The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

It was late autumn at this time. As the group of people gradually moved towards the road southwest of Shining Gold Town, the scenery on both sides gradually changed.

The original patches of mostly harvested wheat fields turned into gradually undulating hilly areas.

The leaves of the large woods on the hills have turned yellow at this time, and under the sunlight, they look like a beautiful golden picture.

Since everyone in the group was on horseback, about an hour later, the official investigation team headed by Hamilton arrived at a location halfway up a hill.

This is the main entrance to the Elim Gold Mine.

At this time, a middle-aged man dressed as a gold mine supervisor and several miners wearing half-length coarse cloth coats and knee-length shorts were already waiting at the entrance of the mine.

Ren looked around and saw a large area behind the gold mine gate with wooden huts built, which seemed to be the residences of the miners. There were faint sounds of crying, presumably from the families of the miners who had lost their loved ones.

There are more than a dozen ore carts scattered around the dark mine entrance, and an iron track about one meter wide extends into the mine.

There are wooden fences more than two meters high all around, which surround the entrance and living area of ​​the gold mine. These fences are made of beech wood and are quite strong.

After Captain Willen stepped forward and asked a few questions briefly, several miners with messy hair really didn't know what was going on inside. They just said that they heard a strange collision sound, followed by a piercing scream.

After they gathered a group of people and rushed over, they only found some residual blood stains.

Later, after many incidents happened one after another, they no longer dared to check the situation.

Especially after the bounty hunter came and disappeared for no reason, miners like them didn't even dare to enter the mine.

Obviously, these answers are of little use to the group who want to find out what happened in the mine.

Soon, Hamilton, who was watching, decided that he still had to enter the mine for direct investigation.

So, the three bounty hunters walked at the front, followed by several night watchmen such as Willen and Lane. Schmidt, Endry and Hamilton were in the middle of the team, and finally the remaining seven or eight night watchmen. Elite people.

The entire team basically formed a long queue, slowly moving towards the depths of the mine.

It’s not that they don’t want to adopt a denser security formation. This is due to the special terrain of the mine tunnel.

The tunnel at the entrance of the gold mine is relatively spacious. After so many years of excavation, the tunnel at the entrance can almost accommodate three or four people walking side by side. Oil lamps are hung on the rock walls on both sides, and the lighting is relatively clear. Moving forward Faster.

But as we go deeper, especially after passing a fork, the tunnel in the mine gradually becomes narrower. In particular, the wall-mounted oil lamps on the tunnel rock wall are also damaged a lot, and the visibility in the entire mine tunnel is reduced. Straight down.

"The fork just now leads to the old mine. The gold mine over there was almost mined decades ago."

"The new tunnel we are walking through now was excavated about twenty years ago. Although the gold reserves are not as good as those of the old mines, they are still considered medium reserves."

The gold mine supervisor narrated from the side.

"The problem is here in the new mine."

As we went deeper, few of the oil lamps on the rock wall were on.

At this time, the light source can only rely on the torch in each person's hand.

Everyone's vigilance gradually increased to the highest level.

"Why don't the oil lamps here light up? Are they out of oil?" A bounty hunter walking at the front couldn't help but muttered.

"This oil lamp can only last for two or three days if it is not refilled in time. It has been quite a while now, so..." the supervisor tried to explain.

But at this time, Renne vaguely felt that something was wrong.

As he gradually went deeper into the mine, his level 2 danger perception began to give him frequent warnings. It seemed that there was something dangerous hidden deep in the mine tunnel. This feeling was getting stronger now.

This made Renn tense up his muscles, ready to dodge or attack at any time.

"Something's not right. Look at this oil lamp. It seems to have been scratched directly from the rock wall by something." At this time, a bounty hunter walking in the front seemed to have discovered something.

He held the torch high and illuminated one side of the rock wall, but there were several clearly visible scratches on the rock wall.

It looked like it was caused by the sharp claws of some kind of wild beast.

Just when everyone focused on looking in the direction he was pointing, a bloody mouth suddenly popped out from the junction of the mine tunnel floor and the rock wall, biting a night watchman.

"Be careful!" Since Ren was always on guard, he reacted immediately and shouted.

But his position was right behind the night watchman, so it was naturally impossible and too late to block the blow.

However, Renn reacted very quickly and suddenly kicked the night watchman who was attacked hard.

This kick made the opponent just a hair away, just in time to avoid the bloody bite!

The next second, everyone exclaimed and reacted one after another.

Under the flickering firelight, a bounty hunter shouted with a horrified face: "It's a crystal lizard!"

"There's a hedron lizard here!"

Renn has dark vision, so he can naturally see the entire attacker very clearly.

This monster, called a spar lizard, is three to four meters long and has thick skin with a bit of mineral texture. When it lies at the junction of the gold mine tunnel floor and the rock wall, it is extremely difficult to distinguish!

No wonder, even 'Cookie' didn't notice it just now.

At this moment, he started barking at the crystal lizard.

Although Ren kicked away his fellow night watchman, the crystal lizard whipped out its long tail and hit the night watchman hard on the lower back.

With just a 'click' sound, the night watchman was thrown away and hit hard against the rock wall of the mine. It seemed that his spine had been severely injured and he was rolling on the spot in pain.

At this time, the two bounty hunters on the side reacted immediately and aimed several straight stabs at the crystal lizard with half-swords.

"Ding! Ding!"

Sparks fly everywhere, but they have little effect!

The ore-textured skin on the back of the crystal lizard is probably as defensive as an ore of the same thickness. The bounty hunter's attacks seem to be tickling the opponent.

"Be careful! The crystal lizard's back has the strongest defense. Attack its eyes or abdomen."

An old voice came from the middle of the team, as if it was the well-informed troubadour Endri reminding them.

But knowing and being able to do it are two different things.

One of the people who can do this at this moment is Hamilton, the official knight who is stuck in the middle of the team.

Renn was also in trouble. After all, the difficulty of poking his eyes with a two-handed sword was not comparable to that of a one-handed sword.

In the dark and narrow mine tunnel, the crystal lizard's movement speed is not slow. Although it is not as fast as the cheetah, it is almost as fast as the wild boar.

It is easier said than done to stab the opponent's walnut-sized eye with the long sword in his hand.