Vivian thought to herself and said, "But it seems like having only two spider demons is a bit too few."

"Perhaps there are more adult spiders?"

White Wolf asked doubtfully, "Hiding deeper in the cave?"

Luo De stood up, cautiously surveying the cave.

After pondering for a while, Luo De shook his head slightly,

"Our battle was so intense just now; if there were more adult spider demons inside the cave, could they just stay quietly in there?"

In any case, we need to verify again.

Luo De instructed Alya to prepare some bait, using the same trick again.

But there was no movement inside the cave.

Even when the bait was tied to a rope and thrown into the cave, there was no response; the bait remained untouched.

They tested for an entire day.

The next day, there was still no response, so Luo De sent the hunting team inside to investigate.

...

...

The orange light from the torch illuminated the cave walls.

Gang Le held up the torch, leading the way, followed by the Frost Iron Guard, protecting the hunting team led by Alya.

Everyone wore cloth covering half their face to block the foul smell inside.

Boots crunching on the gravely cave floor made a faint "creak" sound, which was particularly clear in the silent cave.

The ground was littered with fine webs and broken spider eggshells.

The hunting team followed behind, collecting these items into bags.

They followed closely, holding up torches to meticulously search, not leaving any potentially valuable items.

There were also some unhatched spider eggs, which the guards casually smashed with their swords.

Dark green viscous liquid poured out from inside, along with the forming small spider demons, all cut in half by the guards.

"Alya, come look over here."

Before long, Gang Le stopped and pointed with his torch to a wide cavern on the left.

Alya stepped forward.

The entire cavern was filled with webs, and the ground was no longer gravel but a smooth rock surface, as if ground flat by countless claws.

The firelight illuminated the surroundings, showing the cave walls covered in countless scratch marks, varying in depth.

"This should be the nesting ground of those two adult burrow spider demons."

Aliya waved her hand, and the members of the hunting team entered to start clearing out the area.

Hunters held up torches, revealing a pile of scattered bones

—— both beastly and seemingly human, some old and moldy, others with dried bloodstains, exuding a pungent stench.

As the hunters entered, from the darkness beyond the fire's reach, there came a low hum, like countless tiny claws moving on rocks.

"Clear out these disgusting things, don't let them get in the way."

Everyone knew these were small spiders, so no one was afraid.

Without needing the guards, the hunting team handled the small spider demon hatchlings, about the size of bread crabs, with short swords, killing them all.

The hunting team quickly searched the cavern, bagging piles of sticky web.

Unfortunately, after cleaning out the cave, they found nothing valuable aside from some pieces of iron.

Alya stood up, somewhat disappointed.

With the torch, she walked out of the cavern, looking deeper into the cave.

"Shall we continue forward?" Gang Le, standing beside her, asked.

Alya nodded, "I think we should keep going; Lord Luo De needs us to find out what lurks in this nest."

Alya looked towards the indistinct light behind, "We've only gone a few hundred meters, right?"

"Alright, let's keep moving forward."

Gang Le led the Frost Iron Guard onward.

At first, there were still webs and spider eggs on either side of the cave, but after several hundred meters, no traces of the burrow spiders were found.

The team proceeded along the cave but discovered no signs.

Alya's torchlight gradually dimmed, emitting wisps of black smoke.

The hunting team captain promptly took out a new torch, reigniting it to brighten the cave again.

"Lord Gang Le, we're not at the end yet?"

Alya couldn't help but say, "We've already used up two torches."

"Then we've indeed come quite far."

Gang Le frowned unwittingly.

A torch usually lasted for two to three kilometers.

Even moving slowly through the cave, they must have covered four to five kilometers by now.

"There's nothing here."

The hunting team captain cautiously suggested, "Perhaps we should return and report to Lord Luo De?"

"Yes, being away too long would worry Lord Luo De."

Gang Le nodded.

Alya also agreed with their view, and the team immediately turned back.

The torchlight brushed past an inconspicuous spot on the cave wall, reflecting a faint glimmer.

"Hm?"

Alya stopped in her tracks,

"Wait a moment."

She raised the torch, examining the wall carefully.

"Something isn't right here."

Stone doesn't reflect such a sheen — it's the luster of a metal vein.

Gang Le hurriedly stepped forward, gently touching the wall.

"This is..."

He spoke in surprise, "Ore?"

Alya nodded, taking out a dagger, trying to pry it off.

However, the ore was rock-hard, the dagger couldn't pry it out at all.

Gang Le hastily took out his war axe, chopping down with force, only breaking a small piece.

"It's quite hard."

Gang Le couldn't help but exclaim.

Ordinary ore wouldn't withstand so many blows from his enchanted war axe.

Gang Le held the ore in his hand, examining it under the torch, seeing blue patterns on it.

"Just by its appearance, we can be sure, this thing is extremely valuable!"

Gang Le was full of joy.

Alya grabbed the ore,

"Quick, let's take this to Lord Luo De to see what it is!"

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