The young man, who was in a much better mood, sat back on the edge of the bed and put on the oversized cloth shoes on the floor.
Now that the wounds have been basically healed, the bandages wrapped around the body are a bit in the way. The young man easily took off these medicinal-smelling bandages.
The young man looked down at his chest, and gently poked the pink and tender new flesh on the original wound with his index finger. Suddenly, there was a numbing feeling that made his whole body shiver.
It seems that the defective skin has grown back properly. I really don't know what magic elixir the night elf used to make him heal so completely.
"Hoo~"
The young man jumped out of bed and did some warm-up exercises. His originally lazy limbs regained their vitality amidst the crackling sound of joints.
There is nothing to do if you stay in this room all the time. It's time to go out and see how this place has changed since you left.
The boy found his clothes next to the bed, but both his shirt and pants were in tatters. He didn't know if they were torn while fighting the orcs and knights, or if they were simply used as molars by rats.
of good items.
Of course, the boy didn't care. Even if the clothes turned into sexy fishnets, he would wear them. After all, wearing them would be better than not wearing them at all.
It is better to have excess than to lack.
To survive in this world, don’t ask for too much.
After walking out of the room and taking a breath of the dull air outside, the boy walked to the edge of the fence and looked down at the layers of overlapping small rooms like a honeycomb. The oil lamps placed outside these rooms were the only ones at the moment.
The light source is up.
He looked up at the sky. There was no light projected from above, just a terrifying darkness.
Of course, this is not a lunar eclipse, but an extremely normal situation.
If he really looked up and saw something shiny, the young man would be surprised.
Because now, he is underground.
In an underground cave.
If you want to see the stars, the moon, etc. here, it is all wishful thinking. Those things can only be seen by drilling out from the top of the cave through at least thirty meters of limestone and equally thick soil.
Because this is an underground cave, it is normal for the environment to be cold and humid. Ordinary people will suffer joint pain from the humid environment after staying here for a few days. In an environment with almost no natural light source, most vegetation cannot survive.
But there are still "people" living here.
There are houses, training grounds, prisons, guards, and even sewers built here. Although I don’t know whether the ancestors who built this place were for refuge or for defense, this place does have a long history, and it was not originally suitable.
The caves where humans live have also been transformed into a place where they can survive.
This underground fortress is called "Findila" and is the branch of the notorious killer organization Smiling Puppet located at the border between the Noah Empire and the Principality of Canfort.
Ta, da...
Suddenly there were footsteps on the aisle to the left of the young man. The footsteps were not very loud at first, and could even be considered very slight. But now it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop clearly. Naturally, the footsteps were even more clear.
But that's it.
The young man turned his head and looked towards the corridor. The owner of the footsteps was slowly approaching him in the darkness.
It was too dark here, and the boy couldn't see clearly what that person looked like. He only thought that he should be short, like a five or six-year-old child.
As the footsteps became louder and louder, the young man straightened his body. He was now unarmed, and the strength of the opponent was unknown, as was his friend or foe, so he had to be careful.
Bah!
There was a pungent smell in the air, and at the same time, sparks suddenly appeared on the man's hand, which made the young man subconsciously take half a step back.
"Zikeya..."
The short guy lit the small oil lamp in his hand with a fire stick, then raised the oil lamp high and looked at the black-haired boy in front of him with the faint light of the fire.
From this, the young man also saw clearly the appearance of the visitor. It was a cave elf only half a meter tall. Its huge head was almost as big as its body. Its neck was very short and thin. If you didn't pay attention, you would have thought it had no body.
neck.
Even though this cave elf didn't look pleasant, there was no malice coming from it, and the boy's tense nerves relaxed.
The cave elf shook its head and looked at this strange-looking human curiously, and then it said again: "Zikeya."
The boy reacted and immediately responded: "Pazcu."
Zik'ya, a friendly word used by cave elves, has a meaning close to "hello". When a cave elf says "zik'ya" to you, you should say "pazku" in response to it, otherwise the cave elf will
I think you are rude.
Cave elves are the indigenous people here. They are not very intelligent and gentle in nature. They mainly rely on eating fungi and small animals found in caves to survive. They generally do not attack humans.
Cave elves have been active in caves all year round and have already fully adapted to the darkness. Just looking at their big copper bell-like eyes, you may think that their vision is very sharp. In fact, cave elves have clumsy vision and extremely sensitive senses of smell and hearing.
In this almost completely dark environment, the boy had not made a sound before, and the cave elf discovered him through the smell coming from his body and the sound of his heartbeat.
The cave elf in front of him was wearing shabby coarse cloth and a rusty iron collar around his neck. It was obvious that he was not a free citizen, but an "inferior creature" here.
Cavern elf slaves are generally responsible for daily inspections, lighting and cleaning here.
These short and deformed cave elves were no strangers to the boy. He had spent a year in this underground world before, and the cave elves who lived as lowly slaves like him had helped him a lot.
When I suddenly think of these, I really feel like "it's been a long time".
The boy asked the cave elf, "Nathorn, is it still okay?"
This cave elf was not the one he knew. If he remembered correctly, the cave elf named "Nathorn" should be missing a little finger.
"I...don't...understand...what you...say."
The cave elf spoke word by word in the common human language that it was not familiar with. The cave elf had its own language, but the boy only knew the words "Zikya" and "Pazku".
Don't even understand.
Cave elves can also be regarded as a type of intelligent life, but their race is already weak and too docile. Wild cave elves are often captured by other races and used as slaves.
Although cave elves cannot do heavy physical work and are short and ugly, they can still handle simple chores. Generally, cave elf slaves are very diligent and easy to obey. In addition, compared to slaves of other races, cave elf slaves are
The price is low, so there are still many people buying cave elf slaves.
Buzz, buzz...
Just when the boy was about to end this fruitless exchange and return to the room obediently, the collar around the cave elf's neck suddenly trembled, and a row of luminous runes appeared on the dark iron collar.
"Woooo!!"
Bang!
The oil lamp fell to the ground, and the cave elf cowered in fear.
The oil lamp on the ground was still burning a faint flame, but this flame was extinguished after a short time in the strong wind that suddenly blew from the corridor.
Even if the surroundings were completely plunged into darkness again, the boy could feel something appearing at the other end of this simple wooden walkway.
Chia! Chia!
This somewhat harsh sound was the sound of an adult man wearing leather boots stepping on a low-quality wooden board. It was different from the small and light steps of a thin cave elf. This step was extremely domineering and powerful.
Coming.
The boy knew what it was.
He is a guard, one of the soldiers stationed here.
For these soldiers, they have a unified nickname-"Ghost".
It is the "ghost" that maintains the dark order in this dark hell.