NOVEL WEB Chapter 493, Underwater Palace_1
The four-legged giant lizard is an amphibious mount.
Its speed underwater is equally quick, and it's also very agile.
Fang Hao single-handedly held onto the saddle of the giant lizard, descending rapidly along a hemp rope hanging from the shore.
Glub glub!!
Bubbles sounded in his ears, a school of fish circled around them.
Soon, their descent slowed.
A massive stone cave appeared in front, and the giant lizard carried Fang Hao directly into the cave.
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After a while of swimming, they began ascending along the rope again.
Above their heads, they could see a faint light.
It seemed they had arrived.
Splash!
They emerged from the water.
Fang Hao let out a deep breath. Demitrija, holding a Nightstone in one hand, pulled him out of the water with the other.
"Pick up the others." Fang Hao patted the back of the giant lizard.
Glug!!
The giant lizard dove again, going to pick up the remaining people.
The distance they had to dive was no small feat. Those with poor endurance could easily have drowned.
"Sir, we should be inside a mountain now." Demitrija, holding the Nightstone aloft, whispered.
The dim light revealed jagged stone walls around them.
Above them was damning darkness, where they could see nothing.
On the right side of the stone wall, there was a huge stone cave, all pitch black inside.
Before long.
A series of bubbles began to appear on the water.
The giant lizard emerged, dragging Lorrey and four Lionheart Knights. Fang Hao and Demitrija helped them onto the shore.
Straight after, more and more people surfaced.
In their midst was Li Rong, gasping for breath, her face turning purple from holding her breath.
Fang Hao pulled her up, "How are you? Are you okay..."
"I was... suffocating. What's wrong with your mount? I wanted it to take me along, but it deliberately avoided me." Li Rong panted, while complaining.
On one side, the giant lizard's huge eyes glanced at them.
It immediately turned back, coiled up, and laid flat on the ground.
"It might not recognize you. When we leave, let it carry you a while." Fang Hao explained.
Li Rong was indeed very suffocated.
Her face had even turned purple. Just a few minutes later, and she would have drowned.
"Okay, okay."
"All right, everyone, check your gear. We're getting ready to explore." Fang Hao called out loudly.
At the same time, he opened the Book of Lords, pulling out a batch of bolt-action rifles.
He distributed these to his Lionheart Knights.
In Silver Wing City, Fang Hao had put all the rifles from the team into the Demon Space.
This time, he distributed them again.
The Lionheart Knights proficiently inspected their weapons.
Once they finished distributing the guns, they started handing out Nightstones, potions, and blasting caps.
Li Rong and others stared, mouths agape, as the items were passed around.
What the hell was going on?
They had thought this was just an outdoor survival and underground exploration mission.
Why were there 50 guns, along with an abundance of other tools?
He distributed them to his subordinates as if they were free.
Li Rong felt rather awkward as her group sat silently.
She had thought she was doing quite well for herself; even if her hero was not as strong as Fang Hao, she still had her own large industry.
She should at least have as much money as him.
But now looking at the rifles and Nightstones distributed like candy.
Comparing the two groups, the difference was night and day.
When everything was ready.
Fang Hao said to Li Rong: "I'll use my skill to scout, everyone get ready."
"Alright, you're in charge." Li Rong said.
Fang Hao nodded and flicked his fingers. An owl made of thunder and lightning took form beside him.
Immediately after, under the watchful gaze of everyone, the owl flew directly into the dark cave.
The Thunder Spirit Owl had night vision.
As Fang Hao shared its senses, he could see the situation inside the cave clearly as well.
...…
The cave was deep and dark.
As they traveled further in, many winding, twisting paths appeared.
If one rushed in, they could quickly lose their sense of direction. Since all the cave entrances looked the same, special markers had to be left at each one.
Otherwise, it would be easy to mix up the paths and lose yourself inside.
However, Fang Hao made some great discoveries.
The mineral resources in here were incredibly rich.
This was likely a gem mine, and once exploited, it could yield great quantities of gemstones.
Once the exploration was over and the area deemed safe,
He could negotiate with Li Rong, and they could jointly mine these minerals.
The Thunder Spirit quickly found the main path to the deep end.
As they moved inwards, the road turned into a single path.
On the walls of the path, large amounts of mushrooms and moss began to appear.
The mushrooms were the size of fists, completely white, with white tendrils similar to the lace of an umbrella along their edges.
The moss covered a vast area, almost completely covering the walls and the floor to form a fungal carpet.
Just like the fluorescent paint in the modern world, the entire carpet emitted a faint green glow.
Mushrooms and moss grew together, becoming denser the further they went in.
It looked like a progressively narrowing round tunnel.
In this quiet cave and under the green glow, a chill ran down their spines.
Among these fungal carpets, they could see some pale white crystals covered up.
Shadowstones.
It seemed this area was indeed under the control of the dark creatures.
They passed through the area where the fungal carpet and the mushrooms grew.