Chapter 466: The Underworld
Legend has it that the mythical magical plant Tree of All Things is very peculiar, the fruit it produces does not have a fixed size and shape, the fruit on a tree is basically different, some may be like a stone, some like a griffin, some like a dragon and so on.
And once someone eats a fruit like this, they will become the same thing as it, eating a fruit like a dragon will turn into a real dragon, and eating a fruit like a stone will turn into a real stone.
The calamity vine is also peculiar, the fruit on the vine contains different calamity powers, once you eat the calamity fruit, it has the ability to give calamity to the place where you are located, such as drought, flash flood, flood, fire, insect plague, plague, military disaster, etc., the ability is quite magical.
It is a pity that these two mythical magical plants are only recorded in the legends of the books and have never been confirmed.
Although the effect of the Mythical Rank Magical Fruit is peculiar, Alan is not very eager to get one in his heart.
Judging from the seven great pirate kings, the Mythical Rank Magical Fruit is not perfect, at least the Ocean Fruit restricts the user from staying on land for a long time, although it can make people immortal, so it may not be possible to see that other types of Mythical Rank Magical Fruits have corresponding defects.
After leaning back in his chair and thinking to himself for a moment, Alan stood up and returned to the ship, according to the sailing time, the fleet would arrive in the Red Dragon Principality on the afternoon of the second day, and he was going to use the large amount of materials collected in the Void Bead on the way back to preview the first few steps of the production of the Transcendent Blood Bloodline Elixir.
As a potion that can make people break through the elemental knights, the production of the transcendent bloodline potion is not simple, including the two main materials of blood essence and Warcraft core, there are as many as forty-nine kinds of materials alone, and the operation process is even more complicated, after all, there is only one bloodline essence and Warcraft core, and Alan does not dare to be careless.
A few days later, inside the Red Dragon Palace.
"Lord Duke, this is ......" Bard asked in disbelief as he looked at the tray in front of him, his eyes moved slightly, and he looked up at Alan in the hall.
I saw that there was a potion bottle in the tray, and the potion bottle contained a thick dark blue potion, which was like a living thing, and from time to time it would become a small and hideous blue turtle, which collided in the potion bottle, and suddenly shattered and turned into a mass of liquid, so reciprocating, very peculiar.
"Bud! this is the transcendent bloodline potion you need, as long as you swallow this potion, you should be able to successfully break through to the transcendent level, and then my Red Dragon Principality will have one more transcendent combat power, haha!" Alan said, laughing.
When Bard heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, staring at the potion in front of him with his eyes, and muttered, "This is the transcendent bloodline potion..."
"Male... Your Excellency, your subordinates will not let you down!" Bard was stunned for a few seconds, then knelt down with an excited face.
"Okay! Get up! Hurry up and go to the cultivation room to take the potion and try to break through! By the way, Barton, you go with Bard, when Bard breaks through, guard outside, don't have accidents!" Allen turned his head and said to Barton beside him.
"Yes, Lord Duke!" Barton bowed slightly, and rushed to the underground cultivation room of the palace with his younger brother Bud, who was holding the potion bottle and looking extremely excited.
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The cave was very dim, but the area was not small, and in the far corner was a stone bed with a black and yellow blanket, and at the other end there was a huge stove, radiating heat in all directions, and at this time there were pieces of dark blue crystals piled up inside, and above it was an iron axe embryo, which was burning with a blazing flame, and the axe embryo was burning red.
In the dim light and shadow, a thick figure picked up the axe embryo with a clamp, brandished a short-handled hammer in his hand, and struck it regularly with a bang, and sparks splashed for a while.
This man is not tall, only one meter three or four in height, but his body is unusually strong, his thick and powerful arms hold the hammer tightly, his skin is very rough, and he has a long beard and dull red hair.
Bang!
Suddenly, there was a knock on the dark and thick door, and the dwarf Kuru knocked on it, and he was angry in his heart, saying which bastard was disturbing him at this time, so he decided to ignore it and swung the hammer again.
Bang ββ! bangββ!
But the knocking on the door did not mean to stop, but the knocking became harder and harder.
"Which bastard the hell!"
Kuru's eyes widened, he put down the hammer in his hand, came to the front angrily, and opened the door with a grin.
Standing outside the door was a dwarf as strong as Kuru, who was not only covered in thick armor, but also had an iron helmet on his head, a huge bladed battle axe on his back, and two short axes hanging from his waist.
"Corey!" Kuru frowned at the sight of the comer, didn't close the door, and staggered to let him into the room.
When Kuru came in, he closed the door, picked up a small jar from the table next to him, and after a few sips, he said to Corey, "Why, Corey, didn't you go on your way to kill those beasts again?
"No need to go! The Dark Cavern was lost, and on our way to support, the kobolds fled without permission, causing the defense line to collapse, and many people were killed, so we had to retreat after receiving the news. Cory grimaced.
"What? How could it be! Even the dark caverns were lost? Those kobolds were really rubbish! They weren't as good as those brutes, and I don't know why the king wanted to unite with those guys! And give them weapons and armor, so they were all qualified to use our dwarven weapons!" Kuru said with a gloomy face, dissatisfied.
"What's the use of saying this, the most important thing now is to recapture the Dark Cave, you should know the importance of the Dark Cave!" Cory exhaled and muffled.
Needless to say, Kuru naturally knows the importance of the Dark Cave, not only Kuru, but also the dwarves living in the underground world know that it is the only Flame Crystal Vein that the dwarves now have in their possession.
The Flame Crystal is the crystal that is burning in the furnace now, and it is the fuel that the dwarves specially use for forging, without the Flame Crystal, it means that the dwarves who love forging will lose the possibility of forging, which is absolutely unacceptable to the entire dwarf race.
And not only that, without the means of forging, how can the dwarves survive in the underground world, at least those waste kobolds still have special mining capabilities, even if the dwarves no longer buy ores, the dark elves will also buy them, they will not starve to death.
"Did the king say what he would do?" asked Kuru solemnly.
"The king is gathering the warriors of his clan, and we will wield our battle axes to retake the dark caverns and drive the beasts away!" said Corey.
"That's right, drive those beasts out of the dark caverns!" Kuru said angrily.
The beast in the mouth of the two of them is called the Pala rat, an adult Pala rat can reach a height of one meter at the shoulder, feeds on minerals, and is also a good miner.
They were originally dwarven slave beasts, which were their mining help, but after an accident, the pararats were completely out of the control of the dwarves, and they multiplied in large quantities underground, devouring mineral deposits, and their strength became stronger day by day, and finally there was a dispute with the dwarves for mineral veins.
The dwarves rely on forging to survive, and forging is inseparable from the ore in the underground ore veins, which will naturally have a dispute with the Para rats that feed on the ore, and it seems to be the reason why the dwarves raised them in the past, they are very fond of the ghost flame crystal, and often as soon as there is a ghost flame crystal vein, they will forcibly occupy it and devour it all.
Many years ago, the dwarves controlled not many of the Flame Crystal veins, but after years of continuous erosion by the Pala Rat, now only the last Flame Crystal Vein remains.
Although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that the dwarves are at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the pararats.
The reason why the dark cave is jointly garrisoned by the dwarves and kobolds is that in addition to the dark cave with the ghostly flame crystal veins, there is also an iron mine, which is occupied by the kobold clan, so after discussion, the two sides decided to jointly garrison this place.
Although Kuru has a disdain for the kobolds, the contact between the two clans is frequent, because the kobolds are very fond of mining and are good at mining, and the dwarves also control many ore veins, so they like to hire kobolds to mine on their behalf, in exchange for weapons forged by the dwarves.
"Kuru, answer the king's call, I look forward to fighting alongside you!" Cory patted Kuru on the shoulder, and said seriously.
"Although I know that you prefer to use a hammer to hammer and forge rather than swing with a battle axe, but now that our clan is facing the moment of life and death, there is no Dark Cave and no Ghost Flame Crystal Ore, you must pick up the battle axe again!" Corey said in a heavy tone as he looked at the silent Kuru.
"Alright! for my people, for forging!" Kuru looked up, his eyes serious and his tone serious.
Corey received a response from Kuru, a smile on his face.
"Corey, you... Do you think we can take back the Dark Cavern, what if we can't?" and then Kuru's face turned pale and he stammered.
Corey was stunned, and didn't know how to answer, in the past, when the Pala rats invaded the dwarven Flame Crystal veins, they also went out to fight many times, but the ending was not very ideal, although they hunted a lot of Pala rats, but the Flame Crystal Veins were never recaptured.
"This time is different, this is the last Flame Crystal Vein of my clan, no matter what, I must take it back..."Corey paused and said.
Corey didn't say what would happen if he couldn't get it back, because even he didn't know what to do, and he didn't dare to say anything about it.
Although the Pala Rats are not only harmful to the Dwarves, in the Underworld, it can be said that the Pala Rats are the most harmful to the Dwarves, followed by the Dark Elves.
Because the dwarves have always relied on forging for a living, the weapons of the dwarves can be said to sell well in the entire underground world, and the dark elves, although they are also proficient in forging, are also troubled by the existence of the pararat.
But they are still proficient in farming, and without weapon forging, the food they grow is also very popular, and they can still live well in the underground world.
And the dwarves, on the other hand, what would happen without weapons?
After speaking, Corey did not stay long and left, still tasked with informing the other warriors of the clan.
After Corey left, Kuru frowned, grabbed the jar, poured a few more sips, and came to the hot stove, lifted a heavy iron lid on the ground, stuck on the stove, and the burning flame crystal in the furnace began to slowly extinguish.
Then he slowly walked to the stone bed, crouched down, reached out and probed under the bed, and with a bang, pulled out a huge wooden box hidden under the bed, and after wiping the dust with his hands, Kuru opened the box.
I saw a set of iron armor stacked inside, lying three wide giant bladed battle axes and two short axes, and the top was a black thing, and if you looked closely, it was a stacked animal skin, which looked very old.
Kuru watched, sighed, picked up the stack of animal skins, and placed them on the stone bed and slowly unfolded them, except for some black spots that could not be erased, the animal skin was densely filled with fonts, using dwarven characters, and some places some vague drawings were drawn.
This animal skin was given to him by Kuru's father many years ago, and it records the rise and decline of the dwarf race, and records how the dwarf race turned from prosperity to decline a long, long time ago, and how it retreated from the surface world to the underground world.
Legend has it that the dwarves are very prosperous in the earthly world, but there are more powerful humans in the earthly world, the terrans are treacherous and cunning, love to kill, like to enslave other races, and the Terran Empire Blood Dragon Empire specializes in killing various races in the earthly world, causing the extinction of many races for a while.
The other races that are still alive have tried their best to escape the pursuit of the Blood Dragon Empire, some entire races go out to sea by boat to escape the pursuit, and some are like the ancestors of the dwarf race, in order to avoid the pursuit of the human race, they hid in the underground world through a passage, and never dared to go to the surface world again.
After such a long period of time, the dwarves multiplied underground, generation after generation, and the passage back to the earth and the former glory of the dwarves have all disappeared into the long river of history.
And it is precisely because of the haste to escape into the underground world, the dwarven enslaved Pala rat also entered the underground world with the dwarf race, and the newcomer who suddenly appeared naturally did not immediately get along with the underground world race, so the battle often occurred, which also caused the dwarf race to have no time to control the Pala rat, resulting in a large number of them escaping and multiplying in the underground world, causing great disasters for the later dwarf race.
Over the years, due to the crisis of the Pala rat, the dwarves have also tried to find the passage of the year, hoping to return to the overworld, after all, compared to the underground world, there are only ghostly flame crystals, and the overworld can have a variety of alternatives, but unfortunately the search has been for a long time without the slightest gain.
Without further thought, Kuru carefully folded the hide, tucked it into his arms, and began to put his armor on his body, then two short axes pinned to his waist and a giant bladed battle axe on his back.
Kuru picked up a cloth bag beside the bed, put it on his back, containing dried mushrooms and dried pararats, and then went to the stove, picked up the hammer on the stove, and walked out, closing the door.