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Chapter 187: Entrance Shock
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In this place surrounded by tens of thousands of cavalry, dozens of earth magicians began to frantically draw magic power from themselves and the magic crystals, and then quickly used magic to push away the soil and rocks on the ground, forming a passage with a diameter of several meters, similar to a well.
"Go down, leave 7 earth mages and one wind mage on each floor. The earth mages will maintain this passage, and the wind mages will periodically fire small wind bombs downwards to ensure ventilation below... The rest of you, follow me down!" Seeing a cave cellar tens of meters deep appear, I immediately gave orders quickly according to the original plan.
"Wait, let me go down first..." Just as I was about to rush into the cave due to my inner impatience, Yiya grabbed me from behind.
"...Wesen, you lead the first team down first. Be careful not to touch anything suspicious. You must have my consent before moving forward." Looking into Yiya's eyes, I hesitated for a moment, then turned around and called a senior swordsman to lead a team of swordsmen and several magicians to clear the way. At this moment, I had a strange feeling in my heart. . . Although Yaruo had saved me and protected me before, I had never had such a feeling. ...
After the soldiers in front of me entered, I followed them in. Yiya, who had been following me all along, followed closely and kept watch on my surroundings.
Soon, in less than ten minutes, after using earth magic to dig three stepped deep holes, we finally encountered a huge metal object below.
"Oh my God! This is mithril... This must be the so-called altar. Look at its magic pattern, it is actually carved entirely out of mithril..."
"Shut up, all earth mages, do as I asked, and start to form two rows around the perimeter, and turn the entire site over from front to back and from left to right. Be careful not to dig a hole that's too big, or it'll collapse, and we'll all be fucking dead!" Looking at the mages who were shouting, I hurriedly interrupted their surprise and curiosity. We were now tens or hundreds of meters underground, and if those mages dug holes recklessly, I'd really be dead here.
As the magicians' exclamations continued to come from all around, I could only smile bitterly. Did those magicians think they were all here for a picnic? Not only do we have an important mission, but we also came here at great risk. Whether it was because of the defeat above that we didn't have time to retreat, or because we encountered some trouble here, I'm afraid that no one here can get out alive... It seems that those magicians still don't have the awareness to become real soldiers!
"Sir, there is an entrance here..." Just as I was searching the surroundings carefully and thinking about how to train the magicians assigned to me in the future, I heard the calls of several swordsmen in the distance.
"Why are you looking at me? Keep searching, dig deep into the ground... All magicians, stop worrying about those magic patterns, find the annoying places first, and then deal with other things. We don't have time to deal with those tricks now. After we beat back those orcs, I won't bother you if you lie there every day..." After getting everyone to move again, I lowered my head and walked towards the first entrance I found. But I wouldn't go in so rashly, because who knows what kind of traps and monsters there might be, so it's better to be safe than sorry!
"Who understands the words on it? What does it say?" Looking at the strange words on the door, I called several senior magicians of the Kingdom of Yan, hoping to get some information from them. But soon, my hope was dashed. The five old and knowledgeable magicians shook their heads at me almost at the same time.
"Sir, we have searched everywhere. Except for the underground foundation which is made of rocks, there is only one entrance. What do you think?" Before I had time to worry about having to rush into the altar blindly, several team leaders who had searched the surroundings immediately brought me relevant information about the altar.
Unexpectedly, this giant metal altar with a diameter of 50 meters and a height of nearly 10 meters actually has only this one entrance. But it's okay, since there is no choice, I can only start from here!
"Build a stone wall outside the door and make a hole in the middle of the wall, and prepare to use magic to break down the door. Also, soldiers should be on guard behind the stone wall, ready to deal with emergencies at any time. Magicians should spread out in the back and prepare magic scrolls for me. Try to reduce the use of your own magic power as much as possible. After all, we have no way to extract magic power from the outside world... Now everyone be careful!" After that, with my order, a powerful dark corrosion magic began to quickly dissolve the metal door.
“Roar~~” Almost as soon as the gate was corroded, a deafening roar almost broke the eardrums of all of us, and a huge claw with sharp toes penetrated the thick stone wall almost instantly, and the six swordsmen standing on guard in the front were flattened by one blow. … In an instant, blood, minced meat, bones and internal organs splattered everywhere as if they were crushed by a meat grinder. … … …
When I came to my senses, I found that I had retreated nearly ten meters from where I was standing, and the place where I was just standing had already been hit by the huge foot and left a huge dent... Cold sweat broke out directly from my forehead. If I was still there, I would have turned into a bloody mess like those swordsmen.
After taking a few steps back again, I finally had the energy to look around and check my own men and the giant hand that stretched out from the door. Horror... When I counted the number of people, my heart skipped a beat again. In just one attack, I lost 11 swordsmen and 7 magicians, nearly 1/3 of my manpower, just like that... And that giant foot was still at the edge of the door, as if ready to attack us at any time. At the same time, I also found that the person who took me away from where I was was actually Yiya who had been standing beside me...
"Damn, it's still just a skeleton..." When I saw the giant hand clearly, I finally spit out a curse word.
I haven't updated much these days, mainly because I have something going on at home. Please forgive me. I will be able to restore the status quo at least from the day after tomorrow. Thank you for your understanding. (To be continued)