Chapter 96 Deep Underground Ditch
Through the persuasion of the dark elf Riven, the Minotaur tribe accepted the olive branch delivered by the dwarves. After the most urgent thing passed, the exploration team began to treat the wounded and clean the battlefield.
"Hey, where is Feral?" The soft shout from Ilistin in the distance made Hill and Rand's face tighten. They turned around and found that Qin Lun, who was still in the hall during the battle, was missing.
"I didn't notice, let alone it would be easy for him to avoid us." Seeing Rand's puzzled eyes, Hill waved his hand.
The incidents in the hall brought the members of the exploration team to gather together again. After asking each other, no one noticed Qin Lun's traces.
"If you are looking for a silver-haired human..." The loud discussion of the dwarves attracted the attention of a little minnow. The little guy poked his head out from behind a tall and big adult minnow and stared at everyone with his big watery eyes.
Since its birth, it has never seen an elves, and only thought it was a handsome male human.
"Little guy, do you know where Philal went?" Gillim shouted, the old dwarf's loud voice frightened it, and the little head of the young miracle "swooshed" and shrank back.
"Don't pay attention to that old guy, kid, if you have seen that silver-haired elf, can you tell us?" Mastasha glared at the old dwarf and made him retreat embarrassedly.
Encouraged by the adult Minotaur, the Minotaur finally blushed and stood up timidly.
"That person...oh, elf, he had just squatted on the ground with his head covering his head, as if he was very uncomfortable. After he stood up, he went there directly!" said the minstrel pointing to the portal they had come out before.
"Where does that portal lead?" Elistin asked when he pulled Raven's arm.
"That is the straight path of the maze. There is no mechanic partition along the way, so you can go directly to the rear exit of the maze." The person who answered was an adult miracle, who said in a slow and dull voice.
"Why did he want to leave alone again?" Ilistin was a little lost.
"Maybe he'll go ahead to explore the way first." Idriya took two steps forward, held her in her arms, and comforted her softly.
"Don't worry, we'll know later." Gillim frowned and waved to Lorraine. "You stay and meet with the mining search experts behind you, and check the location of the outpost camp nearby. Let's go to the front to explore the way forward first. In addition, arrange a few soldiers to send the two dark elves back to the surface cave."
"Set out!" With Gillim's order, more than a dozen people who had just finished the battle embarked on their journey again.
"Monkey, you go with those two dark elves. After you arrive at the surface, remember to leave their map." Weiss gave a message on the team channel, hesitated for a while, and asked Hill, "What's wrong with Qin Lun?"
"He has some minor troubles, but it will not affect our mission." Hill replied with a smile, "Don't worry, this mission is now almost completed. After it is completed, you can return to the starry sky first, without worrying about us."
"That's the best!" Weiss glanced at Hill meaningfully. He had realized that something might be wrong with Qin Lun.
However, as Hill said, until now, even if Qin Lun and the other two no longer continue to cooperate, it doesn't matter. They get everything they deserve. Even if both sides immediately break up, at least the characters in the plot will not help Qin Lun and the other two siege to kill their companions, so they don't have to worry about anything.
The Maze Hall is located in the core area of the maze. It took a few days for the exploration team to get here from the entrance. However, without the blockage of the mechanism partition wall, when they saw the exit behind the maze, it only took half a day.
Along the way, they could not see Qin Lun. As a hunter, Qin Lun had the highest agility attribute except perception. Most of the members of the exploration team were dwarfs with short legs, so of course they could not catch up with him.
"Where can he go without a dwarf expert exploring the way forward?" Ilistin's face was filled with worries.
"Hill, did he still not respond to your telepathy?" The elf druid looked at Hill with anticipation. However, the latter's silence soon made her understand the answer.
Of course, Hill tried to call Qin Lun on the team channel, but the other party did not respond at all.
Although Qin Lun was not seen at the exit of the maze, the Dwarf Exploration Team would not pause for this. While exploring the surrounding environment, they continued to search for Qin Lun.
Although at this time, the dwarves' mine search experts were still in the rear to assist Lorraine in surveying the location of the outpost camp, when they arrived at this area, all the dwarves in the team had a premonition that the Miyin Hall mining area was nearby.
"We're almost at our destination." A dwarf axe thrower squatting on the ground stood up. He rubbed his fingers and showed everyone a touch of yellow powder on his fingertips.
"This is ripe sulfur, which we dwarves use mineral additives all the time during mining, smelting, forging, etc.," Gillim said excitedly. "These powders can be found everywhere in the shallow soil in this area. They are emitted during the blasting process and merged into this plain with air circulation."
With the gradual detection of the concentration of ripe sulfur, the exploration team arrived at the edge of the Minotaur Plain at a slow and firm speed. However, here, they had to stop, ahead of them with a deep groove of unknown width and a layer of gray-brown fog above.
"The newly formed geological cracks over the past few hundred years!" The dwarves were surprised and happy when they looked at the bottomless gullies in front of them.
What I like is that new geological cracks mean brand new and rare underground minerals. Every time the veins fluctuate, it is like the cultivated land being plowed again, which will turn up the "nutrition" deep underground.
What was shocked was that the new geological cracks were very dangerous. No one knew what was below. It took a long time to explore downward little by little. The existence of this deep groove was equivalent to putting a difficult problem in front of everyone, and they could no longer move forward.
"Elder Gillim, please come here!" Just as the dwarves were hesitating, Weiss's voice came from afar.
"What's wrong?" Although Qin Lun disappeared without a trace, the dwarves still maintained great respect for these elf princes' sermons. After all, they also fought with the team until now.
"Look, there are signs of hook claws here. I think Prince Feral should go to the opposite side." Weiss said, pointing to a black giant rock on the edge of the cliff.
"Feral does have a hook chain. I will turn into a giant eagle and go and take a look first." Ilisten squatted down, stroked the claw marks with his fingers, and a hint of spirit appeared on his face. "If the width of the ravine is not large, I will come back and carry you over with you."
"You have to think clearly that we don't know whether the gray-brown fog is poisonous!" Mastasha frowned and persuaded.
"It's okay, I will do what I can. If I can't hold on, I'll come back." Elistin said slowly with a firm expression, "No matter what happens to Philal, I will save him back."
Idriya opened her mouth and wanted to speak, but after hearing the elf druid's words, she swallowed it back.
Maybe she didn't have the same feelings as Eristine for Qin Lun, but when she was curled up in the troll's bamboo cage and was about to be used as a sacrifice, and she was extremely desperate in her heart, the silver-haired elf ignored the danger and crossed the entire land of death, descending from the sky like the legendary prince charming, pulling her and Eristine back from hell.
Even though she knew that Qin Lun wanted to save only Ilisten, she was just a companion, but this kindness could not be ignored. Ms. Lauvita was capricious, but as a Templar Knight, the words "Loyalty" had been engraved into her bones.
Idriya silently took off a ruby ring from the middle finger of her right hand and stuffed it into Ilisten's hand.
"The evil-repelling ring has a suppressive effect on poisonous and dark things. It is one of the legacies I have obtained in the tomb of the ancestors of the Candle Castle." The female knight instructed lightly, "Find that bastard and bring him back!"
"I will." Ilistin nodded heavily, turned into a giant eagle, and flew into the gray-brown mist.
Lander looked at Weis and others in the distance with a gloomy face, "Hill, why don't you speak? No matter what Qin Lun has become, since he chose to leave us, he would not leave such traces on purpose."
"Will it be useful to explain to a woman who is trapped in love and cannot extricate herself?" Hill said expressionlessly. "It was because Weiss saw this that he deliberately let the elf druid explore the way for us, otherwise how could the mission continue?"
Fortunately, the worry that everyone did not happen, and Ilistin came back about half a quarter of an hour.
"This deep underground trench is about 300 meters wide, and there are some towering stone pillars in the center to serve as a foothold." The elf druid said happily, "I found some crushed gravel on one of the stone pillars, and Philal did go to the opposite side."
This is really surprising! Hill and Rand looked at each other, and Weiss and others were wrong.
"In addition, I also found a man-built mine cave in the middle of the stone wall cliff opposite me." Ilistin said with a smile. "From the rusty mine truck rails at the entrance of the tunnel, it existed very long. If unexpectedly, it should belong to one of the mine tracks in the Miyin Hall Mine Area."
"Wow~~" The dwarves paused their feet and beat their chests, held the axe in their hands and roared to the sky. After nearly half a year of exploration, they were finally only one step away from success.
"You haven't encountered any danger, are you?" Compared to the ecstatic dwarves, Idriya cared more about her companions.
"It's going well. The fog that covers the deep groove is not poisonous, but the smell is a bit pungent. You'd better cover a wet cloth and I'll take you there in turn." Ilisten looked back at the gray fog, with a firm look, "This time, I won't let you escape alone."
Chapter completed!