Roddy held his breath, narrowed his eyes, and tried to calm himself down. He muttered in his heart, "I can't kill this scumbag with three arrows in the past" to boost his courage, trying to prevent the spreading fear from eroding his brain.
The Chimera Beast's huge head was swaying about ten meters in front of him. It opened its mouth slightly and seemed to be in a very bad mood. Obviously, it was very dissatisfied with the braking sound just now. Roddy could see the air twisting in its mouth, as if it was going to spit fire at any time.
Its steps seemed slow, but in fact, each step covered at least two meters. When it came to the mining cart with its oppressive body, the light of the torch seemed to make it a little confused. It paused and looked at the torch with its head tilted. Just as Roddy swallowed, it opened its mouth without warning.
"Boom!"
Roddy did not dare to move. He let the hot gas blow horizontally in front of him without moving. At this moment, he had to be glad that he had found a suitable place.
If he was two or three meters away, he would have become Qiu Shaoyun!!!
His mind was filled with the scene of the martyrs sacrificing themselves in the language textbook. He stared at the flame in front of him, feeling that the air he breathed could burn his lungs. Fortunately, Roddy had put the torch in the torch slot above the mining cart. The extremely hot flame from the Chimera Beast's mouth almost instantly melted the torch and the iron rod into ashes, but did not burn the mining cart.
Roddy glanced at the "status bar" that others could not see. His stealth skill would end in ten seconds.
Get out of here! Motherf * cker, what are you waiting for?!
Roddy shouted in his heart. But after the Chimera Beast melted the torch, the surroundings instantly darkened, and he could not see what was in front of him. Fortunately, after a few seconds, the sound of the Chimera Beast's legs gradually faded away. Apparently, it was swaying back to the cave.
"Hualala."
With every step the gigantic Chimera Beast took, Roddy could hear the sound of something hitting the ground, but he did not dare to move. He did not even dare to breathe for two or three minutes after his stealth disappeared. After confirming that the Chimera Beast had returned to its cave, Roddy shifted his stiff body and touched his cheeks that were almost scalded by the hot air. He was glad that he was still alive.
He turned his head and stretched out his hand towards the narrow hole that Sally had gone through. He whispered, "Sally?"
A few seconds later, his fingertips that were suspended in the air touched Sally's cold palm. Roddy wanted to say something, but he found that the little girl suddenly clenched his fingers. In the darkness, Rody heard a faint, sobbing voice from the other side. "You … You … You … You …" You … you're still alive? "
It was obvious that Sally had mistakenly thought that Rody was going to die after seeing the terrifying flame spit earlier.
"I'm lucky … Of course, it's also thanks to your faster brain. That … now is not the time to talk nonsense. We need to clear the obstacles, but be careful not to make any noise, or that big guy will come again. "
The surrounding light was too dim. Roddy looked back at the hole that he could no longer see clearly. There were only a few jumping flames left by the Chimera Beast's flame, and he could barely see the surroundings. At this time, it was obvious that a long night would bring trouble. It was better to leave as soon as possible.
Hearing this, Sally immediately began to move the broken pieces from the other end. In the darkness, the two of them tacitly stopped talking. Like a foolish old man moving a mountain, they used their hands to slowly move the stone and wooden pieces that were blocking the tunnel. After two hours of moving without stopping, they finally cleared away the things between the tracks and opened up a gap for the mining cart to pass through.
Both Roddy and Sally's hands were more or less injured, but at this time, he did not show any macho chauvinism and let Sally rest on the side, because they were pressed for time. If he did not do so, and if the Chimera Beast came out again, it was estimated that neither of them could bear the other's anger.
After checking the mining cart, Roddy confirmed that it was not damaged except for being blackened by the flames. Then he was ready to leave with Sally. After igniting the new torch, he immediately found that there were a lot of shiny things on the ground.
Roddy stopped and made a "wait" gesture to Sally, who was already sitting on the mining cart. He took a few steps to the things, reached out and picked them up … and was completely stunned.
"Aged Chimera Beast scales."
Enchantment material
"The older the Chimera Beast, the harder it gets, and the same goes for its scales."
Roddy was no stranger to this kind of scale. As a former leather-making master, he was very familiar with the market for auxiliary materials in the production of leather armors and protective gear. He also understood the value of this scale in his hand. Before level 30, the most precious of all the materials for leather armors were the products dropped from wild bosses. Generally speaking, these materials were classified according to the classification of the grade "Excellent Green", which was one level higher than the white grade. If the Chimera Beast was killed, its skin would be classified as "Excellent Blue", or even "Epic Purple". These pieces of skin could be made into outer armor and inner armor according to their thickness, which could be sold at a sky-high price.
And now, the scale in Roddy's hand was displayed as "Excellent Blue". This sudden gain made his heart skip a beat. If a piece of equipment made from a Green Shard could have 130% of the attributes of a White Grade equipment, then a Blue Shard could achieve a 200% increase in attributes and also have a chance to add additional attributes to the equipment!
Was it because it was two years ahead of time, and the Kemira Beast was shedding its scales?
With that thought in mind, Roddy began to search for the remaining scales on the ground. His footsteps were as light as possible as he emptied the bag of bread, and like a gold miner, he frantically threw the fallen scales into the bag. He then found that many of the scales were not of high quality, with 70% of them being green, and some were even worthless white.
Should I go into the cave to take a look?
Rody narrowed his eyes and looked at the nest of the Chimera beasts. He began to weigh the pros and cons. At that moment, the scales in Rody's hands were not enough to make one piece of leather armor. If he continued to go deeper, he would certainly be able to gather one or even two sets of scales. But then he would have to face the risk of waking the Chimera Beast.
But in Roddy's memory, the Chimera Beast would not wake up easily. It could even be said that when any monster was asleep, as long as they did not step into its "absolute warning range" or make a loud noise, no matter how low-level it was, it would not wake it up.
Originally, this was not enough for Roddy to go forward, but then he saw that the "Stealth" skill of the mysterious necklace on his chest had come off cooldown. After thinking for a moment, he stepped into the cave.
With the faint light from the distant torch, Roddy could clearly see where the shining scales were. The deeper he went, the more scales there were. When he went about 50 meters in, he suddenly saw a large patch of thick scales on the ground!
That was definitely a pleasant surprise. The Chimera beast had probably moved its body because of the itch when it was shedding its scales. Rody also found that there were even scales marked with the word 'purple' on it.
As if he had found a mountain of treasures, Rody threw out all the low-grade scales from the bag. He then picked out a large pile of scales that were of excellent quality. After everything was done, he carefully felt his way back along the side of the rock wall. The light here was extremely dim, and he could only move forward with his sense of touch. Just as he was about to walk out of the cave, his foot suddenly tripped on something.
Roddy stopped abruptly, his raised foot hovering in mid-air. He looked down, but could only see an extremely blurry human silhouette.
It looked like a dead person.
When Roddy walked in, he did not notice this guy. At this moment, his foot was placed on the guy's head. Although he did not step on it, the touch told Roddy that the guy under his foot had become a rotten skeleton.
Seeing this, Roddy bent down and began to "loot corpses" as a player was best at. In the past few years in the game, Roddy had dealt with this kind of corpse countless times. Even now, even in the real world, he did not feel any discomfort when he touched the corpse, even though the smell had disappeared.
The clothes were rotten and would break at the slightest touch. With just a little force, Roddy's chest caved in. From the burnt and incomplete clothes, for the time being, Roddy judged that this unlucky guy had died under the flames of the Chimera Beast. Obviously, the corpses in this kind of place were most likely miners. Without any hope, Roddy did not expect to find anything. However, he was careful and finally found a ring on the finger bone that was so fine that it was unrecognizable.
It was a little unexpected, but he was not interested in looking at the displayed attributes. Stepping over the corpse, Roddy quickly rushed to the mining cart. After throwing a bag full of scales onto the cart, he immediately pushed it and began to run!
"Get down!"
The wheels of the mining cart began to turn, and the noise immediately filled the cave. Roddy knew that he had to leave immediately. Otherwise, the Chimera Beast, which was not yet asleep, would rush over at a faster speed. The starting section of the tunnel was relatively flat, so even if Roddy pushed the cart like crazy, the speed of the entire mining cart did not increase.
"Bang!"
The sudden muffled sound made Roddy realize that the big animal had woken up and was rushing over. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him. When he turned his head, he was horrified to find that the Chimera Beast had appeared at the entrance of the cave!
"Ol 'kahla!"
Regardless of whether it was useful or not, Roddy immediately activated his stealth skill and disappeared behind the mining cart. Sally, who was in the mining cart, did not show up because she had lowered her body. The Chimera Beast in the distance had poor eyesight. After appearing angrily, the first thing it noticed was a mining cart that was inexplicably moving into the distance.
The Chimera Beast did not seem to have the intelligence to figure out why the obstacle had disappeared. Its shuttle-shaped head looked at the strange scene in front of it in confusion, and it froze in place for more than three seconds.
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