The king rode the wolf into the tunnel, and Elizabeth immediately trotted after him.

The mage rode the wolf as if he was leading the way. The tunnel was quite high now, and when he waited to get into a not-so-high place, he had to be constantly careful of being touched.

Elizabeth walked beside the wolf and whispered, "Are you not afraid that you will be at the front?" Now there is no big gong to cover, and the caveman is very accurate in hearing and distinguishing the position. ”

Wang: "Then sit in front of me, so you can block most of the projectiles." ”

Elizabeth hesitated, and finally did not climb on the wolf's back, but took off her defensive bracer and handed it to the mage: "You put this on, and return it to me when the matter is over." ”

"No, you don't." Wang shook his head, "I prepared a mage armor spell today. ”

Despite the word "armor", this spell is spell-based, probably because its underlying principle is to create a force field shield - similar to Elizabeth's defensive bracers.

Most of all spells with the attribute "create some kind of item" are spells. From creating water and bread to life to spells, to summoning creatures, monsters, and even otherworldly beings to fight for you, it's all spells. Even summoning the undead, which intuitively belongs to the necromantic system, is actually a spell system.

Only those who reverse death and pull the corpse up to "summon" the undead are necromancy. The difference is that one corpse needs to be used as "material" and the other is generated out of thin air.

Mage armor is a spell that can be used by kings who have forbidden protection, and it is also the most useful spell against physical attacks (*).

Elizabeth put the bracers back on with some disappointment, muttering, "I thought you were going to have invisibility." ”

"Invisibility doesn't work well tonight. In an environment like underground, I can't put away the dragon head scepter, and I have to make sure the team gets enough light. I don't need invisibility at this time. ”

Elizabeth exclaimed, "Did you even anticipate tonight?" You're so smart. ”

Nini, the elf who walked next to Elizabeth, said, "You seem to trust the mage very much. ”

Elizabeth: "Yes, if you've been through a whole crisis together, you'll trust his wisdom too." No, this should not be called wisdom, because wisdom is a combination of intelligence and intelligence, and he is far from being intelligent. ”

Nini looked confused: "I'm sorry, I may not speak the lingua franca very well, and I don't understand your words very well." ”

The princess waved her hand: "Don't care. ”

At this time, the drow elf, who was walking a little ahead to detect the trap, suddenly turned around and asked with a gesture, "There is a fork in the road ahead, which way to go?" ”

The king patted the wolf on the back, and then remembered that the druid might not be able to read sign language, so he asked, "There is a fork in the road ahead, which way to go?" ”

The druid snapped back into a human form: "Left! ”

The other mercenaries who followed their squad were shocked when they saw this scene: "He actually rode such a small girl!" ”

"That girl has a tail, and she's a beast!"

"It must be a bought slave!"

"Anyway, isn't he looking at the map and leading the way, why is he asking the girl?"

Wang looked back and explained, "I looked at the map to determine the location, and at the same time, the werewolves of our team tracked the enemy with their scent. Such a double insurance! ”

"Oh, double insurance."

"It's more reliable to listen to."

"Their squad is so rich, it is both elves and drows, elves and dwarves, it must be that kind of legendary squad, yes."

"Haven't you heard? The mage who leads the way can use the howl of a female ghost! ”

The king frowned, and finally suppressed the urge to turn his head to correct the mercenaries' statement: it was obviously the howl of the banshee.

It seems that what he did in Langdon City has been compiled into poetry by the bards, and by the way, some "artistic processing" has been done.

Nini looked at Wang in surprise: "You are actually a nine-ring mage?" ”

Elves know enough about magic, even if they can't cast spells, to know the correct name and ring number of Banshee's Howl.

Wang: "No, it's a misinformation. ”

His words were also heard by the people behind him, but everyone expressed disbelief: "This must be a hidden identity." ”

"Mages like to keep their hole cards."

"Seeing him walking in the front so calmly, he must have a chain trigger technique."

Chain Trigger is a nine-ring version of Trigger that triggers three spells in a row in a pre-set order.

In the midst of such small talk, the group continued to advance deep underground.

After walking for about half an hour, Xiaobai stopped: "The smell has become stronger, and there is a smell like poop." I think we should have entered a caveman lair. ”

The king immediately said to those behind him, "Enter the caveman's lair, vigilance!" ”

The mercenaries immediately faced the enemy - although they knew that this operation was covered by the Nine Rings Mage, but they knew that they could not completely trust their lives on others.

It's still the guy in his own hands who can be trusted.

However, everyone waited for a while, and was not attacked.

A daring mercenary, holding a shield, approached a low hole next to it.

"Lancelot is on top!" He exclaimed, and at the same time stabbed into the cave with the long sword in his hand, and a mournful cry was immediately heard from the cave.

Wang: "What did you find?" ”

"Caveman cubs! Just throw it in the dirt! There's also a whole bunch of-smelling stuff next to it! ”

That might be caveman.

The king looked at the map and muttered, "We've only been down for half an hour, and we're in the caveman's lair?" The area of the lair is much larger than the one depicted on the map. Xiaobai, can you still track the smell? ”

Xiaobai raised his head and sniffled: "I can't smell the caveman anymore." But those monsters stink so much that you can smell them! ”

Wang: "It seems that there are no such monsters in the lair. That's right, that kind of thing can't be mixed with a normal caveman, no matter how you look at it. Xiaobai, following the stench of the monster, continued to advance to the depths of the lair. Everyone get ready for battle, the troglodyte attack is coming soon!

"They have a very keen sense of hearing, and they must have heard the sound of our armor coming from a distance."

Hearing the "Nine Rings Mage" say this, all the mercenaries did not dare to slack off, so when they started moving again, the movement speed of the entire team slowed down. The shield battles among the mercenaries even maintained a shield all the time, for fear of a caveman jumping out of somewhere to launch a surprise attack.

After walking for another half an hour with such nervous tension, someone finally couldn't hold it anymore: "Master Mage! Will cavemen really come? ”

The king looked at the map and said, "We have all gone so deep into their lair, they must be watching us." Remember, cavemen have little to no vision, they rely entirely on hearing, so they may hide in caves, corners, corners where the dark vision of drows and dwarves can't see, eavesdropping on us. ”

Another mercenary said, "Cavemen don't have vision, and we do, and your staff illuminates the environment so brightly, even if we are attacked by cavemen, we can deal with it perfectly, right?" We still have torches! ”

The king looked at the staff in his hand, and suddenly noticed one thing: with this staff, most of the teams now seemed to be in the sun, except for the farther ones, and in this case, the advantage of the caveman's good hearing was negated.

After all, the hearing of cavemen is still a bit different from the sound recognition of a warrior monk who closes his eyes and uses chopsticks to pick up flies (*).

Their hearing has no way to counteract the visual advantage of humans in bright light.

The king stared at his glowing rod and muttered, "Could it be that the commander of the cavemen knows that it will not be good to launch a surprise attack in this light?" ”

Ralph's grandfather certainly didn't have such a powerful source of eternal life, they must have used torches to illuminate deep into the ground.

With such a dim light from the torches, the advantages of the cavemen must be infinite, and most of the cavemen at that time were strong warriors, after all, everyone could eat mushrooms.

Moreover, it is inconvenient to fight with a torch itself, and it is easy for the torch to fall off the ground during the battle.

So...... This stick is the key to the caveman not attacking?

Wang looked at this stick again, it turned out that it was just a light, and it had such a big effect? I thought it was an additional ability, but it was the most awesome function of this scepter?

Elizabeth slapped his leg hard: "Don't be silent suddenly, speak!" ”

Wang: "Huh? Oh yes. I suppose the caveman should have a leader with some tactical ability, who knows that attacking well-trained and experienced mercenaries in the light of my scepter will cost you a lot. That's why we're always safe in the nest.

"If I were this head, I would ......"

Wang's expression suddenly changed, and he turned back to the end of the team and said, "The last team counts the number of people!" ”

Everyone looked back at the back.

The light of the Dragon's Scepter is powerful, but its coverage is limited, and the further back in the team, the less light it gets.

In other words, the lighting conditions at the back of the team may be more suitable for cavemen to launch sneak attacks.

Immediately, someone in the back exclaimed: "The broken team is gone!" The whole squad is gone! ”

Wang: "The enemy is already attacking us!" Form a tight formation and don't leave the scepter's light radius! ”

Experienced mercenaries quickly changed formations.

At this time, the werewolf girl's ears trembled, and she shouted: "Wait a minute, there is a sound of digging at our feet!" ”

Wang: "Spread out the formation!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a large area collapsed in the middle of the formation.

The sudden appearance of the pit not only caused the mercenaries who had not had time to disperse to fall into it, but also created a "light blind spot", and even though the mage had already raised the scepter, the light of the scepter still did not shine into the pit!

There was a scream from inside the pit.

The mercenary captain at the edge of the pit shouted, "Shoot the arrows!" Drop the arrows downward! Throw the rope ladder down and get the man up! ”

At this time, the king was looking at the map: "Wait a minute! Underneath this mine is another layer of mine! Don't stop, run, or we'll all be trapped! ”

Elizabeth: "Wouldn't that be the same as giving up on the person who fell?" ”

However, another mercenary shouted, "Master Mage is right, we have to choose between total destruction and only a few losses!" ”

Wang was even more decisive: "Xiaobai! Advance! Go straight to the source of the monster scent! ”

As soon as the words fell, a smaller hole appeared, and several people fell into it.

There were screams of women in the cave.

Xiaobai didn't care about this, and ran forward, even forgetting to change back into a wolf form. Thankfully, she hadn't turned back into a wolf, or the mage's head would have slammed into the wooden beams that supported the mine in front of her.

The mercenaries followed behind them, all desperately trying not to get out of the light range of the dragon's scepter.

Flint was also trying to run, but the dwarves were too slow to keep up with the humans who were running with all their might, and he shouted in a hurry, "High Trick! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the barbarian grabbed him and carried him on his shoulders like a wine barrel. It seems that the barbarian knew early on that the short man couldn't run, so he took the initiative to lean towards him.

While the group was running wildly, a mercenary suddenly shouted: "Caveman! On the beams, they are destroying the decaying parts of the beams! ”

Nini raised her head, immediately drew her bow and grabbed two arrows, and with the sound of the bowstring, the two caveman "untouchables" who were destroying the beams fell down screaming, and were immediately cut off by the mercenaries.

The elves opened their bows as they ran, and the cavemen who tried to break the beams fell one by one, like ripe apples in autumn.

The king rode on the druid and continued to look at the map, reading as he went: "Cavemen are theoretically not highly intelligent, and their spellcasters are mainly divine and spirit spellcasters, and they do not need intelligence. How is it possible to arrange such a tactic? ”

As he spoke, Elizabeth, who was running beside him, suddenly stumbled and was about to fall.

The mage threw the scepter and reached out to scoop the princess up. The scepter floated beside him on its own, but it was suddenly much lower in height than it had just been.

Immediately, there was a scream from the back of the group: "Don't stop the light, Master! Ahhh ”

Seeing this, Marika leaned over and picked up the princess in the posture of a princess.

"No one detects the trap now, and we'll be done with one more trap!" Drow shouted.

When it was too late, the mage shouted, "Jump! ”

Xiaobai jumped directly, so he flew into a shaft with the mage on his shoulder.

The mage turned around, and saw Marika holding Elizabeth and Gao Trick carrying the dwarf jumping without hesitation, and then shouted a spell—

Featherfall!

In an instant, everyone's falling speed slowed down.

Xiaobai: "I'm sorry, I followed the taste, I didn't know there were pits." ”

Wang: "It's called a shaft, and it's used for ventilation in the pit. Thanks to this map. ”

At this time, Nini, who hesitated and did not take off, finally jumped, she did not eat the effect of the feather fall technique, but she jumped directly onto the wall on the side of the shaft, and flew to the other side by kicking the wall.

She just kicked back and forth against the wall and leaped left and right in the shaft, stunned to keep falling at the same speed as everyone else.

The other mercenaries rushed to the edge of the pit without stopping the car, and fell several times, overtaking the slowly falling crowd at once.

The king heard the mercenaries above shouting, "Who prepared the feather falling technique?" What? Damn it, why didn't you prepare for the Feather Fall! ”

Nini: "You should remind the mages to prepare for the Feather Fall. ”

Wang: "Even if I remind them before I leave, they won't be able to change the spell they prepared today." And who knew that the shaft would be walked?

"Now that the situation is so urgent, the poison prepared by Ralph is almost exhausted, and it may not be able to stop the next attack, so we can only set off as soon as possible."

As soon as the words fell, Xiaobai shouted: "I see the bottom of the pit!" ”

Dozens of seconds later, Xiaobai landed steadily, and the Drow Elf also showed his dexterity.

Only Gautrek sat directly on the ground, but the brute immediately stood up and patted his ass.

Nini was the last to fall, then looked up at the shaft and said, "Even if it's me, it will take a while to climb up." ”

The dwarf, who had just been put down by Gautrik, said, "You can still climb up?" So deep! ”

Nini: "It's not too difficult. It's just time-consuming. ”

Wang: "Xiaobai, do you hear the voice of the caveman?" ”

Xiao Bai's ears turned and shook his head: "No." ”

"Looks like we have good news," said the mage, "and it looks like the caveman who arranged the ambush didn't expect us to descend so far so quickly. ”

Flint: "There's better news. ”

He looked at the patterns on the wall and said, "This part of the shaft is not a human handiwork. It was built by the dwarves. The inscription on this stone brick is in the ancient dwarven language, and all the inscriptions have one meaning: Ramashtu. ”

The king pointed to the center of the wall: "There is a holy emblem of Ramashtu." ”

"What?" The dwarf was startled, and then also saw the emblem, "Oh, ah, at least it means that I didn't translate the ancient dwarven language wrong." ”

The effects of the armor are all damage reduction in this book, so Elizabeth's defensive bracers are treated as a force field shield-like effect. The same goes for mage armor.

(End of chapter)