Just after dawn, Lester, Margaret and Meredith arrived at the entrance of the mine outside the Silver Silver Mountains.
Not including the more than fifty young and middle-aged citizens responsible for logistics and transportation, ten black guards are the vanguard, five night blade killers are the scouts, ten black rose mages are the core, and Nok is equipped with some magic steel equipment. A one-hundred-person mixed team composed of Sarth Black Iron Guards and Shadow Crossbowmen officially entered the underground world.
The blazing torch illuminated the underground space and dispelled the oppressive darkness.
After the mage unlocked the entrance to the underground world blocking the entrance to the third mine, everyone's expressions began to become serious.
Wrapped in rocks underground, no one knows what will be encountered ahead.
On top of the rock formation, several black rose mages cast lighting magic, illuminating the somewhat empty cave below.
Black gray and dark brown sedimentary rocks are the only colors.
Lester looked at the almost vertical rock wall at his feet, as if he saw the miner calling him 'Lord'.
The miner named 'Gerald', after asking for help, was shot by the red-skinned demon rat's crossbow on the rock wall. At this moment, the rock wall was clean, not even a bone could be seen.
There was no rat droppings everywhere as expected, it was as weird as the rats never pooping.
In the darkness, there are evil beasts that eat people without spitting out bones. This underground journey is the first active counterattack against the evil beasts.
Thinking that at this moment, nearly two hundred people were waiting for his order, Lester took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.
"The Shadow Crossbowmen are on alert, Maurice, start setting up the rope ladder."
After receiving the order, the five night blade killers with their faces covered took off the prepared steel rope ladder from their backs. After unfolding and folding the steel frame, they used a hammer to drive four steel nails into the hard rock, and then passed the special The cowhide rope drove four steel nails into the rock wall, and the cowhide rope was tightly connected to the steel frame.
After adjusting the angle of the steel claws and fixing the ladder frame, the iron rope ladder is connected by mortise and tenon. The iron rods are inserted horizontally on the steel frame. The upper and lower parts are connected together in order, and gradually lengthened, becoming a semi-permanent type. ladder structure.
There are two rope ladders on each rock platform to facilitate climbing up and down. Because it is made of steel as the main material, it has good pressure-bearing capacity, which is enough for the black guards wearing magic steel plate armor to go up and down safely.
After the Night Blade Killer went down first, the five people holding the Magic Glow Stone spread out to explore the terrain and route. Lester once again arranged for the remaining soldiers to go up and down in order, building the first simple one on the bottom plain. stronghold.
More than three hours later, more than 200 people, including wooden piles and other construction materials, all crossed the rock formation platform of more than 20 meters and arrived safely on the ground. No non-combat casualties occurred.
"Margaret, set up a guard camp here. We have to work step by step and gradually reduce the living space of the rats. The situation in the underground world is unknown. The enemy is in the dark and we are clear. We must not enter rashly."
"clear."
Seeing that Margaret had already begun arranging defense and construction matters, Lester called the handsome man Nosles who was the first to come back to report the situation.
"Tell me, what did you find?"
Northless knelt down on one knee and bowed, then took out a piece of light yellow linen cloth from his waist bag. A simple terrain route map was drawn on the linen cloth with a black dye quill pen.
Cartography, pathfinding, weapon mastery and basic assassination principles, these are the necessary skills for killers that Lester has specially taught and tested. They are skills that every night blade killer must master.
This is also the reason why until now, there are only five Night Blade Killers.
Sometimes the cultural exam is much more difficult than other assessments.
"Master, please see, this is a simple map of the explored area."
After handing the linen to Lester, Nosles began to explain.
"Our position is in the center. Below is the fault rock wall leading to the outside world. There are two naturally formed underground passages on the upper right and upper left. Directly above is a rat tunnel with serious excavation marks. Height and size don’t get us through.”
After a pause, Nosles guessed that Lester might have absorbed his information, so he pointed to the line on the upper left and continued.
"The passage on the upper left is a bit narrow. It is about 200 meters away from here. The terrain gradually decreases. It seems to be a natural cave. Deeper underground, Morris found stalactites and other natural underground crystals, except for some left by rats. No trace of biological activity was found outside the bite marks, and the passage is currently being further explored by Morris and Deidist.”
Northless pointed to the line on the right, and Lester noticed that the linen cloth had a strange symbol specifically marked on it.
"This place was explored by Hector and DiMaster. In DiMaster's description, the passage on the right was open and flat. Before the three-way intersection, he found several black human faces standing on the wall. Stone pillars, stone pillars have obvious traces of artificial chiseling. This is the pattern he saw on the stone pillars, and he drew it while communicating with me. Now they can only explore one branch separately due to lack of manpower...
Master, should we explore the left passage first or the right passage? "
After pondering for a moment, Lester pointed to the rat path directly above.
"Take me to see this side first."
There was some confusion in his eyes, but Nosles lowered his head respectfully.
"yes."
…
Any normal person walking in the dark, cramped, lifeless underground world will experience the maddening despair.
Unless, that's not a normal person.
More than five hundred meters underground.
Morris walked in front, with the melodious footsteps echoing in the underground caves under his feet, and the ethereal water droplets dripping from stalactites in his ears. Surrounded by mica and crystals exuding pink and light blue, the man felt like he was It’s suitable to live here.
If it weren't for the master's order to pass it on to future generations...
"There is no doubt that many creatures in the underground world have been killed by those rats. This claw-shaped hole cannot be dug out by a big rat, nor a small rat."
Shaking the magic glow stone in his hand and no longer looking at the fist-sized cave wall, the man stood up, walked to the crystal, and stared at the damaged crystal.
"Why are these rats eating these crystals? To grind their teeth? Or is there some other reason? What's the benefit to them? Can I take advantage of this?"
Touching the beautiful sword-shaped blue crystal, Morris said softly.
"..."
Of course, Didist would not answer, let alone answer a question that he did not know how to answer, so he stood motionless and sensed the surrounding environment.
Soon, tiny footsteps and whispers came from multiple large holes.
"coming."
Menghulu said.
Morris put his ears to the ground, closed his eyes, and opened them instantly.
"We should go..."
