Iron Snow City is built on the mountain, in addition to the dock by the sea has been a commercial area, there is also a cave on the mountainside, and the cave ** part belongs to the "inner city" of Iron Snow City.

At the entrance to the cave leading to the "inner city", two dwarven guards in heavy armor and steel helmets stood at the doorway like door gods.

It was still early in the morning, and there were many halfling farmers pushing carts loaded with vegetables through the gate to the market in the inner city.

Green, Queen Rhea and the others each carried a large backpack and walked slowly towards the gate.

When he was about to arrive at the gate, a young halfling guy waved his hands and walked over to Green and his party: "Boss! ~Over here! ”

It was a young halfling guy with a backpack on his back, a safety helmet on his head, and leather armor, looking like a very ordinary traveler.

"I've been waiting." Queen Rhea greeted the halfling, then turned to Green and the others and said, "This is the guide I mentioned earlier, Lolo Thorn. He had been a member of a caravan and had been to many parts of the dungeon. ”

As he spoke, the halfling had already come to everyone: "Oh! You're too slow......" The halfling looked at the people with backpacks, "is that just the five?" Anyone else? ”

Queen Rhea: "Yes, it's just the five of us. ”

"Okay. Now that everyone is here, let's get inside. After a little while, it will get crowded. ”

At the urging of the halfling, Green and his party passed through the dwarf's not-so-spacious "gate" and entered the inner city of Iron Snow City, which was located inside the mountain.

Walking through the gate and through the tunnels that grew wider and wider, a stone city appeared in front of Grimm.

It is a city of countless low stone houses, all of which are relatively small, and halflings and dwarves can easily enter and exit the houses, but if they are humans, they must bend down to enter the small houses. Walking down the streets of the city, Green has the illusion that he is a giant.

It's a bit hot inside the city, and the temperature is a little warmer than outside, and on the clock tower in the center of the city, a huge fireball is emitting a scorching glow.

Led by a halfling guide, Grimm and his party soon made their way through the city to a cave deep in the city.

After greeting the guards at the entrance to the cave, a group of people walked in.

Upon entering the cave, the light quickly dimmed, but not so dark that you couldn't reach your fingers, because there were glowing mushrooms growing in the corners on either side of the cave. Although there are not many glowing mushrooms, and only a few can be seen occasionally, they are enough to make the originally pitch-black tunnel not so dark.

Green touched the hard hat on his head and looked up at the top of his head: "It's good that I'm not claustrophobic." It's a short place. ”

"The tunnels underground weren't meant for humans." The halfling guide was at the forefront, "Under normal circumstances, it is rare for a human to run into the underworld. ”

Led by the guide, the group lined up and began to move deep underground.

At the head of the line was the orc. For the halflings, the underground tunnels were spacious enough to interfere with movement at all, but for the five human travelers behind them, the trip was not so pleasant. If you look up, you will see the roof of the cave, and the backpack will rub against the wall from time to time, which makes it feel really bad.

Although the environment was terrible, the crowd did not complain and quietly walked along the tunnel.

Queen Rhea's two companions are both "Stuffy Gourds", and Chikage is also the one who rarely takes the initiative to speak. In the face of the silent partners, Green also obediently closed his mouth and quietly followed the team.

A long journey, boring and boring.

After a half-day trip, the half-man in the group stopped in a relatively spacious cave.

"It's more spacious, let's rest for a while and have something to eat." The halfling guide suggested.

Queen Rhea: "Okay. ”

After getting Queen Rhea's approval, everyone put down their luggage on their backs.

"I really want a space pocket." Green put his luggage on the ground and couldn't help but complain, "The luggage is too much trouble." If we had the legendary space pocket, we could put all our luggage in the space pocket and hit the road with ease. ”

"In ancient times, there were a lot of space pockets, but since the year of God's abandonment, the world has collapsed, and the space pockets have been unusable." Queen Rhea said casually, "So even if you have space pockets, you can't use them." ”

Greene: "Not necessarily. Recently, the mana has risen, and the main plane is also rising, maybe one day the space pocket will be able to be used again. ”

Queen Rhea couldn't help but glance back at Green: "There are not many people who know that the main plane is floating on the plane. ”

Green: "I'm a wise magician, and it's normal to know some gossip that ordinary people don't know. ”

"Are you a believer in Mother Earth?"

"I'm a magician. As a magician, I believe in the god of wisdom! Green still insisted on his "personality".

Hearing Green's words, Queen Rhea raised her eyebrows: "This is really a rare faith. There are not many people who still believe in the old gods now, especially the old gods like the God of Wisdom, who have little power. ”

Greene: "I am a wise mage. As a wise mage, of course, you must believe in the god of wisdom. It's the mind that matters, not the power! ”

While talking nonsense with the crowd, Green took out the "magic rice cooker" he had purchased earlier from his backpack and prepared to make a night of hot food.

Seeing the magic rice cooker that Green turned out of his backpack, the halfling guide showed a surprised look: "Oh~ my God, someone would really buy this pot!" ”

"Huh? Is there anything wrong with this pot? Green looked at the halfling guide curiously.

"Trickster stuff." The halfling couldn't help but complain, "Not only is it useless, but it's expensive, and it's heavy, so no one uses it at all!" ”

"Is it heavy?" Green weighed the rice cooker in his hand, "It feels okay." ”

"This thing weighs a few pounds. This weight, if used to hold spices, can be exchanged for the same weight of gold when brought underground! But this thing doesn't do anything other than add weight to your load. ”

"Hmm......" Green thought for a moment, "it does feel a little subtle to hear you say that. But to say that it is useless is a bit of an exaggeration. With it, we can eat hot food anytime, anywhere. ”

"This is my cutlery, a thin iron basin." The halfling took out a small iron basin from his backpack and showed it to Green.

Green looked at the halfling guide suspiciously, not understanding what he was trying to say.

The halfling man poured some water and food into the iron basin in his hand, and then held the small iron basin: "Burning hands!" ”

In an instant, the halfling's hands burned, and the scorching flames began to heat the iron basin.

The burning hand only lasted for a short time, but there was already a burst of heat rising from the iron basin in the halfling's hand.

Halfling Guide: "If a magic guide item does not consume a mana crystal, it needs the user to have mana before it can be used. If I have the magic to infuse the cauldron, why not learn the Burning Hand? It's nothing more than a zero-ring spell that anyone who has mastered magic can learn. ”

Looking at the steaming pot in the hands of the halfling guide, Green was silent for a while: "Oh! ~ Well, it looks like I've been cheated by that profiteer. ”

The halfling guide smiled, pulled out a spoon, and began to eat.

Although he felt that he had brought a completely useless thing, Green tried to cook a hot pot of food with the rice cooker in his hand.

When the hot soup appeared in front of Green, Green realized that the rice cooker wasn't all that bad - at least the rice cooker only needed a small amount of mana to boil the water, and the Burning Hand needed more mana to boil the water.

With mixed feelings, Green held the magic cauldron and finished this simple lunch with everyone.

"Doesn't this lady eat?" The halfling guide looked curiously at the Thousand Shadows who were following behind Grimm.

"No, you don't." Green looked at the food scraps left in the rice cooker and thought about how he was going to clean the pot.

After hearing Green's words, the halfling guide looked at Qianying with jealous eyes: "Could it be that she is not a living person?" ”

Green was stunned for a moment, then looked up and smiled slightly.

"Oh~ it's rude to ask such a question." Green's finger rested lightly in front of her lips, "Please allow a lady to have some secrets of her own." ”

The halfling guide looked at Green, then at Chikage, who was in charge of carrying the luggage, and was silent.

At this moment, Queen Rhea suddenly spoke, interrupting the exchange between the two: "If everyone is already full, then let's go." ”

"Hmm~ Let's go."

The long journey is boring and boring.

After a two-day journey, Green and his party arrived at a huge underground cave.

It was a very large underground cavern, and humans looked very small standing in it. The cave is filled with peaks, strange rocks, fluorescent moss, and some tree-like underground mushrooms.

"It's empty." Green looked up overhead, then looked around, "I wonder if there are any animals here." If so, maybe we can change the taste. ”

"In the past, when the river was not diverted, there were a lot of creatures here, but now there are basically only a few insects left." The halfling raised his hand and pointed to the huge underground mushrooms around him, "If you don't have enough food, you can really look around." You might even find some edible insects. ”

The crowd watched their surroundings as they moved forward.

The further you go, the more spacious and tall the cave becomes. It didn't take long for some obvious artificial traces to appear in front of everyone.

"Here, let's rest in the house in front tonight." The halfling guide pointed ahead and said to the crowd.

There are many underground mushrooms in the cave, and there is a manor hut underneath a huge forest-like underground mushroom forest. The houses look a little dilapidated, some of them have fallen into disrepair, but they are still in good condition.

Greene: "This village looks like ...... No one? Abandoned? ”

Halfling Guide: "To be exact, this is a farm estate. Because the underground river was diverted, the farm was abandoned, and the people who lived here moved away. ”

Led by the guide, the group walked into the abandoned farm estate.

The houses in the manor are low and belong to the typical dwellings of the dwarves. For humans, dwarven houses are slightly small enough to be accessed with a waist hug, and the beds in the house are so small that there is no way for people to stretch out. Obviously, this room is not suitable for human use.

"I'm going to lay out the floor." Green slipped out of the dwarven hut and stretched, "It's too oppressive inside. ”

"This house is not for humans. Let's be outside. Queen Rhea agreed with Green's idea.

When Grimm and Queen Rhea nodded, the few remaining humans had no opinion. Due to their height and size, humans are not suitable for dwarven houses, but halfling guides do not have this problem.

"I'm going to sleep in a room in the house." The halfling guide spoke.

Although the dwarven houses are dilapidated, they are well protected from moisture and cold, and there are beds and furniture in the house, which is obviously more comfortable to sleep in than to lay on the floor outside.

After lighting a bonfire with the remains of underground mushrooms, Grimm and his group gathered around the campfire for a warm dinner, after which everyone wrapped themselves in cloaks and blankets and curled up around the campfire, ready to rest.

However, not long after everyone fell asleep, a light purple mist began to seep out of the walls of the cave.

The mist filled the air, slowly filling the space of the cave.

The sleeping Queen Rhea's eyelashes moved slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes and looked around with a solemn expression.

Carefully observed the fog that was gradually thickening around him: "Everyone! Wake up! It feels like something is wrong! ”

Queen Rhea spoke, quickly taking out a piece of cloth, dampening it with water from a jug, and then plugging it in front of her mouth and nose.

Hearing Queen Rhea's voice, everyone opened their eyes.

"Did something happen?" Green looked at the fog around him, with a hint of excitement on his face, "Is it an enemy attack?" "Green is tired of these two boring days of traveling, and he would be happy if he could have a fight to spice it up.

"I don't know. I think there's something wrong with that fog. Queen Rhea looked serious.

"The fog is not poisonous." The swordsman glanced at Queen Rhea, who was covering her mouth and nose, and spoke succinctly.

Hearing the swordsman's words, Queen Rhea was slightly stunned, but when Queen Rhea noticed that the color of the mist was a faint purple, Queen Rhea still did not take away the wet towel covering her mouth and nose.

Green took a deep breath: "Hmm...... What's going on with this fog? Does it turn out that the underground world also fogs? ”

"I don't know, but it's clearly not normal." Queen Rhea looked around with a wary face, "Buster, go and call Lolo up." ”

"Yes." The old butler bowed slightly, bowed, and then stooped into the next room, ready to call the halfling guide.

Green looked around, carefully observing the fog around him: "It shouldn't be a demonic night today, right?" ”

Queen Rhea: "It's a week until the Demonic Night. ”

"The concentration of mana in this fog is a bit high." Green's eyes flickered, "Under this concentration of magic, even plants will mutate. ”

Not a little high, but very high! It's almost comparable to the concentration of mana around the mana node during the Demonic Night. With such a high concentration of mana, it is obvious that there will not be nothing—even if there is nothing in the first place, but when the concentration of mana reaches this level, something will be "born" even if there is nothing.

Sure enough, just when everyone was on guard, some figures faintly appeared in the thick fog, as if something was coming towards this place.

And at this moment, the old butler came out of the house, and said to Queen Rhea with a serious expression: "Miss, I have bad news for you. Mr. Lolo Thorn was not in the room, and his luggage was missing. ”