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As soon as he finished speaking, another smaller hole appeared and several people fell into it.

There were women screaming in the cave.

Xiaobai didn't care about that and ran forward, even forgetting to change back into wolf form. Fortunately, she didn't change back into a wolf, otherwise the wizard's head would have hit the wooden beam supporting the mine in front.

The mercenaries followed behind them, and everyone tried their best to keep themselves within the range of the dragon head's scepter.

Flint was also trying to run, but the dwarves were too slow to catch up with the humans running at full speed. He shouted anxiously, "Gotrek!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the barbarian grabbed him and carried him on his shoulders like a wine barrel. It seemed that the barbarian knew that the dwarf could not run, so he took the initiative to move closer to him.

As the group was running, a mercenary suddenly shouted, "Troglodytes! On the beam, they are destroying the rotten part of the beam!"

Nini raised her head and immediately drew her bow and put two arrows on it. With the sound of the bowstring, two cave dweller "untouchables" who were destroying the beams fell down with screams, and their necks were immediately chopped off by the mercenaries.

The elf ran and shot his bow, and the cavemen who tried to destroy the beam fell one after another, like ripe apples in autumn.

The king rode on the druid and continued to look at the map, reading as he read: "Theoretically, the intelligence of the cave dwellers is not high, and their spellcasters are mainly divine spells and spirit spellcasters, which do not require intelligence. How could they arrange such a tactic?"

As he was speaking, Elizabeth, who was running beside him, suddenly stumbled and was about to fall.

The wizard threw the scepter and reached out to pick up the princess. The scepter floated beside him, but its height was much lower than before.

Immediately, screams came from the back of the team: "Don't stop shining the light, Master! Ahhhhhh!"

Seeing this, Marika came over and picked up the princess in a princess hug.

"There is no one to detect the traps now. If there is another one, we will be finished!" shouted Zhuoer.

In a flash, the wizard shouted, "Jump!"

Xiaobai jumped directly and flew into a vertical shaft carrying the mage.

The wizard looked back and saw Marica holding Elizabeth and Gotrick carrying the dwarf jumping up without hesitation. Then he shouted the spell -

Feather Fall Technique!

In an instant, everyone's falling speed slowed down.

Xiaobai: "I'm sorry, I just followed the smell and didn't know there was a pit."

Wang: "This is called a vertical shaft, it's used for ventilation in the mine. Thanks to this map."

At this time, Nini, who had been hesitating and had not jumped, finally jumped. She was not affected by the Feather Fall Technique, but she jumped directly onto the wall on the side of the shaft, kicked the wall back and flew to the other side.

She pushed against the wall back and forth and leaped left and right in the shaft, managing to maintain the same falling speed as everyone else.

The other mercenaries rushed to the edge of the pit and failed to brake. Several of them fell off and soon overtook the group that was falling slowly.

The king heard the mercenaries above shouting, "Who prepared the Feather Fall Technique? What? Damn it, why didn't you prepare the Feather Fall Technique!"

Nini: "You should remind the mages to prepare Feather Fall."

Wang: "Even if I reminded them before they set out, they wouldn't be able to change the spells they prepared today. And who knew they would go through the vertical shaft?

"The situation is so urgent now. The poison Ralph prepared is almost used up. It may not be able to stop the next attack. We have to leave as soon as possible."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Bai shouted, "I see the bottom of the pit!"

Dozens of seconds later, Xiaobai landed steadily, and the drow elf also showed his agility.

Only Gao Chuik sat directly on the ground, but the barbarian immediately stood up and patted his butt.

Nini was the last to fall, then she looked up at the shaft and said, "It would take a while for even me to climb up."

The dwarf who had just been put down by Gotrik said, "How can you still climb up? It's so deep!"

Nini: "It's not too difficult. It just takes a lot of time."

Wang: "Xiaobai, do you hear the caveman's voice?"

Xiaobai turned his ears and shook his head: "No."

"It looks like we have good news," the wizard said. "It seems that the caveman wise man who arranged the ambush did not expect us to go down so deep so soon."

Flint: "There's even better news."

He carefully examined the patterns on the wall and said, "This part of the shaft was not built by humans. It was built by dwarves. The inscriptions on the bricks are in ancient dwarven language, and all the inscriptions mean the same thing: Lamashtu."

The king pointed to the center of the wall and said, "There is a holy emblem of Lamashtu."

"What?" The dwarf was surprised, and then he saw the holy emblem, "Oh, ah, at least I didn't translate the ancient dwarven language wrong."

(*) The effect of armor in this book is to reduce damage, so Elizabeth's defensive wrist guard is treated as a force field shield. The same is true for mage armor.

Chapter 94 How to charm humans

The king held the dragon-headed scepter and tried to move closer to the wall, but was stopped by Maricarra.

The wanderer stepped forward cautiously and carefully checked every brick joint. When she had checked half of the wall, she stopped, took the tool kit from her belt, took out a bunch of strange tools, and started working on the brick joints.

A moment later, everyone heard a "click".

Marika: "The dwarf was lucky just now. If he had touched this brick, he could have tried to see if the mechanism left by his dwarf ancestors could penetrate the armor he was so proud of."

Wang said excitedly, "Mechanism! When we were in the sewers of Langdon City before, only Erwin's laboratory had magic mechanisms. We didn't encounter any mechanical mechanisms! I guess it's because there were always people from the Wanderer Guild smuggling in the sewers, so they dismantled all the mechanisms."

Elizabeth: "Why are you so happy?"

The wizard asked back: "Are you unhappy? This is a real dungeon exploration."

"I..." Elizabeth hesitated, then said decisively, "I'm happy too! It's an ancient dwarf mechanism, awesome!"

Xiao Bai took a chicken drumstick that he had gotten from somewhere and chewed it while saying, "You don't have to cater to him like this."

As she spoke, Marika checked the entire wall, stood up and said, "There is no secret door in this wall. I originally thought that there was a trigger mechanism on the wall, which meant there was a secret door in the wall. I was overthinking."

Dwarf: "Maybe there's simply enough space here, so they built a trap. The main purpose is to show off their superb skills. Dwarven craftsmen often do this."

Because he was the only dwarf in the team, Flint's words seemed particularly convincing.

Wang: "Then let's move forward, and let Xiaobai lead the way by smelling the scent."

"Wait a minute!" Nini raised her right hand with her palm flat and upright. It seemed that both elves and humans gave the same meaning to this gesture.

As everyone stopped what they were doing, she stood in the middle of the shaft and moved her ears.

Wang explained: "There is a reason why forest elves have such long ears. First, this long ear is actually their rangefinder. By comparing the difference in the Doppler effect of the sound reflected from the left and right ears into the inner ear, they can calculate the distance between the sound source and themselves."

Elizabeth: "What is Doppler?"

"It's just... Anyway, it's good enough for you to know that this can measure distance."

Nini: “The air is flowing.”

Wang: "The second one is this, to feel the flow of air. Their ears are very sensitive, especially the tips, so they can detect the slightest air flow. The third one is to help with balance. The elf fans in the Mage Tower believe that forest elves can control their body posture through the posture of their two ears, thereby assisting themselves in jumping in the woods."

Nini turned her head and looked at the wizard: "I told you, there is air movement. Didn't you expect anything?"

Xiaobai: "Ah, Long'er is beginning to rely on Dacun's intelligence."

"Long ears?" Nini frowned and looked at the tiny druid.

"You have to have a nickname. Look at the others, they are smart, have big boobs, have beards, are big, and have dark skin, but you have long ears."

Flint frowned: "Why do I remember that the nickname you gave me last time was not like this?"

Elizabeth: "Last time she called me White because of my hair color."

“There’s no need to remember such things so clearly!” Xiaobai threw the last chicken leg and the bone into his mouth, and shook his head while crunching the bone.

Nini decided not to bother with this and looked at the mage: "So what do you think of this air flow?"

Wang: "This is a vertical shaft, which is used to ensure that there is fresh air in the mine. But since you said there is flow, it means that the only exit in front can lead to the ground. If we get lost later, we will rely on you to follow the air flow back to the ground."

The wizard paused and concluded: "We will rely on Xiaobai's nose to find the fetal movement hall, and rely on you to return to the ground."

As soon as he finished speaking, a scream was heard above their heads, and the scream was distorted because the person shouting was approaching quickly.

“Ahhhh… Snap!”

Everyone looked at the broken mercenary.

Wang turned to Elizabeth and said, "Did you hear that scream just now? That was the Doppler effect."

Elizabeth: “Is this the time to talk about this?”

The dwarf had already checked the fallen mercenary: "He's dead, completely dead. And the extent of the shattered organs means that even resurrection magic won't work. We need to find a way to repair the body first."

Elizabeth looked sympathetic: "It was us who got them into this dangerous situation."

Wang: "We are also in danger now. Do you think we are safe? But we are far away now, and it will take time for the cavemen to mobilize. I suggest we leave quickly."

Marika: "I'll check the traps."

Wang: "Okay, you lead the charge, and Flint will take the rear."

Flint: “Why?”

"You have dark vision." The king turned to the elf and Elizabeth, "You two stay with me. Xiaobai will follow Marika and smell the scent to guide the way. Gaotrik will maneuver according to the situation."

"Great!" The barbarian patted his chest, looking very reliable.

The group left the shaft and moved forward along the tunnel built by the ancient dwarves.

After a few steps Marika shouted, “Stop!”

As everyone stopped, Marika carefully checked the ground: "There was a mechanism here, but it was stepped on and destroyed."

Wang looked at the map and said, "We just saw a side hole formed by breaking the wall built by the dwarves. I guess the cave dwellers dug a hole to drive the monster out of the temple more easily, and then dismantled all the mechanisms along the way - or stepped on them."

Flint, who was walking at the end and looking behind with caution, said, "I have a different opinion. When we were descending, didn't we see that there was a section of the shaft with the original strata exposed on both sides? It is impossible for humans to build a shaft without reinforcement. I guess it was the movement of the earth's crust that caused the strata to break, and the shaft finally connected to the bottom.

"Although humans are not good at stonework, they will not be stupid enough to dig hard. The fact that they can build a vertical shaft shows that this place is originally a geological weakness."

Wang: "So it was a geological change or an earthquake that caused the shaft to connect to the underground dwarven palace, and the cave dwellers came down and found a weak spot in the dwarven wall to dig it open?"

"I will never admit that these evil little creatures can break through the dwarf's solid stone wall!" Flint said angrily.

Wang: "But we did encounter a gap just now."

Marika: "Stop arguing. We've scouted ahead and there are no more traps. Let's go."

The group started moving forward again.

Perhaps because of the danger-filled environment, the team members who usually chat and laugh are all quiet and concentrating on observing their surroundings.