Chapter 546 Mine (Part 1)

Author: Half-wounded but not broken

Chapter 546 Mine (Part 1)

The cave is located on the shady side. When you look inside, you can only see a deep darkness. When you step into the empty cave, only the gentle footsteps of a few people echo. The cold air is like a tarsal maggot, carrying

There was a slight but indeed encroaching chill, which made everyone feel like they were walking into a huge tomb.

Even with light spells and torch lighting, the light cannot penetrate too far into the cave. The far end seems to be cut off. The rocks that occasionally enter the range of the light source will reflect terrible lines and shadows.

The concentration of negative energy far exceeds the normal level. Although it will not affect living things in a short period of time, if you stay here for a long time, you will get seriously ill or die.

However, this cave is indeed a mine. You can see many traces of digging tools on the cave wall, and the traces are very old. It is easy to overlook it if you don't look carefully.

Occasionally, abandoned digging tools, or the remains of wheelbarrows or hemp ropes can be found in corners and other places.

The more obvious evidence is that there are rails on the floor under your feet, but perhaps due to the age, the sleepers have been significantly deformed, and it is unknown whether the rails can still be used.

The cave is not humid, but dry and cold. Perhaps because of this environment, the rate of decay has slowed down, so many things made of wood can still maintain their original shape, and the pillars supporting the mine have not collapsed due to age.

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However, this is still not reassuring. After all, the greed for gold has led the miners to dig out every vein where gold may be found. Walking all the way into the mine, you can see a lot of side roads and completely random digging without rules.

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Since the current mining of minerals can only rely on manpower, the excavated mine hole is quite unsettling not to mention the width and height. To be honest, Pei Renli is more worried about when this thing will collapse than the monster.

No one on the other side of the fork has any intention of going in. Who knows where it will lead. If there are dwarves in the team, maybe they can explore it. It is too dangerous for everyone to be alive underground.

So they just followed the direction of the rails and walked deeper. After all, the rails were laid back then to transport ore, and they should lead to the deepest part of the mine.

As the depth increased, the air seemed to become more polluted. Pei Renli took out a bottle of eye-catching red potion and pulled out the stopper.

It has the ability to detect air quality. If the potion changes from red to white, it means they have encountered poisonous gas and they need to return immediately.

However, the air becoming filthy should be an illusion caused by negative energy. As they went deeper, people began to notice that some mushrooms or moss appeared in the mine, and many species emitted slight phosphorescence.

Underground, some fungi and moss have the ability to purify the air. In addition to being careful about species that may release toxic spores if you get close, you don't have to worry too much about dying from lack of oxygen or the like.

Pei Renli felt a little strange.

The mine is actually not too deep. After all, they almost didn't encounter any downhill slopes along the way. It was more like digging into the mountain flatly.

However, many of the luminous fungi and mosses seen so far are species that only appear deep underground. Unless the mine is connected to a natural cave underground, it is unlikely that this thing will get into the mine.

Moreover, Pei Renli had paid special attention to the fact that most of these glowing moss and mushrooms were still very new, as if they had just grown out, and no signs of decay were seen.

If it is mushrooms or moss that has grown for a long time, it will leave a thick layer just like the forest is full of leaf litter.

It feels like someone planted it recently.

There was something wrong with this mine from the beginning, as if someone had opened it deliberately, and the residents of the town had no idea about it.

This is definitely not a cave where ogres live as the power of attorney said. They have no such idea.

Perrenli had an army of ogres under his command comparable to the number of reinforced companies, and of course he knew it very well.

So, who is he and for what purpose?

Facing these, the darkness in front stirred slightly, and Louisa appeared.

She quickly approached and said:

"There is a monster in front of you. It is very big. It may be the ogre mentioned in the commission letter."

You just said that it was unlikely to be a cave where ogres lived, but you were immediately slapped in the face?

Putting aside this matter, everyone was ready to fight as soon as they heard this, and moved forward with extra caution.

The first thing that comes into view are several minecarts placed at the end of the rails, probably at the end of the mine.

Gary, who was holding a torch at the front, led a few people around a corner, and immediately saw a circular cave similar to an exit not far ahead.

Almost at the same time that everyone turned the corner, tall black figures approached from the left and right sides of the cave entrance. Only after entering the light of the torch could you clearly see their dark brown skin and the skin was covered with large and small tumors.

The ogre is a tall monster that looks very disgusting in appearance. Although it can be considered an intelligent creature, its brain is very stupid.

The advantage is that its power is quite exaggerated. Compared with trolls of similar levels, ogres do not have the ability to regenerate themselves, but they are more capable of being beaten and more resistant to beatings.

However, this was also one of the monsters that adventurers dealt with the most. Seeing that it was the expected ogre, everyone was relieved and immediately started taking action.

"The city will never fall!"

Gary took two quick steps to separate the ogre from the supporting teammates behind him, and immediately activated his combat skills.

--when!

The ogre didn't carry a wooden club, so he just hit Gary's shield with his fist, making a loud noise like ringing a bell. However, with the help of his full plate armor and combat skills, Gary remained motionless.

Moen's fingers fiddled with the strings to test the sound, and then immediately played exciting magic music to provide assistance. Luisa took off the short bow on her back and took aim. Since the cave was too narrow, if she also pushed it up, not only would there not be much

The space to dodge would cause Gary trouble.

Pei Renli, uncharacteristically, did not compile any runes, but instead recited long spells and quickly changed his spell-casting gestures. As if in response to his spell-casting movements, a magic circle flashing with strong magic aura appeared in front of him.

About 6 seconds later, two stone men, who were made entirely of stone and were about one person tall, jumped out of the magic circle. With the sound of stones rolling on the ground, they rushed towards the ogre, guarding Gary's left and right sides to help him.

Share the pressure.

This is a small earth element, with a level similar to that of an ogre. Its biggest feature is that it is resistant to beatings.

With the addition of small earth elements, it becomes very stable with Gary's front row, and the rest is the harvesting work.

Even Sally took out a hand crossbow, closed one eye nervously, took aim, and then pulled the trigger.

The crossbow arrow pierced the ogre's head with a whoosh, which made Sally cheer a little, and quickly went to touch another crossbow arrow and re-string the hand crossbow.

Pei Renli was also not in a hurry. He was still thinking about the unreasonable places in the mine, so he casually took off his blank crossbow and raised his hand to aim.

One of the ogres was clenching its fist and smashing it towards Gary's side. A crossbow bolt hit its shoulder, and a bright red magic aura lit up.

With a bang, a moderate explosion sounded on the ogre's shoulder, directly blowing off his arm.

The magic-feeding feature of the Void Bullet Crossbow greatly increases its power. If there are only two ogres, it can be done in less than three minutes with the current output intensity.

If the fireball technique can be used, this time may be shortened to more than ten seconds.

There was no way, I really didn't dare to make too much noise in the mine, it would be very sad if I was buried alive.

But as Pei Renli said before, ogres are social creatures, and just two of them are not considered a swarm.

"There are more monsters approaching! Looks like bugbears!"

Gary, who was at the front, threw the torch in the corner when he started. He could see through the gap under the ogre's feet more clearly than the people in the back row.

Ogres will live together with goblins, trolls, trolls and other creatures. Generally, their numbers are not small. They are never disciplined creatures. They like to bully the smaller ones. They will be very aggressive when their own number is greater than that of the enemy.

If they launch an attack and are outnumbered by the enemy, they will run away without hesitation.

Of course, this is also expected.

"Sonic boom!"

While Moen was playing the piano, he took the time to throw a spell in front of Gary. The shadow that appeared blurry in the darkness was hit by sound waves falling from the sky in an instant.

However, the bard's floor-washing ability is only limited to Tuyile. If you really want to wash the floor, you still have to ask the magician.

Pei Renli raised his finger and aimed up and down, catching the moment when the ogre showed an opening:

"Funeral pyre!"

A flaming orange-red ball was launched from the fingers, passed through the gap between the ogres' fingers, and exploded behind them, turning into a large fireball of various sizes.

The advantage of blocking the door is that the area that needs to be defended is very small. As long as the front row can hold on, the people behind can do their best.

The burning flames quickly climbed up the ogre's body, and bugbears who tried to get closer would definitely be affected.

But Pei Renli immediately frowned.

He noticed that the bugbears approaching behind the ogre were approaching as if they had not seen the flames. This was abnormal. Generally speaking, the bugbears had been burned by the flames and fled in all directions.

Moreover, the ogres' reactions were quite mechanical. They did not roar at all during the battle, nor did they scream when being attacked by crossbow arrows.

"Are these guys all undead?"

Elise, who was standing behind, also noticed something unusual. The ogres and bugbears didn't react like they were alive, but more like corpses driven by negative energy.

At this moment, a gray ray passed through the flames.

Gary was struggling with the ogre and didn't notice it at all. By the time he discovered it, the ray had already hit Gary's breastplate.

It was like a cloud of dust exploding. It didn't seem to have any serious consequences, but Gary immediately felt that the shield in his hand seemed to have become a lot heavier.

"It's a ray of weakening, with the Necromancer behind it!"

Pei Renli snapped his fingers and summoned four dancing light clusters to float towards the exit of the mine. Under the expanded lighting, he could see a hidden figure in a black robe faintly hidden in the darkness.

The figure of appointment...
Chapter completed!