Chapter 462 461. Underground Karst Cave
Suldak discovered that these plants with huge leaves were actually well integrated with the surrounding trees. Those huge red fruits were hidden under the canopy of the trees. Can't notice the difference here.
Samira, who is the guide of Wojmara City, and Andrew, an aboriginal Nanai native of the Maca plane, said at the same time that they did not know these plants. Suldak thought to himself: This kind of plant with huge red fruits The recognition of plants can be said to be very high, and such a large area grows in this valley, how could it be an unknown new species.
Although the trunks of these plants are up to two meters in diameter, their skins are turquoise. They don't look as old as trees, and there are some feet-long, almost transparent thorns growing on the branches. Like a huge parasol, it tightly covers the space below. Huge red fruits hang in the air, and some red fruits are still wriggling.
The ogre looked up at the huge red fruit hanging in the air, and even swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva.
He grabbed a handful of sand on the ground, wiped it vigorously on his hands, and broke off the thorns with a big wooden stick. Regardless of how thorny the remaining thorns were, he climbed to the top of the tree along the green branches, and the green plant It seemed to be resisting the ogre, constantly shaking the green branches.
The ogre moved very quickly. When Suldak wanted to make a sound, his big hand had already grabbed the red fruit. In his eyes, the huge red fruit seemed to be an incomparably delicious food.
In Suldak's impression, ogres usually like to eat meat, so he didn't feel that these giant red fruits were attractive to ogres, but the scene in front of him completely subverted his perception of ogres. Recognition, Greeter also likes to eat brightly colored fruits...
But when Gulitum just touched the giant fruit, the delicate red fruit fell from the calyx in response to the sound, and fell to the ground, bursting into a large puddle of red juice.
What was wrapped in the giant fruit was also exposed. It was clearly the body of a huge beast, but it had been corroded by the red juice so that only a skeleton with carrion remained. It was impossible to tell what kind of beast it was. The red juice shattered all over the ground, and the thin layer of peel quickly gathered into a ball.
The red pulp on the ground exudes a rotten smell, which makes Suldak want to vomit.
But at this time, he didn't have time to care about this at all, because after the red fruit fell, the calyx of the giant plant hanging in the air turned into a big mouth full of sharp teeth, and the branches and vines behind it quickly extended, like an adult The giant python with a thick waist bit the ogre.
The ogre Gullitum was taken aback. He wanted to grab the huge calyx full of sharp teeth with both hands, but he forgot that he was hugging the trunk of the giant plant. The place fell down, but his body was still strong, adjusted his posture in the air, and landed firmly on the open space.
The huge calyx's bite fell into the air, and immediately chased after the ogre. Gulitum was also extremely brave. He reached out and picked up the big wooden stick, and threw it at the flexible calyx like a python. The calyx was caught by the ogre The magic hit it with all its strength, and it was dripping with juice, leaving only a section of the vine, which quickly shrank back.
Before the ogre Gulitum celebrated his victory to the team, at almost the same time, more than a dozen vines full of sharp teeth protruded from the surrounding treetops, winding towards the members of the combat team. The ogre was still thinking about fighting back, but tripped over a tree vine that came out from behind. The moment his body fell, the tree vine had already wrapped around the ogre's thigh.
The ogre reached out and grabbed the calyx of the vine, trying to tear off the vine, but in an instant, several vines entangled around, and the ogre was so frightened that it rolled and crawled to break free from the entanglement of the vine, and followed The combat team ran out of the woodland behind.
All the flower trees seemed to come alive at this moment, turning into demons and ghosts with claws and claws. The tree vines hung down from the top of the flower trees with calyxes full of sharp teeth. Andrew and Samira were frightened. Running out, intending to escape from the area where flower trees grow
Suldak finally remembered what these plants were. When he bought insect repellent powder and man-eating pollen at the magic pharmacy, the box of the man-eating pollen was impressively painted with this kind of plant, and it was only drawn with a few strokes. The relief didn't leave much impression on Suldak's heart. The scene in front of him was almost the same as the relief on the cannibal pollen box. Suldak pulled out the blood red crescent scimitar and shouted to everyone in the team:
"Quick retreat! These are piranhas from hell."
When the four of them were desperately running back and forth on the road, Suldak felt that the fruits on these piranha trees were constantly bursting, and the surrounding vines with calyxes were gathering more and more, and the whole woodland was full of the smell of corpses. Duck poured the power of holy light into the blood-red crescent in his hand, and the blade of the blood-red crescent turned from red to glaring white flames, and cut off a tree vine, and a large part of the vine withered in an instant.
The ogre can take seven or eight meters in one step, and runs much faster than other people when running, but he is huge, and he can't avoid the tree vines extending from the sides and the top of his head. It stopped his steps and made him tired of coping among the piranha bushes.
Samira's body was light and nimble, she dodged left and right under the attack of the man-eating flower vines with her long legs, and quickly rushed to the front, but when she saw the man-eating flower vines laying a dense vine on the way everyone came, The net, immediately turned around and ran back desperately.
Andrew, who was following Samira, cut off a vine, and the four members of the team could only flee towards the hillside along the edge of the piranha tree.
The road when we came was already covered with vines and vines, trying to find an exit that could break through. The whole woodland was filled with a rotten and sweet smell. It is said that the piranha tree can secrete a hallucinogenic Toxin, Suldak quickly reminded the team members to cover their mouths and noses, and even the ogre's head was covered with a rag.
Andrew brandished a big ax to open the way ahead, and Suldak was in charge of cutting off the back. Seeing that the road ahead was about to be blocked by layers of trees and vines, Andrew strode to the front, and a pair of phantoms with staring eyes appeared behind him. He took a step forward, jumped high, and slammed down the huge ax held tightly in both hands. With a white light on the blade of the ax, it split the tree vines in front of him into two sections.
The four members of the team ran to a rock wall in a panic. Seeing a cave in the mountain wall, everyone in the combat team ran towards the cave, and quickly got into the cave before the trees and vines caught up.
As soon as Suldak stepped into the cave, the crazy man-eating flower vines had already blocked the entrance of the cave, and there were still some flower vines extending inward along the cave, but after all, the length of these flower vines was limited, so the team backed up again and again, chasing after them The few flower vines were chopped into several sections by Andrew, and the rest of the flower vines shrank back in embarrassment.
A large area of piranha trees grew outside the entrance of the cave, and any birds and beasts were seen in these areas. Obviously, once those animals approached here, they became the nourishment of piranhas. The man-eating flowers are powerful, but they were not caught by the piranhas, but they were trapped in this cave. A large number of piranhas and vines almost blocked the entrance of the cave. Now it seems that we can only wait and see how long it takes for these piranhas to disperse. go.
Andrew walked to the entrance of the cave with a big ax in hand, trying to clean up the man-eating flower vines. After the Nanai native warrior chopped off seven or eight man-eating flower vines in a row, the man-eating flower vines were obviously not attracted by the native warriors. It will easily extend the calyx with sharp teeth into the cave, and these man-eating flower vines began to secrete a light pink poisonous mist, which diffused into the cave, and the cave was filled with a strange smell of decay and sweetness .
When entering this cave for the first time, the ogre crawled in almost half-kneeling, but unexpectedly, the cave was much wider than the entrance outside. After walking more than 20 meters inside, the ogre could already stand in the cave. inside.
Although there are no towering mountains in this area, the caves look very deep.
Waiting at the entrance of the cave will only let those man-eating flower vines continue to guard outside the cave. Surdak looked into the depths of the cave and said to several members of the team: "Will the other end of this cave lead to the other side of the mountain?" On the other hand, we are already trapped here anyway, why not go in and have a look..."
Andrew sat on a rock, sharpened the blade of the ax with a whetstone, raised his head and said to Suldak, "I have no objection!"
The half-elf archer walked into the cave first. At this time, Suldak hurriedly took out the holy light torch in his magic pocket, poured a trace of holy breath, and let the holy light torch ignite a white flame. The light around the cave will reveal every detail, as if dispelling the coldness in the cave.
The three of them walked more than ten meters inward, and the ogre behind followed them in stride, and said to them: "I have no objection to exploring the cave, but should we consider lunch? Find something to eat, or I will rush out of the hole to see if I can get some food back, hey, hey...wait for me!"
The ground in the cave is full of boulders that block the road at any time, and it is very difficult to walk. In some places that are impassable, Andrew has to use a big ax to break the rocks. People follow the cave to a mountainside, where hundreds of stalactites hang down from the top of the cave, and these stone pillars are still dripping water.
The ogre ran to the pool of a stalactite execution ground, knelt on the rocky ground and wanted to probe to drink the clear water inside, but was stopped by Suldak.
Suldak said: "Don't drink to your stomach."
After speaking, he took out a water gathering rune board from the magic backpack, stuck it on the stone wall, embedded a piece of magic spar into the gem base of the rune board, and soon the funnel-shaped water collector in front of the rune board A lot of clear water gathered in the middle, Andrew helped Suldak put the water collector next to the rune board, and then asked Suldak: "Captain, do we still want to go in?"
Surdak rested on a stalactite and said: "These **** piranhas will not appear at the entrance of the cave for no reason, so I want to take a look inside the cave."
Andrew looked at the broken ax in his hand with some distress, and agreed honestly: "Oh!"
"The marching rations we carry are enough for us to last five days in the cave, don't worry about your stomach." Suldak said to the ogre next to him.
"I'm relieved when you say that, it's really uncomfortable to be hungry!" A relieved smile appeared on the ogre's face.
"Samila, were there many caves in this area before?" Suldak asked Samira who had been a guide for a while.
The half-elf archer took the map, and with the help of the holy light torch in Suldak's hand, looked for the current location of the team, and drew a deep trace with his finger on a mountainous place on the map, saying: " I heard before that there is an underground karst cave network in the northern suburbs of the city, but it is usually occupied by ghost monkeys, and the paths of the caves here are intricate. Few adventure groups are willing to walk in. Those ghost monkeys like to hide in dark caves and blow poison Arrows are of no value in themselves, and this cave is almost their range of activities."
"But now you can't even see a ghost monkey in the cave." Andrew looked around the cave, but found no living things.
Suldak thought for a while before saying: "The piranha trees outside the cave can grow so lush, it is likely that they have absorbed a large number of ghost monkeys as nutrients."
"Captain, is there something that hunts those ghost monkeys in the cave, and only some ghost monkeys escaped from this underground cave?" Andrew couldn't help asking as if he had thought of a terrible thing.
"So let's continue to explore inside to see what's in this cave." The more Suldak thought about it, the more he felt that the combat team might have gone the right way by mistake.
A cyan flame burst out from the fire-focus scroll. Andrew put the cooking pot on the fire, waited for the water in the pot to boil, and then added batter-like marching rations, so that the cooked porridge would not stick to the bottom.
The team ate something before continuing to go deep into the cave.
Along the way, there was no trace of the hellhound, and Suldak inevitably felt that he might be thinking too much.
I don't know how deep this cave is, and the team also encountered some intricate forks. In order to avoid getting lost in the cave, Samira made clear road signs at the most inconspicuous positions at each fork. Here Going deep underground, once you get lost in the cave, it is not easy to get out of the cave network.
This road extends downwards. Although the **** is relatively gentle, Suldak can still feel that the team has gone deep underground.
The cave is very quiet, no living things can be found, even moss does not grow on the stone walls, and the echo can be heard clearly when speaking, the silence is like boundless terror slowly growing in everyone's hearts, even the simple and honest Andrew Also became a little irritable.
The team rested in the cave for one night, and then walked inside for half a day.
Just when Suldak felt that there was really nothing in the cave, the low roar of the hellhound came from the depths of the cave...
(end of this chapter)