Maybe it was for the convenience of guarding, or maybe the paladin Henk wanted to be lazy, so he just found a place nearby?
Anyway!
The six of them only traveled one night, and at dawn the next morning, they successfully arrived near the Sword Mountains in the Cellar Garden Forest, not far from the Shield of Mobilion, and started from a very secret place.
The small entrance leads into the world of the dungeon.
There is no doubt that the caves in the underground world are very, very dark and deep. Therefore, at the beginning, Edkin, Simon, and Holgai could hardly see the road ahead. Even with the paladin Henk leading the way, the three of them could hardly see the road ahead.
People can only use kerosene lamps prepared in advance for lighting.
But Doric didn't need it!
Because she is a tiefling, a son of the devil, and a druid in the green garden. Whether it is a dark environment or a dark and humid underground cave world, it seems to be a piece of cake for her.
Because the druid was accustomed to darkness when she transformed into various animals and wandered in the forest. Coupled with the inheritance of her ancestors in purgatory, she has the talent for dark vision. She naturally has extraordinary abilities in darkness and low light environments.
His eyesight was so good that his performance was not even worse than that of the paladin Henk who led the way.
As for Anne…
It doesn't matter whether she can see it or not.
That's because, at this moment, she was lying on the shoulders of Tibbers, her little bear, holding one of his big plush ears with one hand, and holding his neck with the other hand.
She doesn't need to see when she's asleep with her eyelids closed!
(…)
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(Uncle Tibbers Bear, who obeyed the order of a certain bad little master before going to bed and followed the five people obediently, said: Its name is "Shadow Bear", Shadow Shadow, as the name suggests, to put it more simply,
It can probably also be understood as 'shadow'? Therefore, anyone who is not a fool can know what kind of existence it is from its name, and the dark world environment of the dungeon in front of it is definitely for it.
There is no need for any trouble.)
"..."
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In this way, while a certain naughty little girl was fast asleep, the team was still moving forward unhurriedly.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
The five people walking in front also remained silent, and at some point, Edkin and Holgai both extinguished the kerosene lamps in their hands.
Because along the way, they have basically discovered that this underground world seems to have some kind of unique and magical magic?
Apart from the strange creatures and traps, and the helplessness they felt when they were shrouded in darkness at first, as time went by, when their eyes gradually adapted to the surrounding darkness, they were surprised to find that the rocks in those caves alone were
Is the faint light emitted by some places on the wall or some weird creatures enough to allow them to see the way forward clearly?
Immediately afterwards, they were shocked to see that the scenery here was so magnificent and colorful, not inferior to the world on the ground at all.
In the darkness, looking around, the walls and roof of the cave are covered with all kinds of shining crystals, shining with colorful light. If they were not out of reach, Edkin and Holgay would probably take a few pieces off.
Let’s see if it’s the kind of gem that can be sold for money, right?
Similarly, the floor of the cave is also covered with soft, carpet-like, but more magical mysterious algae, so that every step they take, it will burst out with a faint light and leave a clear
footprint?
On the road, a few people could see some weird sculptures or murals from time to time. Although the style looked very weird, it can also be seen from this that the creatures in the underground world obviously have their own ancient and mysterious civilization.
Contrary to the colorful environment that greets you, there is no shortage of danger everywhere!
Looking around, apart from the rugged and slippery paths under everyone's feet, there are surging underground rivers and bottomless abyss almost everywhere. Sometimes I find that I am walking on a seemingly smooth passage.
Inside, but when they turned a corner, they saw a bottomless cliff, which was like a trap. If it weren't for the familiar paladin Henk leading the way, I'm afraid someone among the five of them would have suddenly fallen into that kind of horror.
into a natural trap.
According to what Henk said, he didn't know how many there were in the entire dungeon, but there were a lot of ferocious monsters gathered near here alone. They were either cave-dwelling humans, demons and demons from other planes.
A monster, or some kind of indigenous terrifying creature?
Anyway!
In this underground world, only the toughest and most cautious explorers can barely survive, because any careless or reckless move may cost your life!
Otherwise, he would not have chosen to keep that important 'Dharma Breaking Helmet' in such a terrible place. Only the complex and dangerous environment there would be enough to deter most snoops.
At this time, no one knew how long they had been walking, but everyone was still filing forward silently.
At the front of the team, of course, the paladin Henk Yenda was leading the way. After all, the other party hid the things, and only the other party could lead Edkin, Simon, Doric, Holgai and others who followed them in turn.
A certain troubled little girl who was sleeping soundly and five people found the secret place where the things were hidden.
"You all saw it."
"The underground world is so big that we can't even imagine it!"
"It is said that there are countless underground cities and labyrinths in places that we cannot see and touch, each with their own unique design and history. Some have existed since ancient times, but now only
Mysterious legends and ruins.”
"And some were built by wealthy magicians or mysterious nobles who didn't want to be disturbed. After all, you all know that mages are the kind of weirdos who always like to study weird things?"
Perhaps they had reached a relatively safe area, so the paladin Henk, who was leading the way, suddenly started to explain to everyone, and when he mentioned the mage, he subconsciously glanced at Simon behind him.
As for the one at the back who was sleeping soundly on the shoulders of the giant bear, and when he was on the way, he had claimed to be the most, most, most, most, most... the most powerful arcane master.
He didn't look much at the mage's bad little girl, nor did he have many thoughts or comments. Apparently, like Edkin and others, he didn't quite believe her boastful words.
"it's here……"
"Each city has its own rules and order, which are very different from those on the ground. Some of them are controlled by evil forces, such as demons, dark elves, and even tieflings, etc., thus making that kind of city
It has become a place of sin.”
"And some are guarded by kind-hearted underground tribes and have become rare refuges."
"But I advise you, if you come to this kind of place again in the future, no matter what type of underground city it is, it is best not to touch them easily if you are not familiar with it and it is not necessary?"
After saying that, after seeing everyone's cowardly looks, Paladin Henk nodded with satisfaction and continued to lead the way.
"Hello!"
"I do not understand!"
At this time, Edkin became a little impatient and asked directly:
"Henk!"
"Didn't you swear to keep it safe?"
"But!"
"Why leave it in this place where birds don't poop?"
He has endured these words for a long time. After all, in Edkin's opinion, it is just a broken helmet. He can just dig a hole under his bed and bury it. It is not only safe and convenient, but also can be used every day.
Keep it, as for running to such a dangerous and uncontrollable place without any thought?
"Correction!"
"There are no birds here at all!"
After hearing Edkin's words, the druid girl Doric, who had been paying attention to the dark cave wall, added this sentence without hesitation.
"There are quite a few bats!"
"And some weird moths?"
In her opinion, only animals like bats that do not need vision can fly and survive in such a complex environment. If it were an ordinary bird, it would just hit the cave wall without knowing what happened.
Killed!
"Precisely because the environment here is dangerous, and precisely because this is a place that no one who cherishes his life will easily set foot in, I hid it here!"
"If it were you..."
"Even if you know it's here, if you don't have a reason and firm belief to get it, I'm afraid you won't come, right?"
The paladin Henk didn't mind Edkin's question. He just turned around and looked at Edkin with a half-smile and asked.
"..."
At this moment, Edkin honestly remained silent, obviously knowing that he would definitely not be able to defend the other party.
"Everyone!"
"Where are we?"
Immediately afterwards, the barbarian female warrior Holgai who was following Edkin opened her voice and asked in a loud voice.
"I've completely lost my sense of direction with all this spinning..."
"It is almost impossible for us barbarians to let a barbarian get lost, but this damn place, it did it!"
Holgai said that she had no idea where the God was now. Even if everyone backed down or asked her to go back by herself, she probably would not be able to find the previous hole leading to the ground world.
"I know!"
"It should still be under the Sword Mountain Range in Jioyuan Forest."
"We walked along the terrain of the mountains and walked downwards. I guess we didn't go very far?"
Before the paladin in front could speak, Druid Doric spoke first.
Because she is a druid and a tiefling, it is not difficult for her to live in this environment here. She can even accurately judge the general direction of everyone's location, such as the possible depth from the ground and the direction they are heading.
direction, etc.
"!!"
"Why are you still here?"
"But I feel like we've been gone for days!"
"I think we have walked at least a few hundred miles, why haven't we reached the end yet?"
Holgai wailed again and became more and more irritable.
From this, it can be seen that they barbarians really don't like the oppressive, dark and claustrophobic environment of the dungeon.
"No!"
"We only walked for half a day at most."
"look!"
"Annie hasn't woken up yet..."
"We came down early in the morning, and Annie usually sleeps in until the afternoon, so it should only be half a day away now?"
Simon, the rookie warlock, glanced at the little girl sleeping soundly on Tibbers' shoulder behind him, and accurately judged the approximate time from her human timer.
"In fact..."
"Holgay, you don't know, right?"
"The dungeons are endless!"
"It is said that it is vaster and more complex than the world on the ground?"
"Because there is only one layer on the earth's surface, and upward is the sky, but here, there can be countless layers, spiraling down layer by layer until you reach the scorching burning hell!"
Now that the paladin has taken the lead in speaking, in order to ease the depressing atmosphere and appease his companion Holgai who has become a little irritable, Simon, a rookie warlock with a well-educated family background and a wide range of talents, has begun his science popularization again.
"Endless?"
"Oh! Simon!"
"That's really bad news!"
Hearing what Simon said, Edkin couldn't help but lamented along with Holgay.
"only hope……"
"Let's not go too far!"
"You also know..."
"We can't be like Anne, who closes our eyes and doesn't care about anything?"
While speaking, Edkin was a little worried, but he did not forget to look at Anne and the giant bear Tibbs behind him with envious eyes, and sighed again.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
(If possible, Tibbers really wants to say loudly: There are so many things that his bad little master doesn’t have to worry about, and she can carelessly forget about major events like the destruction of the plane world.
, let alone the trivial matter of adventuring in the dungeon.)
"It's not far, it's just ahead."
"The ruins of Dobrund are just ahead!"
At this time, the paladin Henk spoke again, and finally gave good news to the gradually impatient Edkin and the irritable Holgay.
"certainly!"
"The premise is..."
"You'd better not disturb the underground residents here?"
"Believe me!"
"Any dangers you have heard and read about here are just the tip of the iceberg!"
Immediately afterwards, Paladin Henk warned with careful words and a stern tone.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
Then, under Henke's instructions, the four people behind them saw a scene that shocked and shocked them: it was a huge cave, and under the dome-like cave, there was a huge underground city.
And it was a real city, no smaller than any ground city they had ever seen!
Looking from a distance, all kinds of lights are shining on those weird buildings. There are all kinds of colors, and they look extremely gorgeous!
Moreover, it is not difficult to know from the architectural styles that the people living there are definitely not serious humans or humanoid creatures!
"Don't light the fire!"
"Keep quiet!"
Then, the paladin Henk hurriedly scolded the warlock Simon who wanted to cast a spell and light the kerosene lamp, and stretched out his hand to ask everyone to be vigilant.
Because, he saw that several brains suddenly appeared in front of him.
Of course, to be precise, they are some kind of monsters that look like brains, but have extra limbs?
"!!"
"what is that!?"
Edkin obviously also saw those ferocious monsters that he had never seen before, so he was so horrified that his eyes widened in an instant.
"Quiet!"
"Stop talking and stand aside!"
"That's the Brain Eater!"
Paladin Henk had a cold face, and then waved to the people behind him to stand against the cave wall and stay calm, so as to make way for the monsters approaching in front of him.
"Brain Eater?"
It was impossible not to speak, but Edkin, who was feeling uneasy, still lowered his voice and asked with a hint of terror.
"Yes!"
"They are known as intelligence devourers. Although they are not big, they are very difficult to deal with!"
"Under normal circumstances..."
"They will knock the target unconscious, eat the target's brain and then control the target's body. It is very evil!"
Regardless of the possibility that his words might bring greater fear to the team members, Paladin Henk just watched the approaching monsters while explaining quietly.
"..."
"..."
"..."
Hearing this, Holgai, Simon and Doric were naturally frightened and immediately leaned against the wall to give way and shut their mouths.
"So what do we do now?"
Looking at the monster getting closer and closer, Edkin, who didn't want to have his brain eaten at all, asked again in a trembling voice.
"Stand aside!"
"Don't make a sound!"
"They are only attracted by spiritual energy. The higher the intelligence of highly intelligent creatures, that is, the prey, the more they will be attracted and attack."
"So, let's quickly pray to the gods to make our IQ less high?"
As he said that, Henk was obviously not sure whether he would be attacked, so while signaling Edkin to lean against the wall to make way with him, he also pulled out a dagger and prepared for a desperate duel.
Obviously, it is not difficult to know from his performance that he himself does not seem to have any good solutions.
"??"
"What can I do to make my IQ less high?!"
Edkin became anxious, widened his eyes and asked angrily in a lowered voice.
Because they are born so smart and have such high IQs, how could they suddenly become low at this time?
But...
Soon, Edkin no longer needed to worry about his IQ.
Because, he saw that those ugly brain-eating monsters that were said to only attack creatures with higher IQs did not even look at him, nor any of the five of them, but used their ugly expressions to attack them.
He just walked past the five of them with his limbs and the same ugly brain and body?
seem……
They didn't value the IQ of the five of them at all, or the IQ of the five of them simply couldn't reach the level of being attacked by them or taking a second look?
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
then!
When those ugly and terrifying brain-eating monsters walked directly in front of the five people, including Edkin, Simon, Holgay, Doric and the paladin Henk, they all felt that their
My self-esteem has been seriously hit!
because……
Those monsters, those brain-eating monsters, actually ignored them so simply. Did they actually look down on their brains?
"Hello!"
"Why don't they attack us?"
"No reason!"
"I have said that they will only be attracted by spiritual energy. The more intelligent creatures are, that is, the higher the intelligence of the prey, the more they will be attracted and attack."
"oh!"
"That is to say..."
"In the eyes of those monsters, the five of us are not intelligent enough?"
"Well…"
"Although the words are hurtful, they probably mean that."
"..."
"..."
After being silent for a while and discussing a few words with each other, although they were indeed despised by a few ugly monsters, the five of them breathed a sigh of relief to avoid unnecessary fights, and then prepared to move on.
.
Unfortunately, the next second, the words of the sharp-eyed druid girl Doric once again made everyone uneasy.
"!!"
"Hello!"
"Look, what do they mean?"
Following Doric's instructions, everyone saw that at this moment, little Annie, who was still sleeping soundly on Tibbers' shoulders, was actually surrounded by those brain-eating monsters?
Then……
At this time, they were still jumping and entangled with Tibbers, as if they wanted to attack little Annie who was sleeping soundly on his shoulders?
"??"
"What does that mean?"
"Hello!"
"Henk?"
"Well……"
"That is to say..."
"In the eyes of those brain-eating monsters, that little girl's IQ is higher than ours?"
"?!"
"you sure?"
"Is it fake? That's impossible!"
"That's right!"
"They don't have eyes at all. I think your information about the brain-eating monster must be wrong!"
"I agree too!"
"How is it possible that the IQs of the rest of us can't compare to that little brat?"
"..."
Then, those few people did not go back to rescue, but all denied Henk's words, and strongly protested the ruthless fact that their combined intelligence was not as good as that of a little girl, and then quickly blamed the paladin Henk.
Because of the wrong information provided by Ke and the reason why Brain Eater does not have eyes.
(…)
:!!
(At this time, Tibbs became impatient before the few people could come up with the result of their discussion, because if the bad little master in him was awakened, the first unlucky target would definitely be
It’s Uncle Bear!)
so……
Whoosh!
It just waved its claws slightly, and the monsters that jumped many times and couldn't wait to eat Annie's brain were instantly cut into several disgusting and trembling lumps by its sharp claws.
The brain fell into pieces and fell onto the floor.
"Well?"
"What's that bear of hers?"
"So powerful?"
Finally, the paladin Henk, who was originally thinking about how to provide support, saw and discovered the power of Tibbers for the first time, and then couldn't help but exclaimed and asked Edkin and the others.
"Of course it's awesome!"
"Otherwise, why do you think she was strongly recommended by Doric to join our team?"
Seeing Henk's surprised expression for the first time, Edkin couldn't help but feel a little proud.
"really!"
"Although little Annie's spells are not very good, but..."
"That bear is probably enough to knock down four of us, um, including you, all five of us?"
Seeing Tibbers calmly solving the problem and continuing to carry a troubled little girl who was sleeping soundly, Holgay couldn't help but sigh.
“It’s unbelievable!”
"It's really strong!"
After inspecting it again, Paladin Henk, who really couldn't see any legs of the giant bear, echoed again.
"Have you said enough?"
"look!"
"move!"
"There are still a lot of those disgusting monsters, don't bother them again later!"
At this time, the sharp-eyed Doric quickly pointed in a certain direction in the distance and urged.
Because she saw that there were more disgusting brain-eating monsters further away, and they didn't know what was going on. They seemed to be alarmed, dragging their ugly bodies and running around, as if they were...
Looking for something the same.
"!!"
"Let's go!"
"Everyone, get out of here first!"
Paladin Henk, who had never seen a brain-eating monster riot before, also felt something was wrong, and then he quickly motioned for everyone to follow him in the other direction.
"Henk!"
"I always feel that maybe your information about the Brain Eater is wrong?"
"maybe……"
"Maybe they prefer to eat the tender meat of small children?"
Looking at the massive number of brain-eating monsters restless in the distance, Edkin seemed to be still worried about the fact that the "IQ" of the five of them was not as good as that of a bad little girl who only knew how to eat, drink, play and sleep.
So, while he hurriedly followed the other person forward, he did not forget to sarcastically use that resentful and unhappy tone.
"..."
Unfortunately, the Seri Paladin did not speak, but silently led the way, and from time to time looked at the giant bear Tibbs and the giant bear on the shoulder with doubts and strange eyes following the team.
Little Annie glanced over.
Obviously, like Edkin and others, he seems to be unwilling to admit that his IQ is that of five adults, especially the fact that he, a paladin who has lived for more than a century, is not as good as a little girl of how many years old?
but……
He didn't know why those brain-eating monsters ignored the five of them and preferred to find a little girl who was sleeping soundly and looked silly. He also didn't know why more brain-eating monsters became restless.
.
(…)
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(If he could speak, Tibbers would loudly and proudly declare: Those brain-eating monsters just came for his Uncle Bear, and his IQ is so high! Even so, his Uncle Bear is not that good at all.
It does not have a physical body, nor does it have a brain in any substantial sense? However, no matter what, that does not prevent it from believing that its IQ is higher than those stupid humans.
, not the same!)
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Chapter completed!