"And in this way, Dick, his brothers, and his lovers lived happily ever after......"

Closing the tome at hand, Ron finally finished telling the story about the trail of the Holy Light - the story that had been given to Candlestick was only a rough sketch, but it was the whole story that was told to Mirimu - and even Ron himself washed his heart again in the process of retelling it.

"What a blessing!"

"But I love those glittering powerful floating battleships!"

"Able to travel through the stars and fight demons!"

The little fan girl Mirimu was rolling on the soft big bed, her eyes were a little misty - Mirimu had her own room in the Candlekeep, because the silver dragon liked to change into a human form before resting - Ron was in Mirimu's room now, but Ron didn't see too much beautiful scenery - even if he did, Ron wouldn't admit it.

"Alright, that's it!"

"It's time for me to go!"

Ron's reading time at Candlekeep had ended three days earlier—Mirimu was patient, waiting for Ron's reading time to be finished before asking for payment—and the rest of the time, Ron spent the rest of his time flipping through the general situation and gods of the world of Torreel, the continent of Ferron, and the various planes within the crystal wall system.

All this knowledge is stored in Odom's mind - through the soul link, Ron does not need to understand, or even memorize, just scan the content like a photocopier.

So, in the remaining two days of Mirimu's clues, Ron scanned and cataloged the entire three bookshelves and stored them in Odom's mind, charging them for the middle of his future adventure.

............

"It's finally almost here!"

"I didn't expect it to be so far away!"

According to the book provided by Mirimu, Ron then read a book about the topography of the continent of Faeron - after flying thousands of miles, a vast lake like an ocean finally appeared in front of Ron - in fact, despite its name, the lake of steam is part of the Shining Sea, an inland sea, and the water in the lake is also salty, no different from the sea.

As for the name of the Steam Lake, it is because the volcanic activity under the water makes the entire lake constantly emit cloud-like steam, so that the whole lake is always covered by dense fog on cold nights - and Ron's destination is located at the peak of the volcanic activity of the Steam Lake - Arne Rock!

"Odom, do you see that cone?"

"Just fly there!"

Seen from above, Arnrock's spiky cone looms in the clouds - thousands of years of eruptions have created a large area for him, and the cone in the middle is like a boiling boiler, constantly emitting heat - this volcanic island, with its abundance of hot springs and steam outlets, is the perfect spa resort in Ron's world.

Now, the island isn't deserted either – a group of daring halflings have set up camp on Arnrock, and live on fishing and farming, and for the external economy, they rely on the island's abundant resources - volcanoes have brought free minerals and furnaces that allow the halfling tribe who call themselves Ann to obtain large quantities of copper ore and smelt it.

............

"Welcome to Arnrock!"

"Dear Lord Ron!"

Arnroke's halflings also believe in the halfling gods, and received an oracle when Ron arrived—though unlike the halflings in the Sword Bay region, Arnroke's halflings don't live in the pit at the bottom of the bag and have their own unique welcoming rituals.

On the beach by the sea, a roaring bonfire was erected, and dozens of young halflings, topless, swirled and danced around the bonfire—welcoming Ron and praying to the halfling gods.

On the other side, an older group of halflings were pulling up huge trawls from the Lake of Steam—the lake of steam was full of algae, crustaceans, and fish, and was unusually large in size because of the warm, heavy, mineral-rich, and undrinkable water—and at the moment there were several large fish half a meter long and a few large crabs with teeth and claws.

"Your Excellency Ron, please forgive me for the inconsiderate hospitality!"

Freshly caught fish are pierced with sticks and inserted around the bonfire, while large crabs are tied with wire and thrown directly into the bonfire - due to the high temperature of the lake of steam, these benthic crabs are extremely tolerant of temperature, even if they are roasted in the bonfire for half a day, the meat will not be burnt, and even become more sweet and bitten with continuous heating.

"Thank you Elder Ann for your hospitality!"

"It's already too rich!"

As a moonlight rat, Ron also ate mushrooms and dried fruits from the beginning, but after gaining divine and halfling godlike recognition recently, Ron also had the opportunity to taste other delicacies - after all, in Ascatila, some people have begun to pay attention to the rising race of moonlight rats and take action.

And now, nibbling on the flesh full of strength, Ron is full of confidence that he can find a large crab that can withstand the heat - since two palm-sized crabs can no longer be scorched by a campfire, what about when the crab is bigger than a horse?

............

A good night's sleep.

Waking up the next day, Ron surveyed the Halfling Elder Ann about the surroundings and stepped onto Odom and flew in the direction of the crater, where the Halflings had a mine that Ron would use as a temporary shelter and then expand to explore.

After all, in Thor's books, this great crab has the demonic blood of the bottomless abyss—the sulfur smell of the volcano, which has a great allure for it.

Odom's flight speed was quite fast, and after only ten minutes of flight, Ron landed in the halfling mine - in this mine, everything is natural - the furnace is a lava pool in the middle of the mine, and the rock that cools around it is copper ore - the halfling miners' job is to throw the copper ore into the lava pool, and then use a funnel to scoop out the melted copper solution and pour it into a mold.

"Hello, Lord Ron!"

Most of the halflings working in the mine had seen it at last night's bonfire, and the head of the mine, Ryu, sat to the right of the elder - this means that the middle-aged halfling will inherit the position of the elder in the future and change his name to the clan's namesake [An].

And in the face of such a future leader of the clan, Ron naturally did not appear too arrogant - he smiled and negotiated with the other party, and by the way, he revealed the information of the person he was looking for - and this practice paid off immediately.

"So you're here for this fire crab!"

"Thank you so much!"