Heart of the Castle

Chapter 327 Go Deep into the Mine, Cowardly Spirits and Monsters

Li Wei has never seen what the mines behind the small mining village look like. The last time he came here, the demon army was raging in the village, devastated, and everything he saw was blood and traces of burning.The next step is the intense migration. Although some people suggested that the mine behind the village should be closed or simply filled to prevent it from being regarded as a gathering place by goblins or half-orc robbers, but neither time nor energy allowed, so they gave up this idea. .

There were not one but three villagers leading the way, and if Li Wei hadn't strongly opposed it, the number would have increased by two or three times.The villagers in the small mining village have all witnessed Li Wei's heroic demeanor in repelling the demon army, and their trust in him far exceeds the threat of goblins.Hearing that Master Li Wei was going to enter the abandoned mine pit to negotiate with those goblin robbers, the villagers almost exploded. Even the bald-toothed old man claimed that he was very familiar with the mine pit. Introduce the three best guides.

Among the three guides, two had served in the army and received formal combat training. They all wore leather armor and daggers around their waists.Although the other one was not from a military background, he was the best hunter in the small mining village, and he walked in the front with a pine torch.

The scale of the mine is very large, but it has been abandoned for a long time, and most of the wooden beams supporting the entrance of the cave have already decayed and collapsed to the side.The villager who was born as an Orion bent down to check the traces of the entrance and exit of the mine. The other two villagers held knives on guard. Li Wei also bent down and saw the dense and disorderly footprints on the ground. Not owned by humans.

"The footprints are not fresh, the earliest one was three days ago." Orion straightened up and announced, "And those don't belong to the goblins, but belong to the soldiers and villagers who fled in a panic."

Li Wei nodded to confirm Orion's judgment, "That's true," he said, pointing to one of the clearest small footprints, "Can you tell how many little ghosts there are?"

"Master Li Wei, it's been a while." Orion replied with apologetic frown, "But this area is full of footprints, extending to the nearby forests and rivers. According to my experience, at least no less than 100 footprints. .”

"If you add the old and the weak, women and children, that's a big tribe." Li Wei muttered, then stood up and said, "Let's move on."

The light in the mine pit is rather dim, only the crackling flames of pine trees are the only light source, the sides and the roof of the cave are made up of half rock and half soil, and the thick and pale tree roots are coiled in it, like countless disappearances. The strange insect that suddenly appeared gave the illusion that it was slowly wriggling.

Li Wei squinted his eyes and tried to adapt to the darkness as soon as possible, but the detection technique played a more effective role in such a complicated environment than any night vision ability.Although he had just walked in from the bright outside, and his sight couldn't penetrate the darkness deep in the pit, those wriggling light spots were clearly visible in the field of vision of the exploration technique.

Orion suddenly listened, and then extinguished the torch on the ground. At the same time, he reminded in a hurried voice: "Everyone, be careful, there are a lot of things coming!"

His reminder came too late, and in the next moment, countless short figures rushed out of the shadows, they rushed out from the mouth of the dark tunnel, and rushed out from the narrow gaps in all directions, surrounding Li Wei and others.

These short guys are only as tall as seven or eight-year-old human children, and their bodies are quite thin. They wear thick brown long cloth robes and hold a strange-shaped metal cylinder in their hands.This weapon looks a bit like a big wine glass made of horns, but there is an extra handle on the back that can be stuck on the shoulder, and there is an unlit fuse on the top.

Li Wei was very surprised why the villagers would confuse these little guys with goblins. Although they were about the same height as goblins, they also had two weird big ears on their heads, but they didn't have the protruding long nose like goblins. The eyes were obviously sunken deep into the eye sockets, and what shone inside was the calm and curious light unique to intelligent creatures, rather than the blood-red eyes full of stupidity and tyranny of goblins.

In the field of vision of the probing technique, these short guys showed a dark yellow color that was neutral but hostile. Li Wei focused on one of them, and a small light curtain immediately appeared in front of him.

Name: Little Monster (Cluster)

Race: magical synthetic creature

Life: 20
Danger Level: Very Weak (Strong)

Special ability: short-range shooting, the little monster can shoot the enemy with the homemade musket in his hand, but this weapon has a short range, poor accuracy, and often explodes.

Relationship: vigilant

"The giant is coming again... The giant is coming again..." An uneasy voice spread among the group of creatures, and a high-pitched voice suddenly called out: "Our home, here, is not welcome, giants go out!"

"Get out... get out..." There was another series of small voices, and some little monsters started waving the homemade musket, with indignant expressions on their faces.

The village guides all drew their knives and raised their javelins, but hesitated, not knowing what to do.The number of little elves surrounding them was more than fifty, and they were still squirming in the shadows, as if there were more guys hiding. Even though Master Li Wei had defeated many more demon troops before, but at that time, his side was terrible. Not just three guides, but hundreds of soldiers.

Li Wei took a step forward, and this action immediately caused a commotion among the little monsters, "The giant is coming!" A voice screamed, "Idiot, we have a lot of people!" Immediately, a voice retorted, "Everyone shut up Stay here." The third voice said sternly, but soon the first and second voices yelled at him together: "You should shut up!"

Similar situations happened in all directions at the same time, and the intensity intensified. It seemed that as long as Li Wei waited patiently for a while, these little monsters could perform a good show of infighting.But at this moment, the loudest shrill voice just now sounded again, "Here comes the boss!"

Immediately all the commotion subsided, and all the little monsters seemed to be different people. The homemade muskets in their hands were pointed forward in unison, with a firm expression like a fearless knight.

Li Wei took a deep breath, and the fighting energy secretly surged in his body, ready to erupt at any time to form a protection.The feeling of being pointed at by dozens of self-made muskets is not pleasant. Although the probing technique told him that these muskets have a short range and poor accuracy, Li Weike does not want to try how far this thing has a range. I don't want to try how accurate the steel balls flying all over the sky are.

"I am the lord of Greencastle, the guardian of the border north of the Sealand River, and Baron Leviston of the Kingdom of Arthur." After this set of self-introduction titles was exported, there was no sound, and it took a long time before a timid voice sounded from the opposite side, " Our home, what are you doing when you break into it? Giant Levi."

"Giant" must be a title that Li Wei had never imagined. The young lord couldn't help but smiled bitterly, trying to make his tone stern without appearing overly aggressive. "I am the owner of all the territory of the Kingdom of Arthur north of the Sealand River, and this place also belongs to my territory." His voice was sonorous and powerful, echoing in the mine, "You little elves live in my territory, Am I not qualified to come and ask?"

(End of this chapter)