Chapter 77 The Dark Region
"What? They entered the dark area!" Gillim was immediately overwhelmed when he received the guard's report. It was one thing that he didn't like the elf prince, but something happened to Qin Lun here was another thing.
What's more, no matter what purpose the Elf Prince openly tries to rescue the trapped dwarf exploration team. No matter what, Gillim can't watch him risk his life alone and enter the dark area.
Gillim is the few powerful man with quick thinking among the shield dwarves, which is the main reason why the Dwarves King asked him to lead this outpost camp and act as an envoy during the Silver Moon Celebration.
In fact, after he arrived at the camp, he had already considered that Qin Lun might act without permission, so he had long instructed the dwarf guards guarding the dark area to prevent them from letting others outside the dwarfs enter.
However, Qin Lun's time to choose now is very good. Some of the dwarf guards left their posts to save the injured. The remaining guards were insufficient and could not stop Qin Lun and his followers. Moreover, they were even unwilling to stop the Elf Prince in their hearts, because they entered the dark area to rescue their compatriots from the exploration team.
"Let the next group of exploration teams gather together, it seems we must set out in advance!" As soon as we thought about this, the old dwarf no longer considered it and immediately made a decision.
"Feral entered the dark area alone?" Ilistin and Mastasha were shocked when they heard the news, especially Ilistin's heart was filled with resentment, and Qin Lun threw her away again.
In fact, in order to enter the dark area before Gillim received the news, Qin Lun had no time to notify others, so he took a few apostles and left directly.
However, not all the apostles followed Qin Lun. Rand and Weiss' female apostle, MT, and the black-robed mage stayed in the camp. Qin Lun was surrounded by Hill, Weiss and the thief nicknamed "Monkey".
Qin Lun's arrangement was, first, to strengthen the connection so that Gillim and others who were chasing him to find them. Second, to balance the power of the apostles around him. After all, they and Weiss team are still in the running-in stage. If all five of Weiss team follow and there are no other plot characters around them, it will be difficult to stop them if they make some small moves.
"Don't worry, Lord Gillim has gathered a group of exploration team members behind us, and we can rush over immediately." Lorraine said confidently.
"I don't know what the guy is thinking about again!" Idriya muttered to himself and looked at the remaining apostles.
The believers of Lauvita have been in contact with Qin Lun for a long time, and instinctively feel that Qin Lun's behavior this time is a bit weird. After experiencing the Tower of Durag, she doesn't really believe that Qin Lun will take such a big risk in order to save several dwarf explorers.
"I had wanted to enter the dark area a long time ago, but I didn't expect it to finally come true now!" Mastasha said with emotion. As a harpist, although she has a noble mission of balancing the continent, her exciting adventures and travels are also her favorites.
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"Your resilience is impressive!" Weiss whispered meaningfully.
"Captain Weiss, it's too much." Qin Lun responded with a smile, and the Yin-Yang fish pattern in his left eye flashed occasionally, reconnaissing the surrounding environment.
The dark world, the dark world of Torrell, a paradise for the survival and reproduction of underground creatures!
After crossing the entrance to the north of the camp, a deep and dark tunnel appeared in front of everyone.
The tunnel is rugged and slippery, with almost irregular directions and very different widths. A wide place can accommodate four horsemen in parallel, while a narrow place can only allow one person to pass sideways.
The stone walls on both sides were covered with unknown purple ferns. The jagged leaves made everyone dare not walk easily against the wall. No one knew whether these plants were poisonous. Although most of the apostles had antidotes, they were unwilling to waste them easily in these places.
Qin Lun's elves' vision allowed him to see the environment, and the other three seemed to care about the darkness underground. Hill's spiritual sucking monster bloodline itself is a biological specialty in the dark area. However, the shepherd did not want to expose his bloodline in front of outsiders at this time, and was holding a dwarf Tyr night lamp in his hand.
Tyr night light is a equipment often used by dwarves in mining areas. The crystals it uses have been transformed by magic runes. The light is in a special spectral area, and it can emit a scent that humans cannot smell, which can cover up body odor. Most underground creatures do not like this light and smell.
Of course, it is not to say that holding this Tyr night light can avoid all underground creatures. After all, most underground creatures will rely on their extremely sensitive hearing when exploring the environment.
"Captain, if we have the chance, will we..." The monkey whispered inquiring softly on the private chat channel while reconnaissing in front.
"No need, according to my estimate, there is no chance of using underground creatures to pit them!" Weiss pondered for a moment and rejected his companion's advice. "These two guys are very smart and not easy to deal with. Our main purpose is to make up for the losses we had last time. Since the success rate of revenge is too low, it is not worth continuing."
Weiss' team joined Qin Lun, and originally had the purpose of revenge. However, after contacting each other over the past few days, Weiss found that Qin Lun and others were difficult to deal with, so he basically gave up this idea.
Weiss was able to help Santalin complete the assassination plan, and the strategy was unquestionable. But he asked himself that he might not be able to seize the fleeting opportunity just now and take the dominance of the epic plot in his hands.
Although everyone has a moment of inspiration, Qin Lun's rigorous thinking during this period made him very afraid. Except for Qin Lun himself, he only asked three of them to follow the remaining seven apostles, and the others were kept in place by the orders.
First of all, Qin Lun had to go to the four people who entered the dark area, so that the dwarves had to let him join the exploration team. Hill is the priest, the monkey is the thief, and these two people have to be brought with them. Weiss is the only high-level powerhouse among the eight people, and he needs to deal with the possible high-level creatures.
However, what shocked Weis was that among the people designated by Qin Lun were not only Rand, the black-robed wizard and the female apostle, but also the shield guard of their team.
Of course, the Shield Guard is not unhelpful for exploration. On the contrary, his role is even greater than Weiss. However, with Shield Guards, Weiss and others have made some careful thoughts when they are in danger, then they can play soy sauce under the cover of Shield Guards and sit and watch the underground creatures hunt Qin Lun and the others.
You should know that if they have now been waiting for the Dwarfs to join the Dwarfs exploration team, as long as the mission prompt appears, the role of Qin Lun’s plot identity will not be that important. Weiss and others have broken up and cheated Qin Lun before the plot characters arrive.
Without the shield guard, he took Weiss away and left Rand, so he ensured that the remaining Weiss team members could not lead the Dwarf Exploration Team. More importantly, Qin Lun had made all arrangements in an instant, and was meticulous and had no gaps left, leaving no flaws that Weiss team could use.
While exploring the dark area, Weiss was unsure of spending time dealing with such a terrible person. Since that is the case, why bother to risk losing the income from the mission to frame his temporary companion in front of him?
"Qin Lun, when do you plan to join the exploration team behind?" Hill asked cautiously. In the team channel just now, Rand had already reported that the exploration team led by Gillim was about to set off.
"There is no fork in the front passage for the time being, and there is no need for the plot character to intervene. We have a clear attitude now. After all, we need to rescue the trapped dwarves and find more clues, even the corpse... Only then can we give Gillim and Lorraine an explanation later." Qin Lun said lightly.
"Corpsy? Oh, I understand, you didn't get the specific information from the dead dwarf!" Hill thought for a moment, then woke up, and shook his head with a wry smile.
"Well, we only need an excuse to enter the dark area! Whether the previous group of dwarves were trapped or all died, it has nothing to do with us." Qin Lun shrugged indifferently.
"If that guy kept seeing Gillim, the situation might be repeated, so I used a very irritating drug to let him burn out his last vitality as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, he died without even saying a word."
The underground tunnels are rugged and very slippery, and Qin Lun and others are moving forward very slowly. The tunnels in some areas are extremely low. Although it can be seen that the dwarves have been widened, the dwarves are short, so Qin Lun and others have to crawl to pass.
After trekking more than ten kilometers in the tunnel, the underground cracks finally gradually widened and elevated. Only then did it enter a real dark area at the beginning, which also means that underground creatures may appear along the way.
Qin Lun and others' vigilance has increased again. Now there is no soft soil on their heads. Instead, they are replaced by thick and cold rock formations. They are initially estimated to have penetrated several kilometers underground.
The difficulty of exploring the dark area lies in this. This is not the surface, the road is not flat, but three-dimensional. If Qin Lun and others really move forward by themselves, they will definitely lose their way and may even not find the way back.
"Listen... the sound of water is the underground river!" Hill suddenly listened with his ears, and the bloodline of the spirit-sucking monster gave him excellent listening.
Hill heard it right. The four of them walked again for a while and a huge underground space appeared in front of them. In front of them was an underground river that was winding like a silver belt. There was a fork on the opposite side of the river, and it seemed that they had to make a new choice.
The thief who was exploring the front came news, "Come here, I have blood here!"
The place where the thieves were located was an underground stream that was only five or six meters wide. Next to a black rock, Qin Lun and others saw a pool of dark red blood.
"The blood has not dried yet, it should be left by the dwarf just now." Hill used his fingers to dip a little blood stain in his mouth.
Qin Lun reached into the stream, and the cold water woke up his mind. The stream was very fast, and the upstream extended into a dark hole with invisible ends.
Chapter completed!