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At this moment, Salian felt an aura of black magic, and according to the brief description of the mission of the Constance Adventurers Association, the target leader was likely to be a dark mage who could summon demons. Because there was no Anna in the team, he had to act as the radar, so he could not judge the strength and specific location of the force, and could only confirm the general direction. But that was enough, and the team followed Salian's guidance towards the goal.

If Salian could have sensed it more seriously at this time, he would have searched for another place of black magic, but unfortunately the world is impermanent!

After twenty minutes of rough mountain travel, they came to the mouth of a cave from which the aura of black magic was emanating. Salian took a closer look and thought it was a classic karst area, a huge cave formed by the long-term dissolution of limestone by an underground river.

Immediately decided, they walked in without hesitation, and were blocked by a section of underground river. Because everyone was wearing beautiful samurai uniforms or robes, they were now in an embarrassing situation where no one wanted to go into the water to explore the way.

After some heated discussion, in the end, the river could only be frozen by the power of the two water elementals, and then Salian used the terrifying secret technique to open a large hole in it.

Entering the cave separated by the river, they found that there was no shortage of natural light, and the underground river at their feet still reflected the ripples. Due to the dissolution of limestone, there are many small holes in the roof of the cave that are imperceptible to the outside to let in light and air, which makes the cave full of stalagmites and stalactites more beautifully illuminated, and it can be said to be an excellent tourist destination.

Salian thought that one day after driving out Ulrich and taking the place for himself, he must make good use of the natural tourism resources here, and he will definitely make a lot of money. It's just that it is estimated that environmental protection organizations will also come to the door, and then we will talk about it, and we should be able to do it with some money.

While admiring the underground scenery, they continued to walk along the bank of the river below for about ten minutes, and in front of them there was a waterfall formed by the difference in the height of the underground river, such a natural wonder was even more rare, but it was an unprecedented challenge for Salian and the girls who did not want to get their clothes wet. In the end, still using ice magic to solve the problem, Salian first climbed down the waterfall that Yulia and Lorana Ise had frozen into an ice wall, and then used the Heaven and Earth Conversion Method to take them down one by one.

After falling to the bottom of the waterfall, Salian took out a multi-functional magic prop necessary for the expedition and observed that it was now about six hundred meters underground, and he thought that something alive should have appeared, and this was already the middle of the limestone formation. Going down there is a hard formation, and it is difficult for life to survive.

Sure enough, he noticed a small point of light shaking next to a boulder in the distance. Sneaking closer, it turned out to be a short creature wandering around with a miner's lamp in his hand. Before the little creature could find out, Salian immediately captured him with a terrifying secret technique.

"Hehe, little one, tell me, where are your accomplices! How many people are there, whether the leader is a black mage or not, if you don't want to die, tell me all of them!"

The little thing was visibly stupefied by the sudden encounter, and writhed wildly for a few moments before realizing that it was actually in a situation above the icy underground river. But the little creature who came to his senses was clearly stubborn, and although his voice trembled a little, he could hear a firm tone, and he spoke in a Tutonian with a strong regional accent.

"Hmph, my dignified prince of the Stone Spirit Clan will never give in! You scoundrel don't want to know anything! If you have the ability, you will kill me with a knife. ”

When Salian heard that it was a stone spirit clan, he had never encountered these subhuman types, and today was an eye-opener. These little creatures, who are only one-third the height of ordinary humans, are natives of the underworld, whose origin is unknown, and are referred to in human textbooks as a race with extremely high metallurgical technology.

"Oh, then let me try to see if the 'Secret Technique of Enlightenment' has any effect on your Stone Spirit Clan, hahahahaha!"

Just as Salian's cruel laughter echoed through the cavern, and at the same time the purple glint flashed in his eyes, the well-informed Lorana Ise reminded him.

"Wait a minute, Salian, I've heard that the Stone Spirit Clan is a kind race, and it stands to reason that they won't be robbers, so there's something to hide, right? Let me ask this little friend. ”

Salian felt that there was some reason, and put the little thing that was kicking her feet off the ground in front of Lorana Is, but she still controlled him with a powerful secret technique.

"Little guy, don't worry, we're not bad people, just ordinary adventurers passing by, and we came here because we want to exterminate a gang of evil bandits, why are you here?"

It was clear that this little creature of the Stone Spirit Clan had no hostility towards the beautiful girl with kind words and a kind tone, and he continued to reply in an incomprehensible accent.

"I am the prince of the Calcite Kingdom of the Stone Spirit Clan, and my kingdom was originally in the middle of the limestone formations here, and I have always maintained good relations with the surrounding forces. But I don't know why a gang of villains suddenly appeared and took over my kingdom, and among them there was a particularly powerful evil mage who would summon those demons that only exist in hell, and my father and everyone were caught, and I was the only one who escaped through the secret passage and was forced to wander here. ”

Lorana Ise listened to the little thing's words, gave Salian a blank look, obviously not satisfied with his torture to extract a confession, and then turned back to the prince of the Stone Spirit Clan.

"What's your name, Your Highness the Prince, I think we're looking for these bad guys, and maybe they can help you reclaim your kingdom!"

"Yes, my name is Limeheart XXII, and I am the son of Limeheart XXXI. Just help me to reclaim the throne, and my father and I will not forget you. My father was a master blacksmith, and I myself was a master of gem cutting. But are you all there are? And there's only one man. There were dozens of them, not counting the demons and other monsters that had been summoned. ”

Hilda then ran to Salian's side and whispered to him, "Daddy, it seems that your dream of becoming a magical horror knight has gone one step further. ”

Salian immediately remembered what Hilda had told him some time ago about the necessary conditions for improving his magical physique, and sure enough, some of the needs were going to fall on the little thing in front of him.

He first said to Hilda, "Little baby, my ultimate goal is to become a magical dreadmiller!"

Hilda gave him an annoyed look and walked away.

Then Salian took back all the power he had exerted on the little thing, and walked over to him and said to him cordially.

"Hello, Your Highness, I am Count Salian von Hohensterlingen, a friendly neighbor of your kingdom in the Divine Grace Empire. I have heard that your Shiling clan is the most kind and simple race, and you will definitely not hold grudges. And I can promise to take back the kingdom for you!"

The little prince was visibly uneasy about Salian, who was handsome but unreliable, and asked suspiciously.

"Is that really the case? You and these little girls alone can defeat those bad guys? I don't think it's likely!"

"You see we all arrived here from outside the cave in such beautiful clothes, and we didn't get dirty at all, those people can't do it, right?"

The little guy did see the bright costumes and the intricate lace adorned on them, and felt that there was some truth in what the young man had said.

"That's true, except for a few of the first few people, everyone else looks dirty. Well, I'll trust you for the time being!"

Then he walked over to the big rock where he had been and said to Sallian and the others.

"Then come with me! From here you can creep into my kingdom, and I have been closely monitoring them for the last few days, and I see that they are now forcing my people to build a huge thing for them in the halls of the kingdom, and I don't know what it is for. ”

"Well, whatever they want to do, they just need to drive them all away and return the kingdom to you, right?"

Then they followed the little prince through a secret passage hidden in the cracks of the stones, fortunately they were all slender young boys and girls, otherwise it would not be easy to follow the stone spirit clan who was only a small half the size of an ordinary adult human. Despite this, the cat's waist walking this distance of several hundred meters also made them suffer a little, mainly for fear of soiling their clothes, so they had to slow down and move forward cautiously.

After coming out of this small hole, Salian found that they were above a steep cliff, below which was the construction site in full swing, and in the middle of an open field there was a large stone building, and the countless scaffolding on it indicated that it was still under construction, and it was vaguely visible that it was a magic circle, and the ground around it was piled with ordinary stones for construction. In addition, there are a large number of stalagmites and stalactites, seeing these Salian is not happy, this is obviously digging his corner, how to develop tourism in the future!

The scaffolds were busy working on the stone spirit clan's little ones, and then there were a few fierce-looking strong men with clubs in their hands on the nearby vantage points, and it was obvious that they were the overseers here.

There are also a number of apparently artificially excavated grottoes on the hillside across the cliff. It seems that they are all the residences of the stone spirit clan, because normal humans cannot live in a cave of that size, which means that the residence of the thieves is not here, but somewhere else.

Salian's biggest question now was why the men were building an altar here, so he asked the little guy beside him who was looking at his people with a worried face.

"Your Royal Highness, I have a question for you. It is impossible for this gang of robbers to come and occupy your land for no reason, the conditions here are obviously unsuitable for human habitation, and they must have some special reason!"

The little guy shook his head and thought for a moment before replying.

"Oh, it's a secret, I wouldn't tell anyone else. We actually have a high-quality calcite vein here, since my father Wang accidentally encountered a crystal dragon and found this vein according to her prompts, most of the kingdom's income is earned by digging high-quality calcite and selling it to this crystal dragon, I don't know if these villains have taken a fancy to these things. Alas, I have already told my father that this vein will definitely bring disaster to our kingdom, because I happened to lose a tooth on the day he found it, and it hurt me for a week, and every time I lose a tooth, something bad will happen, and I never miss it!"

Salian thought that it must be this noble crystal dragon who didn't want to dig up the minerals by himself, so he contracted the ore veins he found to the stone spirit clan who were good at mining, and controlled them with a small favor, what a smart dragon.