"Hey, now you know that exploring the Underdark is not a fun thing, right?" During camping, Gilliam teased Qin Lun and the others unceremoniously. We won't return to the camp until it's over!"
"I don't know how those prehistoric dark elves got used to it when they were just expelled from the surface into the Underdark!" Mustasia grumbled with a wry smile, "If I were in this environment, I wouldn't need a month, you will be insane.”
"Do you think the drow elves are not insane or psychologically distorted?" Idriya rolled her eyes and couldn't help but say.
"However, I still want to tell you a piece of good news. According to several mining experts in the team, we should not be far from the Mithril Hall mining area." Lorraine leaned in front of the bonfire and said mysteriously.
"That's good!" The dwarf's words made everyone, including the apostles, heave a sigh of relief.
In fact, the surprise came sooner than everyone expected. On the afternoon of the second day, several ore prospecting experts who were exploring ahead received good news. The exploration team had reached the outskirts of the Mithral Hall mining area!
"It's really difficult to get here!" The female apostle of Weiss' team supported her staff, bending over and panting. Among all the people, her physique is the worst, not even the black robe mage.
As for the other women in the team, Elistine is a druid. Although she looks soft and weak, every druid has a high physique. They are close to nature and are used to living alone in the forest. How can their physique be possible? bad.
Mustasia is a highland elf. She was born in a high mountain and rocky land. Her physique is comparable to that of a female barbarian. Otherwise, other elves would not call them barbarians.
Needless to say, Idriya is a knight by profession and a believer in Lavita. Any painful experience will be regarded by her as a test of her own beliefs.
"Do you need help, Miss Lolita!" Qin Lun looked back at her, and smiled very gentlemanly.
After the joint battle of the Ratman tribe, the apostles of the two teams became more harmonious, and everyone got to know each other again. The female apostle of Weiss' team is called Lolita, the black-robed mage is called Romon, the shield guard is called Newton, and the thief nicknamed Monkey is called Biba.
The female priest shook her head and declined. As a second-tier apostle, she has her own pride and doesn't want to be a burden to the team.
However, this can't be blamed on the poor physique of the female priest. It is really that the road the exploration team is taking is too rough.
They are now walking a winding "mountain road". They say it is a mountain road, but in fact there is no road at all, and it is only a little bit better than climbing a cliff. Everyone is using both hands and feet, stepping on the rough rocks that are less than a foot below their feet. Some footholds are even the size of a palm, and some corners are even suspended in the air.
If it weren't for the fact that the members of the exploration team were all professionals, and there were legendary experts and druids watching over them all the time, several of them would have died from the fall.
The terrain of the Underdark is much more complicated than that of the surface. Qin Lun has lost his sense of direction a long time ago. On the whole, the terrain of this dark region gave them the feeling that groups of giant bubbles formed between rock formations.
Some of these bubbles were as wide as plains, while others were like pores in cheese, just like the ratman cave they had seen. These bubbles and the tunnels connecting them constitute the landform of this dark region.
They are currently climbing up on the edge of a rock formation with a large bubble. Fortunately, this rock formation is not a ninety-degree cliff or a concave arch, otherwise the difficulty will be even greater.
According to Lorraine, after climbing this rock formation, they should be able to find a certain mining area in Mithral Hall. And with the materials that the exploration team has brought so far, they may still be able to find a future camp in the mining area.
This camp will play a major role in the final defeat of the Shadow Dragon and duergar, and the capture of Mithral Hall. As far as the apostles are concerned, as long as one of Gilliam and Lorraine confirms the Mithral Hall mining area and returns safely to the previous camp, their mission will be successfully completed.
To everyone's surprise, the rock formation in front of them failed to climb to the top in the end. The dwarf mining expert who led the way led the team into a deep tunnel when they were about to see the rock top.
The tunnel was tortuous and narrow, and the members of the exploration team could only crawl forward on the ground. Now even Qin Lun began to complain secretly.
The two elf beauties in the team turned blue and started talking nonsense. They only felt that the narrow rock walls around them seemed to collapse and bury everyone alive.
Qin Lun sighed, winked at Rand behind him, and knocked out Mustasha and Elistine with their own hands. These two beauties were obviously showing signs of claustrophobia. If they were allowed to continue climbing down the tunnel, it might leave a great psychological shadow in the future.
The tunnel in this rock formation was a bit damp. After climbing for a while, Qin Lun felt his whole body was wet and uncomfortable. Fortunately, this section of the road was not too long. After climbing hundreds of meters, the tunnel finally began to expand, and a huge stalactite cave appeared in front of it.
The cave was huge in size. Qin Lun looked it over and initially estimated that it was the size of a football field. There were more than a dozen large and small tunnels connected to the surrounding rock walls.
"My head hurts!" Yilisting, who was held under Qin Lun's armpit, woke up rubbing his head, and looked around blankly.
However, the elf druid quickly woke up and stood up with a blushing face.
"Hey, there seems to be wind nearby!" The female elf, who is very sensitive to the wind element, exclaimed in surprise.
"Well, it seems that the destination of the dwarves is not far away!" Looking at the chattering and excited dwarves ahead, Qin Lun had a premonition and said with a smile.
"Filar, we found it!" It turned out that Qin Lun's premonition was correct, and Lorraine quickly ran over with excitement.
"Have you found the fork leading to the mining area?" The apostles, including Qin Lun, breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, although it has not been confirmed yet, there are traces of 'heavy water' burning in two of the tunnels in this cave!" Lorraine grinned.
"Heavy water?" Qin Lun was a little puzzled. The professional vocabulary in the mouth of the dwarves, even Broken Starry Sky, couldn't translate the specific meaning, so of course he didn't understand it.
"Oh, heavy water is the ore solvent we use for preliminary processing after collecting the ore." Lorraine didn't care, and explained it to Qin Lun and other companions who were listening.
"Some newly dug out ores are too big, but we can't break them with a pickaxe, we will use heavy water to melt away the impurities." Lorraine shrugged and continued, "However, heavy water is very corrosive. Strong, usually the channels for draining heavy water will leave indelible marks, such marks appear in the tunnels here."
"Will it be dangerous?" Weiss, who was naturally stable, asked quickly.
"No, although there will be some poisonous gas after the heavy water volatilizes, our ancestors paid great attention to the ventilation conditions." Lorraine said confidently, "Besides, those two tunnels have been abandoned for hundreds of years. Heavy water remains."
"Filar!" After discussing with the ore prospecting expert, Gilliam came from a distance with a relaxed face, "Moradin, thank you for your help all the way, we are finally going to succeed!"
"This is what we should do!" Qin Lun responded modestly.
"Filar, I apologize to you for the original misunderstanding. All the dwarves saw your hard work along the way." The old dwarf looked very happy, blowing his beard and shouting, "Although you are the same as all elves You are all pretentious, but when your friends really need you, you are still sincere!"
"Master Gilliam, should I apologize for this?" Qin Lun touched his nose with a wry smile. The dwarf's words sounded more sarcasm than praise.
"Call me Gilliam, all the shield dwarves are your friends now, Feral!" The old dwarf's bearded and staring eyes made people feel simple and cute for the first time.
"Okay, Gilliam!" Qin Lun nodded with a smile, and asked tentatively, "After you find the Mithral Hall mining area, when do you plan to attack Mithral Hall?"
"It depends on Bruno's arrangement, but according to my estimation, it won't be so fast." The old dwarf pondered for a while, but decided to tell the truth, "There are not only shadow dragons in Mithril Hall, but also the gray dwarf king and a whole group of people. The gray dwarf tribe, what follows may be a war that lasts for several months."
The old dwarf shook his head, as if he wanted to shake off all his worries, and said with a smile, "It's best not to get involved in the rest of the matter. Your friendship with the shield dwarf is enough for the dwarf king to consider forming an alliance with the Ank elf court. The elves They are, after all, ancient allies of the dwarves against evil, and we have never forgotten that."
"Jilliam, have you forgotten, you just said that I treat my friends sincerely." Qin Lun said with a sullen face, "If you think that I have done so many things just to form an alliance, you will be looking down on me too much .No matter what purpose I have, at least in terms of helping my friends, I will stick to it, even if it takes my life.”
joke! Qin Lun has worked hard so far not only for a pre-branch of an epic plot, he also hopes to get the world token again, and come back to complete the Mithral Hall plot in the future!
Despite the discovery team's breakthrough, the dwarves did not let the joy get to their heads. Today's exploration exhausted everyone's energy. They planned to rest in the cave for a day before exploring the tunnel full of heavy water corrosion.
Twelve hours passed in a hurry, and the exploration team packed up again and entered the tunnel that was considered to be a heavy water channel.
On the surface of the tunnel, Qin Lun found many elongated potholes, which really looked like traces of corrosive liquid flowing through. The tunnel called the heavy water channel by the dwarves is not long, but at the edge of the exit of the tunnel, several dwarves who were exploring the way ahead suddenly ran back in a hurry.
After receiving the report, Gilliam's expression quickly turned serious, and he walked towards Qin Lun.
"Jilliam, what's the matter?" Qin Lun's heart sank, and he faintly felt that what he was worried about a few days ago had happened.
"Filar, I need your help!" The old dwarf said, looking at an apostle behind him.