Path of light

Chapter 355 356. Shaft

Captain Kepler knew that there was a group of prisoners and bandits under the mine, and they could do anything...

Although there are no strong ones among the gray dwarves and dark moon elves, they are a group of prisoners who have lost their freedom. They have been trapped in the mines for decades, and their future is far away.

The ladder had been set up on the edge of the shaft for several days, and neither the prisoners nor the robbers thought about getting out of the mine.

This alone makes Captain Kepler worried.

Captain Kepler and Roy were not familiar with each other, and today was the first time they met.

But he knew that Roy belonged to Earl Swinburne. If anything happened to Roy, he, the leader of the guard regiment, would probably come to an end. His family would not be able to help him stop Earl Swinburne. of anger.

Roy smiled at Captain Kepler and said:

"Captain Kepler, Mulin and I just want to explore the situation underground. There will be no danger."

At this time, the mixed-blood elf swordswoman walked along the stairs into the inner courtyard and went straight to the mine. She held her hands on the edge of the shaft and looked inside. The deep wellhead kept blowing cool air upwards, and there was even a whining sound inside. sound.

Mulin asked the mixed elf next to her to pull the crane arm over, check the pulleys and ropes on the spreader, and then check the wooden box next to it.

It seems that he is determined to go down into the mine...

He also put on his magic pattern outfit, and it seemed that he really wanted to go down the well with the mixed-blood elf swordswoman.

Seeing that he could not stop Roy, Captain Kepler quickly pulled him and said:

"Roy, if you really plan to go down the well, I will select a few of the best soldiers in the regiment, and we will go down the well with you to investigate the situation!"

At this time, Mu Lin sat directly by the well. She put a pair of combat boots on her feet, and then began to put on light armor on her body. Even her blond hair was tied into balls by her, immediately showing her heroic appearance. appearance.

"Roy, Captain Kepler, it is our business to rescue the mixed elves this time. The situation below the mine is complicated, so I will go and check the situation first..."

After speaking, he stretched his legs and arms, checked the sword on his waist, and jumped directly into the wooden box.

Mu Lin had already called several mixed-blood elf warriors guarding the mine and hoisted her into the mine.

The mixed-blood elves froze on the spot.

They were brought here by Mu Lin, and Mu Lin is their captain. Naturally, she does not want Mu Lin to put herself in danger...

Roy also grabbed the cheerful Mu Lin and said to her:

"Mu Lin, don't worry. Captain Kepler's suggestion just now reminded me that we can actually organize an elite team to explore underground."

Mu Lin immediately said to Roy:

"Then I want to be the first to join!"

Thinking that Roy would organize an elite investigation team, Mu Lin said: "Roy, I can also call a few helpers to join in..."

Before Mu Lin could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Captain Kepler on the side.

"Let's let our guard regiment complete this task. The elf warriors I lead are basically veterans who have experienced the naval battle on the Queen Igwene Islands. They have rich combat experience." Captain Kepler said.

Roy actually never thought about exploring the mine so soon. The main reason was that the bottom of the mine was too dangerous for him...

But the half-blood elf could not be seen crawling out of the mine, and Mu Lin became a little anxious, so Roy had to consider going down to the bottom of the well to take a look.

Many things involve dangers and benefits at the same time...

Unexpectedly, Captain Kepler would actually take the initiative to help, which surprised Roy.

Roy took Mu Lin's arm, and the light armor felt a little cool to the touch.

"Mu Lin, I need an elf who is familiar with the situation below the mine to go down with us." Roy said to Mu Lin.

Mu Lin immediately thought of Walker. Last month, this guy was a slave in the first mine. I believe he must be familiar with the tunnels at the bottom of the mine.

"I can go talk to Walker." After Mu Lin said that, she ran up the stairs.

Roy then turned to look at Captain Kepler and said to him with a smile: "Captain Kepler, in fact, you don't have to take risks with us at all!"

"It is the duty of our guard group to protect you, and if we have a few more helpers together, we can also take care of each other." Captain Kepler tried his best to squeeze out a smile, trying to make his smile look more natural.

Since Captain Kepler said this, Roy stopped being polite and said directly:

"Captain Kepler, if you can... please find two archers. I think forming a five-man team is enough to deal with any underground emergencies."

"That's no problem!" Captain Kepler also ran to the dormitory upstairs to call some archers with superb archery skills.

Although they are a guard group, most of the elven warriors in the group are proficient in archery.

Seeing the group leader chatting with the new half-elf at the entrance of the well, a group of guardsmen stood behind the corridor, hoping to get some news.

"You guys, go and call Ed and Bruno out of the dormitory!"

Captain Kepler raised his head, pointed at a few guard soldiers standing by the fence, and gave orders!

The few Silver Moon Elf warriors who were standing upstairs watching the excitement heard Captain Kepler's order and immediately ran into the dormitory laughing.

After a while, two young elves came out of the dormitory. They were surrounded by the fence and asked Captain Kepler:

"Captain, are you looking for me?"

Captain Kepler nodded and told the two young Silver Moon elves: "Quickly put on your armor and follow me to perform the mission!"

The two elf warriors immediately saluted Captain Kepler, turned around and ran back to the dormitory. They also put on exquisite leather armor with hollow patterns, and quickly checked the longbow and quiver. Then Teng Teng ran downstairs.

Neither of them even asked Captain Kepler where they were going this time...

Not long after, Mulin brought Walker over.

Maybe it's because he has lived in the mine for too long. Now when he walks, he will unconsciously stand up.

Walker did not speak, but followed Mu Lin without saying a word. It seemed that he was ready to go down the well.

"I guess even if I don't say it, everyone knows the destination of our trip - underground."

Roy pointed to the entrance of the mine beside him and said.

"There may be some unforeseen dangers in this investigation operation, so I tell everyone again, if you regret it now, it's still too late. Anyone who doesn't want to take risks can turn around and leave. I will never do anything!"

Not only did Mu Lin and Walker have no intention of retreating, but even the two Silver Moon Elf archers stood firm.

"Since everyone is willing to take the risk with me, let's set off now!" After Roy said that, he jumped onto the large wooden box next to the mine.

Mu Lin jumped up without hesitation. When Walker jumped over the wooden box, Mu Lin even pulled him.

Captain Kepler jumped into the wooden box with two archers and introduced to Roy: "These two young elves are recognized as the best archers in our guard group. This is Ed, and this is Bruno. .”

Without waiting for Roy to speak, he ordered to a group of Silver Moon Elf warriors who came down from upstairs:

"After we go down, you guys must stay here and stay here. Whenever you see a distress signal coming from the mine, you can pull up the wooden box."

A group of Silver Moon Elf warriors heard what Captain Kepler said and realized that these people wanted to enter the mine. So some elves quickly tried to dissuade them: "Captain, everyone has no idea what is going on down there in the mine. You want me to It’s better not to take risks down there!”

"Captain, why don't we ask the valley camp to send strong men to support us!"

The Silver Moon Elf warriors talked in a variety of ways.

Captain Kepler scolded with a straight face:

"Let's not discuss things that have already been decided."

Roy saw Captain Kepler jumping into the wooden box and had no intention of getting out. He quickly reminded him: "Captain Kepler, now that we have gathered the manpower, we are going to set off now. You will be waiting for us up there." information……"

Unexpectedly, Captain Kepler raised his left arm, patted the iris shield on it, and said to Roy: "I am the best guard knight in our guard regiment. Look at my shield and explore the mine." When the time comes, I can be at the front of the team, okay, stop talking nonsense, let’s go!”

Captain Kepler gave the order, and the surrounding Silver Moon Elf warriors began to operate the crane...

Roy originally planned to form a five-member team, but now it has six members.

As the wooden box slowly sank into the mine, the expressions on the team members' faces became serious.

The exit of the mine was covered with moss. After the wooden box dropped more than twenty meters, the astringent smell of moss gradually turned into the smell of the rock wall itself.

Because it happened to be night outside at the moment, everyone entered the shaft and quickly adapted to the surrounding darkness.

After passing forty to fifty meters of rock layers, these rocks belong to the same type of rock mass as the mountain. But going further down, the rock layers turn into strips of shale, and water is constantly seeping out of the shale gaps. The vertical shaft The walls were wet.

The hanging ladder is also wet...

The shaft is not very wide when it reaches the bottom. Standing on the edge of the wooden box, you can touch the cold and uneven rock wall with your hand.

The air ducts in this mine are very well built, and even after going down to such a deep depth, I didn’t feel stuffy at all.

As the surrounding leaf rock belt turned into large pieces of lapis lazuli, Roy couldn't help but sigh at the ability of the miners who dug the shaft. Not just anyone could carve a skylight out of such hard lapis lazuli. If you can, you can see some sporadic gem mines mixed in the rock formations further down. You should have entered the veins from here, but these gem mines are relatively scattered, and the color is extremely poor, and they are not even good enough. At the lowest level, there is naturally no mining value.

The wooden box kept hanging down, and Roy stood on the edge of the wooden box, always touching the rock wall from time to time.

"Roy, what are you looking at?" Mu Lin couldn't help but ask.

Roy responded in a low voice: "This kind of shaft actually has a lot of disadvantages. I wonder if a new passage can be opened in this gem mine in the future."

"You mean that kind of gentle passage? Doesn't it mean that the entrance should be built at the foot of the mountain..." In fact, Mu Lin is also quite thoughtful.

But Roy didn't think about opening another exit. Instead, he wanted to build a spiral staircase around the shaft. Now think about what if there was a gentle mine tunnel...

"What you said...isn't impossible!" Roy whispered to Mu Lin.

The wooden box has fallen more than a hundred meters deep. This mine is much deeper than the mine in the first mine, and a faint rancid smell from the bottom of the mine has penetrated Roy's nose.

Feeling that he was about to land, Captain Kepler lowered his voice and said:

"It's almost the end, stay quiet."

…

The lower part of the shaft became wider again, and Roy couldn't even see clearly the surrounding stone walls.

The hanging ladder was right next to the wooden box. There was no sound at all in the mine, and the surroundings were dark. No one lit the torch, and just hid in the wooden box without making a sound.

Roy didn't see the mining slaves until the wooden box landed firmly on the ground.

Neither the mixed-blood elves, the Silver Moon elf prisoners, nor the gray dwarf bandits were seen...

Although it was dark under the shaft, everyone had adapted to the dark environment and could see a few meters away.

Captain Kepler held up the iris shield and was the first to jump out of the wooden box. He carefully guarded his surroundings, trying to see clearly the surrounding rock walls.

This is a space of only a dozen square meters. Captain Kepler has found a cave entrance, which should be the entrance of the mine. Some low-quality spinel ores can be found on the rock wall here.

The surroundings were surprisingly quiet. Two elven archers stood on the wooden box, holding short bows and arrows in their hands, looking around warily...

There can be no one guarding here, but it can be terrifyingly quiet.

Roy felt something was wrong, and he didn't want to fumble in the darkness. As he read a short prayer, a simple divine pattern condensed into a dim holy light.

‘low light illumination’

Although this ball of holy light is a little weak, its light can extend to the surrounding walls.

There are also many gem mines piled in the corners of the rock wall. It can be seen that these gem mines have also been carefully classified.

When the dim holy light dispelled the darkness around him little by little, Roy suddenly saw two Dark Moon Elf prisoners who were almost integrated with the darkness. They only wore a pair of tattered helmets, their hair tied back randomly, and they bowed He bent down and hid next to the wooden box, holding a black dagger in his hand, waiting for the opportunity to move.

If the 'low light illumination technique' hadn't happened to shine on both of them...

Roy could only take one more step forward, and his left leg would hit the other person's dagger without the other party taking action.

But now, Roy stopped and stared at the Dark Moon Elf prisoner with his head lowered. The sacred light above his head exuded a dark light.

The Dark Moon Elf hiding next to the wooden box seemed not to know that he had been discovered. He hid there motionless, not even daring to open his eyes wide...

Mu Lin, who was on the side, calmly turned to the side of the Dark Moon Elf prisoner, and used her unsheathed long sword to hit the Dark Moon Elf prisoner on the back of his neck with lightning speed. He quickly knocked him unconscious.

Another half-blood elf prisoner was also held by the Cape Town leader with a long sword on his neck, followed by a hand knife...