Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 530 A Moment of Calm

Bear Crane's Diary:

"May 12

Overlord... The first day Mr. Black Sword woke up.

To be honest, when Mr. Black Sword told me the date, I always had a feeling it wasn't real.

Even though Mr. Black Sword told me that only four days had passed since we encountered the sudden storm, it felt like four years had passed.

What we experienced during these four days can no longer be described as simply unexpected.

Space storm... Abyssal erosion... Dark steel mecha... Alchemical device...

To be honest, I have no idea what the naming rules are behind the nouns uttered by Mr. Black Sword.

These things were never mentioned in the heroic stories told by my grandfather, but Mr. Black Sword seemed to be extremely familiar with these things. Lady Hestia, what do you think...are Mr. Black Sword and his companions really just legendary heroes?

Having said that, although it feels a bit inappropriate to say such things at this time, after actually sitting on it, I found that the metal giant that Mr. Black Sword called the Dark Steel Mecha was really handsome. I really want to know where Mr. Black Sword found it?
(The handwriting is interrupted)

Sorry, Master Hestia, I have to leave to help Mr. Black Sword and find Welf, Miss Ess, and Master Hedin. Please protect me."

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“November 12th.

Black Sword First...The day after the eldest brother woke up.

After I called him Mr. Black Sword yesterday, he healed my injuries and told me that there was no need to always use honorifics like Mr. and that people could just call him Black Sword. But I finally thought that addressing him like that was a bit impolite, so I took the initiative to replace Mr. with a title similar to "brother", and Mr. Black Sword... uh, Big Brother Black Sword seemed to have accepted this title in the end.

After all, when Big Brother Black Sword was training people, he really gave people the feeling of an older brother, close and reliable, always making people unconsciously feel relieved, as if as long as he was around, they didn't have to worry about anything.

Having said that, Brother Black Sword's healing magic is really amazing. He can even cure such serious injuries. It feels like he is even more powerful than Miss Armid.

There are also those monsters called Abyss Derivatives. I didn’t feel them when I was following everyone before, but when I really faced them alone, I realized how difficult these monsters were. If it weren’t for the protection of the Dark Steel Mech, I would have difficulty even protecting myself, let alone hunting them down...

(The handwriting is interrupted)

Brother Black Sword has woken up, I must prepare to set off, Lady Hestia."

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"Fire Volt!!"

boom--! !

A dazzling flame burst out from the dark hands of the mecha, instantly illuminating the dim cave and engulfing the figures of several abyss derivatives that rushed forward.

[Ding~ It has been confirmed that the target's vital signs have disappeared! ]

"Phew... this way, we'll have a hundred for today!"

Inside the cockpit, Bell Crany looked at the corpse of the abyss derivative whose head was shattered by a flaming arrow, and heaved a long sigh of relief. Looking at the picture on the screen, a hint of excitement appeared in his red eyes.

According to what Big Brother Black Sword told him, in order to produce a dose of medicine that would allow the other party to fully recover, at least 200 Abyss derivatives would be needed, and they all had to be over two meters in size.

In addition, after hunting every day, the other party has to draw out some mana to transfer to him to treat injuries and restore magic power, so the actual number required will be even greater.

Fortunately, after becoming proficient in the operation of the Dark Steel Mech and mastering the use of the two skills "Flame Volt" and "Hero's Wish" under the other party's guidance, he finally successfully completed the other party's target before the deadline, and even completed it nearly a whole day ahead of schedule.

"Xiaobai No. 1, let's go. It's time to take today's harvest back to find Brother Black Sword!"

Bell looked at the small crab-like icon in the corner of the screen and spoke in an excited tone.

[Ding~! The command has been confirmed, and the item recovery operation has begun.]

As Bell's instructions came down, a childish electronic sound began to sound, and the Dark Steel Mech moved its heavy body, step by step to the corpses of the abyss creatures. Then the wing blades behind it flew out and dragged them to the back of the cockpit.

Om-! !

The next second, the hatch opened, and Bell Crany quickly opened the silver-white storage bag in his hand as wide as possible. He put all the corpses of several abyss creatures into it, then quickly closed the hatch and sat back in his original position.

[Ding~! Detection that item recycling is complete, route navigation and automatic cruise operation begins! ]

After Bell recovered the corpse, the Dark Steel Mecha confirmed through sensors that the mission was completed and immediately ran rapidly in the cave under the control of Xiaobai No. 1.

Bell Crany was carefully observing the movements on each screen, with white light rising from his hands, ready to release magic to deal with the attack at any time.

Boom, boom, boom——!!

Long bell sounds began to echo from the maze, deep in the darkness, but no new enemies appeared, which made Bell Crany breathe a sigh of relief. But the next second, when the Dark Steel Mech turned a corner, he looked at the scene in front of him and his heart instantly rose to his throat.

In front of the cave that was supposed to be their base, the huge rocks used for shelter had been broken apart at some point, and in their place were the cold corpses of the abyss derivatives. The largest one was even several times taller than the Dark Steel Mech, and almost reached the top of the cave which was only thirty meters high.

"Brother Black Sword!!"

Looking at the corpses of the abyss creatures scattered all over the ground, Bell felt a chill rising from his hands and feet. He shouted anxiously, not caring about anything else, and immediately controlled the Dark Steel Mech to rush into the cave, and then...

"Eh?!"

Xin Lailai, who was unharmed, was sitting on a pile of corpses holding a sword, smoking a cigarette calmly. After seeing the dark steel mecha rushing into the cave, he turned around, chuckled, and greeted:
"Hey, you're back? What's wrong? I didn't scare you." "Brother Black Sword, what on earth is going on..."

In the cockpit, Bell looked at Xin Lailai, whose injuries had completely healed, and the alchemical equipment beside him that was making a deafening roar. His brain was a little confused for a moment.

"Nothing. I just happened to find these things wandering around outside and not wanting to leave. Each of them is not very strong, so I just used them to stretch my muscles and bones, and by the way, I used them to completely heal my injuries."

As Xin Lailai spoke, he gestured twice in the direction of the Dark Steel Mecha with his left arm, which was completely unable to move yesterday, and smiled.

"This... So these monsters are all from you, Brother Black Sword..."

"Ah, yes. Although it is a bit inconvenient to have a missing arm, these guys are still no match for the monsters deep in the dungeon. As long as we use the abyss suppression device well, it is still quite easy to deal with them."

Xin Lailai pulled out the Abyss Ink, carried it on his shoulder, stood up, glanced at the corpses under his feet and in the distance, shrugged his shoulders, as if he didn't think there was any problem in killing so many abyss creatures even though one of his arms was broken.

Just as he said, compared to the layers of mazes he and Ling Yuzi encountered when they just climbed out of the abyss ocean, the abyss derivatives in the maze they are currently in are even weaker to the extent that he feels a little "familiar".

Especially when he activated the Abyss Suppression Device to 50% of its power and enveloped the few host bodies hiding and watching in the distance, the scene at that time directly turned into a one-sided massacre.

After all, when he was suppressed to the second level, even if he couldn't use large-scale magic due to problems with his mana and the concentration of environmental elements, the heavy sword master LV.MAX + fighting master LV.MAX + Yuan Mo were enough for him to absolutely crush these abyss creatures who only relied on instinct and were not proficient in combat.

By the way, during the two days of recovery from his injuries, Xin Lailai also discovered an unexpected surprise:

Because the erosion caused by the abyss energy before was basically large-scale erosion, and they had no time to rest, they did not notice this detail. But when they slowed down this time and started taking alchemical potions that would cause trace erosion in order to recover from their injuries, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the energy circulation template specially prepared for them by 83203 could actually transport and concentrate all the trace abyss energy lurking inside their bodies through repeated energy cycles to the location for extracting pure mana.

Judging from the description alone, you might feel that this is nothing, it's just concentrating the abyss energy in the body together, but if you are proficient in some human medicine and biology, you will understand how important the effect of concentrating the "harmful substances" in an insignificant part is.

This is like concentrating all the cancer cells that have spread throughout the body into one place. If originally they wanted to cure the abyss erosion in their bodies which was equivalent to performing surgery on their entire body, then now it is equivalent to just cutting off a small tumor growing on the body.

With this effect, they only need to expend a very small amount of annihilation energy to easily get rid of more than 99% of the residual abyss energy in their bodies. Although the prerequisite is that they must take out sufficient time to meditate and promote the energy circulation in the body for at least a hundred cycles, compared to being directly corroded by the abyss energy into a monster that is neither human nor ghost, this time cost can be completely ignored.

I have to admit that although the name of the energy circulation template made for them by 83203 sounds a bit rustic, the effect is really powerful.

Not only can it increase the basic health and mana that theoretically can only be increased by the basic passive, but it also greatly improves their chances of survival in the face of various dangerous environments.

Like when he fell into a coma before, the reason why he was able to wake up in less than half a day was that the 10 points of health recovery per minute provided by the energy circulation template played a decisive role.

Otherwise, with Bell Craney's barely passable bandaging techniques and rescue methods under the guidance of Little White No. 1, let alone waking up quickly, it would be a blessing from God that he could barely hold on to his breath in a coma.

"So, Bell, how are things going over there?"

After briefly explaining the situation on his side, Xin Lailai looked towards the direction of the Dark Steel Mech's cockpit and asked casually.

"Well... Mr. Xiaobai No. 1 and I successfully killed a hundred abyssal creatures today, but now it seems that they are useless..."

Bell said a little embarrassedly, jumped from the cockpit to the ground, and handed the storage bag to Xin Lailai.

He had originally thought that after today's harvest, Xin Lailai should be able to recover, but he didn't expect that the other party would kill so many abyss creatures by himself without having to wait for him to arrive.

"Why are you so discouraging? Don't you remember who helped me to survive and recover from that half-dead state?"

Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai walked to Bell Crane's side, patted him on the back, straightened his back, took the storage bag, patted him on the shoulder, and said seriously:
"You've done a good job, Bell. There's no need to push yourself too hard. Besides, since you call me big brother, isn't it only natural for me, as the big brother, to step up and take on more responsibilities?"

"Brother Black Sword, I..."

"Okay, go and rest first. I'll be on guard tonight. Keep your energy up. We still have to continue climbing tomorrow. Don't forget that you have a more important goal."

Sinlailai looked at Bell, who was a head shorter than him, with a smile on his face, handed him a portion of dry food, and pointed at the Hestia Blade on his waist, reminding him with a smile.

Hearing this, Bell looked down at the precious short blade on his waist that was full of his memories. A hint of longing flashed across his red eyes. A few faces flashed through his mind, and his expression quickly became firm. He nodded vigorously:
"Ok!"

After saying that, Belkronni took the instant dry food from Xin Lailai and walked into the tent alone.

Xin Lailai looked at the other person's slightly thin back, nodded, and said nothing more. After putting the Dark Steel Mech back into the team storage space, he did not cast the spell again to cover the location of the cave entrance. He just sat cross-legged there, took out treasure chests one by one, and opened them quickly.

In fact, the reason why he chose to go out alone to kill the abyss creatures while Bell was away was not only because he wanted to recover from his injuries as soon as possible, but more importantly, he hoped to accumulate more treasure chests.

In order to fight his way out from the bottom of the dungeon, he had opened almost all the boxes except the Abyss Treasure Box and the Scarlet Card, and had used all the props, equipment and soul crystals he had found in the battle with the Abyss creatures. Now his trump cards were in a seriously exhausted state.

Fortunately, after fighting his way out of the depths of the dungeon, his fortune seemed to have improved. The treasure chest drop rate, which had almost fallen below 1%, has now risen to about 5%.

Considering that they still have a long way to go, and that after obtaining the Abyss Suppression Device, he already has absolute suppression power over regular Abyss creatures, Xin Lailai naturally would not miss such a good opportunity to brush the treasure chest.

After all, for them now, the treasure chest is not just a simple resource, but something that can truly save lives!
"By the way, Ling Yuzi, Bell is just writing a diary. There's no need for us to spy on him every day, right?"

"I'm just trying to confirm whether he has been corrupted by the abyss. Maybe he is no longer the original Bell Craney, but I just haven't discovered it yet?!"

"Why do I feel that you, Ling Yuzi, just want to peek into other people's diaries..."

"How could that be?! And Lailai, didn't you also secretly watch it?"

"Well, this... you don't understand, this is called a man's romance! That's right, romance!"

"Hey~! Lailai, you are so shameless!"

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(End of this chapter)