Volume 2 Part-time work during holidays Chapter 3 Underground mines 2
The mine tunnel is 4 meters wide, which is enough for two mine carts to travel side by side. As soon as he entered the mine, an extremely unpleasant smell of wet mold immediately poured into Nilac's nose, and his stomach heaved, and Nilac quickly covered it.
Mouth and nose, he slowly suppressed the feeling of retching.
The cave is extremely quiet, except for the extremely light footsteps of the mercenaries, there is no sound. Every few dozen meters in the mine, there will be a weak oil lamp. The lamp is extremely dim, and the weak light will pass through a few meters.
Disappeared. Relying on this dim light, the mercenaries went deeper and deeper, going around several corners, but still found no trace of underground creatures. Except for some blood stains, they did not even find a corpse of a miner.
The weird atmosphere made the mercenaries a little anxious. Bruce stopped and said slowly: "Something is wrong. If we talk about the corpses on the ground, it can be said to be covered by heavy snow. But the corpses in this cave will go
Where? The dwarfs and the Evil Eye are not ogres, and they have no interest in corpses."
"Could it be that the dwarfs retreated underground again and brought the bodies of the miners with them to demonstrate their military exploits?"
"Yes, there may be a big guy coming, but the big guy knows that killing so many people will definitely alarm the empire. He is afraid of being surrounded and suppressed by the empire's masters, so he retreats with the dwarfs..."
The team members each expressed their opinions and discussed quietly.
Nilak was also racking his brains. As soon as he entered the mine, he felt an indescribable depression. After listening to the discussion of his teammates, Nilak suddenly had an idea and said: "Could this be the case? A large number of dwarfs and people
Driven by some people, the Evil Eye kept digging upwards from the ground, and the excavated passage happened to be connected to the bottom of the mine. Both the dwarfs and the Evil Eye were creatures with low intelligence. When they suddenly saw the miners in the mine, they
There was an immediate exchange of weapons, and a tragedy in the mine occurred.
Then, a week ago, the big man who ordered the dwarfs to dig the tunnel knew that the passage to the ground had been opened, so he also came to the surface. However, the big man was unwilling to be an enemy of the empire. After knowing that the dwarfs and the evil eye had killed so many miners,
Finally, he got furious and drove them back underground together. This can also explain why the dwarfs and the Evil Eye suddenly disappeared, instead of robbing the Iron Ore Town and then shrinking back."
"Yes, what everyone said makes sense, but we can't relax. Who can be sure that those underground evil creatures will not be entrenched deep in the mines and catch us by surprise. Ivan, you should explore the way ahead,
Let’s move on.”
The mine is so big that the team walked for nearly two hours but still did not reach the bottom.
At this time, Ivan, who was exploring the road ahead, suddenly stopped.
"Listen carefully to see if there is any sound." Ivan said softly: "There is some movement down there, please don't act rashly."
Nilac held his breath, and slowly, a vague sound appeared, like someone talking softly in the distance. He could vaguely feel it, but he couldn't tell what the sound was.
Everyone else also felt it. The elf shooter Jillian had the most sensitive hearing. She frowned and said, "The sound is a bit strange. It sounds like digging."
Digging the soil? Are they still planning to establish a base and live here permanently?
Bruce straightened his face and said: "Since they are still down there, there will definitely be someone standing guard. Ivan, please pay attention in front. If you encounter something that cannot be solved, retreat back. Jillian, your silent arrows are also ready.
Okay, I will cooperate with Ivan later."
Silent arrows are the secret archery skills of elves. They use special techniques to shoot special silent arrows. They are extremely fast but make no sound of breaking through the air. They are a must-have for sneak attacks and assassinations.
Along the way, Ivan silently eliminated many dwarfs. The high-level thieves acted so fast that these dwarfs didn't even have time to sound the alarm, and were fatally struck by Ivan.
The sound gradually became clearer, and it turned out to be the muffled sound of digging, mixed with some strange and chaotic sounds, which should be the cries of dwarfs.
Ivan stopped and slowly stepped back.
"There is a brazier in front of you. There are nine dwarfs near the brazier. If you go there, they will definitely scare the snake away."
How can we deal with the 9 dwarfs silently... Bruce touched his chin. Jillian's arrows could kill up to 3 of them, but Ivan's stealth was easily exposed under the firelight...
Nilac's mind turned and he suddenly noticed something. He said: "Captain, do you think this is okay? I used undead magic to drive the corpses of the two dwarfs over. When those dwarfs saw that they were one of their own, they would definitely
Relax your vigilance. Uncle Ivan is lurking behind the two corpses, and when he gets close, he will launch a thunderous strike. With the cooperation of sister Jillian's silent arrows, do you think we can solve it in one go?"
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Nilac, and Ivan smiled and said: "This is a good idea. There are two corpses as cover. With my stealth skills, I am not afraid of the dwarfs discovering me. Jillian, follow the old rules."
Jillian nodded, indicating that there was no problem. Bruce patted Nilac on the shoulder and said, "Okay, let's get started. Nilac is up to you."
Nilac nodded slightly and softly chanted the spell to enslave the corpses. The two corpses that had just been killed by Ivan slowly got up and walked slowly inside under Nilac's command.
Ivan swayed, turned into a black shadow and sneaked behind the corpse, following the corpse silently. Jillian pulled out three silent arrows, nocked them on the bow, and shooting three arrows in volley was her current limit.
The footsteps of the corpses alerted the dwarf beside the brazier. He tightened the gun in his hand, and the dwarf let out a strange chirping sound. He didn't sit down to warm himself by the fire again until he saw a familiar short figure clearly.
As they got closer and closer, the mentally retarded dwarf didn't notice anything strange, but the mercenaries' palms became sweaty.
Ivan's figure suddenly appeared from the top of the corpse, swung his hands together, and shot out 6 flying knives. Almost at the same time, Jillian's silent arrow also shot out.
Before the dwarfs had time to react, 6 throwing knives and 3 silent arrows were shot into their throats at the same time, successfully solving the problem.
The perfect cooperation between Jillian and Ivan stunned Nikolak, who was already preparing for a strategic retreat. It was entirely based on their feelings that they could divide the work so clearly and not miss anything or repeat anything. Compared with them
, the cooperation gained from numerous fights between the scum and the town gangsters can actually be ignored.
After successfully solving the secret whistle, the depression in Nilac's heart did not decrease, but became more and more intense.