Soul of Burning Steel

"Lisa and the others are ahead."

The gloomy underground,

Star pendant, unnamed underground tunnel, Moldavia, March 2, 837.

The bright light of the pyroxene lamp swayed in the corridor. With the sound of Xixi Suosuo's footsteps, one could see that the light reflected five figures walking slowly on the corridor wall.

This is an unknown tunnel nearly one thousand meters deep in Moldavia. In order not to consume oxygen and beware of possible flammable gases, this team of people in mage robes cautiously use pyroxene lamps that do not require oxygen as lighting tools. , Every time they travel a certain distance, they will carefully use magic to detect the situation of the tunnel ahead, so as not to encounter accidental collapse or collapse of the tunnel-although the collapse cannot cost the lives of these high-level silver wizards, but think To get back to the ground from the depths of a thousand meters, they are still a little weak, and they can only wait for the rescue of the instructor.

There is no doubt that that is definitely not the result this team wants to achieve.

"Hey, there is really no way, after all, there is the first number to accompany her."

In the tunnel, a rather rude voice suddenly complained: "It's also because of her luck that she was able to find the first underground world entrance in the entire empire area."

The owner of this voice is a dwarf. He carried a pyroxene lamp and chattered endlessly: "The reward for the first discoverer is three times that of the others, plus the reward for discovering Jilaner Crystal Grass and Moonlight Crystal. This new school year, It’s hard for us to be the first."

"Nick, don't keep hurting your own morale!"

On the side, a dissatisfied female voice rebuked: "Although Lisa has the advantage of the starter, she did not confirm the specific ecological map of the underground world, nor did she draw a road map. We just came back directly... We have a chance to surpass her! "

"Come on, Karin, the gap of at least 5,000 credits, how long will we have to be busy to make up for it."

It is estimated that long hours of underground exploration made both of them quite boring. When they found the opportunity, they quarreled with each other. Nick and Karin were so cautiously investigating the way forward while refuting each other's doubts. Behind the person, a man and a woman who looked like brothers and sisters were also communicating with each other softly at this time.

"Brother, our dragon's appetite is getting bigger and bigger... Half of the rewards for the last mission went into its stomach."

Amira’s tone is helpless, this girl with long platinum hair is holding a weird plant that looks like a trumpet-this is a magical plant commonly used in underground exploration, which can quickly convert oxygen under the stimulation of magic. , Lest the exploratory team cannot move on due to lack of oxygen. She was rather sad and said to her brother: "If this goes on, we might be poor by it."

"My sister, it's not that we may have been eaten out of poverty, otherwise I could change to a new staff last time."

The target of the girl’s complaint. The young man with the same platinum and long hair clasped the somewhat broken staff in his right hand. He was standing at the end of the team, holding a magical drawing in his left hand, automatically recording the passage of the team along the way. , Ivan showed the same helpless expression as his own sister: "The adults said, our dragon is far more talented than the same kind, so it eats three times the average white dragon... It ate 150 credits of magic crystals in two days. With the addition of 200 pounds of Warcraft meat, no matter how quickly our team completes the task, it can't eat it as fast!"

And Alva, who stood by, did not join the topic. At this time, he was holding a compass-like instrument, frowning, and muttering something softly in his mouth.

"Strange, we have reached 1,800 meters underground, and the concentration of magic power has not decreased, but has soared four times...Where did the first number go? Is it a giant magic crystal vein?"

It can be seen that the Seventh Prince could not understand the data displayed by the instrument in his hand, but he did not find any signs of danger, so he continued to explore with his partner with doubts.

The five people walking underground are the students of Joshua, the first team of Winterhold Academy.

At this time, Winterhold Academy, more than fifty teams have joined the ranks of underground exploration. A team is well prepared and well-equipped spellcaster team with their own pets, puppets, and even contract elements into the mysterious mo In the underground tunnels of the survey, explore their end, and the first team is undoubtedly the team that has gone the farthest and deepest except for the first number of the tunnel digger.

The five members of the first team are among the best in the academy. Except for the newly enrolled Prince Alva, the others have been in school for about five years. Under the education of many elite mentors, these five years have allowed them From an ordinary person to a high-level silver spellcaster, it only takes a little bit and opportunity to smoothly touch the golden barrier.

A large number of senior silver students who have not reached their twenties and have a great chance to advance to gold-although such an incredible rate of success has the convenience brought by the great magic wave, it must also be recognized for the superior education of Winterhold Academy system. In addition, it is not without reason that the Empire and Moldavian leaders have increased their funding year after year, because even if their personal abilities are not so outstanding, students who may not be able to advance to gold still have sufficient knowledge reserves, whether they are Demonized biology experts, as well as researchers of magic energy technology, have their own skills.

In fact, if it were not for these students, Moldavia would definitely not be able to build so many magic factories.

"The concentration of magic power is not a problem, but we have earned it if we can find mineral veins."

Hearing Alva's whisper, Ivan walked forward, he followed the crowd across a small mound of collapsed stars, and shrugged and replied: "Lisa and the others discovered the moonlight because of the abnormal magical fluctuations. The crystal veins? The 2500 credits are enough to buy a complete set of the latest generation of magic mechas. It is really enviable."

Underground exploration is really too boring. It is always a dark tunnel and brown-gray soil and rocks. It is a big test for the psychological quality of the explorers. Therefore, the people of the first team in order to avoid problems with their mentality due to long-term boring exploration. Have some discussions from time to time to avoid lack of concentration.

In this way, while chatting, they continued to walk a certain distance along the downward corridor, and everyone came to the depths of the earth, which was nearly two kilometers away.

"Wait, it's not right, it's a bit weird from the beginning!" Suddenly, the dwarf Nick who walked in the front whispered, his expression was solemn, and then suddenly became very bad: "No, it doesn't seem to be the first dig... …"

It was too late to say the next words. In an instant, the tunnel under everyone's feet collapsed like a broken ice layer. The fragile soil layer was mixed with scattered rocks and fell towards the bottom. At the moment of such a sudden situation, Everyone in Team One immediately showed great quality.

"Floating technique!" "Detect life!" "Nitrogen barrier!"

Before falling for a second, the five people stopped in the air under the effect of floating technique, and a light blue atmospheric barrier also appeared around everyone, turning into an indestructible wall to resist all attacks. And Amila's eyes were flashing red at this time, her brows frowned, and she quickly said to her surrounding partners: "A lot of life reactions! We should have come to the underground world Lisa and the others discovered!"

"The tunnel just now is much smaller than the previous one. It should not be excavated by the first one, but by the local creatures themselves!"

Nick hurriedly said what he hadn't said before. He took out a tomahawk-shaped wand from his waist. There was an obvious trigger at the axe handle. The dwarf skillfully took out a few inscribed with "burning". The large alchemy bullets of the runes of'Frozen' and'Blasting', and then stuffed into the personal magic weapon that the day knows is an axe, a wand or a handgun, and is perfectly prepared for battle: "No matter what kind of creature it is, wait Eat my elemental bombs!"

The dwarf began to faintly show all kinds of enhanced magic luster, and the others were also prepared accordingly.

Unlike before, the first squad that has experienced many battles has long been prepared to fight in all sudden situations, but it collapsed suddenly. Before starting the underground exploration, they had prepared the corresponding plan long ago. According to Preparing the plan, even if they encounter a dragon lich living underground, they are confident that they can escape.

But obviously, they don’t need to fight against the Dragon Lich, who usually wanders from the peak of gold to the elementary level. After the earth and rocks of the people suspended in the air have completely collapsed, they are shining in the light of the pyroxene lamp. Under the illumination, I clearly saw the huge underground space behind the collapse.

The gleaming slime mold was panicking because of the loud sound of the underground bat colony, thick and unusual magical fluctuations, and a weird but extremely regular sound of ‘crashing’.

"decline?"

"Of course, aren't we here just to explore the underground world!"

Encountered in an accident, they were all safe and sound, and they found the destination of their party directly. Although the five were excited, they suppressed the double joy. Under the adjustment of Karin's soft curse, everyone's floating technique began to slow down. Relieved, approached the ground, and finally landed on the mound formed by the collapse.

"This is the underground world? It feels a bit empty."

Alva looked around and exclaimed: "I thought it would be a mushroom forest, or an environment similar to a worm's nest... I didn't expect it to be so simple."

With that, he planned to take a step forward and take a closer look, but then Ivan stretched out his hand and grabbed him.

Alva turned his head suspiciously, but what he saw was Ivan's serious face.

"Hostile."

Immediately after this sentence was said, Alva's pupils shrank slightly, and he suddenly felt a wave of faint, but extremely solid hostility--even killing intent, rushing toward everyone on his side. Converge.

"Hum!"

Nick did not hesitate to reverse the direction of the pyroxene lamp in his hand and illuminate it in the direction from which the hostility came. He could immediately see that countless black and brown insects fled from the fungus group under the light, and the next moment, In the dark depths that the light can't reach, two golden lights suddenly lit up in the dim light emitted by the fungus.

Soon, these two points became four o'clock, eight o'clock, more than ten o'clock... A few seconds later, more than thirty golden light spots approached everyone silently and came within the range of the light.

It's a snake...no, this size, I should say "python".

More than a dozen black giant pythons over 20 meters long crawled out of the darkness slowly. They exuded strange magical fluctuations, as if they could absorb the surrounding light, accompanied by the sound of the body rubbing against the rocks. ', the indifferent snake pupils of the giant pythons scanned the five people in front of them. These strange creatures deep in the ground opened their mouths full of sharp teeth to everyone, and uttered a silent scream.

Suddenly, the dark brown magic power surged, and the soil around the first team began to rapidly deform, turning into sharp and sharp thorny rock blades, pressing toward everyone!

"start fighting!"

There is no tension. The first team, which has experienced hundreds of battles and even slaughtered the sharks and lizards along the coast of the Arctic Ice Plain, has long been accustomed to attacking and being attacked. This sudden battle in the underground world has long been in their hands. As expected.

Rather, this is the reason why someone's disciples are so looking forward to this dangerous exploration.

...

"Kalin, add fire."

Deep underground, in the center of a messy battle scene, the exhausted first team of five people lit a bonfire.

Nick, the dwarf who has set up a barbed wire grill and smeared olive oil, is carrying something aside. When he returned to the simple kitchen utensils, the red-haired **** the side also skillfully lighted it under the iron plate of the frying pan. A raging fire.

Noisy, suddenly, the familiar fragrance of oil appeared in the underground world, but the fragrance did not spread, but was confined within a certain range by magic.

On the other side, brothers and sisters Ivan and Amila also came from a distance, their arms full of washed luminous fungi and all kinds of strange herbs.

"Fortunately, there is still Kaman white grass here. This thing is the main material of the energy potion." The young man said with emotion.

"Compared to the Jilaner Crystal Grass that Lisa they found, this thing has no value." The girl shook her head.

On the other side, the prince Alva was skillfully using his pocket knife to quickly uncover the python corpse that Nick had transported.

Disintegrating the technology obtained by countless sharks and lizards, it is no different when applied to giant pythons. The former prince and the current adventurer are now using their superb swordsmanship inherited from the royal family to the extreme. In just a few seconds, the skin is tough. Better than steel, the giant python with its muscles twisted like tree roots was easily broken down into pieces of smooth and solid meat strips.

"Is the sauce ready?"

"Ready, the seasoning is the same."

"The meat is also cut."

"Okay, leave it to me next!"

Everything was ready, a gleam of light flashed in the dwarf's eyes. He used magic to fetch Alva's cut snake meat from the air, and then took out the iron rods from the waist pocket and inserted them. Put it on a wire grill that has been hot for a long time.

【Urasaki Underground Python】

[Materials needed: an unnamed underground python]

【200g sugar】

[150g salt and pepper]

【Life Holy Water 50g】

[Sauce 200g]

【Detox Magic (twice)】

【Kaman White Grass Powder 50g】

【Luminous Fungus Essence 100g】

【Effect: Unknown】

"Can this luminous fungus also be eaten?!"

On the side, Alva looked at the dwarf skillfully preparing the sauce, and then spreading it on the snake meat. The appetizing fragrance made him subconsciously swallow the saliva, but even so, for his own digestive system He still cautiously put forward his opinion: "That thing... doesn't it smell a bit stinky?"

"Smell is the smell of rotting mucus from dead fungi. In fact, if you wash off normal luminous fungi, you can smell a fragrance similar to wood grease."

Nick, who had lived underground all the year round, shook his head. He held a clean spherical fungus in his hand to correct the prince’s misunderstanding of the luminous fungus: “The reason why this thing shines is because of the magical mass in its center. Gum...It can be said that the gum at its core is similar to slime. It is a pure magic colloid, and of course it can be eaten."

As he said, Nick took the brush and applied a layer of fluorescent magic gel to the snake meat, and the scent suddenly became stronger.

"The fungus doesn't matter... But is this kind of creature really edible?"

On the side, Amila said hesitantly: "This giant python can control mud, rocks and water using magic. It looks like a wise life... Is it really okay to eat it?"

"Some monsters can speak, and the most important thing is that they are delicious. Look at the dragon and civilization, but there are many people who eat the meat of the dragon after being crusted."

Aside, Ivan said indifferently, "It has been detected a long time ago. This giant python is non-toxic and nutritious, not to mention that we have added 50 grams of life holy water. With this thing, even if it is poisoned... I have been exploring underground for so long, so I should add a little protein."

"Yup."

On the other side, Karin also nodded in agreement: "Lisa, look at Lisa, because we have eaten dry food for several weeks, we are full of food. We are professional explorers. We cannot be like her. We must learn to follow Supplement nutrients from the surrounding environment."

The speed of roasting snake meat was very fast, and soon everyone began their first meal since entering the underground world.

"Brother feed me!"

"Really...If this continues, I can't get married." Facing Amila, who still didn't want to touch snake meat, Ivan had no choice but to obey his sister's waywardness, he whispered: "Open your mouth."

"Ah~"

And aside, Nick listened to the ‘umhhhhhhhhhhhh! ’‘It’s so fragrant! ''good to eat! Waiting for the sound, while chewing the snake meat, feel the effect of this cooking product.

"There is a certain energy recovery effect, which should be the cause of Kaman white grass and fungus essence. Originally, slime mucus mixed with Kaman white grass powder is the simplest energy potion."

While eating meat, the dwarf took out a pen and paper, and hand-written the effect of the Urayana python: "It can restore the magic power of soil and water attributes to a certain extent, and it can strengthen the luminous perception to a certain extent... I wrote it down, this snake The meat tastes great."

I roughly wrote the cooking process for this time, the materials and the effect, Nick put away the simple recipe in his hand contentedly, and can vaguely see that the other pages of this simple recipe have been densely written, and the whole book is almost full. .

A few days later.

After returning to his territory, Joshua heard the urgent news and immediately went to the underground laboratory of Winterhold College.

There, he met Nostradamus with a serious face.

"what's happenin?"

The warrior's brows were raised ~www.novelmtl.com~ He was a little unclear, so: "What is so nervous? The server has a problem? Or does the battleship production line need me to fix it?"

"Neither, you look down on the imperial mana technology too..." Shaking his head, the old mage showed a slight smile on his face, but soon, his expression returned to seriousness, and he stood experimenting. The tempered glass plate outside the room door turned his head and motioned to Joshua: "As for why you are called back...Look at this."

Shrugging, Joshua turned his head, he did not walk to the window, but directly penetrated the wall with his eyes, looking at the position indicated by Nostradamus.

It was a dying black giant python that used nutrient solution to maintain its life. The golden snake pupils had become numb and no longer had the original vitality.

"this is……"

At first I didn't see anything, but soon, Joshua suddenly opened his eyes. Then, his brows were furrowed, and the soldier said solemnly, "Divine power?!"

"The power of the earth?!"