Hal opened the toolbar and reached out to his friends: "Husky, can you lend Hal your spare dagger?"
"These two daggers?" The dog man boy took out two daggers from his waist. These were weapons they looted from the dungeon's storage room, but they lacked proper maintenance and were already rusty, and their workmanship was also very poor.
It is rough and can only be regarded as a spare item. It is only used as a last resort when all other weapons are worn out.
What exactly does Hal want to do when he asks Husky for such a junk-like weapon? The dog-man boy thought in confusion.
After taking over the two rusty daggers, Hal also took out two blood-red ropes from the inventory. He sat on the ground and used the ropes to tie the daggers to his feet by the light of the fire.
"That's it." Calvin looked at the leopard boy's feet. Hal fixed the blade of the dagger on the foot plate, exposing the tip of the dagger from the front of the foot. Using the tip of the claw, he could fix the sole of the foot on the slippery surface.
In the cracks of the wall.
The human body has many inconveniences. The claws are not sharp enough, the muscles are not developed enough, and there is no fur on the body that can break the sword. But humans have one advantage. They are good at using tools. With the help of external conditions, humans can also
Can climb impenetrable cliffs as easily as an orc.
Humans use tools better than any other race and use them more skillfully than any other race.
Their Uncle Arthur once said: Human beings are both the weakest and the strongest. Maybe this is one of the reasons?
"Hal's about to start, meow." After everything was ready, the leopard boy tried to challenge the slippery ventilation duct again.
"Be careful with the barking. If it doesn't work, switch to Husky to bark." The dog man boy instructed.
Hal nodded, stretched out his hands, and pierced the two daggers into the stone wall.
Click! In the first step, he climbed up smoothly. The dagger tips on the soles of his feet also penetrated into the gaps in the stone wall smoothly, without any further slipping.
It works.
As long as you move patiently and carefully and climb up bit by bit, you can always climb up.
Hal raised the dagger in his right hand again and stabbed it higher.
With the support of his right hand, he moved his left foot upwards and inserted the dagger bound to his foot into the crevice of the stone higher up.
Every time he moved up, he only moved one arm or one leg.
Left hand, right foot, right hand, left foot. In this continuous cycle, slowly move your body upward.
This is the basis of rock climbing. When a rock climber moves up, his body must have at least three fulcrums fixed on the wall. This is considered stable enough for climbing.
If there are only two fulcrums to bear the weight of the body, once one of them slips, the climber will lose his balance and be in danger of falling off the cliff.
Hal had never received proper guidance before and relied solely on his instinct as a cat to climb. Therefore, he often failed and could not really climb any giant swamp tree with his bare hands.
But this time, there seemed to be something secretly guiding the Leopard Man boy. Hal learned as he crawled and gradually mastered the trick.
What, it turns out to be so simple. As long as you have enough physical strength, patience and concentration, it is not that difficult to climb the steepest cliff. There is still less than five yards to go, and we are about to reach the top! This difficulty must be
Can get through it smoothly!
Just when the Leopard Man boy was thinking this------
"Hal, be careful!" Husky, who was observing everything below, suddenly shouted.
"What?!" The leopard boy suddenly found that the cliff on his left foot was loose. Yes, it had been in disrepair for a long time, and coupled with the erosion of moisture and mold, it was already on the verge of cracking. Harbar pressed the tip of the dagger
The ground penetrated into this crack in the stone, accelerating the disintegration process of the stone!
Bang! A big hole opened in the stone wall, and the whole stone fell with it, and Hal's left foot also sank down!
"Woo!" The leopard man boy tried his best to steady himself! He was climbing up, and the dagger in his right hand had just been pulled out from the crack in the stone, and was about to pierce into the higher wall. But his left foot was now in vain.
, unable to borrow strength from here, only the support points of his right foot and left hand were left! Hal was even surprised by the collapse of the rock wall on his left foot, and began to lose his balance!
"No! Harwoo! -----" Husky exclaimed, getting ready below. He really planned to catch the fallen Leopard Man boy!
Hal was shocked, but the next thing he thought about was how to prevent himself from falling!
No! If you fall from here, the height is a full twenty-five yards! For the Leopard Man boy, this is a fatal height, or at least a serious injury! What's worse is that if Hal falls on Husky, it might not be possible
It will crush the canine boy---even if it does not kill him, Husky may temporarily faint due to the impact!
And the unconscious Husky will also be attacked by that nightmare!
You can't fall! No matter what means you use, you must stop yourself from falling! Thinking of this, Hal couldn't help but take a deep breath, and launched [Power Sprint] at the moment when his body completely lost balance. With enough strength in his feet, he headed towards
Get on the pedal!
Bump! His powerful trampling caused the stone wall that his two feet touched to shatter at the same time. But he also used this powerful reaction force to jump up a certain distance!
It's not over yet! He pushed himself in the opposite direction of the wall. This upward leap would only take him further away from the wall of the ventilation duct! If he could no longer land on the wall, Hal would still fall down after all!
Or maybe not! Hal then remembered that he was in a ventilation duct, and behind him was the other side of the inner wall of the ventilation duct, which also had a wall!
In this case, everything is easy to handle! He twisted his body and tried his best to make a backflip. All this could only be done in a very short time, otherwise Hal would not have time to turn over, and he would be hit behind immediately.
On the wall! ------- Fortunately, he was petite and the ventilation duct was wide enough, so Hal managed to turn over in time! His whole body rotated about three hundred degrees, and both feet touched the wall behind him at the same time! Haha
I didn’t hesitate and immediately pushed hard again!
The leopard man boy flew up another yard and thrust out two daggers at the same time, just in time to hang himself on the upper edge of the ventilation duct!
"Woooooooooooo!" The leopard boy used all his strength, kicking and stepping on his feet, while his hands kept pulling him up, and finally climbed up!
"Haha!" The leopard man boy climbed up with all his strength, and then lay on the ground panting from exhaustion.
Husky had just finished watching his friend's circus-like wall-kicking triangle jump, and was already stunned. Seeing that Hal had finally climbed up, he quickly gathered his mood and asked: "Hal? Are you okay up there?"
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"It's okay, meow!" The Leopard Man boy stuck his head out from the edge of the cliff and looked down: "Wait a moment, Hal will put the rope down right away, meow!"
When Husky and Calvin climbed up the rope to the upper level of the ventilation duct, the dog boy discovered how steep and slippery the walls of the ventilation duct were.
Slide into this wall to juggle!
"Anyway, anyhow, we're up here." Husky wiped his dirty hands on his clothes several times, but he didn't know that his clothes were actually equally dirty: "This should be the second floor of the negative two floors.
, let’s move on, shall we?”
"Before that," Calvin deliberately lowered his voice and said, "There will be people patrolling this floor. If we talk louder, we may be discovered. From here on, we have to be careful not to make any noise, especially here.
In the dead of night."
"Yes, of course." Husky said helplessly, and also learned to lower his voice.
"Also, put out the torch in your hand." The fishman prince glared at the leopard boy again: "Do you want others to discover us from the vents?"
"But, if there is no lighting at all---"
Before Little Hal could finish his protest, the fishman prince hurriedly interrupted: "It doesn't matter. The ventilation ducts go up in a straight path, so it's impossible to get lost. If you want light, there will be a vent every ten yards. From
The light coming in from outside is enough for lighting."
Hal then put out the torch and asked doubtfully: "I can barely see the road, but we can't see each other and may get separated------"
"This problem is easier to solve." Calvin sneered, brazenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Husky's tail: "Let's follow each other and grab each other's tail."
"But you don't have a tail, meow..."
"So, little black cat." Calvin smiled slyly: "You walk in front, then the little dog, and then Calvin takes the back. I will never think that you are the little black cat that brings misfortune.
Go scratch your cat's tail, so...it's decided."
"You must be joking with Husky." The dog-man boy muttered dissatisfiedly.
"You can also use ropes to connect us together," Calvin added mischievously: "However, that would be inconvenient to deal with emergencies."
"Ouch..." Husky knew that Calvin was right, but he was still very repulsive mentally: "Okay woof! But please don't take the opportunity to pull Husky's tail!"
"Hey hey hey... I won't pull it. I will definitely take good care of your tail, little dog."
A chill spread down the canine boy's back and reached the tip of his tail. In retaliation, Husky also grabbed Hal's kitten's tail with one hand. ------It was fluffy, warm, and soft.
.Is this a cat’s tail? Husky suddenly thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to take this opportunity to scratch Hal’s little tail?
"Meow meow-----!" While his cat's tail was tightly grasped by Husky, Hal also felt a strange coldness on his butt: "Anyway, let's keep moving forward, meow."
Maybe it's because the orcs retain a little bit of the nature of beasts. When someone grabs his tail, Hal always feels uncomfortable, as if his fate is also being caught in someone else's hands.
But the reality is exactly the opposite: this time, Hal leads the way. Every decision he makes affects the fate of the team, especially the fate of Husky.
Is there really no problem with this, meow? -------The leopard man boy became more and more worried.