“...... Dwarves hollowed out?"

Looking for that gem?

"Who knows, maybe it's the giants. ”

Hollow out a mountain to find a stone...... It's not that incredible. Dwarves and giants are far more stubborn races than humans, and hundreds of years is not a long time for them.

They stood silently for a moment, facing the boundless darkness. There seemed to be a small phosphorus fire floating in the distance, but it was too faint to see anything if you looked closely, and only made your eyes glaze.

There was no wind here, and the air was dreary, as if to tell them that there was no way out of this enclosed space.

Wanting to leave, Scott's magic was the only thing they could count on.

"He did it on purpose!" said Tess indignantly, "now it's okay, we're just rats in a cage!"

"Let's see what he wants us rats to do. Rosa is much calmer, "He also saved us in the Sidney Basin...... I don't think he's going to kill us. If there's anything I can do to help, I'd love him back. ”

Of course, the sooner you pay off the favor, the better.

Tess pouted her mouth high—she knew that, and that's why she was so unscrupulous.

"Do you think he sent me and Sesyana to you?" asked Rosa softly.

Tess hesitated for a moment. She originally thought it was Ankeland, but it seemed to make sense to change it to Scott...... And there are things that don't make sense.

What the hell is going on in the heads of those guys?

"I don't know. She hugged her head and lamented, "Ahhh

Rosa smiled and let her go perfunctorily.

A small torch didn't last long. Then they sat in the dark, and gradually no one spoke.

When Tess woke up, there was a bright eye. A magically made flame of light hung in the middle of the stone hall—a golden flame that hung like a tiny sun, unlike the usual white glow.

The darkness and coldness of darkness and death were driven out of the light, and even the keels scattered on the ground no longer looked so ghostly.

Tess even had the audacity to pick up a small piece and turned her head to ask Rosa, "Is this worth a lot?"

"That's ......," Rosa glanced at her faintly, "why don't you go and ask Naria?"

Rosa Latus always hits the nail on the head.

Tess stuck out her tongue and obediently put the bone back on the ground, not even daring to throw it.

She watched Scott cautiously, and had to admit that the last time she saw him, the man's sudden killing of Aaron Mancini without warning had left an indelible shadow on her heart.

Nothing is scarier than "unpredictable".

At this moment, Scott was half-crouching in the middle of the ground, looking down and not knowing what he was looking at. The little mongoose crouched at his feet very solemnly, not squeaking.

Tess watched quietly for a moment, and suddenly felt that the scene in front of her was extremely ridiculous—a human who no longer looked like a human, and an elf who was no longer an elf, but unexpectedly harmonious.

She laughed, trembling uncontrollably with laughter, and could only hug herself until a shadow fell on her.

She looked up and glared at Scott viciously, tears rolling down her cheeks.

Scott stiffened very visibly, and it took a while to squeeze out a blunt comfort: "...... Don't cry. ”

Tess simply hugged the little mongoose that had jumped back into her arms, and cried loudly, vaguely feeling Scott reach over her head and take away all the pain from her...... Even if she knew she wasn't crying because of it.

The red-haired girl cried hard until the exhaustion and despair that weighed on her heart at least not to make her go crazy now, and then she gasped and looked up and asked, "What do you want us to do?"

She's kind of willing at this point. He may have had other plans to save them, but he didn't need to comfort her...... For that hard "don't cry", she is also willing to do something for him.

Arms sank - Scott let go and let the gem fall between her arms.

"Take it. He said.

Tess glared at the gem. It was no longer cold and biting, but a little warm, and inexplicably smaller, and the light that had shimmered like a bright nebula had now turned into a mass of silk, which still looked beautiful, but much more ordinary...... Normally, even if she put it on her head, no one would look at it more.

“...... Fake?" she asked, "It's too fake!"

You can't fool anyone!

"It's true. Scott replied.

“...... Aren't you afraid that someone will take it from me?"

"If you could steal what Philip Zeri had carefully collected from him and leave him unaware......" The hardship became more apparent when Scott was no longer able to speak bits and pieces of words and short sentences...... It was as if he hadn't spoken for a long time, and had forgotten how to talk: "I believe you can keep what you want." ”

Tess touched her nose, actually a little embarrassed.

“...... Can you take it anywhere?" she asked tentatively after a while, "can you do anything with it?"

Skod's head.

"I don't understand......" Tates muttered, her eyes straight.

It's like a star falling on the head - it's impossible to tell if it's good luck or bad luck.

"So, is it real?" Rosa asked on her behalf, "this is the true Heart of the Mountains." ”

Scott shook his head.

"It's just ...... A little remnant. He said.

Rosa laughed self-deprecatingly, "No wonder it's so easy to find." ”

Scott shook his head again: "Not ...... Easily, because it is you who come, you can get it. ”

Rosa raised an eyebrow. She didn't think it was a compliment to what a powerful adventurer they were, she knew that this team that had been hastily put together and didn't even have a single spellcaster would be vulnerable without the trust and bond between them.

Scott looked at Tess, "But if anyone told you that having it would create an elven body...... He's lying to you. ”

Tess looked back at him in a daze—he knew why she had come. He gave her hope and told her that "hope" did not exist.

"I gave it more power, but I don't know if it was enough. Scott continued calmly, "Go find ...... Someone who can give you the answer. ”

Tess took a deep breath and spit it out again, her face changing and changing. For a moment she wanted to jump up and hug him...... Or beat him so hard that her heart was beating so quickly between despair and hope that even if she was too young to withstand such a toss.

“...... You really can't speak. She said, "No wonder Sweetheart hates you so much!"

And she...... Actually, it's never been that annoying.

Even if he used them as bait, at least, he paid her enough.

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