MTL - Mercenaries and Adventurers-v4 Chapter 197 , the darkest moonless night (20)

Kiel walked to the place where the armor was cleaned before, and the long sword hunting was still inserted here.

He poured some clean water on the sword, and the remaining blood flowed down. Pulling the sword and shaking off the dry water, Keir is not in a hurry to maintain his weapon, it is still growing tonight, after interrogating the captured bandits on the road, he knows that he will have to pierce through two more bandit dens in a while .

"God of Wealth bless you, I hope you can gain more tonight."

Kiel was talking nonsense, and he walked towards the cave that looked like a crack in the mountain with his long sword in his hand.

He can hope to gain more from the bandits tonight, which means that the bandits gained more from the businessmen in the past. And those businessmen are the real believers and believers of the God of Wealth, and they don't know who Kiel is asking for God's blessing at this time.

The gods probably would have given him a thunderbolt when they heard it.

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The entrance to the Bandit Cave is a long crack extending from the upper right along the mountain to the lower left.

It was like a wound on the mountain in front of me.

Kiel didn't need to light a torch, so he barely walked in with the blue light of the ax behind him and the blue light of the long sword scabbard.

The bottom of the sloping gap was actively filled with stones, and then sprinkled with soil. It is very stable to walk up, but the ground under your feet is uneven, and it is easy to trip and fall if you are not careful.

Inside the cave is a sloping passage in the same direction as the crack, lower on the left and higher on the right. Fortunately, the passage through the crack is relatively spacious, so walking will not be so awkward.

The bandits also dug holes in the steep and smooth rock wall on the right, stuffed them with wooden sticks, and the sticks were connected with rough fluffy hemp ropes, which could be grasped and walked by people passing by.

Tick, tick.

On the top of the head, there are water droplets seeping from the rocks of the mountain, continuously flowing down the sloping stone wall to the left.

With the support of life energy, Keel keenly saw that on the low rock wall on the left, someone dug a downward groove against the rock wall. After dripping, the water droplets converged into a shallow reflective water surface, which was flowing down a little bit.

As soon as Kiel guessed, he knew where the water in the cave came from.

When I first entered the cave passage, I could barely smell the smell, but the further I went down, the more I went inside, the smell gradually became foul.

Soon, the passage came to an end, and there was a relatively large space ahead, where the sound of Kiel's boots colliding with the rocks on the ground was echoing repeatedly.

Walking out of the passage, in front of Kiel's eyes is a slanted triangular cube three-dimensional space. The space is relatively large, about half of a basketball court. There is firewood burning in stone basins to provide heat and lighting, but it is much brighter than the inclined passage.

There was a mess in front of me, and a large number of wooden boxes stacked under the dry rock wall on the right were randomly opened and dumped. Apparently, it was done when the Wild Snakes and the others rummaged for something useful to take away after they captured this place.

On the left are wooden cages less than one meter high, and the stench inside the cave comes from here.

Kiel understood at a glance that those meat tickets were locked up in such a place before and suffered.

These rough wooden cages stacked two or three layers in a row are used to keep people, rather they are used to keep dogs. In the low wooden cage, I don't know how much those people have suffered.

How many people couldn't stand it and died silently.

Along the left side of the entrance passage, the water that flowed down before was guided into a huge low wooden barrel. The water in the barrels was crystal clear, and if it wasn't a bad smelly place, Keel would have tasted the mineral water from the rock formations in the barrels.

He rinsed the tip of the long sword in his hand in a wooden barrel, and then soaked the ax in water to scrub it. The two weapons vibrated back and forth in satisfaction.

There was nothing interesting about the wooden cage where people were held. Keel glanced at it and walked to the wooden box on the other side.

In the middle of the cave, there were a few wooden tables and chairs for the guards to rest on. A metal candlestick was luxuriously placed on it, and a white candle that was very delicate to the touch was inserted in the candlestick.

The candlesticks looked good and he put them away, and the candles were lit to provide light.

Holding a candle lit by flint and steel, Keel carefully began to inspect the overturned merchant goods boxes by the wall.

Half a box of clean old clothes was scattered on the floor. Keel glanced at them and found that although there was a musty smell, the fabrics were clean, and it was estimated that they had been washed when they were put away.

Great for young refugees to wear.

Half of the box was opened and no one moved the long box. Keel lifted the lid of the box and found that there were rolls of flags neatly stacked inside.

Curiously, he took out a roll of flags and touched them. It was quite a high-grade waterproof fabric, but when he unfolded it, he didn't recognize the aristocratic family crest on it.

It is estimated that some noble master ordered the flag for the territory, but the caravan transporting the goods was intercepted by bandits.

He snorted twice, knowing that the bandits made things difficult for them.

The fabric of this box of flags is very valuable, so it should be worth a lot of money. But it was embroidered with noble lords who the bandits could not afford to offend, so there was no possibility of taking action.

Because this thing is lost, people can't find out which bandit stole it, but once it is done, it is estimated that even if it is an underground black market, the nobles can find someone to follow the direction of the goods circulation and trace the bandit gang behind Fatty. hand. At that time, it will be impossible to negotiate.

So these chess pieces probably had to be dropped in the hand.

But the bandits couldn't handle it, but he could. Afterwards, if you find a chance, you can give it to Baron Kendall, and let the baron return the things to their original owners. After all, these flags were "captured" by Kiel's "crusade" against bandits.

There were several long boxes stacked next to each other. Keel opened it and found that it was a set of disassembled carriage axles.

The axles stacked in the sawdust were covered with thick grease. Although the grease had already smelled, but when Keel wiped the sawdust on the grease, the metal carriage axle underneath was not rusted.

"I don't know if this thing is worth money?"

He complained, then rummaged through other boxes.

All the boxes have been pried open and seen, and they have only been pried open. Obviously it was done by the people from Huang Snake before, but it made it easier for Kiel to move at this time.

"Iron tools? Yes, they can come in handy."

"What are these bottles and jars? Well, I'd better leave them alone."

"What the hell? Put wood in the wooden box? What do you mean? Let me guess, the wood? It's so light, it feels soft to the touch. So it's the cork used for wine bottles! Damn, there are only bottles What's the use of stuffing, there's no wine in this shabby place!"

"Iron ingots, as expected, the southern provinces that are rich in iron ore, how could there be no such things? The quality doesn't seem to be good. They should be rough and primary products."

"Hey, the people from Desolate Snake missed this thing, let me see, a box of dry ink powder. I remember that this thing is worth a lot of money, but it's not easy to sell, because there are few people who buy it."

Keel picked and picked among the boxes of goods, commenting casually by himself.

At this time, a voice came: "Uh uh uh uh uh."

A low and hoarse roar came from behind Kiel, he stopped his movements, raised his long sword, and pointed in the direction of the low roar.

Unexpectedly, the intermittent sound came from behind the wooden cage where the butchers were imprisoned.

But obviously that direction is already leaning against the rock wall?

Kiel took the shield with his left hand, stretched out the long sword with his right hand, and leaned over with small steps.

Behind the smelly wooden cage, there is a low passage less than two meters wide, which is hidden by the stacked wooden cages in front, and you have to walk to the edge of the rock wall to see clearly. There is such a place.

The low roar came faintly from the passage. If it wasn't for the fact that there was only Kiel in the cave and it was very quiet, it might not be easy to find this place.

He swallowed a mouthful of spit, remembering what others said before, the dead cave in the bandit's lair.

"Is this the place? Dead cave, the place where the corpses of dead meat tickets are disposed of?"

Keir hesitated, wondering if he should go down and take a look.

But I don't know what it sensed, the long sword in his hand hunted, and there was a faint pull in it.

Keel raised his eyebrows, realizing what was going on.

"Do you want revenge? Well, let's go then."

Keel held the lighted candle in his left hand, the shield in front, and lit it with the candle in his left hand, while the long sword rested on his right shoulder, ready to fight against the living corpses in the dark depths.

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"Steer me! Turn!"

The middle-aged businessman Percy Edwin was galloping through the woods on his horse's back. At this moment, he was pulling the leather rein in his hand, trying to change the direction of the horse's movement.

But no matter how hard he tried, the strong horse still trotted along the road in the forest, rattling in one direction.

There was a fork in the road ahead, and the horse had long judged which direction to move, so it changed direction quietly with a clatter of hooves.

"Not that way! You stupid horse! Listen to me, go left!"

But no matter how much Percy Edwin pulled the rein, the horse's direction of movement did not change.

He even heard a mocking snort from the horse under his crotch. It seemed that the prairie horse, which the knight called Bloodlicker Ghost, was laughing at him.

"You **** animal!"

The middle-aged businessman stabbed the horse angrily with the dagger in his hand, and the next moment, he was thrown off the saddle.

To make matters worse, his right foot came off the metal stirrup, but his left foot was still hanging on it when it rolled down.

So he was dragged on the ground, yelping, twisting from side to side trying to dodge the horse's left heel.

Such a strong and heavy horse, if he was stepped on by a metal horseshoe, he probably died!

"Forgive me, I beg for mercy! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I shouldn't stab you with something! Go around me!"

He yelled loudly, this situation of people begging for mercy from the horse obviously satisfied the proud Bloodlicker very much. It shook its body and completely shook the man whose feet were hanging on the stirrups to the ground.

After being dragged for tens of meters, Percy Edwin wept softly. He lay prone on the ground, annoyed that he couldn't handle a horse and had to beg for mercy to survive.

"Silululu—"

There was a neighing sound that sounded like mocking. The middle-aged businessman looked up and found that the horse had turned back the way it came. The pendant was thrown directly to the ear on the top of the head.

The long and flexible horse ears moved, and hung the luminous pendant firmly, then it lowered its head, took the gorgeous red gemstone dagger that also fell on the ground in its mouth, and bit it with its white and healthy teeth.

The sharp dagger pointed outward, facing the middle-aged businessman.

The middle-aged businessman who watched this scene was stunned for a while, and when he realized it, he realized that the knight's horse had stretched out its head with a dagger towards him.

The dagger, as sharp as blood and flames, pointed directly at his head.

This made Percy Edwin raise his hands subconsciously, expressing his surrender.

After reacting, he put his hand down in embarrassment.

There was an awkward smile on his face: "You, hello, I want the thing, can you return it to me?"

Unexpectedly, the horse shook its head, lowered its head, and the dagger pricked lightly on his shoulder.

"ah!"

Percy Edwin jumped up immediately, and was about to run away, but just half a step away, the huge head of the horse pushed him behind him and knocked him down.

"Ouch! Surrender! I surrender!"

He had to yell like this.

The attack did not continue.

Getting up again, the middle-aged businessman realized what this overly smart horse wanted him to do.

The animal wanted to guard him and move in the direction it chose.

The road was the same as when he was riding on horseback just now, but the difference was that the rider just now was walking on the ground. Behind him was a tall prairie horse with a dagger in its mouth and a glowing magic pendant on its ear.

Fortunately, no one saw this scene, otherwise it would be so weird and weird.

Leaving the woods like this, the middle-aged businessman Percy Edwin touched his face soaked in tears with his dirty sleeves. He raised his head and looked forward, and found that not far ahead, there were faint voices of many people talking.

But it was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

"Is it the Kiel knight?"

A young voice sounded from the darkness ahead, startling Percy Edwin, but he reacted quickly, first waved friendlyly, and then replied: "Sorry, I'm not."

Before the other party replied in surprise, he quickly continued, "But I was indeed sent by a young knight. He asked me to ride, no, take his horse, and come down to seek the assistance of his men."

Regarding his statement, there were murmured discussions in the dark, and then a young voice urgently asked: "What's the matter, Lord Knight? Who are you, and what happened?"

But as soon as the man finished speaking, the previous questioning voice sounded: "You come here first."

The experience brought by the middle-aged businessman from all over the world is warning him, and he has a hunch that the past may not be good.

But he was hit hard by the horse's head on the back again, he staggered twice and had to walk forward.

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Keir continued to walk along the gentle **** of the downward cave passage, illuminated by candles, and the narrow passage was completely exposed. It is impossible for him to leave any traps or hiding places.

He thought about it too much. There is no branch or place to hide in a ramp here. Apart from the increasingly clear roar ahead, there is nothing worth noting here.

Soon, he stopped.

The face under the visor was wrinkled, because the smell here was really bad. Although there is still a slight cave wind flowing here, the stench in the dark depths in front of me is strong and persistent. It is harmful to health if you inhale it, and you can't eat if you smell it.

As soon as the candle was illuminated, a relatively open and deep cave was revealed in front of Kiel.

Keir frowned and looked at his eyes. He had always thought that he had seen a lot, but the scene in front of him still made him feel disgusted and shocked.

As if sensing the presence of a living person, the bottom of the wide cave under the fault a few meters high in front of Kiel is slowly crawling up with dead bones and rotten flesh.

Arms with only palms and rotten flesh hanging slightly, slowly stretched out towards Kiel.

Most of the soles of the feet lacking phalanges wiped new traces of rot on the dark, foul-smelling floor, slowly swinging the legs that didn't have much rot.

The crotches of the pelvis, making the sound of twisting and stirring flesh, are supporting the swollen and wriggling viscera, as well as the dark brown dripping flesh foam, moving up and down with the movement of the living corpse, stirring, rubbing, and squeezing press.

The swollen intestines were stuffed with something, bulging, a living corpse accidentally exposed most of the abdominal cavity, and a section of intestines fell out, entangled in its own soles, and then pulled.

Puff-puff-puff-

Yellow-green gas spewed out from the severed intestines, making suspicious noises.

The living corpse put down the arm stretched out to Kiel, slowly grabbed the dropped intestines, and then held it in its hand, spraying out yellow-green gas and sticky mucus as it walked slowly.

Such an impactful scene, even though Kiel had dealt with some living corpses last winter, still made him take two steps back unconsciously.

"Damn, it seems that when the winter freezes, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is the right time to deal with these guys."

Keel lowered his head and looked at the living corpses surrounding the fault rock wall, stretching their hands towards him, the living person.

The long sword in his hand buzzed and vibrated, and he couldn't help but want to get into the scabbard.

"You useless thing, you know how to run away when you see this scene!"

Kiel suddenly became angry. Just now, he was hunting and wanted to deal with these moaning corpses. As a result, he came here at this time, and when he saw such a disgusting scene and the number of weapons, he wanted to back down.

"Let me tell you, it's all here! I didn't flinch!"

It seemed that the voice of Kiel's voice stimulated the living corpses gathered towards him below. Those guys with few pieces of carrion on their faces collided up and down with their exposed teeth without lips, clicking, clicking, clicking in the mouth of the hole. clicking sound.

It seemed that they wanted to say something, or that they wanted to use their teeth with yellow gums and roots to bite Keel, a living person.

Kiel swallowed a mouthful of spit, and the clicking sound of a large number of living corpses was simply the scratching sound that kept hitting his heart.

Made him feel dizzy.

What? He has no heart?

Oh, now that Keel reacted, his chest no longer felt stuffy all of a sudden.

But the bad smell is still a big obstacle before he wants to fight.

Asking him to jump down to fight these rotting and smelly living corpses is no less challenging than asking him to swim in a cesspit.

It's not that he can't beat these slow-moving zombies, but whether he can't be disgusted by these guys. It seems that the battle with the bandit leader of Luobagdong in the pit of living corpses in winter was really a good time!