After using their magic to hide their tents, Ryan and Balu wave goodbye to their respective destinations. This place is a mining-oriented town built around the mines in the canyon, so the gap between the whole town is very large. The pit where Ryan and the others were going to collect flying stones was at the bottom of the canyon.

"It's too high. After standing on the hill and looking at the bottom of the deep canyon, Hermin sighed, "I wonder how those people in the past could endure this life of only seeing the sun for an hour or two a day?"

"Don't forget, the pit below is left over from the mining of flying stone ore 700 years ago. "I think people back then had enough flying stones to easily go up and down this cliff, rather than through the rudimentary railroad or dirt road that we do now." ”

"You're right. Hermione said after taking a closer look at the roads and the wreckage of buildings in the valley. "If you look at the buildings at the bottom, they should have been left over from the original facilities in the pit that people had mined all kinds of minerals that had not been mined when they had mined the flying stone before. But after the associated mines were mined, the mines and buildings were naturally abandoned. The buildings that are in use today are all halfway up the canyon and above. ”

"And how do we go down?" asked Rose Crystal, hidden in Ryan's backpack, "You can only go down the road halfway up the mountain, and there is no way down there, how are you going to get down to the bottom of the mine?" ”

"Of course it's flying down, the cornflower household broom I bought can carry the three of us together. And flying slower shouldn't be a hassle right now. Ryan said, then pulled out a flying broomstick from his space pocket.

"Actually, it doesn't have to be so much trouble. Hermione said to Ryan, looking a little embarrassed. "I've learned your magic of using magical energy to fly with wings, and I can fly on my own. ”

"Sounds good. Ryan said a little strangely. "But why don't I see you practice flying? You know, like swimming, flying is not just a matter of mastering theoretical knowledge to successfully fly, you still need to practice a certain amount of practice. ”

"I practiced. Hermione retorted to Ryan's claim. "It's just that I haven't practiced in front of you, and in order to practice, I went to Teacher Luo Zhen to learn how to fly with wings from the mercury lamp. ”

It wasn't until the two of them stood on the edge of the cliff and stretched out their wings that Ryan realized why Hermione had avoided him to practice flying. After mobilizing the energy in her body, Hermione emerged from her back with two balls of blood, which slowly stretched outward with her back as if it were alive, like a tree growing continuously, and finally formed a pair of red skeleton-like wings.

The pair of wings were fully extended, and they flapped slightly, and with the flapping of the wings, clouds of black mist emerged from the blood-colored skeleton and began to spread along the skeleton, completely filling the gaps in the skeleton like the skin of the dragon's wings. With a slight flutter of her wings, Hermione flew off the ground.

Ryan now figured out why Hermione was reluctant to practice flying in front of her, because the wings were full of evil and dark powers. Especially for women who have a love of beauty, the appearance of black and red wings is really a bit terrible.

"These wings look pretty cool. As someone who has experienced the culture of the 21st century in his previous life, Ryan doesn't think there is anything unsightly about this wing, but he feels that there is a special beauty.

"Really? That's great. Hermione felt Ryan's heartfelt praise through the soul connection between the two people, and the whole person suddenly became much happier. "Let's go now, and if we move quickly, we might be able to go back to lunch." ”

After saying that, Hermione went to the edge of the cliff and put a disillusionment charm on herself, then stretched her wings and swooped down. Ryan and Rose Crystal also cast an invisibility spell on their bodies before following Hermione down the cliff.

The pit was at the very bottom of the canyon, and it took some time for the three of them to fly into it. The pit is a sinkhole, and the entrance is not very large, but it is very deep. By the time they reached the bottom of the pit, there was almost no light around them, and they could only faintly look at the sky above them, which was now the size of a ping-pong ball.

"It feels like the underground level when we were in first grade, and it's very deep underground. After stepping on the ground, Hermione folded her wings and looked at the small piece of light above her head and sighed, "Before you know it, so much time has passed. ”

"yes, it's like it all happened yesterday. Ryan retracted his wings and sighed, fortunately, the two of them had good dark vision after their bodies were strengthened many times, and they could still see clearly at least at a distance of twenty or thirty meters.

Based on previous adventures, it is best not to light up such a dark and unknown place, otherwise it can easily become a target for enemies hiding in the shadows. So in the darkness, the four of them set out.

After descending to the bottom of the mine, Jill took the initiative to come from the body of the rose crystal and volunteered to go to the front to explore the way, according to her, as a heroic spirit in this complex environment, she is more suitable to act here, and at the same time, she can be virtualized at any time, even if she is more likely to survive a surprise attack.

After walking out of the section, Ryan noticed that the surroundings were filled with traces of a large number of human activities. For example, the stone walls have been excavated by various metal tools, and some wooden support columns that have begun to decay. Even on the ground, you can find metal tracks that have been covered in a thick layer of dust.

"Which direction are we going now?" Hermione said, holding her wand in a confused manner, for the pits in the area were extensive, some from the earliest excavation flights, and many more from the later mining of other minerals. Because of the abundance of minerals here, people have been digging in this direction for hundreds of years, and now there is a cave system that looks like a complex spider web underground.

So Hermione stopped when she came to the fork in the road with exits up and down, left and right, and didn't know which direction to go next.

"I have a way. Ryan said as he pulled out a palm-sized golden compass and tapped it with his wand, and soon the pointer in the center of the plate pointed to a tunnel entrance.

"Let's go this way. Ryan said as he pointed to a tunnel to the left. "I asked Balu yesterday, and he told me that this place only produces all kinds of metal ores outside of the Flying Stone, and those ordinary metal ores do not have a powerful magic reaction. Therefore, we just need to use this compass to find the place where the magic reaction is strongest in this area. ”

Under the guidance of the compass, it took only two hours for the four of them to arrive at a clearing by an underground river. But they found that they were not the first to come here, for there was a kerosene lamp in the clearing, and a small figure seemed to be packing something up beside the lamp.

In this silent underground space, the sound of footsteps can be heard far, far away. So when they walked fifty or sixty meters away from the figure, they saw the man standing up and asked. "Who's there?"

"Take it easy, sir. From a distance, Ryan saw that the man in front of him had a beard that was thicker than Headmaster Dumbledore, but he looked much shorter, giving the impression that he was a dwarf. "We are just tourists from afar, and we come here to visit the caves where the flying stones were mined. ”