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Chapter 606: Gemir Volcano, Epitome of War
In front of the huge Dickas elevator that looked like a city gate, Kara put the two symbols together and held them high above her head.

The pyroxene amber in the center of the talisman emitted a light golden glow. In response, the heads of the two statues of golden tree guards on the large elevator also lit up with golden light. The two statues that were originally standing opposite each other slowly turned towards Li You and his group.

Amid the vibration and roar of the "ground", smoke and dust were stirred, and the large elevator slowly rose and moved towards a higher place.

As light began to appear at the end of the elevator shaft, the speed of the elevator gradually slowed down. Finally, in the sunlight shining overhead, the elevator reached its highest point with a "boom".

What appeared before everyone's eyes at this moment was a golden land. Golden trees, grass, and the Golden King City in the distance. The golden trees, which were closer than ever before, cast their light, illuminating the sky and even dimming the sun.

"This is the Yatan Plateau. It's not a souvenir like the Shadow Yatan, but the land that truly carries the royal city." Kara introduced it to everyone. Except for Li You, everyone else looked at the golden tree in the distance and the majestic royal city.

"Is that the capital of the Golden Dynasty?" V looked at the vaguely visible city wall in the distance. "It does look amazing."

"No, what you see is just the outer wall." Li You said, "The real royal city is at the foot of the golden tree... and further away."

"Moreover, the current royal city is in line with the overall style of the border area."

Everyone understood now: "I see, it means it is also very shabby, right?"

Melina appeared beside Kara. She looked in the direction of the golden tree and thought about something silently.

Kara naturally noticed her and said, "Don't worry, I remember our agreement. After returning from the volcano, I told Master that we would go to the Royal City."

Melina nodded to her, "Thank you. I'm not worried. I believe in your promise. I just... miss it a little."

"I was born at the foot of the golden tree, and it was there that I received the mission given to me by my mother. But now, I have lost everything.

“…I must know the reason why I can continue to live even if my body is burned and becomes a body in the form of a soul.”

The two did not avoid other people during their conversation, and Li You also heard their conversation. However, he could not get a word in about Melina's problem.

Thanks to the old thief's fragmented narrative, many of Melina's stories were not clear, and the information Li You had was also fragmented, so he would not speak carelessly.

Melina disappeared again after talking to Kara. V looked at the city wall in the distance and said, "So should we go that way next, or is the volcano in the other direction? It's going to be a long way anyway, Li You, take out the car."

"Ah, about this." Kara suddenly said, "In fact, I have lit up the blessing on the volcano, and I can teleport directly there."

V: "?"

Yuzu, Aggie: "......?"

V couldn't help asking, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Did we go a long way for nothing?"

Kara replied: "That's because I just happened to collect two charms, so I wanted to try riding the big elevator. I've never ridden it before... Sorry."

V's expression was obviously distorted, but Li You remained calm: "I already knew that you had the blessing point on the volcano. After all, you can use the origin magic comet Azrael."

The origin magician Yazler was in the Gemir volcano. Kara was able to learn his magic, so of course she had seen him. Combined with Kara's words that she had seen an ancient dragon on the Yatan Plateau, it was obvious that she must have walked up the cliff of the ancient ruins. As for collecting the two runes, it should have happened after this.

V Bengbu at the side stopped: "?"

"So why didn't you say anything?"

Li You answered as a matter of course: "Because I also want to ride the big elevator?"

V: “…………”

She covered her face hard: "Two crazy people."

Kara looked at Li You and said, "Well, it's more than that. In order to find Master Yazler, I circled the volcano several times and inhaled countless ashes. I just want you to have a taste of this, Master... No, I want everyone to feel the joy of success after hard work!"

Li You commented seriously: "Although you said it differently, the meaning is actually the same, and you said both sentences in full."

Kara's expression remained unchanged: "What are you talking about? I don't understand."

V had given up on communicating with the two and went to the side to get some fresh air. Aggie stood beside her and sighed, "Kara's personality has really changed a lot. She used to be... more aloof?"

She said this deliberately for V to hear, and V knew it, after all, Edge's operation of passing messages between the two sides could not be hidden from others. Besides, she herself did not intend to hide it, just insisted that Li You did not know, otherwise it would not be fun.

V was a little confused by the brain circuits of Li Youkala and his apprentice. He felt that the computing power of the chip could not keep up, so he simply asked Aggie: "What was she like before?"

Aiji smiled: "Well, let me tell you about this..."

The two of them just chatted aside.

"...Well, actually I didn't just come here to take the big elevator." Li You was still arguing with Kara, "I came up from here to pick up something along the way."

Kara guessed something: "Could it be..."

"It's the amber starlight we mentioned earlier." Li You nodded, "As far as I know, that thing is nearby."

"Oh……"

Seeing Kara's eyes wandering around him again, Li You immediately stopped her sternly: "Stop! Don't mention someone to me!"

Kara smiled and said, "I haven't said anything yet, Master."

"Forget it, since we both have ulterior motives, let's call it a draw this time."

Li You had a blank expression on his face: "How can you tell that we can even it out?"

"Shouldn't I be the one to teleport?"

"That's not OK!"

……

After another round of arguing, the group finally started to move. They walked along the road leading to the royal city and found a blessing at the fork in the road ahead.

After that, Li You asked everyone to search around the area, and finally they found an inconspicuous valley.

There is a gray-black statue in the valley, depicting a mother holding a child, and the Amber Starlight is just below the statue. In the small valley, there are also many holy blood wood buds.

This statue, these wood sprouts, are all vaguely related to Michaela. Others may not notice it, but Kara noticed something was wrong at first glance: "These things are..."

Given the old thief's personality, placing something with such a strong implication next to the amber starlight basically means something. So it's not surprising that some people would suspect that this piece of amber starlight is actually related to Michaela.

But Li You couldn't be sure what the truth was. Anyway, Michaela was dead now, so even if he wanted to get to the bottom of it, he had nowhere to ask. Or maybe Torina would know?
However, Li You did not intend to ask Torina. Anyway, even if this amber starlight was really related to Michaela, and Michaela really had some conspiracy in this matter, it would not be realized now.

So he just nodded to Kara: "Don't worry about it. Collect these holy blood wood buds. They are rare materials after all."

As for the Amber Starlight, it was a sharp and slender piece with a dark blue base and an amber glow inside.

This thing is said to be an illusory fragment of the passing starlight. According to the stargazers of the royal family of Kalia, it is the starlight that controls destiny, and the amber starlight represents the destiny of the gods.

Therefore, the special potion made with this amber starlight can turn demigods into puppets... at least in theory.

"That idiot Servis actually tried to trick me into drinking this. He really thinks highly of me... No, did he see through some of my strength?"

Although he didn't want to mention Servis, before handing Amber Starlight to him, Li You had to consider whether there would be any problems. Apart from anything else, if he had a falling out with Lani over a bottle of potion that he didn't know if it would be useful, that would be a huge loss.

Although Servais didn't intend to give the drink to Lani this time, he wanted to give it to Mr. Li...

"Tsk, this damn Nantong is so disgusting."

After a short pause, Li You put the Amber Starlight into the system backpack. Kara and the others had also collected all the Holy Blood Wood Buds.

"Let's go, it's time to go to the volcano."

……

Mount Gemil.

This volcano is located to the west of the Yatan Plateau and to the north of Lake Lienia, covering a fairly large area. The volcano is famous for its sharp and irregular rock walls and its unsettling sky covered with dark clouds. After the Shattering War, this characteristic became even stronger. Just by getting close, you can smell the sulfur smell in the air.
The Volcano Residence is located on the top of the Gmir volcano. Even in the eyes of many insiders, it is a terrifying area that should not be approached.

However, in the eyes of Li You and his group who had already climbed the Spiked Mountain, the Gemir Volcano was still far behind. As for the Volcano Residence, although they did not come to challenge and cause trouble this time, it was almost the same in essence.

——A blessing on the road leading to Mount Gmir.

A golden light lit up, and Li You and his group were teleported out.

Li You identified the surrounding environment and the distance from the volcano, and made a guess: "Is this... the first rest stop?"

"As expected of you, Master. You can see it at the first glance." Kara echoed from the side.

"Don't talk about useless things. Isn't this the entrance to the volcanic road?" Li You looked at her, "You should have lit up the blessing deeper, right?"

Kara turned away: "There are no other blessings."

Li You: "...You were serious about what you just said?"

"No, I'm not kidding." Kara was a little helpless. "There really is no blessing deeper than this. Although I have lit up other blessings in the volcanic area, they are all in the boiling river in the other direction, not deeper in the volcano."

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Li You stared at her for a long time before confirming that she was telling the truth: "Okay, I understand."

Although this is somewhat inconsistent with Li You's gaming experience, it is not an exception. From the Dark Souls world to the borderland, he has encountered many similar situations, that is, the places with bonfires/blessings in the game are not in the real world.

This type mainly focuses on the bonfires and blessings that are opened after defeating the BOSS. For example, in the classic Dark Souls III, from the Dragon Hunting Armor to the Great Library, there is actually only one bonfire.

So in the real world, blessing points are much less than in the game.

"In that case, then..."

Li You raised his hand and summoned the armed hovercraft that had just been repaired.

Looking at the floating car that dropped from the sky and stopped steadily in front of everyone, Kara could not hide her surprise: "This is... the flying car that you tricked from another world, Master?"

"What are you talking about? This was given to me by a friend!" Li You was annoyed. "Why are you making me sound like a certain bald guy who's cheating people everywhere?"

"Sorry, sorry, it was a slip of the tongue." Kara said, reaching out to touch the open door of the hovercraft. "Although magic is very good, future technology is also good!"

"Oh, right! Master, you promised to let me see the robot that could transform into a Messermo last time! You almost got away with it!"

"Alright, alright, I didn't forget, get in the car." Li You waved his hand, "The prosthetic puppet is inside, but it's responsible for driving the hovercraft, so don't mess around."

"I understand!" Kara's eyes lit up and she jumped directly onto the hovercraft.

Li You and his companions also got on the car one after another, only V was left behind.

Kara, who was looking around in the car, noticed her: "Why don't you get up? Are you carsick?"

V: "...No, I always have a bad feeling about riding this hovercraft."

Kara: "?"

Li You: "...Shut up, or I'll deduct your drink!"

V then spread his hands and jumped into the car. Kara looked at the interaction between the two and the expression on Edge's face, guessed something, and quietly held the Dark Moon Staff in case of an emergency.

The hovercraft then took off into the air and flew towards the Gemir volcano at a moderate speed.

During the trip, Li You activated the crystal ball system built into the hovercraft, and the inner wall of the vehicle became transparent, showing everything outside. Kara looked at the scenery below and was amazed.

Of course, Li You would not be excited about this. He was more concerned about the mess on the road leading to the volcano.

Although the Shattering War was over, some areas of the border still had the aftermath of the war. In places like Lake Lienia and the Yatan Plateau, there were soldiers camped and on guard patrol, and the Gemir Volcano was even further away.

Here, the soldiers belonging to the Royal City were still engaging in small-scale conflicts with the forces under Lakkad.

At this moment, the area below was in a mess, with scattered corpses and collapsed defense facilities, completely resembling a battlefield. At this moment, you could even see two teams of Golden Tree soldiers fighting a war machine made of metal, which looked like a torture device, the Iron Maiden, but had wheels and wielded a sickle and a circular saw.

The metal doll that looks like a railway virgin is called the Kidnapping Girl Doll. It is a specialty of the Volcano Mansion. In addition to weapons such as sickles and circular saw spikes, its torso can actually open up, and it can extend its tentacles to grab the enemy and execute them.

At this moment, below, there was an unlucky soldier who failed to avoid the grasp of the puppet and was dragged into the torture-like torso. A shrill scream was heard from it.

Although it was cruel, the other soldiers were not scared. Instead, they surrounded the puppet and tried to destroy it.

Unfortunately, they were not strong enough and were all blown away by the puppet's spinning sweep, but the puppet's torso was also left with scars of varying depths.

After dealing with this group of soldiers, the girl puppet continued to wander on this road, waiting for the next group of enemies, or prey.

Li You saw all this but did not intervene. The conflict here was a sequel to the Broken War. Both sides had actually lost the meaning of fighting and were just trapped in the war.

Those soldiers from the royal city may look like decent people, but they have actually lost their hearts long ago. Even if you help them, you will only get weapons in return.

"...But look, they seem to be collecting the bodies of their companions?" Edge pointed to a place below, where many soldiers from the royal city were kneeling beside the bodies of their companions, fiddling with something.

"Do you really think so?" Li You snapped his fingers, and the scene over there immediately enlarged, showing the details below, and then the others were all shocked.

The soldiers were fiddling with the corpses, not to collect them, but to tear pieces of flesh from them and feed them into their own mouths.

"Well……!!"

"They are actually... eating the corpses of their comrades?"

V was stunned when he saw this, and Li You said, "So, they are no longer sane. Even if they are, the forces in the Royal City are not on the same front as us. Instead, they may become enemies in the future, so I will not save them."

The hovercraft continued to move forward, and on the road below, in addition to the Iron Maiden doll and the royal city soldiers, there were also other miscellaneous things mixed together.

Rhea Lukalia's six-armed puppet soldiers and bird-headed puppet soldiers were fighting against the limb-attached nobles who came from nowhere. There were also demi-humans lurking around on the edge of the battlefield, ready to make a move.

The scene here is like a microcosm of a broken war.

The hovercraft flew by, and even though it had optical camouflage activated, it was still spotted by the demihumans below. They screamed and tried to knock the hovercraft down with stones thrown from their slings.

Naturally, these stones were bounced off by the hovercraft's shield and had no effect.

Li You glanced at V and raised the corners of his mouth.

V didn't respond.

The hovercraft continued to move forward, began to rise in altitude, and went up along the volcano, but was discovered by bird-headed puppet soldiers on the way. These puppet soldiers had the ability to fly for a short time, and they flew in the air, throwing flame pots and explosive crystals at the hovercraft.

Similarly, although these things are a little stronger than stones, they cannot break through the shield of the hovercraft and are all bounced away.

Li You looked at V again.

V: "..."

In the process of increasing altitude, they also encountered random arrows shot by puppet soldiers and crossbow sniping by soldiers from the royal city, but unfortunately neither posed a threat to the hovercraft.

Seeing the top of the mountain in front of him, Li You finally spoke to V: "How is it? No accidents this time, right? How can these pieces of junk break through the defense of the hovercraft!"

V raised an eyebrow. "I know the performance of this hovercraft better than you do, so... well, what do you think?"

She pointed to the side, Li You turned around and saw a huge rock wrapped in purple magic flying towards the hovercraft!
Li You: "!!?"

“How is it possible——!!”

V sighed, "I knew it."

(End of this chapter)