Shadow Covenant

Chapter 33 "Into the Mine"

Old Street, Square Circus Ruins.

Blazing light bloomed above Woody's head, and the shadows of the ruins and sundries all faded away in an instant.

- "Flash."

The shadows were like ebbing water, instantly highlighting the frightened monster with its hunched body and holding up its pair of pincers to resist the long sword in front of it.

Its whole picture is extremely clear at this moment illuminated by the white light.

And Woody didn't blink his eyes. He rushed forward with a slight elbow, and sent the long-bladed dagger in his hand into the jaw of the Weak Monster.

Push it harder, insert it deeper!

He didn't stop until the handle of the dagger was close to the slightly rough skin of the weak monster.

Then the left hand exerted force instantly, and the handle of the dagger was rotated, which immediately suppressed the consciousness of the weak monster who was still trying to struggle.

"The shadow ambush was launched successfully."

"Spurt launch."

"Successful stabbing *3, causing 30 (+4) fatal damage to the target."

"Target is dead."

"Successfully kill the Weak Monster and get 132 experience points."

……

Watching the display of the flood of data in the field of vision.

Only then did Woody let go of the dagger handle in relief, and then began to grope for any relics similar to Brandon Fraser on the monster's corpse.

It's a pity that the corpse of this bullying monster is similar to the previous ones. From the perspective of spoils, it can't be said that it has nothing to do with it, it can only be said that it is exactly the same.

The same made him return empty-handed.

But Woody is not discouraged, touching the corpse is just an inertial operation.

It would be best if he had one, and he wouldn't be particularly disappointed if he didn't.

As long as you don't have expectations in the beginning, then no disappointment can bring him down.

Besides, he also remembered the original purpose of coming here, one was to gain experience for leveling up himself, and the other was to find the trace of the little girl Lin.

As for the rewards, Woody really didn't think that there would be too many rewards in this mission. The brass ring and illusion card this time have exceeded his expectations.

Now that all the weak monsters on the surface of the circus have been cleared.

Woody also came to the place he had discovered at the beginning, the entrance to the tunnel leading to the underground.

At first glance, the passage is deep and tortuous, neither wide nor high, rather narrow, the narrowest point can only accommodate one person to pass through, and the height is so low that people need to bend down to enter.

In addition, there are no lighting tools on both sides of the corridor, and it is pitch black. Ordinary people probably have no torches, and it will be very difficult to move forward.

However, as a demon hunter, Woody has a certain range of dark vision, and this difficulty is not a problem for him.

On the contrary, the darkness is more conducive to him acting alone.

After all, with his light footsteps and eyes that can see through the darkness, it can be said that it is difficult to alarm those weak monsters who rely on perception to catch the enemy's tracks in the dark.

If he took that monk girl with him today, he might have to consider her feelings. Forcibly taking her to the dark underground would only add burden to himself out of thin air.

Now it's very convenient to go it alone.

Before entering the tunnel, Woody put away the long sword and replaced the spare long-bladed dagger with his right hand—in such a short tunnel, fighting with a long sword is no different from courting death.

The lurking technique of the Shadow Snake School made Woody make almost no sound when he moved into the tunnel. With the dark hunting suit and trousers, it can be said that the camouflage has reached the extreme.

Without a light source, even within one meter of the creature, it would be difficult to see its outline without careful observation.

He became one with the wall, and even he breathed along with the sound of the wind as he passed through the corridor.

It was very uncomfortable to bend down to enter the corridor, but fortunately, the distance was not long. Woody probably advanced 20 meters in the corridor and turned two small 120-degree turns. The top layer of dirt was gone, replaced by an abandoned mine that could accommodate two or three wagons.

Mine?

Drilling out of the narrow passage, Woody discovered that this passage was actually connected to an abandoned mine in the mountains. No wonder the diary said that there was no treasure, so that was what it meant...

Because of the proximity to the sea, the mine was dark and damp, and Woody could even hear the sound of dripping water echoing deep in the cave.

Shallow ruts were printed on the dirt floor under Woody's feet, leading to the depths of the mine.

After walking a few steps, Woody found that there were several forked entrances of mines ahead.

But he doesn't need to worry about getting lost, because of telepathy, as long as he gets close to Lin, he can detect her position. Similarly, the group of weaklings are also the brightest beacons in the dark, guiding Woody's progress.

After a while, Woody found the correct path to the weak monster's lair from the three forks.

On the left is a tunnel with a nearly circular opening, where Woody's sense is the strongest and clearest.

As before, Woody used telepathy to disguise himself as a bully, so that the bully in the lair thought it was the return of his companions.

There were a few forks in the middle, but the spiritual feeling made Woody successfully avoid the wrong path.

And as the tunnel got deeper, the surrounding walls changed from the walls and ceiling covered with black moss, and the sound of water from the tunnel behind him gradually weakened.

Woody knew.

This is the magical power overflowing from the Fairy Wilderness transforming this cave.

This magic moss dampens all sounds, including echoes, creating a claustrophobic feeling.

However, this did not make Woody feel uncomfortable, on the contrary, he became more relaxed. Soon, following the induction, he groped to the entrance of the most powerful telepathy.

In order to cover his shining eyes in the dark, Woody put on a ribbon that does not affect his vision. After all this was done, Woody poked half of his head into the hole and began to watch.

This is a three-meter-high and ten-meter-long naturally formed stone chamber, which is covered with dark moss just like the tunnel. The most eye-catching thing is the middle of this stone chamber. A huge stone slab of equal height.

The slate is covered with blood and dirt, which are the traces left by the tortured people. In addition to mental torture, bullying monsters also have a lot of interest in physical torture. In their view, only the mind and body Only the double torture can be most effectively transformed into the same kind.

And the blond girl who disappeared and had a relationship with Woody was lying on a stone slab at the moment, her dress was already torn, her bare calf and arm were bruised and bloodstained, her amber eyes were at this moment He also became lifeless, just like his pale and bloodless face, lifeless.

Around the stone slab, there were four bullying monsters of about the same height. This time, none of them sneaked into the shadows, but waved their giant tongs or used other tools to brutally destroy the blond girl on the slate.

The telepathy of their insect heads is full of humanized joy and happiness, as if seeing the compatriots that were successfully transformed on the slate not long after.

They also sensed the return of their companion, and were excitedly inviting it to participate in this feast of destruction.

But unexpectedly, there was no companion figure they were familiar with at the entrance of the cave.

Just when they were curious and wanted to go out to see, a ray of light fell from the sky on the ceiling, reflecting the cave that had not seen light for hundreds of days like daytime.

And the young hunter, who was clinging to the top of the rock wall with his legs propped up on his body, looked down at the weakling who was looking for him.

His face was cold and heartless, and the long sword in his hand fell with his body.

Aim at the head of a bullying monster, and cut it off mercilessly.

——"Swordsmanship - Heavy Slash"

(End of this chapter)