Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 4 Encounter
The further they walked into the cave, the darker the light became. In order to prevent being discovered, Rhodes and the others did not take out the torches they carried with them.

Everyone groped forward, and after walking for a while, the road ahead was blocked by a stone gate.

"What should we do now? Shall we break it?" Baron asked.

Otto didn't speak. He squatted down and groped on the ground. After a while, he pressed a button on the ground, and the stone door was lifted from above.

"Let's go in now." After Otto finished speaking, he took the lead and walked in first.

Baron and Hammer followed closely behind, and behind them were Weber and Sam. Rhodes walked at the back because he was afraid of encountering enemies ahead.

After Sam entered, just as Rhodes stepped forward, the stone door in front of him closed with a "bang", almost crushing Rhodes' leg.

This startled Rhodes, he began to fumble around on the stone door, and accidentally touched a groove, and a hidden button in the groove was accidentally pressed by Rhodes.

After the button was pressed, Rhode heard a rumbling sound from behind. He looked back, but saw nothing. He turned around and put his back on the stone door to guard against the road they walked in. aisle.

Behind the stone door came the sound of "boom", "boom", and "boom".

It should be Baron and the others hitting the stone gate.

"How are you outside, Rhodes?" Baron's voice came from behind the stone door.

"I'm fine, I'm not in any danger yet," Rhodes replied.

"Well, you go back the same way first, leave this cave and go back to the 'Frostwolf's Tooth' tavern in Icestone City. If you stay here, you may encounter robbers who come back from outside." Baron said.

"Okay, then you all pay attention to safety." Rhodes hurriedly prepared to flee when he heard what Baron said, and he was a little worried in his heart. Could it be that the robbers came back from the sounds he heard just now?

If it is, there will definitely be a fight after they meet.

Rhodes thought of his mission again. He was not at the scene but the goal was completed, so it should still be regarded as mission completion.

There were no traps along the way, so Rhodes lit the torch on his body and walked back. After a while, he found that there were three intersections on the way back.

They should have come in from one of them when they came, but Rhodes could see three of them when he went back.

They didn't light the torch before, and came in in the dark all the way. Rhodes and the others didn't notice this.

It is also possible that Rhodes just fumbled on the door, and the button he pressed was the mechanism that controlled the opening of the other two doors.

Rhodes stopped before the intersection, and began to carefully recall which intersection he should have come in from.

But he couldn't remember it at all, so he could only bite the bullet and choose the one in the middle and walked in.

Rhodes can't wait to give himself a slap in the face, he really owes his hand, he's okay to touch anything, next time he encounters something, he must calm down

After walking a certain distance and turning a corner, Rhodes found that the road ahead was bright.

This must be the way out of the cave. The light came in from outside the cave, and Rhodes was overjoyed in his heart.

Going forward, I found that the light was not from the sun outside, but from the torches hanging on the wall.

Rhodes clearly remembered that there were no torches lit on the wall when he came.This road may lead to the robber's location, so I should go back quickly.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw a figure holding a giant sword.

Rhodes was taken aback, and he clenched the long handle in his hand... The woodcutter was ready to fight.

The man with the giant sword walked slowly towards Rhodes, the firelight shone on the man's face, and Rhodes was startled when he saw the man's face clearly.

Withered cheeks, withered yellow hair, protruding blue eyes, and a skinny figure.

This is not a living person, this is a ghoul, Rhodes judged from memory.

People who died in the Nord Kingdom can easily "live" back to life. What come back to "live" are just corpses, with no memory and no soul. They are called ghouls, and ghouls will actively attack living creatures.

Ghouls don't feel pain, and they still retain a large part of their combat consciousness during their lifetime, making it very difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, the strength of ghouls is generally much weaker than before death, otherwise Nord would have perished long ago.

But because of beliefs, Nords cannot be cremated, unless they are Nords who have become vampires.

The Nords believe that after death, a heroic person can obtain eternal life in the Hall of Valor under the protection of the Holy Spirit August, and enjoy food, wine and battle every day.

Those who are burned to death or whose bodies are burned after death will be cursed by the dragon god Pasnak, and will be roasted by flames forever until the end of the world.

In Nord, rich and powerful people will build huge mausoleums and lock up their corpses.

Even most of these people specially built their tombs into a maze, brought their treasures and martial arts into the tombs, and left clues for future generations to let them find their tombs after a long search.Then crack the maze left by yourself, defeat yourself after death, and take away your wealth and inheritance.

The kings and nobles of the Nord Kingdom also encouraged adventurers to explore the tombs of the dead. There was even a Nord king who declared that if someone could bring out the weapons he had placed in the tomb after his death, then the The king must appoint that man as Hand of the King.

After those who have no money die, their bodies are usually placed in the catacombs of the nearby city's Hall of the Dead and guarded by special gravekeepers. The cemetery guards in the Hall of the Dead often hire adventurers to help them go to the catacombs. Solve those ghouls that have "lived" again.

Rhode looked at the ghoul in front of him, feeling very nervous. This was his first fight in this world.

Although he had fought with others before time travel, when he fought with others before, he knew very well that no matter how many harsh words others said, or even begged others to kill him, he would definitely not beat him to death.

And when he fights this ghoul, it will definitely be a life-and-death situation, no, the ghoul on the other side is already dead.

Rhodes was going to wait for the ghoul to reach a place where he could attack before making a move. He visually observed that his ax seemed to be longer than the giant sword on the opposite side. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Very practical.

The ghoul dragged its huge sword and approached Rhode step by step. Rhode raised the logging ax in his hand and began to charge. When the ghoul just reached a place where Rhodes could attack, Rhode swung the ax and beheaded the ghoul precisely. up.

Its head fell to the ground and stopped after rolling a few times on the ground, leaving no trace of blood on the ground or the axe.

I should have retained some of the original owner's fighting instincts, and the first time I took an ax to cut someone, I didn't cut it crookedly.

This ghoul is actually weaker than me. The ghouls he met before could charge and block, but this one can only walk slowly. Rhode felt a little lucky.

The ghoul was still standing there after being beheaded. Rhodes touched the ghoul's body with the axe, and the ghoul fell to the ground with a "bang", and its giant sword fell to the ground with a "bang".

Hearing another "boom", in front of Rhodes, that is, on the way he came, a row of iron rods were poked out from the ground, and they stopped until they reached the top of the cave, blocking Rhodes.

Rhodes was a little speechless. It should be the body of the ghoul after his death, or its weapon just hit a button on the ground, triggering the mechanism to block his way.

He took the ax and slashed at the row of iron bars in front of him, his hands were numb from the shock, only a white mark was cut on the iron bars in front of him, but a gap appeared on his axe.

Rhodes picked up the ghoul's giant sword from the ground and slammed it on the iron rod, only to hear a crisp "crack".

The very powerful pitch-black giant sword in his hand broke directly...

Why did I have to touch it with my hands?

Wouldn't it be nice to just let it stand and die?

Rhode felt a little regretful in his heart. He didn't dare to continue to use his ax to chop the iron bar in front of him. The ghoul's giant sword broke when it hit it, and there was a gap when his ax hit it. If he continued to chop He couldn't go out after chopping down the axe, but he didn't have a weapon in his hand. If he encountered other dangers, he would be in trouble.

The way back was blocked, and Rhodes could only continue walking along the passage, and he retreated after walking a few steps.

It seemed that there was something important that he didn't do, and Rhodes remembered that it was touching the corpse.

Suppressing the nausea, Rhodes stretched out his hand and began to check for valuables on the ghoul. Although the ghoul didn't smell bad, its ferocious appearance was still a bit disgusting.

Rhodes found a silver necklace inlaid with amethyst on the ghoul. Generally, necklaces like this have magical effects and can enhance combat effectiveness, but he doesn't know the type of magic and doesn't know what magical effect this necklace has.

He didn't dare to wear this necklace rashly before the appraisal. If there was a vicious curse, it would be a tragedy for him. Besides, this necklace has just been taken off the dead man and hasn't been washed. Who knows if there are germs?

Rhodes wrapped the necklace with a piece of animal skin and put it in his bag, ready to go out to find someone to appraise it. If there is buff magic, he can keep it for himself. If it is useless, he can sell it as jewelry for a sum of money.

Rhodes continued to walk forward with the ax in his hand. He wondered why there were ghouls in the robber's lair. If there were ghouls, shouldn't they have been cleaned up long ago.

Not long after, he stopped in front of a closed wooden door. He gently pushed the door with an axe, but the wooden door did not respond.

Then, he put his hand on the wooden door and pushed it hard, but the wooden door remained motionless.

Rhodes looked at the wooden door and thought for a while, then stretched out his hand to hold the handle on the wooden door, and pulled the wooden door open with a slight pull.

Behind the wooden door is a room, standing outside the door can only see a stone table.

Fortunately, no one saw it just now, what a shame, Rhodes looked at the wooden door and thought.

After opening the wooden door, Rhodes carefully checked the ground behind the wooden door, making sure there were no traps, and then entered the room lightly.

Then with the light from the torch in his hand, Rhodes saw strange murals on the wall directly in front of him.

This dark room and weird murals are just like those in horror movies. According to the routines in horror movies, since I didn't encounter a door-to-door killing just now, there must be other routines waiting for me.

Rhodes turned his head suddenly, startled by something behind him...

(End of this chapter)