Chapter 686 Underground Exploration

The "immemorial abyss" Jinlunga is like a huge bridge, connecting the "surface world" and the "underdark region".

In this long and narrow rift between light and dark, giant bone fossils of ancient creatures can be seen everywhere.

There are also hills, rivers, and calm lakes in the abyss, but there are more huge caves. The tunnels connecting these huge caves often stretch for dozens of miles. Some sections are wide enough for giant dragons to walk, while others are so narrow that even ground lizards cannot pass through.

The entrances of some of these tunnels are shaped like navels, and are called "earth navels" by people, leading to an even older and mysterious underground world - composed of drow, mind flayers, aboleths, eye The "Underdark" ruled by evil aberrations such as demons.

In the abyss of ravines, dots of light spots are connected to form a long winding dragon, winding towards the north.

If you zoom in, you will find that this luminous queue is an expedition team, and the light source comes from the magic miner's lamps installed on the helmets of the expedition members.

A total of 31 people, including six female students, are all graduate students from various branches of Midgard University, and they are carrying out exploration tasks on the periphery of the "Prime Ancient Abyss".

The expedition consisted of several groups, among which two groups led by Arnold Laval and Hyrule Green, all eight members rode ground lizards on their way.

The other 23 expedition members were either inexperienced in riding skills or lacked the courage to ride a ground lizard, so they were divided into six large and docile subterranean beasts.

Arnold, who came from the Knight Academy, was born in an aristocratic family and is the current president of the "Skeleton Society".

In addition, Arnold also has the most extensive experience in underground exploration, and was overwhelmingly elected as the leader of the entire expedition.

Arnold didn't waste his power. He dismantled the expedition teams spontaneously formed by three or four friends when he took office, and reorganized the expedition teams drastically according to the differences in extraordinary professions.

Arnold first selected the "warriors" and "knights" in the team, and arranged them at the forefront of the team to be responsible for exploring the road.

These two types of extraordinary professionals are good at close combat, and their defense is relatively strong. In case of an ambush, they can respond in the shortest time.

Fragile spellcasting professions such as mages, warlocks, and poets were arranged by Arnold in the center of the team and received the most comprehensive protection.

In case of an enemy attack, the spellcasters will not be attacked immediately, and have plenty of time and space to use spells to support teammates in the front row.

Most of the pastors in the team are girls, and they are arranged by Arnold at the end of the team to be responsible for breaking the back. In case of combat, priests can protect arcane spellcasters nearby, and can also use divine spells to provide healing for teammates.

The arrangement made by Arnold seems reasonable. He stood at the forefront of the expedition himself, showing his selflessness, and won the appreciation of his teammates.

But in private, there are still sporadic voices of doubt.

Holden, for example, suspected that Arnold's arrangement was selfish, in order to move Audrey to the front so that he would have more opportunities to get close to Audrey, so that he could launch a pursuit offensive.

Holden's guess is a bit of a villain. But Audrey and Hyrule, as the only female knights in the team, and the two "flowers" with the most outstanding looks, were indeed treated like stars.

Joan was placed in the middle of the team. After two days of adaptation, he was able to skillfully control the lizard to run freely in the rugged rift.

With him were Holden, Angel and Ryan who also rode ground lizards.

Both Holden and Angle have a bit of artistry, and they speak humorously and wittily. Joan and Ryan are more introverted, they don't talk much, but they are good listeners. After two days of traveling, the four young people got along very well.

In these two days, Joan's mentality has changed a lot.

At the beginning of the expedition, he was both nervous and full of expectations, as if he would soon be attacked by monsters or see wonders that were very different from the surface world.

However, after two days of traveling, his worries and expectations were completely in vain.

The scenery seen during the journey is nothing more than rolling ravines and caves of all sizes. At first, I thought it was a bit fresh, but it will be boring after watching too much. In particular, the towering cliffs in the abyss and the dim atmosphere where it is difficult to see the sun make people feel depressed.

As for the enemy, it cannot be said that there is no such thing, but it is not a threat at all.

On the afternoon of the first day of the expedition, a group of ferocious rats as big as dogs appeared in front of them, which really excited the expedition team including Joan.

The team immediately stopped marching and formed a defensive formation on the spot. Qiao An quickly took two protective spells on himself, waiting for a support order from the front.

However, he and the other casters waited for a long time, and finally the news came that the dire rats had been wiped out by the teammates in front, and they didn't need their help at all.

Afterwards, Holden said disappointedly: "The guys from the Knight Academy are simply a group of animals. They killed all the dire rats in two or three rushes, and didn't leave us a few to entertain ourselves."

"It would be terrible if your sister and Hailar heard this." Angel smiled wryly, "Although it's a bit disappointing, it's a normal operation. The value of the knights is mainly reflected in helping us save spell slots."

Of course there is nothing wrong with Angel's words, but spell slots can't give birth to babies if you keep them in your hands, and they will all be reset the next day. Not using them is tantamount to wasting.

Joan didn't want to waste spell slots.

When camping at night, he would always open the folding desk in the tent, spread out spell books, parchment and ink bottles, and then take out the "automatic quill pen" he made, set up the automatic transcription process, and write today's The remaining spell slots, mythic powers, and sid mana are transcribed into arcane scrolls.

The "automatic quill pen" jumped into the ink bottle, swung around the mouth of the bottle after being filled with ink, and then jumped onto the parchment spread out, diligently copying the arcane arts according to Joan's instructions.

At the same time, Joan sat on a blanket and started his daily meditation routine, shaping his spiritual power into a probe, exploring the mysteries of the third magic net, and deepening his understanding of the nature of magic.

After an hour of meditation, Joan opened his eyes, took out the "navigation compass", and looked at the map data collected today.

Touch the compass with his fingertips, and silently recite the incantation, and then a magical aura emerges on the surface of the compass, transforming into a three-dimensional picture, showing the path he traveled today and the geographical environment within 30 miles around the path. If you think the miniature map is not clear enough, you can also zoom in on the screen in equal proportions.