The firelight reflected the cliff walls inside the cave, refracting a bright red light.

From time to time, there are some yellow and black markings in the bright red, which look like the patterns on a tiger's body.

But Pan Long didn't find even a little bit of silver.

"Is this really a silver mine?" he asked, "why haven't I found any silver?"

Donner was also searching carefully, and after a moment, he shook his head and said, "Maybe the silver mine is still deep in the cave." Good things always have to go through hardships and hardships to obtain. ”

Pan Long frowned and followed him deeper into the cave.

The inside of this cave is also spacious, not only for pedestrians, but even if you push a small car in, it is probably no problem. If you can find silver ore, it should be easy to mine.

But...... The premise is that you can find a silver mine.

The two of them walked down the cave for about fifty or sixty meters, but all they saw was the same scene as before, and there was no trace of silver at all.

"Are you sure you were not mistaken?" Pan Long couldn't help but ask, "If the stream flowing out of the cave has a little silver particles, then at least there must be one inside the cave." ”

Donner was also full of wondering: "I once scooped up silver sand from the river mud with my own hands, and this matter will definitely not be wrong!"

But along the way, they were also paying attention to the search under their feet, and there was not a single grain of silver in the stream that flowed under their feet.

As Pan Long said, if there is really a silver mine here, and the production is so abundant that it can form deposits at the bottom of the river outside, then there should be some small silver grains in the stream under their feet.

The silver grains are heavy, and they won't all be swept away by the current. Moreover, the ground in the cave is not flat, and it is inevitable that there will be several pits when the water flows through, and in these pits, it is said that there will be silver grains precipitated.

But they didn't find anything!

The two continued to walk towards the depths of the cave, and after walking for a while, Pan Long stopped: "The direction has changed." Just now we went up, now we go down. ”

Donner was a little confused: "Are you sure?"

"Of course it's sure!" said Pan Long, "go back, if there is a silver mine, it should be some way ago." ”

It's a matter of course, and the water flows down. Since the silver grains will accumulate at the bottom of the river outside, it means that they have flowed from the inside of the cave. Well, of course, you can only look high.

The two of them looked back and saw a few small cracks in the cliff wall, and water was gushing out of them.

"Break down the barriers, and maybe you can get a glimpse of the truth. Downer said.

Pan Long frowned and said, "My halberd is not suitable for smashing stones. ”

"Those who can work hard, it is right. Donner said, untying a short axe from his waist and slashing it into a crevice in a cliff.

The stone on the cliff wall was not very strong, and he cut a piece of it with an axe, and the water that flowed out was suddenly much stronger.

"No!" Pan Long said immediately, "you can't cut it again, there may be an underground lake behind it." Beware of the big hole, the torrent gushes out, and then we have nowhere to escape!"

Donner shook his head: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get the tiger?"

As he spoke, he slashed at the position just now.

The water is faster and faster.

Pan Long hurriedly turned and retreated—he wasn't going to risk anything with this psychopath!

He was interested in what the silver mine looked like, but he wasn't really interested in the silver itself. In any case, he would not have taken such a senseless risk!

He walked very fast, and after only a few moments came out of the cave, telling Milton and the others who were waiting outside about the situation inside.

When he learned that there were no dangerous monsters inside, but that there might be an underground lake, and his neurotic brother was still digging into the rock wall leading to the lake, Milton's face turned white.

"Big brother, don't!"

He screamed and rushed in, and in a few moments, he dragged Donner, who was full of regret, to retreat.

Donner listened to his brother and didn't stubbornly stay behind to continue digging the wall. This made Pan Long look at Milton even more highly, and he was also a little suspicious of Donner.

Is this guy really stupid or pretending to be stupid?

If he was really stupid, he shouldn't have been easily taken out by Milton.

If it's pretending to be stupid...... Why is he pretending to be stupid? What exactly is he trying to hide?

Everyone exited the cave, and Milton was finally relieved, and was about to say something, when suddenly his face changed dramatically.

Inside the cave, there was a muffled thunderous sound.

"The flash flood has happened!" Pan Long immediately reacted, "Let's go!"

The group quickened their pace and climbed towards the nearby hillside, and they had not climbed much higher when they saw a mighty stream of water rushing out of the cave.

The current was reckless and rapid, and there was a lot of gravel mixed in it. If they hadn't run fast and been swept away by the current, it might have been fine not to fall, but if they fell, they probably wouldn't have been able to get up again.

Accompanied by flowing water, the rumbling sound continued to come out of the cave, and it could not be calmed down for a long time.

When the sun was about to set, the water flow gradually became gentle, and by the light of the setting sun, Pan Long could clearly see that there were some silvery-white fine particles where the stream rushed through.

"Sure enough, it's a silver mine!" he said in surprise, "it turns out that the silver mine is in that underground lake!"

Everyone was happy, and Milton arranged for a few men to stay here, while the rest went back to the camp to rest. The next morning, they came again.

The water had become as smooth as yesterday, and they waded directly into the cave, and in a moment they came to the place where Donner had cut the cliff wall yesterday.

There was still water flowing through the breach in the cliff face, but it had become gentle.

Donner carried a specially prepared large axe and slashed fiercely at the place where the cliff was broken, and after a few axes, a large hole was broken in the cliff.

Just as he continued to slash, Pan Long suddenly frowned, and the halberd stabbed out, sticking to his body, and pierced into the side of the cliff.

A sharp cry sounded over there, followed by the sound of rushing water, and many similar shrill voices came and went.

"Withdraw!" Milton immediately shouted, grabbing his brother's arm, "Withdraw!

He didn't know what those cries were, but he knew it was hard to deal with by listening to the numbers.

They had only taken a few steps before long and narrow figures rushed out of the gap in the cliff face.

It was a black-green lizard, about the length of an ordinary person's forearm, with bright red eyes, long, sharp teeth in its mouth, and thorns like blades on its back.

There are many of them, they rush out in a steady stream, and they are quite agile in the water, and they are even more agile than cats.

If it were only Donner and Milton, they would have been surrounded by these lizards. Even if they wear armor, they may not be able to protect themselves, and the end is not optimistic.

Fortunately, there is also Pan Long here.

Pan Long's halberd swung rapidly, killing at least one lizard with each blow. Although there were many lizards that rushed out, not a single one could rush in front of them.

They exited the cave as Milton yelled for his men to leave, and they all hurried away, arranging their defenses to fight the lizards.

Strangely, when they walked out of the cave, the lizards only chased them to the cave door, and they didn't chase them out again.

"Why didn't they chase after them?" asked Pan Long, puzzled.

"Perhaps...... They like the dark and hate the light?" Milton guessed.

"The ghosts are naturally afraid of the great sun. Downer said.

Pan Long frowned, took a steel knife from the hand of a subordinate of the Fei Lie family next to him, walked to the vicinity of the cave, and used the steel knife as a mirror to shine the sunlight in.

Under the sun, you can see at least three to five hundred black-green lizards densely packed inside the cave, which makes people feel like they are dense and phobic.

When the sun fell on them, something surprising happened.

The lizard that was caught in the sunlight twitched violently and fell to the ground in one fell instantly. Blisters quickly floated on its body, and it looked as if it had been burned.

But Pan Long bet that the sunshine can't even talk about "warmth".

And it didn't stop there, as he continued to reflect the sunlight onto the lizard's body. After a while, the blisters burst one by one, and with it, the flesh rotted, and its body began to rot in a short time.

After a minute or two, the lizard was covered with bones.

"What kind of monster is this?" he couldn't help but ask, "have you ever seen anything like this when you live here?"

Everyone shook their heads. Donner said, "For more information, you might want to ask the former sage." ”

"Former sage?"

"It's those veteran adventurers in the town of Holy Salt. "But I think it's better to wait. At least until we're sure there's no silver mine here. ”

Pan Long naturally understood what he meant—if these lizards were difficult to deal with, he might die. But now it seems that although these lizards are numerous, they are a group of weak chickens, and as long as you get some mirrors and reflect the sunlight in them, you can kill them.

Without these lizards, the Ferres family could enter the underground lake and continue their search.

If nothing else, the silver mine should be in the underground lake.

For the sake of the silver mine, even if there is some risk, Milton is willing to gamble.

Pan Long did not object to Milton's idea.

He was intrigued to see what a real-life silver mine would look like. As for these lizards - not to mention that he is not an animal protection organization, even if he is, with the current situation in this world, it is not these weird lizards that need to be protected, but those ordinary animals.

A ghost thing that can be turned into a skeleton by the sun, where does it need protection!

That afternoon, Milton found a number of mirrors, large and small. Several of the Ferre's henchmen held mirrors and constantly reflected sunlight into the cave, killing one lizard after another.

But when it was getting late, they hurriedly retreated, not daring to stay nearby.

God knows what this weird lizard has in any special way, the night is their home turf, and it is better not to provoke it, of course.

The next few days were cloudy with little sunlight to be seen. Milton was anxious like an ant on a hot pan every day, but he did not dare to act rashly.

Pan Long didn't care, he spent almost every day in the restaurant chatting with people and asking about "awakening".

After a few days of inquiry, he learned a lot about "awakening": the so-called awakening refers to the strange situation in which someone suddenly becomes stronger by chance, and will become extraordinarily powerful under special emotions.

There is no trace of this situation, at least here in Sacred Salt Town, no one knows what to do to be able to awaken themselves, everything can only be left to chance.

Awakenings are rare, there are about 20,000 people in the entire Holy Salt Town, but there are not even a hundred awakened people. And most of these awakened people are just ordinary people, and even if they become stronger, they are just about the same as ordinary soldiers. Unless they enter the state of awakening, let alone fight against the "calamity", even if they want to win against strong men like Weimar and Joseph, it is not easy.

But there are also people who are originally strong, and then they are awakened, and they immediately become masters.

For example, Colin, who has died, was originally a veteran who had been discharged from the army, and his skills were not bad. When he awakens, as long as he is cautious and brings a helper, he will have the ability to fight against the "calamity".

A similar example is Donner, a big guy with a brain problem who is the best person in the Ferrette family. When he became an Awakened One, he became one of the most powerful masters in the entire Holy Salt Town.

But there are several other characters in Holy Salt Town who are no worse than him, and the most famous ones are naturally the three adventurers, Les, Bell and Ed.

Among those three people, one is the elite of the regular army, and the other is a ranger who has long been famous. When the three of them became awakened, their strength increased by leaps and bounds. The treasure hunt team led by them has slain the mighty "Calamity" more than once, and found a lot of wealth from the ruined city.

Today, they and their companions are among the richest people in the entire town of Holy Salt.

The above is Pan Long's understanding of awakening, although there are many words, but the most critical one is only one sentence.

No one knows what to do to awaken themselves.

This result made Pan Long a little regretful and unwilling.

"Awakening" is really a simple, crude and easy-to-use power, if he can master this power, he will make a lot of money this trip!

Even if he didn't master this power, the experience of learning from Sol Guda alone had already benefited him a lot, but who wouldn't want to earn a little more if he could?

Just look at Milton, who is as anxious as an ant on a hot pan all day.

Finally, one sunny day, Milton immediately hurried out with the members of the Ferry family.

This time they collected a large number of mirrors, and almost everyone had one. I guess I want to hurry up and get rid of all those lizards so that I can go into the underground lake and search for silver mines.

Pan Long didn't go with them, there were still many lizards in the cave, and according to his estimates, he would have to be busy at least a few more times before he could kill them all.

Instead of wasting your time watching them shine in the sun, why not go to the tavern and continue to inquire about it!

But before lunch, Joseph and a member of the Philes family hurried to the tavern with a shocking piece of news.

Milton and the others were ambushed by the lizards, and they suffered heavy casualties!