In the dimly lit room, an oil lamp emits a faint light. Karl sat at the table, tossing a gold dragon coin and his face expressionless. Vilia lay on the table and silently looked at the sleeping Phoenix, with a smile on the corner of her mouth. Phoenix, who had absorbed the Abyss Demon Ape Demon Flame in the battle just now, seemed to have eaten too much, and after the battle, he returned to Carl's arms and slept until now.

"You're still waiting for me here. Goliath, who had woken up from his slumber, sat down and said to Carl and Vilia. "Goliath, how are you feeling now?" asked Vilia as she walked quickly up to Goliath. "It's okay, it's just that my head is a little dizzy. I guess it would be nice to rest for another night. Goliath smiled apologetically, "I'm worried about you." "We want to thank you for defeating the Abyss Demon Ape with one move. Karl, who had already put away the golden dragon coins, looked at Goliath. "It's just a fluke, if it weren't for the wound in the monster's abdomen that made his defense drop a lot, I wouldn't have killed him so easily. Goliath smiled and continued, "How is it?Is the beast tide resolved?" "Well, as soon as the abyss demon ape died, the remaining monsters were almost killed by my resentful elves. After bringing you back to the fortress, the rest will be left to the dwarven musketeers to clean up. Karl glanced at Goliath again, then walked out of the house, "I'll go and get you something to eat, you can rest for a while." Vilia watched Carl walk out of the house, turned to Goliath and asked, "Can you still bear it?" As for the trick that Goliath used in the battle, Karl had no idea, but Veria, who knew better what damage that move would cause to Goliath's body, was still a little worried that Goliath's body would not be able to bear it.

"It doesn't matter. I know better than you the damage caused to the body by the boiling blood of beasts, and it is not as heavy as you think. Goliath said with a smile. But Veria didn't let go of her heart because of this, Goliath is such a person, her face is cold and her heart is hot, and she won't say many things, but will only bear it silently.

There was a sudden noise outside the room, and Yaxie burst in from outside. "I knew this kid was awake, and the orc's health wasn't that bad. Axy walked up to Goliath in three steps and two steps, and the rough palm of his short arm slapped directly on Goliath's shoulder, "Hey, orc bastard, how are you feeling now?

Goliath, whose body has not fully recovered, was almost knocked down by this blow. Vilia was afraid that Axy would do something bad again, after all, in history, the orcs had invaded the city of Anke in Moscow, and the two races were feuding.

"Hey, elf chick, are you afraid that I'll do something bad to this orc bastard?" Axy cried out in a loud voice, "Oh, God Muradin, you doubt the credibility of the dwarves?Since the great Lord of the Mountains has agreed to let you into the city of Kuskes, then I won't hurt you!Or do you think I'm blind and can't see that this bastard is a wretched, half-orc-human hybrid?"

Veria wanted to roll her eyes at Yaxi's bluffs, but he even said that he wouldn't hurt us, and he didn't know who gave Carl three hammers.

"We dwarves are generous, and since you have helped us solve the beast tide, then what I promised you, I will do what I promised, where did you damn thing, Inke, get those three muskets quickly!" Yaxie turned around and saw that there was no one behind him, and Inke, who had followed him, did not know where to go, and he roared loudly in anger.

The door was slowly pushed open, and Carl happily walked in with a bowl of chicken and tomato soup, but Yaksi didn't see it clearly, thinking it was Inke walking in, and kicked Carl directly on the calf. Carl, who was caught off guard by the sudden arrival, flew out directly with the soup in his hand.

"Who is it?" Karl stared nervously inside the house with a dagger in hand, trying to see who had attacked him. When he saw Vilia and Goliath laughing uncontrollably, Karl's gaze slowly moved down, and he saw that the soup bowl was just upside down on top of Yaxi's head, and the fragrant tomato soup had already flowed down Yaxi's beard to the ground. Looking at Yaksi's appearance, he tried to keep his mouth from laughing.

"You bastard, I'm going to kill you. Yaxie roared angrily, and a piece of tomato that remained on his forehead fell into Yaxi's angry mouth, and when he swallowed the tomato and tried to find Carl, Karl was nowhere to be seen.

I don't know how long it took, but Yaxi, who had changed his clothes, sat down across from Carl, and Yaxie asked, "Your name is Karl, right? ”

Karl didn't bother with Yaxi, as he was now attracted by the three graceful dwarven muskets on the table. "How is this dwarven musket different from the one we saw before?" Karl asked, picking up a handle and playing with it.

"This is the great wisdom of our dwarves. Yaxie said proudly. After the archmage Gandals passed on the technology of the dwarven musket to the dwarves, the dwarves did not meet the existing power of the dwarven muskets, and under the creation of several generations of dwarven master craftsmen, they successfully reduced the size of the dwarven musket to the size of the musket in the hands of Karl now, but the power did not diminish in the slightest.

After successfully reducing the size, the dwarves studied to improve their power, and then successfully developed the magic crystal cannons that rely on the magic beast crystal nucleus as the output of the energy core, and these ten magic crystal cannons were sealed in the safest secret room in Anke City, Moscow, which was the last hole card of the dwarf clan.

Karl was armed with a dwarven rifle and tried to test fire a shot, only to find that no matter how much he pulled the trigger, the dwarven musket did not react. "Axy, are you giving us a broken product, why didn't it be launched?" Karl said, turning his head and looking confused.

"I don't think there's flint. Goliath spoke, having recovered a little. "You piggy with no brains. Without flint, without bullets, you can't shoot anything. Yaxie said loudly.

Later, at Karl's behalf, Yaxie loaded the flint and a magic stone bullet into the musket. "Bang", a sound like thunder resounded through the room, and seeing a hole the size of a head in the wall, Karl was satisfied to blow the smoke from the muzzle of the gun.

"These three are my reward for you. Yaxie asked Ink to carry a silver chest and opened it, revealing the swarthy Broken Stone bullets inside. "Because you're going to explore the city of Cuscox, I'm giving you a box of demon-breaking bullets, a bullet made of demon-breaking stones that can easily break through the hard armor of the Grimmon. Due to the special material of the Broken Stone, it must be stored in a chest made of Mithril. I hope these three muskets will help you. ”

Carl picked up a magic stone bullet, felt that the magic elements around him had disappeared, and he couldn't sense it, Carl knew that these magic stones were made of particularly good quality, and these magic stones alone were a great fortune.

"Thank you so much for your generosity?" Karl bowed slightly to Yaxie after receiving all the treasure chests and muskets into the spatial ring, expressing his gratitude.

"Human, go, come with me to drink ale, and if you can drink me, then I'll give you another box of Broken Stone bullets. With a hearty smile, Yaxie walked out of the room first, leaving Carl with a smile that had succeeded in his plot.

When Goliath woke up, it was already late in the evening, and it was already completely dark after Yaxie gave Karl three dwarven muskets. Selene, along with the three sisters Pandia and Visya, had sprinkled the white moonlight on the earth.

Most of the buildings at Fort Horn are hidden in the Mount Under Armour mountain, with only a small clearing being used as a gathering place for the Bighorn Sheep cavalry, which is exposed outside the mountain. At this moment, a fierce bonfire has been piled up in this clearing, and by the bonfire, three thigh meat of unknown animals are roasting, it seems that it has been roasted for a long time, and it has already emitted the aroma of roasted meat. And not far from the campfire, dozens of large wooden barrels are placed there. Dozens of dwarves with large wine glasses were eager to have a drink.

When Yaxie took the lead and appeared on the playground, the playground, which had been somewhat noisy, fell silent. Axe took the wine glass handed by a dwarf, and just as Carl was expecting Axe to say something shocking, Axe pushed away the dwarf who was in front of him, walked in front of the ale barrel, and then opened the ale barrel.

When the aroma of ale wafted away, the otherwise quiet playground instantly erupted in enthusiastic cheers. Karl rolled his eyes as he looked at the dwarf who had fallen into the revelry. "Dwarves, that's it, it seems to them that all compliments are better than giving a glass of ale. Goliath said with a smile. "So, the dwarves are a difficult race to understand. Vilia also said with a smile.

"Hey, why don't you three drink it?" asked Axy, who had already drunk three glasses, as he walked up to Carl and drank the ale he was holding. After Carl and Vilia looked at each other, Karl spoke: "Golia's injury has not yet healed, and Vilia is not used to drinking this ale, so let me accompany you to drink." "What, the two of them don't drink such a delicious ale?Oh, my god Muradin?I didn't expect anyone to be reluctant to drink ale?" Axy stared at Karl for a moment and said, "You help them drink?" ”

When he was carried back to the room by Goliath, Karl, who had already vomited, was still muttering about another drink. "Didn't expect Carl to be so drinkable, and he killed a few dwarves?" asked Golia, looking at Carl, who was already lying motionless on the bed. As a result, Velia only glanced at Carl hatefully, and then turned away, leaving Goliath smiling in place.

By the time the glory of Heberis poured into the room, Karl had already woken up. Sitting by the window looking at Vilia, whose face was covered in frost, Kargan laughed twice, and then looked at Goliath, only to get a helpless expression. Just when Carl was at a loss for what to explain to Viria, Yaxie strode in. As soon as he saw Karl, Yakesi laughed, "Brother Karl didn't expect you to be so able to drink, you will be my brother in the future, I hope you will come to Anke City in Moscow more in the future, I will definitely bring out the best ale to treat you." ”

"Huh, Brother Karl, your face is so ugly?" was just as Axy was about to say that he had treasured a barrel of fine ale when he noticed Carl looking at him with a blank expression. Even with a big brain, Axe could sense that the atmosphere in the room was abnormal. When he saw that Veria had already exuded a faint murderous aura, Yaxie hurriedly said, "I have prepared for you, you can leave for Cusques City at any time." ”

"Thank you, Yakesi. As if he had been pardoned, Karl quickly sat up from his bed, and walked out of the house without looking back.

The only safe way to enter the city of Kuskes is in the depths of Fort Clarion, which has been fortified and cleaned by the dwarves for thousands of years, so you don't have to worry about sudden stone falls or some terrifying monster attack.

Torches on the stone walls of the passage have long been lit to illuminate the passage. Axy led the front of the group with the Hammer of the Mountains, with Vilia close behind and Karl behind Goliath. Carl was going to hide from Vilia for a while, after all, angry women are terrible, even if she is a graceful elf. This is the truth that Daddy Dead told Carl.

"After a little further walking, we reach the edge of the ruins of the city of Kusx, and the rest of the road is shrouded in gray fog, which we dwarves cannot enter. Yaxie looked back.

"Didn't that gray fog spread to Fort Clarrum?" Karl asked curiously. "No, the gray fog looks like it's imprisoned in the ruins of Kuskes, and not only that, but we haven't found any monsters coming out of the gray fog to attack Hornfort. Yaxie replied.

After two days of encounters, the three of Karl are also confused about what the gray fog is. Judging from the fact that the gray fog can corrode the fallen dwarves, the characteristics are indeed like the Soul Eater Mist from the abyss that Goliath said, but the Soul Eater Mist of the Abyss does not distinguish between dwarves and other races, as long as you enter the Soul Eater Mist, you will inevitably be devoured by the soul and become a monster. But if this gray mist is not the Soul Eater Mist, whether it is in the beast tide or the scene seen from the engram crystal, it shows that this gray mist is inseparable from the abyss.

After walking for a while, the passage disappeared, and the line of sight suddenly became wide, and Carl and his party came to a cliff. "That's it ahead. Yaxie said, pointing across the cliff.

A narrow stone bridge connects the two sides of the cliff, and when you look down, the depths of the cliff are like an abyss that sucks the soul of a person. On the opposite cliff, two huge dwarf statues stand on either side of the stone bridge with swords, guarding the entrance to the stone bridge. Behind the statue is the gate of the city of Kuskes, the heavy gate is closed, and a mist spreads through the cracks in the gate, floating above the square in front of the gate.

"The next path is up to you?" Yaxi's gesture as a dwarf walked up, "This is the Broken Stone bullet promised to you." Carl: I love drinking with you, so when you finish exploring the city of Kuskes, be sure to ask me for a drink when you get to Anko, Moscow. Axy didn't look at Karl's eyes, which kept giving him a look, and said to herself.

Feeling the chill spreading behind him, Kargan smiled and took the silver box, "Okay." I'll definitely go to you when this is over. "Thank you for your hospitality. Vilia smiled sweetly, and then walked to the stone bridge first, and after nodding and smiling at Axy, Goliath followed behind Vilia and stepped onto the stone bridge, leaving Carl alone and very embarrassed.

As if he had figured something out, Karl said to Yaxi, "Next time, I'll have to get you down." Then he ran straight to the stone bridge and chased after Vilia and Goliath.

Feeling the faint gray mist lingering around him, Goliath did not feel the power of the abyss from Wu Zhong, but the familiarity from the abyss made Goliath uneasy. Looking up at the statue that had fallen off a large stone block, and the traces of the battle on the city gate not far away, Vilia silently held the longbow behind her in her hand, and Goliath took out the Thunder Fury.

"How's it going?" asked Karl, who had just come to Vilia and Goliath via the stone bridge. "No anomalies have been found so far, and the gray fog really has no effect on us, and the traces of the battle on the city gate should have existed a long time ago. Velia shook her head.

"In that case, let's go into the ruins first and then make plans. Carl glanced back at the stone bridge he had just passed, and he always felt as if something had been peeking at them from the depths of the cliff, a feeling that intensified after Carl entered the fog.

"What's wrong, Carl. Veria noticed the change in Carl's expression and asked. "It's nothing, let's hurry up and get in. Karl urged.

One of the gates of Kuskes had been damaged due to the fighting, so the three of them could enter without opening the gates. Taking out the Dream Lamp that Kalenezzi sold to him, which could amplify spells, Karl released a first-level spell illumination, and under the amplification of the Dream Lamp, the only first-level illumination instantly turned into a sixth-level Great Light Technique, illuminating all sides of the city gate square.

"It seems that this lamp is not suitable for this use for the time being. Karl embarrassedly put away the dream lamp. The effect of the dream lamp, Kalenezzi did not deceive Karl, but the amplification effect was too good and not good. The light produced by the sixth-level Great Light Technique was enough to attract all the monsters in the gray mist. So Carl had no choice but to obediently use torches for lighting.

Just as Carl is man entered the ruins of Kuskes, on the side of Mount Andvierma, the Consul General of the Explorers Guild, Amerigo, and the veteran explorer Varys had already arrived in front of a cave, "Hot, is this the entrance to the ruins of Kuskes?" Looking at the thick mist filled from the cave, Varys already believed that he could enter Kuskes City here. "Varys, you and Andre go in with me, and the others will wait here. Amerigo said to Varys and the other senior explorer in the group. "My lord, is the strength too weak for just the three of us to go in?" Varys said worriedly. "It doesn't matter, the ruins of Kusquez City this time are not for many people. With that, Amerigo was the first to enter the narrow cave. Varys and Andrei followed.

In the opposite direction of Amerigo's entry into the ruins of Kuskes City, Colin, the bloody hand who had already joined the regiment, did not blame Sir Wacole for his mistakes, but directly selected a few team members, plus his own team members, a total of twelve people entered the ruins of Kusquez City, which had been secretly controlled by the Mercenary Association.

It's just that unlike Amerigo, the bloody hand Colin glanced at the cave, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then on his body, a slightly earthy yellow aura of power was expelled from Colin's body, and after Colin disappeared from his body, a smell of blood spread, especially his left hand, the arm that sealed the ghost god, was as terrible as being soaked in blood.