After seeing Zhao Xu agreeing to participate in this mission, the four Maple Leafs who were already ready to take action also directly raised their hands in favor of participating.
Finally, it was agreed that Roja would go down with them with three of his closest men, the wanderer Hill, the "expert" Locke, and the warrior Hayate.
The remaining people, including Zach, were responsible for guarding the smuggled goods at the entrance of the mine.
Zhao Xu and the poet Frog conducted knowledge tests and "knowledge" ability tests respectively, but neither found any unusual rumors in this area.
The signs of dilapidation at the entrance to the mine also indicate that it has been sealed off for many years.
This is also the reason why Roja did not bring too many combatants. In this kind of dungeon, the greater danger to them is the traps arranged inside.
However, everyone still received and replenished equipment and supplies from Luo Ya, and Zhao Xu also honestly received 20 arrows specifically for the hand crossbow.
Maple Leaf, Roja, and Gale were all leading the way and slowly approached the entrance of the mine. At this moment, they all held onto their weapons, while Maple Leaf gestured with the two-handed giant sword that he had just received from time to time.
According to Roja, these weapons lent to them would be given to them for free regardless of whether they could obtain the secret treasure or not.
This also made Zhao Xu think about it a little bit. Basically everyone heard what Maple Leaf relayed. Only Luo Ya knew about the limited "messaging technique".
Maybe there was something like "regardless of the cost" in the content of the summons, otherwise he wouldn't think that these underground forces could be so generous as to give away the 50 GP two-handed giant sword as soon as he said it.
"Demolished?" Maple Leaf asked, looking ahead.
After they formed a team, the leader naturally became Roja.
The entrance to the mine in front of them was nailed shut by layers of wooden fences, and there was even an extra layer of canvas inside. Although it had been tattered for a long time, it was enough to prevent them from observing the inside through the gaps.
"Smash it. Come here and chop it open with an axe." Roja ordered.
The two followers who were originally ordered to guard the entrance of the mine quickly took axes and started chopping on the wooden fence.
"Bang, bang."
In a few moments, the wooden fences were broken enough to allow a person to pass through.
However, both of them continued to dig until the wooden fence was completely chopped into pieces and mixed with canvas scraps and fell to the ground. Roja and others waited for more than ten minutes for the inside to be ventilated before entering with torches.
The two followers responsible for the excavation collected the fallen objects and then began to guard the door. They did not pay much attention to the indecipherable incantation on the canvas.
The entire team included Luo Ya and Maple Leaf at the front, followed closely by the two rogues, followed by Zhao Xu and other non-melee personnel, and finally ended at the warrior blast station.
The mouth of the mine is very deep, and there are a lot of broken ores on the ground, as well as several broken hoes.
Suddenly Wanderer Rainbow raised his voice and said, pointing the torch in his hand at the natural stone wall. There was a line of blood-red text on it, which looked a little weird under the light of the fire.
"Expert? What does this mean?" Roja shouted quickly when he saw this.
Although the font is crooked, everyone knows that it is not written in common language.
Roja's subordinate, Locke, an expert in the auxiliary profession, stepped forward. After observing the writing on the stone wall with his magnifying glass, he whispered: "This seems to be purgatory writing. I have to check it out."
As he spoke, he began to rummage through his backpack.
"Travellers who entered by mistake, please leave!" Youyou looked directly at the line of text and said, her face a little pale, "I have learned Abyssal Language, Purgatory Language and Abyssal Language both use this kind of Purgatory text."
Hearing this sentence, everyone who was originally determined in their hearts couldn't help but feel a hair in their hearts.
"Yuyou, are you reading that right? Or are you calling someone a prank?" Wanderer Rainbow asked awkwardly.
Purgatory script is the script of devils and demons. Generally speaking, except for mages and priests, no one would be so bored as to learn this language.
Even Zhao Xu chose Dragon Language, Celestial Language, and Elf Language among the three additional languages that could be learned.
Just looking at Yuyou's face, everyone knew that she would not lie on such an issue.
"Keep going, it's just to scare some adventurers who wander in by mistake." Roja said. His face didn't look good, but he still insisted on carrying out his mission.
The group continued to move forward in the mine tunnel, which was large enough for four or five people to pass through.
"Did you choose Abyssal as your extra talent language?" Zhao Xu asked the priest Youyou beside him in a low voice.
Generally speaking, the intelligence of priests is not ranked too high, and the choice of additional languages is naturally limited. More people like him choose Celestial Language. After all, it is the universal language in the Kingdom of God.
Youyou shook her head, "I'm more interested in language, so I put some skill points into 'Language'."
Hearing this, Zhao Xu looked at Yuyou in front of him a little higher.
There is already a "Language Understanding" spell among the first-level spells, which allows them to recognize unknown languages and characters, so for the sake of combat effectiveness, most people rarely invest in languages.
Only players who are born illiterate like barbarians will have no choice but to invest in "language".
People like mage priests with only 2 professional skill points generally do not take the initiative to learn "language" skills. In other words, Zhao Xu is a "monastic priest" and has 6 initial professional skill points.
Therefore, being able to use the few skill points to learn a language is generally the level of Arthur's enthusiast who wants to know everything.
Generally speaking, this kind of focused player is more likely to reach the top.
Zhao Xu also went out on an adventure, experienced the usefulness of spells and knowledge skills, began to think like a mage, and began to realize that some things that could not significantly improve combat power also had great significance.
However, Zhao Xu thought about Yuyou's name carefully, and it seemed that no famous player had this name in his previous life.
However, the name Maple Leaf reminded him of a player druid named "Red Maple Leaf" in his previous life.
After about five minutes of journey, Zhao Xu and others reached the end of the mine tunnel, and their view suddenly became extremely wide.
In front of the tunnel is a mine that has been dug with various pits and pits. It has turned into a large sunken pit. This was also the main digging place for the miners before.
If they go further, they will have to climb to the large platform four to five meters deep below. There is still a broken mechanical sling hanging four to five meters away from where they stand. The miners in the past used this to pull the ore under the platform. Above the tunnel.
No one knew how long the sling could last, so Roja directly used the hook to find a stone crevice at the entrance of the tunnel to fix it, and then slowly hung it down.
After confirming the surrounding environment, he asked Zhao Xu and others above to follow the hook one by one.
After the last warrior Maple Leaf also came down, Roja counted the number of people, and everyone continued to move forward according to the plan.
After just a few steps, everyone stopped. Even Maple Leaf trembled and held the giant sword in his hand.
On the wall where they had just hung down, less than five meters apart, where the abandoned mechanical sling was, there were several handprints that had dimmed and turned brownish red on the corner of the wall.
It was as if someone had once been trying desperately to climb up here.
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