Volume 3 Blood and Fire Chapter 172 Ancient Tunnel (End…
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The war drums from the abyss sounded again, and the low sounds began to spread in all directions.
"Quick!" Elos yelled at the top of his lungs: "This is your last chance, run!"
Eloise directly picked up Ekaterina, and the others followed behind. Brown pulled the door closed with force. Although there was a latch on it, it could not be fixed.
"Brown! Come back!" Iloth shouted anxiously when he saw Brown trying to close the stone door.
After saying that, he put Ekaterina on the ground, walked to the stone door in a few steps, grabbed Brown by the neck and threw him in the direction of everyone's escape.
"You'd better go down quickly! Wait for me downstairs for a few minutes. However, if I don't come back, don't worry about me and keep going forward! Remember, take the path down and to the right!" Ilosi said to me.
everyone shouted.
"We can't let you guard that door alone!" Yekaterina shouted worriedly.
"Do as I say! You will only be a burden to me, and I can escape no matter what. Let's go!" Elos shouted with a red face. He was a little upset about everyone's mother-in-law, and more anxious.
Yekaterina had no choice but to ride on a druid-turned-black panther and lead everyone to escape.
There was no lighting in the corridor in front of them, so it was completely dark. After Ekaterina released the light, everyone was able to move forward quickly.
Everyone walked down a series of stairs, then looked back in the direction of Eloise.
However, they could see nothing except the faint light from the crystal tube in Ilosu's hand. Ilosu seemed to still be standing there guarding the entrance.
Even though they were some distance away, everyone could still feel that the entire wall seemed to be shaking.
The sound of war drums came in waves without mercy.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Suddenly, there was a violent explosion sound above the stairs.
Then there was a low shock wave that brought air waves and dust to the tops of everyone's heads.
Then, the rhythm of the war drums began to change, became faster, thump-bang, thump-bump, and then stopped again.
Eloise ran down the stairs and jumped into the middle of the crowd.
"I have completely sealed the stone gate. I can stop them for a while! Don't stand here in a daze! Let's go!"
Everyone followed closely behind Elos and ran forward quickly.
The drum sound started to sound again, but now it sounded like it was far away, but it still seemed to be following closely behind everyone.
There was no sound of other pursuers in the distance, no footsteps, and no sound of any kind. It seemed that the pursuers would indeed be unable to catch up for a while.
Eloise did not go to the right or left, but just ran straight forward, because the road in front of him seemed to be heading towards his goal.
After about an hour, they walked about three miles and climbed many stairs.
There was still no sound of the pursuers from behind. Everyone had almost escaped from the pursuers.
When they reached the seventh descent of the stairs, Iloth stopped.
"It's getting hotter and hotter. I think you can't bear it anymore. But now we have at least reached the gate level. Now we have to find a curve or a fork to the left so that we can go west.
"Elos said with a worried expression, looking behind him from time to time.
Yekaterina saw Ilosu's worry, but what puzzled her was that the enemies were all blocked outside the stone gate. How could Ilosu be so vigilant, so she asked:
"What happened over there at the door? Did you encounter a creature beating a war drum?"
"I don't know, but I found that I was facing an unprecedented force, a sense of oppression from the legendary peak strength, and all my domain abilities were suppressed. In addition to temporarily blocking the door with stones
, I simply can’t think of any other way.”
"When I stood there, I could hear the voices of the dark elves coming from the other side. I couldn't hear clearly what they were saying. I could just barely hear the word flame in the Drow language, which is fire.
Meaning. Then something walked into the hall, and I could feel his terrifying power through the door. The dark elves and their servants also fell silent because of fear, and the terrifying creature also felt me.
"
"I'm afraid all the dark elves and goblins were slaughtered by that terrifying existence, and the rest probably ran away. So, we have to hurry up, otherwise it will be our turn next. That creature may be a high-level creature
The creature recorded in the elven books died together with the legendary general Lor'themar Theron, but it just didn't die."
"Let's go quickly!"
After Ilos explained the reason to everyone, he urged everyone to leave quickly. As long as they get out of the tunnel, they can get rid of the horrible creature.
Everyone continued to move forward.
Not long after, a druid spoke. He could see clearly in the darkness: "I feel like there seems to be a light in front of me, but it's not sunlight. It's red. What could it be?"
Soon, everyone could clearly see the red fire.
It swayed and shone on the corridor in front of them, and now everyone could finally see the road in front of them clearly.
Not far away is a slope, and at the end is a low arch. The light comes from inside, and the air begins to become very hot.
When everyone came to the arch, Elos motioned for everyone to stay while he went to explore the way first.
The group of people could see that when Iloth's head popped out, his face was illuminated by the red fire, and he quickly stepped back.
"There is an evil atmosphere outside, and there is no doubt that it is waiting for us to step into a trap. However, I finally know our location. This is the first level of the tunnel, just under the gate. You go to the west end.
Cross the bridge less than a quarter of a mile to the left, then follow a main road, and then out! But you'd better come and take a look now!"
Everyone looked out and saw a huge cave-like hall in front of them. It was more spacious and slender than the hall where they had spent the night before.
They were near its western end, and the cave continued westward into darkness.
There are two rows of huge stone pillars in the center of the cave. These stone pillars are carved like towering ancient trees, and at the top are many forked stone-carved branches, supporting the intricately carved roof on the ceiling.
The stone pillar is black, with a very smooth surface, but with a red reflection, as if it were obsidian.
Just opposite, between two huge stone pillars, there was a deep fissure. The tongues of fire kept coming out of the fissure, licking the stone pillars next to it, and streams of black smoke flowed in the hot air.
"If we come down from above, we may be trapped here. I hope the flames can stop our pursuers. Come on! We don't have time." Eloise said.
At the same time as Elos was speaking, everyone heard the drums of the pursuers:
Boom! Boom! Boom!
From the east side of the hall came the sound of trumpets and shrill shouts again.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The stone pillar seemed to begin to shake, and the flames began to weaken under the pressure of this momentum.
"Now is the time to fight hard! As long as there is still sun outside, we will still have a chance. Follow me!" Elos said.
Suddenly, a black abyss appeared in front of everyone.
At the end of the hall, the floor sank into a bottomless hole. The only way leading to the door was an unsupported and seemingly lonely stone arch bridge, about fifty feet long.
I don't know if this was a defense built by the dwarves or the high elves back then that could withstand any enemy who captured the first hall and the outer corridor, because the enemy could only cross the bridge one by one.
At this moment, Eloise stopped, and the others paused as well.
Suddenly, a terrifying aura that made everyone tremble came, and something seemed to come out from behind.
The human eye cannot clearly see the true form of this terrifying existence. It seems to be a huge shadow, covered with a human-like black and red shape. Unimaginable evil and fear are contained in it, and at the same time it is constantly Spread outward.
This terrifying existence walked in front of the flames, and the light dimmed, as if it was obscured by dark clouds.
Then, it jumped over the crack in the ground, and the flames from deep in the earth surged out to welcome it, igniting the sharp horns on its head and the spikes on its back, covering its entire body in flames.
Black smoke dances in the air, inspiring a sense of terror of impending doom.
In its right hand, this monster holds a huge double-edged sword that is shaped like a tongue of fire.
"Ba...Bato Demon! The great demon from the abyss!"