"Is there any movement over there?"
"No."
"Go to B2, they haven't been searched there yet."
"The leader asked the two of us to block the door of A3. You can find Pali and the others. Where have they gone?"
"Dickon was injured and Parry carried him back..."
Deep in the Ankaras mine, there was a chaotic scene at this time.
When Duan Qing and the others were intercepted before and after, it was still a scene of despair. But now, a few moments later, several people had fled in all directions. Duan Qing used something he accidentally bought at the blacksmith shop to solve the problem in front of him. dilemma.
[Flash Torch (Exquisite)]
[Use: Burn the remaining fuel at once to emit huge light and heat. 】
["Honorary product of Fenghua Town Blacksmith Shop" (limited product)]
Adequate preparation is often useless, but once it comes into use, the sense of accomplishment will always make people feel comfortable physically and mentally. It's a pity that this kind of torch is a disposable item, and now only a blackened wooden pole is left.
The bright cave blinded everyone, but everyone on Duan Qing's side was prepared, so they took advantage of this momentary opportunity to escape from the passage behind them, including Xiao Hongchen, who had broken his leg. , was also picked up by Duan Qing and ran out on his back.
They were not familiar with the roads in this cave, so they ran aimlessly. Fortunately, in terms of escape experience, people who came out of Greenstone Village more or less had some experience in escaping, and they used the dark cave here and now. Due to the internal environment, they reluctantly dealt with the enemy who had the advantage of their location.
The cave is not deep, and there are not many paths for a few people to choose from. Fortunately, the information they got from the boss before seems to have just occupied this place not long ago, so they jointly defended this area. It's not perfect yet. More importantly, they had no idea how stupid it was to shout in the cave.
So they all listened to the so-called searches of people with unknown origins.
There were footsteps coming from the corner ahead. Duan Qing held his breath and stopped to listen for a moment. Then he made a gesture to the smiling butcher. Although the light was dim, the latter understood what he meant. He walked forward quietly, then took off the shield from behind and stood in front of himself.
One, two...now!
He groaned, suddenly exerted force, and slapped the shield in front of him.
The two people running out of the corner had no intention of covering up the sound of their footsteps, so they paid the price for their carelessness. The person running in front was directly slapped in the face by the black iron shield, and fell down with a scream. When the person behind him saw this, he shouted and slashed his sword towards the shieldman's head.
With eyes full of concentration, the smiling Butcher quickly put back his shield and blocked the overwhelming blow. However, the opponent's strength was obviously much stronger than his own, so this blow didn't make him feel much better. During the staggering steps, Uncle Smiling was pushed back several steps by the huge shock, and his back hit the opposite side of the rock wall before he stopped.
A cold light flashed in the darkness, and the swordsman covered his throat and slowly fell down.
"You can raise the shield very quickly... How about it? Can we still fight?"
"Ahem, I'm really old. This shock made my body fall apart..."
"It's because you don't have enough strength, uncle."
"I've added some agility, otherwise I wouldn't be able to raise my shield quickly...shh."
The two of them were talking and met Mengzhu, who was supporting Xiao Hongchen behind him. In the corridor behind, other enemies who heard the screams of their companions had begun to approach. Several people quickly closed their mouths, looked at each other, then turned around and continued to retreat towards the periphery of the mine.
Although they are not sure whether this direction is correct.
"That's why I hate caves, especially mines. It's easiest to get lost in this kind of place... When I came in before, I should have asked the mine master for a map."
"The task we were given was to clean up a few monsters. God knows something like this will happen...but if he knew, he probably wouldn't give it to us."
"Oh why?"
"This group of people is obviously hiding here. Since they can hide in the mine, how could the mine owner not know about it? He is much more concerned than the workers in the mine..."
"You mean...these people hiding here are related to that Xigang?"
"Speculation, just speculation. But considering the scene when we met that person before, this possibility is very high..."
"But...but that uncle, why did he do this?" the little girl asked in a low voice.
"You are still too naive, little sister. This world is full of all kinds of conspiracies..." Xiao Hongchen, who was dragging his legs, had a look on his face that had seen through the world, quite fitting his name. .
"Okay, okay, it's not like you don't know what a kind-hearted girl our adventure group is responsible for." Duan Qing held down the angry little girl's head, and then explained: "I want to find out Why that Xi Gang did this is actually very simple..."
"Just find out the identities of these people."
"Hey, that's easy to say." The smiling uncle who was running in front and responsible for clearing the way sneered: "This is probably the most difficult thing to figure out at present. If we knew this, it would be difficult to escape from this place alive. .”
"What are you worried about? Are you worried that all the miners in the entire Ankaras mine will riot outside?" Duan Qing said: "I don't see it, you are still a patriot. Do you still love this beautiful Fenghua Town?" ?”
"Well..." The smiling butcher was silent for a while, then smiled and shook his head: "What you said makes sense."
"We are all players, why should we worry about these things..."
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"Brother, there is a situation ahead."
"I've had enough of it...forget it, what's it about this time?"
"There seemed to be sounds of fighting."
"oh?"
The team codenamed Aqiang gradually entered the depths of the mine, so at this time they also began to approach the center of the dark battle ahead.
Several players each stretched their hands towards their weapons, and while they were secretly on guard, a person suddenly flew out from a corner in front of them.
The player holding the shield seemed to be knocked out and hit the wall with a bang. However, he seemed to ignore the pain on his body, and rolled to the side. A crossbow arrow shot out from the direction where he flew out before, and nailed the place where he hit before.
Then, a petite figure in a purple cloak walked out of the corner carrying a limping player.
The player holding the shield gasped and climbed up, and joined two people who seemed to be his teammates. The man in the purple robe took out a bottle of something similar to a potion from his arms and gave it to the shield player. , the latter raised his head and drank it without thinking, then wiped his mouth, let out a wild breath, turned around and put the shield in front of himself again, protecting the front of his teammates. As the three people retreated slowly, a figure ran out from the corner in front. He threw himself on the ground at the corner, then rolled and hid in the corridor here.
"Huh, that's so dangerous... who are you?"
Duan Qing's doubts were particularly obvious in the sound of arrows piercing the air. Hearing the sound, the other three people just recovered from the extremely fast attack and defense rhythm - when they withdrew before, they didn't notice the corner. Those figures with torches in the distance.
"Don't shoot! We are..." Yu Chen at the front was stopped by his captain before he could finish speaking.
"Hey, you guys..."
"We are being hunted." Without much time to explain, Duan Qing only shouted one sentence and ran past them with his teammates: "So if you don't want to die, just run."
"No, no, no, we just want to inquire..."
Before the single-handed man had finished asking his questions, some sudden vibration suddenly sounded in front of him.
Duan Qing looked back in astonishment. In his field of vision, a wall suddenly formed at the corner, and then rose rapidly. In an instant, it reached the top of the cave, chasing those who had just appeared at the end of the field of vision. The enemies are separated.
It was a wall of earth.
"Okay, now we can talk a little bit." The mage player with the ID name Baiye Lone Wolf put down his arm and turned to look at the other group of people who had not gone far.
In the darkness not far away, Mengzhu supported a lame player and secretly paid attention to the expression of the man in brown leather armor next to him. The smiling butcher put down his shield slightly and pressed the lower part of the iron shield against the ground. Xiao Hongchen gasped slightly. After taking a few breaths, he dropped the clothes-drying rod he had been holding on to the ground, turned around and leaned against the rock wall next to him - he had been carrying this spear-like weapon before, not only to maintain his walking posture. , can also be used to fight in critical moments.
Duan Qing looked at the people in the team and was silent for a few seconds, then nodded and said, "Okay."
"Very good." The swordsman leading the opposite nodded, lowered his arms, shook off the woman's hand that had been holding his arm, and took two steps forward: "You... ...What I just encountered was..."
"We don't know either." Duan Qing said without squinting: "We took over Xigang's mission and fought all the way here. Then we met some people. They... didn't look like good people, and then they... I’ve been fighting until now.”
"Hey, were those demon wolves before you..."
Before the player with Yu Chen on his head could finish speaking, their captain raised his hand to stop him.
"It seems that you still have some strength and can escape from those desperadoes." The swordsman codenamed Aqiang nodded and said: "Would you like to cooperate with us and kill them all, by the way... ."
"To avenge you?" He smiled slightly and spread his hands.
"Isn't your mission... to clean up the mine?"
"Oh, we also have that one in our mission, because Xigang seems to give such a mission to everyone who enters the cave." The man said with some clarity: "But we are not here to clean up the mine."
"We are here under the entrustment of the Mages Council."
"Speaking of which... I seem to have seen them when I was in the Mages Council..." Mengzhu cautiously approached Duan Qing and whispered.
"Really? That should be true..." Duan Qing tilted his head and replied in the same low voice, then straightened his body and continued the negotiation between the two teams: "If we help you , what benefits can we gain?”
The smiling man behind him lowered his head and covered his mouth with his hand.
Our captain really likes to bargain with others first...
The members of the opposite team also showed a hint of disdain, but they covered it up well. The captain frowned slightly, and just about to speak, Duan Qing waved his hands, showing an embarrassed look.
"It's just a joke, hahaha, just a joke... By the way, is your target the enemy of the Mage Association? You actually commissioned an adventurer..."
"Oh, well..." The other party relaxed a little, and then replied: "If we are not mistaken, they should be the remnants of the mountain bandits."
"Bandits? Are they the ones who have been wreaking havoc on the major trade routes recently?"
"Yes, it's them." That Aqiang replied: "The Mages Council got the clues and sent people to investigate, but their people didn't come back, so..."
Duan Qing and others glanced at each other in unison, and at the same time thought of the unidentified corpse.
"I understand, since we are eliminating harm for the people..." Duan Qing's face turned serious: "Then it's appropriate for us to help."
Before he finished speaking, the changes suddenly increased.
In front of the two teams, a large number of cracks suddenly appeared on the earth wall blocking the road. Earth debris mixed with stones continued to fall from the cracks, and the next moment, this magic temporary earth wall quickly collapsed in front of everyone's eyes.
"How is it possible? This earth wall should be able to last for a long time..."
The magicians in Aqiang's team had not finished marveling. In the collapsed earth wall, several figures holding mining picks appeared in the dust. They threw the picks aside, then drew out the weapons behind them, and rushed come over.
"It's just an earthen wall, but it underestimates us miners!"
The enemy, who was either a miner or a bandit, quickly came into contact with Aqiang's team, and a melee suddenly broke out in this narrow mine.
The man wielding a big sword stepped forward in a few steps, pulled Yu Chen, who was still dazed, behind him, and swept the group of gangsters rushing up with him. His strength value seemed to be very high, and the two enemies at the front were instantly swept away by this sword.
"White Wolf!"
"Understood!" The mage in khaki robes responded loudly, and the next moment, the earth wall rose again. Only this time, the earth wall did not separate the two parties, but divided the opponent's team into two halves.
With a sneer, the man holding a single sword slashed at one of the enemies who fell on the ground: "I heard that you are all miners..."
"Why do miners fight!"
In the team at the back, several players stared dumbfoundedly at a few people from the other team, chopping up melons and vegetables and putting all the enemies on the ground. Suddenly, they had a new understanding of how this world is played. .
"It turns out they are not strong at all..."
"That's true." Duan Qing shook his head: "But when I wanted to fight, you all didn't want to..."
