Chapter 191 Journey Underground
The dark and deep underground ruins were surrounded by silence.
There is a trace of humidity and coldness in the air. Due to the lack of exposure to sunlight all year round, there are almost no plants growing in the underground ruins. Except for some gray moss and fungi can be seen between the rock formations and stone crevices.
Tick tock!
Countless stalactites hang down from the rock formations at the top of the cave. Water drops drip from above and hit the rocks below. If they persist, they will create a depression with a pool of clear water inside.
"Hoo! Hoo"
Rapid breathing resounded in the silence. A downcast figure stumbled to the rock. His physical strength seemed to be at its limit. He stumbled and fell to the ground. When he saw the clear water in the depression of the rock, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Like a traveler in the desert who is short of water, and like a hungry beast.
He used his last strength to throw his body onto the rock, licking the water greedily. His chapped lips felt wet, and his whole body was like a dead tree receiving sweet rain, regaining a trace of life.
After drinking the water in the stone recess, he raised his head and looked around with vigilant eyes. He saw several gray mushrooms growing in the rock formations. He immediately reached out and picked them out. Regardless of whether they were poisonous or not, he stuffed them into his mouth hungrily.
"Without the protection of Falling Night City, you degenerates are really in a sorry state."
A sudden voice suddenly sounded, and in the darkness ahead, a gleam of light bloomed in vain. Several figures slowly walked over, and Caroline said with a teasing smile on her face.
"Surface Wizard!" The Fallen's expression changed, and his body trembled with fear.
"A second-level apprentice fallen." Lafite took a step forward and sneered, "According to the reward offered by Uncle Ulysses, your head can be exchanged for a bounty of 200 magic stones!"
"No! Don't kill me. Sirs, I am willing to surrender!" The fallen apprentice knelt on the ground and begged with a trembling voice.
"Surrender? We don't need that." Caroline covered her mouth and chuckled.
"If that's the case, then go die!"
Suddenly, a trace of ferocity flashed in the fallen apprentice's eyes. He was kneeling on the ground, but he got up in vain. A serrated scimitar appeared in his hand at an unknown moment, and he pounced on Caroline like a wild beast.
"Lightning Strike Technique!"
Next to him, Lafite's eyes flashed, and he raised his hand to release a bolt of lightning, which pierced the fallen man's chest like a sharp sword. The strong energy penetrated a hole, and the surrounding flesh and blood seemed to be burned.
"Uh." The fallen apprentice looked painful, and his stiff body fell to the ground.
"Hehe, we killed another fallen apprentice!"
Caroline smiled. She had been prepared just now. Even if Lafite didn't take action, he could still block the fallen man's counterattack before his death. When he saw that the fallen man was already dead, he clapped his hands excitedly and said, "We just entered the underground." After two days in the ruins, this is already the third fallen person, and the total bounty is 600 magic stones."
"It's a pity that I have never met a third-level fallen apprentice." Lafite said regretfully.
According to the bounty offered by Thunder City, the higher the level of the fallen, the higher the bounty. Among them, the first-level fallen is 50 magic stones, the second-level fallen is 200 magic stones, and the head of the third-level fallen can be exchanged for 400 magic stones.
"The head of a third-level fallen person can almost be exchanged for an intermediate-level demonized item." Caroline looked longingly.
"After the collapse of Nightfall City, fallen wizards became street rats." Enzo shook his head and said, "Those third-level fallen ones, in order to escape pursuit, hid deep in the underground ruins. It is not easy to find them. "
After solving the second-level degenerate, everyone was busy and then continued to move forward.
"Chip, turn on the detection function and scan all nearby life forms."
The deeper the underground ruins go, the more complicated the environment becomes. In addition to caves and tunnels, there are countless tortuous rock cracks and waterways eroded by thousands of years of water. The fallen may be somewhere in a dark corner, making it difficult to detect.
After two days in the underground ruins, Enzo only discovered the three fallen ones he encountered before using chips.
"Ding! A life form was found 1,000 meters ahead. According to energy level analysis, it is suspected to be a third-level wizard apprentice!"
As Enzo was promoted to a third-level apprentice and his soul underwent a transformation, the chip seemed to have been upgraded. The original detection function extended up to 500 meters around, but now it has been increased to 1,000 meters.
"Go over there and have a look."
Enzo looked in the direction indicated by the chip. It was a long and narrow passage. The entrance was a cave only big enough for one person to enter. It was dark inside and looked very depressing.
He took the first step and walked into the corridor.
Several others followed, and Eve used witchcraft to create a spot of light to illuminate for everyone. Isaac suddenly noticed that the mushrooms growing in the cracks in the rocks at the corner of the corridor showed signs of being picked.
"It seems that someone has indeed been here." Isaac said solemnly.
The team soon arrived at the end of the corridor. It was still dark ahead, but the space suddenly opened up. In a dirty and shabby camp, there was a group of short green-skinned goblins gathered around an iron pot.
"Chip, scan!"
Enzo raised his hand to signal everyone to stop. He did not rush into the goblin camp, but turned on the chip scanning function for them first.
"Target: Green-skinned goblins/Strength: 0.5/Physique: 0.4/Spirit: 0.4/Information introduction: Green-skinned goblins who live in underground ruins are timid and cowardly by nature. They are social creatures at the bottom of the food chain. They have strong reproductive capabilities. And there are no requirements for food, except for soil and stones, everything is in their recipes.”
The busy goblins in the camp are not creatures transformed by witchcraft.
They are just some ordinary green-skinned goblins, and they are extremely numerous in the underground ruins. Although they are weak in number, their race has spread to every corner of the underground ruins with their powerful reproductive ability.
The goblin camp in front of me looked very crude.
Apart from an iron pot surrounded by goblins, there were only piles of rubble and a dirt bag with a strip of cloth on a stick. The only thing that seemed out of place was a shabby black tent at the very end.
"Get the food ready, you despicable creatures!"
A scolding voice came from the tent. The tone sounded stern, but there was a hint of weakness. After the green goblins heard it, they quickly speeded up their movements and took out the boiling food from the iron pot.
"Ahem! Damn surface wizard."
At this time, a figure in gray robes walked out of the tent. He had an ugly face and extremely pale skin. He had gauze wrapped around his chest and was holding a simple wooden crutch.
A green-skinned goblin walked over with food in hand.
The man in gray robe took the wooden bowl and glanced at the brown mushroom soup inside, his face became even more ugly. He suppressed the nausea in his heart and poured the smelly mushroom soup into his mouth.