Chapter 133: Going Underground

As a mining city, Deep Rock City has the most and most common kinds of mines, which are generally distributed in the lower layers of the city, where it is pitch black, there is no sunlight, and even the soldiers who maintain the security of the city rarely set foot in it, only those miners and people who do not have the money to own their own houses on the ground, will choose to come to this infinite dark place to live, relying on the sewage from the top down and the animals and plants underground.

This is another world——— there can be no light.

"Are you sure this is the place?"

The moment he walked down the stairs, Rhodes felt the unfriendly gaze that appeared from the darkness in all directions, and he did not pay attention to the owner of those eyes, but pulled the upper edge of the cloak to cover his face, and then asked.

"I'm sure, boy."

Old Walker wiped his nose and looked solemn.

"According to the information I got from the Mercenary Association, those guys in Emerald Tears have been running down every day for the past two days, and not only that, guess what? Every day these people go underground, their strength increases a lot! Hey, I met such a guy in the tavern before, that kid was a waste in his mercenary group, and now he actually has the strength of an ordinary mercenary! Is this a joke? ”

"That's what he told you?"

Hearing this, Rod frowned slightly.

"Of course not."

Old Walker shook his head.

"This kid has just come to the tavern to show off his strength, and when I ask him how he got it, he won't say it, even if I spent five glasses of rum on the kid and got no answer. Hey, but I'm not an idiot for old Walker, and since I can't find an answer from him, I'm going to go find the guy's old friend at the tavern, and guess what, the woman took me two gold coins and told me where the kid came from. That's why I said, women are such a scourge, and they can't be touched. But that's fine, it's not us who suffers anyway. With this clue, I asked my former friend to inquire below, and later found that there were indeed many guys from the Emerald Tears mercenary group who came to the mine below, and every time they were mysterious, no one knew what they were going to do. But the people here have the rules here, and since those guys don't come to provoke them, they don't provoke these guys, and they are all right. ”

"Does the Mercenary Association know about these things?"

"How could those old men know this?"

Hearing Rod's inquiry, Old Walker pursed his lips dissatisfiedly.

"Boy, you have to know that we are mercenaries, not miners, even if we give money, who of us wants to come to this ghost place where we don't see the light of day?"

"What's wrong with the mercenary, is the mercenary amazing? You old immortal! ”

Just then, a loud voice rang out.

Rhodes turned his head and saw a dwarf in iron armor striding out of the tunnel, holding a torch in one hand and glaring at old Walker on the other, his beard straight.

"It seems that you have forgotten the past, the stone is above, I don't mind teaching you the rules of the underground again!"

"Alright, Baff, I'm not here to listen to your nagging."

Old Walker stepped forward, smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and with a slip of his finger, a gold coin fell into the dwarf's hand.

"If I have time in the future, I will definitely treat you to a drink, but it's busy right now, you see............"

"Drinking?"

Hearing this, the dwarf's eyes widened, and then he touched his beard, and seemed to be very excited about the proposal, but he still hesitated and shook his head. "Forget it, I'm not used to the world above. Only this heavy, solid cave is my home, and if I don't tie an iron ball to my feet, I'm afraid I'll fall into the sky like this! All right! No nonsense, aren't you in a hurry? Follow me! ”

With that, the dwarf took the gold in his hand, and then he turned and walked in the direction he had come. Rod and Old Walker glanced at each other, and followed him into the mine.

"Be careful here, this is not a place for you surface people to mess around."

As he walked, the dwarf did not forget to remind the two of them.

"You have to know that the pit here has been dug since the time of my grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather, and now there are many mines in the entire underground, no one knows how many mines there are! Even those of us who were born and raised here and died here only know about some of the commonly used mines, and we don't know about other places. That's why I'm telling you, it's best not to run around when there is no one to lead the way, because there are many people who have lost their way and died in this underground! ”

This time, Rhodes didn't take the dwarf's words seriously, and he was very aware of the fact that in the game, the mines of Deep Rock City were a dead knot for many players, and there were countless players who turned over the table because they couldn't find their way back. How complicated are the tunnels here? There was once a player who went underground with hundreds of "magic light markers" and food to mark the direction in order to find out the truth, but he walked for three days and three nights, and he didn't find the end——— to know the way, this is three days and three nights in reality, and in the game, there are at least ten days.

Players who are trapped inside have only two options, either use the Returning Crystal, or take off their equipment and be killed by underground monsters, and then resurrect directly at the spawn point.

However, there is no such thing as a return to the city crystal in reality, and Rhodes will not try to see if there is still a resurrection here——— which is almost impossible.

This is also the reason why after learning that the other party had infiltrated the ground, Rhodes refused Anne and Lijie's request to come here alone, he is quite familiar with this place, even if he gets lost, as long as it is not too far, there is always a way to get out. But come here with two people who are completely unfamiliar with the road, and if you lose one, you will never get it back.

On the other hand, Rod felt that they were not suitable for this kind of thing, and he knew that this time Rod came, according to the game, to "hit his opponent as much as possible".

What does it mean to hit your opponent as much as possible?

Kill the enemy, of course.

In the game, killing players will cause them to damage some of their experience points and equipment, which adds up to a lot of impact on those guilds. In reality, Rhodes doesn't have to have the trouble of killing them back to level zero——— he will die once, he will be neat, and he won't have to guard the corpse back and forth.

The Emerald Tears Mercenary Group has lost most of its manpower in the Dusk Forest, and now is the time for a great loss of vitality, if he doesn't take this opportunity to fall into the well and kill them completely, then he will be too sorry for himself.

Raising tiger relics was not Rhodes' hobby, and he didn't want his mercenary group to always have to defend itself against the enemies behind him when it was developing. This is especially true of enemies like Emerald Tears, whose faces have been torn apart.

However, what Rhodes did does does not mean that others will do it, Lijie definitely can't do it, and Anne doesn't look like such a person. Marlene is still recuperating at the moment, but there is no need to think about her problems, but in fact, even if she is unharmed, Rhodes will not choose her to help——— this proud eldest lady definitely does not like this way. ..., so he simply did it himself.

Nagging by the dwarves, Rhodes and Old Walker walked into a deep mine, and soon they came to the end. Then the dwarf pointed to the mine beside them, made a silent gesture, and extinguished the torch in his hand.

"Well, I think these guys will be here in a moment, and you can see them from here, but I want you to be quiet and don't cause any trouble——— we don't like to fight like the surface people."

Rhodes didn't care what the dwarf said, he just stuck around the corner, hiding his form in the darkness, and then stared at the empty mine with the help of the dim firelight in the distant mine walls.

Sure enough, after more than ten minutes, several figures in black robes appeared in Rod's eyes.

Judging from the equipment they carry, there is no doubt that these people must be mercenaries, and ordinary miners would not carry so many weapons to carry in such a place. These people were all wearing black cloaks, and their whole bodies were covered in them, so that their faces and bodies could not be seen. They slowly walked down the mine road under the leadership of the leader, and at the same time looked around vigilantly.

But what made Rhodes a little strange was that these people barely made a sound when they walked, which was really strange, and it was obviously not normal for them to walk with so many weapons on their backs, but they walked as light as cats.

Thinking of this, Rhodes carefully observed these people, and at this moment, one of them seemed to notice his gaze, turned his head vigilantly, and swept here.

But he found nothing, and after a moment of curious and puzzled staring into the shadows, the man let out a dull snort, and then quickened his pace to keep up with his companion.

Only Rhodes noticed that at the moment when the man in black turned around, a bright red light flashed in his eyes.

The three of them hid quietly in the tunnel, and it wasn't until a long time later that the dwarf lit the torches again.

"Well, these are the guys, I think you saw it too."

"Did they go there?"

"It's not hard to know this."

In response to Rod's inquiry, the dwarf replied very proudly.

"To us underground dwellers, the footprints of you surface people are as obvious as the droppings of camels, but these guys are going to strange places, they seem to have found a way to the depths, which, frankly, have been abandoned for decades, and even I haven't been. These guys can easily shuttle back and forth, which is indeed a bit strange to say. ”

Hearing this, Rod was silent for a moment, then he took a breath, then turned to the two of them.

"I'll go check on the situation, and you can go back."

"Hey, boy, are you okay alone?"

Hearing this, old Walker's face showed a slightly worried expression.

"Do you want to let Baf take you? Besides, my old bones might be of some use. ”

"No, no problem."

Rhodes declined Old Walker's request, as a player who had been single in the underground pits and had several guilds trying to keep him to his death, he was no less experienced in tracking footprints underground than the old dwarves who had been born and raised here.

"I'll take care of it here, old Walker, you have more important things to do......... I want you to go back to the stronghold and tell Shanna to be vigilant. Then send someone to keep an eye on the Emerald Tears, and I always think that these guys are likely to jump off the wall in a hurry. If they try to attack us, you should go to the Mercenary Guild and ask Serek to help you as soon as possible, I have helped them so many times, and now is the time for these guys to report back. ”

"Okay, I got it."

Hearing Rod's words, Old Walker hesitated for a moment, and then, he nodded and agreed.

"But boy, you have to be careful alone, it's not safe down here."

"Don't worry."

Maybe it was hidden in the shadows, old Walker didn't see the smile on the corner of Rod's mouth, but he still felt a hint of coldness from Rod's tone.

"I promise there won't be any trouble left behind."

ps: Is it better to write two at a time, or is it better to write one at a time, it's really distressing......

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