Steel steam and flame

Ross, who was silent for a moment, jumped off the stone and walked towards the cave that led diagonally downwards to a deeper place. "Don't worry about what dangerous actions I will make. In order to ensure your own safety and life, while preparing for the battle, in the end It is also very necessary to break the sealed hole at all times. Once again, confirm its structure. If something unexpected happens when you want to destroy it, you will be irresponsible to yourself."

"Just taking a look!" Losak's words were full of warning.

"Of course, I understand the difference between looking and destroying." Ross replied seriously. He sat down cross-legged about ten meters outside the entrance of the cave and closed his eyes. "Just wait here. If we need to go out, remember to yell." After speaking, Rose quickly disappeared and melted into the not-so-bright light of the underground cavity.

Losak looked at Ross carefully for more than ten seconds. After sighing, his attention returned to the scattered perceptions, leaving only the most basic layer of perception wandering around. He knew the situation he was in with Rose at the moment, and he also understood that Rose's thoughts and actions were not wrong.

Because after discovering that there were strange things deep underground, he and Rose took turns trying to use spiritual perception to detect information about the so-called strange things. But as soon as he gets close to the end of the cave, his perception is distorted, like the air above rising flames, and there is no chance to go any further.

It was unclear what force was affecting the mental perception of their high-level surgeons, but this information made them speculate that the owner of the underground cave network would have great strength. As a completely free southern forest, the Mist Kingdom has never had the concept of territory except for its central location. If you want to protect something and circle a place, you can only rely on your own strength.

In their view, the highly concealed underground network requires strong strength to protect it.

Losak no longer thinks about it anymore and has chosen to wait. He just needs to calm down his mood and emotions.

In the network of underground caves, the triggering of traps reaches its peak in a certain period of time, and then drops rapidly, until only one or two explosions are heard occasionally. The three-stage team of members exploring the network did slow down soon after, focusing on collecting map information and implementing it more steadily.

There was almost no encounter. The members of Losark's side had already memorized the map of the entire underground cave network in their heads. During this period, they constantly updated traps and retreated slowly, all in a defensive posture. Fighting is the last option, and during this period, retreat and defense will make the enemy too vigilant, thus slowing down their advancement.

On the ground, the four high-level surgeons of Theocratic State spread out and kept a close speed gap between each other. They tried their best to form a fan shape and faced the front, exploring the places they passed one by one. But since Cassihei's activities are only in the network of underground caves, the things that enter their perception have the most realistic nature, which deepens their own imagination.

But whether it is the members of the Theocracy or Salok and others, time has become the least cherished item in the hands of both parties.

Soon after, communications from the four members of Theocratic State began to ring out one after another, and polished building materials, sword-shaped weapons, and strange writing symbols were discovered in the huge underground cavity. It definitely took a long time to enter the underground cave network one after another, and it was already more than half an hour before we returned to the ground.

"One of the unknown pieces of information unknown to us has appeared."

"The most important thing is the strange characters and symbols. This wild dragon will be very special. In addition, the polished materials and sword-shaped weapons,..., a humanoid wild dragon?"

"If there are people from the Nature Association, you can immediately ask if this situation is normal. If you have the memory of seeing relevant records in the data, humanoid dragons will be closer to humans in thinking and wisdom, and It’s not about following the established set of rules for dragons.”

"Isn't this important? Now the most urgent thing is to consider whether the owner of this cave network is just a wild dragon, or whether there will be other operators. The two targets chose to stop, and the strange text was their basis One, but definitely not all, at most only accounts for a quarter, or a fifth, or even less. The results of the existing underground cave network may be able to explain the problem..."

At this time, someone answered, "The network of underground caves spread over a huge area. In the center, or somewhere, in the underground cavity, they found something even more alarming than the strange writing."

The judgment was approved by everyone, and the silence of everyone's thinking soon ended.

"Go directly to the center. There is a high probability that unknown information is waiting for us. The other option is to continue to advance steadily but slowly. In fact, I have an unfounded speculation. The goal is probably to hope that we slow down. Footsteps. Deliberately creating unknowns and illusions, and stimulating excessive vigilance, serve this purpose."

"Well... the goal is just to discover that there is an opportunity in this area. But, that opportunity has not returned here yet? Is it attracted by the pollution?"

The silence brought about by thinking came again, this time the end was longer.

"I still think that steady advancement is the most reliable."

"Agree."

"Would it be an option to go directly to the central area and evacuate immediately when something is wrong?" someone said tentatively.

"You can try it yourself. The three of us will be waiting for news from you in the rear."

"Then, proceed steadily and let's continue the unfinished ground exploration."

Ten minutes later, a fan-shaped exploration surface unfolded again, advancing forward at a good speed. Blizzards and cold winds are still howling inside and above the forest. The weather shows no signs of improving in the near future and is getting worse. Heavy rains that used to come during the day have been replaced by blizzards for a while.

At some point, there was a faint, whistling sound that spread despite the cold wind. The gray-black snow clouds in the sky broke through a hole, and a ball of pitch black that blended into the background fell down.

Almost at the same time, the four members of Theocratic Nation who were exploring in a fan shape all raised their heads and looked at the sky blocked by the forest in front of them. Then, the figures of the four people all disappeared from the place, turning into flowing shadows in the darkness, moving forward.

But it was only a little late. Whether it was Sarok who closed his eyes and spread out his perception on the stone, or Rose who was sitting in front of the cave, the moment they opened their eyes, their bodies were ejected and when they were together again, they were already together. In the cave leading to the entrance.

"coming!"

"Phew - I actually feel nervous," Ross said.

At the same time, the black shadow that fell from the sky suddenly accelerated on the way. It was supposed to slide down smoothly to the ground, but in the blink of an eye it passed the distance between the snow cloud layer and the ground, and fell suddenly. While the vibrations and impacts spread around, the atmosphere was affected by invisible influences and began to become chaotic in this area.

It seems that a storm is about to form here!