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The few who were still waiting and watching decided to first see the fighting power of the cavemen.
So this large group of guys, whose armor was much better than that of the local troops, waited behind the formation of the local soldiers.
At almost the same time as yesterday, a sharp scream was heard in the tunnel.
Just like yesterday, Nini raised her hand and shot an arrow, and the scream turned into a wailing sound.
The mercenaries all looked at the elven archer in amazement.
Then the local soldiers beat a large gong to disrupt the positioning of the cave dwellers.
Then the cave dwellers threw out stinky meat, and here they threw poisonous meat, and a terrible monster appeared, and then it was poisoned.
Everything was exactly the same as it had been yesterday, and even the same as it had been the day before and the day before that.
Finally, all the cave dwellers died in front of the humans.
The king rode on the smaller wolf that the druid had transformed into, holding his glow stick high in his left hand and holding the map in his right hand: "Okay! It's our turn! Let's go!"
(*) This experience pays tribute to Drizzt Do'Urden, with some changes.
By the way, Nini's ears are longer and more pointed than those in Western fantasy, and are more like the Japanese elf style.
Chapter 93 If nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected will happen
The king rode into the tunnel first on his wolf, and Elizabeth immediately trotted after him.
The mage rode on the wolf to pretend that he was leading the way. The tunnel was still quite high, and he would have to be careful not to get bumped when he entered a less high place.
Elizabeth walked beside the wolf and whispered, "You are walking in the front like this, aren't you afraid? There is no big gong to cover us now. Cave dwellers can accurately locate the position by listening to the sound."
Wang: "Then sit in front of me, so you can block most of the projectiles."
Elizabeth hesitated for a moment, and finally did not climb onto the wolf's back. Instead, she took off her defensive wristband and handed it to the wizard: "Wear this and return it to me when this is over."
"No need." Wang shook his head, "I prepared a mage armor spell today."
Although it contains the word "armor", this spell is a curse spell, probably because its underlying principle is to create a force field shield - similar to the effect of Elizabeth's defensive wristbands.
Most of the spells that have the attribute of "creating something" are from the conjuration system. From life-oriented spells that create water and bread to summoning creatures, monsters, and even beings from other worlds to fight for you, they are all from the conjuration system. Even summoning the undead, which intuitively belongs to the necromancy system, is actually a conjuration system.
Only those who reverse death and pull up the corpses are "summoned" undead, which are necromancy. The difference is that one needs a corpse as "material", and the other is generated out of thin air.
Mage Armor belongs to the conjuration system. It is a protective spell that can be used by a king who has banned the protection system. It is also the most useful spell against physical attacks (*).
Elizabeth put the wristband back on with some disappointment, and muttered, "I thought you knew how to use invisibility."
"Invisibility doesn't work well in this situation tonight. In an underground environment like this, I can't put away the dragon head scepter. I have to ensure that there is enough light for the team. I can't use invisibility at this time."
Elizabeth exclaimed: "You actually anticipated what would happen tonight? You are so smart."
Nini, the elf walking beside Elizabeth, said, "You seem to have great trust in wizards."
Elizabeth: "Yes, if you have experienced a complete crisis together, you will also trust his wisdom. No, it should not be called wisdom, because wisdom is a combination of intelligence and cleverness, and he is far from being clever."
Nini looked confused: "Sorry, I may not speak the common language very well, so I don't quite understand what you said."
The princess waved her hand: "Don't worry about it."
At this time, the drow who was walking a little ahead to detect traps suddenly turned back and asked with gestures: "There is a fork in the road ahead, which way should I go?"
The king patted the wolf on the back, then remembered that the druid might not understand sign language, so he asked, "There is a fork in the road ahead, which way should I go?"
The druid snapped back into human form: "Left!"
The other mercenaries following their team were shocked when they saw this scene: "He's riding such a small girl!!"
"That girl has a tail, she's a type of lycanthrope!"
"He must have been a purchased slave!"
"He was looking at the map to find the way, so why was he asking a girl?"
Wang turned around and explained: "I will look at the map to determine the location, while the werewolves in our team will use their scent to track the enemy. This way we have double insurance!"
"Oh, double insurance."
“It sounds more reliable.”
"Their team is very diverse, with elves, drows, and dwarves. It must be a legendary team. We should follow them."
"Haven't you heard? The wizard who leads the way can use the Howl of the Female Ghost!"
Wang frowned, and finally suppressed the urge to turn around and correct the mercenaries: It was clearly the Howl of a Banshee.
It seems that what he did in the city of Langdon has been compiled into poems by the bards, with some "artistic processing" done on it.
Nini looked at Wang in surprise: "You are actually a Nine Rings Mage?"
Even though the elves couldn't cast spells, they knew enough about magic to know the correct name and level of the Banshee's Wail.
Wang: “No, this is a misunderstanding.”
His words were also heard by the people behind him, but everyone expressed disbelief: "This must be a hidden identity."
"Mages like to keep their cards close to their chest."
"Seeing him walking in the front so calmly, he must have a chain triggering technique."
Chain Trigger is a nine-ring version of Trigger, which can trigger three spells in succession in a pre-set order.
Amidst this casual chat, the group continued to move deeper underground.
After walking for about half an hour, Xiaobai stopped and said, "The smell is getting stronger, and there's a smell like poop. I think we should have entered the caveman's nest."
Wang immediately said to the people behind him: "We have entered the cave dweller's nest, be alert!"
The mercenaries immediately felt like they were facing a formidable enemy - although they knew that the Nine-Ring Mage would back them up in this operation, they were people who had lived on the edge of a knife and licked blood, and they knew that they could not rely entirely on others for their lives.
The thing in your hands is still more reliable.
However, everyone waited for a while and was not attacked.
A bold mercenary, holding a shield, approached a low cave nearby.
"Lancelot!" he exclaimed, and at the same time stabbed the cave with the sword in his hand, and a mournful cry immediately came from the cave.
Wang: “What did you find?”
"A caveman's baby! Just dumped in the dirt! There's a pile of shit-smelling stuff next to it!"
That could be caveman shit.
Wang looked at the map and muttered, "We've only been walking down for half an hour, and we've already entered the cave dweller's nest? The area of the nest is much larger than what is drawn on the map. Xiaobai, can you still track the smell?"
Xiaobai raised his head and sniffed: "I can't smell the cavemen anymore. But those monsters are really stinky, I can still smell them!"
Wang: "It seems that there are no such monsters in ordinary nests. That's right, that kind of thing can't be mixed with ordinary cave dwellers. Xiaobai, follow the smell of the monster and continue to move deeper into the nest. Everyone prepare for battle, the cave dweller attack will come soon!
"They have very sensitive hearing. They must have heard the clanking sound of our armor from a distance."
Hearing what the "Nine Rings Mage" said, all the mercenaries did not dare to neglect it, so when they started to move again, the entire team slowed down. The shield warriors among the mercenaries even kept holding their shields, fearing that a caveman would jump out from somewhere and launch a surprise attack.
After walking for another half an hour in such a tense manner, someone finally couldn't hold it anymore and said, "Master Mage! Are the cavemen really coming?"
The king looked at the map pretentiously and said, "We have gone so deep into their lair, they must be watching us. Remember, the troggs have almost no vision, they rely entirely on hearing, so they may be hiding in various caves and corners, corners that the drow and dwarves' darkvision cannot see, and eavesdrop on our movements."
Another mercenary said, "The cavemen have no vision, but we do. Your staff also illuminates the environment so brightly. Even if we are attacked by the cavemen, we can still deal with it perfectly, right? We also have torches!"
Wang looked at the staff in his hand and suddenly realized something: with this staff, except for the farther end of the team, most of the team seemed to be in the sun. In this case, the advantage of the cavemen's good hearing was offset.
After all, the hearing of cavemen is still a bit inferior to that of monks who can use chopsticks to catch flies with their eyes closed (*).
Their hearing is no way to offset the advantage humans have in bright light vision.
Wang stared at his glow stick and muttered, "Could it be that the commander of the cavemen knew that launching a surprise attack under this kind of light would not be effective?"
Ralph's grandfather certainly didn't have such a powerful permanent light source, so they must have used torches to illuminate their way deep underground.
With such dim light from torches, the cavemen must have had a huge advantage, and most of the cavemen at that time were strong warriors. After all, everyone could eat mushrooms.
Moreover, it is not convenient to fight with a torch, and the torch can easily fall to the ground during the battle.
So… this stick is the key to the caveman not attacking?
Wang looked at the staff again. It turned out that just emitting light could have such a great effect? This ability that was originally thought to be a bonus turned out to be the most powerful function of this staff?
Elizabeth slapped his leg hard: "Don't be silent all of a sudden, speak up!"
King: "Ah? Oh, yes. I think the cavemen must have a leader with certain tactical capabilities. He knows that attacking the well-trained and experienced mercenaries under the light of my scepter will result in heavy losses. That's why we can continue to advance safely in the nest.
"If I were the leader, I would..."
Wang's expression suddenly changed, and he turned back and said to the end of the team: "Count the number of people in the last team!"
Everyone turned around and looked behind them.
Although the light of the dragon head's scepter is powerful, its coverage range is ultimately limited. The further back you are in the team, the less light you receive.
In other words, the lighting conditions behind the team may be more suitable for cavemen to launch sneak attacks.
Someone behind them immediately cried out, "The remaining team is gone! The entire team is gone!"
King: "The enemy is already attacking us! Form a tight formation and don't leave the scepter's light range!"
The experienced mercenaries quickly changed their formation.
At this moment, the werewolf girl's ears twitched, and she shouted, "Wait a minute, there is a sound of digging, right under our feet!"
Wang: "Disperse the formation!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a large hole in the middle of the formation collapsed.
The sudden appearance of the pit not only caused the mercenaries who did not have time to disperse to fall into it, but also created a "blind spot for lighting". Even though the wizard had raised his scepter, the light from the scepter could not reach the pit!
Screams were heard from inside the pit.
The captain of the mercenaries at the edge of the pit shouted, "Shoot! Shoot arrows down there! Throw down a rope ladder and rescue the people!"
Wang was looking at the map at this time: "Wait a minute! There is another mine below this mine! Don't stop, run quickly, or we will all fall in!"
Elizabeth: "Wouldn't that be like giving up on the person who fell?"
However, another mercenary said loudly: "Master Mage is right, we have to choose between total destruction and losing only a few people!"
Wang was even more decisive: "Xiaobai! Go forward! Go straight to the source of the monster's smell!"