mage's dating rules

Chapter 281 The ground is behind you, and adventure is just around the corner!
The campsite was quickly built and the bonfire was lit.

The fuel for the bonfire was black grease that Flint found near the campsite. The dwarf put the grease in his helmet and ignited the surface of the grease.Then he dug a hole in the ground, put the helmet into the hole with the opening facing up, and the bonfire was complete.

Wang looked at the bonfire and asked Flint worriedly: "Will this fire attract uninvited guests?"

"Don't worry. Those underground creatures without intelligence are basically afraid of open fires. Those with intelligence will evaluate the threat and generally dare not launch an attack on the adventurer team easily. As for cavemen, we are already very familiar with cavemen. They basically have no eyesight. "

As the dwarf said this, he took out the iron stand from his dimensional bag and began to put the burning stand on the helmet and hang up the iron pot.

Elizabeth: "What are you going to cook?"

Dwarf: "Mushrooms. The Underdark is a paradise for mushrooms. There are many delicious mushrooms here that are not edible on the ground. We don't know when we will be able to return to the ground, so we have to save food."

Wang: "I have freshly harvested beans here, a lot of beans."

Xiaobai immediately took a few mouthfuls and said: "If you let me live on those beans, you might as well kill me. But eating mushrooms is quite disgusting. Are there no delicious animals underground?"

Flint: "Yes, there is. There is a kind of insect called the nest old man, which is quite delicious to eat. But the appearance of that thing is unacceptable to most humans."

Xiaobai: "I am a werewolf, I am much stronger than humans."

"Then when we encounter the Nest Old Man, I can get some and bake it to eat," the dwarf shrugged, "But if we either don't encounter the Nest Old Man or encounter a large group of them, can we learn from the Nest Old Man's group?" It’s hard to say whether you can survive the attack. Besides, the eggs of Chaosou are very delicious, almost like salmon roes.”

At this time, Wang suddenly snapped his fingers: "Does the nest old man you are talking about look like an insect?"

"Yes, it looks like a cockroach." Flint nodded.

Elizabeth frowned and wailed: "Hey! Do you want to eat cockroaches?"

Flint: "No, it's bigger than a cockroach. Cut off its hind legs and roast it. It will look like a giant crab leg. The texture of the meat will be similar."

Elizabeth shrank her neck and shook her head: "I would rather eat beans all the time."

Wang: "Is there anything else we can eat?"

Dwarf: "To be honest, there are quite a lot. The giant tunnel worm that just passed through can be eaten. There is a lot of meat in each section. After these worms die of old age, they will become the nourishment of the underground world. We are waiting now This stone is probably made from the bones of a certain Nydus Worm."

Wang: "No wonder you found crude oil nearby."

While stirring the mushroom soup in the iron pot, the dwarf continued: "Then there are spiders. There are many kinds of spiders in the Underdark. The drow regard spiders as the sacred beasts of their goddess, so they will not hunt spiders. Other underground races also hunt spiders. Killing spiders as a food habit.

"In some places, you can also encounter rock crabs, lizard beasts, and brain-eating monsters, all of which can be eaten."

Elizabeth: "Brain-eating monster?"

Wang: "A monster that looks like it has a walking brain with arms and legs. It likes to stick to the head of its prey and use its secretions to dissolve the skull and eat the brain."

Elizabeth was so frightened that she raised her hands to protect her head.

Wang: "They are more interested in people with higher intelligence. People with insufficient intelligence will be ignored by them."

Elizabeth pouted: "Yeah, I'm an idiot, so I don't have to worry about being targeted by the brain-eating monster."

Xiaobai looked at the dwarf: "Did you just talk about the races living underground? Are there many races underground?"

Although Xiaobai asked about dwarves, Wang took the initiative to answer: "There are quite a lot of intelligent races in the underground. In addition to drows, there are also gray dwarves, underground dwarves, Kuo Tao fishmen, etc. But apart from Furu, Those who are not friendly to surface races will basically start a fight if they encounter them.”

Xiaobai: "Furu?"

Wang: "A jellyfish that lives underground, can float in the air, and is propelled by jets."

Xiaobai: "Is it delicious?"

Wang: "No, no, no, Furus are intelligent creatures that have the intelligence to communicate with humans. And they are very kind. They are basically the only intelligent creatures in the Underdark that don't want to turn you into a slave or store food. .

"And they feed on spiritual energy, especially the evil thoughts of evil creatures. They will learn about their plans when feeding on evil creatures. If they meet adventurers, Furu will tell the adventurers the evil plans they have learned, and Lead them to destroy the source of evil.”

Xiaobai: "Then they won't have food?"

Wang: "Yes, Furu would rather starve himself than destroy the source of evil. So this is a very kind creature, and you can't eat it."

Xiaobai was speechless: "Okay, I guess jellyfish isn't very tasty either."

Elizabeth marveled: "I didn't know there were such magical animals in the world. Are there any intelligent creatures underground?"

King: "The Underbearers, Ratmen, Mind Flayers. And the Aboleths are also intelligent creatures, even though they are a group of fish."

Flint, who was making soup, suddenly snorted: "Aboleth, Kailin's horn, that is the most terrifying underground creature I have ever seen. I would rather be hostile to an entire gray dwarf army than run into it." An aboleth.

"Fortunately, they are also very rare in the Underdark. I encountered them during my last adventure, near the Giant's Grail."

Elizabeth's whole body exuded an aura of curiosity: "The Giant's Cup?"

Wang: "The collective name for a series of underground lakes, in the middle level of the Underdark."

Elizabeth raised her eyebrows: "The Underdark is still layered?"

Wang: "Of course it is layered. The underground world is roughly divided into three layers according to depth. There is a series of cavities in the middle layer, which accumulates a large amount of groundwater and has many underground lakes. The Giant's Cup is the most famous among them."

Xiaobai: "Are we on the upper level now?"

"Yes." Flint paused and announced loudly, "The mushroom soup is ready. The high temperature should have decomposed all the toxins in the mushrooms. I'll give it a try first."

He took out a wooden beer cup, took a big spoonful of mushroom soup, and took a sip of the mushroom chunks in the soup. Then he chewed the mushroom chunks and smacked his lips: "Well, it's not bad. Gotrek, do you want some?" bowl?"

Wang frowned slightly and pointed out: "The direction you are looking at is a rock."

Gotrek raised his hand on the other side of the dwarf: "I'm here."

The dwarf was shocked: "What? I actually thought the stone was Gotrek? I said it feels a bit weird. Damn it, the poison of the mushroom has not been completely eliminated. It needs to be cooked for a while."

As he spoke, the dwarf picked up the stick that had just been used to stir the soup, and was about to reach into the pot again, but it was inserted into the soil next to the bonfire.

King: "You are completely dizzy, so let me do it. Gotrick, let him lie down on the bed."

Gotrik responded, picked up the dwarf and walked aside.The king took the place of the dwarf and began to stir the mushroom soup.

Elizabeth swallowed next to her: "To be honest, this soup smells pretty good. I kind of want to drink it."

King: "Do you also want to recognize the stone as Gotrek like the dwarf?"

Elizabeth shook her head quickly.

Xiaobai sighed, took out the dried meat from his dimensional bag, lay down on the ground, held it in his hands, and started chewing.

Nini stood at the edge of the bonfire's light, alert and alert.

For a while, only Elizabeth and Wang were left sitting by the campfire.

Elizabeth suddenly smiled and said: "I have fantasized about camping in the Underdark many times before. At that time, I could only imagine the Underdark as a place like a mushroom forest based on the narrative poems of bards."

As she spoke, she raised her head and looked at the sky in the cave.

Various luminous mushrooms and moss make the entire surface of the rock formation covered with stars and lights, making it look like the night sky.

Elizabeth: "I didn't expect to be able to see the 'starry sky' underground."

At this time, the dwarf who was already lying on the bed said: "If you close your eyes, you can even hear the whisper of the stones."

"Really?" Elizabeth actually closed her eyes, "I...didn't hear it."

Wang: "He ate too many mushrooms. If you give me some mushrooms, you'll probably hear it."

As he spoke, he took out a large wooden spoon from his dimensional bag, took a spoonful from the iron pot, and brought it to Elizabeth: "Come on, don't talk about the sound of the stones. You may even see the stones singing and dancing. .”

Wang was actually joking when he said this, but he didn't expect Elizabeth to actually come up and take a sip.

He quickly tried to take back the spoon, but the girl caught him.

The girl not only finished the soup in the spoon, but also took the largest mushroom in her mouth.

Because the mushrooms were so big, Elizabeth had to hold the mushroom handles with her hands after letting go of the spoon, and then she finished the mushrooms in small bites.

Wang looked at her wiggling her fingers and asked, "Did you...hear the sound of the stone?"

Elizabeth closed her eyes: "Well, I didn't hear it. But the mushrooms are delicious."

Wang raised his right index finger and waved it in front of her: "Open your eyes and see what day it is?"

Elizabeth opened her eyes and said firmly: "It's one."

Wang: "No ghosting?"

"No, try it. It's really ready to eat."

Wang frowned and looked at the pot. Just then, his stomach made a strong growling sound, so he took a small spoonful of soup, a piece of mushroom stem cut into cubes, and took a careful sip.

Xiaobai: "I've prepared the antidote spell. If you have any questions, just call."

Wang: "It's quite delicious and very fresh. Can this kind of mushroom be grown on floating islands?"

Xiaobai: "If I were a Druid who was good at taking care of plants, I might be able to answer you."

At this time, Elizabeth stretched out her slender index finger and waved it in front of the king: "What is this?"

Wang: "It's two."

Elizabeth smiled and patted him: "Disgusting."

At this moment, Nini suddenly turned her head and drew her bow smoothly.

Then Marika emerged from the shadows: "Don't be nervous, it's me!"

Wang put down his spoon and stood up: "What is Elizabeth in our team?"

There are monsters in the underground who are good at disguising themselves and using illusions, so before Marika went to investigate, Wang made an appointment with her for a secret code.

Marika: "The 'leader' of our team."

Elizabeth said coquettishly: "Do we have to agree on this code to make fun of me?"

Both Wang and Marika ignored her.

Wang looked serious: "Why did you come back so soon? Did you find out the tunnel created by the tunnel worm?"

Marika: "Before exploring the tunnel, I scouted the surrounding area. You will never guess what I found. About two kilometers away from here, there is a rather huge gray dwarf ruins."

King: "Is it a ruin or a facility currently being used by the gray dwarves?"

Marika: "It's a ruin. It was built next to an underground lake. Underground lakes are quite rare at this depth. I found Kuo-Tao fishmen in the ruins, and they were quite large in number."

Elizabeth: "So you came back and suggested that we set off to explore immediately?"

Marika: "No, I came back to warn everyone that there is a kuo-toa nest nearby, so it is not safe here. The kuo-toa often hunt down groups of adventurers."

Wang: "But where can we run? Since you are back, why not stay and strengthen the defense of the camp. Tomorrow we will go to the gray dwarf ruins. Maybe there is a way to return to the ground in the ruins."

Marika thought for a moment, nodded and said, "That's okay."

King: "Then let's eat quickly. The elves and drow will be responsible for keeping vigil while the others take time to rest."

Elizabeth suddenly smiled: "Finally, I feel like I'm adventurous."

Wang nodded: "Yes, the ground is behind you, and adventure is just around the corner!"

(End of this chapter)