Chapter two hundred and ninety third underground cave
Fang Yu held Jita in a small circle for half a circle before he stabilized his body, put her down, and asked again: "Are you okay?"
Jita's face turned red to her ears, holding her magic book tightly with one hand. She hurriedly fiddled with her messy hair and shook her head. But Fang Yu saw that she was a little strange and couldn't help but ask carefully: "
Is it really okay?"
"It's...it's really okay." Jita replied timidly. She lowered her head, knowing that the other party's actions had no meaning, but she still couldn't help feeling nervous.
Fang Plover looked at her carefully, knowing that the other party didn't like to talk, and would not speak easily until the critical moment. Miss Tata was as silent as gold - now seeing her answer, he felt a little relieved. He probably thought that
The other party was a little nervous, so he took out a fang-clawed Fang Nini from his coat pocket and placed it on top of the other party's head.
"There may be a battle later, please help me take care of Nini."
"Okay...ok."
However, because someone disturbed her nap, Fang Nini whined in protest very unhappily, looking very restless, which scared Jita and quickly held her up with one hand.
Only then did Fang Nini recognize Miss Naturalist, pushed the latter's fingertips away, and bit her habitually with her small fangs.
Jita said "Yeah" and quickly retracted her hand.
Although the results were different, Fang Yu felt that the other party had diverted his attention because he had overcome his 'nervousness', so he turned back. Not far away, Little Fatty Wu and the others were walking towards this side, and Little Fatty was looking a little mysteriously.
He looked at Miss Ji Ta, then looked at him again, and said with a sneaky look on his face:
"The boss is indeed a boss."
Fang Yu looked at this guy with a puzzled look, always feeling that there was something in his words: "What do you mean?"
Isn't it a normal operation to use flying claws to airborne? Of course, it may be a little rare among combat craftsmen, but two nightingales in Lufu's Shield also landed like this before, because flying claws are originally rogue skills, and they were not conjured out of thin air.
The little fat man hit him haha:
"I mean, the boss picked up Miss Jita very steadily."
But Fang Yu always felt that this person was very suspicious, so he just shook his head after hearing this: "My flying claw is different from Nightingale's. It has built-in magic power, so it should be connected stably. You may not be familiar with it, but you are familiar with it."
It’s actually nothing.”
Wu Xiaopang opened his mouth.
He looked at the big boss and always felt that the two people's answers were not on the same line.
Miss Nightingale on the side even bent over with laughter, covered her mouth and turned her head to the side, trying hard to keep her shoulders from shaking too violently, lest she really laughed out loud and attracted the guards, which would really make a big fuss.
question.
She walked aside again and patted Jita on the shoulder: "Don't think too much, little Jita, our group leader is an idiot."
Jita looked at him with a slight blush, nodded, and replied in an inaudible voice: "I, I know, Miss Alisa."
Alyssa smiled slightly: "Actually, if you take the initiative, you may not have a chance. Miss Sylvide is an aborigine after all, can she really accompany the leader throughout her life? I'm afraid it will be difficult, and there is such a thing as having someone you like.
, it may leave a bitter memory, but it is actually a kind of beauty. Why not be brave and give yourself a chance?"
Jita shook her head slightly: "I hope Brother Ed and Miss Silverd can be together."
Alyssa was startled when she heard this, and couldn't help but sigh: "What a kind little Jita."
While she was teasing Fang Nini with her fingers, the latter made a cooing sound in anger.
The two ladies were whispering to each other, so no one else could hear them.
At this time, Wu Xiaopang probably realized that this place was not a place for joking. Seeing that the boss could not understand what he meant, he stopped continuing the topic and said instead: "Boss, what should we do next?
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Fang Yu asked: "Where is the place behind this?"
Because the Clockwork Goblin had been involved in a fight with the other party, Fang Plover had not had time to explore what was going on behind the trestle. Normally, he would rarely act like this, but now it was a matter of seconds, so he would let everyone go first.
Fly over.
But a sudden decision does not mean that he will remain indifferent. The combat craftsman's enthusiasm for investigation is almost paranoid. Although he is only a selector, he has still developed this habit.
"I don't know," Wu Xiaopang shook his head: "There is a maze-like cave behind there. There are usually guards patrolling there. We didn't go too deep."
"Lean over."
Fang Plover replied.
As he spoke, he released a silver bee and saw the other end of the trestle through the vision in the goggles.
The silver elf flapped its wings and flew into a rock crevice there. Behind it was, as the little fat man said, a long and narrow cave. However, this place was different from the rock crevice where the platform above was located. It seemed to be formed by water dissolution.
This kind of water-soluble caves is not uncommon on the continental ridges beneath the continent. The underground water flow does not always leave the floating continent in the form of a surface river, merge into the wind elemental layer, and then enter the atmospheric circulation of Aitaria - they
Sometimes the rock is cut through, forming a vertical waterfall from the bottom of the continent. This kind of scenery is very common in the edge areas of the continent.
Even at Cape Saint-Hughan, there is an amazing natural wonder - the Tanalia Hanging Waterfalls.
However, this underground river seems to have changed its course, and after the water dried up, this cave complex was formed.
In a place with an arid climate like Istania, this kind of situation happens from time to time.
While Fang Yu was cautiously alert that guards might suddenly appear in front of him, or two or three clockwork goblins would appear, he let his Silver Bee hover in the air and activated the silent mode - this was brought about by the larger power system.
Bonus - it finally has room for a small Gay Crystal.
In fact, except for the Clockwork Goblin, most flying constructs - including the Banshee and the Annihilator QV700 - have Guy Crystal as a lift source. Of course, except for QV700, which uses Guy Crystal as the main source of power, magical structures
In addition to the fact that the device itself makes no sound when flying, other flying devices can enter a state of suspended stasis through the Guy Crystal.
Fang Plover also used this method many times to let the banshee ambush above the opponent's head, creating a surprise effect.
And today it is finally the turn of the Clockwork Fairy.
However, he was hanging in the air at this moment not to ambush, but to observe his surroundings.
Because he found conspicuous traces of artificial excavation on the four walls of this cave group. Those carvings of knives and axes are not difficult to identify on the naturally formed cave walls, or the person who excavated them never thought of concealing them.
a little.
This made Fang Yu realize that this originally naturally formed cave group seemed to have signs of being excavated and expanded by humans later.
Is it the work of a smuggler?
This possibility cannot be ruled out.
However, the original scale of the caves seems not to be small. Does the smuggler really need to use such a large scale?
Moreover, this place is too comfortable as a hiding place for smugglers. The internal space is not small and intricate, and the exit is right on the inside of the strait. It is impossible to see this side from the surface. No matter which way you look at this cave group,
From one aspect, they are almost born for this.
He heard that Her Royal Highness the Princess had cleared this place once. With Her Royal Highness the Princess' meticulous and decisive character, such a place was not filled up?
Fang Yu felt that if it were him, he would definitely do this——
Whether in the magical world or the real world, filling up a cave is actually not a troublesome matter.
However, he temporarily suppressed this suspicion in his mind and allowed the clockwork fairy to continue flying forward. The artificially dug passages in the cave group rose in circles - several stairs finally merged into a huge underground cave in the shape of a vestibule, and
Forming a spiral shape, leading upwards to a sealed lid at the top——
At this time, Fang Yu saw the lid open and a group of guards climbed down from there. After he saw one of the rangers, he quickly took back his 'Wasp-I'.
Under cave conditions, the silent mode of 'Wasp-I' was basically useless in front of Nightingale and Ranger of the same level.
Fortunately, he responded quickly.
However, the information he obtained was enough for him to judge many things.
At this time, everyone had walked to the other end of the long trestle and outside the rock crevice. At this time, a silver light flew out from the rock crevice and fell into Fang Plover's hands. Fang Plover then pulled up his goggles and saw a bird beside him.
Xiaopang quickly asked:
"Boss, how are you doing?"
"We found the way." Fang Plover replied.
"Boss is awesome!" Wu Xiaopang exclaimed.
Everyone also praised Lufu's Shield. It must be said that having a combat craftsman in the team is indeed a very worry-free thing.
What was a bit strange was that Fang Yu didn't feel from the guards who appeared before that they were aware of the intrusion or acted in a hurry. This made him a little unsure whether the other party had really discovered them.
Although it stands to reason that with the way he defeated the opponent's clockwork goblin, it is unlikely that the opponent did not notice the intrusion.
Is there a mistake in the information circulation link?
Or is it the possibility that he had imagined in advance?
Everyone stepped into the cave, and the surrounding light dimmed. However, this time no one lighted the torch carelessly. Everyone seemed to be quite cautious. Only Nightingale of Rufu's Shield took out a dark crystal. This kind of crystal
The light is very weak, so it is suitable for use in such an environment.
At this time, Fang Yu saw Luo Yu stopping in front, the elemental staff in his hand glowing slightly, and a ray of light spread from the crystal in his hand, covering four or five people centered on him.
Fang Yu felt a strange feeling spread in his heart, because Aitaria's spells were all kinds of strange, and he was not necessarily sure what spell the other party was casting.
I just feel based on experience that it is a type of prophecy spell.
Wu Xiaopang already asked curiously: "What kind of spell is this?"
"Proficient in sign language." Luo Yu replied - but he did not use his mouth, but made a gesture to them with his hands. Everyone seemed to understand the meaning of this sentence naturally.
Wu Xiaopang was a little surprised: "Is this a magician's spell?"
"I just learned it recently." Luo Yu answered them.
Obviously, everyone is working hard these days, and he is naturally not idle either.
"This spell is very useful in situations like this," Wu Xiaopang said with gestures: "At least we don't have to communicate in words anymore."
Luo Yu cast two or three more spells before he finished blessing everyone - of course, there was no one else who could help him - Wu Xiaopang and his team were almost a pure kitchen team, with swordsmen and iron guards.
, most of the escort knights, double swordsmen and nightingales, accompanied by a priestess.
In fact, most of the spellcasters in independent teams are mainly based on turrets, and occasionally cast one or two field control spells before attacking or retreating. This is the mainstream. After all, Aitaria's spells do not distinguish between friend and foe.
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If novices are allowed to cast spells freely, they may accidentally wipe out their own members.
Free-growing elementalists, naturalists and magicians like Luo Yu, Jita and Box are actually very rare. So much so that Alisa, who is more familiar with this, always feels that if the people of Tapolis know about this,
A little bit, do you think they have misled the 'genius' that their group focused on cultivating?
After Luo Yu finished casting the spell, Alyssa said with a smile: "Actually, I can also sign language."
But Luo Yu looked at the latter before 'answering': "Actually, this spell has some other effects."
"Other functions?"
"I don't know how to describe it," Luo Yu thought for a moment and replied in sign language: "But it should be more precise than verbal communication. When it comes to using it, the group leader should know it."
Fang Yu was not surprised by the other party's answer.
If we talk about the most talkative members of the group - Luo Yu and Ji Ta, these two male and female external members from the Oak Knights of Tapolis are basically well-deserved. Sometimes he even doubts,
How does the Oak Knights of Tapolis train new members?
But Fang Yu thought that Miss Yugudola was not like this.
By the way, neither are the red leaves.
However, compared to Jita, Luo Yu is obviously at a higher level in the skill of 'keep silent' - usually saying that he is precious with words is even euphemistic. Basically, he can do things but can't talk. At least Fang Yu
He and Tian Lan were two people, the latter was chattering non-stop, while the former just listened in silence.
This situation usually lasts for an hour or two.
This made him have two kinds of curiosity.
First, how could Tianlan have so much to say? First, was Luo Yu listening?
In fact, after using Lao Shizi's "sign language proficiency", the other party has already spoken a lot more, but it is still too difficult for this guy to explain a concept clearly in front of everyone.
But Miss Tata listened to his question and reminded him in her heart:
"Mr. Knight, sound itself is a very inefficient way of transmitting information. Although this spell uses sign language as a medium, it is actually based on the ability of the mind and perception, so it is normal for it to be inherently stronger than language transmission."
Fang Plover seemed to understand but could only vaguely understand what he was saying.
On the other hand, Little Fatty Wu was very concerned about Miss Fang Nini who appeared on Jita's head. He couldn't help but ask a few more times: "Boss, are there any guide elves of this type? Why haven't I seen them?"
Pass?"
Fang Yu knew that the other party, like everyone else, had mistaken Nini for the guiding spirit that came with the deluxe version of the Starlight Device. He had been comforting Jita before and didn't know how to explain this problem, so he thought of a unique idea.
Answer: "Probably a special limited edition——"
So much so that Wu Xiaopang's eyes turned green: "I heard that the special limited edition costs tens of millions of soft girl coins..."
"Boss, do you have a mine at home?"
It's a pity that Fang Yu doesn't know whether his family owns a mine. Apart from a house, his parents don't seem to have left him any inheritance - and the house is not in a popular area, and he only has a small amount of savings in the bank.
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So it seems that there should be no mines in my family, at least my parents should not have mines.
He led everyone into the caves. Since he had already let the clockwork goblin fly over beforehand, it was quite a familiar path at this time.
Not far after entering the rock crevice, there are two stone pillars stacked on top of each other - the stone pillars do not seem to be formed by wind erosion or water erosion, but are artificially placed together, and there are even traces of carvings on them.
When Wu Xiaopang saw this scene, he couldn't help but marveled:
"sculpture?"
He joked in a dumbfounded way: "I didn't expect these smugglers to have the leisure to decorate their secret little port. Isn't it quite interesting to live in?"
However, Fang Yu glanced at the 'sculpture', and Jita also glanced at it. Neither of them spoke. This kind of 'sculpture' with unclear meaning actually has an indescribable meaning in a specific religious context.
——It is one of the metaphors of blind followers.
When Fang Plover let the clockwork goblin fly in before, he had not noticed this detail, but this is also one of the shortcomings of the battle craftsman's investigation, so there is nothing surprising.
He silently took a look at the sculpture and was roughly sure that this place was exactly what he was looking for.
But at this moment, Miss Nightingale in front stopped and made a sign to everyone in sign language:
"Someone is coming."
After all, Alyssa had spent a long time in the Nightingale Team of the Rain Listeners, and had already developed a natural conditioned reflex. After conveying the message in sign language, she naturally accepted it.
He gently touched the front with his hand, then made a few hand gestures, and used careful sign language to tell everyone behind him - the approximate direction and distance of the person coming from the front.
It was only after she finished this action that she was slightly startled and realized that she had wasted her expression - because she was using the special sign language used by the Rain Listener Troupe, which was like a shorthand password. Not everyone could do it.
Listen to and understand things.
But what our Miss Nightingale didn't expect was...
Fang Yu was surprised to see at this moment that following Alyssa's gesture, he actually saw a series of red dots in the darkness, walking from that direction - it was as if he himself, using his investigative skills, saw someone approaching.