"Boss, does this door really have a switch?" Barran knocked on the door with his axe, and a dull sound came from within.
The group searched the area for a long time, but didn't find any mechanism that could open the door.
"You guys step back," Suhlen said with a wave of his hand. He was ready to break open the door by force. Looking at the marks on the door, the mechanism inside might have been damaged long ago. Even if they found it, they wouldn't be able to open it.
Su Lun stretched out his hand and pressed it on the rusty iron door. Then, his muscles tightened, and the two iron doors creaked and creaked as they moved bit by bit.
A large amount of dust fell from the top of the door, and the heavy iron door began to move slowly.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The sound of metal breaking came from behind the door, and the heavy stone door slowly but firmly opened. Suhlen sighed in relief when the iron door was half open, and rubbed his arms. The door opened, and a rotten and moldy smell came from inside.
Suhlen didn't go in immediately. Who knew if the air inside was poisonous after so long? He casually summoned a whirlwind and sent it into the door. Soon, the air with a strong rotten and moldy smell came out from inside.
After two or three breaths, the smell inside returned to normal. The two barbarians took the newly made torches and walked in first.
After entering the door, the light suddenly dimmed a lot. Under the light of the torches, the group could see the inside of the passage clearly. It was a passage about four meters wide and three meters high. There was a row of bronze wall lamps on both sides of the passage. The passage was dark, and they didn't know where it led to.
Suhlen walked along the passage, and soon saw a rotten corpse with only a pile of bones left. Judging from his attire, he should be an adventurer. The clothes on the corpse were tattered, and there were a few broken arrows in front of his chest. This unlucky fellow must have stepped on a mechanism in the passage and been shot to death.
After rummaging through the corpse, he discovered that there was nothing else on the corpse except for a rusty weapon. Just as the group was about to move on, the corpse that had turned into a pile of bones slowly stood up.
"Undead?" Suhlen was not surprised to see the skeleton revive. When he entered the passage, he felt that the negative energy here was a little high. If the corpse stayed in this place for a long time, there was a high chance that it would awaken as an undead.
There was no soul fire in the skeleton's eyes, which meant that it was only the lowest level of resurrected skeletons. This kind of low-level undead was very easy to deal with. As long as one could overcome their fear, even a farmer could crush it. As an undead creature, it was very sensitive to the aura of the living. The moment it stood up, it held the rusty weapon and wanted to attack Suhlen.
In the end, before it could make a move, a huge axe swept across and shattered its skeleton. The broken bones scattered in all directions, leaving only a skull that landed beside its feet. When the steel boot stepped on it, there was a cracking sound as the skull was smashed into pieces.
"Be careful, there might be traps inside." After dealing with the skeletons, the group continued to advance. In fact, it was best to have a thief with them for exploration. After all, thieves were very familiar with all kinds of hidden weapons and mechanisms, so it was easy for them to break through them. Suhlen's group was either a barbarian or a thief, so they could only use brute force to break through the traps.
Fortunately, the ruins had been explored before, so many of the traps could not be triggered a second time. Only some expensive and ingenious traps could be reset after being triggered.
As they went deeper into the passage, the eerie feeling became more and more intense. Soon, Suhlen saw three more corpses that had also decayed into bones.
One of the corpses had three broken ribs, probably caused by a blunt object. The other two corpses had at least ten arrows stuck in them. Suhlen casually checked the corpses and found a few Nars and some rotten parchment. The parchment had become so tattered that even the writing on it could not be read clearly.
These corpses did not turn into undead. Suhlen guessed that their bones were too damaged. After sweeping the corpses to the side, the group continued to advance. At this moment, a creaking sound suddenly came from the empty passage, like the sound of a rusty door opening suddenly.
Immediately after, a black shadow suddenly rushed in from the front. The barbarian warrior at the front immediately raised his two-handed axe. The wide surface of the axe was like a shield, blocking most of his body. Then, the black shadow crashed into the axe with a bang, and the barbarian's body was knocked back.
Suhlen finally saw clearly that it was a wooden stake as thick as a bowl. The front part of the stake was covered with a layer of copper. Although it was made of wood, it was still very heavy. Seeing this, Suhlen understood that the corpses with broken ribs were caused by this trap. But he did not expect that this trap could still be used after hundreds of years.
Seeing that the wooden stake was charging again after the collision, a barbarian warrior at the side chopped over with his axe. The huge force directly broke the iron chain hanging on the wooden stake. The wooden stake lost its balance and crashed into the wall beside it.
After dismantling the trap, Suhlen checked on the barbarian who had been hit. Although he had been hit heavily, he had used his axe to block it before this. Coupled with the armor on his body, this barbarian with thick skin and thick flesh was not injured at all. He was just a little embarrassed from the fall.
After encountering this trap, the group was obviously much more careful. The wooden stake was also dismantled to be used as a tool to explore the way. It had to be said that this ruin was preserved quite well. The group encountered many traps after that. For example, when they stepped on a piece of floor, dozens of arrows would suddenly shoot out from the surroundings. Another example was when the floor suddenly flipped open, and a pile of sharp blades appeared below.
These traps would work against ordinary adventurers, but against Suhlen and the rest, they were basically useless. With Suhlen's equipment and their reaction speed, the arrows were easily knocked away. As for the replica trap, it was directly triggered by the heavy wooden stake.
For the rest of the journey, Suhlen did not find any more corpses. It seemed that the three corpses he found before were the last few members of this adventurer team. Perhaps there were still survivors who gave up on exploring and left after seeing that their companions had suffered heavy casualties.
Along the way, Suhlen's group violently destroyed all kinds of traps. Their speed was not slow. After a few minutes of moving forward, another stone door appeared in front of them.
PS: Thank you to Faraway, Speaking to Loneliness, 20170809142736639 for the 100 Qidian coins tip.
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