drop of bright red liquid, she bit her finger fiercely, and the scarlet blood flowed out, mixed with the bright red liquid...... Rumble!!

The staff paused on the ground again, and the light that erupted from the top turned into a strange light, and the green light was oozing red, like a ball of blue blood!!

The light of the two strange faces quickly dispersed, and those twisted snakes were shrouded in them, and many of them leaned down quietly, and some twisted a few times, and then stopped moving.

The witch doctor's eyes became more and more painful, and her breathing became rapid, and Char could clearly see that her neck was covered with sweat, and the sweat flowed like water from under her mask and face to her neck!

The light grew louder and brighter, spreading out, enveloping almost the entire cavern!

Finally, the surrounding snakes seemed to be quiet under the magical power of the witch doctor, and instead of dying, they seemed to have entered some kind of dormant state, or passed out, but they all crawled on the ground one by one, motionless.

"Hurry! I only have a quarter of an hour at most. After finishing speaking, her body suddenly weakened, and she sat on the ground, she took a deep breath, stared at Char, and her voice was a little hoarse: "As for you! I did what I could! Next, it's your turn!"

Char looked at the witch doctor, her eyes were a little sluggish, and Char whispered, "You ......"

"Go kill the biggest snake!" shook his head, "I'll just sit here, and if you don't come back, I'll die here." ”

Ada stood up, he glanced at the witch doctor a little strangely, and suddenly whispered, "That's funny...... This spell of the Zaku people seems to be at the cost of life force, is it a kind of life magic?"

Hearing this, Tatara couldn't help but glance at the witch doctor.

Ada then looked at Char: "Okay, the first level was easily passed by you, but now it's time for you to contribute...... Are you looking for the serpent...... Do you see those snake holes in the wall? Climb up and get into it, and you'll get to its lair. ”

Char glanced at the dense snake holes on the wall, he gritted his teeth, his heart was horizontal, and he quickly ran to the wall, using his hands and feet together, his body was agile and agile, and he quickly climbed up, found the nearest hole, and got into it.

Although this snake cave is not very spacious, one person can barely climb into it, and the others below watched Char's movements, and under the leadership of Garin, they also climbed up one after another.

"I can't move for a while. He suddenly glanced at Ada: "Mr. Darwin, if you are a friend of the Zaku people, at this time, please make your position clear!"

She spoke it in the Zaku language. Ada listened, looked at the witch doctor and smiled, "I can assure you that I am at least not an enemy of the Zaku. ”

With that, Ada walked up to Tataro and patted the magician's buttocks, "Can't you climb up? Don't you have that magic carpet......? Well, I don't like to climb either, so please take me with you. ”