The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 402 - 311: Howls in the Night

Mike’s magazine was already empty, with less than twenty bullets left in his gun.

If too many animals came at them, he would have to rely on his dagger to fight.

In such a critical moment, he couldn’t afford to worry about politeness and rummaged through the bags in the house, but unfortunately, he didn’t find a single bullet.

The injured ones didn’t have weapons either, so this battle would surely be a tough one.

Qinghan nodded at me, indicating the plan we had discussed earlier: if it truly came to a life-or-death moment, he would find a way to divert others’ attention while I secretly used Karmic Fire.

The first animal that jumped out was shot by Mike and fell to the ground, struggling a few times before going still.

At that time, we were about ten meters away from the small animal. I looked at Mike in confusion; why didn’t his and Qinghan’s receivers react to something approaching at that distance?

Mike clearly didn’t understand either; after killing a beast, he touched the pocket with the receiver with one hand, confirming it wasn’t vibrating.

"Did you see that? That wolf had two heads," Wang Le asked.

"It didn’t look like a wolf to me. Did you notice its especially short forelimbs?" Huang Zaijiang said.

At this moment, everyone was crowded at the door. The advantage of the house was that it had no windows, and the door was particularly narrow, easy to defend but hard to attack.

If we really couldn’t handle the beasts outside, we could close the door and brace against the door panel, giving us a chance to rest.

I looked up at the basin-sized hole in the roof, regretted coming down, and climbed back up using the stone table inside.

"I’ll guard this hole," I called out to the others and climbed back onto the roof.

"No!" Mike’s voice tried to stop me.

Unfortunately, he wasn’t as fast as my actions, and by the time he called out, I was already on the roof.

"This house is low, and animals with some jumping ability can get up here. You’ll be surrounded," Wang Le explained Mike’s reasons for stopping me.

"If we don’t guard this hole, we’ll end up being a one-pot meal," I called out, pulling a bag from my backpack.

This was something Lilith gave me—well, a ’peace offering’ because our last mission didn’t go smoothly. Besides apologizing, she also gave me a gift.

If it were something else, I might not have been interested, but the moment I saw it, I immediately accepted it, and from then on, we let bygones be bygones with a smile.

The canvas bag didn’t take up much space, and inside were two short rods, with one end being a handgrip wrapped with anti-sweat and anti-slip leather, and the other end shaped into strange sharp hooks.

The tip resembled a sharpened bamboo stick, with a blood groove, each rod being only half a meter long.

Its material was neither iron nor steel, but incredibly sharp, so the pointed end had a cap. Removing the cap, it could easily pierce a hole through the stone roof.

Lilith mentioned that the metal was extremely rare, found during one of her missions in an ancient tomb, held dearly by the tomb master, and buried in a coffin by them.

Later, the tech department said the metal’s smelting requirements were extremely high, something ancient technology couldn’t achieve, so it was kept as a rare item.

Lilith thought crafting it into a weapon would make it very handy, so she specially had someone make it into this shape.

Offering something beloved and practical, she showed sincerity, and I made peace with her through a handshake.

As soon as I gripped the two weapons, Mike fired down below.

This time, he hit two beasts, using up five bullets.

I heard Qinghan say, "They’re wearing down your bullets."

The first time only one came out, the second time two. We couldn’t remain inactive even with the few beasts that came over, but if we kept chipping away like this, Mike’s bullets would run out in minutes.

"Should we let them come over and engage in close combat?" Huang Zaijiang asked.

"No, I suspect these animals are waiting for us to let them come," Wang Le said.

"How is that possible?" Mike’s eyes stared outside the door unblinkingly at the animal corpses.

"Think about it. If they stay somewhere not too close, not too far, could we send someone out? If there are other animals ambushing nearby at that time..." Wang Le didn’t continue, but everyone understood his point.

"No, I don’t believe they’re that smart," Mike said as he slightly lowered his gun. At that moment, another beast slowly emerged from the dark not far away.

To call it a wolf wasn’t accurate; its face resembled a fox, but its body didn’t match. Due to its short forelegs, it moved as if crawling.