Chapter 218: Into the Ground
Voss couldn't help but be overjoyed to see that Sawin was willing to go underground with him, and with Savan at least there was a great guarantee of safety. Voss said happily: "In that case, let's pack up and get ready to leave tomorrow, the sooner the better!"
After a night of silence, the three of them got up early the next morning and hurried to Mosodor, and soon after leaving the town of Fol, the three of them entered the depths of the mountain again. This part of the mountain road was more difficult than the previous one, so the three of them did not ride horses, but walked into the mountains. The further you go into the mountains, the more desolate the surroundings become, and the mountains in this area are mostly made of rocks, and there is hardly any green vegetation in the other places except for some wild grasses that can grow in the crevices of the rocks.
Vos led Savin and Lawne up a steep cliff, and seeing that there was no way forward, Sawan couldn't help but feel a little strange. He asked Voss, "What are we climbing up for? There seems to be no way ahead, right?"
Voss grinned and said, "What's the hurry, the road is here." As he spoke, he opened a place overgrown with weeds, and saw a dark hole appear between the crevices of the cliff behind the weeds.
"From here, we're all going to go underground. With that, Voss took the lead and climbed into the hole.
Savin and Lawn followed Voth into the cave, which was not long, and soon the three of them climbed out of the narrow cave into the belly of the mountain. Voss took out the oil lamp from his backpack and lit it, and when Sawin looked closely, it turned out that the belly of the mountain was very spacious, and stalagmites hung upside down from the top, like thousands of sharp spears.
Voss led the two around a massive stone pillar and then circled down a downward passage. The cave was so quiet that nothing could be heard except for the footsteps and breathing of the three of them, and the whole world was cut off from the cave. I don't know how long I walked down, but when the ramp became smoother, Savin and Lawn's ears suddenly heard the sound of running water.
The two looked around, but could not find the source of the sound of water. Voss laughed, "The river isn't here, we have to go down a little further to see it." ”
After walking along the zigzag cave for another while, Voss suddenly stopped, and when Savin looked around, he saw a cliff in front of him, and a huge pit appeared in front of him. Voss pointed to the pit below, and said, "We will go down from here, and when we get down there we will not be far from Mosodor." ”
Voss removed a large coil of rope from his waist and tied one end to the rock, while the other end was thrown straight into the pit. Voss grabbed the rope with both hands and descended little by little into the pit, soon disappearing into the darkness. After a while, Voss's voice came from the darkness below: "Come down, stay safe." ”
Sawan grabbed the rope and prepared to go down, but suddenly saw that Lawne's face was a little pale. Sawan quickly understood, probably Lawn was a little scared, these magicians sometimes had worse athletic abilities than ordinary people, not to mention that Lawn's body was still a little fat. Sawan took out a rope, then tied one to Lawne's waist and said, "You go down first, and I'll pull the rope on it, so it's safe." ”
With a grateful look in his eyes, Lawne nodded, and slowly descended the rope in Voss's way. Finally, when Raun reached the bottom of the pit, Raun hurriedly called for Sawan to go down. Sawin agreed, grabbed the rope and quickly reached the bottom of the pit. The bottom of the pit was full of rocks of all sizes, and the three of them walked forward one foot deep and one shallow, and the sound of running water in front of them became clearer and clearer.
The three of them finally reached the underground river, only to see a large rushing river flowing rapidly in the underground riverbed, and from time to time some unknown creatures jumped out of the water, and then disappeared into the black water. Voss introduced the two of them: "This is the most important river for our dwarves, and many dwarven tribes have chosen to settle by the river, so it can be said that without this river, there would be no dwarven life now." ”
Lawne asked, "What's the name of the river?"
"It's called the Alfara River, which means the river that gives life. Voss said with some pride: "Mosodor, just up the river, let's go this way." With that, Voss led Savin and Lawne up the river.
After passing a rocky beach, a smooth and steep rock wall suddenly appeared in front of me, and the river rushed under the rock wall, and there was no way forward. Savan knew without asking that there must be other hidden paths, and that Voss would never swim across the river with them, for the dwarves did not like to go into the water.
Savin's guess was correct, Voss led them to the bottom of the rock wall, and then reached out and fiddled with the groove in the rock wall, and then heard a "bang", and suddenly a rock sank into the smooth rock wall, and then the rock slipped to the side, and a grotto appeared on the rock wall.
The three of them went into the grotto, inside was a long stone staircase, and the three of them climbed up the stone steps to the end, and what appeared in front of them was a long and narrow tunnel, from the rock walls on both sides of the tunnel there were obvious carving marks, this is a completely artificially excavated passage. The tunnel was built very smoothly, and the speed of the three of them was obviously much faster than just now, and Sawin was more and more amazed as he walked, how did these dwarves build such a project!
Each time they walked, the tunnel became noticeably wider, and after a while, the three of them were able to walk side by side. Savin and Lawn were obviously not used to staying in such a completely closed place for long periods of time, and both of them began to get a little anxious, and Voss comforted the two of them, "It's coming soon, it's almost there......"
Just when Sawin felt that the road would never end, the man-made tunnels around him suddenly turned into natural caverns, and Voss said, "Here we are." Look, that's Mosodor!"
As they spoke, the three of them stepped out of the cave together, and the undulating rocks under their feet suddenly turned into flat stone slabs, and Sawan looked up to see an incomparably large and vast space suddenly appear in front of him. At this moment, Sawan really couldn't describe his shock, if it weren't for what he had seen, he wouldn't have believed that there would be such a huge hole deep underground.
Sawin compared it in his heart, such a huge space may be able to fit the entire arena of Thorin City inside. Sawin couldn't help but exclaim: "What a big cave! There is such a world hidden underground, this is the real magic work!"
Lawn also said: "I didn't believe that there would be such a place if I didn't see it killed before, and it was unimaginable that such a large cave would not collapse......
Voss suddenly became serious and said, "Such a large space is actually carved by hand, and this is the most amazing place. ”
"What!" Savin and Lawn exclaimed in unison.
Voss nodded, and said very seriously: "It is indeed excavated by hand, we dwarves only discovered this place by accident, and someone dug this cave before us. ”
Sawan looked at the height and breadth of this cave, and still couldn't believe it, so he said, "Such a big cave, even if you bring people from all over the continent, you can't dig it." If nothing else, but this height is impossible. ”
Voss laughed, "Humans? How is that possible! We dwarves can't do it, and humans can't do it." I guess the legendary giants did it, maybe the Titans, only they can do it......"
The three of them walked forward as they spoke, stepping on the flat stone avenue all the way to a stone bridge. This is a very long stone arch bridge, on the other side of the bridge there is a huge stone doorway, the head of the door against the top of the cave, the height is probably tens of meters, from a distance it looks like the two thighs of a giant standing straight on the ground.
There seemed to be a faint light shaking in the doorway, and if I listened so quietly, I could still hear the rumbling noise, I don't know why.
Voss pointed to the doorway and said proudly, "That's the entrance to Mosodor!"
(End of chapter)