Chapter 1695: Tunnel March

There were many small red fireflies swimming in the darkness, when there was a long muffled sound in the darkness, a fire light came in. The flames cut through the darkness like a sharp blade, and the wandering red fireflies immediately scattered in all directions as if fleeing for their lives. The flames became brighter and brighter, and the area thrown into the darkness became larger and larger. In the light of the fire, two stone doors were struggling to open, and a group of strong soldiers on each side pushed the stone doors open forcefully. The door was moving along the track that had been abandoned for many years. The stone beads that hadn't been oiled for a long time rubbed against the track violently, and stone powder was constantly sprayed out and sprinkled on the door. When the door was opened wide enough to allow two carriages to pass side by side, the two groups of soldiers had no strength, and they sat down on the ground one by one, panting.

Allen and Rodke walked in, and some soldiers held up the torches. Looking from the firelight, there was an underground hall behind the door. Big and tall, Allen kicked a rock out of the ground. The stone scratched into the darkness, and the sound of breaking through the air continued to fade away, and finally disappeared. Allen was slightly surprised. Judging from the sound, the area of ​​this underground hall was almost comparable to the imperial palace on Chenxi Mountain.

Rodek made a gesture, and there were soldiers passing by around the two of them, and they spread out with torches, spreading the light of the fire. It turned out that there were braziers next to the mountain walls on the left and right sides of Shimen. Soldiers put down the wood they had prepared earlier in the braziers, poured kerosene on them, and lit up the braziers with a little torch. The braziers were lit one after another, and the fire light illuminated most of the underground hall. The basement is spacious, there is always a sense of awe in the sheer size of the space, and this is no exception. In the hall, there are stone pillars arranged in an orderly manner. There are three rows of stone pillars in total. The length and width of the pillars are ten meters apart. These pillars support the dome and prevent the dome from collapsing despite the passage of time. And in the four corners of the entire hall, there is a huge sculpture. Sculptures or figures, or giant beasts, without exception, these sculptures support the dome with their hands or backs, as if these things have been guarding the hall for hundreds of years. However, it can be seen that these sculptures have only a prototype. It seems that the craftsmen were forced to withdraw from the underground hall before they could finish the work.

Or, were they left behind by hellworms?

This can be imagined from the scattered bones in the underground hall, and human bones can be seen everywhere on the ground. In some places, there are only two or three bones scattered, and in some places there are mountains of bones piled up under the pillars. Skulls are everywhere, and it is unknown how many people have to die to have so many corpses. When Allen was looking at the underground hall, soldiers had already begun to clean the hall. When it comes to cleaning, it means sweeping away the bones scattered in the middle to the two sides, so that the troops and vehicles can pass through.

Soon a passage was cleared, Rodeck gave an order, and the team set off to the other side of the underground hall. At the end of the cellar there is an arch, which originally had a door. It's just that now the two stone gates are scattered on the ground, and there are still many corpses under one stone gate. From the direction where the stone gate fell and the distribution of nearby corpses, Allen could roughly imagine it. At that time, the two stone gates were supposed to be closed, but they were pushed down by hellworms from the outside, which led to the current situation. Rodke said that hellworms are like giant centipedes. They are good at burrowing, living deep in the ground, can breathe poisonous fire, and their shells are so hard that it is difficult for ordinary swords to break through them. They usually move in groups, among them, there is a queen among the hellworms. The power of the queen worm is very terrifying. In addition to possessing the characteristics of ordinary hell worms, this queen worm can also emit screams that affect human hearing, and can freely control the source power,

So have some exclusive special abilities.

Common hellworms are long black worms, but there are also beetle-like looking hellworms with crimson carapaces. They can't breathe fire, but the insect armor is hard, with two forelimbs like sickles, these insects are the personal guards of the queen. If the queen appears, you will see such guard bugs.

Rodke said that it is impossible for the army to pass through the tunnel quietly, and they will definitely be noticed by the hellworms. He only hoped that it was only ordinary bugs that were attracted by the sound, not the queen and the personal guards. In order to protect the entire army, Allen also made some arrangements. He and Lucy are at the front of the line, Celine will be in the back. In the middle, Rodke is in charge, and Belmode is in charge of mobile reinforcements. Scattered by these strong men, it should be enough to protect the whole army from the attack of hellworms.

It's just that the preparations are sufficient, and it will be seen when it works.

At this moment, Alan and Lucy ride together and walk in front of the army. Behind them is the imperial cavalry, and it is difficult for the cavalry to play a role in this environment. There is not enough space for them to complete the tactical action of charging, and the combat effectiveness of the cavalry will be greatly reduced. At this time, instead, the pikemen and musketeers took advantage, followed by infantry, and then cavalry. Of course, cavalry can also dismount to fight, but that would be meaningless.

After passing through the arch in the heart of the basement, there is a tunnel ahead. The tunnel was very wide, about four meters high, and the front was dark in the light of the fire, like a passage leading to hell. Human bones can also be seen in the tunnel, but the strange thing is that there is no corpse of a hellworm. Rodke didn't mention this point, and he didn't know whether the corpses of the hellworms were transported back to the depths of the ground by the same kind, or were directly eaten by the same kind.

Another thing worth noting is that there are large and small holes distributed on both sides of the tunnel and the dome. Even if the fire shines in, you can't see the bottom. You don't know where these holes lead, how long and deep they are. Of course, there will be no such natural things in the tunnel, so most likely, it should be drilled by hellworms. Lucy shuddered at the thought of bugs coming in and out of these many holes.

Allen patted her hand and said, "Don't worry, it's fine."

She hummed.

It seems that because of the depressing atmosphere in the mountainside tunnel, no one spoke, only the neighing of horses and the sound of footsteps. Calculating the time, it should be noon, and the whole army was resting in the tunnel. Allen and Lucy sat in a corner, and soldiers brought them food and drink. When the army was resting, they concentrated in the middle of the tunnel as much as possible according to Rodecker's order, but there were also soldiers who wanted to cool off and sat near the wall, and the wind blowing from those holes from time to time was cool. Some soldiers even fell asleep with the wind blowing. At this moment, there was a scream from behind Allen. Allen stood up suddenly and followed the sound, just in time to see a soldier go into the hole. The hole above the waist was already in the hole, he kicked his feet wildly, and suddenly slid into it with a whoosh. When Allen arrived, there was no one in sight, only some blood stains remained on it.

Rodke heard the sound, looked at the scene with a solemn face, and said: "We can't rest anymore, let's go quickly, I'm afraid those bugs have already found us."