Chapter 30 Fighting monsters in a mine. (1/2)
Roland's party had to squeeze through a s was then covered up and only a small head-sized hole remained When the party returned they were supposed to coh it They were also told to knock on the wall in a sort of morse code so that the workers kneas theuards were stationed to keep the miners safe from harm The adventurers were supposed to follow thewith the other adventurer teaet rid of thethis would take but they were given sio out within five hours of going in
A blue sphere of light illuh for three people to fit in side by side, small railroad tracks were lined up on the hard rocky floor There was also an e there on those tracks It was probably used by the miners to carry iron ore and e aroond” ( Handy to have aforward, the ht hovered above his head, Roland could position it there as it had a targeting function This spell didn’t take eneration outperformed it Thanks to this, the party could enjoy a well-lit tunnel while having their hands free of torches
They spotted some of those torches on the walls but they were all unlit They probably burned out after the tunnels were sealed
Selanar was holding onto the ths lay in the wilderness and forests He wasn’t that good at distinguishi+ng rockythe tunnel layouts He stopped and so did the others with hiood with maps”
Roland called out to the elf as he saw hi at the parchment Selanar didn’t mind and just handed it over to Roland as he wasto shi+ft responsibility The scribe class and his high intelligence helped him with ained apossible
“Okay, we are here…”
He had looked through thein soequipment Supposedly aand digging a breeze
“If we follow this path we’ll coht path will lead to more tunnels that are a dead-end…”
Roland proposed to check out the tunnels that were a dead-end first beforeon to the other ones This way they could see if theany further and would also let them cut off the monster’s escape route This would also help them cross out already searched sections from the map easier
The others didn’t really care that et their rewards So they all nodded and followed the directions that Roland proposed While going past the first fork in the road Selanar noted that no h here as he could only spot theany shocking discoveries they h these tunnels Just as the elf said there were no monsters found in these unfinished tunnels Helcimale elf as he exa for a tracker role as hiruntled that he didn’t find any type of loot to take with him He wanted to nab so with metals in the future
They backtracked to the fork and went further each tie continued for an hour until they finally spotted their first ene the true appearance of the insect h, it just had to be those…’
What stood before them was a troublesoth, it wasn’t even a particular hard ene part was that it rarely was seen alone It was a giant antat a worker type
This ant was the size of a large dog breed When it spotted the party its feelers started wiggling about and itsin their direction Before it could act an arrow buried itself into its eye The monster was stunned and practically dead which allowed Selanar to finish the job with another well-ai Myrmekes!”
Orson called out after the Myrmeke worker drew its last breath Everyone from the adventurers knew that this type of monster was tricky They caiant ants around if you spotted one
“They ht be even in the process ofthisat the deadon the level of the ant queen this could be dangerous Though if she wasn’t above a certain level then the ant monsters would be quite weak and they would be fine The worker ants weren’t that strong but if they piled upon you, it was certain death
“What’s so scary about these ants? They don’t look so tough”
Helci called out, she didn’t see a problem in this as the ant was easily dispatched by two arrows The other adventurers gave her du at an idiot
“What are you looking at round as she noticed those spiteful gazes
“That’s why bronze newbies are”
Orson snorted while the half-gnolared back at hiers of organized monsters that actually had a leader The ant workers and soldiers would give their life for the queen and they could coer lied in their organized hiveet ready…”
“I think the ht have lied about this, probably to save some coin”
Everyone beside Helci nodded as they knew that a erous enemy The coly They could always lie if the first expedition turned out to be a failure and if the job wasn’t completed they wouldn’t have to pay the entire suer the adventurers lives just to save a couple of silver coins
“More are approaching”
Selanar called out to the party and everyone got ready, even Helci pulled out her short bow
“Git behind me”
Dalrak moved to the front, the corridor was a bit wider so they had enough space to move around Roland shi+fted his hand to his belt where one of his binder-like scroll grimoires was attached to It was quite plump with a lot of the smaller versions of the scrolls He held it forward and pretended to beoff a deep blue colored bolt of iant ant ot the brunt of the hit The blue bolt of y slareen blood leaked everywhere
Roland wouldn’t let this chance slip by He had a large quantity of these lesser ht them just so he could level up his runic mastery skill The only problem was that he wasn’t alone, he still wanted to at least e
The Gerh the corridor towards them They all looked the same and they tried to swarm the party of five with their superior nu was prepared
Orson backed up Dalrak at the front while Helci and her elven companion used their bows as support These sh armor to protect themselves froe halberd and shi+eld along with a two-handed sword that the hu