"Click, click, click..."

The scout team treads water and makes a splash.

There was water in the stairwell, just over the toes, soaking everyone's shoes and socks.

The water flows from the aqueducts at the corners of the walls on both sides.

The water in the canal overflows and pools on the stairway to form a trickle down the narrow staircase.

The nobility of the middle of the ancient dynasty was indeed quite extravagant.

The original owner of this mausoleum actually arranged a set of artificial water features in the mausoleum.

Under ideal conditions:

The tomb lantern on the wall of the stairwell emits a gentle light that illuminates the stairway and the canals in the left and right corners.

Aquatic flowers are planted in the canals.

The entire staircase is full of light, flowers are sandwiched, and the sound of water is crisp and pleasant.

If all of the above conditions are met, then the mausoleum will be as beautiful as an artificial garden.

Unfortunately, it has now become a war zone.

The lanterns on the walls hang cobwebs, the flowers in the canals are gone, but the pipes and valves inside the walls are still functioning.

Every time the Serre army cleared Tomb 717, they ensured that the valves in the mausoleum were closed, and even destroyed the key waterways, so that there would be no underground river water in the canals.

But now, the mausoleum's waterway system is inexplicably activated.

It continuously draws water from underground rivers and pours into the canals and pools on the various floors of the mausoleum.

This caused water to accumulate in the stairwell.

Needless to say, this must be the work of the Necronomicon Sect.

At the end of the stairwell are metal gates, flanked by airtight stone walls.

The entire stairwell acts as a semi-enclosed container diagonally downward, with the only opening being the entrance to the stairwell on the ground level.

Using the mausoleum's aqueduct system, a large amount of underground river water was poured into the stairwell to seal the path of the Imperial army.

This would undoubtedly be effective in preventing the Imperial army from penetrating deep into the tombs.

Fortunately, the Imperial army arrived in time, otherwise it would have taken a lot of effort to drain the stagnant water in the stairwell.

…

After about 10 minutes from entering the stairwell, the reconnaissance team reached the end of the staircase.

Along the way, they didn't encounter the crypt lurkers and walked unhindered, but they had to stop when they approached the metal gates.

"Stop moving."

Sergeant Zener walked at the front of the line, raised his arm, clenched his right fist, and motioned for his team to stop.

He turned his head to look at his teammates behind him:

"Sergeant Mars, come and see, the water ahead is very serious."

Mars walked to the front and took a slight breath:

"Shhhh More than half of the door panels were flooded with stagnant water, and things were a bit tricky. The weight of the river water pressed on the door panel is about half a ton, to say the least. ”

Sergeant Mars held up the coal lamp and shone it towards the hinges of the door:

"To make matters worse, the door opened into the stairwell. We're either going to drain the water here and open the door again. Either you have to resist the pressure of the water and use a rope to forcibly open the metal gate. ”

Sergeant Mars pondered for half a second, and then discussed with Sergeant Zener and said:

"I suggest we send someone back the way we came, and report the situation in the corridor to Lieutenant Thray. The rest of the people here try it out and see if they can force the floodgates open. If the other stairwells are in the same situation as us, it is imperative to concentrate on opening the metal gate closest to the waterway valve, and hurry to close the valve on the basement level. ”

Sergeant Zener nodded thoughtfully:

"You're right, Mars. I remember stairwell No. 1, which was the closest to the waterway valve. The stairwell 16 we were in was a long way from the valve. On the way to the waterway valve, there will definitely be a lot of undead creatures. The Necronomicon Sect won't let us close the valves. The team in charge of Stairwell 1 will face dangerous enemies... However, this is not something we need to think about. ”

Sergeant Zener paused, took a roll call, and asked one of his team members to go upstairs to report the letter.

Two squad commanders ordered the door to be forcibly opened.

The privates, who were in charge of carrying supplies, unloaded their backpacks, took out military ropes, and dripped the stagnant water that flooded their waists, and came to the metal gate, where they fastened the ropes to the latches and doorknobs.

The soldiers wrapped the other end of the rope around their shoulders, shouting trumpets and gritting their teeth.

The metal gate itself weighs hundreds of kilograms, making it doubly difficult to open after being flooded by the river.

The soldiers on the scene worked together and exerted all their strength, and it was only then that a small crack was opened.

"Whoa~"

The river water that had accumulated on the door panel quickly drilled through the crack in the door, forming a swirling vortex.

Hearing this, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

This means that there is no serious water accumulation in the basement level behind the gate, otherwise the water in the stairwell would not flow so quickly behind the door.

The water in the stairwell quickly decreased, the metal gate became much lighter, and the soldiers worked hard to finally open the gate completely.

At this moment, the water in the canals on both sides of the stairwell is still overflowing.

The water flows down the stairs, reflecting the light of the coal lamps and into the graveyard on the ground floor.

"Click, click..."

In the dark basement, there was a very obvious sound of footsteps.

Someone is stepping on the water and walking in the direction of the stairwell!

Everyone suddenly became nervous and tightened their grips on the firearms in their hands.

There will be no Imperial soldiers in the basement level, and the people who come are definitely undead creatures!

But why is there only one person's footsteps?

Shouldn't there be a lot of skeleton soldiers and skeleton dogs?

Li Nuo stood in the back row of the line, his heart pounding.

He glanced down at the water on the steps, feeling something was wrong.

River water containing impurities can conduct electricity.

Theoretically, a strong burst of electricity could wipe out the soldiers who were soaking wet with their shoes and socks.

If the undead creatures that appear in front of them have the ability to discharge, then the soldiers present, one counts as one, and all of them will die in the combination of "river water + electricity".

But do the undead discharge?

Li Nuo was slightly stunned.

Could it be that the undead walking towards the stairwell is an undead with a battery on his back and a bare wire in his hand?

Otherwise, why would it come alone to face the Imperial soldiers?

The more Li Nuo thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

Sergeant Mars apparently also had the potential danger in mind.

"Everyone, cover each other's retreat."

Sergeant Mars raised his hand, made a few gestures, and gave orders to the crowd in a silent manner.

Sergeant Zener also made a gesture of "cover each other and retreat".

Step by step, the two reconnaissance teams retreated to the top of the stairs.

With every step they took back, the undead in the basement took a step forward.

"Click, click..."

The footsteps of the undead were regular, always approaching the metal gate at an unhurried speed.

Just as the two reconnaissance teams retreated to a distance of ten meters, a bone thigh stepped out of the dark door frame.

Then there was the scrawny skeleton of bones, a skull glowing with purple and black, and a dark blue cloak that was tattered but hard to hide its magnificence.

It's a skeleton like no other.

It was three heads taller than the average skeleton, muscular in size, and in its leaky chest was a frosty white heart.

Billowing cold air poured out of this heart like ice crystals.

In the waterlogged stairwell, the temperature plummeted.

The flowing river slowed down suddenly, and some white snowflakes appeared on the water.

Li Nuo's pupils shrank sharply, and he shivered involuntarily!

The cold swept through the field, invading the soldiers' uniforms and swimming against their skin.

Sergeant Zener exhaled a mouthful of white mist, his face was full of solemnity, and he shouted loudly:

"It's the Frost Skull Mage! Shoot! Shoot! Launch a bee syrup bomb! Hurry up, hurry up! ”

"Bang!"

The private in charge of operating the launcher fired a bee slurry bomb.

The honeycomb-shaped bomb crossed a distance of ten meters in half a second, and it was about to fall on the Frost Skeleton Mage, but it was stopped by a wall of ice rising from the water!

"Smack!"

The bee pulp bomb slammed into the ice wall, making a loud pop and tearing apart, sprinkling dark biochemical bee jelly.

Biochemical bee jelly was smeared on the ice wall, but in just three to five seconds, it was frozen into black ice slag by the ice wall.

Not a single drop of biochemical bee jelly fell on the Frost Skull Mage!

"Don't stop! Keep firing bombs! Hurry! All of them shoot alternately, cover each other and retreat! ”

Sergeant Zener shouted the order and raised his gun to shoot.

Bullets crackled down on the ice wall, splashing up bursts of ice chips.

Sergeant Mars shouted:

"Squad Mars listens to the order, shoots with rifles, and keeps the fire suppressed! Divert our bee pulp bombs to Team Zener! As long as we still have the bomb in our hands, this Frost Skull Mage won't dare to lift the ice wall! … Shoot its skull, everyone, don't aim at the magic heart! That magical heart is indestructible, and it's useless for us to shoot it! ”

Soldiers wield short-barreled silenced rifles and fired bullets at the skull of the Frost Skull Mage.

Doing so does not damage enemies protected by ice walls, but it can destroy them.

The warhead hits the wall of ice like a chisel.

After three volleys, a hole appeared in the ice wall, and the skull of the skeleton came into view.

"Bang!" Another bee pulp bomb was fired, aiming at a hole in the ice wall.

Suddenly a dark wind blew in the stairwell, which made people shiver with cold, and there was even more hoarfrost hanging in the air.

The hole in the wall was repaired and leveled in an instant.

The second bomb followed in the footsteps of the previous one and crashed into the intact wall.

The splatters of biochemical bee syrup turned into ice slag, but they still didn't hurt the Frost Skull Mage.

"Continue to retreat and keep the fire suppressed!" Two sergeants alternately gave orders.

The soldiers retreated again and again, and came to the higher stairs.

Due to the downward slope of the stairway, the Frost Skull Mage was quickly blocked by the ceiling.

The soldier could not see the enemy in his field of vision, and the gunfire stopped.

There were no extraordinaries among the two reconnaissance teams on the scene. If the Frost Skull Mage pursues him, the team's battle damage will be severe.

Sergeant Mars knew this.

He pointed his gun at the stairs below, and without looking back, he ordered:

"Jarvis! You go upstairs to deliver the message, call for support, go quickly! ”

As soon as Li Nuo changed the magazine, as soon as he heard Mars's order, he ran up without looking back:

"Yes, sir!"

The Frost Skull Mage just now is definitely an existence that is difficult to fight against at this stage.

As soon as it appeared, Li Nuo threw out the deconstruction.

[System News: You are trying to deconstruct the "Frost Skeleton Mage."] 】

[It is estimated to consume 1800 energy points, which can make the completion of deconstruction reach 100%. 】

[You currently have 11 energy points, do you confirm deconstruction?] 】

1800 energy!

This number is 800 points higher than the deconstructed first-order "Fist of Empires".

The Frost Skull Mage is undoubtedly a more powerful existence than the first-order "Imperial Fist".

Fortunately, the reconnaissance team carried bee pulp bombs, otherwise the battle situation just now could definitely be described as one-sided.

Thinking that the two reconnaissance teams only brought a total of 6 bee pulp bombs, Li Nuo immediately quickened his pace and rushed straight ahead.

As he ran, a strong smell of blood penetrated the tip of his nose.

Li Nuo looked up, his gaze passed through the oblique corridor, and landed on the strange black shadow in the distance.

When I looked closely, it was a corpse lying on the steps, with its chest facing up, in a terrible death.

Bright red blood and minced flesh flowed down the river and passed by Li Nuo's side.

Li Nuo's eyes narrowed, and he realized that he, Mars and the others, had overlooked a crucial place.

Don't go it alone!

This is the point of dealing with the undead disembowelers!

The soldier on the steps in the distance had died at the hands of the undead disemboweler after breaking away from the ranks.

Who said that if there is a distance between Tomb 717 and Tomb 700, it is unlikely that there will be an undead disembowel?!

Damn!

Sergeant Mars, how did the flag you planted yourself come true on my head!?

Li Norton was speechless, and couldn't help but complain in his heart.

He stopped, looking back and forth.

As far as the eye could see, there were no Imperial soldiers.

Li Nuo lowered the muzzle of the gun, carried the gun to his body, and left the gun with both hands.

He has the "mark of resentment" on his body.

As long as he doesn't actively show the desire to attack, then the mindless undead creatures of the Necromantic Sect and the Hate Sect will not target him.

Li Nuo was now almost certain that there was an undead disembowel in the corridor above.

But here's the problem.

Where did this undead disembowel come from?

Along the way, the reconnaissance team obviously did not encounter any enemies.

Could it be that there is still a secret door hidden in this stairwell?

Also, is this undead disemboweler an undead creature of a resentful faction?

Does it have a mind?

Li Nuo was a little unpredictable.

The Mark of Resentment may not work against the undead disemboweler.

As I pondered, a faint cold wind blew from below.

The cold wind rubbed against the back of Li Nuo's neck, causing him to shiver.

Heavy gunfire rang out again in the stairwell.

The two sergeants, Mars and Zener, probably agreed that it was unlikely that there would be an undead disembowel in Tomb 717.

Therefore, they will subconsciously follow the standard combat guidelines and arrange only one soldier to report the news.

It was estimated that they would not realize that they had made a serious mistake until they saw the corpse on the steps.

Of course, they could all have died at the hands of the Frost Skull Mage, and they wouldn't have been able to find the bodies above the stairs.

Li Nuo thought to himself that he couldn't kill the Frost Skeleton Mage, and he had only one way to go up.

Luckily, he still has some cards to play.

Over the past ten days, he has developed a deconstruction plan:

Save 10 to 14 energy points as a backup. The excess energy value is all used to harmlessly deconstruct the "Ten Commandments of Martyrdom: General Outline".

For ten days in a row, he deconstructed a lot of useful things in a harmless way.

Some solutions are efficient, but they are not safe, and they will leave clues that will be followed.

Some of the solutions come at a cost, but they are safe enough not to be easily tracked down by the Empire.

In addition to the "Fear Technique", Li Nuo also has a control spell in his hand, which can be used right now.

He calmed down and walked at a steady pace.

His gaze moved quickly, keeping an eye out for dark corners.

The disemboweled, disemboweled, corpse was close at hand.

A cold light came as scheduled, piercing from the most insidious angle.

Sure enough, this undead disembowel doesn't eat the "Mark of Resentment".

Li Nuo's skin tensed instantly, and goosebumps appeared.

He sensed the blade in front of him, but he didn't make any dodge movements, as if he had given up resistance.

(End of chapter)