Heart of the Castle

Chapter 181 Exploring the Devil's Volcanic Lair
"It's Mr. Dish!" Li Wei's body trembled, and the restlessness and fear in his heart disappeared immediately.For Levi, the old magician is not only a strict but kind mentor, but also a wise elder.When Mr. Dish fell asleep in order to make endless food bags, Levi was also like a boat without a helmsman, floating on the vast ocean of life.

Fortunately, Li Wei's belief and dedication to the knight's creed did not make him lose his way completely.When he stepped into the green carpet of the heart of the castle again, Li Wei keenly discovered that another change had taken place here.

The original heart of the castle has fresh air, green grasslands, clear rivers passing through lush forests, and flowing to the distant snow-capped mountains.This is a refreshing beauty, but if you savor it carefully, Levi still feels that something is missing.

That is the sound of animals.

There is no twittering of birds, nor the roar of beasts, except for the whistling wind and gurgling streams, the world of Castle Heart is completely silent.But this time was different. When Li Wei just opened his eyes and was bathed in the bright sunlight, his ears immediately heard countless vibrant voices.

The place where Li Wei appeared this time was not near the main building of the Castle Heart, but in the middle of a red pine forest. Unknown birds flapped their wings and jumped around on the treetops, making melodious chirping sounds from time to time; The fat hare passed by Levi's feet and hurriedly ran towards the water's edge, stomping on the fallen leaves along the way; there seemed to be a pair of green eyes shining in the yellowing bushes, but when Levi focused When I looked over, I didn't see anything.

The old magician, Mr. Dish, was wearing a dark red magician's robe, standing under the thickest red pine tree. This pine tree seemed to be quite old, and its gnarled branches stretched out in all directions like a dragon. Like a snake.Mr. Dish was playing with such a branch in his hand, and touched it with his fingers from time to time. After the faint silver light flickered, countless wood powders fell down.

Seeing Mr. Dish concentrating on carving the branch in his hand, Levi did not say hello, but stood aside, waiting for the old magician to finish what he was doing.This is not a boring thing. Mr. Dish's fingers are as dry as the branches he carved, but the flexibility is unexpected. Levi watched the old magician's ten fingers flexibly flicking on the branches, A little bit of silver light fell, and an exquisite wood carving gradually took shape.

After an unknown amount of time, the intensity of the sunlight falling from the branches of the pine tree has weakened a lot, turning into the afterglow of the setting sun shimmering red.The old magician's carving work was finally temporarily over. He smiled with satisfaction, stroked his white beard and admired his work.Then he noticed Li Wei standing aside, and couldn't help but let out a surprised sound.

"Little guy, when did you arrive? I was so focused on what I was doing just now that I didn't even notice."

"When you called me, I found a safe place and came in." Li Wei replied, his eyes lingered from the wood carving in the hands of the old magician, and he couldn't help showing a strange smell.

"Mr. Dish, what are you carving? A snake-like monster?"

The expression of the old magician was slightly dull, and he was playing with the unfinished wood carving in his hand. If this is a snake-like monster, it really looks like it. Whether it is the dense scales covering the whole body or the slender and winding body, it is very similar. Conforms to the characteristics of snake monsters.But what secretly surprised Li Wei was that it was clearly carved out of a pine branch, but it had a shocking feeling... Yes, it was majesty, and only majesty could describe the kind of woodcarving brought to him. shocked.

"This thing I'm carving...is a kind of dragon, I saw it when I was young..." Mr. Dish said in a voice full of nostalgia, but he quickly moved on from here. Pulling away from this thought, his eyes became sharp again.

"Okay, maybe you can see this kind of dragon in the future, let's not talk about it. Little guy, now the requirements for the second promotion in the heart of the castle have all been met, and now you can build new arms and resource buildings. There is another very important change, that is, some of the alchemy fighters who followed you early have already reached the limit of evolution, and this time the promotion of the heart of the castle will allow them to get a job change and become an advanced unit Chance."

Levi's eyes flickered excitedly, "That's really great, Mr. Dish."

"Don't be too happy, little guy, the promotion of the heart of the castle will consume all your accumulated demonic energy and belief power. If you want to make those alchemy fighters transfer and advance as soon as possible, you need more demonic energy Oh." The old magician said, wagging his fingers.

"More demonic energy..." Li Wei repeated, with a slightly hesitant expression on his face. "Mr. Dish, since defeating Lord Demon and his army, the traces of the demon army on the territory have become erratic. Now if you want to destroy enough demons, the combat effectiveness of the troops is not a problem. The biggest problem is how to find them. They."

"According to the size of this territory, the Demon Lord should be the leader commanding the Demon Army. After defeating his troops, the Demon Army in the entire territory will be in a state of chaos. There should be only one place now. There will be an organized demon army." The old magician thought about it.

"Where would that be?"

"According to the establishment of the regular demon army, a demon lord's subordinates will definitely be equipped with a demon priest. This priest is also the most powerful magician in the demon army. Although the demon lord has been killed by you, it is clear that the demon The priest has not left this land."

Li Wei frowned and thought, and then said: "Mr. Dish, what is your reason for judging that the demon priest has not left?"

"Dense fog." Mr. Dish said affirmatively: "Obviously, this dense fog is not naturally generated, but is summoned by an evil abyss magic. This dense fog contains weak toxins, which will It causes ordinary animals and plants to mutate rapidly, and finally turns into something with certain characteristics of abyssal monsters. This kind of magic requires the establishment of demon altars and large-scale blood sacrifices, which can only be used by demon sacrifices."

"Do you mean that the dense fog covering this land can only be dissipated after the demon priest is eliminated?" Li Wei asked.

"Destroying the altar of the devil is enough, but destroying the devil priest is a once-and-for-all method. Now let's take a look at the place where the devil priest hides." Mr. Dish said, took out a crystal ball from his arms, and then held Using the wood carving inside as a staff, he tapped a few times on the crystal ball.

"Follow the contract of blood, the blood of my blood, what you see will be reproduced!"

After a short incantation, the crystal ball flickered a few times, and a dim red light glowed on it.The old magician motioned Levi to approach the crystal ball and carefully observe the image on it.

The image on the crystal ball was very blurry and chaotic, as if countless worms were twisting and wriggling. Levi tried to look at it for a while, but he couldn't see anything, but felt a little dizzy instead.But he soon realized his mistake, his eyes flashed with the light of probing technique.

This time the image on the crystal ball really became clear, it looked like it was in a cave, but it didn't have the cold and damp feeling of a cave at all, instead it gave people a scorching hot impression.This is not because the crystal ball can transmit all the heat there, but because countless dark red and fiery red rays of light illuminate the entire cave, and rivers of lava meander through the bottom of the cave, and then turn into a waterfall downward Falling straight into the bottomless abyss.

What kind of cave is there? It's like an erupting volcano!

Sulfur clouds and highly poisonous smoke lingered in the cave, making everything hazy. Li Wei squinted his eyes to carefully distinguish everything in the cave. Everything he saw seemed blurred.

After a few minutes, the image on the crystal ball began to distort, and then there was a slight cracking sound from the inside of the crystal ball.Mr. Dish frowned, and tapped a few more times with the wooden carving staff, and a little silver light flew into the crystal ball, making the image stable for a few moments, but then it completely dimmed.

"Tsk, the magic power interference is too serious, it can't be maintained." The old magician sighed with some annoyance.

"It's okay, Mr. Dish." Li Wei rubbed his eyes that were a little red and swollen due to the stimulation of the strong light, and said confidently: "There is only one place on the Viscount's collar that fits the environment shown by the crystal ball. I already know that place. In the devil's lair, where is it?"

(End of this chapter)