The knight in the abyss

Chapter 43

Putting down the heavy equipment and supplies in their backpacks, Barende and Lancelot set off again, this time they went into battle lightly, each with two days' worth of supplies.

They unanimously agreed to find out the whereabouts of the gray dwarf colleague first, which in itself was a black iron-level task, and they had first-hand information on the distribution of resources in this ancient mine.

Finding a mining team in this maze-like mine is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, Barende and Pluto have a good idea of ​​how to identify the direction underground. The dwarves have been specially trained so that they can perceive the rock. the magnetic field.

Leading the line was Lancelot.As the strongest fighter in the team, he plays the role of vanguard and will be the first target of the enemy's attack.

Walking in second place is Barende.The old dwarf's experience in prospecting is not inferior to his craftsmanship. As a top blacksmith, he often has to find the best raw materials himself.He was following behind Lancelot at the moment, indicating the direction for the vanguard.

Then there's Karalin.As the most vulnerable member of the team, he is now nervous and excited.Few of the scholars who study the abyss have personally entered the abyss (more precisely, very few can come back alive to tell their own experiences), and his curiosity about knowledge has overwhelmed his fear of death, even this meeting. With the help of the night vision ability of the potion, he kept looking around while taking notes in a small notebook.

It was Pluto who was behind the task.The young dwarf officially became an adventurer for only a week, but he has already shown reliable strength.Pluto was also very familiar with drilling up and down the mine, and his dad had taken him down there before his beard grew.

They were walking in the winding tunnels, and Barende just glanced at the whole structure map in his mind, and the team moved fast under his instructions.

Suddenly, Lancelot raised a hand, motioning for everyone to stop.

"What's wrong?" Barende asked strangely.

"I sense danger," Lancelot said, frowning.His spiritual sense had a warning sign just now. This mysterious sixth sense became more and more accurate after he became a cultivator, but the complex underground environment made it difficult for him to determine the specific location of the enemy, and he could only roughly judge that it was ahead.

"But I can't see anything," Barende said softly, frowning.He wasn't questioning Lancelot, the knight had already demonstrated his keen perception at the entrance to the mine.

"I feel like a big guy." Lancelot was really worried and continued on like this.He sensed the distance of the threat again and sat down cross-legged. "give me some more time."

The other three were surprised to see that Lancelot had entered a state of meditation, so they had to pick up their weapons and guard them.

Lancelo quickly entered a state with a strange perspective. According to the bamboo slips in his mind, this is a high-level magical power during the Qi training period, called Divine Consciousness Release. For the time being, he can only enter this state during cultivation.

With this ability, he finally discovered the source of his unease.About [-] feet underground, there was a huge monster in ambush.

This monster looks like a mantis, except that the pair of large pincers grows on the lower jaw, and the volume is enlarged to more than ten feet. In addition, the whole body is covered with carapace, even the stomach.

He exited the state of meditation and slowly opened his eyes.

"How is it?" Bruto asked anxiously.

Lancelot described the appearance of the enemy, and when Barende heard the word mantis, he showed a clear look.

"Do you know what this is?"

"Well, it should be a burrowing worm." The old dwarf nodded, "This monster will use that terrible mouth to dig tunnels, and stick its tentacles out of the ground to sense the surrounding movement. Once someone passes directly above it After passing by, it will jump out of the ground to grab its prey, and while it can't wait to spray strong acid digestive juice, it will tear the victim to shreds with its terrifying jaws."

"It sounds really troublesome, how to deal with this kind of monster?"

"The most damage they do is the first raid, and very few creatures survive that kind of attack. And their acid, which can shoot up to thirty feet away, is difficult for us to deal with in this tunnel. "But the weakness is also obvious, this creature has almost no intelligence, and all their threats come from that mouth, so as long as they can attack from the side or behind, they are far less ferocious than they seem. The second is their feet, breaking the three feet on one side will make them fall to the ground, and in this state, they are basically slaughtered."

"Got it. Karalin, I remember you said a magic..."

Looking at this relatively spacious tunnel, Lancelot had a plan in his mind that began to take shape.

……

After discussing the tactics, the four of them walked lightly to a position about [-] feet away from where the burrowing worm lurked.

After being reminded by Lancelot, they had already seen the neglected burrowing worm tentacles on the ground, and it was not difficult to find a slight bulge on the ground no matter how carefully they looked.

"Are you ready?" Lancelot looked back at the caster in the team.

Karalin nodded, a small scroll was already in his hand.

Lancelot strode forward sharply.At the moment when the sound of his footsteps sounded, he clearly felt an excited trembling from the monster underground.

The infuriating energy was already surging in the meridians, and at a position ten feet away from the pair of pincer-like mouths, Lancelot jumped suddenly, and his body flew forward almost against the top of the tunnel.

But the footsteps did not stop, because Karalin also activated the magic 'Secondary Phantom' in the scroll.

This spell can create an image of an object, or a sound the caster desires, such as a lion's roar, human conversation, and, of course, footsteps.This is just a 0-ring trick, and any creature with a little IQ can easily see through this trick.

However, diggers are probably only a little smarter than rocks, and they only use their tentacles to sense the movement of the ground.

When the sound of footsteps passed by where the burrowing worm was lurking, the ground suddenly burst open, and a pair of three-foot-long fangs snapped together like pincers. No flesh-and-blood body could withstand such a surprise attack.

But it wasn't flesh and blood that waited for it on the ground.Lancelot, who jumped into the air, hung his great sword under him, and was bitten by a burrowing worm that jumped out of the ground.

The jaws made of chitin were naturally unable to fight against the weapons made of steel. The sound of a click sounded, and a fist-sized gap appeared on the pair of pliers of the digger, but Lancelot's weapon was unscathed.

Immediately after Lancelot landed, he turned back and rushed towards the burrowing worm.He had to hold down the enemy so that his comrade could flank from behind.

This burrowing worm is obviously affected by the abyss. It has devil-like spikes all over its body, and the two front limbs are like two long knives, which are not found in ordinary burrowing worms. feature.

His great sword continuously unleashed a burst of impermeable thrusts, covering the mouthparts of the burrowing worm, making it too exhausted to deal with it, unable to spray acid at all.

Pluto finally rushed behind the enemy.He jumped up high, let out a roar, and the war hammer slammed down at the turning part of the burrowing worm's hind legs.

"Knee! My favorite!"

Lancelot almost wondered if Pluto had some kind of peculiar fetish for knees.

The burrowing worm let out a scream full of pain and anger, and it turned its head sharply, intending to use acid spray to deal with the enemy behind it, and the frontal blade was first resisted by the thick carapace on its back.

The scholar standing at the back has been watching the battle with all his attention, while Barende is standing in front of him with his shield up.

Just as it turned its head, Karalin also moved.He raised his arm, and on the ring finger of his right hand, a spell was already ready to go.

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(End of this chapter)