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Walking along the passage of the year, the air began to gradually fill the air with an unusual choking smell.

It's a smell that can often be smelled in the area of the Demon Fortress.

Something that is unique to lava lava.

The surroundings began to get dry, and the temperature was rising as opposed to the cold of the Durrel's lair, and it was hard to imagine that the temperature difference between the two sides was so extreme that there was only one passage apart.

"What...... What, is this a fortress of demons? Could it be that this fellow path leads straight to the fortress of demons? Wiping the sweat from her forehead, the restless Beya began to murmur and complain again.

"Oh, you've been to the Demon Fortress?" I looked at Beja curiously.

The environment there is even more cruel than that of the Western Kingdom, can this little girl endure hardship?

"Yes...... Yes, I've been there once......" The little girl glanced up at me, and in the form of the Demon Moon Wolf Witch, she could clearly capture her subtle expressions.

Originally, the moment I looked up, my eyes moved slightly, and I opened them, probably wanting to stare at me as usual, and then say something like "Don't look down on people, you stupid Wu, Your Highness balabala ......".

But as soon as the gaze touched me, it was constantly opening, and the wide eyes stopped, replaced by a soft gaze, and a shy, close, coquettish look.

Just like when I was with Artoria.

Please spare me, and turn back into that hard-mouthed and arrogant little girl princess.

I hugged my head helplessly and screamed, now Beya. Gave me goosebumps.

I knew that at the beginning, it would have been good to transform into a hell fighting bear, but if I change it now, it looks like I'm scared of Beya's enthusiasm, and the dignity of manhood is a little unacceptable, so I have to bite the bullet.

Gradually, in the deepest part of the straight cavern, we saw a faint red light.

"It's almost there." Let's cheer up.

The red dot ahead is getting bigger and bigger. It is also becoming more and more vivid, accompanied by a wave of heat that is higher than a burst, and the air seems to be cooked, and ordinary people must not be able to stand it when they come here.

Getting closer. Finally, after turning a right-angle corner, the red light in the sky covered the eyes, and continued to move forward for dozens of meters, stepping out of the passage with one foot, and we were greeted by a dark fire-colored world.

There is no difference from what you saw when you came here eight years ago.

Emerging from the cave is a semicircular platform jutting out of the rock wall, suspended at the foot of the platform. In the depths is the terrifying molten lava, tumbling and bubbling with sticky bubbles of flame.

Black and dark red were mixed together, and the pungent smoke emitted poured out from the underground molten slurry, filling the entire underground world with such a pungent and poisonous gas, which looked gray and dry eyes.

Get out of the passage. Straight along the platform. There is also a small feldspar protruding from a circular platform, this feldspar. It is connected to a suspension bridge, and on the other side of the rope bridge is connected to a circular stone pillar platform that rises from the center of the molten slurry and exists like an island.

This suspension bridge hasn't broken yet.

I sighed a little, when I came back then, I felt that stepping on this thing, I sure it would be like the one played on TV, in order to reflect the thrilling and the protagonist's luck and decisiveness and agile posture, it will suddenly break off halfway through, which is simply built for the pit people.

More than eight years have passed, and in such a harsh environment, the suspension bridge is still tenaciously surviving, this guy may be more reliable than I imagined.

Of course, even so, I am not ready to step on the suspension bridge to cross, the quasi-tragic emperor attribute that comes with it may make this suspension bridge "wait for eight years".

I was a little relieved to see the familiar scene, and nothing had changed, but I was still vigilant, especially the molten slurry under my feet.

It's good to say it's a game sickness or something.,Anyway, as long as you look at it.,You'll feel that something strange might come out of the molten slurry.。

"You two, wait here first, be careful, I'll go and explore the way." Turning around, I cautiously instructed the two little girls.

"Hmm." Beya, who suddenly became extremely well-behaved, nodded.

Although Tia had been alone before, she knew that now was not the time to show her "talk of experience", so she nodded her head.

The two princesses stepped back some distance to the exit of the passage, and made a gesture that if something happened, we would turn around and run.

Although I know that they are right, I am still a little sad, don't be so dedicated.

Tilting my head at the two girls, I floated up slowly.

I've just said that I won't walk the suspension bridge if I am killed, and that absolute force appears to trap people like me, don't believe it, don't believe it, the next time I bring Fei Ni to the real yàn, I will know that what I said is true.

"Yawn!" Far away in the harbor of Kurast, Finney, who had returned to the Green Forest Bar, suddenly sneezed and trembled.

Thinking of the possibility of an alarm defense magic array in the underground world, I didn't fly too high, my toes were only less than a foot above the ground, and then slowly walked along the suspension bridge, looking all the way around, from time to time to look at the rolling lava lake hundreds of meters high, for fear that a strange mouth would suddenly rush out of it and swallow me in one gulp.

Luckily, none of this happened, and I made my way to the opposite side, tiptoe landing on the cylindrical platform in the center of the molten lake.

It's a new place to explore, and I stopped last time across the rope bridge and only knew there was an altar.

While keeping an eye on Tia and Beya's movements, I began to circle around the cylindrical platform, and the first thing that caught my eye was the altar in the center of the platform. The mysterious patterns carved on the ground and the magic circle covered almost one-third of the platform.

Turning around to the other side, I found the [door] that Tia was talking about, which was not very large compared to the giant doors I had seen before, only about five meters high, arched, and the two doors with the middle opening closed tightly. There was not a single crack left, and the gray-black, steel-colored stone looked much heavier than the average door.

I didn't find the door eight years ago because it was blocked by the altar. The altar, the suspension bridge, and the exit of the passage on the opposite side just form a straight line.

As Tia had said, the stone door was carved with patterns similar to those on the altar floor, supposedly in the style of the Heradics, but I didn't understand it, so I simply ignored it.

What surprised me was that the gate was alone, and there was no way to the village. After not in store.

To put it simply, it was just a door, towering, unable to distinguish the front and back, and not connected to any object, but a single stone door was placed there.

There was a sense of danger, and the thought of leading to some strange space came to me in an instant.

After going around in a whole circle, no anomalies were found. I went back the way I came. Then he picked up the two little girls left and right, and followed the road just now. Bring them to the cylindrical platform.

"Settle down, don't mess around, you know?" I said this to Beya, this curious elf princess, maybe when she can't help but reach out and touch those patterns, in case something is triggered, the fun will be great.

In the past, if I had spoken to her in such a commanding tone, even if I had promised in my heart, Beya would definitely be angry and arrogant at me, but now, she looked at me, her beautiful eyes glowed with a slightly hazy and seductive water, and she hummed obediently.

The goosebumps fell to the ground again, my elf princess couldn't be so docile!

On the other hand, Tia cheered as if she had returned home, leaned up to the altar, and looked east and west, although she had been here before, but she had not had enough time to observe it as much as she did now.

"Can you see from these patterns what your ancestors meant, what is inside the gate, is it protecting the treasure or sealing the demon?"

Seeing Tia squatting down and studying for a long time, I couldn't help but ask out loud.

"I don't understand." Tia shook her head without looking up.

"Ancestors they ...... likes to make things mysterious, so that future generations can't scratch their heads. ”

To put it simply, it hurts to be idle.

I rolled my eyes behind my back and gave a more correct interpretation of Tia's words.

"However, judging from the overall style of the altar, it shouldn't seem like there is any huge risk, such as sealing a powerful demon or something, maybe ...... It really has something to do with the Heradic Cube. After a while, Tia spoke again.

"That's good, as soon as the altar is opened, a demon king or demon god is thrown out of the gate, then we will be guilty." I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Anyone who is stupid will not seal such a dangerous thing." Tia turned around and grimaced at me with a cute face.

"Okay, you continue to research, there is still time, don't be in a hurry to open the altar, see if you can find useful clues." I simply pulled out a folding chair (Villas, you even have this for me) and sat down.

It's not a good place, and the air is filled with a poisonous gas similar to sulfur, but it's actually not much worse than the cave and tomb prisons I've been to before.

Belch......

It feels like Beya behind me is studying my wagging tail, is it an illusion? Damn, I really want to wrap it around my waist, the current Beya is too terrifying, not the usual tsundere Lori at all.

Sotia didn't let me wait long, and after about half an hour, she patted her ass and stood up.

"Done?"

"It should be said that I gave up, the ancestors are really powerful, it's completely confusing, eh, hehe~~" The little girl knocked on her head and smiled.

Even the Heradiks themselves admit that their ancestors were too bad, and only Tia is still saying good things about those sore guys.

At this moment, I was deeply touched by Tia's kindness and gentleness.

"In that case, let's open the altar, anyway, it's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, and sooner or later it will come." I stretched, and said this nonchalantly. But his eyes were already firmly fixed on the main body of the altar, and he never moved away.

"Give me the key and let me open it." I reached out to Tia and decided to blow up the bridge!

"No, it's not just a matter of inserting the key in, let me do it." Tia shook her head, jumped a few steps, and came to the main body of the altar. I can't argue with it, I can only follow it and protect it.

In the center of the main body of the altar, a torch-like stone object protrudes, with a central depression, and the edge of the depression is evenly distributed with three protrusions that resemble bayonets.

This depression. and the millennium accumulation in Tia's hands...... Ahem, the size of the Millennium Key is very similar.

Tia took a deep breath, her breath became subtle and long, and her expression became solemn, and she gently held the pyramid-shaped key with the thumb and forefinger of both hands, and slowly inserted it in the right direction, facing the hollow.

The key successfully entered the recess. And the connection is close and seamless, which gives us more confidence.

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