Redd walked up to King Ghidorah and patted the nose of the head in the middle to stop it from spraying Gravity Beam into the deeper channel.
After feeling the command from Redd, King Ghidorah withdrew the three heads and stood in the center of the square, slowly turning his neck in different directions to confirm that there were no active enemies around him.
Its breathing is steady and even, and the golden light between its scales is gradually fading, returning to its usual dark metallic luster.
Redd took out the map, unfolded it again under the firelight, and compared the current position with the previously marked passage directions one by one.
The location of this underground fortress corresponds to the northern end of the left branch line on the map, which is exactly what they judged to be the core activity range of the orcs.
After the fortress is destroyed, the remaining orcs should retreat to other branches through deeper passages, the structure of which has not yet been explored.
But without the cover and supplies of the fortress, they will no longer be able to organize an effective counterattack in the short term.
Redd asked the centurions to enter the square, and under the cover of King Ghidorah, they began to clean up the remaining orcs and collect available supplies.
Vickers led the soldiers through the ruins on the edge of the square, gathering together the weapons and armor that were not completely damaged, paying special attention to the unused crossbows and kerosene containers.
They found a material warehouse in a side corridor behind the city wall, which contained a large amount of meat, dry food, leather, iron tools, and some unassembled ballista parts.
The materials were moved out and sorted and stacked. Some of them could be transported back to the ground through the passages, while the rest that could not be moved were gathered in the center of the square and burned.
Redd did not stay in the square for too long.
He led Vickers and a few soldiers to explore inward for some distance along the passage behind the city wall, and confirmed that the retreat route of Balrog and Sauron led to a deeper network of mine tunnels. That passage collapsed somewhere in front, and a large amount of rubble blocked the way.
The Balrog apparently took the initiative to trigger a local landslide during its retreat, sealing the passage to prevent pursuit.
Redd stood at the landslide for a moment, confirming that the gravel blocking the passage showed no signs of moving again, then turned around and led the team back to the square.
After completing the cleanup and material collection, Redd ordered the retreat to the ground.
The team returned section by section along the passage they came from, passing along the narrow sections that were scratched by King Ghidorah when they entered, passing by the the Rift where Redd had nailed the warg,
Passing through the altar area scattered with shackled corpses, passing through the boiling lava river, and finally returning to the ground from the exit of the Great Rift Valley.
When Redd walked out of the crack, the sun had already turned to the west. When the light shone on his body, it brought a sense of comfort wrapped in warmth. This was the contrast reaction when the skin finally came into contact with normal temperature after the continuous high temperature underground.
King Ghidorah was more difficult to squeeze out of the crack than it was to go in. The surface of its scales was covered with a layer of fine gray-white dust, which glowed dimly under the sunlight.
After it landed, it shook its body and shook off the dust, then lay down on the ground next to the crack, with its three heads hanging low, as if enjoying the air and light on the surface.
Douglas has been waiting near the breach for some time.
He arranged two groups of rotating lookout posts to observe movements in the direction of the crack. After confirming that Redd walked out of the passage, he stepped forward and reported the ground situation that day.
The camp repair work is progressing according to the original plan. The main structure of the port trestle has been repaired, the gaps in the fence have been filled, and the reconstruction of the granary and material area is in progress.
No new ground attacks occurred, orcs did not appear from other passages, and there were no abnormal conditions in the nearby sea.
The Ehm and Demon Dragon regiments remained on standby in the camp as arranged, and no violations or abnormal behavior occurred during this period.
Redd After listening to his report, he asked him to arrange for people to put the materials brought back from this underground operation into storage, and then asked Vickers and the Centurions to return to their respective establishments to rest and recuperate.
He walked towards the tent in the center of the camp, stopped at the entrance, and looked back at the direction of the crack in the distance.
The core fortress of the Orcs has been destroyed, Sauron retreated after being severely wounded, and the Balrog took him and fled deeper underground.
The altars they destroyed no longer function as space beacons, and the threat of alien passages to the peninsula has been greatly weakened.
But he still hasn't fully grasped the true scale of this underground world. The unknown roads leading to deeper areas, the undiscovered altars and branches of passages are still hidden deep in the strata.
He stood at the door of the tent for a while, then turned around and walked into the tent, closed the door curtain, and sat in front of the desk to write down the next action plan.
When Redd came out of the Great Rift Valley, the sun just crossed the western ridge, illuminating the rocks and ground around the rift into a dry, warm golden color.
He stood on the edge of the crack and took a deep breath of the ground air. When the air with a mixture of sea salt and volcanic ash entered his lungs, it slowly flushed out the residual sulfur smell and burning sensation in the underground passage from his respiratory tract.
King Ghidorah followed him and squeezed out of the crack. Its scales were covered with a layer of fine gray-white dust, which glowed dimly under the sunlight, like a giant beast that had just crawled out of the ashes.
After it landed on the ground, it shook its body and shook off the dust from the surface of its scales. The dust dispersed into a fine gray mist in the sunlight and was blown far away by the sea breeze.
Then it lay on the ground next to the crack, with its three heads hanging down, as if it had just been liberated from an exhausting battle and was using the normal temperature and air composition of the ground to recuperate its strength.
Redd stood at the edge of the crack for a moment, then turned to look behind him at the dark entrance leading to the underground.
The passage connecting the two worlds has been blocked by huge rocks.
When Sauron retreated, the Balrog actively caused a partial collapse deep in the passage, completely sealing an already narrow underground passage.
Those boulders are piled up in the narrowest part of the passage, which is dozens of steps thick. Even if King Ghidorah uses Gravity Beam to clean it, it will still need to continuously output energy to gradually open it. Moreover, if a wider range of rock formations collapse during the cleaning process, the entire passage may be completely buried.
He has no plans to go to another world for the time being. He knew the world Sauron came from in his previous life. There were Morgoth and Valar there, and there was a lot of information that he had not yet mastered.
Entering an unknown world rashly without adequate preparation is too risky and the benefits are unknown.
What's more, his first priority now is to rebuild Valyria City.