This is the remains of an ancient war tree, a thick ancient war tree like this, it takes at least a hundred years to grow, but now it has been burned to the point that only a pitch-black stump remains, and if you don't look carefully, you can't see that this is actually a dead war ancient tree stump, because this stump was burned by fire after it was dead and broken, so it was very clever to avoid being eaten or rotted by insects in the following days, so such a stump remained.The wood of the War Tree is harder than ironwood, which is very suitable for the framing of the structure.It is unique that the inhabitants of the underground have come up with the idea of using this method to construct the passage entrance that connects them to the ground.It was an eye-opener for me to see that the entrance was not only sturdy and hidden, but also protected from rainwater.Hank held the tower shield in one hand and looked back, there was a swordsman behind him holding a heavy Roman sword in one hand and a moonstone in the other, the whole gem released a faint light in the swordsman's palm, he followed Hank's cat waist into the tree hole, and the members of Hank's team did not hesitate to pick up their weapons and rush in.The magic apprentices in their team were still carefully guarded in the center of the group, and she turned back to give me and Ying Li a careful look, and followed their team into the inner cave.She was a student at our Academy of Magic, and although she was in the same class as me, she didn't know her well.In fact, my circle of friends is very narrow, because I rarely communicate with other students in the class outside of class, and I always leave the class after class without saying a word, and I prefer to spend time outside of class in the library.There's nothing to hesitate, entering such an unknown environment, I need to protect everyone in the team, Rita has learned from Hank's method, standing at the front of the team, carefully holding the big round shield, about to follow behind the last member of Hank's team, into the cave, Dahl is also eager to take out a piece of moonstone from his backpack, and said to Rita in front of him with some pride: "Fortunately, my grandmother stuffed a piece of moonstone into my backpack before leaving, but I didn't expect to use it." ”In fact, if the two teams walk into the narrow cave one after the other, then the front of the second team happens to be the most central area of the whole team, which belongs to the safest place.Rita had no experience in this area and didn't know the trick of it, so she could only draw a scoop from the gourd and follow Hank's team closely behind Hank's team into the cave.Rita, Dahl, Lagertis, Becky, Yingli, Helena, and I stayed behind the final break, I was worried that something would happen to the Hank team at the front door, and I specially let the archer apprentice Lagertis who is good at long-range sniping be in the front team, and there was an intention to let Lagertis support Hank's team, after all, even the instructor of the bow training class praised Lagertis for having the potential to be an eagleeye.I took out the stone drum totem from my magic waist bag, held it in my hand and activated it in turn, and the four shining stone drum totems surrounded my body, shining like four bright lights.The last time I booby-trapped the Sabertooth Tiger King, I found myself better suited to a weapon like a one-handed axe.This time, before leaving, I specially asked the horse to help me find a one-handed weapon with an axe and hammer, or the horse has a way, it didn't take long, the horse returned with a claw hammer made of stainless steel, according to the seller, this was a shield warrior's weapon, this weapon has been maintained very new, and there is no dark injury, I originally preferred a one-handed axe, but in such a special environment, it is not easy to get back a claw hammer, so I expressed my gratitude to the horse, I brought the claw hammer out of this operation.The jet-black and dull short-handled claw hammer, the hammer head was forged by the master blacksmith into the shape of a goat's head, the whole war hammer was made vividly, it felt heavy in the hand, and the cold texture of the metal made me feel very comfortable.I held the oil lamp that I had begged from Sophie in my left hand, and when I poured the pure wind elements stored in the various nodes of my body into the oil lamp, the magic pattern circle on the entire oil lamp flickered for a while, and a stream of wind elements floated out of the wick and wrapped around my right arm, and then I followed Helena closely, bending down and burrowing into the low entrance to the tree.Originally, I thought that the tunnel built by these underground residents must be narrow and low, but when I got into the entrance of the tree hole, I found that the main mine tunnel inside was far from being as dilapidated as I imagined, but very wide.It's just that there is no light inside, and when you suddenly enter the dark cavern from the light, you will be in the first few seconds, and your vision will be pitch black.A cool breath came from the cave, the initial part of the cave was very humid, those stone walls condensed countless water droplets, on the overhead protruding rocks, there will be some crystal water droplets, when the water droplets are condensed enough to be large enough, they will break away from the rock mass on the roof of the shed, fall on the stone ground, and over time form a puddle.After a puddle hidden on the ground of the mine, you must be careful, you must not recklessly step into the puddle, it is a kind of unimaginable cold and piercing, the bare rock wall in the mine, everywhere is the traces of the mining pickaxe, the mine slope is inclined down ten degrees, and the stone slope is very gentle.Walking a few dozen meters from the entrance of the War Ancient Tree, we came across an intersection, and Hank walked in front, chose the straight mine road, and led us forward.It didn't take long for the sound of fighting to be heard in front of me, but the confusion subsided after a few moments, and I stood at the back of the line, unable to know what was going on in front of me, so I could only wait patiently.In a short time, Hank's news came that a reckless leopard with a pattern had broken into the mine and had been killed by Hank's team.After such an unexpected situation, the arrogant atmosphere of the originally loose team has changed a lot, and everyone seems to be cautious.The bright light on the moonstone reflected the silhouette of Ying Li and Helena who walked in front, the girl's fragrant body kept swaying with the rhythm of walking, Helena's steps were so light as if she was dancing, and for a moment my eyes fell on Helena's slender waist.I carefully looked at the rhythm of her walking and swaying, it was so soft.Helena looked back as if she was aware of it, and saw that it was my stupid look like a pig brother, covered her mouth and snorted dumbly, and glanced at me charmingly, she quietly slowed down, and took advantage of the darkness in the mine to avoid the light, and boldly stretched her white hand back, and I even reached out my hand to hold her beautiful soft, and just like that, I walked forward silently in this quiet mine.Looking at Ying Li, who walked in front and knew nothing, my heart beat fast, and for the first time, I felt that my cheeks were burned.Holding a moonstone lantern in his hand, Ying Li looked at the road under his feet seriously, and if he encountered a puddle or a rock, he would whisper a word to remind Helena behind him and of course me.Continuing inward, this time it was quiet for a long time, and we walked deeper in the winding and endless mine tunnel.On the stone walls on both sides of the tunnel, some rusty ores with green ice patterns began to appear, these were unrefined copper ores, and those magical red copper were often rare companion ores of these copper ores.I couldn't help but reach out and touch the green-stained ore, and thought to myself: if I can stay quietly in the mine, I will definitely be able to find the associated red copper.Just as I was looking at the patina on the stone wall, there was already a roar from Hank.He must be in trouble, so I gently grabbed Helena and said to her and Becky, "Take care of Yingli!"
”Just run ahead and reinforce Hank and his team.Ying Li insisted on following me, not wanting to be separated from me.There was a sound of fighting in front, and the battle became very fierce, and at the beginning of the battle, Lagertis who was guarding the center of the team shot a gorgeous white streamer, and her feather arrow went straight through everyone in front of her, and turned into a firework directly at the front of the passage.Hank held his shield high in front of a machine stone man, and the machine stone man picked up the huge two-handed war hammer in his hand, and smashed it on Hank's shield with a "bang", directly knocking Hank out with a shield, and Hank's team and the other two fighters made up for Hank's position as soon as possible, and blocked the machine stone man with a shield without a single difference.Hank was repelled by the stone man's hammer, and his body fell backwards until his body hit the stone wall, and then he stopped, and it seemed that he was not lightly injured, and he fell to the edge of the stone wall and did not get up for the first time.I ran forward with the Ying Li people, but I found that there was a trace of fluctuation on the stone wall on the side, my magic perception was far beyond ordinary people, and I already felt that this stone wall was a little different, so I paid more attention to the stone walls on both sides.Moments after I ran over, a diminutive goblin with a bow and arrow emerged from the stone wall, unfurled its delicate metal bow, and aimed at Ying Li's back, revealing a sinister and cunning obscene appearance, the blade of which was coated with green venom.With a "collapse", the green feather arrows on the metal bow headed towards the back of Ying Li's heart.This sudden sneak attack, immediately shocked my heart, I didn't have time to think about it, I used the power of turning, grabbed her arm with my hand, and threw her behind me, there was no time to cast a spell to condense the ice shield to block the little green arrow full of toxin, the goblin was only a dozen steps away from me and Ying Li, and when the green arrow came, it was so sudden I just had a chance to block in front of Ying Li, and the little green arrow "poof" and pierced into my shoulder.To be continued.