Major found himself lying on a pile of tough and soft things, but the surroundings were not completely dark. Dots of red fluorescence created a washroom-like environment—a huge, empty cave with smooth walls, as full as a sauna.
Hot steam.
There seemed to be something crawling on my forehead.
Major reached out and found that he was limp and his hands and feet were cold, sore and numb. This was the result of limb ischemia caused by compression of blood vessels. He shook his head and tried to shake the thing off his forehead. It might be some small insect.
The thing started to crawl towards my nose slowly, and the place where it crawled was numb and itchy.
Major was a little scared. If it got into his nose, he would be in trouble. He moved his fingers desperately, hoping to regain the ability to move his arm quickly. It took such a long time, and the blood filled the capillaries as slowly as a snail.
The thing was getting closer and closer to the nostril, and seemed to be speeding up.
Finally able to move his arms, he immediately raised his hand and swung towards his nose. But it was too late. He only felt a strange itching and soreness in his nostrils, and something got into his nasal cavity, seeming to be gnawing at his own flesh and blood and drilling deeper.
.He hurriedly dug out with his fingers, but couldn't reach anything.
There was a sharp pain deep in the nasal cavity.
He suddenly saw a beam of light, tasted a bitter fishy taste in his mouth, and then fainted.
A purely unconscious process of dizziness.
When he woke up, he was startled.
It turned out that the thing under him was a lot of overlapping snake skins. A huge snake bone as thick as a bucket was coiled in the middle of the cave, with a head about one meter long. The rest of the body was covered with layers of snakes.
Skin occupied.
It was really lucky that I didn't fall to death. I fell on the snake skin and was unscathed. But what was that thing that got into my nose just now? It seemed that I didn't feel anything else. Forget it, ignore it and celebrate the rest of your life. Just now
In the illusion, not only did he defeat his opponent, he also defeated himself. He also got a message that little George's soul remained in his body. I don't know if it was all or just fragments. This will definitely affect him, but what will happen is yet to be determined.
Know.
But the top priority now is how to get out of this ghost place. This cave obviously goes deep into the ground. There is no exit except the passage that I fell in. And the only passage to the outside world is far away on the rock wall as high as two people. It is smooth.
There is no place to climb on the rock wall, so we can only look at the ocean and sigh.
This cave should be the cave of the dead big snake, and the hole where Major fell down is the passage for the big snake to go out. These layers of snake skin are the skin that the big snake shed over the years. Such a big snake must be the top predator in this area.
Eater, but it was not mentioned in the map Master Yutan gave him. Perhaps this big snake has been dead for a long time.
Suddenly, there were several weak knocks from the rock wall.
Major put his ear to the wall and listened carefully.
Ding ding ding - the sound is much louder, like someone is digging a cave or mining ore. Is this close to a mine? There is really no end to the road. Judging from the sound, the other party is not far away.
Major pulled out his dagger and struck it hard on the rock wall. He hoped that the other party could hear it and dig a passage over.
The sound disappeared and the other party stopped digging.
Major struck harder and harder.
After a while, the other party started knocking again, quickly and firmly, and then several more voices joined in, knocking wildly on the rocks, and the tinkling sounds came together, as if they were playing a symphony of life.
Major sat down against the rock wall. Only then did he realize that he was tired and hungry. He found his backpack in the snake skin, took out the dry food and ate it, then found a comfortable position and fell asleep.
…
Major had the best sleep ever and felt stronger and more energetic than ever before. The knocking sound became louder and louder, and it sounded like it might be less than one meter away from digging through the rock wall. Major leaned against the rock wall to calm down.
Just wait.
Soon after, there was a click, and a stone fell from the rock wall, revealing a fist-sized hole. A candlelight came through the small hole. Major stood up and stared closely at the hole. Several crisp sounds came from the hole.
The puppy-like barking then caused a chorus, and the sound echoed and stirred in the cave. Strangely, Major found that this barking was a language, and he seemed to be able to understand it. This was not the monster dog head introduced on the map
Human voice?
"Get through! Wow wow"
"Get out of the way, bastard, let me see!"
"You stepped on my foot, bastard!"
"If you squeeze me again, I'll smash your dog's head!"
"Hush! The overseer is here."
The barking stopped. A surly eye appeared at the entrance of the cave, looking around the cave. Finally, its eyes fell on Major, who seemed to be taken aback, and then disappeared from the entrance of the cave.
"Hey! Supervisor, are you still digging?"
A crisp crack of a whip answered its question.
After a while, an old man with eyes appeared at the entrance of the cave and said in human language: "Who are you? Human."
"An unknown person who accidentally fell in here." Major replied.
"Half-immortal, what are you afraid of? No need to talk nonsense, he is alone. We can beat him." said the kobold who had just been whipped.
"That's right, let's dig it up. I think there are a lot of good things in him."
"Get the net ready, I want to live, and whoever catches him will have meat to eat." The kobold, known as the half-immortal, thought for a moment and said.
Amid a burst of excited barking, a group of kobolds swung their mining picks vigorously. After a while, a large hole more than one meter high appeared in the rock wall. Led by a tall kobold holding a short whip and a big stick,
Dog heads swarmed into the cave, each holding a fishing net and preparing to throw it away.
"Wait!" Major panicked and retreated into the cave. "We have no grievances, so why not let me live?" he said weakly.
The tall kobold was unmoved, maybe it didn't understand at all. With a wave of the big stick, several nets flew out from the hands of the kobolds and entangled Major tightly. Then they rushed over with strange screams and grabbed Major.
He put it down on the ground, picked it up and left. The dagger was also taken away by the overseer.
After passing through intricate low caves, dirty hands pinched and pinched Major, and several dog heads kept exchanging their experiences on eating meat. Major was frightened for no reason, these guys would not give themselves up.
Eat it? The introduction to the monsters on the map says that they are just timid creatures, and there is no mention of the custom of cannibalism.
Soon, he was taken to a large, brightly lit cave. Dozens of candles as thick as arms were inserted into the cave walls. The cave was filled with a disgusting stench, like dozens of soaked candles.
The dogs gathered together. A huge stone pillar stood in the middle of the cave, reaching the top of the cave. A kobold who was blind in one eye sat on a high platform, digging a big bone. A man in a black cloak stood
next to it.
The dogheads threw Major to the ground.
"Your Majesty! Look what we found?" the most talkative kobold jumped out and said. Along the way, Major learned that this guy is called Hardhead. He talks a lot and is not afraid of whips and sticks. Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the supervisor
Hit it with a stick on the head and make it scream.
The kobold on the high platform stood up, wearing a fiery red robe like a dog and holding a red staff. The man in black also stood up, his face hidden under a huge hood.
The kobold in red stared at Major for a few seconds and let out a deafening roar: "A human? Impossible. You dare to lie to me! Everyone will die! Where is the half-immortal?"
The old half-immortal stumbled out from behind, took a few breaths on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, it's true. I saw it with my own eyes. There was only a dead giant snake and this man in the cave." He said, holding up a stick.
The ribs of the giant snake as proof.
The man in black suddenly waved his hand to stop the kobold king from roaring, and walked to Major. The kobolds backed away one after another, and the supervisor handed Major's belongings to the man in black.
The man in black opened his backpack and inspected it. He looked at the contents and threw them away. Mining picks, kettles, dry food, tents, flint and moxa, maps...
When he found the mission description, he opened it and looked at it carefully.
"The warrior trial in Liuhe Town?" He muttered, not sure whether he was talking to himself or asking a question.
Major quickly replied: "Yes, I wanted to mine hematite ore, and accidentally fell from the mine into the cave. Fortunately, I was rescued by you. Let me go, I have to go back and submit the task. Again
It's too late."
"Let you go? Hehe." The man in black smiled. "Of course, I will let you go. Don't worry, kid."
It's broken! Major knew as soon as he heard that this guy was not well-intentioned. He quickly turned his mind and looked for a way to escape. It seemed that the black clothes and the kobolds were obviously not the same group, but they had a high status in the eyes of the kobolds. And it seemed that
They were digging into the cave with purpose, as if they were looking for something. It seemed that they could not escape just by pretending to be innocent.
The man in black thought for a moment and suddenly said to the half-immortal: "Is there nothing in the cave?"
The half-immortal was startled and said tremblingly: "Indeed not." Then it took out a small silver bottle. "This thing didn't react at all. Nothing was found."
The man in black took the vial and put it in his pocket, suddenly grabbed the half-immortal, slapped his forehead with one hand, and tilted his head as if searching for something. The half-immortal screamed, fell to his knees, and his eyes turned white.
The whole body was shaking, there was a flow of feces and urine, and there was a stench.
The heads of the dogs dispersed in a hurry and stayed away from each other.
After a while, the man in black let go of the half-immortal. "Very good, I didn't lie."
The kobold king came over and said, "Dear guest, since I don't have one, can you give me a reply to your superiors?"