Chapter 32.3 Fighting monsters in a mine part 3. (2/2)

“Aye, they likely plastered it up a wee bit”

Dalrak agreed with the youth The old tunnels were probably just patched up, the water didn’t even reach that far so they didn’t even need to fully fill it up There was also another thing, ant monsters were known to stay clear of the water The probability of the there was also lower

“That’s fine and all, but they are still sealed off, are we going to use these ht fin' us thru the vibrations in the soil”

Dalrak nodded bringing up that issue If they started hitting the walls the vibrations and loud noises could alert the h the tunnels were probably sealed lightly they still would need a lot of tih them

“We won’t need to use them, leave that to me We will blow the wall up”

Roland s of a certain scroll that hespell but could be used as a bomb or explosive

“You sure ca so dejected that she was so useless If she ever got out of this place she would probably take a safer approach to this adventure lifestyle and prepare ood at talking big, this shri Roland a s forward He had been more or less accepted as the temporary teaest froe

“I’ve recovered soo If what Selanar said was true, there won’t be a rescue party appearing any time soon”

The travel tiard If they blew up the entrance area just now and considered the ti sooner than three days but a more realistic time frame was probably a week

Everyone here was already tired and Roland’s spell scrolls were reaching depletion If another large swar wiped out Heading towards the water was the best option as it cut off the ants chemical trails that they used to communicate with each other

They planned out their route and finally departed Everyone was on edge as they had spent quite a bit of tiht came from Roland’s spell which so was silent, they weren’t coe onslaught before They didn’t know if they just annihilatedor if they were still getting chased They increased their pace going faster and faster as they tried to reach the sealed off tunnels as fast as possible

They finally arrived, the area was another juncture with a wider open space Abandonedequipment was left everywhere and even some ant tracks could be seen Still, there were no monsters to be seen, they had somehow arrived here safely

“Good, it should be around here…”

Roland looked to the elf and the dwarf They would probably be better fitted to find the spot where the tunnels were sealed off The two nodded and it didn’t take the duo long to find the unnaturally looking wallDalrak gave the rock a hit with his polearm and nodded

“Aye, tis ‘ere”

Orson looked at Helci who also nodded, the two stood on guard while Roland prepared the explosives The ite like explosives though, it was a larger-looking scroll with a lot of runic symbols on them

“Don’t worry, it packs a punch”

Roland moved over to the wall and looked at it, not really sure where to place this scroll He asked Dalrak for soround and attached the scroll to the wall by ha some of those mine carts over, when I activate it’ll bloithin five seconds…”

The others could hide behind so, but he had to activate the scroll and then bolt to safety The party set up some minecarts closer to the explosion area so that Roland could activate it and then run

“Okay… here goes nothing…”

“If this works… I’ to leave the whorehouse for at least a week…”

Orsona frown on Helci’s face

“How bout ye give the dwarven girls a try? ”

Dalrak laughed while thinking about the outside and the fresh air Selanar just ignored the others as always and just continued to look at the surroundings with his bow out His arroere mostly depleted but he still had a couple of shots left

Roland placed his hand on the larger scroll and activated it He pumped some more of his mana into it and then bolted for the minecarts The spell scroll lit up and the others could see the runic sy blue The color then shi+fted to red before the whole parchht Just as Roland vaulted over a cart it exploded, luckily he got pulled down by his robe by Orson the moment the explosion occurred

The loud boom could be heard everywhere even by the people outside The party remained behind their hastily set up barrier and waited for the dust to settle before going out To their diso down and the path was still blocked

“Is that water?”

Helci coround and quickly ran up to the blasted wall He smacked it with the ax a couple of times and moved his head over

“Ah can cop a breeze, we are almost thro'”

Roland pulled out another one of those scrolls and everyone was excited Judging by this spell scroll’s previous display of power it should be able to blast through this already loose wall They set it up again and quickly got back into position, the thought of safety on their minds

They all watched as Roland ain They smiled a bit as they saw the kid hastily run back behind cover while his spell scroll activated This tiet behind the carts in time before the explosion occurred Another loud thump made the whole mine shake

“Aye, we did it!”

“Good work!”

“Let’s get the fuck out of here!”

“M now looked large enough for the in but it was at h this Before they could get up another tremor made the whole e occurrence

The ground started rising upwards and a huge ant head eer than a Myrround It was still an ant but its abdoer than what you’d see on a normal ant The monster-filled out quite a bit of the cavern and its head even hit the ceiling It gave out a screeching scream the moment it spotted Roland’s party that was still behind thehell…”

“Quickly, run!”

They all bolted for the exit, there was no way that they were going to defeat that thing here Roland brought out his binder with the rest of his spells and started pelting the monster with fire arrows To no surprise the fire spells didn’t even leave a dent, he couldn’t even burn off its antennae as he did with the soldier variant before

“It's a Tier 3 monster…”

He fired off a s around He headed towards the created exit, the huge monster close in pursuit He dived in while everyone else was already a bit further, his team me without looking back, the iant head inside the tight corridor

It started gnashi+ng with its huge e body inside The whole corridor shook while they backed off with haste, the water inside slowed them dohile the beast continued with its chase

“fuck, it's co and pulled out so It didn’t look like a scroll; it seemed to be a hairless pelt with a lot of runes drawn on it The , he decided to use his last lifeline even though he knew the consequences

“What are you doing?”

Helci shouted while looking back She saw herhis other in theup She could seein six directions fro in symmetrical directions upwards It connected with solistering pathways

A bright flash of red light was created and a massive ae piece of monster skin Roland had scribed multiple fire arrow spells onto a monster pelt that was used as the main resource for scrolls

The multiple fire arrows coe opened y and quickly backed off while giving off an incomprehensible wail of pain

Roland flew backward into the arms of his dwarven party led and charred All of his fingers were broken and the burn marks reached past his forearm His vision was hazy and he passed out soon afterward, the shouts of his partyfaded to black