The battle was over, and the group did not delay for too long. Under the leadership of Thorne, they carefully walked through the corridors full of violent rats and rat-men corpses, and walked out of this abandoned hall from the hall covered with gravel and traps. castle.

Because the entire castle's sphere of influence belongs to the Rat Man's territory, and they have no idea about the approximate strength of the Rat Man.

In order to prevent the Rat Man assassins of Tier 3 or above from attacking the crowd again, they could only choose to stay away from the castle temporarily and search for the whereabouts of the red dragon player from other places.

When everyone walked out of the castle, they found that there was no conspicuous source of light in the ruins of the entire underground city, but fortunately, there was no negative energy that could make people feel inexplicably suppressed.

In this dim environment, wisps of cold wind blew across the face, bringing fresh air and dispelling the dullness of the darkness, making them, who are used to smelling the rot and blood in the corridor, inexplicably feel relaxed and happy. feel.

And throughout the underground ruins, glowing fungi swarmed most of the building ruins and stones, filling the environment with a dim, grotesque blue fluorescence, giving it a chic aesthetic.

"When the game didn't change, I saw a lot of players in the underground world reported a lot of beautiful scenery in the low-light environment. I was a little longing for it. Now I am there and find that the environment of the underground world is really beautiful, I am a little bit I like it here." Andrina took Thorne's arm and said with a smile while looking at the surrounding fluorescent environment.

"Innocent little girl, that's because you haven't seen the phantoms in the dark area, haven't seen the inescapable doomsday scene, just like the battle in the corridor just now, haven't you realized the true feeling of death so close? ?"

The goblin wizard Malvasia couldn't help pouring a pot of cold water directly: "That kind of precarious life, for the original inhabitants of the ground, almost every day has to go through several times. Don't think of it as a trip, to Otherwise, people will really die, ignorant!"

"..." The smile on Andrina's pretty face gradually disappeared with Malvasa's words, and the scene of despair in the corridor reappeared in her mind. Thorne's hand couldn't help but strain a little.

Seeing Andrina, who was a little nervous after being hit, Thorne smiled and patted the back of her soft hand, motioning her to relax, and then said, "It's not a big deal, it's just about things you haven't seen before. It's just a sense of freshness. Just like residents who have never left the underground world, they can't help but sigh when they see the beauty of the forest and lake on the ground.

When you really get used to the environment here, you will understand how terrifying this silent, stalking, beast-like environment is. "

"It's like being in the real world when you say it. Have you ever lived in the underground world before?" Andrina calmed down her ups and downs, her beautiful eyes sparkling with pale golden light, looking curiously at Thorne.

"I spent more than a month in the sewers of Winter City. That kind of place is actually quite similar to the underground world." Thorne was in a trance, and suddenly remembered the test he had done in order to obtain the inheritance of the Nine Swords, so he confronted Ender. Lina recounts:

"In that kind of place, most of the time, I can remind myself that my consciousness is still awake and there is no sound of hearing loss, only the constant dripping of the sewer pipes that have been in disrepair. However, the sound of water is more like the heartbeat of an unknown monster, which always makes You can't help but think in the most dangerous direction, keeping your nervous system tense all the time and not daring to relax.

A normal person who has lived in that environment for a long time and is not determined will easily collapse. "

"No wonder you can easily lead us through the sewers of Winter City to escape." Andrina looked at Thorne with a calm expression and muttered to herself.

"It seems that you have a thorough understanding of the dangerous environment, which shows that your xinxing has been tempered very well. It is reasonable for that old guy to choose you to be the heir of the Nine Swords, not blind."

Not far away, Malvasia, who heard the speech, looked stunned for a moment, as if recalling some memory, glanced at Thorne, and couldn't help but whisper to herself.

Immediately afterwards, she frowned and her eyes stayed on the little mice and cockroaches shuttled back and forth in the ruins for a moment, and then turned to the dragonborn paladin. A smile suddenly appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she joked:

"Little lizard, it seems that the glorious city of Jinbatur that you are concerned about has disappointed you, and your proud warrior clansmen may have turned into skeletons buried in the ruins. ."

"It's enough that the ancient holy city can be preserved to this extent." Paladin Peo sighed slightly, turned to look at the large collapsed ruins on the street, and the various fungi plants glowing faintly in the ruins, his expression said firmly:

"I have found the holy city, what I need to do now is to disperse all the evil creatures entrenched here, and lead the dragonborn compatriots who are wandering around the world to settle here, so that the glorious city of Jinbatur will be settled here. Restore the glory of the past, and let the light of the **** of justice dispel all the darkness here."

"Aren't most of your dragonborn beliefs in Bahamut, the platinum dragon god?" The orc sword saint Kutaig, who heard the conversation, glanced at the serious paladin Peo and continued.

"As long as it is the place where the paladins of the **** of justice set foot, the divine light will dispel all darkness, and I am the most devout paladin of Tyre, the **** of justice." Paladin Peo looked seriously at the sword saint beside him. said.

"Quack~quack~"

At this moment, there was a sad crow chirping from the deep darkness, followed by a crow flapping its small wings in front of everyone.

I saw it circling twice above the head of the Druid Master Qingchen, and then fell on his shoulder obediently, and the two small humanized eyes immediately met the calm eyes of Master Qingchen, talking about some important things. message.

after awhile……

"How is it, is there any important discovery?" Seeing that the little crow was re-tucked into the large sleeves by Master Qingchen, Thorne cast his doubtful eyes.

Crows have the ability to fly and dark vision, so when everyone walked out of the castle, Master Qingchen directly asked them to explore the general environment around them to determine the direction they were walking.

"My animal companion detected traces of kobold activity in the westernmost part of the castle. Except for the wandering underground monsters, the central area of ​​the ruins almost belongs to the territory of the rat people. As for other places, it is not clear." Master Qingchen pondered for a moment, sorted out the information he had just obtained, and briefly told the crowd.

"Can't be detected anywhere else?" Thorne looked at him suspiciously and said, "Is it because there is some unknown and terrible existence?"

"That's right." Master Qingchen nodded and continued: "According to the situation described by the little crow, it is more like a pressure from Longwei that caused it to not dare to move forward."

The Longwei Domain belongs to a domain that comes with a pure-blooded dragon, which is a domain ability that can exist permanently without activation.

When any creature approaches within the range of Longwei Domain, it will exert pressure on these creatures, ignoring the enemy and the friend. Although it cannot directly kill the enemy, it can form an intimidating effect, and it can be said to be quite useful to deal with some creatures with weaker minds, weak minds, and strong will.

However, this kind of dragon power field that can effectively suppress the enemy can only be awakened by giant dragons over adulthood.

Although the weak dragon also has this kind of pressure, the effect is much weaker. At most, it can deter ordinary small animals, and the coverage area is not as large as imagined.

"I want to ask, how strong is the pressure your animal companion feels?" Thorne, who couldn't understand, finally expressed his inner confusion.

"My little crow is very sensitive to any breath, and it can detect many unknown existences that others can't sense. When it was about to go to other areas for reconnaissance, it did sense a very weak dragon's prestige. Yu was cautious, so it didn't dare to take the risk." Master Qingchen explained to everyone calmly.

"Then it can infer the strength of the dragon that produced Longwei?" Thorne asked the second doubt again.

"How is this possible." Master Qingchen shook his head with a smile, and added: "However, I can be sure that this kind of dragon power is definitely not something that young dragons below adulthood can emit."

"That is to say, there may be other dragons in this underground ruins." Thorne immediately understood the problem:

"After all, it takes at least 200 years for a young dragon to grow into an adult dragon. Even if our players have an upgrade system, it will not grow up in two years."

"Then there are two paths in front of us now. The first is to go directly to the west. There are traces of kobold activity there. It is very possible to ask whether the red dragon player is still alive." After walking slowly to the two of them, Malvasa finished speaking, and then looked at everyone and joked with a smile:

"The second way is to go directly to the unexplored area and confirm the general information about the adult dragon. If it is really an adult dragon, it is really possible to kill it with the strength of a few of us. At the same time, you little guys can also fulfill the dream of dragon slayer warriors."

"I don't think the second rule is inappropriate. We just confirmed that the dragon's strength is at least in adulthood, but we can't guarantee that the dragon's strength exceeds that of adulthood, and while facing the dragon, We will certainly have to deal with the dragon's affiliates.

A group of ratmen is enough for us to have a headache, not to mention the dragon, now our first task is to find the dragon player, so I think it is better not to take too much risk. "

Thorne directly rejected the goblin wizard's second bold suggestion, and then asked Master Qingchen: "Master Qingchen, I would like to ask how many paths there are to the area where the kobold's activity traces are."

"There are two paths. Go west along the ruins in front of you, and you will encounter a forest formed by fungi and giant mushrooms. You can reach it as long as you pass through it, but the distance is a little far, and it may take a long time.

The second is the sphere of influence of the nearby rat people, but I found that they have simple towers and walls at the important intersections leading to the kobold area. If we want to go through it, we cannot avoid friction with it. "Master Qingchen pondered for a while, and analyzed it to Thorne in a leisurely manner.

"If there are no special circumstances, we should not have friction with the rat man for the time being. After all, the third-order rat man wanderer left a deep impression on me."

Thorne frowned and thought for a while, then said, "So, let's take a detour through the fungal forest."

"However, it is very likely that there are many monsters from the underground world in the fungal forest. If we really want to detour, we must be prepared to deal with these monsters." Master Qingchen hesitated for a while, but finally said come out.