pertwk Chapter 33 Hunting in the Dark
Chapter 33 Hunting in the Dark
"Suhar Kazan... La Sith...!"
A blade of cyan wind swept up the remaining snow on the ground and flew swiftly towards the distant trees.
"Click! Click! Click!"
This time, three or four redwood trees, each as thick as a thigh, were cleanly cut down and fell with a crash.
"It's a success!!"
"I finally did it!"
Jack gasped for breath, his eyes red-rimmed, sniffed hard, and turned to look at Rom with excitement.
"Congratulations, Jack."
Luo Mu, who was standing to the side, clapped his hands gently.
The experiment was a success, even more smoothly than expected.
In this revised version of the [Wind Blade] code, Rom retained the prayer and salutations of "praise to the gods" at key verification nodes, and only removed redundant code describing the form.
Although this "crippled" version is far less powerful than its 2.0 optimized version, it still far surpasses Jack's previous level.
Most importantly, it did not trigger an elemental backlash.
Jack looked at the severed tree trunk with great joy.
He knew very well that if he were to work himself to the bone in the academy, he might not be able to reach that level even after five or ten years of training.
But by learning from Luo Mu, after only two attempts... his improvement was so tremendous!
"Master Romuk! What should I study next?"
【Wind Fury Blessing】or 【Cyclone Technique】? ...I'm fine with either!
Jack rubbed his hands together excitedly.
Romuz shook his head.
"That's enough for today. We still have work to do."
Rom pointed to Jack's lower body, "You should straighten your clothes first, your butt is about to be exposed."
By the way, please don't call me "Master" in public; it will cause unnecessary misunderstandings.
Jack blushed and hurriedly readjusted his robes with his tattered belt, barely covering the drafty areas:
"Then... what should I call you?"
"Just call him Boss," Luo Mu said casually.
He dislikes these empty titles and master-disciple relationships; he prefers business dealings.
Jack did his work for him, and in return, he provided technical guidance.
Everything is an exchange of interests; there is no teacher-student relationship, and it can be severed at any time, making things easier.
"Okay, boss!"
Jack had no doubts; he was still basking in the joy of becoming stronger.
Rom turned and went back into the house, pulled out two old coarse cloth trousers, and threw them to Jack.
"Put it on. Otherwise, letting the sacred wind element pass through your naked lower body would be a kind of blasphemy against the elemental gods."
It would be too unfair to be judged as an illegal act and suffer the backlash from the elements later.
Jack jumped in fright and hurriedly pulled his pants up.
After finishing the preparations, Rom waved his hand and once again cast the optimized Wind Walk spell on the two of them.
"Set off."
...
In less than half an hour, they arrived at the mine in the back mountain of Blackrock Town.
Here, the temperature is lower and the snow is deeper than in town because it is on the shady side.
The entrance to the mine was small and looked rather rudimentary, with several wheelbarrows lying on the ground scattered around the entrance.
However, the wind blowing from deep within the mine carried a warm feeling and a faint smell of sulfur, indicating that the temperature underground was much higher than outside.
The two stood at the dark entrance of the cave, and Jack couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Although he was quite excited when he set off, he couldn't help but feel a little scared when he actually arrived at the pitch-black mine, and he gripped his wand tightly in his hand.
Luo Mu did not rush in, but carefully observed the surrounding environment around the cave entrance.
He noticed that there were indeed some grayish-white net-like things hanging from the cracks in the stone wall and on the collapsed wheelbarrow, which felt extremely tough to the touch.
It's definitely spider silk.
"The mayor's information was correct; the monster hiding here is indeed the [Crypt Spider]."
Rom nodded, confirming the type of enemy.
After all, if the intelligence is wrong and it is actually a different kind of monster, he will have to reassess the risks and change his battle strategy.
"Stay close to me." Rom immediately went into the mine, and Jack followed reluctantly.
The mine was pitch black.
Luo Mu casually typed some code, creating an extremely stable, perfectly bulb-shaped miniature fireball that hovered in his hand.
The flaming light bulb made Jack, who was following behind, turn his head to look.
However, he wisely refrained from asking any questions.
Having witnessed so many outrageous things Luo Mu had done, he wouldn't be surprised if Luo Mu suddenly produced a giant dragon fruit.
...
The deeper they went into the mine, the higher the temperature became, and Rom felt his back begin to sweat slightly.
It seems that the cave spiders are different from the magical beasts outside that are adapted to the icy plains. They prefer warm and humid environments, which is why they have found such geothermal-rich caves to make their home.
Soon, a wide fork in the road appeared in the tunnel in front of them.
"Boss, which way should we go?" Jack looked around nervously and asked in a low voice.
"To maximize efficiency, it's best for us to go separately."
"Don't separate! ...Boss, I'd rather die than be separated from you!"
Jack was so frightened that he grabbed Rom's robe sleeve tightly, almost lunging at him to hug his leg.
"hiss--!"
Just then, a low hissing sound suddenly came from the depths of the dark cave on the left.
"Alright, no need to guess now." Rom shook off Jack's hand.
The two slowed their pace and carefully crawled into the cave on the left.
As the space became more open, it turned out to be a large mining site.
The surrounding area is covered with traces of the miners' hoes from years ago, and some unidentified minerals, shimmering faintly, are exposed on the stone walls.
Some well-preserved oil-soaked torches are still hanging on the wall.
To broaden his view, Rom flicked out a few sparks to light a torch and handed one to Jack.
"Da da da da..."
Suddenly, a series of extremely dense and teeth-grinding clapping sounds rapidly approached from the shadows ahead!
Luo Mu's eyes narrowed as he looked in the direction of the sound.
By the light of the fire, one could see a giant spider, taller than an adult, hanging upside down from the top of the mine shaft five meters away!
It has eight long, thick legs like a wild beast, and its body is covered with black bristles like steel needles.
The head, covered in compound eyes, gleamed green in the darkness, staring intently at the two prey that had intruded into its territory.
"What a huge spider...!"
Jack was so frightened that his voice changed tone.
Facing the weak humans, the cave spider showed no intention of testing them. With a powerful leap from its eight legs against the cave ceiling, it pounced directly at the two of them!
"Wind Blade!"
Jack reacted extremely quickly, raising his staff and roaring as he unleashed two newly improved cyan wind blades.
However, despite its enormous size, this cave spider was exceptionally agile.
Its dense, coarse black hairs can accurately sense changes in airflow.
In mid-air, it twisted its waist and abdomen in an extremely strange posture, managing to avoid Jack's wind blades, and pounced again, already within arm's reach!
It's too fast; you have to control its movement first, otherwise it's hard to kill it in one hit in narrow terrain.
As a veteran gamer, Rom's combat logic came to mind instantly.
He swung his left hand forward sharply: "Wind Spell!"
call--!
A violent gust of wind suddenly rose from the ground!
Although the strong wind could not cause harm, it blew precisely onto the spider in mid-air.
The spider's enormous size created tremendous wind resistance, causing it to lose its balance and be flipped over, flying backwards and crashing heavily against the stone wall with a "bang".
But at the same time, the strong wind was about to blow out the torches in their hands.
Rom seized the last glimmer of light; his right hand had already completed the spell.
Without the slightest hesitation, he anticipated the spider's fall and quickly swung his right arm.
【Wind Blade】.
Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
Four extremely compressed wind blades were hurled in succession into the depths of darkness.
From the darkness came several crisp cutting sounds, accompanied by the agonizing screams of the monsters.