My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills-Chapter 47: Sos Darkfurnace

This level of intelligence and ruthless tactics, in his opinion, absolutely couldn’t belong to low-level demons like kobolds.

Even if a rare kobold priest emerged from the larger kobold tribe below, it still wouldn’t be possible.

But where exactly does this secret passage they discovered lead to?

What secrets are hidden inside?

Also, is Robin’s death related to this secret passage?

’If we retreat immediately now, we’re safe, but....’

Raine’s eyes grew more profound.

Additionally, even if it’s intelligence, for recognition from the Adventurer’s Association, more clarity is needed, at least a preliminary outline of the situation without physical evidence.

’What exactly are those three humanoid creatures?’

Humanoids....

Shorter but sturdier than humans...

Raine couldn’t think of it at the moment.

It couldn’t possibly be dwarves, right?

At the thought of dwarves, Raine’s mind instantly conjured the image of Master Humbert’s appearance.

Thinking about it, Raine asked, "Taller than kobolds, but sturdier than humans, possibly cohabiting with kobolds."

Upon hearing Raine’s question, the other few exchanged glances, each seeing the surprise in the other’s eyes.

Because from Raine’s words, it was not difficult for them to discern that Raine must have found some clues, perhaps even confirmed the specific traits of the unknown creature.

"Bear goblins? But bear goblins usually don’t live this deep underground, and generally, they prefer mingling with goblins." Chris first mentioned bear goblins but quickly dismissed it as unlikely.

"Not bear goblins. The other party is shorter than us..." Raine carefully thought about the shape outlined by the sonic feedback.

"Isn’t that the physical characteristic of dwarves?" Fabian said casually, twirling his dagger.

Dwarves?

Reya suddenly seemed to think of something, her delicate face turning serious as she looked earnestly at Raine and said, "Are you sure they’re shorter than us and sturdier?"

"Yes." Raine nodded without much hesitation.

Even though Reya didn’t know how Raine managed to determine the body’s characteristics through magic, she had no doubt about what Raine reported.

"Not good! They might be gray dwarves!" Reya blurted out.

"Gray dwarves?!"

The other four, including Raine, all widened their eyes in astonishment.

After all, aren’t gray dwarves known to live in the Underdark?

But they had never heard of any passage linking to the Underdark around the Azure Mine or even near Dorne City.

So even though the size characteristics matched well, none, including Raine, had thought in the direction of gray dwarves.

"Captain, you must be mistaken. There’s been no talk of any such passage connecting to the Underdark near Dorne City."

"Besides, gray dwarves have a challenge level of one and usually act in groups, making them very hard to deal with. Raine, are you sure?" Chris couldn’t help but turn and ask Raine.

It was understandable for Chris to counter-question.

Despite the gray dwarves’ challenge level seeming similar to common Wild Boar People, once their numbers increased, they were much tougher than the Wild Boar People.

Take Raine’s previous encounter with a Wild Boar Warrior, for example. Its strength could single-handedly tackle three regular Wild Boar People, but it would never stand a chance against three gray dwarves.

In fact, two fully armed gray dwarves could easily go head-to-head with a challenge level two Wild Boar Warrior.

Once the number of gray dwarves increased, their difficulty could be described as exponentially rising, even without considering any special individuals among them. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Possessing such combat ability was to be expected, considering gray dwarves were one of the leading tribes in the Underdark, alongside drows and mind flayers.

Seeing the expressions of the others, Raine also became a bit uncertain.

After all, he had never seen a gray dwarf before and was merely judging by sonic reflection.

Raine felt it necessary to confirm once more.

But as he opened his mouth slightly again, echo-location re-calibrated, and his expression instantly changed, saying:

"They’re charging towards us!"

"Twenty meters!"

"Three in number!"

Including Reya, members of the Howling Hunter Squad, after a brief pause of less than 0.2 seconds, immediately sprang into action.

"Prepare for battle!"

"Quick! Raine, you three block the entrance, don’t let them charge out!"

"Fabian, use crossbow arrows to disrupt the gray dwarves’ attack. I’ll aid Chris."

"Raine, you three must be cautious of the gray dwarves’ attacks. Their power is incredible..."

Reya’s rapid succession of words almost froze the atmosphere.

Though initially a bit flustered, thanks to their solid combat skills and teamwork experience over time, everyone quickly began adjusting their formation.

Raine, Chris, and Grande held their shields at the forefront to block the entrance, while Reya and Fabian wielded their bows and crossbows from behind.

All eyes, tense or excited, watched the dark and deep passage.

...

Let’s rewind the clock to a minute earlier.

Gray dwarf Sos Darkfurnace and two other tribesmen were calmly waiting for the human adventurer team to enter the passage.

What they didn’t expect was that although the other party initially seemed inclined to enter, they soon halted, discussing something at the passage entrance.

Just a moment ago, he felt a slight, almost imperceptible, sonic wave flash by his ears, which made Sos feel something amiss.

Could it be....

The human adventurers at the entrance were conducting a magic probe on the passage?

However, before Sos could speculate further, slightly rapid voices came from the human adventurer squad at the entrance, and the gray dwarves exchanged a glance with their dark gray eyes.

They quickly realized that the humans must have discovered their presence through some means.

Without much thought, Sos decided to charge towards the entrance with his two tribesmen immediately.

As the scouting array outside hadn’t triggered an alarm, it indicated that the arriving human adventurers weren’t top-level experts from the Adventurer classes.

According to the collaboration agreement with the Talin Association, they needed to ensure the underground mining safety by eliminating all intelligent beings discovering the site, just like they had with the previous human adventurer group.

Therefore, without resorting to stealth, the three stout gray dwarves, clad in leather armor and carrying shields and massive single-handed warhammers, burst out from the shadows.

"Holy crap! They really are gray dwarves!" Chris couldn’t help but exclaim.

Facing the gray dwarf warrior in front of him, resembling Master Humbert by about seventy to eighty percent, especially with the heavy metal warhammer in the other’s hand, Raine couldn’t help but tighten his grip on his shield, eyes narrowing!

Instantly, the hole in the center of Robin’s shield now had an answer in his heart.