Chapter 60 Breaking In
The metal door crossed in front of me, which was the first type of facility that Catherine saw since entering the underground waterway.
It is now a connection area inside the sewer. Seven or eight branch pipelines meet here from different directions, forming a secondary trunk road leading to the distance. On the walking path on the side of the intersection, there is a metal door slightly higher than the ground. Although the silver-white metal door made of goblin alloy has been exposed in the environment for ten thousand years, there is only a layer of rust on the surface, and the rest is still intact. It can be seen that the highly developed technology in metal smelting in the Goblin era.
A total of eleven members of both sides were gathering outside the metal door. The real-time map showed that there was a large space behind the metal door, and the purpose was unknown. Before we arrived here, we had argued about how to sneak into the inside without being discovered, but this debate was stopped by Pannis. In fact, it is very simple to understand. In this narrow environment that has been run by the spell casting profession for a long time, it is simply impossible to complete a group of people's infiltration. Instead of wasting their energy on such impossible things, it is better to analyze more about the possible strength comparison between the enemy and us.
Indeed, the situation that everyone is facing now is an embarrassing situation in adventure. No one knows how many people the other party has and what kind of combat power they have, while the number of people on their side is very clear, and the information is extremely unequal. This situation is very dangerous, and all adventurers will try their best to avoid this situation, because most of the reductions in personnel and even the destruction of the team are inseparable from this situation. However, in actual adventure operations, they often encounter such embarrassment. There is no sufficient intelligence to judge what enemies they will encounter, and the fleeting opportunity does not allow more research on the enemy. These will lead to the problem of information aberration, which is also the reason why adventurers still have high casualties even under the protection of the guild's efforts.
In this situation, unless you give up the task and retreat, you can only grit your teeth and force yourself. After all, the most basic requirement is to "determine" the specific position of the other party. It is not possible to rely on speculation without seeing the other party with your own eyes. However, Catherine also weighed in her heart that unless the other party has a demigod in charge, with her own strength, although it may not necessarily be able to eliminate the other party, it is still possible to ensure safety. With this consideration, Catherine is willing to let the members of her own party continue to act, otherwise her safety-first personality will never let everyone take such a big risk.
"So, facing this door, any method of infiltration is futile." Panis pointed to the metal door and said, "This door is probably the best warning system. It is impossible to open it silently."
"What do you think of?" Benn of the Wind God Church looked at Panis with a little provocative meaning. He admired Panis's ability along the way, but as a man, he still had some dissatisfaction and competitive mentality: "We must go in."
"Of course, it was opened in a normal way, just like that." Panis grinned and suddenly kicked the door hard. Under the heavy blow, the door made a loud noise, and the rust on the surface of the door fell, but the door itself did not change at all. Not only did it not open, there was no slight shaking.
Vivian walked over with a expressionless face, grabbed the round handle on the door and pulled it gently. The door was easily pulled open without any obstacles. When he opened the door, the three girls glanced at Panis, who was jumping and crying in pain with their wooden eyes, and took a few steps back neatly, pretending to be unaware of him.
"I have to say that your normal way of opening the door is really special." Moore sighed, patted Panis on the shoulder, and took the initiative to walk to the door and look inside.
Compared with the sewer dozens of meters wide outside, the inside of the gate is not spacious, and it is a straight upward staircase. Both sides of the staircase are about three meters wide. Looking up, the entire staircase has about eighty steps, a height of fifteen meters. There is no fluorite above the head in the stair corridor to provide lighting, but the tops of the metal walls on both sides emit a faint light, so that the corridor will not be pitch black. The walls in the corridor are also made of goblin metal. Although the long time has caused the walls to be covered with thick dust, the sea blue paint can still be vaguely seen through the dust.
"Is there really anyone lurking here?" Teresa touched the wall with her finger, and a clear trace appeared on the wall: "Looking at the dust, it seems that no one has passed in a long time."
"No, there are indeed people." Marcia, a giant sword warrior who rarely spoke, seemed to feel the fighting atmosphere, suddenly became active, pointing to the ground and saying, "You will understand when you look at your feet, there will definitely be people."
"Are these footprints?" Teresa lowered her head. The steps under her feet should have covered more dust than the walls on both sides, but now there is not so much floating soil under her feet. Only a large number of crisscrossing messy footprints cover each step: "But despite these footprints, why are there no traces of touch on the handrails of the stairs on both sides?"
"Because that height is for goblins." Moore opened his magic shield in luxury and took the lead in stepping onto the stairs: "I'll walk ahead, and everyone will follow. If you encounter an enemy, unless the enemy's attack intention is very obvious, don't trigger a battle for the time being. When everyone follows up and gathers, judge the situation and decide whether to fight or retreat."
"Then I'll leave at the end." Panis nodded: "So, I'll avoid being attacked without preparation in the middle of the journey."
"Be careful, let's go." Moore took out his weapon for the first time, which was a golden flarence. Thirteen strings were made of special materials, and they also emitted a golden glow. Moore's fingers stroked the strings, and a crisp sound of metal collision was made. The sound of the strings seemed to turn into substantial notes, surrounding him, forming an invisible shield.
"The chanter of the gods, part-time mage, part-time bard, and part-time ranger." Seeing Moore step by step up the ladder, Panis whispered to the girls around him: "This guy is actually a genius, but he likes too many things. If he specializes in one or two of them, he may have already stepped into the realm of the demigod, and no one can predict whether he can eventually become a demigod like now. After going up, Lina and Vivian, you two try not to leave him too far. He is the strongest legend I have ever seen. Even if you face the upper demigod for two or three minutes, as long as you are close to him, you will not encounter danger in most cases."
"The strongest?" Katherine looked at Moore's back in surprise: "I can't see it."
"Well, he is one of the hidden legends, and has hardly appeared in the outside world." Panis said: "All races actually have a few such people, but there are more elves."
"So amazing." Catherine glanced at Panis with a squinted look and asked with a joking smile: "What about you?"
"Hahaha, your joke is so funny." Panis laughed dryly and gently pushed Catherine's back: "It's your turn, come on."
"Go." Catherine sneered, ignoring Panis, who had secretly had a headache, climbed up the stairs. Lina came over and lay down in Panis's ear and whispered: "I'm struggling with something."
"What's the matter?" asked Penis, "It's very important?"
"Yes, it's very important." Lina lowered her voice and whispered: "Do you tell my elder sister about what you are very familiar with and that Moore and also knows the Elf Queen. My elder sister is so smart, there must be many interesting guesses."
"Hey, don't talk nonsense." Panis widened his eyes and said in horror: "Mur and I are not familiar with Fraer at all, and we just know each other. Don't just guess randomly, okay?"
"Hehe, who knows this kind of thing?" Lina's eyes were filled with curiosity. "Although the first rule in our adventure group is not to ask the past, but not asking does not mean that we cannot guess. Are you right? People's imagination space is infinite. As for whether the result of imagination is true or false, it doesn't matter at all."
"No, it's very important." Panis said with a sad face: "Mr. Lina, please let me go."
"That's not impossible," Lina said with a wicked smile: "But you are not allowed to tell my elder sister the actual situation of what I got to the book."
"This..." Pannis's face changed. In fact, Lina's new friend was not so easy. In the basement of the villa that was blown up outside Deersaren, the book and some valuables were placed in the safe next to the teleportation array. After opening the safe, Lina was too excited to see the cover of the book, and Lina reached out to get it impulsively. If it weren't for Pannis' timely blocking it, she might have triggered multiple traps, which led to serious injuries or even death.
Death. This impulsive behavior is very dangerous. Although Lina's mood is understandable, Panis is still ready to tell Catherine about this. At that time, Catherine will definitely let Lina enjoy a lifelong preaching and destruction. Unexpectedly, Lina will take the opportunity to tempt it to escape punishment. Panis thought for a moment, shook his head regretfully and said, "No, this matter is unconventional, it is related to your future life safety. You must learn a lesson no matter what."
"You stubborn guy." Lina was not angry or disappointed. She held the corner of her mouth and smiled. Although she turned around and left, she seemed very satisfied.
"I heard it." Vivian followed Lina's back and said something like this, and suddenly turned into a disappointed expression under Panis's dull gaze: "It's a pity that I didn't hear anything clearly."
With a "bang", Moore in the front had reached the end of the stairs, and there was also a door there. Moore kicked him, but the door did not make trouble this time, and opened it inward. Everyone opened the shield and walked into the darkness behind the door one by one.
Chapter completed!