Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 5 Channels
Rhodes turned his head and saw a spider about the size of a calf hanging itself with spider silk from the ceiling above the door.

Such a scene made him feel a little creepy.

He has lived for so many years and has never seen such a big spider.

Known by the Nords as the Frostbite Spider, this gigantic gray-and-white spider is a ferocious creature with pincers in its mouth and legs that can kill.

The spider silk spit out by the frost bite spider is very tough, and it takes a lot of effort for an ordinary adult to cut it with an ordinary dagger.

They usually use toxins to incapacitate their prey, then wrap their prey with spider silk and inject venom, and wait for the prey to be turned into a pool of pus by the venom before eating, ranging from snow rats to elks.

Rhodes turned around quickly, facing himself directly to the Frostbite Spider, his hands and legs trembling from fear.

How come there are so many messy monsters in this cave, dead people who can move, and spiders as big as calves, Rhodes couldn't help complaining.

Rhodes roared, this is after the Nord war, he hopes to use this to relieve his tension and fear.

After yelling, he felt a rush of blood, and he didn't seem to be so scared anymore.

Rhodes decided to take the first shot. He held the ax and rushed towards the Frostbite Spider. After feeling that he could attack it, he threw the torch in his hand towards the Frostbite Spider's face, and then held the torch in his hands. Weapon, using all the strength of the whole body to split the ax at the frost-eating spider.

The Frostbite Spider avoided the torch, but was hit in the head by Rhodes' powerful axe.

But the Frost Eater Spider's vitality was very tenacious, the ax was still stuck in its head, and green blood kept flowing from the wound, and it actually used its front legs to attack Rhodes.

My own strength is still too weak, such an ax can't split it in half, if I can get out alive, I must exercise my strength.

The Frostbite Spider became more ferocious after being hit hard. After the attack with its front legs failed, it bit Rhodes with its own mouthparts. Rhode could only let go of the ax that was still stuck on the Frostbite Spider's head and quickly moved towards it. Then dodge.

Rhodes successfully dodged the attack from the mouth of the frost-eating spider, but then he was hit in the chest by the leg of the frost-eating spider.

The Frostbite Spider's legs were sharper than a sickle, and it cut through Rhode's outermost inferior iron armor with one blow, and even tore through the fur clothes inside the iron armor.

After being hit, Rhodes immediately used this force to roll to the right. Although there was no invincibility frame, he still managed to avoid the next attack of the Frostbite Spider, and took this opportunity to pull out the dagger tied to his leg. That steel dagger.

Rhodes held the dagger in his right hand and placed it on his chest, staring at the Frost Eater Spider to guard against its next attack. At the same time, he touched his chest with his left hand and found that there was no bleeding.

It seems that the iron cloth shirt and the iron armor I wear are more capable of defending against the attack of the frost biting spider's legs, but I don't know if it can block the large pincers in its mouth.

It's a pity that I don't have the money to buy good armor. If I have good steel armor, I don't have to be so embarrassing when I face the Frostbite Spider. Just go straight to the front.

When I have money in the future, I must buy good equipment. If I have a steel axe, the first strike will probably kill it.

No, it's too unprofessional for me to suddenly think about these messy things during the battle.

Just as Rhodes was thinking about this, the Frostbite Spider's body began to tremble, and it spit out a ball of white spider silk to Rhodes.

The biological instinct made him close his eyes, and use his left hand to block the spider webs. When he opened his eyes again, the Frostbite Spider had already rushed in front of him and opened its pincers.

Rhodes didn't know where the courage came from, and he directly stabbed the dagger in his right hand and his arm into the spider's open mouth, and turned it hard.

The Frostbite Spider uttered a scream and fell limply to the ground, probably because it had no strength left to resist.

Rhodes pulled out his right hand, which was covered with sticky green liquid, which made him feel very sick.

After careful observation and found that there was no wound, he wiped the ground directly.

He didn't know how long he would have to walk here, and he didn't dare to wash his hands with the water he brought.

Although frostbite spiders are poisonous, they will not be affected as long as there are no wounds.

Rhode sat on the ground to rest for a while, then went to the Frostbite Spider and took his ax, picked up the torch on the ground and lit it again.

The only valuable thing on the Frost Eater Spider was its venom, but Rhodes couldn't collect it, and felt that the spider's death was really disgusting, so he completely gave up the idea of ​​collecting venom.

Rhodes carefully observed the surroundings, but he did not find a door that could continue to go forward. If there was, he would not have played that game before, and ran away directly.

He walked back through the wooden door that entered this room, and walked to the row of iron railings where the ghoul died. He didn't see a place to go along the way.

There should be a hidden door in that room just now, but a mechanism needs to be found to open the door.

Rhodes suddenly patted his head again, he was really stupid, that big spider came down from above, and he hadn't looked at the ceiling of that room just now.

Could it be that his IQ was also lowered when he traveled to this Nord?
Back in that room, Rhodes looked up and found a hole above the wooden door that allowed him to bend his waist in.

It seems that I have arrived at a place like a mausoleum left by the ancient Nords. If I want to get out, I have to go through that hole.

Rhodes was hesitating whether he should go in or not. The Frost Eater Spider should have come out from here just now, whether there will be more inside.

If they do, the short places will have no effect on them, and I can't even run.

Rhode finally made up his mind and decided to go in. He was trapped here and had limited food. If Baron and the others couldn't get out, he would definitely starve to death here.

Why don't you take advantage of your physical strength and gamble with your life, even if you encounter some monsters inside, you may not be the one who dies!

At this moment, he hesitated again. Is my idea of ​​gambling my life influenced by this body?
Gritting his teeth, Rhodes decided to go in.

Rhode grabbed the bottom of the hole with both hands in a run-up, and entered the hole as soon as he made a pull-up with his arms.

I definitely couldn't do this kind of difficult movement before time travel.

Rhodes walked forward with a bowed body.

This posture is really uncomfortable. Does the owner of this tomb make things difficult for others?

After walking a few dozen steps forward, the hole suddenly allowed him to walk upright.

The entrance of the cave is very narrow, and it’s normal to walk for a while. Could it be that the craftsmen who built this place couldn’t bear to bend over, so they didn’t follow the original idea of ​​the owner of the tomb, and began to dig so that people could walk straight?
Rhodes thought about these possibilities as he walked.

This passage is very long, going uphill for a while, going downhill for a while, and winding, but there is no fork in the road.

Rhodes couldn't understand why the Gu Nords would practice like this. He couldn't find a reason to explain it. After more than ten minutes, no messy things jumped out, and there was no mechanism.

Thinking about the road in front of Rhodes suddenly becoming shorter, he could only walk with his waist bent. After walking for a long time, he saw the exit.

There is no way ahead, and if you want to continue walking, you can only jump down from here. Rhodes walked to the edge and looked at it, and he felt very familiar. Isn't this mural the same as the one in the room just now?
Could it be that he walked along that winding passage, but returned to the place he came from?

I just complained about the tunnels built by the ancient Nords, but now it seems that they still have something.

No, I seem to have forgotten something.

Rhodes stretched out his head to look and found that there was no corpse of the spider just now. Could it be that other creatures appeared in the place where he just came to clean up the corpse?
He slapped his head again, he really thought too much, this passage obviously led to another room that was built exactly the same.

Ordinary people come in with their waists bowed, walk for a while and then walk straight, walk around for a long time, and then go out with their waists bowed, only to find that the outside is still the room they entered before.

I will definitely think that the craftsman is very clever like myself, and can make myself return to the original point inexplicably.

In fact, they just built an identical room on both sides, and built a section at both ends of the passage where people can only bend over to pass through.

That big spider should be in the door directly below him, but he ran to the passage and was killed by himself, otherwise it must have been deceived.

Anyway, Rhodes felt that if he saw the same room, he would not jump down to check it, but would go back and check if there were any forks in the passage that he hadn't noticed.

It's a pity that a very good deception was destroyed by a creature locked inside, and it didn't have the effect it should have
Rhodes also had some admiration for the Gu Nords' brains. He actually came up with such a confusing idea. The wooden door just now was opened from the outside, and it was impossible to see whether the door was open or closed from the top down. It seems that I should pay more attention to this kind of details, maybe I can use it in the future.

After confirming that there was no danger below, Rhodes jumped from above.

He pulled the wooden door with his hands. This time he remembered that the door had to be pulled. He pulled it hard, but the door didn't open. He pulled it again, but it still didn't open.

Rhodes slapped himself on the head. It seemed that he had to find a way to find the IQ that he didn't bring through time travel.

It was pulled on the other side of the door just now, but of course it is pushed on the other side of the door in the room.

Rhodes opened the door and found that the room inside was full of spider silk, and there were a few cocoon-like things made by spiders with spider silk.

He didn't go in directly, after a series of things just now, he reminded himself to pay attention to the details.

The Frostbite Spider should have been in the room full of spider silk before, so how did it get outside? Could it be that the Frostbite Spider would also pull the door?
The ancient Nords built this place, and they should have noticed this too. The purpose of repairing the door in this way of opening and closing is to prevent the frost-eating spiders in that room from pushing the door open and running out.

So what opened the door for it?

Thinking of this, Rhodes shivered, and a chill rose from his feet.

Rhodes looked back and was frightened...

(End of this chapter)