The Truth of Magic

84 The underground mine

when they saw that zhao xu had agreed to participate in this mission, the four people from maple leaf, who were already eager to join, also raised their hands in agreement.

In the end, Noah took three of his trusted men-Hill the Rogue, rock the expert, and Gale the warrior.

the rest of the people, including zach, were responsible for guarding the smuggled goods at the entrance of the mine.

Zhao Xu and the frog poet had both tested their knowledge and literacy, but they didn’t find any abnormal rumors in this area.

the entrance of the mine was old and worn, indicating that it had been sealed for many years.

This was also the reason why Noah did not bring too many combat personnel with him. In such an underground city, the greater danger to them was the traps set up inside.

But everyone still managed to get some new equipment and supplies from Noah, and Zhao Xu also obediently received 20 arrows that were specially made for the crossbow.

Fengye, Noah, and Gale walked in front and slowly approached the entrance of the mine. At this moment, they were all holding their weapons tightly. Fengye, on the other hand, occasionally gestured with the two-handed sword he had just received.

According to Noah, if he lent them these weapons, they would be given them for free, regardless of whether they could obtain the heirloom or not.

This made Zhao Xu slightly more concerned. Everyone had heard what Fengye told them, but only Noah knew about the ” message spell ” that had limited content.

Perhaps the content of the message said that they would pay any price. Otherwise, he would not think that the underground forces would be so generous to give away a 50 gold pieces two-handed sword.

“Dismantled?” fengye asked, looking ahead.

After they formed a team, Noah naturally became the leader.

The entrance to the mine was nailed by layers of wooden fences, and there was even an additional layer of canvas inside. Although it had been worn out for a long time, it was enough to prevent them from looking inside through the gaps.

“smash it. The two of you, come here and use your axes to cut this open.” noah ordered.

the two followers who were originally guarding the mine entrance quickly took out their axes and began to chop at the wooden fence.

“bang, bang.”

in a few moments, the wooden fences were broken open enough for one person to pass through.

however, the two of them continued to dig until the wooden fence was completely cut into pieces and mixed with canvas debris. noah and the others waited for the inside to be ventilated for more than ten minutes before they entered with torches.

The two attendants in charge of the excavation cleaned up the fallen objects and began to guard the gate. They did not pay much attention to the faintly illegible incantation on the canvas.

Noah and Fengye were in the front row of the entire team, followed by the two rogues, then Zhao Xu and the other non-close combat members, and finally the warrior cyclone station.

the entrance of the mine was very deep, and there were a lot of crushed ores on the chiseled ground, as well as a few broken hoes.

suddenly, rogue rainbow raised his voice. he pointed the torch in his hand at the natural stone wall. there was a line of blood-red words on it, which looked strange under the light of the torch.

“An expert? what’s the meaning of this?” noah hurriedly shouted.

although the words were crooked, everyone knew that it was not written in the common language.

noah’s subordinate, the expert in the auxiliary profession, loke, walked forward. he held his magnifying glass and observed the words on the stone wall, then said in a low voice, ” this seems to be purgatory. i have to check. ”

he began to rummage through his backpack.

“traveler who has entered by mistake, please leave!” Yoyo looked directly at the line of words and said, her face a little pale, ” I have learned the language of the abyss. Both the language of the purgatory and the language of the abyss use this purgatory language.

Hearing these words, the people who were originally determined in their hearts couldn’t help but feel a chill.

“Youyou, are you sure you didn’t see wrongly? or is this a prank?” the rogue rainbow asked awkwardly.

purgatory was the language used by devils and demons. usually, other than mages and priests, no one would be so bored as to learn this language.

Even for Zhao Xu, out of the three additional languages that he could learn, he still chose to learn Draconic, heavenly language, and Elvish.

however, looking at youyou’s face, everyone knew that she wouldn’t lie about this kind of issue.

let’s continue. It’s just to scare some adventurers who have entered by mistake. noah said. his expression was not good either, but he still insisted on carrying out his mission.

the group continued to move forward in the tunnel that was large enough for four or five people to pass through.

you’ve chosen the abyssal language as your innate additional language? ” zhao xu asked the priest yoyo next to him in a low voice.

the average priest’s intelligence was not too high, so the choice of additional languages was naturally limited. most people would choose the heavenly language like him. after all, it was the common language of the divine kingdom.

yoyo shook her head. ” i’m more interested in language, so i put a skill point in language. ”

when he heard this, zhao xu’s opinion of yoyo increased even more.

there was already language proficiency among the level 1 spells, which allowed them to recognize languages and words that they did not know. therefore, for the sake of combat power, ordinary people rarely cast language.

Only players who were born illiterate like barbarian would have no choice but to cast a point on language.

People like Wizards and priests who only had 2 skill points wouldn’t take the initiative to learn the language skill. It was only because Zhao Xu was a variant of the Taoist priest that he had 6 skill points.

Only Arthur fanatics would be able to draw out a few skill points to learn a language. They wanted to understand everything.

generally speaking, it was easier for players to reach the peak when they were fully focused.

zhao xu had also come out on an adventure and had experienced the uses of spells and knowledge skills. he started to think like a wizard and realized that some things that couldn’t significantly increase his combat power could still be very meaningful.

But when Zhao Xu thought about her name carefully, he realized that there wasn’t any famous player with this name in his previous life.

However, the name Maple Leaf reminded him of a Druid player called red maple leaf in his previous life.

After walking for about five minutes, Zhao Xu and the others reached the end of the tunnel, and their field of vision suddenly became much wider.

in front of the tunnel was a mine vein that had been excavated into a large concave pit. this was also the main excavation site of the previous absentees.

If they continued forward, they would have to climb to the large platform four or five meters below. There were damaged mechanical cables hanging four or five meters below where they stood. The miners in the past used these cables to pull the ore from the platform to the tunnel.

No one knew how long the rope would last, so Noah used the hook to find a crack in the tunnel entrance to secure it, and then slowly hung it down.

After he confirmed his surroundings, he had Zhao Xu and the others come down one by one.

When the last fighter, Fengye, also came down, Noah did a headcount, and everyone continued to move forward according to the plan.

however, after a few steps, everyone stopped. even fengye trembled and held the giant sword in his hand.

less than five meters away from the wall where they had hung down, which was where the abandoned mechanical cable was, there were several dark brown-red handprints on the corner of the wall.

it was as if someone had once tried to climb up here with all their might.