Infinite crossing from violet

"Gail Tunnel... It is rumored that there is a 'Yarong' in the deep pit there."

While everyone was resting at the blessing point in the smoked church on the border of Galid, Melina appeared.

"Oh, Amei, it's just in time, let's have some taiyaki!" A'Dai handed out the hot food in his hand.

Melina didn't refuse, the food was indeed delicious.

"So, you've been following us?" Estes asked.

"I only show up when necessary." Melina said, "I usually wander around in a spirit state, which can save some energy. As I said before, the condition is that I hope the fader can take me to the golden tree." feet, so I will naturally walk with you."

"Well, you just said that there is a 'Yarong' in Gale's tunnel?" Lu Ye asked, "What is that?"

"'Dragon' is not a purebred dragon." Melina explained, "Some of them were manufactured, and some of them were transformed into that appearance. They are not as powerful as real dragons. The one in Gale's Tunnel, more precisely a 'Lava Dragon'."

Lu Ye remembered what Smarag said before.

She said that people can be turned into dragons, which seems to be true, but the result of transforming into a dragon is not complete.

"Then let's not go..." A Tuo said while stuffing taiyaki into the gap of his helmet, "Anyway, wouldn't that guy named 'Pachi' prepare forging stones? Go to the tunnel to deal with dragons for these stones, I think it will take a lot of time, and how many runes can a Wurm living in a tunnel have?"

"I think you should go." Melina said unhurriedly, "Although it is a 'Dragon', it has more or less inherited the habits of dragons. They will habitually collect all kinds of treasures, and this The dragon will hide in the tunnel, and the things in his hands should be of considerable value."

After Melina said this, Ah Fai became interested.

If there are treasures other than forging stones in the tunnel, there is still the possibility of exploration.

"Besides, your equipment level is too low." Melina looked at Ada, her eyes were a little speechless, "After so long, you don't even want to strengthen your equipment. Adding a little bit is really not enough for you."

"What!" Ah Tuo shook his head, his helmet jingled, "It's just that my current equipment is not very good, and it's a waste to strengthen it! How do you say that, good steel should be used on the blade!"

"Ordinary forging stones are used to strengthen weapons, which can be said to be low-input and high-return." Melina looked concerned about children with mental disabilities, "If you didn't have these three by your side, would you have come here? "

"So... isn't it because of them that I can save resources."

"If I remember correctly, you are the one who will be the king of Elden." Melina said, "You have to overcome the last difficulty by yourself."

Ada fell silent.

In fact, she also has some small plans in her heart.

After going through so many things, Ah Fa also knows the importance of strength, so he saves resources and collects various materials on the road to prepare for emergencies.

But maybe what Amei said is indeed true. The resources saved now are just a drop in the bucket for the future. These days, she has gradually realized that as her strength rises, it will become easier to obtain certain resources , there is no need for hoarding.

After the rest, the crowd still divided into two groups.

Lu Ye and Estes went to Gale Tunnel to explore, and Ada and Violet went to the road ahead to give blessings.

The terrain of Gale Tunnel is relatively complicated, and there are hidden doors, but with the existence of the [Terrain Detector], the difficulty of exploration plummets. As long as you use a little rainbow stone to mark the places you have been, the difficulty is similar to that of shopping. .

In the tunnel, the miners are working hard. The sound of pickaxes hitting the rock wall echoes in groups in the cave full of torches. Behind these miners, some soldiers in red armor are supervising these miners. .

"Over there! Don't be lazy!" The soldier yelled, "Dig out more forging stones to supply the soldiers on the front line!"

"Stop yelling, you don't let us rest, how can we be efficient?" Some miners objected, "Go to work at nine o'clock in the morning and leave work at nine o'clock in the evening, six days a week, and the monthly salary is only [-] runes. Who are you earning for, playing with your life?"

"Pay attention to your rhetoric, our Red Lion Army is going to fight against the scarlet swarm, once the scorpion spreads, you will really die!"

The miner seemed to be deflated at the sound of the scarlet gun.

Who doesn't know the situation of Gelid now, since the battle between the Valkyrie Marinlia and the Broken Star General Lataen, the originally vibrant Gelid has become a land of chaos, and all kinds of strange creatures The rampage, the residents living in Gelid moved out almost overnight, their household registrations were all gone, and few people lived at all.

Only some soldiers under General Ratan are still trying to use flames to fight against **.

Although the miners thought about leaving, who would dare to resign naked these days?

Besides, it's hard to find jobs in their line of work.

In places with beautiful scenery and strong humanistic care like Nimgefu and Liyenya, the mines are basically full.

Lu Ye and Estes walked over, and the Red Lion soldiers stopped them both.

"Stop, this tunnel has been contracted by us, and it is now a private domain." The soldiers said.

"Don't get me wrong, we are here to buy things." Lu Ye said, "You should have a lot of forging stones here."

"Boy, this is not for sale!" The soldier flatly refused.

"As long as the fading forging stone is needed." Lu Ye said, "I am willing to give a price of [-] runes for a discoloring forging stone. I heard the conversation between you and the miner just now. Normal weapons don't need fading forging stones, right?"

"That's right, not too high quality, one thousand and five pieces." The soldier said tentatively.

"I know, rare things are expensive." Lu Ye smiled.

Estes glanced at Lu Ye, she knew that this was not Lu Ye's style.

It would be fine if runes were just money, but besides serving as general equivalents, runes also functioned as bonus points.

In other words, it is the "experience" to improve their strength, and Lu Ye and his party currently lack "experience". ,

Like the [Sword Skeleton Great Sword] obtained from Moen City before, in order to fully exert its strength, the requirement for [Strength] must be at least 40 points.

Violet's current strength points are only 36 points, and she only reached 46 points after using the skill [Strange Power] obtained from the ground fault.

And the further you go, the more runes you need for each level up.

According to the previous operation process, these people should be subdued first, and after taking the important forging stone, search for runes depending on the situation.

Generally speaking, as long as the 996 border social animals like miners don't take the lead in swinging a hoe at Lu Ye and the others, basically nothing will happen, otherwise they will hurt their health and money, and they will not get out of bed for three months.

At present, although it is not enough to snatch the runes of these people, using runes to buy forging stones is an operation that Estes did not expect.

Estes said in his heart that he was just taking a forging stone, and it would be good if he didn't occupy the mine pit for you. You must know whoever has the most powerful means of production at the junction is eligible to take it. You soldiers digging Mine or save it.

While waiting for the miners to get the goods, Lu Ye asked the soldiers: "You just said that you contracted this tunnel, and from whom?"

"A lava earth dragon." The soldier said, "I heard that when the Shattered War first started, it took advantage of the chaos of the war to occupy here."

When the soldier said this, his tone was a little helpless: "General Ratan and the generals were too busy at the time, so they didn't take care of it for the time being, but now they can't. We soldiers are still here."

"Then why don't you leave?" Estes asked curiously, "Obviously the generals are all dead."

As the former general of the imperial capital, Esdeth understood very well that if an army has no generals, no goals, and no orders, it is no different from a headless chicken.

Leaving this corrupted land was the best choice for the soldiers, but why didn't they go?
"How can we go?" The soldiers looked resolute, "General Lataen ordered us before the final battle with the disabled Marenlia, and we must protect the land and people of Galid no matter what. , although the people have almost left now, this land still needs us to protect. If we leave, we will return to the golden tree after death that day, and we will have no face to see General Rataen."

Estes was slightly moved.

Being able to cultivate such a loyal army is enough to prove the charm of that General Ratan.

"Unfortunately, that general was eventually defeated by Marlenia..." Estes said.

"It's a loss for both." The soldier said angrily, "That damned Marlene, what kind of 'Valkyrie' is she, who is selfish, and used such despicable tricks to let the scarlet **** pollute the entire area of ​​Galid, And our general... Even after being corroded by the scarlet flesh, he still seals the stars and protects Galid."

"What a good general," Lu Ye said, "I have one more request."

"What is it?"

"Can you show me the way to the lava earth dragon? I want to meet that dragon." Lu Ye said.

"See the dragon?" The Ratan soldier's expression became strange, "Is it to see the treasure hidden by the dragon?"

"And that's part of it."

"Very well, although we hate the lava earth dragon, it is precisely because of its existence that we can now safely mine ore here without being affected by mutated beasts, wandering lunatics, and the scroll clan. In order to continue mining here safely, we will not sell this dragon!"

"But this used to be your land," Lu Ye took out a perfectly round golden rune, "Besides, I admire General Lataen and your perseverance."

The soldier glanced at the shiny golden rune and smiled.

"Okay, this way please."

... * ...

Someone led the way, and in less than 10 minutes, Lu Ye and the others were brought to a huge wooden door.

"This is it." The Ratan soldier said, "If something happens to you, out of humanitarianism, we will provide some...after-sales service."

"For example, bury our bodies in a beautiful cemetery?" Lu Ye joked.

"Uh, actually no." The Ratan soldier said, "We can only collect your mutilated ashes, charred bones, or digested poop... I will come back in half an hour."

Estes looked at the back of the soldiers leaving, and said: "I didn't quite understand why you gave them runes before, but now I know."

"Then let's go in." Lu Ye said.

The two pushed open the door, and what they saw was a huge grotto.

A lava earth dragon is entrenched in the center.

Like a dragon, it has two wings and four limbs, but it is shorter overall. The limbs, head and torso look more like a lizard covered with solid scales, and it looks fierce.

At the same time the door was pushed open, it opened its golden eyes.

"Oh, another little thief came to the door... Oh," its eyes locked on Esdeth, and its slender tongue stuck out and twirled around its mouth, "There is also a pretty little thief. "

"Well... I'm in a good mood today. It's fine for the woman to stay and the man to keep his hands."

"Are you male or female?" Lu Ye asked.

"Of course it's a man, tsk tsk, he didn't feel so scared that his legs trembled... The person who coveted my treasure last time is now ashes."

The lava earth dragon got up and slowly crawled towards this side.If the dragon posture of Yakir and Smarag is elegant walking, then the lava earth dragon is crawling on the ground, like a lizard.

"Don't worry about the big lizard, you can become ashes too," Lu Ye said.

"I'm not a lizard!" As if being poked at a pain point, the lava earth dragon pulled out a huge and ferocious scimitar, and slashed at Lu Ye.

But at this moment, Estes snapped his fingers.

"I've always liked the big, dangerous species," she says, "that are easy to freeze without aiming."

The lava earth dragon was surprised to find that his speed of swinging the knife suddenly slowed down, and ice began to form on the knife, which quickly spread to his body.

It realized that it was a strange kind of magic, and then threw its huge tail at Esdeth in an attempt to interrupt the spellcasting.

But a knife flashed past, and its tail was cut off in an instant, and the incision was smooth and neat.

The lava earth dragon roared angrily because of pain, and at the same time spewed hot magma from its mouth.

Esdeth just smiled when he saw this, and then the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped below freezing point.

The surface of the lava earth dragon's body began to emit steam quickly. When it spewed out magma, the huge heat in its body reacted violently with the ice, and the cave room was suddenly hazy with mist.

Lava Earth Dragon Heart said how could this bit of ice be against his own magma?
But after only ten seconds, it changed its mind and began to panic.

Because the ice of Estes was not blocked by the magma, it was like a wave after a wave, and finally flooded the beach.

Lu Ye took the opportunity to take out the slate: "Change it for me!"

The stone slab with the power of the multi-phase furnace worked, turning the lava earth dragon into a human form... To be precise, it should be a human form, because its appearance is still similar to a lizard.

"Even if a real dragon wants to melt the ice with [-]% of my strength, it will take a little effort, and you are not in the number one."

Estes smiled coldly, and stepped on the head of the lava earth dragon.