Chapter 12 Cave

Blood wasteland, outside the cave.

Lan Wu stood outside the dark cave entrance and looked inside. This cave is better called an underground maze than a cave. Yesterday, he insisted on declining Volod's offer to follow him, and instead got the magic map provided by Volod.

This magic map is very magical, just like the map in the game, which can automatically record the path you have walked. For underground mazes such as caves, this magic map is indeed the best choice.

"Uncle, are you sure you can beat them?" Flora was very nervous. She knew the value of a gold ring among professionals and didn't want Lan Wu to lose this precious gold ring.

"Lose?" Lan Wu tilted his head and asked curiously, "Why did I lose?"

"There are three of them." Flora raised three fingers and reminded solemnly, "They are all high-level professionals. Dealing with monsters in the cave is as easy as drinking water. Relatively speaking, they have a greater chance of obtaining magic equipment than us."

"You are still young." Lan Wu touched Flora's head kindly and smiled, "You don't need to care about the dirty tricks between adults. But for safety reasons, you have to promise me. Under no circumstances, you can't walk in front of me."

"Why?" Flora was at a loss.

Lan Wu didn't say anything, but just pointed at Flora's white belly button. The latter blushed and guessed the reason. This leather armor, which is almost the same as a swimsuit, has been greatly modified, so that most of the magic power in the leather armor has dissipated. Whether it can play a defensive role remains to be seen.

"I can protect myself." Flora is worthy of being a rebellious girl, holding up the short bow with a look of disdain.

"Okay, okay, you can protect yourself. It's all my fault." Lan Wu raised his hands in surrender, lit the torch first and walked into the cave.

The cave was so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you. The dim light of the torch illuminated less than three meters. It was not clear if it was farther away. A gust of cold wind blew, and the torch shook violently a few times. The flickering light of the fire made the strange rocks not far away more terrifying.

"It's all your fault. Why did you choose this ghost place for the gambling fight?" Flora's voice floated from behind, and it seemed to be a little crying.

Lan Wu smiled and ignored it. It can't be said that he planned to trick these three high-level professionals to complete the task assigned by Akara for him from the beginning when he met Gross and the other two.

When proposing this gambling fight environment, Volod's reaction fully reflected that Akara just gave this task to himself. In addition to this test, he couldn't think of any other reasonable explanation.

Since it is a test, of course, the test is for him. Then the other things are not important. The important thing is to be able to walk out of the cave alive. As for Gross and the other three... they could use their power to completely clean up the monsters in the cave. I believe that even if Akara guessed that this was intentional, he would never object to being able to borrow three powerful high-level professionals for free to help clean up the cave.

After all the monsters in the cave were eliminated, the gambling fight was truly over. This was the bet made by Lan Wu and Gross.

The cave was spacious enough for one person to run and jump inside. Lan Wu led the way with a torch in front, and soon saw a slow-moving corpse slowly walking in the dim firelight.

"Flora." Lan Wu was worried that Flora didn't find the target, so he reminded her. Unexpectedly, as soon as the voice sounded, there was a whoosh beside his ear, and a strong wind almost passed by his ear.

Puff.

The sharp arrow shot through the corpse's chest and came out from behind. Then another sharp arrow shot, hitting the corpse's rotten head. The corpse screamed, fell to the sky, and never got up again.

"Next time you shoot arrows, stay away from me." Lan Wu warned solemnly, while raising his staff and aiming at the corpse to perform Skeleton Resurrection. When the skeleton just summoned walked into the firelight, he looked up and down thoughtfully.

This summoned skeleton seemed to be the same little skeleton as before. The same slender bones, the same short bone knife, and even the shape and size of the skull seemed to be exactly the same.

"Cool." A whistle floated from behind. Flora obviously didn't take Lan Wu's warning seriously, but was more interested in the little skeleton he summoned.

After absorbing the magic energy emitted by the corpse, the remaining magic energy was gathered and turned into two gold coins that fell to the ground with a clang. Lan Wu stepped forward to pick up the gold coins and commanded the little skeleton to clear the way. The dark environment obviously had no effect on this undead creature.

Walking all the way to the depths of the cave, he killed more than a dozen corpses one after another. Unfortunately, all that exploded were gold coins. Flora was so anxious that she couldn't help but keep nagging in Lan Wu's ear.

"Uncle, why haven't you dropped any magic equipment after killing so many corpses?"

"It's all your fault for betting with them. What if you lose the ring?"

"Oh my god, it's gold coins again."

"..."

Lan Wu rolled his eyes. He didn't deny that Flora's voice was beautiful and relaxing. But the content was a little unacceptable to him. He had to warn her again: "You are just a mercenary and can only obey my orders."

"I know, I know." Flora obviously didn't take it to heart. She chewed Kukatan and responded sporadically, focusing on what the next monster would drop. This made Lan Wu have the urge to discipline this rebellious girl.

The deeper you go into the cave, the more frequent and numerous monsters appear. Fortunately, they are all corpses. Although the small skeleton has low damage, with Flora's bow and arrow, the team's forward speed is not slow.

Warmth surges through the body. Lan Wu rose to level 4. The little skeleton has also been upgraded to level 3. After the upgrade, the damage of the small skeleton has been slightly increased, reaching the level of the skeleton summoned by the ordinary level one skeleton resurrection.

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But that's enough.

The little skeleton was killing everyone in front, killing the corpses one by one with the sword. It's just that Lan Wu's luck is quite bad. What came out was still only gold coins. Flora became even more nervous and anxious. If things continue like this, there won't be a few pieces of magic equipment at all.

Lan Wu was not anxious at all. He had enough time to follow behind the little skeleton, picking up gold coins that exploded from the ground from time to time. Flora was so angry that she drew her bow and arrow several times, deliberately reminding him of the existence of gambling.

At this moment, there was a ding, and the pleasant sound of metal falling to the ground echoed in the dark cave. Flora immediately excitedly crossed Lan Wu to pick up the first piece of equipment that exploded.

"Wait." Lan Wu looked serious and stopped Flora: "I said you are not allowed to walk in front of me."

Uncharacteristically, Flora said weakly: "I understand. Can you let go of your hand?"

Lan Wu's expression remained unchanged, he let go of the hand that happened to be holding Flora's right breast, and apologized lightly: "This was just an accident. You know, it's normal for you to not be able to see clearly in this dark environment."

"No...it doesn't matter." Flora lowered her head and said weakly in a voice that could only be heard by herself: "As long as you need it, I...I..."

"Okay, I need you to follow me and don't pass me again." Lan Wu reminded solemnly again.

"But...but our Rogge..." Flora was stunned. Before she could finish speaking, Lan Wu had already interrupted her: "You should follow your heart."

"Perhaps some people regard Rogge as a tool to vent their sexual desires. But this is not Rogge's proper responsibility." Lan Wu looked away and continued: "Rogge is a professional's assistant and a teammate. Both parties have equal status. There is no hierarchy.”

"I was deceived by them, my soul is weak." Flora regained her original liveliness and spat on the ground: "They told me that if I want to go to a better Lu Gaoyin, I must use my body to please the profession. Only in this way can we avoid being terminated by them.”

"Well, these souls are weak." Lan Wu followed the good example and took the opportunity to angrily brush up Flora's favorability.

"Uncle, I like you." Flora boldly took Lan Wu's right hand.

"Hmm, so I should prepare a big bed?" Lan Wu thought thoughtfully.

"Let's wait until I really fall in love with you." Flora let go of her hand and ran behind with a series of silver bell-like smiles.

Lan Wu smiled and stepped forward to pick up the first piece of equipment that exploded. It's a pity that this is just an ordinary leather armor. He stuffed the leather armor into the space bag and continued to direct the little skeleton to open the way ahead.

The first piece of equipment was revealed, and the rest of the journey was full of surprises. Flora's screams full of surprise echoed in the dark cave again and again.

"Blue, it's a blue ring."

"Cool, blue shoes."

"Wow, it exploded again, blue hat."

"Hey, what a pity, it's a white hand axe."

"..."

Lan Wu enjoyed Flora's sweet laughter. He chose left and right and replaced all the low-end white equipment on his body with the whiteboard equipment he had just produced. After putting on the new equipment, he had a completely new look. He finally looked like an ordinary professional instead of looking like a beggar with low-end goods.

Picking up a rubbish blue boxing sword again, Lan Wu took out the magic map to check it out. The dark environment makes people lose track of time. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he entered the cave. Judging from the map, we have already entered the depths of the cave.

"Go back first." Lan Wu put away the magic map and turned around to greet Flora.

"Why?" Flora was indeed a rebellious girl, and she objected almost subconsciously.

"Efficiency." Lan Wu had to explain in detail: "Fight monsters, explode equipment, change to better equipment, and fight monsters again. This is a good cycle. Now we still lack identification scrolls, town teleportation scrolls, and detoxification Drugs and other things. Go back and sell these things and buy all the supplies before you can stay here longer."

Having said this, he paused briefly, and then solemnly added: "What's more important is that we must go back to resupply as soon as possible."

"Why?" Flora was puzzled.

Lan Wu had to explain in more detail: "Gross and the three of them will not leave us much time. They use their style to let us set off one day early. But one day later, once they block the cave exit, we will face We are in a dilemma. If we encounter them, they will kill us and steal the ring. If we want to avoid them, we can only go deeper into the cave. Without enough supplies, we cannot safely escape the monsters. .clear?"

"It's all your fault." Flora became anxious. She dragged Lan Wu back and complained regretfully: "If we hadn't taken out that ring, how could we have been targeted by them."

Lan Wu smiled and said nothing, and added in his heart: "If it weren't for this ring, how could it be possible for these three senior professionals to do their best to help me complete this test."

Following the instructions on the magic map, the two walked out of the cave. It was late at night, and a huge full moon was hidden among the light dark clouds, but it was a rare good weather.

Lan Wu was concerned, ignored Flora's complaints, and returned to Rogge camp overnight. When dawn arrived, the two of them walked to Akara's tent covered in morning dew.