More than an hour later.
Richard and Waltz left the town of Shambhala and arrived at the location of Mine No. 13 outside the town.
In front of a hill, Waltz stopped, pointed to a winding mountain road next to him, and said, "Just keep going up this road. It won't take long before you reach Mine No. 13. I'm here waiting for you."
"Huh?" Richard looked at Waltz and asked, "What, Mr. Waltz, won't you go up with me?"
"Gudong!"
Waltz took a sip of wine, took a deep look at Richard, then lowered his eyebrows and said loudly: "Master Wizard, you and I are different. You have extraordinary power, and I am just an ordinary person, even They are not as good as ordinary people, after all, I am no longer young.
More than half a month ago, in the mine on this mountain, more than a dozen strong young men, including my nephew Hua Nuo, were killed overnight. In my opinion, this kind of force is completely irresistible.
You are a wizard, so you naturally have the confidence to protect yourself, but how can I protect myself if I really encounter the kind of power I mentioned before? Do I hope you will help me? Forget it, I'd better not cause trouble to you, Master Wizard, just wait here. "
"Actually, if you go up with me and you are really in danger, I will protect you. Of course, if you don't want to go, I won't force you." Richard said to Waltz, "After all, the initiative lies with you. , If you want to stay here and wait, just wait. But are you sure it will be safe under this mountain? "
"This..." Waltz's expression froze slightly, and he wanted to defend something, but it suddenly got stuck in his throat.
Richard did not continue to argue with Waltz, and walked along the path towards the mountain.
…
"Ta-ta-ta..."
The sound of footsteps sounded, and Richard walked along the mountain road to Mine No. 13 on the mountain, and carefully looked at the appearance of the mine. While he was looking at it, there was suddenly a faint sound of breathing behind him.
"Puff... Puff..."
Turning to face behind him, Richard saw Waltz, who had insisted on staying at the bottom of the mountain, running up panting and sweating profusely.
"What, Mr. Waltz, don't you insist on your own idea?" Richard looked at the other party and asked.
Waltz opened his mouth and took a few deep breaths, trying to return to normal, and said to Richard: "Okay, Master Wizard, I admit that what you said before is reasonable. I have thought about it and promised to take you out of Shambhala Town. It was a mistake to come here, because my safety was no longer guaranteed if I walked out of the tavern.
In this case, instead of staying at the foot of the mountain and gambling on my luck, I might as well follow you. I hope, Lord Wizard, you can keep your promise and really protect me when I encounter danger. "
"I will." Richard said, then turned to look at the five mines opened in the mine in front, and asked Waltz, "You came just in time. As a mine owner, you should know better. Those who kill people Which mine did the monster come out of? Point it out to me, and save me the trouble of exploring mine after mine."
After hearing what Richard said, Waltz's expression twisted slightly, which obviously brought back bad memories. But after a while, he still raised his hand, pointed to the mine on the far left, and said: "It's the No. 5 hole over there - it was newly opened not long ago. The mining was fine for the first few days, but something suddenly happened. My nephew, Hua Nuo... died at the entrance of the cave when he was found."
"Is that so, my condolences." Richard comforted him and walked towards the No. 5 hole pointed by Waltz. Waltz followed quickly, and the two of them entered the mine directly.
The mine was very empty, and after walking in, the sound of footsteps echoed continuously.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
Richard and Waltz continued to go deeper, and after a while they stopped in front of a stone wall. There was an obvious breach there, exposing another mine behind.
Pointing to the hole in the stone wall, Richard asked Waltz: "Mr. Waltz, do you know what is going on?"
Seeing the breach, Waltz was obviously surprised: "Hey! This... shouldn't be! The mines have been planned long ago. There shouldn't be such a breach, at least not at the beginning, otherwise I would definitely know .
This breach should have appeared later... After the massacre, I took a few miners with me and only dared to collect the bodies of Hua Nuo and the others. I didn't dare to enter here at all. I really don't know what happened... "
After a pause, Waltz became alert and asked Richard: "Master Wizard, you say... could this be the passage to the abyss mentioned in the rumors? Could the devil run out of here, and then Killed Hua Nuo and the rest of the mine guards?"
At the end of the sentence, Waltz's face turned a little pale. It is true that he has some brains, but after all, his vision has not escaped the limitations of his identity and strength, and he is still afraid of legendary things like demons - typically scaring himself.
Richard looked at Waltz's appearance, shook his head slightly, without any fear, and whispered to Waltz: "Is it the entrance to the abyss? Is there a demon living there? It's useless to think about it outside. Go in and take a look. Just know it.”
As he spoke, Richard entered the breach. He waltzed for a moment, gritted his teeth, and entered the breach bravely.
…
After entering the breach, I saw that this was another slightly smaller mine, which was not much different from the mine outside. The only difference may be that there is a faint fishy smell in the air, which makes people think of a large amount of rotten meat piled together.
Richard smelled the smell, frowned, raised his vigilance, and walked forward, Waltz following closely.
After walking about a few dozen meters, Richard raised his eyebrows and suddenly stopped, as if he had discovered something, and reminded Waltz: "Be careful!"
"Huh?" Waltz was confused, and then he heard a rustling sound coming from above his head, as if some insect was crawling across his head.
Waltz suddenly looked up and saw a palm-sized black spider hanging there, as if it had been waiting for a long time, and opened its mouth to spit out a ball of green liquid.
After seeing this, Waltz's body stiffened, his mind went completely blank for a moment, and he didn't know what to do.
Seeing the green liquid spraying onto his face, Richard took action.
A faint light flashed across Richard's body, and his strength was greatly improved. He grabbed Waltz's body and lifted it hard, like picking up a child, and lifted it to the side easily.
"puff!"
The green liquid fell into the air and fell to the ground.
Waltz was successfully rescued, but there was no joy or rejoicing. He seemed to be stupid and stood motionless on the ground.
At this time, the spider above the head saw that the attack failed, became angry, made a "squeaking" sound, and was about to attack again.
Richard was not polite, he narrowed his eyes, raised his hand, and an ice pick formed in his hand. With a strong flick, the ice pick flew out like a dart, flying towards the spider.