Chapter 147: Escape
As soon as he stepped into the bush, Henry saw huge holes in the ground not far away, and countless red ants with wings five centimeters long crawled nearby.
He carefully took out a large piece of cured meat from the dimensional bag and threw it forward, and the moment the meat hit the ground, a large number of ants flew up and swarmed up, and in the blink of an eye, a piece of beef weighing more than two kilograms was divided into countless cubes the size of rice grains. Then he threw some other things over, and found that these guys seemed to have some special ability, and in an instant he could distinguish what could be eaten and which could not be eaten.
Zuvosa pointed to the large ant colony in front of him and asked, "How is it, is there any good way?" If it doesn't take a minute to rush straight through, we'll be gnawed to bones. Even if Vaughn had regeneration energy, it was estimated that he would not be able to resist for long, and these guys were biting too fast. ”
Henry shook his head with a wry smile. "There's no good way, but there's a stupid way. After a while, I unleashed the "Wall of Fire" to separate the ants' nests, and then all of them quickly passed through the area before the spell's effect wore off. ”
"There are so many of them that the sustained effect of the Wall of Fire is simply not enough to cover such a long distance. The ranger said with a frown after a visual inspection of the distance.
Henry gritted his teeth and said to his companion, "It's a big deal to have another "acceleration technique", as long as we rush through here, we can have a good rest." ”
"Head! You are crazy! We're all like this now, and if I double my fatigue, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on. Vaughn's eyes widened in surprise, and with his strong physique, he was now a little unable to open his eyes.
Just as they were discussing whether to do another "acceleration technique", there was a sudden howl of wolves in the distance. Zuvosa sighed and said to Henry, "It seems that we don't have time to think about it. Just follow your method. As she spoke, she made a few small cuts in her arm with a dagger. Use pain to keep yourself awake.
Henry bit the tip of his tongue hard and began to chant the incantation. Soon a magical wall of fire separated the nests of these carnivorous ants. Many of the creatures on the ground who didn't have time to escape were burned to death, and the other ants quickly noticed the heat, and they bypassed here to forage for food on the other side.
It didn't take long for the number of ants on the other side of the wall of fire to begin to decrease dramatically, and Henry saw that the time had come, and immediately blessed everyone with spells. He then shouted at the orc warrior, "Vaughn! You go first, we all follow behind, run hard and don't look back. ”
Vaughn dropped the visor from his helmet and rushed forward. The remaining ants found new prey and immediately pounced on it and began to bite. Soon, the bare skin of the half-orc warrior was bitten out of dense small bumps, which made people's scalp tingle.
After Henry saw that almost all the carnivorous ants were attracted away, he followed with the rest of his companions. With the help of acceleration magic, the crowd quickly navigated this terrifying place. As soon as he reached safety, Vaughn immediately began to knock out the ants on his arms, quickly taking off his armor. He's all dressed up in these guys right now.
Zuvosa and Henry immediately ran to help, and when the armor was taken off, they saw that the back of the orc warrior had been bitten to the ground. If it weren't for the ability to regenerate, I might have been able to see bones by now. After sweeping these big red ants to the ground. Vaughn gritted his teeth and stomped them all out one by one.
"Head, while these pains can keep us awake, hurry up and move forward, or I'll probably fall asleep on the side of the road in a few moments." Vaughn said as he put on his armor.
Henry nodded, then turned to the Ranger and asked, "How far are we to get to the place you said?" ”
"It's not far ahead, so it's about twenty minutes away." Zubosa replied with a yawn. Her face showed a deep tiredness, and now even the pain was of little use.
"Hold on a little longer, and we'll start resting as soon as we get to the place." As he spoke, Henry patted the Ranger on the shoulder, and then comforted Ares, who was already sleepy.
After Vaughn was back clothed and tidy, the group returned to the road. The big brown bear struggled to walk on its legs, shaking its head as it walked, as if it would fall asleep at any moment. Amy and Bamberk were on its back, and the two guys had already fallen asleep early.
The twenty-minute walk was very difficult, and they walked forward in a daze, reminding each other from time to time not to fall asleep. Just as Henry began to lose consciousness, he suddenly heard the ranger shouting loudly: "Wake up! We're finally here. As she spoke, she pointed to a strangely shaped cavern in front of her.
When Henry heard this, he immediately made some water, and then washed his face to sober himself up a little. In the direction Zuboza pointed out, a cliff was densely packed with thousands of holes, large and small. When the wind blows through the hole, it makes a whining sound, which makes people feel both eerie and terrifying.
"Are you sure there's no danger? How do I think this place is more terrifying than the orcs and wolves in the back. The orc warrior asked, rubbing his eyes.
Zubosa sighed as he looked at the scene in front of him. "I've only heard it heard from others. It is said that a long time ago, a group of dwarves lived here, when they were besieged by an army of monsters. The guys attacked day and night, but were eventually repelled by the stubborn dwarves. Just as the monsters were about to retreat, a large amount of water suddenly gushed out from the depths of the cave, drowning all the dwarves. It has been abandoned ever since, and some say that the whining of the wind is the cry of the dead dwarves. ”
Henry shook his head with a smile after hearing the story. "Most of the rumors are not credible, and are generally made up by ignorant civilians for no reason. Okay, don't think about it so much, now let's go in and sleep, you know, I can't hold it anymore. With that, he led the way towards one of the holes.
The orc warrior smiled at the ranger and said, "Don't think too much, the head is a wizard, even if there are ghosts, he can deal with them." ”
"Maybe I'm too careful, let's go, let's go in and get a good night's sleep." After saying that, Zuvosa took out the kettle and took a sip of cold water, and she always had a faint feeling in her heart that something was wrong here.
Henry came to the cave and took a look, it was only about two meters high, and as the ranger described, there were many passages that were too many to count. It seems that this is really a place where dwarves lived, after all, they are the only ones who like to dig holes in the mountains so much. He immediately cast two detection spells, and according to the detection of magic, there was no sign of negative energy gathering here.
"Head, how's it going, did you find anything?" Vaughn asked, bowing his head into the cave.
"There shouldn't be any undead here, because there's no negative energy detected here. I'll put a spell trap at the entrance of the cave in a moment, and no one will have to keep vigil today, so let's have a good rest. As he spoke, Henry planted several screaming traps near the entrance to the cave. As soon as someone enters this range, these magic traps will immediately emit a piercing scream.
After the final vigilance, everyone dragged their tired bodies to the depths of the cave. Amy and Bamberk were lifted from Ares' body and lowered to the ground, and everyone didn't bother to set up a tent, so they casually spread a hide on the ground and went to sleep. They slept so dead that they didn't notice a pair of white eyes reflected in the deep pool.
At the same time, the leader of the orcs, Tham, was furious, and he pointed to the crack in the stone where Henry and his party had used to hide, and roared loudly: "Damn bastard! How dare these guys hide under my nose for so long! And you don't even notice it! ”
"Great chiefs, these people are clever, they use an aroma to cover their own taste. My clan has now spotted these guys, and I'm sure new news will come back soon. The one-eyed wolf leader said in lingua franca.
Thamm flicked his axe a few times in a rage, and the other orcs around him immediately retreated some distance, they didn't want to be the target of the brutal leader's vent. Just as the orc leader was thinking about whether to catch an unlucky guy and hack him to death, a wolf howl came from a distance.
The black wolf listened for a moment, then raised his hair and let out a howl. Then it walked up to Sam and said in lingua franca, "Great chief, I'm afraid you don't need to do it, these guys have broken into the bush themselves." It is believed that those carnivorous ants will soon be able to gnaw them into a white bone. ”
"Pastor! Now check it out with a spell right now and see if these guys are dead! As he spoke, Thamm stared viciously at the priests and shamans behind him.
The men were frightened by his vicious eyes, and they immediately closed their eyes and began to cast spells, and soon the results of the detection came out. An old-looking orc shaman stepped forward and bowed. "Chief, these guys are not dead, they have safely cleared the nest of carnivorous ants."
"It can't be! No one can get through there, even if they can fly and invisible ants can sense it. The leader of the wolves retorted loudly.
"Maybe they used some unknown method, there are so many spells in this world, never use your poor brain capacity to guess a spellcaster." The old shaman glanced at the giant wolf with contempt, then turned back to his place. (To be continued......)