Not long after, everyone in the "Mountain Antelope Group" finished packing up the funerary objects in the stone chamber, and they were all fine. They were piled in twos and threes, whispering, with uncontrollable joy on their faces.
"Haha, we got rich this time..."
"Yes. With this money, I can have enough money to have a mother-in-law and live peacefully for the rest of my life. I don't have to go out hunting wild lands to fight for my life."
"I plan to buy a better genetic potion to see if I can break through to the second level of extraordinary..."
"Don't be too happy. Let's wait until we can get out alive."
"..."
But everyone knows that the person they should be most grateful for for surviving until now is "Dr. Nicholas" who is doing some strange things in the corner at this moment.
But no one dared to ask, and no one dared to interrupt.
... ..
There are also addiction medicines in this world.
Renn is like an "addict", taking a syringe and injecting himself with paralyzing toxin from time to time.
It takes less than half an hour after each injection for the body's immune system to fully adapt to the dose of toxin.
Then add a little more and inject again.
Even without looking at the system's data panel, he could clearly feel that the paralysis caused by the [Dog Head Paralysis Toxin] on him was getting weaker and weaker.
Once the toxin resistance reaches a certain level, it will almost reach the level of complete immunity. In the end, it will be like drinking water, just drink it.
Probably, that level won't be around for long.
... ..
Now that the elusive monster was gone, Renne and the "Mountain Antelope Group" waited patiently in the stone room.
You can often hear the sound of distant musketry in the corridor, as if it comes to your ears after thousands of times, and it is already faint and unnoticeable.
It can be imagined that other hunters encountered monsters and were firing fiercely.
However, that has nothing to do with them.
This small stone room gave everyone a temporary safe shelter.
Renn found this "safe house" by following the special symbols carved on the wall. It was like solving a Rubik's Cube, which required certain skills. You can't find it just by wandering around.
But even though the maze is big, it can't hold many people.
This time, tens of thousands of hunters entered the underground. No matter how complicated the maze was, some lucky guys stumbled in.
However, other hunting groups were not as lucky as the "Mountain Antelope Group".
The "kobold" in the maze can emerge from the cracks in the wall at any time and easily take away a person's life. Not only monsters, but also mechanisms.
One wrong step could mean fatal danger.
Generally, small and medium-sized hunting groups with dozens of people simply cannot withstand a few twists and turns.
Sooner or later, more experienced hunters will realize that this is a maze. But no one knew the ancient Monkel language, and no one could roughly guess the structure of the maze after just reading it once, like Ren.
There may be other "safe houses", but if you can't understand the ancient characters on the stone carvings, they may have been ignored.
The more anxious we are, the more the human mentality wants to find an "exit." Just like that, he was running around like a headless fly in the maze, but before he knew it, there were not many living people left.
During the few hours of waiting, a few waves of hunters came in by mistake, but most of them left in despair.
The survivors with frightened and desperate faces broke into the "safe house" in a panic and bumped into the repairing Lane and his party. They were no more at ease than bumping into the monster.
In this claustrophobic environment, there is no burden at all in killing people, and strangers are also something to be wary of.
This is an experience that any wilderness hunter knows.
Therefore, everyone in the "Mountain Antelope Group" is full of vigilance for any movement.
When someone is found to have broken in, more than a dozen muskets will be aimed at the intruder. After all, they still carry "huge sums of money" with them, and no one dares to be careless.
Most of those who entered by mistake were injured, and more or less, they also carried some treasures found in the maze. In the panic, looking at the dark muzzle of the gun again, in order not to cause misunderstanding, no one dared to stay.
Of course, the most important thing is that no one thought that the stone room where Ren and the others were staying was any different from the ones they had encountered before. There is absolutely no need to take the risk of staying together.
of course there are exceptions.
That is the strength of the intruder, stronger than the "Mountain Antelope Group".
Most of the people recruited by the Duke's Palace to hunt wilderness this time were small and medium-sized hunting groups, with as few as a dozen people, as many as dozens of people, and at least a few hundred people.
A team of this size simply cannot withstand the torment. Just wander around in this underground palace and it would be good if a few of them survive.
Renn and his party stayed in the stone room for five or six hours and met more than a dozen waves of fellow travelers, but most of them were incomplete teams of three or five people.
Finally, after several assassins who had opened the way were forced back into the corridor by gunfire, Renn realized that trouble might be coming.
... ..
Five or six hours have passed since the group entered the mausoleum.
The surviving hunters encountered danger less and less frequently.
In the beginning, "kobolds" could pop up from the cracks in the rocks at almost any time; but now, you might not encounter one even if you walk for half an hour.
Everyone understands that the number of "dog-headed monsters" is not endless. The thirty or forty thousand people who entered the underground palace have probably consumed them all with their lives.
In the dark corridor, a group of people were making marks along the way, trying to find the exit of the maze.
But no matter how they walked, they found that the marks had no pattern at all.
This is a medium-sized team called the "Iron Feather Hunting Group".
Before entering the underground palace, there were three to five hundred of them. But now the only ones left alive are the thirty-odd people at present, and nearly 90% of them have been damaged.
Then, by accident, the assassin who opened the way discovered Lane and his group in the "safe house".
This situation was also reported.
"Captain, there is a hunting group in the stone room in front! They seem to be members of the 'Mountain Antelope Group'..."
"Huh... That kind of small group hasn't been destroyed yet? How many people are there in them?"
"twelve."
"It's so possible! They didn't reduce their staff much?"
"..."
Coincidentally, this hunting group knew the "Mountain Antelope Group".
They also know that this small group usually only has a dozen people.
Now they encountered this damn maze, and countless hunting groups that were much stronger than them were wiped out, but they actually survived
And... almost no attrition? !
This is surprising.
The leader [Elephant Foot] Becky is a veteran strongman of the third level and is quite famous among the individual hunters.
He listened to the report of his subordinate assassins, frowned, and immediately realized something, "Let's go! Let's go over and take a look!"
... ..
Dozens of people were making a lot of noise while walking in the corridor, and the "Mountain Antelope Group" naturally noticed them.
The team members were also nervous for a while.
The opponent's number is several times theirs, so if a conflict does occur, they will be at an absolute disadvantage.
"Captain, someone is here, at least dozens of people..."
"What do we do now?"
"If they are really malicious, we will fight them! Anyway, I would rather die than give up the treasure I paid for with my life..."
"Me too!"
"..."
Captain Bart also looked solemn as he listened.
If you don't have so many valuable treasures on you, you will just bump into them. Those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes. Everyone is a hunter. Even if they are really malicious, they cannot kill for the sake of killing.
But now that he has a lot of money, the situation is different.
They are really going to be robbed. The things they exchanged for their lives this time are just used as wedding dresses for others. No one can bear to change them.
But it's obvious that the opponent has more people and strength, and they can't defeat them forcefully.
Bart did not place the safety of his group on the kindness of those unknown people.
Now we can only prepare for the worst, either fight or leave.
But leaving this stone room now is not a good choice.
Thinking of this, he turned his gaze and looked at Ren, who was still calm and meditating with his eyes closed, and asked: "Mr. Nicholas, look at us..."
Renn didn't even raise his eyelids and said calmly: "Just wait and see what happens."
"good!"
Hearing the calm tone of these words, Bart felt happy, and his uneasiness suddenly calmed down.
Knowing that the other party has a large number of people, yet still being so calm shows that the "big man" in front of him is completely sure of handling it.
But Bart also tried many times to recall when he had made friends with such a big shot.
But still not the slightest impression.
... ..
Soon, everyone from the "Iron Feather Hunting Group" came through the corridor.
The firelight reflected the faces wearing gas masks and looking slightly solemn.
These guys were heavily armed, and most of them were wearing equipment that was several times more than they could carry. They looked like trophies, or things they had taken away from their dead comrades.
Click, click, click.
There was a chorus of gunshots.
The two groups faced each other one by one, with more than a dozen muskets facing off against dozens of them.
The atmosphere instantly became tense.
At this time, a path separated from the opponent's crowd, and a person walked out.
He didn't care about the muzzles at all, and said with a faint smile: "Hey... Bart, what do you mean? Are you and your brothers going to greet me with guns?"
Bart looked at the other party's attire and recognized the person, slightly surprised: "Captain Becky?"
Although his expression was calm, he secretly said something was wrong.
He never expected that the person coming was actually a third-level transcendent!
Most of the high-level extraordinary people are concentrated under the great nobles, or in large hunting groups. For ordinary hunters, the third level of transcendence is the top powerhouse they can come into contact with.
This is a big shot.
Seeing the person coming, Bart's peripheral vision unconsciously fell on Ren in the distance.
He felt a little uneasy in his heart. Although he knew that this "Doctor Nicholas" was definitely not simple, he might not be the top expert among the individual wilderness hunters.
What's more, there are so many people on the other side!
"Everyone, put your guns away..."
Recognizing the person, the strange look on Bart's face disappeared and he signaled his team members to put away their muskets.
Because this kind of weapon is completely useless against high-level extraordinary beings, and will also anger the opponent.
If you really want to give people an excuse to take action, they will definitely be the ones to suffer.
The "Mountain Antelope Regiment" lowered their guns, and the "Iron Feather Regiment" also lowered their guns. There was a hint of ill-intention in the eyes of those people, as if they were like carnivorous lions sizing up herbivorous antelopes.
Becky took a look at the environment in the stone room, her eyes lingered on several gold coffins inlaid with gems for a moment, and then moved to other places.
What surprised him was that there was no body of the dog-headed monster in the stone room, nor were there any human bodies.
And when he looked at the suture wounds on the necks of the wounded members of the "Mountain Deer Group", Becky's face was even more shocked.
Such horrific wounds were obviously caused by the bite of the dog-headed monster.
But if you are bitten by that kind of monster, can you still survive
It can also be said to be a coincidence that there are actually three wounded people whose necks were bitten
Several second-level vice-captains in his regiment were instantly bitten to death. How did these guys survive
At this moment, countless doubts popped up in Becky's mind. He looked at Bart and didn't rush to ask about other situations. Instead, he asked directly: "Bart, have you also encountered those dog-headed monsters?"
Bart didn't appear to be talking to these people, but he had to respond: "I met them. Our team also lost several brothers because of this."
Only a few
Hundreds of people in my group died because of that monster!
Becky's face looked a little ugly when he heard that, and he asked tentatively: "I think the wounds on your brothers were bitten by the dog-headed monster?"
Upon hearing this, Bart guessed what the other party was curious about, and secretly thought something bad.
But you can't hide such a big wound, and people may believe you if you tell lies. But naturally he wouldn't do it if Dr. Nicholas's superb medical skills were revealed.
Unexpectedly, Sister Pasha said: "Yes. They are very lucky. They were bitten but did not die."
"oh?"
Becky looked at Pasha's attire and asked dubiously, "Are you a senior doctor?"
Hundreds of people in his team died. How could he not know that this monster not only bites people, but also releases poison and sucks blood instantly? They couldn't be saved at all.
This was the conclusion reached by the only senior doctor in their team.
Now I actually saw a living person in a small group
Pasha didn't intend to explain more, didn't admit or deny, she just said: "I am a priestly extraordinary person."
"..."
When Becky heard this, she looked uncertain.
Having witnessed hundreds of people being bitten to death with his own eyes, he naturally would not believe that a low-level transcendent could inflict such injuries, but the facts were right in front of him. Perhaps, by chance, some priesthood heals this injury
If there really is such an extraordinary medical system, then you must hold it in your hands!
... ..
The other party obviously asked questions one after another to find out their secrets, and Bart also saw the little thoughts of everyone in the "Iron Feather Group".
He did not intend to quarrel with these people, and said to the group members beside him: "Brothers, give Teng Tengdao to the brothers of the 'Iron Feather Group'..."
As soon as the words fell, everyone in the stone room immediately leaned against the wall and opened a passable path in the middle.
This is a euphemistic expression of chasing people away.
The stone chamber, which is only a few dozen square meters, cannot accommodate that many people. Only if they get out of the way can the uninvited guests pass through.
As soon as the words fell, everyone in the stone room immediately leaned against the wall and opened a passable path in the middle.
If you are hunting in other places, you will just say hello and leave when you encounter someone.
But Becky wasn't stupid either. Looking at the dried blood and burnt torches on the ground, he also guessed that Bart and the others had been staying in this stone room for a long time.
He was also more curious. His team narrowly escaped death, but the "Mountain Antelope Group" didn't suffer much loss. Why
He was not in a hurry to leave. He turned his eyes and asked again: "Captain Bart, you should have noticed that we are trapped in a maze now. It just so happens that my regiment is short of personnel and doctors, so you can just follow us. Let’s go together. We all have to look after each other.”
Under normal circumstances, if a third-level transcendent can talk in such a polite tone, a small group like Bart would not dare to disobey him, but in this situation, Bart also knows what the other party is coming for.
It is said that there is a shortage of people, but it is probably because of the lack of cannon fodder to explore the way.
If they say they are short of doctors, they must be looking at the ability to cure the bites of dog-headed monsters. But that is not Sister Pasha's ability at all, and they have no right to decide anything for that gentleman.
No matter how you look at it, being with these guys is not a good choice.
Bart glanced at Ren, who was silent, from the corner of his eye, and refused directly: "Thank you, Captain Becky, for your kindness. But no, there are wounded among us now, and we plan to take another rest."
"???"
Being rejected so directly, Becky thought she had heard wrong.
His face became a little gloomy and he said, "Oh? Is that so?"
How dare these guys reject me
No matter how stupid he was, he could guess what "secrets" these people might have.
All responses have been to avoid him.
In the current situation, their "Iron Feather Regiment" has a crushing advantage, and they still care about their shame. This is not smart.
Now that we have met, the doctor must take him away, and the secret must be revealed.
Since the other party is shameless, then simply break up!
... ..
But even if you do it, you have to find a reason.
Becky once again set her sights on the three golden coffins in the stone chamber and said directly: "Hey, Captain Bart, you seem to have gained a good harvest this time?"
Although there was Ren's storage ring, the extra treasure still occupied the package of the "Mountain Deer Group", which was bulging, making it easy to see that they had gained a lot.
When Bart heard this, he took the initiative to open a bag, revealing golden gold coins, and said, "I found some not-so-valuable gold objects."
Hearing this, Becky always felt like his fist was hitting cotton. This Bart didn't give him a chance to attack at all.
At this time, Becky's eyes fell on several coffins in the stone room, and asked: "Are there any treasures in those coffins? These pure gold coffins inlaid with gems are priceless, and you haven't bought them yet." Take it away?”
These coffins were also the biggest "suspicious point" in the entire room for him!