Chapter 541 Team (I added 1000 words and reread it. The main plot has not changed. I will return to the city tomorrow)
The light emitted by the two torches in the darkness could only illuminate the space of five or six meters around. In the dim light of the fire, several figures were searching the ruins vigilantly.
The rust that had accumulated on the ground for thousands of years made a crackling sound as my feet stepped on it.
"Mi'er, are you sure we can find treasure here? Why do I feel like this place has been emptied?"
A young man holding a shamisen in his arms picked up a clay pot next to him and shook it. It was obvious that it was empty.
The young man had golden brown curly hair, amber eyes, and a handsome but slightly tired face. He was wearing a tattered cloak and a pair of gloves that were obviously a bit too big for him. His three-stringed zither was polished to a very high shine, but the headstock had a serious crack.
I don't know how he plays the piano with such big gloves.
“It tells me it’s here.”
A woman in the middle of the team, with a dazed expression, as if half asleep and half awake, pointed to her head.
The woman named Mil had fair skin, short, curly silver hair, one blue pupil and one black pupil, a slender figure, and was wearing a robe with strange geometric patterns printed on it.
The robe was a little white from washing, and the cuffs and hem were a little worn. In his hand was a wooden staff more than one meter long, with a green gem inlaid on the top.
"Stop complaining, Victor, there's a box here." The burly man who had been walking in front without saying a word suddenly stopped, turned sideways and shone the torch in his hand under the iron frame by the wall. A huge iron box appeared in the sight of several people.
"I'll do it!"
Before Victor, who was holding the balalaika, could say anything, a short man wearing a hooked hat volunteered and nimbly jumped over from the end of the team.
"Terry, be careful." A chubby woman in the team couldn't help but warn the smaller man, "I don't want to waste my spell slots on you all the time. By the way, I've never seen a team where the most injured were rogues instead of warriors."
The short Terry laughed dryly: "Don't worry, Hefley, those were just accidents, accidents."
Go ahead, Terry turned sideways and took out two thin wires from his bag, skillfully inserted them into the keyhole of the box, and poked a few times, but there was no movement at all.
The little Terry looked a little embarrassed. "Well, the lock on the box seems to be rusted."
The fat sister Hefley was kind-hearted and plump, and she almost laughed out loud.
"Terry, get out of the way." The burly man in the lead raised the long sword in his hand. Terry quickly dodged to the side. The sword flashed in the darkness and accurately inserted into the keyhole of the box. With a slight rotation, the rusted lock core was completely destroyed.
"Okay, I'll try to open the box now."
The sturdy man took a deep breath, pushed hard with the tip of his sword, opened the lid of the box with a click, and then jumped back suddenly.
Several people were in defensive positions, but nothing happened, so they surrounded them.
"Another invalid scroll that shatters at the slightest touch and a potion that's expired who knows how long ago. Sigh, what period of history is this relic from? I've never seen such a relic in any book."
Victor frowned slightly, took out a small dagger and poked the pile of things in the box.
"Sora...it's pretty uncomfortable here, don't you think?"
The fat sister Hefli hesitated for a moment and said to the burly man in the lead, "It's not just here. Ever since we passed through the secret door and arrived here, I've had this feeling. The environment here is not good for us."
Although the fat lady is fat, she has a good face and no hostility on her face. She even seems innocent and cute when she speaks.
Her brown hair was tied into a low side braid, her face had some tired lines, a bit like Drew Barrymore, and she wore an oval holy symbol on her chest.
There is a winding curve in the middle of the holy emblem, and three short lines extend from the bottom of the oval.
"Hey, look what I found, Mil, do you recognize this thing?" The little guy Terry took out a small box from the box. After opening it, there were crystal clear purple crystals inside.
Miller looked at the small box in Terry's hand in a trance. His eyes seemed to be out of focus. He muttered: "Did you hear it? It just said, let's take it back, take it back."
Everyone was doing what they were doing, obviously they were already used to it. The burly man took the small box from Terry's hand and was about to put it into his backpack, but out of the corner of his eye he saw a dark shadow flash behind the short Terry.
"Terry, be careful!"
The strong man Sora roared and swung the sword in his hand suddenly. With a clang, it hit the claws that the black shadow stretched out.
Terry rolled over and avoided the sharp tail that the black shadow was about to whip towards him.
The tail is covered with sharp spikes. If you get hit by it, you will definitely have large chunks of flesh scraped off.
"It's a Babu monster!" The strong man Sora had a serious look on his face, holding the long sword in both hands, his eyes fixed on the monster in front of him.
In the light of the fire, a slender monster, about the same height as Sora, slowly appeared in everyone's sight.
The thing was covered in a sticky black shadow and twisted and crawled out from the blind spot of the fire.
(I won’t describe the appearance, just look at the pictures)
Several people quickly switched to combat mode, but did not panic. It was obvious that they had rich similar experience.
The fat sister Hefli clasped her hands and muttered something, then she waved her hand and a circle of light fell on the strong man Sora who was fighting with the Babu monster.
The little Terry moved quickly, jumped into the nearby shadows, and his figure gradually disappeared.
Victor, holding the balalaika, plucked a few strings with his fingers, and a peaceful melody appeared in the air. The speed of Babu's movement was obviously affected, and the speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye suddenly slowed down a lot.
Only Mil, who looked dazed, did not move at all, just staring blankly at the Babu monster.
Seeing that Victor's piano music had an effect, Sora's eyes flashed, and he swung his sword diagonally, heading straight for the neck of the Babu monster.
The Babu monster jumped back to avoid Sora's sword, and then threw out a stream of red slime from its arm and went straight to Sora's face.
With the blessing of Hefli, Sora's reaction was obviously much more agile. While dodging sideways, he leaned back and used the momentum to draw an arc with his sword, slashing at the Babu monster again, and they fought again.
Victor also put his sanxian on his back and took out a bag of throwing knives. Like Xiao Li's Flying Dagger, his knives never missed their targets, forcing the Babu monster to be at a loss and reveal many flaws.
The short Terry also held a dagger and appeared from the shadows from time to time, suddenly stabbing the Babu monster. Although it did not cause much damage to the Babu monster, it greatly reduced Sora's defensive pressure.
In terms of individual combat strength, no one in this team is as good as Babu, but with the cooperation of the team, Sora actually fought Babu on equal terms.
"Miel! Do it!"
Sora swung his sword with all his might, forcing the Babu monster back a few steps and then shouted loudly.
Mil, who always looked daydreaming, nodded. His blue pupil instantly turned red. He raised the wooden stick in his hand and drew a complicated pattern in the air, muttering to himself.
"Exarco mentirum!"
A sharp scream rang in everyone's ears, and a shock wave invisible to the naked eye hit the Babu monster that was rushing towards Sora again!
A layer of frost instantly appeared on the body of the Babu monster that was hit, and its movements became extremely slow.
Sora's figure suddenly sped up, leaving a trail of afterimages in the light of the fire. Holding the sword in both hands, he rushed towards the Babu monster in a charging posture!
puff!
The long sword pierced deeply into the chest of the Babu monster.
The Babu monster let out a howl and swung out its right claw. Just as its sharp claws were about to grab Sora's neck, he felt a sharp pain in his neck again.
A dagger was deeply inserted into the neck of the Babu monster. The little Terry succeeded in his attack and immediately retreated.
"it's over!"
The long sword that pierced into the chest of the Babu monster was pulled upwards, and the Babu monster, whose attack was interrupted by Terry, was instantly cut into two pieces by Sora's long sword!
"Huh~ That went pretty well." Sora struck the Babu monster's head with another sword.
"Smooth as hell! The only valuable thing about the Babu monster is the slime on its body. Now it's covered in blood, and the slime is contaminated... Ugh, it stinks."
Fat sister Hefley clamped her nose with a clip, put on gloves, took a small bottle and began to collect the mucus from the Babu monster.
"It's not bad. It's easier to deal with than the laughing evil monster and the bloodworm swarm I encountered last time. I don't want to see those disgusting bugs again."
Terry struggled to pull out the dagger from Babu's neck, wiped it on the sole of his shoe, and seemingly inadvertently scratched the side of Babu with his left hand.
"Terry, give me back the flying knife."
Victor held out his hand to the smaller Terry in a bad mood.
The short guy, Terry, handed over two unusually sharp throwing knives with an innocent look on his face. "I figured no one wanted these throwing knives lying on the ground, so I picked them up."
Victor raised his leg and kicked.
"Anyway, we're pretty lucky this time. We've been here for a few hours, and we've only encountered this one Babu monster and a few ghosts. Hefli and Mil only used one of their spell slots."
"Mir said there's treasure here, so there must be. I suggest we continue exploring downwards. What do you think?"
Sora looked at everyone, and finally his eyes fixed on Hefley.
Their five-person expedition team has been taking on missions together for three or four years. The earliest members were Sora and Hefley, and the others joined later.
Victor coughed and said, "I agree to continue exploring. Although we don't know how many floors there are, we've already explored four and haven't encountered any danger. There's no reason not to continue. What do you think?"
"Besides, we haven't gotten enough loot yet."
"To open the door to this secret realm, we spent a star diamond worth 500 gold keri, a Mammon coin, and those valuable spices and magic marbles. The total investment is over 800 gold keri. The current profit is far less than the cost."
The little Terry nodded vigorously after hearing this.
Hefley pursed her lips, frowned slightly, looked at everyone and sighed: "Well, since you all want to continue exploring, I have no objection."
Seeing Hefli's statement, Sora was obviously relieved. He turned to the dazed Mil and said, "Miler, which direction is the entrance to the next floor?"
Mil's eyes were empty, and his blue and black pupils were like two deep lakes. His hand loosened and the wooden stick fell to the ground.
"Over there." Mil pointed to the direction where the wooden staff pointed, "There should be only the last floor left."
After receiving Mil's guidance, the few people felt relieved. After discussing for a while, they ate some cakes and water bags to replenish their strength, then raised torches and continued to explore in the direction given by Mil.
With the previous experience with the Babu monster as a lesson, the few of them walked very carefully, but until they found the entrance to the fifth floor, they did not encounter any monsters that actively attacked them.
After entering the fifth floor, we still didn't encounter any monsters. Under Mil's guidance, we soon arrived outside the treasure room.
"This is it."
Mil's face was calm, his eyes were empty, and he pointed at the half-open door of the Abyss Vault.
The expressions of several people couldn't help but become excited.
They didn't realize that there seemed to be an inexplicable attraction here, tempting them, making them keep getting closer and subconsciously ignoring possible dangers.
"I'll be in front, and you guys will follow. Keep three meters apart."
Sora took a deep breath, drew out his sword, and was about to push open the half-open vault door when he felt as if something was blocking the door from closing, so the door was half open.
Sora held up the torch and shone it around.
!!! ...
In the light of the fire, a headless corpse that was three meters tall was lying at the gate!
"Is this... Maritz's body?"
Victor squatted down and checked the monster's corpse, and his face changed drastically.
Maritz?
Hearing this name, the others also showed expressions of horror.
This is a powerful level 7 monster, how could it appear here?
They can defeat a level 4 Babu monster by working together, but they absolutely cannot defeat a level 7 monster and can only become the monster's feces.
But now, this terrifying monster was actually lying here, and there was not even any sign of a fight at the scene.
"The treasure is just ahead. It's just a corpse. Nothing to be surprised about."
Sora just glanced at Maritz's body, licked his lips, and his eyes unconsciously radiated a kind of desire.
"I'll go first, you guys follow."
As he spoke, Sora couldn't wait to take a step forward and flash into the treasure room that exuded endless temptation.
"My God! The treasure is really here!"
As soon as Sora and his friends came in, they saw a magnificent mountain of gold!
“This is mine!!!”
Except for Mil who had a blank look in his eyes, the others were all looking at the golden mountain eagerly.
Little Terry was the first to grab a handful of gold and stuff it into his pocket.
Victor hesitated for a moment before also grabbing the gold and stuffing it into his backpack.
Sora was the one carrying the heaviest load in the team, so he emptied his backpack and knelt on the ground to put the gold into the backpack handful by handful.
Even Hefley, who had the strongest resistance, couldn't help but grab a few handfuls of jewelry.
"Terry! This is mine! You damn thief!"
Victor suddenly roared and grabbed Terry's wrist.
Apparently, Terry had stolen a lot of what he had put in his bag.
"Whoever takes it out will own it!"
Terry was not to be outdone and shouted loudly with red eyes.
The two men immediately started fighting, and the fight quickly turned into an armed brawl.
Fortunately, Sora and Hefley still retained a bit of rationality, so the situation did not completely get out of control.
"Stop fighting! Take them out first and distribute them together!" Sora tried his best to suppress his greed, his face distorted, and he shouted, going up to separate the two.
"puff!"
Sora looked at the dagger and throwing knife on his chest in disbelief, then looked at Terry and Victor.
He never imagined that his teammate, with whom he had lived and died together for so many years, would actually attack him.
Especially Terra, he was the kid that he and Hefley rescued from the gang, and she treated him like her own brother.
As the knife stabbed into his body, Sora's previous crazy greed disappeared instantly.
Victor and Terra also stood there in shock, their faces filled with horror and regret.
"Sora!"
Hefli was very anxious and hugged Sora who was about to fall to the ground. Looking at the dagger and throwing knife on Sora's chest, tears streamed down her face. She touched the handles of the dagger and throwing knife, wanting to pull them out but not daring to.
It's true that she is a healer, but she only knows one level of healing magic. She is not sure whether her magic can cure Sora's injuries. If the one level of healing magic is useless, Sora will die immediately once the dagger and throwing knife are pulled out!
Mil stood at the door with no expression on his face, as if he had known all this would happen.
"Didn't anyone tell you that the gifts from the abyss are all secretly priced?"
Hefli looked up suddenly and saw two young figures appear under the golden mountain.
No, it seems like they were there from the beginning!
Why didn't we see it?
Moreover, the two men were dressed strangely. The camel coat worn by the young man was simple in style, but very elegant, and felt more refined than the attire of the nobles in the royal court.
The girls are pretty too, but they just don’t feel… vivid enough?
Why think about this now? Sora, Sora is going to die!
In her confusion, Hefli saw the young man stretch out his finger and tap Sora twice.
With two "clang" sounds, the dagger and throwing knife on Sora's chest seemed to be lifted by an invisible force and fell to the ground.
The blood on Sora's chest had just overflowed, and as if time was flowing backwards, the blood automatically flowed back into Sora's body, and the wound on his chest began to heal visibly.
"Now, tell me, where are you from? And how did you end up here?"
(End of this chapter)
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