In the pitch-black cave, several diffused rays of light shot out, and the naturally occurring stalactites were dripping with water. One after another, a cold wind came from the empty and deep cave.

There are markings between the cave walls, left long ago, and oil lamps, which are lit with fire, illuminating the deep, dark cave.

"According to what I know, the treasure will be buried several kilometers away from here. In the process, we may encounter the bones of those who have died for a long time. Although the dense density is a bit scary, as long as we get over those bones, we can reach the treasure safely.

place."

John held a hand-drawn map, which was clearer than a parchment scroll and even included the decomposition of the cave.

As the name suggests, the treasure must be difficult, and looking at the countless corpses, ordinary people would probably be frightened and run away. As for the traps, people of such a long time would not leave them. Even if they wanted to stay, they would probably be killed by the dragon first.

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"The treasure is behind the door. Those doors were built by the previous generation. They used the doors to block the exit because they were afraid of danger. That's why the dragon at that time couldn't chase down the two people."

Modi looked at the very detailed map in John's hand. The door was made of stone and metal. The remote control was probably on the outside, completely locking the dragon from exiting through this exit.

"That way you won't be afraid. When there is danger, the first thing to do is to use this door to hinder the dragon's progress."

The ancestors still left this safety measure. They didn't have to worry too much about the dragon chasing after the enemy when they saw it. But if the gold was taken, I'm afraid the door wouldn't be able to support it. Ye Ming

Lu thinks so.

Why can't the dragon break through the door? Is it because the door is too thick? Or is it because he didn't get the gold and there is no need to chase it. If someone steals the gold in turn, it will be more of a loss than the gain. As the dragon who loves gold the most, he will never leave gold easily.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go. Don't you be afraid when you see the corpses. They are all people who have been dead for a long time and will not be resurrected."

John and the mercenary captain took the lead in walking in front, followed by Ye Minglu, Modi and others. The road became wider and wider as they walked, as if they were walking into another world.

"What are these things?"

Halfway through the road, I found many vases and wooden boxes scattered around. They didn't look like gold jewelry, but they were equally valuable items.

"These should be silk cloths brought back by the expedition team at that time, and even exquisitely crafted porcelain."

Modi came over and carefully observed these scattered things that had been ignored by previous explorers. He judged that these treasures were carried by foreign merchant ships that had been on mission to ancient China, or by envoys representing the country.

I accidentally encountered a storm that was too strong and was washed away to the Phoenix Islands.

Because the ship was damaged by a storm, they had no choice but to move the treasure here and hide it. Unexpectedly, they encountered an evil dragon. The evil dragon, who liked gold, killed them all and then guarded the gold. Not only that, but later collected many treasures from all over the world.

Gold traveling to and from merchant ships.

"Dragons are such wasteful things. They don't like anything except shiny gems and gold. I heard that dragons also like beautiful women. I don't know if it's true."

Modi held his chin thoughtfully, thinking seriously but as if he was trying to scare the four girls. The rumors were true, but many of them had not been confirmed, so they were unreliable.

"No way! I don't like dragons!"

When Emily heard that Long liked cute girls, she immediately became timid and hid behind Yue Xin while retorting fiercely.

"Haha, I'm just kidding, I just scared you Emily, okay, let's move on!"

After being amused, Modi returned to his serious expression. There were still many things waiting for them ahead. The boxes scattered everywhere were a bit strange, and there seemed to be signs of fighting around them.

Although Modi has always been optimistic and joking, in fact, he was secretly observing the situation around him, and his progress was getting slower and slower, but John and the mercenary captain were going too far.

"Ming Lu, we may be in big trouble later!"

Modi spoke softly through the communicator. From time to time, there were scattered bones and deep and strange footprints around. They were all left a long time ago. What happened back then? It was definitely not just a simple dragon that killed so many explorers.

"You mean to tell us to be careful with our code?"

After Modi said this, Ye Minglu had to be on guard and began to carefully analyze the surrounding situation. It was indeed a bit strange. There seemed to be something waiting for them ahead.

"Just understand. I suspect that some of the members of the expedition team were killed by dragons, but some of them were probably killed by things other than dragons."

"How do you say this, other things? In addition to the dragon here, if the dragon is not a demon hunter, it is probably the work of a demon hunter."

"That's half true, but if the dragon is the demon hunter, then who is the one who killed the other explorers? I think it's..."

"What..."

"The work of those who have been dead for so long that they are just bones!"

Modi was not 100% sure, but based on the fact that the footprints around him were the footsteps of bones, the scattered bones of hands holding knives, and the messy footprints of explorers wearing shoes, the situation at that time was probably that those bones were alive.

, and chased the explorers.

"It can't really be like this! The bones of dead people can actually move? Isn't this like a fantasy?"

It's not that Ye Minglu doesn't believe it, but he thinks it's incredible. How could such a thing be done? It's not like people at that time resurrected themselves by holding the bones of protecting treasures.

There are demon hunters, elves, and even sea tribes in the world. It is possible that the dead bones can move, but there is a reason for their existence. If it is simply to protect the treasure, they will also respond to dragons, but just right

On the contrary, this makes people think that the dragon is controlling everything.

"Since we don't want outsiders to have access to the treasure, but allow the dragon to access it, it's simple and clear. The dragon is the final operator. Ming Lu, your suspicion is correct!"

Modi penetrated Ye Minglu's thoughts and realized that the dragon is the initiator of all conflicts. If he wants to touch the treasure, he must first eliminate the guardian of the treasure.

At this moment, John stopped and looked ahead in a daze without making a sound. The mercenary captain was also stunned on the spot.

When Modi and others saw this, they immediately ran forward to take a look, and the same expressions showed. What a terrifying scene they saw in front of them.

"ah--"

Emily and Wuyue glanced at each other, and their faces turned green with fright. They hid behind Yue Xin unconsciously, not daring to take a second look. As a senior among elves, Falua was not prepared for such a terrifying thing.

The scene was also a bit scary.

Only Yue Xin did not feel any fear because she had seen the strange reasons. In the past, when entering the haunted house, she was suddenly frightened by all kinds of ghosts appearing, but now the scene was directly displayed in front of her eyes, and the fear no longer existed.

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In front of everyone, there were scattered piles of bones. The 100-meter stretch was covered with piles of bones. Surrounding the bones were spears, swords, and shields. They must have been piled up with the bones of hundreds of people in the past.

"Ming Lu, be careful!"

Modi turned on the safety of his semi-automatic rifle and notified Ye Minglu to prepare for battle. When he saw so many weapons lying around the bones, he had an ominous premonition.

"Ming Lu, it's dark magic. Those bones have dark magic in them!"

Jie Xin said it calmly. The words "dark magic" came to the ears of the mercenaries and John. They were confused. What was that?

"It turns out that it was really the Bones that killed some of the explorers. The situation back then was definitely not that the dragon alone killed so many explorers."

Ye Minglu gritted his teeth. The white bones contained dark magic power, which meant that the demon hunter would put some power on the white bones, and when they encountered intruders, they would automatically resurrect and kill those who came.

This also proves that the demon hunter is probably the so-called "dragon", and there is no other special explanation other than that.

"Everyone, hurry back and don't get close to those bones. Everyone is ready to fire!"

Seeing John approaching those bones, Modi shouted to show the danger of those bones. If he got close, he might not be able to save his life.

As soon as John heard this, he immediately stayed away from those bones. Modi's analysis was not wrong. He would rather listen to Modi's words than get close to those bones that had been dead for hundreds of years.

The mercenaries seemed to have discovered something was wrong. They took a few steps back, each of them pulled the bolt of their gun and aimed at the bones. They didn't care about what the dark magic was, because they were in big trouble.

The white bones moved and strangely combined into a complete skeleton. The slender and thin bones had no organs, only rattan bone fragments. Holding spears, swords, and shields, hundreds of skeleton armies were assembled in an instant.

"Impossible, is this a curse?"

John murmured, the white bones turned into moving skeletons, how could such an abnormal thing happen? There is no such thing as ghosts in the world.

"This is not a curse, it is the power of the dragon that controls them. If we want to move forward now, we have to retreat while fighting and eliminate them before we have a chance to move forward."

Modi is like a vanguard captain who issues combat instructions and responds to combat situations based on the actual situation. The situation of being outnumbered is very detrimental to the combat effectiveness of more than a dozen people.

"Everyone stand back!"

Ye Minglu and Modi walked to the front and opened fire without saying a word. The bullets they were equipped with were specially designed for armor-piercing. It was fake how thick hundreds of years of bones could be. Basically every armor-piercing bullet could penetrate

Two or three skeletons.

The mercenaries no longer hesitated and opened fire on the skeletons. The sound of gunfire was deafening throughout the cave.

The girls also followed Ye Minglu's words and began to retreat, trying to put as much distance between themselves and the skeleton as possible.

"Eat a pineapple from me!"

Modi took off a high-explosive grenade from his waist, which was powerful enough to shatter bones. He watched how they recovered and threw it with super strong throwing arm strength.

"Squat down!"

High-explosive grenades are different from ordinary grenades. They are more powerful and explosive than ordinary grenades. If you don't squat down, you can easily be accidentally injured by flying objects.

Boom bang--

The grenade exploded among the skeletons, and the intense flames shook the entire cave. The stalactites could not withstand the vibration and collapsed, directly smashing a skeleton that was just about to get up.

Each of them has several grenades in their hands, but it seems that the grenades are too powerful. If they are used a few times, they may cause the mountain to collapse, and it is not a good thing to bury themselves.

"Modi, stop using grenades!"

"OK, but there are so many skeletons, and only a few dozen of them can be blown up by one grenade. It seems impossible that our bullets will smash them to pieces and make them unable to recover!"

Ta da da….

Although armor-piercing bullets can penetrate multiple skeletons, the skeleton's recovery ability is so strong that it would be impossible to withstand it unless it is blasted to pieces.

There was such a gap between weapons two hundred years ago, and even the powerful firepower now has little effect on skeletons.

"Find a cover, let's fire intensively, and blast the charging skeletons into smithereens!"
To be continued...