Chapter 0079: Ambush
Just as everyone was admiring Grimm, a red shadow flashed and Mary rushed back.
With her powerful throw, a withered head with bared teeth was thrown in front of everyone.
Kevin was just a senior apprentice, but he could command two quasi-mages, so he naturally had his own special means. However, he was also embarrassed by today's scene.
As elite apprentices specially trained in the training camp, the six of them only got one head in total, while the two newcomers each got one. This made him, the elite captain, secretly exclaim that the newcomers were fierce!
Half of the six fallen apprentices guarding the mine were left behind by them, which was a rare and precious record. However, more than an hour had passed since they started fighting, and there was not much time left for them to plunder resources.
After all, this No. 7 mine was deep in the underground world, and it was difficult for them to hold on. Once the reinforcements from Paradise City arrived, I am afraid that a new battle royale would be staged next.
The ratmen who worked as miners had no fear of Kevin's arrival. Even the rat queen came out to bargain with them, offering to waive all fees as long as any apprentice was willing to sleep with her, and also giving a small "treasure" of the rat tribe for the past year.
However, looking at the rat queen's fluffy little face, round figure and plump sagging breasts, all the elite apprentices couldn't help feeling sick. Whenever the other party's green bean-like eyes fell on them, they would stand up all over their bodies and just want to vomit.
So, Kevin got 26 blood garnets from the rat queen after paying 500 magic crystals twice. Each of these blood garnets is the size of an egg, and the overall value is initially estimated to be 4,800 magic crystals. If they are successfully brought back, each team member will have a magic crystal account.
The reason why the income difference is so large is also related to the contribution of the team members during the execution of the task. Like Grimm, Mary and the quasi-witch, who took a head directly, there will definitely be some bias in the distribution of mission income.
After Kevin discussed with the two quasi-witches, he quickly came up with a specific distribution plan: quasi-witch Green got 3, quasi-witch Randolph got 2, Kevin 2, Grimm 2, Mary 2, and the other 3 senior apprentices each got 1. As for the remaining 12, they need to be handed over to the training camp and purchased by the Trok Business behind Bald Afu. Only then will the income be evenly distributed to individuals.
As for the blood garnets obtained by each person, they can deal with them by themselves. Presumably, those wealthy wizard families will take the initiative to find them to negotiate the purchase of blood garnets.
Now that the mission here is completed, the remaining question is how to return safely.
According to past experience, the journey from the mission point back to the surface is the most dangerous journey, and most of the casualties of the mission team also occurred in this process. So having a life to make money but not a life to spend is still a very cold problem!
The idea of going back to the camp together is the worst, and the probability of being ambushed is 100%. Whether it is those cunning underground monsters or the fallen apprentices who heard the news, they will make their way back to the surface full of obstacles.
So at this time, each of them should go their own way and escape to the surface by their own means. If they can't escape back, they can only blame themselves for being too weak, not others!
Therefore, after the spoils were divided, everyone said take care to each other and went their separate ways. Anyway, there are at least 80 passages leading to the surface, as long as they are not so unlucky, they will not be blocked by others.
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When everyone had dispersed, Mary jumped onto the magic crocodile, looked around with scarlet eyes, and shouted impatiently: "Let's go too! I always feel that this mission is a bit dangerous, as if someone is watching us. Be careful on the way back!"
Grimm's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help frowning.
In this era where thoughts are king, Grimm never dares to ignore any signs of danger. Especially for an ancient species like Mary whose power comes from alienated blood, her understanding of the plane rules is much deeper than his. If even she feels a little uneasy, then something bad must be happening to them.
Grimm picked up Mary again and merged into the earthen magic puppet, and the huge body of the magic crocodile slowly sank into the ground and disappeared.
Using the earth magic of the magic crocodile hunter, Grimm patrolled the nearby area, but did not find any suspicious clues. After initially ruling out the possibility that the No. 7 mine was a trap, Grimm could only drive the magic crocodile hunter on the way back with doubt.
If he followed his habit when he came here, Grimm must have run along the underground passage for a while, and only chose to go through it when he encountered a situation where he needed to take a detour. This can save the magic crocodile hunter's earth magic consumption to the greatest extent.
But now that he was alert, he didn't care about the magic power consumption. Instead, he chose to sink into the underground soil layer and move to the upper layer silently.
Because there were large stretches of metal ores or hard rock layers everywhere on the road, he needed to constantly choose a path to pass through, so the speed of passing through the soil could not be too fast.
After 3 hours, the journey was halfway through, and Grimm finally put his worries aside.
However, when he drove the magic crocodile hunter to pass between two huge rock layers that stretched for several miles, the huge body of the magic crocodile seemed to pass through a calm water surface, and the earth magic that filled the whole body suddenly lost control.
There is a trap!
He realized that something was wrong almost instantly, but as the magic crocodile hunter's earth magic ran wild, the huge soil pressure around his body suddenly increased.
Grimm's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly drove the magic crocodile to drill into the nearest underground passage.
This is a deep, dark and silent passage.
The passage is winding and tortuous, like the intestines of a terrifying monster.
Most of the passage is dug between the rock layers, and only a small part is still a damp and dark mud wall. But at this moment, this section of the mud wall suddenly rose up, exploded with a bang, and a huge monster broke into the passage with mud and gravel flying everywhere.
Immediately, two human-shaped black shadows rushed out of the monster.
"What's wrong? What's wrong with your magic puppet?" Mary's urgent voice sounded in the darkness.
"We've been ambushed! There's a special magic formation in the area we just passed, which can actually interfere with the operation of the magic crocodile's own earth magic. We must leave here quickly!"
Mary was slightly startled, her scarlet eyes shining brightly in the darkness.
"Which way to go?"
"..."Grimm's eyes hidden under the goggles were also flickering. Looking at the equally dark and unpredictable passages on both sides, he couldn't make up his mind for a while.
"Hmph!" Mary snorted coldly: "Let me do it!"
Mary stood up straight suddenly, facing the passage on one side, took a deep breath and suddenly roared loudly. Her voice was so sharp and high that Grimm felt his head buzzing and could no longer hear any sound.
As the strange sound waves quickly rippled and spread in the passage, Mary closed her eyes and stood still, as if listening to something.
"The passage is 327 meters long, winding upwards, with a small cave at the end, inside..." Mary paused, and her voice suddenly turned sharp: "Two people! There are two people rushing towards us quickly!"
Grimm's pupils suddenly turned fierce.
Two people? And they rushed straight here so recklessly. Needless to say, they must think they can easily defeat the two of them. Even without facing each other, Grimm dared to conclude that they must be two fallen apprentices of the quasi-witch level.
Since the enemy is so well prepared, I am afraid that the surrounding passages will not be very safe. Grimm waved away the magic crocodile hunter, picked up the two summoning magic crystals from the collapsed soil, turned around and pulled Mary to the other side of the passage.
The floor of the underground passage is always so rugged and slippery. The uneven ground and the small stone protrusions that are interlaced make it difficult for a guy like Grimm with an agility of less than 5 points to move. On such a road, even if you walk steadily step by step, you may slip, not to mention running with all your strength.
It’s okay that the ground is uneven, but the problem is that the top of your head is not flat either.
Thick or thin stalagmites quietly blocked the way forward. If a person only looked down at the road, he could easily bump into them.
So in the first half, Grimm dragged Mary and ran wildly. Before they ran ten meters, Mary held Grimm with her arms and ran wildly.
The damp and cold air rushed towards him, and poured directly into the rapidly fluctuating alveoli through his mouth, nostrils, and trachea, making Grimm feel chilled to the bone and his mind extremely calm. Under the dim light, the dark passage flashed quickly under his feet, and the oncoming stalagmites expanded rapidly in front of his eyes, but slid past his side with a hum when Grimm couldn't help but scream.
At this moment, Mary turned into a ghost walking in the dark. Her soft and flexible feet just tapped the stone protrusions on the ground, and they could drive the two of them to slide quickly in the air. Every upside-down stalagmite and every narrow passageway was a flat road in her eyes, and she could pass through it flexibly and silently with just a tap of her toes.
Mary might have been accustomed to such a speed. But for a scum whose agility was less than 5 points, Grimm's mood at this moment was even more exciting than riding the craziest and most thrilling roller coaster. If it weren't for the strong wind pressure that kept pressing against his throat, he would have vomited at this moment!
Just as the two of them were running quickly in the dark and deep underground, the passage in front suddenly narrowed, so narrow that only one person could barely pass through. At the narrowest part of the road, a lightning net suddenly flashed and blocked the way.
This lightning net covered the sky and the earth, blocking the entire passage. At the intersection of the edge of the power grid and the rock wall, the arc sparks splashed out were dazzling.
The sound of the electric current was even more clearly audible.
There is no way forward!
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