As if a certain powerful man in the dark didn't think that Gordon was facing enough trouble, he waved his hand and added a little spice to the messy porridge.

A total of twelve gray dwarves emerged from the cavern that had been gushing out of the groundwater for a short time. Then, like a white ribbon, the surging water column was separated from the middle by an invisible hand.

A mage walked out. He held aloft a wand encrusted with marine gems. It was the blue glow of that gem that kept the water out.

The mage gently lifted his gold-rimmed glasses, and his sharp eyes caught Gordon standing in the distance, away from the crowd.

"I knew that you and I would meet again in the great ruins of the Magic Empire." He said to Gordon like an old friend.

"Faro?" Gordon called out the other man's name, his eyes locked on the two men who were following Faro.

The female druidia who was kidnapped by this mage. Raheem Sterling, and the young man named Alva, followed closely behind Rufa. Just like what Gordon had heard from Sour Pear and Nita not long ago, Venia was in good shape, but Alva was miserable.

"Two, let's talk about the old things later, we have to plug this big hole that keeps spraying water." Captain Turtle, who has the demeanor of a leading big brother, said.

"Why? I finally broke the wall, so I might as well swim out along the underground waterway. Everyone is an adventurer, and I believe that the ability to hold their breath should be good. "There was one adventurer who had a different opinion.

However, the leader of the gray dwarves disagreed, and he wiped a handful of water drops from his beard. "Fool, this groundwater is the same as the water of the White River. If you're tired of living, just dive headlong into it! ”

For the terrible thing about the waters of the White River. Adventurers have heard of it, otherwise the business of selling high-priced drinking water in the camp would not be so popular. If you drink it directly, you only need a small amount, and the terrible energy in the water will erode the human body and disturb the consciousness.

When the gray dwarves accidentally fell into the underground sewers during the earthquake, they all desperately held their breath to prevent a drop of contaminated water from entering their bodies. But even so. Because it is immersed in water, a small amount of corrosive energy penetrates into the body through the skin. It's just that because the amount is relatively small, the gray dwarves just feel a little uncomfortable. It was not life-threatening.

And Rufa has a spell to help, and the water is not touched, so there is no such trouble.

As soon as they heard the phrase "the water of the White River", the adventurers' faces suddenly changed. They all began to scramble to move the stones. I want to plug the hole.

They are now trapped in this corner of the Golem Factory, which happens to be a hollow. If you move a little slower and let more and more groundwater gush out, I am afraid that it will not be long before everyone will have to soak in this erosive and polluting water.

The adventurers carried it with all their might, and soon blocked the entrance to the cave with stones. Gordon then lifted the Architect's Staff and filled the gap with stone sculpting to complete the final work.

When the depth of the water reaches the ankle. The hole was finally filled. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Gordon noticed the cheek of the gray dwarf leader. There is a tattoo with an abstract rock pattern. He knew that the dwarves with this tattoo had a unique ability of the dwarven clan called "Heart of the Earth". Dwarves with this ability have special sensing and manipulation abilities for objects made of qiē stone.

So the Golem Factory's specially treated walls can be broken through a large hole by the Grey Dwarves. This is not because of how strong the gray dwarves are, but because of the help of the heart of the earth.

In addition, Heart of Earth is an ability that can guide dwarves underground, exploring hidden locations and buried treasures.

Therefore, the Sharp Axe and Iron Fist mercenary group, which is composed entirely of gray dwarves, has a unique advantage in the exploration of the Waisula Mountains. If you are a smart adventurer, you should do everything possible to get in touch with this gray dwarf mercenary group and go on adventures together. In this way, the dwarves' familiarity with the rocks and the earth can be used to make greater gains.

Today, among this group of adventurers, there are three mages who clearly fall into the category of "smart adventurers". However, the red-haired mage Karina has her own adventuring team, and Gordon has a feud with the Grey Dwarves, so it is impossible for the two to be in a relationship with the Grey Dwarves.

And Lu Fa, who has no other scruples, is very prescient and has established a cooperative relationship with the Sharp Axe and Iron Fist mercenary groups.

"Rufa, rest for a while, let's move on." The leader of the gray dwarves said.

Rufa nodded, "Got it, Travok. But I want to catch up with my old friend first. ”

The "old friend" in the mouth of this mage of the Austrian Federation refers to Gordon. Although he kidnapped Venia and Alva and snatched the Key of the Green Wind, Rufa knew that Gordon would not turn against him, at least for the time being.

Although he had only one contact with Gordon, Rufa had heard more or less about Gordon when he was in the Austrian Federation. Judging from what the other party can achieve, Rufa believes that this is called Gordon. Freeman's man, regardless of his character, was at least a man of considerable ability and determination.

Because if it weren't for such a person, how could he have thwarted the conspiracy of the Three Holy Baptists, repelled the attack of the orcs, and become a hero of the empire?

Therefore, since when the two sides met just now, Gordon did not take advantage of his unpreparedness to launch an attack, then now, even less.

Rufa guessed correctly. Gordon did think about it, so he didn't do it immediately, and the two sides fought to the death.

First of all, he is now trapped in this Titan Golem Factory, and his first consideration is how to break through the Titan Golems that are broken but still perform their guard duties and get out of here. In order to achieve this goal, he must preserve his strength.

In addition, the current environment is too complicated, and there are not only gray dwarves who have a holiday with them, but also other adventurers. They are all strangers who don't know the details. If he gets into action with Rufa, it is hard to guarantee that there will be no guy who wants to take advantage of the chaos to make a profit.

In that case. The situation will then go in a completely uncontrollable direction.

Although Vinia appeared to be fully clothed, uninjured, and in good physical condition. But Gordon still saw that she was subject to Rufa and had lost most of her mobility, let alone the ability to use divine magic.

If the situation is chaotic, there is no guarantee that nothing will happen. Gordon's goal. It was to save the female druid intact, not to let her die in the chaos.

So all things considered, Gordon chose restraint. Even when Rufa pretended to be familiar with the greeting. He also chose to compete with each other in acting, making outsiders think that the two were acquaintances.

"Old friends?" Traverk, the leader of the gray dwarves, followed Rufa's eyes, glanced at Gordon, and then clenched the hammer in his hand. "The guy's look. How do I feel a little familiar? ”

"Leader, isn't that mage who killed Wodan, just black-haired and black-eyed?" One of the gray dwarves reminded him.

The search of the Sharp Axe and Iron Fist mercenary group in the adventurer's camp was not for nothing. At least they knew what the mage who killed his companion with a flaming arrow looked like through the testimony of eyewitnesses.

Black hair and black eyes, such a trait is rare in the south.

"Travok, that matter of your mercenary group can be resolved slowly later. Right now. Let's figure out what is in front of us first. The main purpose of our coming here is not to kill anyone. Isn't it? Rufa patted the gray dwarf on the shoulder.

Although there are several runemages in this dwarven team. However, this spell-casting profession unique to dwarves is very different from the eight schools of arcane art used by mainstream mages. The spells of the rune mages are not very useful in this labyrinth built by the great arcanists of Ancient Nether. For example, those complex and delicate spell traps can only be lifted by a mage like Rufa.

Due to his dependence on Rufa's spells, Travok could only agree to Rufa's request. He looked at Captain Turtle, who had the temperament of a leader, and asked, "Is something going on here?" Why didn't you leave in a hurry when the earthquake was over? ”

The red-haired mage who was walking with Captain Tortoise told the newcomers about the situation they were in.

“…… Although these Titan Golems are tricky. But now that we have one more mage, I think we're more sure we're going to be able to solve this problem. Karina concluded.

"I see." Rufa nodded, then looked at Gordon again, "I wonder if you have a solution, old friend?" ”

Although Lu was familiar with the French and smiling, Gordon could still clearly feel that there was a mixture of banter and coldness in the eyes behind the glass lenses of the other party, which was focused on him.

"Looks like this guy is very confident. He thought he was in control of a qiē, and I didn't dare to act rashly and become his enemy. Gordon shook his head and said secretly, "Cocky guy." ”

His eyes crossed Rufa's shoulders and looked at Venia who was following him.

The female druid may not be able to speak, or afraid to speak, but she still grasps the message in Gordon's eyes: be at ease.

She nodded, her eyelids drooping, as quiet as a statue.

And the other victim who was kidnapped by Rufa, the young man named Alva, was not as smart as Venia. Ever since Gordon and Rufa started their fake greetings just now, this guy has started to get restless. If it weren't for Rufa's mouth, I'm afraid Alva would have opened his mouth to scold him angrily, asking why Gordon was talking and laughing with Rufa, a despicable villain.

Even though he couldn't speak, only whining, Alva kept expressing his anger with his round eyes. However, it is a pity that he did this for no other purpose than to make the adventurers around him wonder if this slave was contaminated by groundwater and went insane.

Temporarily calming down the internal conflicts, Gordon focused his attention on how to get out of the Titan Golem Factory.

It is obviously impossible to open up another way out. Then the only way left is to break the defensive positions of those Titan Golems.

And to achieve this goal, it is a very unrealistic idea to rely on violence to destroy those Titan Golems.

Those Emperor-class Titan Golems have bodies that can withstand the cannon salvo fire of the Magic Empire's main floating warships. Such protection is based on the energy level strength of Gordon's spells. It can't hurt at all.

Even if Rufa and Garina made a move, it would not be possible.

Since straight balls don't work, you can only rely on curveballs to achieve your goals.

OK. Although those Titan Golems are powerful, they have one of the biggest flaws due to the fact that they are all scattered and scattered.

After some careful observation and statistics, Gordon found that there were a total of thirty-one Titan Golems blocking everyone's exit. These Emperor-level Titan Golems now only have dark red ruined miè rays emitted from the eyes of their heads. is the biggest and only threat.

Thankfully, the thirty-one Titan Golem heads are now all separated from their respective bodies. In other words. It is impossible for them to change direction.

In this way, the attack angle that destroys the miè ray is greatly limited.

If you choose your path carefully, you can cleverly dodge the fixed attack range of the ruined miè ray. You might be able to reach the other side of the factory unscathed. The spearman who received the bento just now. It was also because of the arrogant straight line that he entered the attack range of the golem's head, and ended up in ashes.

"We only need to measure the range of those Titan Golems, and we will be able to figure out a safe way forward." Gordon said.

Lufa nodded in agreement: "This is indeed the safest way under today's conditions." ”

As a mage from the Arcane Federation, Rufa always unconsciously has a sense of superiority when he looks at other peers. But this time, he had to admit it in his heart. The plan proposed by this mage, who was younger than himself, was the most reliable one.

"I like to work with smart people. Gordon. Freeman is not one of those fools who have no name. There are indeed some abilities. If he can let go of the female druid, maybe I can work with him in this vast palace of ruins. Of course, after that, what I want to get, I still have to get my hands on it. ”

In Rufa's mind, Vigna was nothing more than the leader of a larger indigenous tribe on the peninsula, a druid with a little strength. In the eyes of him, the mage of the Arcane Federation, such an identity was not worth mentioning at all. So he thinks that in Gordon's eyes, female druids are also just bargaining chips that can be discarded and traded at any time.

As the most powerful spellcaster organization on the mainland, the Arcane Federation has its own knowledge reserves and intelligence sources that are unknown to outsiders. Even the gods didn't dare to pat their chests and say that they knew more than the blue-robed mages in the Alpha Federation.

Rufa used his connections to find some documents from the era of the Magic Empire of Netherduran in the large library of the Federation, and learned some secrets that even the God of Knowledge did not know.

The former owner of the floating city, a grand arcanist with a power comparable to that of a god (Rufa did not know that Mount Vesura's once belonged to the Elemental Emperor), built a prison in the deepest part of the floating city that imprisoned all kinds of legendary and powerful creatures. The reason why the Grand Arcanist imprisoned the legendary creatures was to be able to obtain all kinds of fresh real materials from the legendary creatures at any time when performing some complex and high-end magical reals that are unimaginable to today.

In order to imprison legendary creatures, the prison must be extremely strong, and it must have a huge amount of source energy to maintain. So that prison was also built near the power system of the Floating City, which is now the summit area of Mount Waisula. Now, after thousands of years, there are no prisoners left in the prison, only piles of bones.

The target of Rufa's trip is the bones of those legendary creatures that have died. The bones of those legendary creatures are priceless to any spellcaster.

To reach that prison, one must pass through an obstacle made up of four elemental towers. He knew that he would definitely not be able to break through the Elemental Tower with brute force, so he snatched the Key of the Green Wind from Green Wheat Town.

For a moment, Rufa was immersed in the illusory sense of accomplishment of having achieved his goal and obtaining the bones of a legendary creature. But he quickly came to his senses. At this time, Gordon was discussing with the red-haired female mage how to measure the attack range of the Titan Golem.

Gordon's plan is still simple: "Use the bait to test all the way, and keep trying, you can finally determine the range of the attack that destroys the miè ray, and then draw a safe route." ”

Then the question came.

What to use as bait?

Several adventurers immediately looked at Gordon with wary eyes, and there was a tendency to fight immediately if they didn't agree with each other.

Gordon looked at the overreacted adventurers and said, "Don't be nervous. Although the other adventurers were forced to go and explore the way. It's a way, but I have a more secure way. ”

He glanced at the two peers, Garina and Rufa: "Using summoned creatures as bait to find the way is the best choice. ”

"Great idea!" Rufa clapped his hands with a smile on his face. "You didn't disappoint me, friend."

Gordon shook his head slightly, and gave Lufa's acting skills an "exaggerated" evaluation in his heart.

Garina considered something more practical: "From a practical point of view, it would be most appropriate for us to use creatures summoned by the One Ring spell to find our way. But have the two of you ever learned the spell 'Level 1 Minions'? ”

"Of course, that's the foundation." Rufa nodded.

"I'll only be a second-level minmon." Gordon said.

Karina added, "It doesn't matter. So, Mr. Mage, how many summoning spells can each of you prepare at a time? The more creatures you can summon each day. The sooner we can figure out our route and get out of this hellish place. I was able to prepare seven first-level summoning spells at a time. ”

"I have six one-ring spell slots. In addition, there is an item that summons two miniature water elementals every day. Rufa shook one of the sapphire rings he was wearing on his hand.

Gordon said, "I have five second-ring spell slots. There are also four tier 1 minion scrolls. ”

The three of them all knew it, but in fact, they all had reservations and did not show their true strength. But it's also human. No one would be stupid enough to explain all the details in front of strangers who don't know each other.

But when it comes up. Three mages can summon spells a total of eighteen times in a single day. Add Gordon's scroll and Rufa's summoning ring as a complement, and it should be enough.

A day later, the pathfinding was complete.

Originally, Gordon thought that the work would take at least two to three days to complete. The reason why the pathfinder progressed unexpectedly quickly was because of the work of Garina and Rufa.

Ordinary mages can only meditate once a day, touch the magic web, and prepare spells once. This is the limit of most people's mental power. However, there are some people with excellent talents, but they can prepare spells twice a day. Other words. They can use twice as many spells in a day as ordinary mages.

Garina and Rufa. It's this kind of gifted mage.

Of course, Gordon, who doesn't use spell slots and relies on mana to cast spells, can use a lot more spells than two people. However, he didn't want to expose his strength, so he just used five second-level summons step by step, summoning ten Fumi worker ants as bait for pathfinding.

As for Gordon's deliberately clumsy appearance, Karina and Lufa were not aware of it. After all, it is very rare for a mage to be able to meditate twice a day, and the presence of two in this small place is already very unusual.

Looking at the route drawn by the lives of countless summoned creatures on the dark ground, the adventurers finally showed relieved expressions after a long day of sleepless and suppressed nervous waiting. Some even came to express their gratitude and congratulations to the three masters for their efforts, and invited them to walk with them.

However, all three politely refused.

Next, just follow the route on the ground marked by special fluorescent paint to reach the gate that leaves the Golem Factory in the distance.

As the temporary leader of this group of adventurers, Captain Turtle was the first to open the way.

During this day, Gordon also learned the name and identity of Captain Turtle. His name is Akinham. Bukhari, a warrior from Wilfast. And the red-haired female mage Marina is his fiancée.

With the blessing and concern of his fiancée, Akinhan took a step. Although the timberwolves summoned by Rufa before had successfully cleared the Golem defense line, they were still apprehensive when they really walked up.

After all, if there is the slightest error, it will be burned to ashes by that terrible arcane ruined light.

Akinhan also took off the large round shield that he had been carrying behind his back and held it in his hand. However, although this shield is a good magic item, it will definitely not be able to resist the kind of ruined rays whose spell strength is at least nine rings, and it is just a psychological comfort for Ah Jinhan to hold it in his hand.

But in the end, he still reached the exit without danger, and then waved excitedly to the female mage.

Gordon was also relieved to see this, and then whispered to Sigrid, "When Garina walks over, we will go." Also, keep an eye out for the gray dwarves, they're afraid they'll be ......" (to be continued......