"Filar, be careful. I heard from Uncle Gilliam that the Minotaur doesn't patrol the traps very often, and we may have to stay in the maze for a while!" Seeing Qin Lun walking forward alone, Elistin warned in concern. .
Of their party, neither Idriya nor she was good at spotting traps. Qin Lun's perception is very high, and he has a staring aura that can see through. He is also a hunter by profession, so he is the most suitable candidate for pathfinding besides thieves.
Qin Lun did not summon Venus and Cerberus this time. Although the Shadow Gale Leopard is very intelligent, detecting traps is not its strong point. The Hell Flame Demon Dog has thick skin and thick flesh, so it is a good fighter against thunder. Unfortunately, this guy is too noisy. If several Minotaurs are attracted at the same time, it will be troublesome.
The radius of the Minotaur maze is close to two kilometers, covering an area of more than sixteen square kilometers. It stands to reason that with the abilities of Qin Lun and others, it would not take much time to explore the entire maze, but that was when the paths in the maze did not change.
Yes, the partition walls inside the Minotaur Labyrinth are not only identical in style, but they also move. Every once in a while, the position of the partition wall in the maze will change. It is said that the maze was endowed with an activation spell by the shaman of the minotaur family, and they have only a few remaining abyss abilities.
In the narrow labyrinth passages of the environment, the fighting advantages of the Minotaur will be infinitely magnified. Originally, it is infinitely powerful, coupled with the small environment, the enemy has no place to hide, it can be called the nemesis of legal and agile occupations.
Qin Lun walked forward cautiously along the center of the maze passage. The staring halo of his left eye was shortened by him, and the density of perception was expanded. He tried his best to detect possible traps. He didn't dare to walk along the wall. In addition to the front and back, traps could be installed in the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the passage.
According to Gilliam's brief introduction, there are roughly three types of traps in the maze of the Minotaur, flame traps, thorn traps, and rockfall traps. As for whether there are other types of traps, it depends on whether there are suitable trap materials in this dark region.
"Ka... Be careful!" There was a light sound from behind the three-person team. Idriya was very alert, and she blocked Elisten with a dodge step. A huge black shadow drew a half-arc from the air and slammed Hit the shield of the female knight.
"Dang!" The round steel shield borrowed by the female knight from the dwarf made a loud noise, and Idriya was carried by a huge force and bumped into the elf druid behind her, and the two of them immediately became rolling gourd.
"Are you all right?" Qin Lun stepped back from the front, pulled the two disheveled people up, and then looked at the things that attacked them.
This is a huge stone hammer, the top of which is connected to the top of the passage. Qin Lun didn't trigger it when he passed by just now, but the two people behind him triggered the trap and smashed it down from the top of the passage.
"It seems that your eyes sometimes don't work!" Idriya looked at the dented steel shield in the center, and took a long breath.
Looking at the stone hammer, the faces of the three of them were a little dignified. Idriya didn't blame Qin Lun. The shape of this stone hammer fit perfectly with the gap in the wall at the top of the passage. It was originally embedded, and it was completely indistinguishable from the ordinary ceiling when viewed through it.
"Everyone, be vigilant, it seems that the traps made by these minotaurs are very clever!" Qin Lun gave a warning, and continued to move forward, but the speed became slower and slower. He checked the road ahead several times before entering with confidence.
"Filar, what time is it?" After such a period of time, the three of Qin Lun were mentally exhausted. They didn't encounter many traps, and this was only the periphery of the maze, but these traps were designed It's so ingenious that the three of them have to be in a hurry every time.
Among the two most dangerous ones, one was a series of traps, almost trapping Qin Lun himself. Another time, Qin Lun had already checked that there was no danger, but just happened to encounter the transition of the maze partition, and a large stone nail board was thrown head-on, causing the three of them to jump around.
"It's been two days and one night!" Qin Lun was startled after checking the length of stay on the death list. It was only then that they discovered that they were completely absorbed in the passage of time and completely ignored it.
"No wonder you're so tired, let's take a break!" Elisine sat down on the ground regardless of her image, took out dry food and water and handed them to the other two. Qin Lun summoned Venus and let it patrol the nearby passages that had been explored to avoid being attacked by the Minotaur.
It seems a little strange! Looking at the two beauties who were resting together with their eyes closed, Qin Lun had no time to rest. The investigation process of the past two days has been re-filtered in his mind over and over again, slowly allowing him to discover some details that he had previously overlooked.
The traps they encountered along the way were basically fatal traps. If the purpose of setting these traps by the Minotaur is to hunt, wouldn't it be better to keep the prey trapped alive? The Minotaur is also an intelligent race, wouldn't they prefer to eat rotting prey
Do you want to contact other teams once? Qin Lun took out a mechanical object that looked like a walkie-talkie in his arms, his eyes flickered slightly.
This thing is the magic communication device that Gilliam gave him. Although the dwarves are not good at making magic equipment, this short-distance communication device is indispensable.
Dwarven miners build mines deep underground and often encounter landslides. This short-distance magical communication device is a necessary equipment to ensure that others can find survivors. During this expedition, Gilliam brought in several films.
It's just that this thing is very delicate, and the energy source needs to be replaced after a few times of use. The magic crystal inside was a special synthetic product, and Gilliam didn't have many, so he told Qin Lun not to use it unless rescue was absolutely necessary.
Forget it, there is still more time, let's see it later! Qin Lun hesitated for a moment, then put away the magic walkie-talkie. However, after Elistine and Idriya woke up, Qin Lun still told them the doubt first.
"Filar, you suspect that the minotaur in this labyrinth fortress has already been attacked by a powerful enemy, so you replaced all the traps for catching prey with deadly traps!" Elistin fell asleep, His spirit improved a lot, and he immediately guessed what Qin Lun meant.
"It's possible, but we still need evidence to support it." Qin Lun nodded and said helplessly, "This maze is too complicated. I have basically lost my sense of direction until now. The only thing I know is that according to Judging from the density of the number of traps, we are slowly approaching the core of the maze."
Qin Lun's speculation was somewhat optimistic. In fact, after this conversation, they still found nothing in the next two days. Fortunately, the other teams did not activate the magic communication device, indicating that they were not in an uncontrollable predicament either.
It wasn't until the fifth night of the entire exploration process that the magic walkie-talkie in Qin Lun's arms finally rang out, and the trio on Weiss' side made a major discovery.
"Filar, and Lord Gilliam, we found the corpses of two adult Minotaurs here!"
"The body of the Minotaur?" Gilliam didn't sound too surprised, he paused, and he also fed back his information, "We found a hastily buried bone pit here two days ago, it should be a bull's head It is strange to eat the remains of food left over. It is worth noting that these newly left bones have been gnawed clean, and it seems that the Minotaur has been short of food supplements during this period."
Qin Lun and the remaining group of dwarves also reported their findings, and Gilliam quickly came to the conclusion that everyone was guessing.
"The minotaur in this labyrinth fortress has just encountered an attack, and the enemy is very strong. They once invaded the depths of the maze and killed several minotaurs, causing the minotaurs who were not strong enough to start shrinking their defenses. No prey was harvested."
"Well, and they also converted hunting traps into deadly traps. From this point of view, the intruders are even more difficult to deal with than the Minotaur!" Mastasha said with some worry, "Master Gilliam, you'd better Inform the other companions guarding outside the maze to be careful of potential enemies."
"It has been notified that they have retreated to the previous stalactite cave." Gilliam said cautiously, "We have to be careful, since the Minotaur no longer comes out to hunt on its own initiative, there is no need for us to split up now and regroup. Go! In addition, you take the body of a Minotaur and let me check it after the rendezvous."
"Yeah!" Everyone quickly reached an agreement. Although they were in the maze, it was very simple for the four groups of them to reunite. The magic communication device had a simple orientation.
Although the linear positioning will be blocked by the maze partition, since they don't need to worry about alarming the Minotaur, they can use violent means to crack it. All of a sudden, there were slight explosions from all over the maze.
It took four groups of people five full days to slowly explore the maze before, but now it only takes half a day to converge in a straight line, and everyone gathers together. During this process, they did not encounter the Minotaur, which proved that these monsters had indeed suffered heavy losses.
"Hey, this kind of wound... I seem to have seen it before, but I can't remember it!" Seeing the corpse of the Minotaur brought by Weiss, Gilliam frowned.
Besides Gilliam, Qin Lun and others were also observing the body of the Minotaur brought by Weiss.
The Minotaur lying flat on the ground has a huge body, about 3.6 meters from head to toe, close to the height of two adult humans. Its feet are two thick hooves, and its head is a bull's head with two pairs of sharply curved horns, one of which is now broken.
However, unlike ordinary bull heads, it is covered with mane from the back of its neck to its back, making it look powerful and majestic. The Minotaur is a carnivorous creature, its mouth is covered with jagged fangs, and the two pairs of sharp canines on the upper and lower jaws are directly exposed outside the lips.
The upper body of the Minotaur is basically the same as that of a human, except that it is muscular, like a bodybuilder doubled in size. Its palm has only three fingers, except for the thumb, the other two fingers are more like the merger of the index finger and middle finger, and the ring finger and little finger merge.
The last difference between the Minotaur and humans is that they also have a cow's tail, which is one of the few weaknesses of the Minotaur's body.
When the Minotaur was alive, the eyes were bright red blood, but after death, they became a deep darkness, as if they were pure black onyx stones.
"It has three fatal wounds, the heart, the back of the neck, and the left eye socket!" Qin Lun looked at the corpse strangely, "From the shape of the wound, it was pierced by some kind of sharp cone, such as Something like a spear, but why do the muscle fibers at the wound turn outwards, could it be a spear with many barbs?"
"A barbed spear?" Gilliam, who had been frowning and thinking, suddenly shrank his pupils, and said with an ugly face, "I know what it is... But how could such things appear here, they should stay in the dark region The endless abyss is right!"