Chapter 186 Structure

Take his eyes away from the huge dwarf statue in front of him, and Leon led everyone to turn around and walk down the steps.

He looked around the mine platform illuminated by the torches of his soldiers.

On the underground rock platform as big as a square, in addition to the facilities and sundries abandoned by the Helan dwarves, there were also tattered animal skin tents that were obviously built recently. These primitive creations that were completely out of place with the environment were naturally made by wild goblins.

After confirming the identity of the original owner of this place, Leon couldn't help but increase his vigilance against this place.

The wild goblins were not a big threat to everyone. If it was just a human mine, he didn't think there would be any danger.

But the relics left by the ancient Helan people who could build such a huge mine.

In this world, those short men whose appearance and habits were very similar to the dwarves in the previous life always reminded Leon of the bad impressions in some games and movies in his previous life.

He turned to Lohak and said, "Gather the soldiers and make sure they don't touch anything. If you see anything curious, don't touch it!"

"Understood." Lohak nodded and immediately walked over to shout to the soldiers, gathering the scattered alert teams.

"My Lord, come and take a look."

Hearing the call from Corvis behind him, Leon turned around.

The young man who cast a spell to control the flying sword went around the back of the dwarf statue.

He used the floating sword to illuminate the large rock suspension bridge behind it, which was much wider than all the surrounding platforms.

Leon turned around and followed.

On the rock bridge illuminated by the flying sword, there were eight tracks that could carry mine carts. The caves that the mine tracks extended to the opposite bank were much larger than all the mine tunnels on the empty rock walls.

"The opposite side should be the main tunnel for transporting ore. I don't know where it can extend to. This underground mine may be part of a larger mine structure." Corvis guessed.

Leon pondered after hearing this.

When I was walking in the tunnel before, I thought I had only made a small fortune. Now, this underground mine is really bigger than expected. It is no longer a question of whether it is rich or not. It may even bring huge troubles.

Should we continue to explore?

A few knights plus dozens of soldiers are more than enough to deal with the threat of wild goblins.

And since those relatively weak wild goblins can live in the mine for so long, perhaps it indicates that there is no danger here.

While thinking, Leon stared at the huge black mine tunnel in the distance, still worried.

For the sake of safety, since he has confirmed the original owner of the mine and the basic situation underground, he still wants to go back and consult with Laura before making a long-term plan.

"Let's retreat first, and come back next time when we are fully prepared." Leon said cautiously.

Bringing Corvis and Olivia back to the soldiers in the formation, Leon saw Larian squatting in front of an animal skin tent, seemingly checking the pile of bones made of the food bones left over by the wild goblins.

Leon walked to Larian's side: "What's wrong, did you find anything?"

The Ranger sighed, stood up and shook his head.

"Most of these are bones of wild beasts, but there are also human ones. Many of them are children."

After hearing this, Leon looked at the pile of bones and couldn't help but feel angry.

You eat me, I eat you, it is the natural law of the jungle, but knowing that the children of the same tribe have become food for those monsters still makes him instinctively angry.

If it weren't discovered in time during the night watch on the night of escape, I, Azerien, and Lohak would probably have been eaten by these little bastards.

Patting Larian's shoulder, Leon promised: "I won't let them go, I will eradicate those damn remnants next time."

Larian nodded, looked deeply into the darkness of the cave, and stood up and returned to the team.

On the dim square platform, the team regrouped, quickly reported the number to confirm that no one was left behind, and then turned back the same way and walked towards the suspension bridge.

Olivia tilted her head, as if she heard something.

She quickly turned to warn her lover: "Leon, there is a sound under your feet."

"What sound? Is it the wild goblin again?"

The girl frowned and shook her head: "I don't know, the movement is rattling, it doesn't sound like footsteps, and it's getting louder and louder!"

Although Leon didn't know what was going on, he intuitively felt that something was wrong, and immediately shouted: "Everyone, speed up!"

But before he finished speaking, everyone present heard a rattling sound coming from under their feet.

That was the sound of chains and gears.

The edge of the platform, which was not illuminated by the firelight, made a sound of sinking and rising.

Amid the rustling and rubbing of the stone platform rising and falling, a three or four-meter-high broad black shadow rose from the ground in front and behind the team, blocking everyone's way forward and retreat.

Along with the rise of the black shadow, there were bursts of dense clicking sounds around, as if some strange metal object was crawling over.

Leon's heart shuddered.

Damn, there is indeed a trap. I know those petty short masters love to do some tricks to outsiders who break into their territory.

But why did the wild goblins live here without triggering the trap?

The crowd did not touch anything they should not touch. There was no valuable treasure here, and the soldiers did not even have the opportunity to touch it.

Did anyone step on the ground mechanism?

Those damn wild goblins, eating, drinking, defecating and urinating here for so long without arousing any reaction, is it because they are light enough and human footsteps are heavier?

A lot of doubts flashed through his mind, and Leon did not delay at all. When he saw the shadow rising, he immediately stopped the soldiers.

"Form a formation! Meet the enemy!" Lohak put down the halberd on his shoulder and shouted to the soldiers.

The well-trained soldiers immediately formed a square formation, and the outer periphery raised large shields in unison to protect their comrades behind them.

The archers held crossbows behind their shields, and the soldiers on the innermost side pointed their spears horizontally at the dark and deep orange arcs.

There was no need for Leon to remind him of this unexpected change. Corvis's flying sword whizzed around the square formation, illuminating the uninvited guest in the shadow.

In front and behind the team, there appeared two metal statues with their bodies folded together. The statues had no heads, squatted on their feet, and hugged their arms. The surface of the metal shell was rusty, and under the gap structure of the rusted shell, the yellow copper texture was revealed under the light source.

As for those densely packed things crawling over, they were a group of slender robots that were also covered with rust and copper? !     Did I go to the wrong set?

Leon saw those strange-looking structures clearly, and was surprised to think that he had traveled through time again with the Avalon army.

Those slender gold-copper machines that were nearly one person tall had orange-yellow light leaking from the gaps in their torsos. There were three arc-shaped pointed feet touching the ground under their bodies, and rod arms similar to bone structures extended from both sides of their torsos. The parts that should have been palms were connected to double-pointed pickaxes with rotating structures.

Horrifying gasps and low exclamations sounded among the soldiers. The warriors from the three territories were shocked by the unheard-of monsters in front of them. They couldn't understand how a pile of iron-like things could move like a living thing.

But these slender metal hooks didn't care about the surprise of the crowd, and still unceremoniously accelerated their three interlaced pointed feet and rushed towards the soldiers' square formation. The two arms raised high were obviously not to welcome guests.

"Shoot!" Rohak roared.

The crossbowmen pulled the triggers, and the sharp crossbow arrows flew densely from behind the shield wall to their respective targets.

With a series of clanging and clicking sounds, these crossbow arrows that could penetrate skin and break bones hit the three-legged mechanical upper body and shook slightly.

But the arrows either just left dents and scratches on the three-legged mechanical bodies, or got stuck between their hollow and slender bodies, and obviously did not cause any impact on those constructs.

As for the two giants that blocked the front and back roads, the rust skin rubbed off by the crossbow arrows was almost equivalent to polishing them.

No one was surprised by the result of this tentative attack. Even the soldiers knew that arrows were of course almost non-lethal to metal.

Lohak immediately ordered the crossbowmen to throw away the light crossbows that had no effect on them, and drew out the maces and swords on their waists, ready to engage the enemy in close combat.

In a brief moment of surprise, Leon did not continue to pay attention to the three-legged constructs running towards him.

There were quite a few of those magical and slender mechanical bodies, but they were not very fast, and judging from their size and structure, although they were dangerous to ordinary people, they were limited threats to several serious knights of the Order of Arms.

But the problem was that since the Helans could make these strange little golden bronze men move, the two huge metal statues in front and behind the team were probably not dead objects. Once they were hit by that size and weight, it would be a big trouble for everyone.

The next second, the two metal statues in front and behind made a tooth-grinding vibration, and the sound of gears rolling inside proved Leon's guess.

But he didn't know if it was because of years of disrepair, he only saw that the limbs of the two giants were stuck, and the body joints were very awkward.

Leon didn't want to wait for the enemy to transform.

He completely handed over the command of the army to Lohak, and reached out to pull out two black Neti cards from his waist bag.

While activating the boiling heart, he also injected magic power into the heroic spirit card.

There was a flash of light behind the soldiers, and Canis condensed into shape.

Leon didn't have time to explain the situation to the young master of the Wolf family who looked around in confusion. He ordered the knights to act separately immediately.

"Corvis, Olivia, Canis! Go smash the "golem" behind! Be careful."

"Leave it to me."

Olivia responded in a deep voice, holding the sword of victory without hesitation, and rushed out of the army first. Corvis called back the sword of friendship and followed closely.

The young master of the Wolf family scratched his head, and without asking any more questions, he picked up the heavy lance and caught up with the two.

As the spirit of Neti, he would not die anyway, so he naturally did not care what the enemy was. He only needed to know where the enemy was and how many to kill.

"Larian, come with me to try to dismantle the golem in front!"

"Yes, sir."

Just as the knights of Avalon went out and rushed towards the two headless giants that were struggling to spread their hands and feet, a large number of tripods had already swung their two-armed pickaxes and stepped into the illumination range of the torches behind the soldiers' phalanx.

In the phalanx with shields in place, the soldiers roared in unison and stabbed their spears with all their might.

The forest of spears surrounding the formation hit the golden bronze monster that did not dodge or evade and seemed to have no wisdom at all.

The spear tip came into contact with the rusty steel shell and the brass mechanism, and a crisp sound of clanging and clanging broke out.

Some golden bronze monsters were knocked to the ground by the spear heads that were thrown and stabbed, and the tripods and pickaxe arms turned and waved, trying to turn over and stand up.

But most of them were just held back by the spears and then continued to rush towards the shield formation with their tiptoeing.

Pairs of pickaxes hit the soldiers' shields like mining operations, and the crisp sound of knocking was continuous. The heavy pickaxes left amazing dents and damage on the thick shields, which made the left arms of the front-row soldiers numb. A few more hits would undoubtedly pierce the thick shields!

But the soldiers did not sit still and wait for death. While their comrades on both sides of their bodies smashed and stabbed the enemies with their spears, they swung their own melee weapons to fight.

The heavily armored guards led by Hawke and Zabron blocked the attacks with their shields and swung their weapons to fight back.

The sharp swords of several people made the constructs lean back, but the effect was minimal. However, the nail hammers in the hands of the hammer-wielding guards such as Zabron suddenly hammered the three-legged constructs to the ground, with significant results.

"Attack the middle of their bodies!" Hawke roared loudly in the battle formation with loud war cries, reminding his comrades.

The hammer in his hand went straight to the chest of the metal monsters.

The fact was just as he had tentatively guessed in his mind.

The moment the thin steel shell on the monster's chest sank, Hawke heard the sound of something breaking and cracking, and the orange light between the gaps in its torso suddenly went out, and the metal "monster" collapsed to the ground as if it had lost its life.

Standing in front of the formation, Lohak swept across, and the knight's brute force carried by the heavy steel axe and halberd knocked away several three-legged golden bronze monsters that approached without dodging.

Hearing Hawke's shout, he took advantage of the situation and turned over a three-legged mechanism with a long handle, raised his big feet wrapped in plate armor and steel boots, and stomped heavily on the metal chest wrapped in the steel shell.

With a bang, the dented and broken structure seemed to have crushed some kind of crystal inside.

Looking at the metal "corpse" that was not moving, Lohak laughed loudly. He found the weakness of this hard lump and found that it was not difficult to deal with it except that it looked weird and scary.

The two knights rushed towards the "golem" that was trying to get up with one light and one heavy step.

Larian's long sword accurately cut through the skeleton limbs of the three-legged monster blocking the way, and the moonlight blade cut through the exposed joints. The dancing blade cut through the weak parts and split the construct into parts.

Leon was not as elegant as the other party. He looked at the pickaxe head that was coming towards him. After dodging the attack, he grabbed the arms of one of them. With the boiling knight's brute force at the moment, he swung the three-legged dwarf machine in front of him and threw it forward.

After a heavy collision, a road was cleared. Leon stopped beside the colossus and pulled out the pseudo-thorn sword in front of him.

Ancient spells were chanted in his mouth, and magic patterns extended and wrapped around the blade.

The scorching flames suddenly erupted and rose in the dim shadows, turning the sword into orange flames.

The Molten Flame Sword, which he had already mastered, was held in Leon's hand.