Chapter 10 Underground Tunnel Advancement

They ran out of the auction hall door, and the corridor in front of them was littered with the corpses of the guards. Stone pillars and statues fell in the middle of the road, and the walls crumbled in many places, leaving a pile of earth and stones.

Naringer said to Navigator Ferena, "This dungeon was originally the capital of the ancient empire sunk under the blood of Norcaste, and somehow it was transferred to this place. The place itself is inhabited by magical peoples, and has experienced the impact of the Devouring Sun, and there is a very powerful magical energy left in the matter, which pirates use to hide their tracks.

"I couldn't have found this island. It was a renegade pirate who told me that you were auctioned off here, and that I had to come and save you so I could find it. 」

"Og?" said Captain Felena, the name immediately came to mind.

"That's what he calls himself. Looks like I have the face to see him. Captain Nalinger smiled and said loudly, "We're going to pass through the pirates' den and fight our way back to the surface. Before Miss Felena left the Lost Island, I hadn't fulfilled my promise. Those who don't know how to fight are hiding behind my men, haven't any of you ever fought?" he looked at Rick and the others.

Xi Ke and Seren immediately looked at the third person, the bait, Chang'an Piete. The bait Chang'an Paite immediately hid behind a very strong crew.

"Well done, keep it up. Captain Naringer praised the one who was hiding. He pulled open a bunch of pockets and grabbed a handful of fine sand from it, and with such skillful movements that not a single grain of sand fell out. He sprinkled the sand on the ground in front of him, and the sand spread out evenly and began to glow as soon as it touched the ground.

"Magic trap, the other party has already laid an ambush. Need to deal with a bit of trouble. Captain Naringer said.

One of the crew members laughed and said, "It's not all because of your delay, captain. 」

"Well, that's what we all want to do. I'm just doing it on your behalf. Besides, it is better for the other party to ambush it, and it is more convenient to catch them all. Captain Naringer flicked his sleeves, made a gesture like striking a triangle, and waved his staff, and the hallway was set on fire. There were five circular areas in the sea of fire that didn't burn, and the crew aimed at those places to shoot arrows. Arrows of light flew over those areas, blood spurted out of thin air in orbit, and then people appeared. Those hiding there disarmed their concealment spells and shields, wailing and being consumed by the flames.

"Rush, charge!" As soon as the fire was extinguished, Captain Naringer commanded everyone to run forward.

The destruction of the slave auction was clearly a source of annoyance to many groups that could benefit from it. They ran through the tunnels, ambushing countless people who attacked them along the way.

At first, it was Captain Naringer and his crew who were fighting, but as they passed through one of the corridors, an enemy hiding in a pile of rocks rushed out and attacked the man in the middle of the group, a sword glowing green in his hand stabbing directly into the heart of the person in front of him. The bait Chang'an Pat dodged extremely quickly, and immediately dodged to the farthest position from the enemy in the group of companions. The nearest Cyk stepped backwards and struck his enemy in the jaw with his fork as he dodged the attack. With a flick of his weapon, he directly tore his throat, and the other party fell to the ground and struggled. Rick gives him a blow.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a large number of enemies rushing ahead, engaged Captain Naringer. He whispered a mantra and pulled out his fork as he retreated, and the corpses of his enemies turned into more than a thousand worms with fangs, and under his command they rushed towards the enemy.

Rick shouted to let his companions know that it was a spell he had cast, and then ran to the front of the group, using the severed limbs bitten by worms to add a spell, calling out a humanoid golem made of corrosive liquid. The golem will hold the enemy and explode, and the flesh will become the next batch of casting materials. Together with the enemies that Captain Naringer had dealt with, Nick created a strange bird two hundred centimeters tall with flaming fiery red sharp feathers, a long vulture-like neck, thick and powerful legs, and an eagle's beak, and rushed forward.

Repeat the cycle like this all the time. Xi Ke barely used up his strength, but there were more and more spells in his work. At least seven or eight spells are in effect at the same time. If he hadn't been able to maintain more spells without collapsing, there would have been more spells in effect.

The friendly mage noticed this, and also saw that the spells released by Xi Ke were meant to be consumed, and those energies could not be recovered, so they also began to let Xi Ke's spells rush first, and they kept the mana to clean up the rest.

Although the reason why Soni spells were originally listed as forbidden spells, Xi Ke didn't know, but he could guess a little possibility by looking at it this way. This spell seems to be specifically designed to be used in battles where there are fewer enemies. It relies on sacrifice and consumes very little of the mage's own liliang, making it ideal for a blood-spattered battlefield environment.

Sik encounters an enemy that rushes through the spell swarm, and he unleashes little by little the energy that builds up on the fork, burning the opponent's head into a mass of charcoal. Still didn't use his own mana.

A weak Soni mage still needs to use his mana as a gunpowder lead, but a Suni mage of Xike's level can even use the energy obtained from the sacrifice to make a lead.

Seren unleashed his sword and slashed down several enemies. He is accustomed to fighting in groups, so he can always keep an eye on his companions, and he has been keeping an eye on the "civilians" such as Xi Ke and the magic bait Chang'an Pait, and the navigator Felena. As he watched as Rick skillfully transformed the corpses of his enemies into weapons, it was hard not to think back to the tragic battles of the Knights and the Order of the Night.

At that time, the corpses that were turned into weapons were all his comrades. He'd also seen Rick do it in front of him, turning the dead knight into a big bang. The sacrificial qualities of Soni spells not only represent liliang, but also make enemies fearful, sick to their stomachs, and a threat to their enemies.

Just like in the Cold Weapons era before gunpowder took control of the battlefield, the besiegers threw the heads of the defending soldiers into the city with catapults.

Rick, who is also a necromancer, expands the scope of this blasphemous. At that time, Serene was greatly shaken. Probably because of this, Xike is different to him and anyone on Shijie.

Quan Shijie, he only felt fear in Xi Ke.

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"We're in the square, watch up!" one of the crew members shouted.

At the end of the hallway there is an open space, similar to where slaves were previously held. But this place is relatively complete, and there is a horseshoe-shaped cloister at the height of the second floor, from which they can be attacked from a high vantage point.

Syk sent the red bird out first, and was immediately bombarded with a heavy bombardment, but in two seconds the bird was reduced to pieces. Captain Naringer didn't look surprised.

"How is this going to get through?" asked Seren, in a low voice.

Captain Nalinger didn't speak, just raised his hand, triggering the trap he had set here a long time ago.

The shouts of the enemy suddenly disappeared, and the soundproofing range was erected. The floor of the square seemed to be cut by a huge blade, neatly divided into several pieces. The bottom of the floor is hollow and falls down. The pillars supporting the horseshoe-shaped cloister also broke, and the large wall fell.

Captain Nalinger and his men stood at the edge of the collapse area, casting spells to eliminate any enemies that didn't fall.

When it was all over, there was only a large pit left on the scene, and there was not a single enemy left.

One of the crew members took out a small pottery urn and placed it on the edge of the collapsed floor to open the lid. A curtain came out of the urn and stretched out like a snake to the other side. When it hits the ground at the other end, it unfolds to form a plane, which then hardens, and this becomes an improvised bridge.

Captain Naringer inspected it and said, "Okay, you can go over. 」

One by one, they stepped onto a bridge 50 meters long and 2 meters wide. The deck of the bridge is as hard as a stone bridge, and even with so many people on top at the same time, there is no sign of deformation.

Half of the people go up at a time. The other half of the people were attentive to see if any other enemy was coming. The first group is more dangerous, so it's all Captain Naringer's men. Syke and Serenie were both in the second group.

Thinking that he could overcome his fear of heights, he glanced down as he crossed the bridge. The falling floor pierced the next floor, the lower floor, and the lower lower floor. I don't know how many layers have been penetrated in total, but in short, Xi Ke can't see the bottom. The end of the pit vanished into darkness.

Rick could see that each layer had ornamental patterns, and some strange white bones that looked like humanoids and did not look like them had fallen to the ground. Now it's sprayed with bright red blood again. The lower floors don't seem to have been used by pirates, so there are still some artifacts left.

He saw half-destroyed statues that appeared to be humanoids with flaky wings or fish tails. The statues are surrounded by ornaments in the form of fire or water.

The one who had passed first had another encounter with the enemy who had come in and fought. Rick saw a constant flash of magic in the hallway opposite. Several crew members stood at the head of the bridge, urging them to go faster.

Nick quickened his pace, and suddenly a strange gust of wind grabbed his ankle and dragged him out. He didn't feel the wind anywhere but his feet, and there shouldn't be such a strong wind under this ground. Cheek instinctively thought he had been plotted by a spell, but he didn't feel any magical energy. It's like a natural phenomenon of wind, but it doesn't blow in a reasonable way.

Xi Ke couldn't react, and stepped on the outside of the cloth with one foot. At the same time, his long fork, which had a small wind-bearing surface and was not easily affected by reason, was actually swept away by the wind and pulled away in the other direction. Seren, walking behind Syke, immediately grabbed Rick's wrist. He could have just brought the Seals back, but the strange wind wrapped around his feet before his center of gravity stabilized, and Seren fell unsteady and fell outside. The third man reached out and grabbed Seren's arm, but he could only end up being ripped out together.

As the three of them held hands and fell into the bottomless darkness, Rick cursed every expletiveness he knew.