The corridor Kelly chose was not as huge as the passage outside the castle. The width and height were only more than three meters, which made everyone feel depressed and uncomfortable at first.
The distance of the passage is not very long, but there are several corners along the way, separated by several thick stone walls. I really don't know how Kelly's ears are so long. If it were someone else, they wouldn't be able to hear the sound at the other end of the tunnel.
The top of the corridor inside the castle is also inlaid with luminous stones. At regular intervals, there are regular depressions in certain places on the stone wall. In ancient times, these should have been braziers for lighting.
As they approached the exit of the corridor, the voice that Kelly heard before also reached everyone's ears. It was an intermittent weak whistling sound, a little harsh, and it seemed that it was accompanied by a strange chewing sound, which made everyone look at each other in blank dismay.
"It's the exit, let the people behind hide first, and the thieves will step forward to investigate!" Kelly looked at the exit in front, her face was a little dignified, and she vaguely felt a strong threat to her life. Martial Daoist's intuition is mostly very sharp, and there are not many creatures that can make her feel life-threatening, so naturally she should be more cautious.
"What kind of creature is this?" As soon as the thieves in the two teams vaguely walked out of the passageway, they fell into shock and felt trembling all over their bodies.
A strange color flashed in Qin Lun's eyes. "Gannitus' left eye" allowed him to see the scene in the hall ahead without going out of the passage.
At the end of this corridor is a large hall. There is a raised stone platform behind the main hall, which may have been the throne of the dwarf king, or some kind of altar for sacrifices, but now there is nothing on it, and it is impossible to tell the specifics.
In addition to this step-shaped stone platform, there are dozens of huge stone pillars on the left and right sides of the hall that need to be embraced by three people.
The pillars have remained intact over thousands of years, integral to the ground and dome, perhaps themselves part of the mountainside rock formations. When the dwarves were digging, they deliberately left this part of the stone pillars to support the dome of the temple.
Of course, the role of the stone pillars to support the dome is the same, and there are some huge stone beams on the upper part of the stone pillars. The two ends of the stone beam support the left and right sides of the hall, and the middle part is connected with many stone pillars, forming a three-dimensional and solid well-shaped network structure above the hall.
The ground of this temple is covered with countless items, piled up into small hills, making the huge hall look a little cramped. Although in Qin Lun's field of vision, all the items had only black and white sketch lines, but from the shape, it was easy to recognize these items.
Gold coins, jewelry, silver utensils... Unlike the abandoned dwarf square, the palace inside the castle is filled with all kinds of gold and silver treasures and luxury goods, almost comparable to the royal treasury of some human kingdoms.
However, these gold and silver treasures were not the focus of Qin Lun's attention. His attention was focused on the giant beast wrapped around the well above the hall.
The dragon head, snake body, antlers, phoenix claws, fish scales, and beards on the cheeks are like a mythical beast in the legend of the Earth Federation—the Huaxia Dragon!
Of course, compared with the real Huaxia dragon, some body parts of this behemoth are slightly different. Instead of a fish's tail, its tail is covered with thorn-like spikes, a bit like a giant mace. The slender eyes on the head are also covered with a thick layer of white mucous membrane, and the pupils cannot be seen, which seems to be a blind dragon.
This giant beast, which resembles a Huaxia dragon, is covered with fine silver scales, looking beautiful and elegant. It was probably more than a hundred meters away from them, and there were so many stone pillars in the hall, so the people hiding at the entrance of the passage should not have been noticed for a while.
"This is a newt with sub-dragon blood, but...how can it be so big, almost dozens of times larger than ordinary newts!" It was a look of shock, and the eyeballs almost popped out.
"What are you doing here, step back!" Kelly, who had been focusing on Dixon, came back to see Mileras next to her, raised her brows, and pulled him away from the passageway .
"Are those dwarves?" Before Mileras retreated to the rear of the team, there was another curious voice behind Kelly. Elistin pointed to some figures standing under the stone beam and asked softly.
"Well, you can tell just by looking at it, but I don't know whether these dwarves have been living here, or just entered Iron Star Fort from the outer mountains like us." Another head came over, this time it was Robin slightly teasing sound.
Kelly looked at the group of people who had gathered around, and finally rolled her eyes, not bothering to stop these curious babies anymore.
"A lot of gold coins, a lot of treasure!" Looking at the gold hills piled up on the ground, Elistine, who was used to being poor in the Jondal Forest, began to have star-like eyes.
While a group of people were watching, the scene in the hall changed again. The newt coiled on the stone beam suddenly heaved its body, raised its head, and uttered a snake letter from its mouth. Seeing this scene, the dwarves on the ground immediately became nervous, holding up their weapons and daring not to move.
"What's going on?" Kelly asked softly to Mileras who recognized the newt.
"Earth newts have very poor eyesight and can hardly see anything. Only precious metals that reflect the most light can cause their reactions. However, their senses of hearing and taste are very sensitive, and they can sense any abnormalities in their territory by relying on snake letters. Smell." Mileras said in a low voice after wiping off his cold sweat.
"Any creature with the bloodline of a dragon has a strong sense of territory, and has an unimaginable greed for shiny precious metals. This is probably the habitat of the newt. These dwarves are miserable, and they just broke into the newt. If life's 'bedroom' and treasure house." Elistine added softly on the side.
"Your Highness, what is the strength of a creature like a newt?" Robin asked cautiously.
"The newts are not magical beasts, they have no elemental talent. They are just faster, nothing else!" Mileras recalled carefully, and said slowly, "However, I have never heard of newts of this size. The situation is difficult to judge.”
"If you don't know magic, you don't know magic. Your body size shouldn't affect your elemental talent! Besides, if you are so successful, it will slow down your speed instead." Hearing Mileras' answer, everyone felt relieved.
"Should we save these dwarves, maybe..." Nicole poked her head over and asked with a smile on her face.
Robin and Stark looked at each other, and the leaders of the two teams saw a look of eagerness in each other's eyes. Although Nicole didn't finish speaking, they already understood.
Since these dwarves broke into the newt's lair without knowing it, they should be outsiders like them. The body may also be burdened with related historical plots. If Dixun is killed to save them, it is possible to get this plot line.
"Let's see!" Kelly frowned, feeling something was wrong in her heart. The creature that could make her feel life-threatening should not be too weak. However, there was no flaw in what Mileras said, so she had to be patient and signaled everyone to observe quietly first.
Everyone stopped talking softly, and waited intently for the imminent battle. Although the giant beast in front of them was a little shocking, everyone didn't feel any sense of fear.
Whether it is elves or apostles, they have dealt with many large beasts. Such wild monsters with empty physiques, no intelligence, and no elemental talent, not to mention high-level apostles like Kelly, even the first-level apostles in the team may not be afraid of them.
At this time, the newt that made an attacking posture finally took action. The dragon's head poked forward, and the coiled body shot down from the stone beam like a spring.
Everyone felt a silver light flash in front of their eyes, and a series of silver afterimages filled their retinas, extending from the stone beam to the ground. Qin Lun and the others only felt that they were watching a silent movie, and the gold coins piled up in the hills below were flying all over the sky, and then fluttering down.
Even with a distance of hundreds of meters, everyone still felt a gust of wind blowing towards their faces, and their hair flew up, making people squint their eyes involuntarily.
"Woo..." A moment later, there was a sharp and piercing sonic boom in the ear, but the sound of the gold coins sliding down the hill seemed so insignificant.
When everyone came back to their senses and looked again, they saw that there was one less dwarf on the ground. And the newt was still on the stone beam, it didn't come down at all, its tail was always wrapped around the stone beam, and it just used the elastic long snake body to hunt for prey, making the dwarves seem helpless even to fight back.
With a burst of chewing and chewing, a pair of thighs that were still twitching could be vaguely seen between the upper and lower rows of steel knife-like sharp teeth of the giant beast. A gurgle of blood hung down the corner of the newt's mouth, coating its silver body with a layer of blood light, and the silver light and blood color intertwine with a kind of enchanting charm.
Everyone who saw this scene, including the violent woman Kelly, felt their whole body stiffen and froze in place, with beads of sweat dripping from their foreheads.
"Just a little faster..." Qin Lun's face twitched slightly. Now the murderer understands where the voice Kylie heard came from, and where the viscous white liquid came from the tunnel they fell in before.
"We can't deal with this thing, let's go!" Kelly took a deep breath and looked at the crowd with a hint of unwillingness in her eyes.
The female martial artist felt a surge of excitement in her heart. If she was the only one here, she would be able to fight. However, other people couldn't keep up with the speed of the newt, and would become a drag on her instead, so she had to suppress her fighting spirit and seek to get out of the way first.
The dwarves, who lost another companion, finally couldn't suppress the grief and anger in their hearts, and cursed at the newt eating leisurely on the stone beam.
"Gulu!" The newt raised its head, its throat wriggled, swallowed the food, spit out a long snake letter and licked it around its mouth, as if it still had more to say.
Everyone hiding at the entrance of the passage stepped back cautiously. Nicole, who originally proposed to rescue the dwarves, had long since shut up, but the kind-hearted Elistine still couldn't bear it.
"Wait, Mileras, you said earlier that the newt can sense any abnormal smell in the territory?" Qin Lun, who had been silent all this time, suddenly frowned, turned his head and asked cautiously, "This range is generally How big is it?"
"Not sure, the newt I know is probably not as big as one of its paws, but at this distance..." Mileras seemed to have thought of something, swallowed with difficulty, and showed a smile on his face that was uglier than crying. smile.
At this time, the newt that had eaten a dwarf suddenly turned its head, its eyes covered with white mucous membranes aimed at the passage where everyone was sitting, the corners of its mouth slightly raised, a very humanized sarcasm appeared on the ugly dragon face .
"Perhaps, we have been discovered by it a long time ago!" Kelly and Stark, who were in charge of the disconnection, including Qin Lun who was still observing the palace with "Gannitus' left eye", couldn't help feeling a chill in their hearts. .