Knights and Magic Wand
Chapter 384 - 384 184 Deep Exploration_2

384: Chapter 184 Deep Exploration_2 384: Chapter 184 Deep Exploration_2 The uneven ground was one thing, but traversing the forest was truly torturous for the limping old knight, and it wasn’t necessary for him to come along.

Currently, the sheer number of elite soldiers, including Leon and others, was already overkill for the task of annihilating a nest of Wild Goblins.

“Answering the call and at your service, my lord,” Larian, who had come with the army, greeted Leon.

The expression on the Ranger Knight’s face was somewhat excited.

This was his first genuine demon-hunting mission since being employed by Leon.

He and Magrina had spent their days quite comfortably in Avalon Castle, living in the Lord’s Fortress with its myriad wonderful facilities, which was even better than his home in the south.

But the more comfortable his days were, the more Larian felt ashamed to be drawing a high salary while doing nothing for a while.

He also wanted to quickly decapitate some monsters’ heads, to put on a good show and prove that he wasn’t just freeloading in his employer’s castle.

Leon nodded, asking for his help naturally because he valued the Ranger Knight’s professionalism and martial arts, akin to a “Demon Hunter.”

He left some soldiers to set up a temporary camp near the cave entrance, then led the assembled elites and the Heavy Armor Guards toward the entrance they had discovered the day before.

Halfway there, Lokhak came up to Leon, whispering reports he had heard from inside the Mage Tower.

“…

Lady Lora mentioned that this region was once under the rule of the banished Flame Sun Forbidden Guard Commander, ‘Gervin,’ and she said she hadn’t paid much attention to it in the past.

Before some Spirit Field formed or something, who mined or drilled wells here was a minor issue unknown to her while she was far away in the Pope Court…”

Lokhak struggled to relay the words of the white-haired lady and then asked with great confusion, “Tell me, what exactly is Lady Lora’s title?

What are the Flame Sun Guards, the Pope Court, and who is Gervin?…

Gervin?

Why does that name sound so familiar to me?”

Seeing his brother turn into a curious soul, Leon patted his shoulder.

“Don’t worry.

I’ll explain it all when we return.

Let’s first deal with the task at hand.”

Having said that, he turned to the Ranger Knight beside him, “Do you understand Wild Goblins?”

Larian nodded, responding promptly, “Very well, my lord.

Those little creatures are mostly easy to handle, although ancient texts mention some subspecies that domesticate dangerous giant spiders in dens.

However, from my years of venturing into caves and dens, I’ve never encountered them.

They might already be extinct…”

Listening to the Ranger Knight’s demon-hunting experience, Leon led his army to their destination.

The soldiers immediately organized their formation at the entrance to the tunnel.

Crossbowmen with their weapons at their waists and their attendants carrying large shields took the front line, followed by shooters wielding Silver Mountain Crossbows.

To the left and right were Heavy Armor Guards and Knight Attendants, with Leon and others walking in the middle of the formation, followed by Chain Armor Spearmen protecting the rear.

With a slight gap between the front and rear squads, the heavily armored warriors strode through with thunderous steps, entering the mine tunnel in an imposing single-file line.

Pairs of boots crossed the ceiling area, and torches illuminated the unexplored dark depths.

Just a short while after the tunnel ran parallel, the group felt the slope gradually descending, seemingly leading deeper underground.

Without other references in the tunnel, even the sense of time began to blur.

Fortunately, the hourglass at Leon’s waist reminded him that they had been exploring for just over ten minutes.

Following a series of turning slopes, not knowing how many meters underground they had gone, the torches still burned regularly, and a faint cold gust from ahead suggested an adequate air circulation.

Leon surveyed the unchanging tunnel around him.

The mine tunnel, crisscrossed with robust beams, was not narrow, allowing several people to walk side by side comfortably; blue and black-silver ore veins embedded in the rock walls made Leon increasingly pleased with the rich mineral deposits in this area.

There, we’re really going to strike it rich, he thought.

Even if he couldn’t estimate at the moment, he knew that this ancient underground iron mine was incredibly valuable.

Suddenly, the front group gradually stopped.

Leon looked ahead and saw the tunnel opening up, apparently reaching an entrance.

But the torchlight, which flickered from the wind blowing outside the cave, could barely illuminate a profound depth of darkness all around.

Beyond the entrance, besides the metal track extending from their feet and straddling a spacious rock path wide enough for about a dozen people to walk abreast, no rock wall could be seen to the left or right.

Leon stepped forward to the entrance, testing the rock path carrying the rail, then turned back and called out to his young mage, “Kovis, illuminate our surroundings.”

The young mage immediately lit up the blade of his sword, manipulated the long sword to rise in the air, and swiftly flew toward the rocky bridge around.

As the dazzling Magic Light spread…

an astonishingly huge underground cavity unfolded before everyone.

The reason the torch couldn’t reach the rock walls in the front was that the space was simply an empty underground void.

The soldiers, stunned by the sight in front of them, all gasped.

Even the well-traveled Larian showed a look of amazement; he had never heard of any country that could dig such a massive underground space.

And the warriors who had just tentatively stepped onto the rock bridge platform, seeing the endless dark abyss at the edge, couldn’t help but recoil with a slight fear of heights.