Of course, when Arthur heard the sound of the hemp rope breaking beside him, he made a quick decision and ran towards the other end of the bridge.
Of course, he is now using the body of a young man and carrying as little equipment as possible. He is as light as a bird and extremely fast.
Without these two "of course", Arthur would probably fall before reaching the other end of the bridge.
But even with these two "of course", Arthur suddenly felt that his feet were empty three yards away from the bridge. He could no longer use the wooden planks on the bridge to run forward because the bridge behind him had completely broken.
The bridge that was broken in two is falling!
"Hmm!" Knowing that this distance was not enough to reach the other side, Arthur lowered his center of gravity as soon as his feet were empty, and at the same time stretched out his left hand to grab the ground!
Fortunately, even though the bridge was broken, the suspension bridge on Arthur's side still had wooden boards that he could stand on. It was this fastener that Arthur reached out to grab, which was used to stand on, but now it was smashing against the bridge board on the cliff on the other side at a constant speed.
The bridge board was damp and moldy, and it couldn't withstand the tossing. When Arthur grabbed the bridge board and pulled hard, it shattered! But fortunately, Arthur used the strength of his hand to grab the bridge board and tilted it again.
Flying a short distance from above, he was already only two yards away from the other side! He flew forward with all his strength, and at the same time stretched out his hands to try to grab the cliff in front, hoping that when he hit the cliff, he could
Grab something to avoid falling!
However, the distance was still a little short! When he flew out and was one yard away from the cliff, he felt that his body was falling downwards. He could no longer fly forward, or even rely on inertia to continue approaching the cliff!
The situation was very bad. If he continued like this, not only would he be unable to hold on to the cliff, he would even fall down, fall into the bottomless black abyss, and turn into flesh!
"Ha!" At this desperate moment, a thick and hairy arm stretched out and grabbed the two thin little arms of the blond boy!
"It's a critical moment!" Bedivere grabbed Arthur tightly and dragged him to the footing of the cliff, finally leading the King of Knights out of danger.
"Thanks, it's a good thing you're here." Arthur said after he stood firmly on the ground.
"Of course." Bedivere was a little confused: "But what did you want to do just now? Suddenly you took out the holy sword and used [Spellbreaker]. Of course such a big move will break the suspension bridge. Are you going to die?"
?"
"To drive away bats, of course." Arthur said: "Besides, do you think there are other ways to deal with those vampire bats?"
"Huh?" Bedivere looked confused: "What are you talking about?"
"Bat." Arthur also looked confused: "Weren't we just attacked from all directions? Don't tell me you didn't see it!"
The human wolf suppressed his laughter: "There are no bats! Arthur, are you out of your mind? I've been watching from the cliff, and except for you raising the holy sword for no reason, I didn't see anything unusual at all?"
The King of Knights fell silent for a moment.
"Illusion?" Arthur was patiently annoyed and deduced the answer in the next moment.
The group of bats that had just been bombarded by his [Spell Breaker] disappeared in an instant. Although everything just happened was so realistic, Arthur had the illusion that "if he didn't do anything, he would be killed", but in reality
But there was not even a single bat around. There were no bats that were blown away by the [Spell Breaker] and fell to the ground paralyzed, nor could there be a group of bats that continued to resist and wanted to attack. It seemed that this must be an illusion.
.
"If it's an illusion, I should also be affected by it." Bedivere denied.
"Not necessarily." The Knight King frowned and analyzed: "It may be an illusion specially designed to affect the human brain, and it is ineffective against demons. The mental resistance of demons is inherently higher than that of humans; it may even have to be met.
Conditions must be met before it can take effect - for example, it can only take effect on people crossing the bridge. You just climbed the rock wall directly, maybe you didn't meet the conditions for the illusion to take effect?"
"Maybe." Bedivere didn't want to argue with Arthur: "Anyway, it was done beautifully. You successfully broke the suspension bridge beautifully. The way back is probably not going to be easy. We can only go deeper."
"Yes." King Arthur replied lightly, while clenching his fists.
(Big loss!)
(He actually used the trick of being gentle because of an illusion. Maybe the witch has seen it.)
(When we actually face the witch, [Spell Breaker] is already stale and cannot give her a surprise.)
(Of course, if it is just a flash, the witch may not be able to understand the essence of [Spell Breaker], and she does not know that this trick can interrupt all magic being cast.)
(Hopefully so.)
Arthur glanced at the road ahead. Starting from the platform protruding from the rock wall, there was an extremely narrow stone staircase, which extended down to another protruding rock platform twenty yards away. And there was probably only one stone staircase.
There is room for feet to stand, but if you want to walk down, you must stick to the wall and move slowly step by step. The road is very dangerous, no less than the suspension bridge just now.
Bedivere is easy to handle. Since he is a wolf, he can just use his claws to scratch a hole in the wall to fix himself. Arthur has always had difficulty in advancing.
And similarly, he had nowhere to hide on this dangerous road, and he was unable to fight back when attacked. It could be said that he was at the mercy of others. The insidious and cunning witch would definitely not simply let Arthur pass through this place.
What if there is an ambush again? What if there is another illusion that affects passers-by, tricking Arthur into falling into a trap? Or, the road itself is a trap, and if you make the wrong step to trigger the mechanism, there will be sharp long
What if the spear sticks out of the wall?
Wait. Something seems wrong. Arthur thought about it carefully. At the same time, he looked around and saw farther and deeper in the cave, more suspension bridges and stone staircases, and more dangerous terrain. Then he suddenly thought
What.
"Bedi, is the smell of blood around here strong? Are there many traps for killing people?" he asked.
"No. Although there is a smell of blood, I can say that it is not strong." The human wolf replied: "Probably because there are not many people who can find such a hidden back door and then find their way here."
Arthur was silent for a while. But this is normal. After all, the topography of this cave is special. People who die here will fall down and land at the invisible bottom of the cave. The body cannot be seen from here, and it is even more difficult.
The smell of blood is difficult to detect--even for a wolf with a sensitive nose like Bedivere.
Yes, it seems normal. But I always feel like something is wrong.
"Merlin just said that the small hole we entered is the emergency exit of this cave, right?" Arthur then asked: "The witch hid the hole so secretly just to make herself safe in the most critical situation."
There's always somewhere to escape, right?"
"Of course. So...what's wrong?" Bedivere couldn't guess what Arthur was thinking.
"And this cave is connected to the secret escape exit. If you go further down, you should reach the location of the witch. In other words, if the witch wants to escape, she must pass through this dangerous cave to reach the escape exit, right?"
"Of course."
"That's weird," Arthur thought about it and finally figured it out. The sense of dissonance he felt from just now turned out to be because of this!
"Suppose someone attacks the witch's habitat. The witch cannot cope with these people and must escape." Arthur continued to analyze: "Then what will be her situation? The situation may be extremely critical and she must race against time to escape. She has
She may have been injured, or her magic power has been exhausted and she is temporarily unable to cast spells. And as a witch who mainly practices magic, her physical strength is certainly not as good as those of the adventurers who came to attack her habitat. Then------"
Hearing this, Bediwell also understood. The wolf's eyes widened and he continued: "It would be extremely difficult for her to walk through this dangerous cave, let alone escape from here to the emergency exit!"
"That's right." Arthur nodded. His thoughts finally became clear: "The road here is not for the witch to walk. Maybe there is a simpler shortcut that only the witch knows about, a more secret shortcut that she can pass through."
This dangerous cave leads directly to the escape exit."
"Is that what happened?" Although he agreed with King Arthur's hypothesis in his heart, Bedivere still tried his best to refute and tried to find other possibilities: "But is it possible...she doesn't have to leave at all?"
, directly use magic to fly yourself through this cave?"
"That's one of the possibilities. But I also said, what if she exhausted her magic and mental strength during the battle and is already very tired?"
"Why can't she escape before she runs out of magic power?"
"Oh, no, believe me." Arthur narrowed his eyes and replied: "The design of the front and back entrances of this cave are extremely sophisticated, and there are traps and ambushes everywhere. The witch has invested too much energy and effort into this habitat.
Capital, she would never give up here so easily. She would definitely save her last bit of magic power to deal with the intruders. Only when she couldn't defeat the intruders did she consider escaping, and only when her magic power was exhausted, she relied on her own strength.
Escape with physical strength."
"...The analysis is very reasonable." Bedivere had to accept it.
"Among the many possibilities, eliminate the incorrect ones one by one, and the simplest and most direct one left is often the truth of the matter." Arthur narrowed his eyes and analyzed: "Bedi, take me back."
Let’s go back to where we were before crossing the suspension bridge. I believe there must be another hidden shortcut there, allowing us to jump over this deep hole full of traps and go straight to the habitat of the Underground Witch.”
"Okay. Let's go." Without saying a word, the human wolf picked up Arthur and walked back. He didn't have to cross the broken bridge, but climbed directly from the rock wall next to it and jumped over, and soon he was back to the entire
The first entrance to the cave.
After Arthur got off the back of the wolf, he carefully examined the surrounding environment again, trying to find a shortcut.
Then he saw something, hidden in a small gap in the rock wall on the side. (To be continued)