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Exploration after crossing the safety line is much more difficult and dangerous than before, and of course the exploration efficiency is much lower.

There is nothing you can do about it, after all, safety is the most important thing. Even Divol, who has been exploring underground caves for many years, dare not say that he knows these deep underground areas well. In his past adventures, there were many situations where he encountered unexpected dangers - not to mention the terrifying four-armed minotaur back then.

There is no distinction between day and night in a place where there is no sun, and everyone can only judge the time through the pocket watch carried by Divol. In order to avoid the risk of fatigue, they took a half-hour break every three hours. During the third break, they camped and adjusted their schedules, which greatly increased the time for rest and sleep.

Strangely enough, what seemed to be a useless method at first glance had unexpected effects. It was not until a week later that everyone began to feel tired and listless.

"Generally speaking, ordinary people will feel very uncomfortable if they live in an environment without sunlight for three to five days." While camping, Palin lay on his sleeping bag and looked through the adventure guide he had prepared in advance, sighing secretly.

Normally, the records in his book should be correct, but the fact is that many of the records in it are completely different from his experience this time.

This made the young mage, who was accustomed to absorbing knowledge from books, a little uneasy. He didn't know whether the things he usually studied were useful or useless.

He worried for a while, put away the book, and prayed silently to Sui Xiong.

With the faith link, he easily contacted Sui Xiong and raised his questions.

Sui Xiong flipped through the book for a while and found the problem.

"This "Guide Book for Young Adventurers" is aimed at novices." He said, "It is used to popularize some adventure experience and common sense to young people who lack experience, so that they will not be ignorant. Embark on an adventure and die in a daze as soon as you step out."

"And what you are doing now is a very high-level adventure. Even experienced adventurers rarely go on adventures of this level. Only true professional masters like Divol can lead the team all the way." There is no danger. His experience and judgment of the situation are far beyond what novices can match, so he can adjust his work and rest according to the actual situation to keep everyone in a better state, but if any novice really follows his approach. If you apply it mechanically, not only will you not get any benefits, but you will be in trouble! "

Palin nodded, thought carefully for a while, and couldn't help but sigh secretly: Learning really needs to be combined with practice!

At this moment, Rhett, who was responsible for conducting reconnaissance at the front, hurried back to the camp and brought some worrying news.

Fresh corpses were found in a pit not far ahead.

Because he was not good at detecting traps and identifying magic, he did not rush to investigate carefully. Instead, he chose to report back and let everyone discuss and decide what to do.

"If I were to judge, I would tend to turn back now." Divol said, "Everyone is almost exhausted. Although it is not serious, it will be no problem if it is just one or two battles, but underground, no one I’m sure you’ll encounter something. Turning back once you’re tired is the best strategy.”

"But we haven't found what we're looking for yet," Palin sighed.

Rafael immediately expressed his loyalty: "If you want to continue looking, I will accompany you to the end!"

"But you don't have a clear goal yourself." Rhett said, "You have to go underground to find suitable mushrooms - what kind of mushrooms are suitable?"

Palin sighed, convinced.

So the adventure ended here, they returned to the surface, repaired for a few days, and then set off again.

With the experience of the first exploration, their journey was much smoother this time. Without spending too much time and energy, they arrived at the camp where they turned back.

But in the camp, they saw signs of fighting and killing.

"...Although the bodies have been moved away, it can be seen that a team of adventurers was attacked here." After carefully studying these traces, Rhett judged, "There should be four of them, one important person. Pretending to be a warrior, a bard, a ranger, and a priest. They must have been eating at that time. First, an enemy jumped out of the bonfire, probably a fire elemental; then an earth-moving monster suddenly attacked from the ground; Later, some people used spells——"

He took a few steps and came to a dark corner: "That person should be standing here. His spell is of negative energy type, and it severely injured the priest with one blow."

"Then from that corner, a very powerful monster rushed out." He pointed to a corner in the distance, and specially used a spear to circle a few depressions on the ground that were very conspicuous if you looked carefully. "It's not that big or small. Not very big, but probably wearing heavy armor."

"With the addition of that guy, the team that was still barely able to support itself collapsed. What followed was just a one-sided massacre." Rhett sighed, "Theoretically, a seasoned bard should be able to carry around a black bard with him. There is a fixed teleportation scroll targeting Maizhen, but we haven’t heard any news before. I’m afraid they were all wiped out and not even one of them could escape.”

Everyone's expressions darkened, and they couldn't help but admire Divol.

A monster that can wipe out an adventure team is definitely not easy to deal with. If they had stayed where they were, or even continued to move forward, they might have had to face those monsters.

Given their state at the time, could they have dealt with such a group of monsters?

The conclusion is affirmative, of course not!

"Now we have two choices." Divol said, "We can continue to move forward. Those who can reach here are all experienced adventurers. Although they are all wiped out, those monsters must have suffered huge damage. If we chase them now, we may have time to catch up with them and destroy them."

Red laughed dryly, looking around, as if he said "I don't know anything".

Palin's face was heavy, his brows were furrowed, and he didn't dare to make a decision easily.

"It seems that you all think this option is not very reliable." Divol sighed, "Then we can also return now, at least we can bring this news back."

Palin frowned and said, "Isn't this too negative?"

"I think so too." Divol said, "So I tend to the former. Adventurers have to fight. Our reputation, wealth and power must be obtained from those dangerous monsters through fighting."

"Anyway, at least we are dealing with a group of monsters with damaged strength."

His eyes swept across everyone's faces, and his burning eyes made everyone excited.

As he said, adventurers are supposed to fight monsters. This is obviously a good opportunity in front of us, why retreat?

"Let's do it!" The priest who rarely spoke waved the light warhammer in his hand, and the enchanted weapon emitted a faint white light, leaving an obvious track in the dim air.

Red was obviously still a little hesitant, but seeing Divol's firm eyes and the attitude of his companions, he finally sighed deeply.

"...If I had known, I wouldn't have come!" He muttered, his face full of frustration, "I'd rather fight monsters on the ground!"

Palin smiled and took out a golden scroll and handed it to him.

"I remember you also know how to use scrolls, right?"

"Yes, I learned spells. Although I didn't learn how to cast spells, I have no problem using scrolls." Reid took the scroll, checked it with his mental power, and his eyes widened immediately.

This is a scroll of "mass teleportation"!

Teleportation is one of the signatures of mages. "Try not to sell teleportation scrolls" is the unspoken rule of mages, not to mention mass teleportation that can allow the entire team to return to a safe place at once. Such a scroll is probably worth more than the combined hiring money of the four of them!

With this treasure, he suddenly felt more confident.

Can't beat them? At least you can run!

Just thinking of the price of this treasure, he couldn't help but feel a little pain in his heart.

The world of the rich, the poor can't understand!

After the safety issue was resolved, the team changed into a battle formation under Divol's command. Lafore was scouting in front, keeping an eye out for possible traps; Divole and Morton followed behind, one on the left and one on the right, ready to fight at any time; Palin was a little later, but he made sure that Lafore was within his spell range so that he could use spells to support him at any time; Red was at the end. On the one hand, the bow and arrow he was good at required a sufficient distance, and on the other hand, if he encountered any danger, he could activate the scroll at any time and lead everyone to escape.

Because there was no need to look for mushrooms in every dark corner, the team's speed of movement was also significantly accelerated. It took less than two hours for Lafore to find the trace of the monster.

To be precise, it was Morton who found the trace of the monster.

"Negative energy." Suddenly, he stopped and raised his warhammer to signal everyone.

The warhammer engraved with the holy emblem of the Lord of Light was emitting a burning light. That was the divine power that encountered an enemy and was stimulated.

After receiving his reminder, everyone hurriedly stopped and moved closer to him.

"I don't feel the cold..." Lafore muttered in a low voice, "Doesn't negative energy give people a cold feeling?"

"When you feel the cold, you are not far from death." Red said unhappily, "Negative energy is not 'cold' but 'death'. The reason why you feel cold is because your vitality has been sucked away. Believe me, you don't want to really encounter that situation!"

Lafore was so scared by what he said that he shrank his neck and looked around carefully, as if the monsters would rush out in the next moment.

At this time, Morton had already used the magic to resist negative energy for everyone. I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but everyone really felt a lot warmer.

"It seems that the enemy is just ahead!" Divol smiled and clenched his battle axe, "I just don't know what I will encounter..."

This question soon had an answer-Morton can feel negative energy, and their enemies can certainly feel Morton's sacred power.

Just as Divol was talking, accompanied by an angry howl, a medium-sized guy wearing heavy armor rushed out from the darkness in front.

Its footsteps were extremely heavy, and the sound of its metal-booted feet hitting the stone was like a hammer hitting the rock.

"Prepare for battle!"

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