Leaving Sunset, Miria and Brala galloped all the way to the foot of the Red Rock Mountains. They followed the map drawn by the old man and soon found the entrance to the lava cave.

It is a very secluded cave. There is no vegetation around, but there are strangely shaped rocks everywhere along the way, and the road leading to the cave is so tightly hidden that it is difficult for ordinary people to find it.

"Be careful." Milia, who was at the front, said to Brala behind her, "These bugs are social creatures, let's try to lure them out one by one, don't be surrounded." ”

"Hmm." Brala nodded in response.

Although it is not as hot as the top of Chiyan Mountain, the temperature in the cave is also unusually muggy. The hot rock walls and the rolling heat wave made Miria, who didn't like the heat, sweat profusely. Not long after I entered, I couldn't wait to drink the anti-heat potion. As they walked forward, they kept patrolling their surroundings for fear of accidentally attracting the monsters that lived in groups. Suddenly, Miria seemed to notice something. She grabbed Blana's arm, "Someone! Hurriedly dragging her to his side, the two quickly ducked into a crack in a nearby rock wall.

At this moment, a team slowly walked out from the depths of the cave, about a dozen people. The first one was slender and sturdy, dressed in light armor with black and red stripes, and held a fiery red sword. Miria recognized at a glance that this person was the cadre of the Black Wind mercenary that she had captured in the East Vigil Forest before, Ji Huo.

"How is he?" Why is he here?' Miria thought in confusion.

However, before she could think about it, there was a person next to Ji Huo, and the appearance of this person made Milia even more confused. This person was the one she had captured with Brala at the docks of Quehari Island and handed over to the Guild Alliance's flame mage, Yang Cai.

"This ...... What the hell is going on?'

"You've already collected them all, right? See how much is missing, and if it's not enough, look around. Ji Huo stopped and said to Yang Cai, who came forward.

"It's been a surplus for a long time. It's just to deal with a few bugs, as for the people who are mobilizing the crowd, are there so many people? ”

"Don't talk cool here, if it weren't for the stone fist just now, you would have been eaten an arm long ago." Ji Huo coldly reprimanded, "Now that you have collected all of them, hurry up and make potions, and set off for the Land of Tranquility immediately." There shall be no delay in the matters that the elders have explained. Don't go wrong. ”

"Got it." Yang Cai replied impatiently, "When the potion is finished, it's none of my business, right?" In that case, I'll have to go back quickly......"

"You're going too! This mission is very important. Xiang Bing sent you to carry out the mission with us. Don't act like you're not in business! Ji Huo didn't wait for Yang Cai to finish speaking, and interrupted her with an angry face, "Besides, I can't get you out of the Guild Alliance, if you just appear in Staris with such a swagger, won't you make trouble for the guild?!" Don't be so brainless! ”

"Yes, yes." Yang Cai shook his hand and replied.

"This secret operation to the Land of Silence is under my command. Everyone is an elite from each group. This shows the importance of this mission. The preparations have been completed, and the president of the Shizunokuni side has also arranged to respond. We will then rush to the Land of Silence as fast as possible, and all of us will do what I tell you to do, and not make your own decisions. Do you understand everything? Ji Huo said to everyone with a serious face.

"Yes, Captain!" Everyone replied in unison.

"Is the Elder also there?" One of the burliest men, looking at the tiger's back, asked.

"It's not clear yet, don't ask so much, let's just focus on our tasks."

"Yes." The strong man didn't ask any further. Ji Huo looked at the others again, and saw that no one asked any more questions, so he turned around and quickly left the cave with the team.

"Strange, aren't they being caught?" Miria muttered in a confused whisper, "How did it come out?" Listening to their conversation just now, they are also here to collect materials and make potions. But what are they doing in the Land of Tranquility? Looking at Ji Huo's disappearing back, Miria couldn't figure it out after thinking for a long time, so she could only let go of the doubts in front of her first, and continued to walk towards the depths of the cave with Brala.

When you reach the depths of the cavern, you will be faced with a large swamp of lava, on which a few purple-black rocks are sporadically exposed. The platform in the middle is covered with fiery red shrubs dotted with a few red fruits. Scattered around here were the corpses of several crimson rock fire insects. The slender body is about two meters long, and the wide and solid jaws look like they can easily bite through the thick trunk of the bowl, and there are more than a dozen pairs of thick tentacles, and there is still hot blood flowing out of the cracked chest.

"Those people must have done it just now. It just happened to help us clean up the miscellaneous soldiers, but we did it ourselves. Miria said proudly, "Let's gather some fruit and go back as soon as possible." With that, he hurriedly pulled Brala and jumped onto the platform in the middle and began to collect the lava fruit.

Just as they were concentrating on picking the fruit, they suddenly heard a strange cry from the bottom of the pool behind them. An incomparably large rockfire insect breaks through the nearby rocks and emerges from the lava. Rising lava rushed at Miria and them. Miria didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly retreated with Brala, jumping back to the entrance as she drew her long-handled scythe and prepared to fight.

"This guy should be the leader here. Beware of not getting burned by its lava. Miria admonished.

Brala nodded in response, and then, the two of them each held their weapons on the left and the right, and rushed forward.

The lava spewed out by the Rockfire Insects rained down on Miria and the others. With her agile body and agile steps, Miria dodged left and right, barely being hit by the lava, and soon rushed to the rockfire insect. Brala held the huge battle axe in front of her, and ran straight towards the Rock Fire Wandering Insect without evasion. Although her exposed body was occasionally stained with lava, this level of burn did not hurt her much. One step ahead of Miria, Bralla leaped to her feet, her tomahawk in her hand, and slashed at the Rock Fire Insects.

The Rock Fire Insect wriggled its huge body, brushed Bella's battle axe from the side, and threw Brala out with all its might. At this moment, Miria's long-handled scythe sliced through the body of the Rock Fire Insect with a biting cold. The rockfire insect screamed and fell to the ground.

"How?" Miria asked as she looked at Blala, who had rushed to her side.

"It doesn't matter, it's not hurt."

"I saw a few wounds on its back just now, it should have fought with the group just now. But it doesn't seem too serious. Miria said.

"The skin is thick. The axe doesn't cut deep. ”

"Me too. Only a layer of fur can be cut. Seems to be a very durable guy. ”

As he spoke, the Rock Fire Insect in front of him wriggled and rushed up again.

"There's no need to fight it here." Miria said to Bralala, "I'll hold it down here, you go over there and gather some more fruit." We need to go back as soon as possible. ”

"Understood."

With that, Miria cast a Frost Crystal. Although the lifting effect of the frost crystal is not obvious in this hot environment, Miria feels that at least she can use it to relieve her sweating state. Because the time to quote the potion before was too early, and the delay in evading Ji Huo's group of people, the effect of the potion has already declined a lot.

As Miria's frenzied attacks pushed the Rockfire Worms aside, Bralla took the opportunity to make her way through the passage and toward the shimmering lava fruit-filled bushes.

After sending Brala away, Miria kept wielding her long-handled scythe and slashing at the Rock Fire Wanderer, not giving it any respite, and kept pushing it into the corner of the rock wall. This leaves the Rock Fire Insects without any chance to interfere with the Blala, which collects the fruit.

As time passed, the effects of the frost crystals faded, and the afterglow of the potion had long since dissipated. The constant attacks consumed a lot of Miria's physical strength, and she was fighting in a hot environment that she was not good at. At this time, Miria's movements had slowed down a lot, and the strength of her attacks had greatly weakened. Although the Rockfire Wanderer also added a lot of scars to Miria's crazy attack, most of them were some skin injuries, because most of the frost effect was washed away by the lava gushing out of its body from time to time, so the Rockfire Wanderer's movement was not affected much.

Just as the two sides were about to switch between attack and defense, Brala suddenly burst out from behind Miria. She clenched the battle axe in both hands, and with all her strength, she slammed the rockfire insect out of the way. The huge body of the rock fire insect slammed into the rock wall in the distance, a long blood mark opened on its chest, and its body twisted and fell to the ground, and hot blood continued to flow out from under its body.

"Collected." Brala said to a panting Miria.

"Alright, alright." Miria said tiredly, "Before it gets up, I—we'll retreat." With that, the two of them hurriedly turned around and ran towards the entrance of the cave as fast as they could.

Although a few Rockfire Wanderers occasionally popped up on the way to stop their way during the retreat, they did not pose much of a threat to Miria and the others. After all, these are just ordinary rockfire insects. Basically, it didn't take much effort to clean it up all by Brala. And when they happily returned to Sunset with the lava fruit, Yugari was already sitting in the living room, leisurely drinking tea, waiting for them.

"You're back so soon?" Miria asked incredulously.

"yes." Yujiali stuck out her tongue and said, "I saw that Sister Luqi was not at home, so I secretly went to the backyard to pull a few plants and came back." I just asked Uncle Gu to identify it. ”

"Hmm. Although it is not known what kind of plant the host is, it is indeed a devil fruit that is parasitic. Lao Gu replied affirmatively.

"Then, I have purified them into divine fruits. How's it going over there? Look at you sweating profusely, is it going well? Yugari asked with a relaxed expression.

"Of course! There's nothing wrong with that. Not to be outdone, Miria replied, "It didn't take much trouble to collect it." As he spoke, he took a large basket of lava fruits from Brala and handed them to Old Gu.

"Then I'll go make the potion. You guys have a good rest. I've been running around for the past few days, and I'm tired. After that, Lao Gu asked Gu Yiyuan to entertain Yujiali and them, and walked into the experiment himself to make potions.

"By the way, when we were in the lava cave just now, we saw the two people we caught with Lin Jing in the Vigil Forest before." Miria whispered to Yugari, "And that Yang Cai, the one we met at the Academy of Magic and on the island of Quuhari. ”

"Huh? No way? Yugari also felt incredulous and said, "Aren't they being captured by the Guild Alliance?" How did you come here. ”

"So I think it's weird." Miria frowned and muttered, "But since they can get out of the Guild Alliance's capture, it proves that there must be people in the middle and upper levels of the Guild Alliance." If they had escaped, they would have been able to see the warrants for their arrest by now. However, it stands to reason that if it is only a small three-star guild, it should not be able to penetrate into the management of the guild alliance. Unless...... Wait, what are they going to do when they collect lava fruits and go to the Land of Silence. It's no secret that the Land of Silence is one of the least welcoming places for adventurers. They knew that this would pass, and there must be some conspiracy. ”

"Your analysis does make sense. I also think it's no accident that they're here now. However, as for what they want to do, I don't think we will be able to find out for a while. And we don't have the resources to keep an eye on them right now. Why don't we wait until we solve the plague matter first, and then go back and ask the people of the Guild Alliance? ”

"Hmm...... It seems like that's all it can be. Miria replied helplessly.

At this time, Gu Yiyuan walked in from the kitchen with tea and snacks. "What are you talking about, so happy? Come, first try the tea grown by our family, as well as the specialties of Sunset Town. ”

"No, I didn't talk about anything." Yujiali took the tea with some embarrassment.

"It's rude to inquire about a girl's chat." Miria replied with a look of disdain.

"Huh? Yes, yes? That...... I'm sorry. ”

"That's right." "If you don't ask him, you can do it." Miria thought to herself, "Do you know what lava fruits are used for? ”

"Huh? Ask me? Suddenly asked by Milia, Gu Yiyuan said a little overwhelmed.

"Of course! Aren't you the heir to an alchemy family? You don't even know about this, do you? ”

"When, of course I do!" Gu Yiyuan said with some embarrassment, "Because, because it can't be eaten, it's generally used as a material for alchemy." ”

"For example?"

"For example...... Well...... For example, some anti-fire potions, potions for fire injuries, or ointments to enhance the effect of fire. In short, in short. Most of the mid-to-high-level potions related to the attributes of the fire system will be used, although alternatives can also be found, but on the whole, it is the lava fruit that has the most satisfying effect. Although it is widely used, it is difficult to collect and has a short shelf life, so it is not sold in the market. Gu Yiyuan told all the knowledge about the lava fruit in his mind, for fear of missing something.

"I see......" "It seems that the lava fruit clue alone can't guess what they are going to do."

"That ......" At this time, Gu Yiyuan sat down opposite Yujiali and the others, and said with some embarrassment, "I want to ask you for advice." As a professional adventurer, it is better to develop your career in what direction. My profession is an assassin, and I read the introduction in the class manual provided by the Guild Alliance, and I feel that it should be a high-explosive class that can deal high damage and kill targets with one hit. However, I'm very interested in a lot of auxiliary skills in this profession, so I've always focused on this aspect of my practice. Outcome...... Right now...... So, I'd like to ask you a little bit about how professional adventurers should practice. ”

"Well...... Miria said with some pretense, "it's basically up to you." However, the general direction should not deviate too far from your career. For example, as a pure healer, if you always develop yourself in the direction of ten thousand enemies, it will run counter to your professional positioning, and it will be difficult to give full play to the characteristics of your profession and avoid weaknesses. Of course, it is not excluded that some unpopular adventurers will go off the rails. Therefore, it is better for most people to follow the mainstream direction of their profession and choose their favorite branch. For example, we are the class of War Mage. There are basically two main directions to choose from. Either focus on the cultivation of spells and then master some basic fighting skills, or charge into battle like a warrior and learn some simple spells, just like Bella. ”

When Blala heard Miria call her name, she tilted her head to look at it, still holding an unswallowed piece of snack in her mouth.

"So you're more focused on cultivating spell skills?" Gu Yiyuan asked.

"Not counting. I'm a more balanced type, and I've learned a little bit on both sides. ”

"I see, I see......" Gu Yiyuan whispered.

"What? Any confusion? How far have you been exercising now? Yugari asked with concern.

"Well...... this"

"Can you take on a big goblin on your own?" Miria glanced at Gu Yiyuan and asked.

"Reluctantly...... Sort of. Suddenly asked by Miria like this, Gu Yiyuan replied in a somewhat embarrassed whisper, "Yes, it's a little difficult......"

"What about the level of equipment?"

"I didn't ...... I haven't taken a magic weapon yet......" Koichihara replied in a lower voice, "because I always follow my father in the laboratory, and there aren't many opportunities to exercise on my own......"

"Actually, it's also very good to concentrate on alchemy. Everyone has their own areas of expertise, and working towards becoming a great alchemist is also a great choice. Yujiali said encouragingly.

"That being said...... I still want to be a professional adventurer. Someday I'm going to get out of here and go out for a walk. Every time I see famous mountains and rivers around the world, strange flowers and plants in the book, I always want to experience it for myself one day. Even if you want to become a full-time alchemist in the future, you don't want to be a weak alchemist, and you have to be protected by others where to collect materials. ”

"That being said, with your current level, you have to work harder!" Miria said bluntly, "At least you need to get together a set of magical equipment before you go out on an adventure, and the weapons should be of the 'excellent level'." It shouldn't be a problem for one person to deal with a few goblins. Otherwise, going out like this now would be a death sentence! ”

"Hey, that's easy to say." Gu Yiyuan sighed and said, "Every time I ask my dad to buy me a piece of magic equipment, he always pretends to say, 'What do you want those useless things!' Master the basics first, and then you want to upgrade your equipment! After so many years, you haven't even mastered a few alchemy techniques I taught you to go out, and you really don't know how thick the sky is! ’”。

"Really? Did I say that? I don't know when Lao Gu, who was standing behind everyone, suddenly spoke, startling Gu Yiyuan.

"This kid didn't say he wouldn't let you go out. Didn't you say it before, when this time the matter is dealt with, I will find you a few things to take advantage of, and you can go around to exercise first. Don't always think like you'll be able to reach the sky in one step. ”

"That's great." Yugari also congratulated Gu Yiyuan, "Didn't you say that you would come to Staris to find us in the future?" When you're ready, feel free to come to us. ”

"How's the potion going?" Miria asked.

"There's no need to worry about this, it's being fused. It's just a good time for you to take this opportunity to rest more, and it's almost tomorrow morning. Then you can take it with you on your way. ”

"Thank you so much."