"So, this is the interior of the next fortress? Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Turning my head, I looked at the layout of the interior of the fortress.

The red hellstone bricks are all colored, and the dark aura envelops us, and the only thing that remains unchanged is the high temperature that can still be felt even if it is blocked by the [Fire Stand].

However, compared to the uneven Hell Rock floor in the outside world, it is also a building, so the ground is stable.

And then there'・・・・・・

"Why is this place so gloomy?" Akai blocked the broken wall behind him and looked at the corridor.

Suppressed feelings came to my face.

"Anyway, we're coming in anyway, let's go and see what we can meet in front of us." As I took a step, I stuck a torch into the wall, and the surrounding area suddenly lit up.

The Infernal Stone Bricks and the Infernal Rock glow to the same degree, otherwise we would not be able to see anything in such a closed place.

However, since the light emitted by these masonry itself is less than that of the "seventh level", there will often be monsters entrenched in the interior of the next fortress.

Speaking of which, I have to mention the question of the light source.

Under normal circumstances, the light source that allows people to see things in front of them and nature clearly is "fifteen".

Assuming that the light in the center of the torch is 15 bright, then the light source will decrease a little with each meter (block) of distance from the center of the torch.

Most common monsters roam the wild at night, when the light that covers the earth drops below "seven".

That's why it's important to put torches in key places, because no one wants to be approached by monsters behind them while doing things.

Also, artificial light can't stop monsters that have awakened from the ground, only prevent them from waking up.

That's why zombies and skeletons aren't afraid of fire, but burn when exposed to sunlight.

[Full daylight provides a maximum brightness of 15 levels, and each lower level will be 80% of the brightness of the previous level.] For example, level 14 is 80% of the sun's brightness, and then level 13 is 64% of the sun's brightness. This means that even level 0 is still 0.815?100%=3.5% of the highest brightness.

Also, in the Nether Hell, the light is only reduced by 10% at each level, instead of the normal 20%. This means that there will never be complete darkness in the Nether. The minimum light value is 20.59% of sunlight, providing a permanent minimum dim brightness equivalent to a normal world level of 8. 】

As long as you have read the above theoretical knowledge, you don't need to take it too seriously.

"Stop!" As I was walking, Akai suddenly reached out and stopped me from moving on.

I made up my mind, and it seemed that there was something going on. I held the magic book in one hand and the staff in the other, and at the top of the staff, an ice arrow was ready to fire.

"Hey, it's a pity that fire magic is useless in hell, and my attack power is greatly reduced." sighed.

At this time, several faint figures appeared in the corridor ahead, getting closer and closer.

It's a zombie pigman!

"Clean it up." I said to Akai.

"Yes, but quickly."

With that, Akai and I charged up and attacked.

Before the zombie pigmen understood what was happening, they only heard two sounds of breaking the sky, and at that moment, the head of one of the zombie pigmen was taken by the senior sister of Heaven (Ba Asami), and the other was hit by a powerful impact and flew to the ground five meters away, and his whole body was stiff, but it was frozen up.

Before he could react to where the attack came from, it was another round of UFOs, and the remaining few zombie pigmen followed in the footsteps of their previous brothers.

"We still seem to be strong." Akai regained his confidence in this group of guys.

Seeing the boy clearly, this group of guys just has more swords than ordinary zombies!

Akai and I continued on our way.

This aisle is quite long, to what extent, it can be compared to the corridor of the Red Devil Pavilion that has been extended by the pad chief.

Of course, here is really long.

After nearly ten minutes of walking, Akai and I finally saw a staircase going down.

During this period, I also encountered several waves of monsters, but they were all solved effortlessly.

"I think we've found what we're looking for." As soon as we got off the stairs, Akai and I stared blankly at the dense unidentified columnar objects growing on both sides of the staircase.

"・・・・・・Isn't this the Armstrong Boom T I excitedly stepped forward and crouched down to touch the plants with my hands.

Hell warts (you third tone, many children's shoes don't know how to pronounce, for example, often read chuang in the next, because that is more palatable), hell spores!

Akai was obviously not as excited as I was, and stood on the sidelines.

It took me a while to notice where we were, and there was danger everywhere.

It took me some time to collect all of these hell warts, including the special dirt that supports their growth, soul sand.

Soul sand is a very rare sand in the Hell, and unlike ordinary sand, the surface of soul sand is very viscous, and creatures that step on it will sink slowly. This effect is even more pronounced when placed in water, and can be used to create drowning traps against mobs.

In addition, when soul sand is placed on ice, soul sand can slow down even more, and this effect works on both monsters and mobs. The slow effect can be used against a large number of monsters, especially when using ranged weapons.

Of course, this is not the main thing, the main thing is that hell wart can only grow on soul sand.

Just as crops such as wheat can only be planted in the soil that has been cultivated.

With all of this gone, Akai and I set out again, of course, with the goal of finding more Hell Wart, as there weren't enough ingredients to make enough healing potions.

You know, villagers who have been assimilated by zombies can have three or even four digits.

Of course, when the Hell Wart is made into a potion, it is not only one bottle at a time, and a Hell Spore can be placed on the alchemy table to refine up to three bottles of potion at the same time.

In other words, we need at least 300 Hell Spores to refine more than 900 potions, close to a thousand, which is almost enough to save all the villagers.

However, we were not so lucky, and when we walked to a hall with a small pool of lava in the middle, we encountered the first strange and familiar enemy besides the zombie pigmen.

Blaze!

"I'll rub!" Akai screamed and dodged a fireball sideways, "This way of greeting is really exciting." ”

"It's not over yet! Akai, be careful! Before I could finish speaking, Akai was met with a series of overwhelming fireballs.

[Flicker], I was in front of Akai in an instant.

'There are too many fireballs, so you can only defend them like this!' With that in mind, I stuck my staff on the ground, and the magic stirred, and a pale blue circle of light enveloped me and Akai.

[Magic Shield]!

The [Magic Shield], which consumes mana to offset the damage, is very expensive to mana, but I can't think of any other way. The fireballs spit out by blazes contain the same matter as ghasts, and the Fire Stance alone can only block the flames.

The [Magic Shield] continued to ripple under the attack of countless fireballs, and every second that passed, my magic power quickly dropped by a section.

"Akai, it's not good to stay here for a long time, retreat!" It only lasts less than ten seconds! I thought to myself with great horror, this consumption is simply terrifying, no wonder the old mage used other magic to offset the damage when I was fighting with the old mage in the first place.

"Got it." Akai quickly retreated, the monster in front of him was too strong to fight.

It was like a rain of bullets like machine gun fire, and there was a steady stream of attacks.

Those few seconds seem to me to be too long.

Eventually, after surviving a short period of peak, it seemed that the offensive was much smaller, but I knew that it was just the flames preparing for the next wave of attacks, but it was just a little respite that I left their sight for a few [flashes] in a row.

―――――――― the dividing line of the large screw――――――――

Somewhere down the hallway, Akai and I sat on the edge of the wall, gasping for air.

"What should I do, I can't get through the front." After a while, when the gas was cleared, Akai asked me.

"I don't know, I can only see where I can get around, there are too many blazes to bear." I thought back to the number of barrages again, and I couldn't help but feel creepy, I guess I would be left with no bones when I was hit by that group of fireballs・・・・・・

Such a dangerous thing as a scrub is really not for us.

Stay away from bullets and cherish life.

In the end, Akai and I decided to walk through the rooftop, a wise decision that kept us from encountering a monster in our way for a while.

The next fortress stands in the middle of hell, and there is an unfathomable sea of magma below, and Akai and I have opened the way to the roof of the next fortress by taking stairs, and the road is unimpeded.

"I won't come to this place next time you beg me!" Akai crouched down on the edge, poked his head out, and then shrank back again.

"Don't say it's you, even I won't come again."

Although the Hell Spore grows the fastest in the Underworld, who says it can't be cultivated in the Overworld? Growing in the Overworld is just slow, not long.

Thinking silently, Akai and I seemed to be in front of a very remarkable building.

A raging fire burned the entire roof.

At first glance, the huge infernal brick building is airtight.

Akai and I couldn't help but be curious, and we went in to watch.

Suddenly, there was a loud roar from within.

O stupid human! If you dare to explore here, I will take the fire of your life by myself! 】

The sound was deep and deafening.

"Oops, looks like we're in trouble." I got nervous.

"And it's a big problem..." Akai held his bow, nervouser than I was.

As we retreated, the closed building gradually turned red, and red lines covered the entire wall.

Rumble!

What caught our eyes was huge, with scorching flames all over the body.

The new lord of hell!

The ruler of magma and flames, the Firefiend.

・・・・・・

"! What is the relationship between Ragnaros and you! I couldn't help but yell, pointing at the huge monster in front of me.

Akai tugged at my clothes and stepped back.

"Don't complain at this time, bastard!"