Chapter 041 Excellent Thief
The sky is almost dark, and the inside of the manor is broken and dust is everywhere. The goddess fountain holding the bottle in the courtyard has long dried up, and it is full of dead branches and leaves, a desolate scene.
However, if you can observe carefully, you can still see the exquisiteness of the past from some old eaves of tiles. This once prosperous aristocratic manor also covers a huge area, and dozens of thieves first joined it. Now it seems that it is missing at all.
Tang En had missed the opportunity after coming out a little late. However, he was not very confident in finding the wooden box, so he was not very anxious. But when he passed by every small building, he took a brief look and continued to penetrate the interior of the manor. Just as Tang En passed through half of the white stone corridor, a sudden voice came.
"Hey, one of them finally came. This brother, come here."
When I looked up, I saw a figure dressed in soft leather armor and wearing light steps and cloud boots as a classic thief standing at the door of the side hall.
"Hello, my name is Jack." A pair of flexible eyes on his slightly handsome face quickly looked Tang En.
"Arthur."
Two vulgar names! In another world, there are probably hundreds of thousands of people calling them that.
"Looking for a long time..." "Good luck to meet..."
The two of them bowed tacitly and smiled at each other.
"Brother Arthur, have you found any clues?" Jack looked very familiar.
"No, did the Jack brothers find anything?"
"I can't find it, but I found something interesting..."
After a brief conversation, Tang En finally knew why Jack called him. It turned out that Jack had not been searching for him for a long time and found a secret door in one place. Originally, this kind of thing was of course a silence to make a fortune. However, after some research, Jack found that the secret door actually required at least two people to open. So Jack had to come out to find someone to seek cooperation.
"We will work together to open the secret door. If there is no wooden box inside, then let it go... If so, we can rely on our abilities at that time, what?"
After getting clues out of thin air, Tang En naturally nodded in agreement.
"Ha, okay, follow me."
After passing through the side hall and pushing open the half-closed wooden door, Jack took Tang En to a room that looked like a living room. At this time, except for a few rows of lonely beams and pillars in the house, the rest were all empty, and the tables and chairs were all moved clean. Some large tables that were difficult to take away were completely destroyed and pushed down to the side.
There is a secret door here? Tang En looked around and saw no trace. Heels lightly, and the dull sound came back.
Jack reached out and tapped the pillar beside him a few times. A small door silently slid open under the pillar, and a dark golden strip handle appeared inside.
Jack pointed to the ring on the handle and said, "There should be something like a chain here, connected to another handle, and then through a device, the effect of starting at the same time... The device must have been removed now, but fortunately we have two people who can pull it at the same time to start it."
This is professional... Tang En touched his nose to express his understanding.
The two stood in a diagonal line, holding cold handles. Jack took a deep breath.
"rise!"
Tang En felt his palm sinking, and quickly shouted softly, and suddenly pulled the handle upwards.
Try, slap, slap...
With a few small chains dragging sounds, the floor in the middle of the house slowly sank. The designer probably considered that someone would use the method of vibrating the floor to test whether there is a secret passage below, so the weight of the stone floor design is very large. The two of them exerted their efforts together, but they just opened a corner of the secret passage.
But even a corner is enough to make people vaguely see a downward stair inside.
"Put hard!"
Seeing that the secret door was about to open, Jack shouted again with excitement, and the red light of his arm's fighting spirit surged, like a flame burning in his arms.
Tang En's movement became much smaller, and he saw a trace of blood appearing in his palm, double the holdings - open.
"Buzz!"
With a soft muffled sound, a little dust fell from the roof beams, the floor was finally completely opened, and a deep staircase appeared in front of the two of them.
"Ha..." Jack chuckled, just as he was about to speak. Suddenly,
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Tang En felt a cold air gushing through his back tail vertebrae. Without thinking about it, his body twisted rapidly like a conditioned reflex, rotating and retreating backwards.
Three black shadows shot through their ears, armpits, and waists quickly passed through.
Bang, bang, bang! The walls behind me kept ringing, and stone chips flew!
Me, fuck... Tang En couldn't help but swear as he looked at the three iron crossbow arrows nailed to the wall. The cold sweat slid down from his temples, and he was very scared. If he hadn't been studying the combination of rapid and ghost skills recently and had a lot of experience, he would have really fallen here.
At the same time, Jack was also attacked. However, he is worthy of being a professional thief. He did not miss the crossbow before he was in front of him, and he also avoided without any danger.
"Damn, this mechanism is sinister enough." Jack exhaled.
These three crossbows are designed ingeniously, all of which are emitted from the steps and calculate the directions of the two. If the person who turns on the mechanism is too happy and careless, it is almost inevitable that the attack will be caused.
Although there was some minor situation, the secret door was opened. Tang En and the other two would not give up because of the danger just now.
After Jack made sure there was no mechanism at the entrance, he took out a small lighting crystal and walked down the stairs first.
From the stone steps under your feet, we can see that this secret passage was not a quick success in a short period of time. It was probably planned when the aristocratic manor was established. I just don’t know if the mission publishers have discovered this secret passage. If they find such a good place to hide things, they have no reason not to put the wooden box in it.
Such a simple truth can naturally be imagined by Tang En and Jack. So even though they knew that there might be danger ahead, they still accelerated the speed unconsciously.
After passing the steps safely, the two of them came to a long corridor.
Jack aimed the lighting crystal at the large lighting crystal embedded on the wall. An instant of a beam of white light flashed forward in a "Z" shape, connecting the crystal in front of him, and the dim corridor suddenly became bright as daytime.
Within the range of sight, there was no obstacle in the corridor, but the two of them stopped at the same time.
Jack blinked: "Brother Arthur, why don't you leave?"
With a slight corner of his mouth, Tang En chuckled and said, "This secret thought was discovered by Jack. Brother, why do I have the nerve to take the lead? Or do you ask first!"
"Haha, you don't need to be polite. Then please, please!" Jack waved his arms and tried to leave.
"Yeah, okay, go!"
...
After a moment, the two people who were still stopping, looked at each other and turned their faces.
"Insidious" and "Indifference"
The two of them labeled each other in their hearts at the same time.
Referring to the mechanism before the secret passage is opened, as long as you are not a fool, you know that the seemingly flat corridor in front of you is definitely full of dangers. In this environment, both of you naturally hope that the other party will walk in front and try the danger.
Knowing that the other party was not a fool, the two finally chose to go forward at the same time.
At this time, Jack was able to see the skills of a professional thief. He took out a boomerang from his waist. He planned the angle and threw out the darts one by one.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Suddenly, in the long corridor, there were more than ten boomerangs sweeping ahead in a confusing but orderly manner. Suddenly,
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Bang, bang, bang...
Some boomerangs seemed to have cut something, which immediately caused a series of chain reactions.
The crossbow arrow flew over, and the axe slashed and the spear fell.
The corridor became particularly lively for a moment, with all kinds of weapons shooting out from the ground, walls, and above. None of the dozen boomerangs sent successfully came back.
The dust settled, and the corridor changed its appearance at this time, becoming a display stand for eighteen weapons!
Seeing the scene in front of you, the two swallowed unconsciously.
Damn, this is a bit big...
"Brother Arthur, this place is dangerous. Let me open the way for you." Before Dayi finished speaking, Jack's figure rolled forward like a strong wind.
Tang En was stunned. The scene in front of him was undoubtedly extremely dangerous. Although many mechanisms were broken, it was difficult to guarantee that there were no omissions. And it was not yet certain whether there was a wooden box inside. Jack suddenly rushed forward and recklessly as if he had done his best. It was really hard to understand.
Tapping the way for me? What a joke... Although I haven't been in contact for a long time, Tang En can be sure that this vulgar guy wouldn't be so kind-hearted.
At this time, Jack had approached the front trigger trap, and saw him pausing, turning lightly through the bright weapons, wielding freely.
Weapons... Tang En's heart moved and looked closely.
Damn, this vulgar guy! Tang En cursed inwardly and ran forward quickly following Jack's footsteps.
As mentioned earlier, this secret passage existed a long time ago, and this aristocratic manor was abandoned for a long time. So even if there are mechanisms, these swords and axes will not be as bright as they are now, without any rust. This is clearly what was added later. Lenovo what the man in gray said before, "Arranging some mechanisms". It can be said that the probability of a wooden box inside is already a foregone conclusion.
Thinking of this, Tang En couldn't help but sigh that Jack is indeed an excellent thief.
Chapter completed!