Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 302 The Underground Palace

Rhodes gestured to the stalker, signaling him to handle one by one.

He walked quietly behind one of the exiles, stretched out his hand and twisted its neck like in the movie, before he gently lowered the body to the ground.

Although it is more convenient to use a dagger or a yang finger, these exiles should mainly rely on hearing and smell to judge the enemy's position.

They may be as sensitive to blood as sharks.

The stalker on the other side, like Rhodes, also twisted the exile's neck with his hands.

The slight sound caused by the neck being broken did not attract the attention of other exiles who were patrolling not far away. They were still walking back and forth with bone spears and shields as before.

Apart from the weapons in their hands being different from the exiles that Rhodes and the others had seen before, their clothes were also different.

None of the previous exiles wore any clothing.

And they were wearing some kind of robes made of animal skins, which made Rhodes feel like they were priests.

The stalker made a gesture with Rhodes, signaling him not to deal with these exiles, but to go around them quietly.

Rhodes nodded, and he slowly approached the exiles holding spears. After approaching, he held his breath and lowered his body, avoiding the breeze brought by breathing or walking to be noticed by them.

The exiles didn't notice Rhode's passage, and they still patrolled according to their original rhythm.

After Rhodes and the stalker bypassed the patrol team, they passed a few broken stone pillars and arrived at the slum-like buildings he had seen on the stairs.

From the previous information provided by the stalker, Rhodes knew that after countless civil strife, this race was unified by a king hundreds of years ago.

They all now live in the building next to the king's palace, and survive by collecting and growing mushrooms.

In order to reduce consumption, they usually sit in one place and stay still, this way they can even eat once every few months.

Because of this, they have a particularly strong desire to eat, but their class consciousness is so strong that it even overwhelms their desire for food.

So Rhodes could see some mushrooms and plants that were still growing.

Most of the information provided by the stalker is like this, not their weaknesses and fighting methods. Perhaps studying the history of such exiled races is the fun and significance of this stalker and that mage's adventure.

Rhodes was also a little envious. He and Baron took risks before to make money and to live better. Anyway, Rhodes didn't experience such fun.

Walking on the narrow "streets", you can see the exiles leaning against the walls in order to maintain their physical strength. The exiles who can lie in those dilapidated stone houses belong to the aristocratic class.

They work in turns, collect the food that has grown, and enter such a dormant state after barely filling their stomachs.

Only in certain special periods will reproduction activities be carried out, such as a large school of fish swimming in an underground river.

However, this kind of thing has not happened for a long time, but if this kind of ugly creature maintains a posture for a long time, their life span will be extended a lot.

There are also several exiles who have been using this method to slow down their metabolism basically all the time, even from hundreds of years ago to the present.

Rhodes resisted the urge to kill these exiles on the street. The efficiency of killing them one by one was too low, so we should wait until they gathered together before killing them.

The stalker brought Rhodes to the gate of the palace with ease.

At the gates of the palace stood a group of exiles in iron armor.

The stalker gestured to Rhodes again, signaling him not to do anything, and just sneaked through as before.

Rhodes responded to him with a gesture, indicating that he understood.

Afterwards, Rhodes bowed his body and walked slowly towards the gate.

On both sides of the gate stood exiles in battered metal armor and holding metal swords.

At such a close distance, Rhodes could even hear their breathing and smell their stench.

An exile next to him seemed to sense something was wrong and started sniffing around.

Could it be that the alchemy item that removes the body smell has no effect?

Although Rhodes felt very exciting, he was not panicked at all.

The exile poked his head out, almost touching Rhode's body, and sniffed vigorously.

Just when Rhodes was about to strike first, the stalker put his hand on him, signaling him to calm down.

The exile turned his head elsewhere and sniffed.

Taking advantage of this time, Rhodes sped up his pace slightly and passed here.

He stopped in the courtyard in front of the palace. There were two doors directly in front of them, and Rhodes didn't know which door to take.

Rhodes turned to look at the stalker next to him, motioning for him to lead the way.

The stalker spread his hands, indicating that he didn't know the way either.

Rhodes gestured to him again, suggesting that the two should split up.

The stalker thought for a while, and finally nodded in agreement with Rhodes' proposal and let him choose first.

Rhodes chose to walk to the door on the left.

Although these creatures are short in stature, the gates in the palace are relatively tall, allowing Rhodes who is about 1.8 meters tall to pass through normally. I don't know if they were similar in stature to humans a long time ago, or it was purely for the sake of appearance.

After passing through the door, Rhodes walked straight along a corridor. On the way, he encountered a group of ugly creatures patrolling the road, but he was also not found.

Walking to the end of the corridor, several houses appeared in front of Rhodes.

This should be the place where the great nobles or royal families among these creatures live, right?
Rhode looked at the dilapidated and simple houses in front of him and thought.

He bent down to enter one of them, and several exiles were sitting around a stone table, greedily nibbling at fish with only bones left in their hands.

They didn't even spare the last remaining thorns, nibbling slowly.

At this time, Rhodes was no longer worried about revealing his position. He took out his long sword and stabbed at the exile in front of him.

The long sword wrapped in materialized sword energy easily pierced the body of an exile with his back facing Rhodes, and then the sword energy burst out, twisting it into pieces, and several exiles around were also affected, His body was dripping with blood from the sword energy with cutting effect.

Except for the exile who was directly hit by Rhodes, the others were only slightly injured. Rhodes drew out his sword and killed all the remaining exiles in the room with a horizontal slash.

A shrill cry sounded from outside, and the exiles patrolling outside, smelling blood, sounded the alarm.

The exiles sleeping around the palace heard the alarm and quickly approached Rhodes' location.

Rhodes reluctantly walked out of the low house, ready to meet the exiles who were rushing over. Anyway, sneaking here was not his plan, and his exposure could also attract all the guards for the stalker.

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