The sun overhead hung high in the blue sky like a large fireball condensed by a mage.

There were no unknown birds chirping or animals roaring in the dense forest, and everything seemed very quiet.

Teleporting from Lacchino Island City to the Elven Town that Merador told him, Xiao Zhai knew that things were not easy.

Xiao Zhai was no stranger to the towering Attil, the Eternal Mountain, outside the city, which was the place where he stayed for the longest time when he was chasing away from the Xingyue Guild in his previous life.

The danger here is that Xiao Zhai, who was more than level 180 at that time, had to be careful, and the fact that so many pursuers in the Xingyue Guild had not caught Xiao Zhai for a long time also shows the danger of this place.

Seeing Attil, the Eternal Mountain, Xiao Zhai immediately understood the city under his feet. Elt Level 3 in the Elven Forest, a city famous for producing iron ore across the continent, a city called the Elven Penal Colony by the elves who worship nature and get close to nature.

This is a third-level city, hey, the city is the closest, the lowest-level monster group is also more than 90 levels of existence, and on the Attil-Eternal Mountain, there are more than 100 to more than 200 levels of monster distribution, and there are also high-strength, high-level bosses.

Not only that, the environment here is harsh, the terrain is dangerous, and the monsters are fierce.

At the same time, because the iron ore here is very famous, and there is the existence of natural refined iron, a large number of NPC adventurers, robbers, thieves, smuggling NPCs, etc. frequent, so the danger here has always been one of the most dangerous areas in Aden.

The current player level has not yet come up, and the various resources have not been divided up, so there will be no robbery team composed of players here.

But when the civil war started and the resources of various countries were strained, among the national tasks of each country, there were organized personnel to come here to grab iron ore The task was issued.

Merador brought Xiao Zhai to such a dangerous place, and Xiao Zhai was not very optimistic about this mission in his heart.

Now Xiao Zhai can understand why Merador has been emphasizing just now, and why Merador said that Xiao Zhai could not complete it.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Zhai still chose to go to the location mentioned by Melado to see, but he still didn't give up.

There are two situations for a dungeon ruin with an adventurous surname, one is the situation where the boss with strong strength in the ruins is guarded by a large number of younger brothers. One is a test map with countless traps, countless levels, and completely relying on wisdom to pass.

The reason why Xiao Zhai wanted to rush to see this map was because he didn't give up, he wanted to see clearly whether it was an intelligence test relic or a strength test ruin.

Merador hadn't entered the ruins either, and she didn't know anything about the things inside the ruins like Xiao Zhai. She knew about this ruin after she heard other adventurers drinking in the tavern during an adventure.

Whether there is such a relic or not, it is not very clear to Meladot, let alone the situation inside.

There were no clouds in the sky, and the large flock of birds directly made Xiao Zhai cancel his reverie of rushing from the air, and honestly walking through the forest was his only choice.

Without too much nostalgia for the beautiful elven town, without reverie about the giant tree illusion warriors of an elven town, followed the guidance of Médora and rushed towards the ruins that only existed in legends.

With Merador's reconnaissance, in the woods, Xiao Zhai can be said to be like a fish in water, easily sparing the vigilance range of monsters in the forest.

As a druid of the children of nature, although Merador is now limited by his own strength and cannot control these monsters in the forest that are too high in rank to give way automatically, but for the control of plants, Merador is still very proficient.

There are monsters there, there are secrets there, and Merador can easily understand them through the communication with plants.

The forest was shady and damp, and the direction in which Merador and Xiao Zhai walked was not a big road, overgrown with weeds and shrubs, so Xiao Zhai had to make a way out by himself.

There are a lot of herbs in the forest, but unfortunately Xiao Zhai doesn't know how to collect herbs, and the level of herbs here is too high, even a professional herb picker like Shenyi may not be able to collect them.

Although the city is not yet open to players, the largest iron ore producer on the main road, the NPC army is already mining its resources.

However, it was all on the other side of Mount Artyer, not the location of the forest where Xiao Zhai was walking.

The mountain range where the iron ore is mined is naturally quite badly damaged, and all the elves will call it the reason why this is the elven exile place.

Melador took Xiao Zhai to spare the hordes of monsters outside the city, the elite-level monsters in the woods, and the boss-level bosses who monopolized the land, and Xiao Zhai took them to a valley in the Attilr Mountains.

"Are you sure you're not in the wrong place?" Xiao Zhai stood on the top of the cliff, looked at the silver jade mirror-like lake in the valley, and asked Melador who was perched on his shoulder.

"There's nothing wrong with the place, but I don't know why it's a lake? I think I remember that the soldier's explanation there didn't mention that this was a lake, right? Is there something wrong with my memory? Merador looked at the jade lake below, and couldn't help but wonder a little, maybe it had been too long, and she had forgotten the right place.

"How many years ago did you hear this?" Xiao Zhai couldn't figure out that there would be ancient ruins of the elven clan here, and even if there were, now that this place has become a lake, those ruins have long since turned into silt and do not exist.

"I'll have to think about this, it seems like it was three thousand years ago? No, it should have happened more than 2,000 years ago? Merador looked at the lake and couldn't help but remember.

"Are you sure there must be ancient ruins here?" Xiao Zhai doesn't even have three turns now, and the water battle is very unwise, not only because there is a limit on breathing time underwater, but also because of the weakening of strength.

Xiao Zhai, who didn't have the strength to fight on this map, didn't have any hope underwater.

"You can't be wrong, there are elven ruins in this, and they are druids. If you're looking for something to give to your druids, you won't be disappointed here. Merador didn't remember how many years ago she remembered the things here, and when she heard Xiao Zhai's words, she couldn't help but say out loud.

"In that case, I'll take the plunge and take a look. It's all here, and I can't just give up. Xiao Zhai summoned the twin stars and Xiao Yi and fused them into his body.

The sun shines on the surface of the lake, sparkling and scaling, as if thousands of pearls have risen to the surface and sparkles, making people dazzled.

The grass in the valley is long, flowers are everywhere, and the scenery is pleasant, such as a fairy scene in the world.

There's no mob, there's no blood, and everything seems so quiet.

Xiao Zhai insisted on entering the lake, but Merador had no way, with her current form of a bird and beast, there was no way to go down to the lake to help Xiao Zhai investigate the situation in the lake.

But when she looked at the calm lake, she always felt a chill rising from the silver platter, and she felt that there would be no peace below, and it would definitely be a bloody scene.

"Be careful, it's not going to be that simple. If not, we can look elsewhere, and maybe there will be hope elsewhere. Merador flew up from Xiao Zhai's shoulder, hovered over the lake, and said to Xiao Zhai.

Of course, Xiao Zhai understood Meradot's words, the more dangerous the ruins are, the more precious the things inside. If there are no dangerous ruins, it has basically been searched by NPC adventurers, and even if you go in, you won't get anything of value.

With Xiao Zhai's current level, he can last three minutes in the water, and if he doesn't breathe air on the surface for three minutes, his health bar will drop wildly until he hangs up in the water.

Taking out his staff and summoning a summoning book, Xiao Zhai gently slid into the lake.

He had to be careful, in the water, without going through the baptism of level 90 four turns, he could not automatically generate a spatial light ball to keep himself and his pet at the moment.

So, at his current level, his pets are of no use unless he has pets that move in the water.

Now all he can rely on is the little cowardice and the twin stars that are fused into his body, and he must face the next danger by himself.

The field of view in the water drops from 50 meters on land to 30 meters, and if you suddenly encounter a monster group, the reaction time to attack or flee is shortened, and the corresponding danger is also increased a lot.

The lake in the valley is large, and there is nothing strange in the shallow water, except for the water fish of that level, which is used for food.

The world in the water is wonderful, beautiful, and if there is no danger, it is really a tourist attraction, and it is much more pleasing to the eye than the already numbing land scenery.

But behind beautiful things there is always evil, and the same is true of the underwater world. As Xiao Zhai went deeper, Xiao Zhai encountered the first enemies in the water.

Level 90 water snakes, giant venom, bite, and entanglement are their attack skills, and their characteristics are thin blood and thin skin, and high attack is their characteristic.

Of course, with Xiao Zhai's current level 60 identification, there is no way to know these information, but in his previous life, Xiao Zhai had lived on this mountain range for a few months, and he knew everything about the strange groups here.

Kill the past, unless Xiao Zhai's head was kicked by a donkey, it was impossible to do such an idiotic thing.

Carefully calculating the warning range, Xiao Zhai spared the group of basilisks.

The lowest-level monsters are all level 90 water snakes, and it seems that the danger at the bottom of this lake is not ordinarily small.

Although the world in the water is worth nostalgia, Xiao Zhai is not in the mood to appreciate it now, and he is fully committed to the dangerous confrontation in front of him.

Level 90 water snakes, level 120 shrimp people, level 130 war turtles, level 150 snake people, these ordinary monsters that exist as group monsters, Xiao Zhai can always find the gaps in their warning range.

But now the sudden appearance of the Naga Siren, this level 100 boss, made it difficult for Xiao Zhai to move an inch.

When level 180 came here in the previous life, this small level 100 boss was completely killed by Xiao Zhai, and at that time, Xiao Zhai killed this boss as easily as pinching an ant to death.

But now, in the eyes of this Naga, Xiao Zhai has undoubtedly become an ant who has not resisted.

After swimming in the water for such a long time, Xiao Zhai can be considered to have figured out this underwater world, and the situation here is basically the same as the one described in Merado's mouth. It seems that this is indeed an ancient relic of the elves.

In particular, Xiao Zhai saw some dilapidated temple ruins in the water, and judging from the collapsed statues, this was indeed a place of ancient druid ruins.

Looking at the bones buried in the mud in the water, there are humans and animals, and it seems that there are many adventurers here.

A large number of monsters, powerful bosses, and bones all over the ground show that the ruins here have not been excavated.

It's just that Xiao Zhai didn't understand that he had also been to this lake in his previous life, and he didn't find any difference.

The reason why he came down today was not only the doubt in his heart that he was not the first to open up this lake in his previous life, but also his full trust in Meradot, a thousand-year-old demon.

The lake is still the same lake, nothing has changed in it, the monsters are still the monsters, and there is nothing surprising about it.

Xiao Zhai is a little depressed now, Merador is an NPC, and this task can be done here, it must be caused by some special conditions. Since Méladot said it was a relic wouldn't be wrong.

"Scolding the one next door," Xiao Zhai looked at Naga who was chasing after him, and couldn't help but scold fiercely in his heart.

Just now, I was careful to look for the ruins of this obviously a temple at the bottom of the lake, and I accidentally ran into the warning range of Naga.

Originally, Xiao Zhai had already calculated the warning range of Naga, but I don't know if it was Xiao Zhai's bad luck or if Naga was too bored, so he actually swam towards Xiao Zhai. Xiao Zhai was thinking about it, and he didn't notice it for a while, so he entered Naga's warning range.

It was no longer possible to escape directly up the lake, because the direction from which the Naga came was diagonally upward.

There are strange groups all around, and such a hurried escape will definitely lead to those strange groups, which will not only not be able to escape, but will also accelerate and hang up.

In a hurry, Xiao Zhai released an absolute defense, did not retreat towards Naga, and rushed towards the position where Naga was sitting just now.

Disheveled...... Naga's ice arrow appeared on Xiao Zhai's defensive light ball without warning, and although the ice arrow was dissolved, it turned into a fine ice powder and disappeared into the lake. But the power of the ice arrow still knocked Xiao Zhai to the ground.

Xiao Zhai exerted his strength on the bones of a giant beast on top of the silt, and with this power, his body strung towards the position of Naga just now.

Because that position was the very center of Naga's vigilance, and there were no ordinary monsters around, Xiao Zhai planned to break through the water at that position, and then ride the little dragon in the air to leave.

Although the idea is beautiful, the reality is too cruel, and Naga can't let Xiao Zhai leave so easily.

The strength of the Naga in the water is not much stronger than that on the land, and in the blink of an eye, the Naga appeared in front of Xiao Zhai, who had not yet left the silt.

I don't know why Naga hates Xiao Zhai so much, as soon as he turned around, the huge snake tail whipped Xiao Zhai out.

The light film of absolute defense was in danger, and the huge force not only pulled Xiao Zhai away, but also almost pulled Xiao Zhai unconscious.

Xiao Zhai bit his tongue hard to keep himself awake. At this time, he must not be unconscious, otherwise what awaits him is to be broken through the defense by the Naga and hang up.

Xiao Zhai landed on the spot where Naga had just been, where there was a rock protruding from the silt, Xiao Zhai was ready to climb the rock, and then use the counter-impact force to knock him out of the water.

Disheveled...... Naga's speed in the water is so fast that he can almost catch up with the little dragon's traversal skill, and it is not much slower than the space mage's spatial teleportation.

Naga's snake tail was once again in close contact with Xiao Zhai's defensive light film.

Bursts of small golden stars flashed above Xiao Zhai's head, and even the rocks below him had cracked, and the light film of absolute defense was very dim, and it became uncertain whether he could accept an attack from Jia.

Although he was slightly dizzy, Xiao Zhai still relied on his strong willpower to stare at the rocks and crash towards the lake.

As long as he gets out of the water, it will be much easier for Xiao Zhai to escape when he arrives.

Disheveled...... This time, Naga's reaction was faster, and the dragon's snake tail smashed off the top of Xiao Zhai's head as soon as Xiao Zhai left the rock.

Puff...... The light film of absolute defense could not withstand such a violent attack, and directly shattered and disappeared. At the same time, Xiao Zhai spit out a mouthful of blood from his mouth, and the blood volume dropped a lot.

The difference in strength has doubled, and the strong absolute defense is up to now, Xiao Zhai is also content, but he has not been able to escape, and he has not found the secret of this ruin, which makes Xiao Zhai a little regretful.

At the same time, Xiao Zhai still has some trepidation in his heart, should he go back and find the information to bring to Barbaro, and change jobs casually?

The instinct to survive and unwillingness made Xiao Zhai conscious a lot, looking at the Naga giant tail that fell from the sky, Xiao Zhai exerted all his strength and rolled down towards the gap in the middle of the rock that had been completely cracked under him.

Disheveled...... The rocks above turned to powder, and Xiao Zhai, who was in the cracks, escaped.

Before he had time to rejoice, Xiao Zhai suddenly felt a lightness in his body, and a huge devouring force suddenly came from under him, like the beast that opened its bloody mouth and wanted to devour him.

The faint light of the underwater world no longer existed, and Xiao Zhai, who had no power to resist, was in a pitch-black space, and he felt that his body was constantly falling, as if it was endless.

The voice of the Naga above was far away, and at the same time, Xiao Zhai felt that his body was not in the water, but in the void, just like he felt when he was using the teleportation array, but this time was too long.

The devouring power is getting stronger and stronger, and Xiao Zhai has a feeling that the soul in his head is being pulled out, and it is getting stronger and stronger.

(To be continued)