"Liu Li, what did you find?" Liu Li's muttering could hide from others, but not from the squirrel's four-voiced ears. Especially seeing his solemn expression, the squirrel knew that there were some variables in this mission.

"Nothing, it's just...... Something I didn't figure out. Faced with the cat lady's doubts, Liu Li just shook her head lightly and did not elaborate. Now he couldn't figure out why the Shadow Beast's magic crystal contained a trace of red element, or the kind of red element that exhibited characteristics that did not belong to this world.

"It's kind of weird. "Hill is the weakest on the team, but she's also the one who knows the most about the Dark Caves. When everyone first rushed into the rest point, everyone was doing their best, and in order to keep up with the footsteps of the others, Hill could be said to be desperately rushing forward, and now he finally came to his senses. "There shouldn't be so many shadow beasts in this place, according to past experience, this is not the depths of the dark cave, and it is still a long way from the cave where the anomaly was discovered last time. ”

"Ciel, do you have any more information about the Dark Cave?" Liu Li noticed a hint of helplessness in Ciel's tone, and wondered.

"Well, that's right......" Hill hesitated, "Actually, it's not for nothing that we 'Greyhorn' decided to come to the Dark Cavern more than a year ago......

Listening to Hill's eloquent words, Liu Li had a general understanding of the whole thing.

Owen, the leader of the "Greyhorn" mercenary group, has a close friend named Shantok. Unlike Owen, who is known for his leadership, Shantok is a lone mercenary, and his strength has reached the level of a mid-level martial artist more than ten years ago.

Shantok has been begging for a living in the dark caverns. As a powerful lone mercenary, he is often hired by other teams to go deep into the cave with the team, and is extremely familiar with the environment here, and has even fought with shadow war beasts and survived.

About three years ago, he complained to Owen at the wine table that in the past year, the shadow beasts of the dark caverns had become more and more manic, and it had become more and more difficult for the lone mercenaries to get along. Owen knew the character of his friend, and thought it was just a simple complaint, but he didn't expect that after that, only a year later, he would never be able to contact Shantok again.

Owen can't let go of his best friend, and it's impossible to ignore the safety of the other members of the "Gray Corner". He knew that he was not outstanding in terms of strength, and he could not find out the whereabouts of Shantok alone.

Owen is a good leader, and when faced with a choice, none of the members of the "Gray Corner" leave, and they all make up their minds to help their leader find the whereabouts of his best friend. Only then did the entire "Gray Horn" mercenary group abandon the familiar southern forest and come to the dark cave for this migration.

After coming here, it was naturally indispensable to understand the situation, most of the mercenaries in Shadow Iron Town still remembered Shantok, a powerful colleague, but none of them knew where he was now, but vaguely remembered that the last time he appeared was before he was ready to go deep into the cave again.

The anomaly of the Dark Cavern is not recent, according to the mercenaries who are begging for a living here, it was about four years ago that the range of Shadow Beasts began to gradually increase. Originally, it would take four or five days to go deep into the cave to encounter a prime-aged shadow beast, but today, if you are unlucky, you can even see it in less than a day.

These were originally internal problems of the "Gray Corner" mercenary group, and Hill was hesitant to confess to Liu Li before, but after this battle, she really had no way to hide it. Ciel could feel that the Shadow Beast's activities seemed to have finally reached an explosive period since the last time the exploration failed. A beast tide of this magnitude that I had just encountered used to be encountered only after two days of going deep into the cave at the earliest.

Hearing Hill tell the cause and effect, Liu Li's uneasy feeling became stronger and stronger. Four years ago, that time was too sensitive for him. "I hope it's just that I'm thinking too much...... Liu Li said secretly in her heart.

The team stayed in the rest point for a few hours, wondering if it was the shock of the mutilated corpses at the entrance of the cave, and for a few hours everyone was quite comfortable, and they were not attacked by the shadow beasts again. When the group decided to set off again, Liu Li finally made a decision.

"Toru, you take Eve and Ciel back first. Liu Li paused and continued: "Eve, you use the relationship of the caravan to see if you can acquire some low-level red element materials. It doesn't take much, just a few. ”

"Che and Ciel, you two have a heavier task. Looking at Liu Li's serious expression, several people were originally a little dissatisfied with Liu Li's letting them leave first, but they didn't interrupt silently.

"Toru, your 'Gray Corner' team is not small, you should have a good mage, ask them to do a favor, use the teleportation circle to go to Eleno City, find the little girl named Wendy in the Fillian City Lord's house, and ask her to send a message to the family, telling the Fillian City Lord to be careful to guard against the side of Shadow Iron Town. At the same time, have the Lord of Fillion inform the Lord of Cortino on the east side of the Shadow Iron Mountains and Lusilio on the north side. Of course, if you can contact the imperial capital, it is best to inform it, this time the matter may be very big. ”

"Ciel, please say hello to Captain Owen and ask him to go to the western border to find my teacher, the high-ranking red mage Wells. There may be some high-end red materials needed here, and I hope the teacher still has leftovers. Speaking of this, Liu Li sighed helplessly, he still remembered that after he collapsed the rune engraved by the Mage Tower of Casfield City during his first meditation, his "return" once again squeezed Wells's small warehouse, Liu Li really can't guarantee whether he still has high-level red materials in his hands as a teacher, and that old drunkard usually spends a lot on alcohol.

The few people who were arranged by Liu Li to leave heard Liu Li say that the matter was so serious, and they couldn't care about the little dissatisfaction in their hearts anymore, so they took the order and left, but before leaving, they asked uneasily: "We are all gone, what should you three do?"

"Don't worry, we'll do what we can. With the strength of the three of us, even if we can't go deeper, it's not difficult to kill them. As if afraid that a few people would not be at ease, Liu Li added: "I have activated the spiritual imprint left by Teacher Landuo, she will come over soon, and there will be no problem with her." ”

Watching the three of them leave, Liu Li finally breathed a sigh of relief, glanced back at the two girls beside her, and said faintly: "I originally wanted the two of you to leave with them, but ...... You're not going to agree, are you?" After saying that, what he got was the contemptuous look of a loli and a cat lady. There is only one meaning in that gaze - count you as acquaintances.

Without letting Liu Li wait too long, a black funnel appeared in the center of the grotto, and Landolia's figure appeared next to the three of them.

"What's the matter? Call me over in such a hurry, if you can't give me a reason to be satisfied, think about the consequences for yourself. Landolia received three prompts from Liu Li to stimulate the spiritual imprint within five minutes, how dare she delay more. But after all, it was in an underground cave, and it took a lot of effort to locate Liu Li's location and surrounding environment. At this time, seeing that the three of them were safe and sound, they finally relaxed, but if there was nothing serious, the fate of the three little ones was estimated to be very miserable.

"Teacher Landuo, you take a look at this first. With that, Liu Li handed the magic crystal containing the strange red element to Landolia. He didn't dare to delay, if he delayed a little longer and made his teacher impatient, it was likely that something would happen that he didn't want to experience. For example, being eaten by a black hole...... Or be eaten by a black hole......

"Shadow Beast's crystals, this isn't very common...... Huh?" "As a high-level mage, Landolia naturally wouldn't ignore that trace of the unusual red element, "That's ...... It's really a bit tricky. ”

Each elemental contains two properties, and most spellcasters in this world may scoff at this statement, and a few will be confused, but this can never include Landolia. This female mage who had crossed over from a world rich in death elements, and over the decades, Landolia had searched for elements of other colors that were different from the original expressive nature of this world, but never found anything. Who would have thought that it was just a simple investigation task, and Liu Li would bring her such a big "surprise".

Liu Li explained the previous arrangements to her teacher, including letting Eve and Ciel collect red materials, and also asking the "Gray Corner" mercenary group to warn the surrounding cities.

"It's well done, it's a bit of a fuss, but it's okay to be careful. Landolia still agrees with Liu Li's handling of it. "So what are you going to do now, just go back, or continue to go deeper?"

"Naturally, there are teachers who continue to walk and see if they can find more things. Looking at Landolia, who was eager to try, Liu Li didn't know how to answer, and with a high-level mage by his side, there was really nothing to worry about, not to mention that this high-level mage was also proficient in teleportation spells.

"But teacher, this ...... Can you please help me collect it? Liu Li said, handing over the giant shield that he had just picked up from the ground in his hand. Liu Li still underestimated the strength that he had been greatly strengthened after his resurrection, and the situation was more urgent when he rushed into the rest point before, so Liu Li naturally didn't dare to have any reservations when he made a move. With all his might, there are no problems with the elemental crystal structure on the entire giant shield, but whether it is the giant shield or the handle that is disintegrated into a hand axe, it is estimated that it will only be after repairing it if you want to continue to use it. Now Liu Li, who has just been promoted to the second order, still does not have the strength to open up storage space, so he can only hand over this heavy shield to Landolia and let her help him keep it.

"Looks like I'll have to make you another 'black ring' when I have time. Before Landolia could finish speaking, a black hole that appeared out of thin air swallowed the giant shield in one gulp, "Let's go, let's see what's wrong here." ”