Chapter 1695: Tunnel march

There are many small red fireflies swimming in the darkness, when there is a long muffled noise in the darkness, fire light comes in. The firelight cut through the darkness like a sharp blade, and the wandering red fireflies dispersed immediately as if they were fleeing for their lives. The fire is getting brighter, and the area thrown into the darkness is getting bigger and bigger. In the light of the fire, two stone gates were opening with difficulty, and a group of strong soldiers on each side pushed open the stone gates forcefully. The door leaf is moving along the track that has been abandoned for many years. The stone beads that have not been oiled for a long time are violently rubbing against the track, and stone powder is constantly sprayed out and sprinkled on the door. When the door opened wide enough for two carriages to pass side by side, the two groups of soldiers had no strength, and one by one sat down on the ground and panted.
Allen and Rodk walked in, and some soldiers raised the torch. From the light of the fire, there was a hall behind the door. Big and tall, Allen kicked a rock out of the ground. The stone slid into the darkness, and the sound of breaking through the air kept going away, finally disappearing. Allen was slightly surprised, judging by the voice, the area of ​​this hall was almost comparable to the palace on the morning hill.
Rodek made a gesture. Soldiers passed by and they took torches to disperse and spread the flames. It turned out that there were braziers on the side of the mountain wall on the left and right of Shimen. Soldiers put down the prepared wood in the brazier, pour it with fire oil, and use the torch to light up the brazier. The braziers lit up one after another, and the fire light illuminated most of the ground hall. The ground hall is very spacious, and the huge space always makes people feel a sense of awe, and this is no exception. There are three rows of stone pillars arranged in an orderly manner in the hall. The pillars are ten meters apart in length and width. These pillars support the dome, and even if the years pass, the dome will not collapse. In each of the four corners of the hall, there is a huge sculpture. Sculptures or portraits, 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 are only in embryonic form. It seems that the craftsmen were forced to withdraw from the underground hall before they could finish the work.
Or maybe they were left behind by hellworms?
This can be imagined from the bones scattered everywhere in the underground hall, and human bones can be seen everywhere on the ground. There are only two or three bones scattered in some places, bone mountains are piled under some pillars, and skulls are everywhere. I don't know how many people have died before so many corpses appear. When Allen was looking at the hall, soldiers had already begun to clean the hall. Said it is cleaning, that is, sweeping away the bones scattered in the middle to facilitate the passage of troops and vehicles.
Soon an aisle was cleared, and Rodek gave an order, and the team moved to the other side of the hall. There is an arch at the end of the hall, which originally had a door. It's just that now two stone gates are scattered on the ground, and there are many corpses under one stone gate. From the direction in which Shimen fell and the distribution of nearby corpses, Allen could roughly imagine. At that time, the two stone gates were supposed to be closed, but they were pushed down from the outside by hellworms, and this situation would have formed. Rodk said that hellworms are like large centipedes. They are good at burrowing, living deep underground, spraying poisonous fire, and having a very hard shell, which makes it difficult for ordinary swords to break them. They usually act in groups, among which there is a queen among the hellworms. The power of the worm queen is terrible. In addition to the characteristics of ordinary worms, this worm queen can also emit screams that affect human hearing, and can freely control the source power, so it has some exclusive special abilities.
Ordinary worms are black long worms, but there are some worms that look like beetles, and their shells are deep red. They don't breathe fire, but the beetles are hard and have two forelimbs like sickles. These insects are the guards of the queen. If the queen appears, you will see such a guardian bug.
Rodek said that it is impossible for the army to pass through the tunnel silently, and it will definitely be noticed by the hellworm. He only hoped that it was ordinary bugs that were attracted by the sound, not the queens and guards. In order to protect the entire army, Allen also made some arrangements. He and Lucy are at the front of the team, and Celine will be in charge of the back. Rodke is in charge in the middle, and Belmode is in charge of mobile reinforcements. The spread of these powerful men should be enough to protect the entire army from the attack of hellworms.
It's just that the preparations are done enough, and we will see when we can get it.
At this moment, Ellen and Lucy rode together and walked in front of the army. Behind them is the cavalry of the Empire. The cavalry is also very difficult to play a role in this environment. There is not enough space for them to complete the tactical action of the charge, and the combat effectiveness of the cavalry will be greatly reduced. At this time, the Pikemen and Musketeers had the advantage, followed by the infantry, and then the cavalry. Of course, the cavalry can also dismount to fight, but that is meaningless.
After passing through the arch in the heart of the hall, there is a tunnel ahead. The tunnel is very wide, four meters high, and the front is dark in the firelight, like a passage to hell. Human bones can also be seen in the tunnel. Strangely, the corpse of a hellworm cannot be seen. Rodk didn't mention this, and he didn't know whether the corpse of the hellworm was transported back to the depths of the earth for the same kind, or was directly eaten by the same kind.
Another noteworthy ~EbookFREE.me~ is that there are large and small holes on both sides of the tunnel and the dome. The fire and the light couldn't see to the bottom, I don't know where these holes lead to and how long and deep. Of course there won't be these natural things in the tunnel, so most likely, it should be the hellworm that got out. 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 okay."
She hummed.
It seems that because the atmosphere of the mountain belly tunnel is relatively depressing, no one speaks, only the sound of horses and footsteps. Calculating the time should be noon, the whole army rested in the tunnel. Alan and Lucy were sitting in a corner, and soldiers brought them to eat and drink. When the army rested and rehabilitated, it was as much as possible to concentrate in the middle of the tunnel according to Rodek's orders, but there were also soldiers who wanted to be cool, sitting near the wall, and whizzing from the breeze from those holes. Some soldiers even fell asleep in the wind, and at this moment, there was a cry of exclamation behind Allen. Allen suddenly stood up and followed the sound, just in time to see a soldier got into the hole. He was already in the hole above the waist, and he stomped on his feet, suddenly swooping in. When Alan arrived, no one could be seen inside, only some blood remained on it.
Rodk heard the sound, looked at the scene with a solemn expression, and said: "You can't rest anymore, let's go quickly, I'm afraid the bugs have already discovered us."