"You three, each choose your own adventure team. Remember, you must obtain the essence of earth fire. Only by obtaining the essence of earth fire can a new king be born." The great elder ignored this man who was devoted to the mercenary career.
A professional with a very serious tone.
"Yes, Great Elder, this is our supreme honor." The three dwarf warriors stood up together and saluted deeply to the group of elders.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Horns stood up helplessly and shook his head at Sha Ruo, indicating that the business was ruined again. A smile appeared at the corner of Sha Ruo's mouth. The current Horns was simply the same as he was in the frozen continent.
The replica of Amy in the Tree House Bar. Fortunately, Da Qingshan has never had such a tendency to be greedy for money, otherwise...he would be more beautiful!
The two special envoys have returned to their residences again. Now they are in great trouble. It is not good to say goodbye to the dwarf kingdom at this time. What if it takes half a year to retrieve the earth fire this time? Wouldn't those two people be tied to death?
Here?
Horns sat in the room and thought for a while, and decided to go find the stove. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with sitting here. Let's go on an adventure with the stove. If he really helps the stove get the throne in the process, even if he is a little
If the mercenary group takes a stake in the dwarf kingdom, there will always be benefits.
The dwarf immediately told Sha Ruo about this. Of course Sha Ruo understood Horns's heart. She didn't want to stay here for too long. Moreover, joining the expedition team as a priest, the healing magic would be of great help to the entire team.
Maybe we can get the Earth Fire quickly. The girl immediately agreed.
When he found the furnace, he was preparing weapons and equipment with a few friends. He was worthy of being a dwarf knight. At a glance, almost all the weapons were dissolved into the kelesit mine. When Horns expressed his thoughts, the furnace jumped with joy.
Standing up: "Ha, thank you, you really feel like your uncle. What is this called... being generous and giving away wealth!"
Horns secretly wiped the sweat from his head. It's okay to be righteous or not, but to save money? That can be avoided... It would be better to use words like amassing wealth or amassing money.
In fact, there is nothing more to prepare. For the dwarf knights, going deep underground is a common thing. If Horns had arrived a few minutes later, these people would have already gone to the well fence.
Although the forest dwarves also mine, the mines in the Frozen Continent are shallow and there are almost no mines that are too deep. Before this, Horns had never seen a manhole - a metal basket with a diameter of 10 meters, with a special pit next to it.
The dwarf is responsible for shaking the iron rope to lift or lower the well railing and the people, objects or ores inside.
Most of the caves of the mountain dwarves are above 3,000 meters above sea level, while the magma is below sea level. The first half of the adventure was spent in one well after another. During this process, the stove introduced everyone to each other.
, the dwarf knights had a very dull reaction to Horns' identity, but were more curious about Sha Ruo. The main reason was because Sha Ruo had a special identity - the wife of the Holy Dragon Knight.
In the battle outside the town of Kelesit, without Daqingshan, the three giant dragons, especially the sacred dragon, were indeed not something that the dwarves could resist. Unless the opponent entered the dwarf cave, it would be impossible to defeat the opponent, and the opponent would definitely not be able to resist it.
Such stupid mistakes will be made.
The dwarves who advocated force had a strong impression of a strong man like Da Qingshan. Fortunately, Sha Ruo was a priest and had often gone to the parish to give lectures. Otherwise, he would have been confused by the various questions posed by the dwarves.
As the manhole rail descends, the surrounding scenery changes considerably.
At the beginning, the deeper the shaft descended, the humider the air and the lower the temperature. There was even ice hanging on the rock walls of the mine. This ice did not melt all year round, and some of it even had a history of tens of thousands of years; , the temperature seemed to be slowly rising again, and some small rodents were often seen on the ground; further down, it became cold again, but it was much better than the previous coldness; this cold breath did not last long, and there was a cold breath. A wave of heat spread up from the ground. You could even hear a rumble coming from nowhere.
Huo Luo whispered: "That's a waterfall in an underground river. It's okay. We are far away from them. Even if there are any monsters, they will not take the initiative to enter the old mining area. They all have their own territory, as long as they don't enter , they generally don’t attack.”
"How many underground monsters are there?" Horns had heard about it before and was quite curious.
"Of course! If you encounter an underground monster, you must not take action, let us deal with it. Those monsters are quite harmful, and we all need to rely on our own partners to deal with them." As he said that, Huo Lu patted the big pangolin beast behind him. : "By the way, don't the forest dwarf kingdom have these natural monsters?"
"Yes." Horns thought for a while before replying: "Our mining is mainly concentrated under the trial cave, which is the first of the three most dangerous places in the Ice and Snow Continent. There are many monsters in it, and most of them can use ice magic. But... Hehe... I ran out when I was just an adult and have never been in." The dwarf felt a little embarrassed when he said this.
The temperature is getting higher and higher, and the air is getting drier. Neither Horns nor Sha Ruo are accustomed to this environment. Horns licks his dry lips desperately, Sha Ruo thinks for a while, finds two cold jade beads, and hands them to He picked up one of the horns and wiped the other one against his face. These are small things that Daqingshan collected in Longya Mountain. Small things that are originally worthless do have extraordinary uses in specific environments. , otherwise... Your Excellency Amy would not have won the young heart of Princess Lingbaoer with just a cold jade bead.
Coming out of the last manhole, the cave was already filled with whistling hot wind. The stove explained seriously: "There is no manhole anymore down there. Our dwarf knights usually only patrol here, so... the more we go The more monsters you walk down, the more monsters you will get. Your Highness, you and Miss Sharuo are walking in the middle, and I and several other brothers are on the four sides. We still have to walk a long way down. If we encounter monsters, we will try our best to stop them. You two don't need help, and don't move if you can. Many places under our feet are newly formed rocks. If we step on the wrong one...well...many dwarf knight brothers have been swallowed by magma, so we must be careful. Be careful again.”
Sharuo had never seen Huo Luo look so cautious, and Horns nodded quickly to reassure the dwarf knights.
"Why didn't we see the other two groups of people?" Horns asked as he walked and watched.
"His Royal Highness the Great Mahatma recorded in his adventure diary that the essence of earth fire flows slowly underground and will not appear in one place. As long as there is magma, there may be essence of earth fire. Where we are There are at least 100 places with magma in the mine surface being mined, and most of them are connected. They should have gone down from other places." Huo Lu guessed.
"Do you think there is a high chance that they will find it?" Sha Ruo was a little curious.
"It's not big. It's impossible for us to find it. It's full of magma and raging fire. It's impossible to see clearly." Huo Luo said firmly: "Even if it is found, it will be difficult to take it back. The earth fire essence is extremely hot.
We have nothing to take it away at all. We can only do our best. If we really find it, we will first find a way to get it to the ground - well... I will find a way to get him up. As long as we leave the magma, we will
It’s easy to handle. When the time comes, go inform the elders and take down the brazier that currently contains the essence of earth fire. It should be fine.”
Everyone understood what the stove didn't say.
Just as he was talking, his eyes suddenly lit up. An extremely huge space appeared in front of everyone. Everything was fiery red. Hot air waves rose up from under the line of sight in a form visible to the naked eye, and then walked forward a few steps.
Step forward, in front of you is a pit tens of meters deep. Pieces of magma are slowly flowing out from the ground. It seems that there are bubbles rolling out from under the magma. The dark red magma silently engulfs the path forward.
Everything on the way.
There is nothing here on the road. Moving forward, except for the magma, there are flaming rocks that seem to be shaking in the magma.
Horns and Sharuo looked at each other, this... How can we complete this task now?
The dwarf knights led the big pangolin beast along the protruding rocks and circled downwards. Occasionally, when there was no place to stay, the pangolin beast would use its slender and hard mouth to carve out a place on the stone wall, or even dig a hole directly, allowing adventurers to
The adventurers walked down. In the end, there was rolling lava just one step ahead of the adventurers. Sha Ruo and Horns could already feel a huge heat coming from their feet through their leather boots.
The stove took out his own flying stone and threw it hard at the nearest stone. It flew around and hit the stone, making a dull sound, and then spun and flew back again. The stove and the others
A dwarf knight looked at each other, took out a slender rope, threaded it on himself and the big pangolin, and threaded the other end on his partner's pangolin.
"By the way! You adventurers seem to often use self-igniting powder. If you have it with you, throw it away quickly. If you go inside, it will burn when the temperature gets high."
After saying that, in Sha Ruo's exclamation, Huo Lu drove his pangolin beast to rush forward fiercely. The giant beast landed on the rocks with great accuracy, and a few small stones were kicked silently by the giant beast.
After falling into the lava, a plume of green smoke instantly rose up. The dwarf knights pulled each other and jumped onto the rocks one by one. Then it was Horns and Sharuo's turn.
Sha Ruo shook his head, lowered his head and chanted, hoping to summon the floating technique. However, for some reason, the magic elves were immediately dispersed every time they gathered.
Huo Luo saw Sha Ruo's actions: "Miss Sha Ruo, it's useless. There is no way to use magic here. Unless you use fire magic, all other magic is useless. We will use a rope to pull you over."
Sha Ruo thought about it carefully and understood the reason. This must be a place where fire magic elves gather in large numbers. Just like in water, it is impossible to use fire magic anyway. All other magic elves here are restrained by fire magic elves.
Now. If the Earth Fire Essence is really found, it is estimated that there will not be a trace of other magic elves around it.
Not far further down, the rocks became smaller and smaller, and there was no room for many people to stand on them. The dwarf knights had to let a few large pangolin beasts return first and wait.
After walking a few hundred meters further, the last big pangolin had to go back. The stones under the adventurer's feet were less than two square meters. Fortunately, the distance between the stones was smaller.
The dwarf knights have never been to such a depth. The air has become so hot that it is almost unbearable. Seeing the strong beards of the dwarves softening and seeing some pure cotton ribbons turning yellow, the adventurers are now worried.
If you dare to touch the weapon - it will be hot to the touch and may even cause blisters.
Further forward, there are no fixed stones anymore, they are the kind of stones that move slowly in the magma. Although the color of the stones is black, it has a fiery red color. The stove whispered: "That is fire
Rock, only this kind of stone can float in magma without being melted. I will go through first, if something goes wrong with me...then everyone should go back..."
No one spoke. Although most people believed from the bottom of their hearts that this task was impossible to complete. Even if they passed the few rocks in front of them, so what? What was in front of them? It was still magma that seemed to have no boundaries at all. Even if it was really inside
Even after finding it, there was no way to get it to the shore. However, all the adventurers were stoic, and no one said such depressing words.
The stove finally squeezed out a smile, took a step back, and jumped forward. His strong body landed on the moving fire rock. The rock sank slightly, then floated up again. Other adventurers
Get on the rope and jump over one after another. Only a small part of the fire rock emerges from the magma, and the density of the magma is high. Even with six people standing on it, they didn't sink too much.
The stove took a deep breath and rushed to the next piece. At this moment, a slender shadow suddenly bounced from the flaming rock and was blocking the waist of the stove. The dwarf's jumping figure was in the magma.
The sky suddenly stopped...
In Sha Ruo's exclamation, Huo Luo's figure suddenly fell downwards. The expressions of the three dwarf knights changed greatly. At the same time, they pulled the rope back hard. Huo Luo put one hand on the rope and exerted force. With this force, he was flying in the air.
After somersaulting, one foot on the platform and one foot off the platform, Horns knelt on the ground and hugged the stove's left leg just as it was about to step into the magma, and pulled him up with all his strength.
The thing flying in the waist of the stove jumped around and fell into the lava. Another wisp of green smoke rose up and completely melted into the magma.
Suddenly, as brave as the leader of the dwarf knights, the Furnace Man, his hands shook to pieces. A large amount of sweat oozed from the brave man's forehead. After a moment, all the sweat evaporated.
"Lava worm!" A knight squinted his eyes to identify it carefully.
Lava worm? According to records, this is an extremely tenacious animal and one of the very few creatures that can live in a magma environment. This animal is extremely elastic. It seems that the rock is the territory of this lava worm.
. Everyone saw the red bug, slowly stretching its body, not caring about the creatures in front of them.
"It's a pity. If my flying back and forth is still there, I can kill it. Although this kind of thing is very elastic, it is afraid of being cut by a sharp weapon and will break as soon as it is cut." The stove has recovered and vomited heavily.
When I drooled in the lava, a smell spread up.
"Let me try." As he said that, Horns casually took off the wheel tomahawk from his back. The dwarf shook his arm vigorously, and the tomahawk roared and drew a blue light in the red sky and earth, flashing from the lava worm.
Afterwards, the lava worms subconsciously came forward. The blue light did not stop at all. It drew a small semicircle in the air and spun back to Horns' hands.
Under the gaze of everyone, the lava bug paused for a moment, then suddenly rolled over in pain, then fell into the lava and vaporized instantly.
Several dwarf knights looked at the chopping ax in Horns' hand curiously. They had known for a long time that forest dwarves were much better than mountain dwarves in this aspect, but they did not expect that such a large chopping ax could be used to fly around.
The dwarf knights cooperated with each other and stepped onto the new fire rocks one after another. The heat around them was indescribable. The breath they exhaled was like hot air waves. All the hair on the exposed skin had turned into
powder.
The area of the fire rock that can be settled has been reduced to the size of a shield, and... the area has shrunk, and the volume has become smaller and smaller. When two or three dwarf knights stand on it, the lava is about to disappear. Now the adventurers have to divide it into several
On the rocks, no one dares to take the risk of jumping long distances. They can only wait for the next piece of fire rock to slowly float over before stepping on it.
"Go forward and pass the bend in front. If it's not there yet, we'll go back." Huo Lu finally made up his mind. Regardless of whether he is a king or not, all this is no longer humanly possible.
At the end of the winding road, there was a slightly larger stone. When all the adventurers stepped on this stone - all of them could not keep their composure and made a sound of surprise.
On the left side of the curve, there is a huge rock. There is a cross on the rock, and a tall man is nailed to the cross. His long blood-red hair hangs down his head, and his bronze skin is covered with scars.
How could there be such a scene in this place where no one has ever been? Who is this imprisoned? How long has he been imprisoned? Maybe he is already dead? Maybe in a place like this, it is better to preserve the body.
?Doubts arise in the minds of adventurers.
"Water... water... I want water..." Hearing other voices, the man who was crucified suddenly struggled to raise his head, looking at the people below with confused eyes. The adventurers' eyes were full of expressions.
Look of belief, this person is still alive?!
"Bring him some water." Sha Ruo shook his water naan, which still had a lot of water, and whispered his suggestion: "We can save him."
Huo Luo shook his head seriously: "No! Look at the fire rock in front of you. As long as a person stands on it, he will immediately sink under the magma."
Indeed, there are no large pieces of igneous rock here anymore. From the rock under the feet to the prisoner's feet, there are only a few pumice rocks that are not much larger than the area of a book. Anyone who stands on them will immediately sink into the magma.
"I'll give it a try, I'm light. If I save him, maybe... he knows the essence of earth fire."
"That's not possible." Huo Lu didn't want to think about it at all: "The distance between our ropes is not enough. If something happens, no one can save you! No! Da Qingshan saved me, I can't let you take this risk!"
"It's going to be okay, we're all here." Sha Ruo didn't give up. For a priest, although the Holy See's later actions were unexpected, the priest's nature still hopes to save the world: "I am also a mercenary.
, I have only experienced more risks than you, not less. If you ask Horns, I have participated in most of the adventures of the small mercenary group, more than he has participated in."
Behind Sha Ruo's back, Horns shook his head slightly, indicating that this was definitely not feasible. When Sha Ruo turned around, he immediately put on a smile and responded yes, yes.
"Water...give me some water..." The man who was tied up on the stone wall had his lips all chapped, and thick blood was dripping from the corners of his mouth.
"Save people! It's important!" Sha Ruo is a girl who seldom speaks, especially in front of outsiders. If it is not necessary, she will not even say a word for a whole day. This time she is obviously serious, and she no longer pays attention to the dwarves, raising her hand.
He tied the rope around his waist.
The dwarves couldn't catch the girl. They watched the girl jump out suddenly and landed on the first stone. Only by relying on the power of the rope did she stop the inertia of falling forward. Horns was even more excited.
He was so nervous that he opened his mouth wide and stared blankly.
Then, the girl climbed up to the second and third blocks. The rope was no longer long enough. Even if it was long enough, the rope's reaction speed was not enough for a distance of more than 10 meters. There was only the last stone left from the edge of the rock.
Sha Ruo untied the rope without hesitation and took a deep breath...
The girl's white robe swayed on the red magma again, and her delicate body rushed towards the last pumice rock.
Suddenly... the fire rock drifted forward slightly, driven by the magma.
So close to the end of the world.
With this slight movement, amid the exclamations of the five dwarves, the girl threw herself into the rolling lava like a dusk bird returning to its nest...
I can’t tell the master:
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Volume 21 is the last volume of the fourth volume of Little Mercenary, and after that, it enters the fifth volume.