Chapter 21 The End of Shushu

"boom--!"

The earth-shaking tremor not only resounded throughout the entire mine, but also blew outside the mine along with the noisy smoke and dust.

Outside the entrance of the North Wind Mine, next to a dilapidated hotel at the foot of a rugged mountain road, a covered wagon carrying goods was parked on the side of the road.

Several men who looked like adventurers looked up the mountain road and cast doubtful glances at the billowing smoke.

"Is this... an earthquake?"

"Not really... I haven't heard of an earthquake near Thunder City. And it is said that earthquakes usually shake a large area, and this one is obviously not that strong."

The experienced adventurer cast his eyes towards the forest in the distance, but the birds living there did not fly into the air out of fear.

Obviously.

Only the mine was affected.

“Isn’t there someone mining?”

A long-haired young man carrying a short bow grinned, and the middle-aged man holding a short sword next to him shook his head and said.

"How is it possible... that place has been a monster's territory for eight generations."

As the leader of this group, Jack didn't say anything, but just frowned and weighed the pros and cons, wondering whether it was worth getting involved in this mess for an old friend he had worked with for many years.

Sitting in the carriage, the elderly driver looked at Jack, who had a frown on his face, and spoke in a nervous voice.

"Master...I sent them here last time. Do you think I can leave now?"

He is just a rickshaw puller.

If the Black Snake Gang hadn't found him, he wouldn't have wanted to mention that he had met the Silver Scimitar Gang last night.

Seeing that it was getting late, Jack finally made a decision and threw a coin into the carriage.

"You wait here for me until the sun sets... remember, it has to be completely sunset."

The driver had a bitter expression on his face.

Although he didn't want to join in the fun, he had to support his family and he didn't dare to offend these bloodthirsty villains, so he could only agree meekly.

Jack waved his hand, signaling his brothers to prepare to go up the mountain, but he saw that the oldest adventurer in the team was staring at the hotel next to him with a frown on his face.

"What's wrong, Viru, did you find anything?"

Hearing the leader's voice, the adventurer nodded and spoke thoughtfully.

"Someone has been to this hotel recently."

…

Deep in the mine, the brutal fight has ended, replaced by a one-sided slaughter.

Along the broken mine tunnel, the surging swarm of rats rushed into the maze covered with spider webs. From a distance, it looked like a black waterfall falling into the abyss.

Faced with the food falling from the sky, the crypt spiders lying at the entrance to the first level of the maze pounced on it with joy, rushing through the rat swarm and feasting on the food.

However, facing the hunting of crypt spiders, the ratmen trapped in the maze had no ability to fight back and could only be slaughtered unilaterally.

As time went on, most of the ratmen who charged towards the Demon Lord were soon killed or wounded.

The remaining ratmen were no longer able to maintain the intensive offensive, and seeing that victory was hopeless, they fled in all directions.

The rat tide is not unsolvable.

When the vast majority of ratmen were no longer being carried forward, the charge that could destroy their opponents as well as themselves would naturally disappear.

The crypt spiders in the lower maze of the mine have been fed to about 70% full.

Faced with the rat-men running around, they no longer continue to bite them, but instead capture them with spider silk, and then hang them on the spider web like dumplings to make "rat food".

One of the habits of burrow spiders is to hoard prey that they cannot finish eating.

The milky white spider web was whizzing around in the dark hall like a machine gun.

The scene was simply spectacular.

Some players saw their SAN values ​​drop rapidly and could not help but cover their jaws and pretend to retch, but nothing came out.

Some players didn't pay any attention at all, but just cheered excitedly and clapped their hands for this hard-earned victory...even though most of them just acted as meat shields and scapegoats, and didn't kill many rats.

Looking down at the giant spider that kept shooting, Gou Shi's face suddenly showed an expression of envy.

"I suddenly realized... changing my job to a crypt spider might not be a bad idea."

Gai Shi Ying Xiong looked at him in surprise: "Are you sure? I feel like if I turned into that thing, I would scare myself to death when I looked in the mirror."

Gou Shi: "Hehe, it's not important."

Gai Shi Ying Xiong: “……?”

On the other side, [Knowledge Explosion], who had been resurrected for who knows how many times, crawled up from the vicinity of the core of the Demon Lord's Territory and shook off the mud on his body.

"Brothers! I'm alive again! Hahahaha!"

Not far away, [Suffocated Septic Tank] also climbed up from the pile of ratmen and shook his dizzy head.

"I also--"

Before he could finish his words, a stick of explosive on his body suddenly exploded, and his entire body instantly turned into ashes in a burst of fire and disappeared with the wind.

“…”

Because it was so embarrassing, the surrounding players decided to pretend not to see him.

Luo Yan, who won the MVP, let out a long sigh, held his waist and sat down on a stone block beside him.

He had just broken through the bottleneck of the fine steel level when a wave of high-intensity spellcasting came, which made him very tired.

but--

Finally we managed to hold on.

The slave rats who escaped from the maze eventually returned to the maze.

As for the new troubles brought by the crypt spiders, we will talk about it later.

At least now, I can take a break.

Luo Yan opened the attribute panel to confirm and found that he had actually leveled up.

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ID: Luo Yan

Race: Human

Soul level: Steel (level cap LV50)

Level: LV.32 Experience value: (1780/32W)

HP: (1300/1300)

MP: (110/3800)

Constitution: 13 Strength: 13 Agility: 13 Intelligence: 36 (+1)

Spirit: 38 (+2)

】

[Faith value: 79 Daily increase: 101~120 Daily consumption: 100]

"...After reaching the fine steel level, the attribute point growth per level unexpectedly became 3."

In addition, I didn't expect that I could gain experience points by killing monsters.

Before this, Luo Yan always thought that the only way for a necromancer to become stronger was through meditation.

Although the players didn't seem to find it strange, this discovery was a pleasant surprise for him.

After taking a short breath, Luo Yan felt a little more refreshed, and then asked Youyou to distribute the ghost money and contribution points to the players.

Looking at the cheering skeleton soldiers, he couldn't help but be infected by the morale of the players and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

These guys are pretty easy to please.

Until now, he has not clearly stated how much paper money is needed for a bottle of undead potion, and how much is needed for a large sword.

never mind.

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Let them be happy for a while.

At this time, Luo Yan suddenly noticed that the sight at the side was a bit dazzling, so he looked in the direction of that sight.

I saw Chris and several other captives squatting at the back of the stone prison, staring at this side with their eyes wide open in amazement.

Obviously they didn't expect that the rat tide that adventurers feared could be solved so easily by him.

She suddenly felt a little bit of admiration for this guy.

His eyes fell on the captives, and Luo Yan suddenly remembered that he still had a few "blood packs" that could replenish his magic, so he raised his right hand and sucked them up without saying a word.

Eminem: “Ah~~~”

Chris: “Gu—!”

Greyhound: "Aaaaah!"

Rexon: “…”

Feeling the vigorous energy filling his body, Luo Yan, who was originally a little tired, became energetic again.

Comfortable! He suddenly understood why Ms. Lilith always wanted to keep a pointy-eared cat as a pet.

Just when Luo Yan was thinking about what to do next, Youyou's voice suddenly appeared in his ears.

"Master Demon, your players seem to have found something incredible in the mine!"

"Something extraordinary?"

"Yes! It was a really big fat rat. It almost filled up half of the mine. I don't know how it got in!"

Youyou's voice was full of curiosity.

Unfortunately, that place is far beyond the scope of the Demon King's territory, otherwise it would have run over to see what's going on.

As soon as Luo Yan heard Youyou's description, he immediately guessed the identity of the mouse.

Without a doubt!

That guy is the culprit who caused the rat tide!

"Can you locate the positions of those two players?"

Youyou: "Yeah! Although I don't know the exact location, the general direction should be fine!"

Luo Yan stood up immediately after hearing this.

"Take me there."

Youyou: “Got it!”

Taking out the magic wand and holding it in his hand, Luo Yan followed Youyou's guidance, sticking to the wall of the mine to avoid the collapsed deep pit, and then controlled "Bond" carrying a big sword to jump over.

By chance, a few little players saw his actions and followed him curiously, wanting to see what was going on.

Luo Yan did not stop them, but let them follow him all the way into the depths of the mine.

Soon, he saw the lone [Pig-headed Knight] and [Tauren Warrior].

Two skeleton soldiers were lying stealthily behind a protruding rock, looking towards the empty cave not far away.

Noticing the movement behind them, the two skeleton soldiers turned around quickly, only to see the boss of the cemetery standing behind them.

"Master Demon?!"

"How did you come——"

"Hush."

Luo Yan made a gesture to silence the two, indicating them to stop making noise, and then looked into the depths of the cave.

I saw a fat giant rat crawling in the middle of the dark cave, hissing and wheezing from its mouth.

The voice was filled with fear, a hint of piety, and a sense of terminal madness.

"What a fat rat... What level is it?" Gou Shi, who was following behind Luo Yan, couldn't help but mutter in a low voice.

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu stared at the mouse carefully, shook his head and said.

"I can't tell...but my intuition tells me that this guy is very strong, maybe as strong as the Demon King!"

Gou Shi: "Nonsense! You still have to tell me that!"

Can’t afford to play: “That’s it!”

A Leaf Knows Autumn: "..."

Luo Yan glanced at the group of players who were joining in the fun without any expression.

He didn't like to hear that.

What does it mean to be as strong as me?

Is there such a comparison? Without getting into trouble with these guys, Luo Yan gently waved his wand and controlled "Bond" to move forward.

The big sword dragging on the ground made a hissing sound, which soon alerted the fat rat in the cave.

"who!"

Gachi screamed, and his huge body quickly bounced up from the ground, with the fat on his heels rolling like waves.

Finally seeing the man standing at the entrance of the cave, Gachi's eyes narrowed into slits and a hoarse growl came from his throat.

"It's you... You are the Demon King? The new Demon King?"

"It's me."

Under Luo Yan's control, Bond made a sound like the opening and closing of a rotten coffin, raised the sword in his hand, and pointed it directly at the nose of the fat rat.

"Submission—"

"Or die."

(End of this chapter)