Lava is certainly not a good source of fire for making food, and the temperature of up to 1,000 degrees makes the first piece of beef just send out, and a flame "bangs", Ollie quickly retracts the greatsword, but the surface of this piece of meat has completely turned into black char.

"You can't eat this, can you?" said Ollie, not daring to try it herself.

"Cut it open and see, maybe there's still a rescue inside?" Phil pulled out a small dagger and handed it over.

Ollie cut through the flesh and shook her head. It is true that the meat has not turned into charcoal, but probably because the roasting time is too short, it does not mean that it is cooked at all, and it is still bloody in color. Between the raw meat and the charcoal, there is only about two or three millimeters thick, which is barely edible.

"It's too hot near the lava, why don't you raise your sword higher?" Lukka suggested.

Ollie tried several times at different heights, and after wasting three or four pounds of beef, he finally roasted a piece of meat that was half-cooked and looked like it would not kill anyone.

"It's not easy," Lukka took a bite and frowned, "It's not seasoned?"

"There was only meat in the box, and Daniel probably forgot to put the salt in. Nora rummaged through it.

"I had to endure it, just a few days anyway. "Luca had no choice but to compromise.

Eating half-mushy and half-raw barbecue and drinking light and tasteless water, the six of them spent a boring day on the boat. The iron ship was completely controlled by the lava flow, and there was no need to paddle or steer, and everyone played cards all day, and depending on the situation, it was probably the same activity the next day.

Actually, in the passage inside the volcano, there is no way to distinguish between day and night, but Nora's stomach is more accurate than Crete's pocket watch, and you can know when she is hungry just by looking at when she screams.

By the morning of the third day, nearly half of the food and water in the crate had been consumed, and the lava flow channel was finally a little different.

The height of the passage suddenly increased after a turn, and the crew, who had been confined to sitting or lying on their stomachs for two days, was finally able to stand up and move their legs. Soon, the width of the passage began to increase, and within an hour, the iron ship was in a lake made of lava.

Once the surroundings are opened, the effect of the heat becomes even more pronounced. The lava scorched the air around it, distorting everything in view, and most people could only see less than five meters around the iron ship.

"Be careful, there's something ahead. Crete reminded.

A rock pillar with a diameter of more than one meter suddenly appeared in front of it, and the top of this pillar was pure black, but the closer it got to the lava, the lighter the color became, and by the point where it came into contact with the lava, it had turned grayish-white. The iron ship was carried by the lava stream and headed straight for the stone pillar, and in this direction it would soon crash into it.

Thea let out a scream, but Lukka didn't even take out his staff as if he was fine.

"Don't worry, you can't hit it. He said calmly.

Sure enough, when it was still two meters away from the stone pillar, the iron ship turned around and passed by the stone pillar.

"How do you know you won't bump into?" Thea asked curiously.

"Lava is not like water, and when a liquid with such a viscosity is approaching this solid, it will definitely slow down, so that the lava flow behind will turn to the side. Luca explained.

"How do you know?" asked Thea.

"Didn't I make it all clear?" Lukka said.

"She means, how could such an ignorant captain know this?" said Philtethea.

"You have a little confidence in me, okay?" Lukka said angrily, but found that everyone on the left and right shook their heads at him together, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'll throw in the towel." Shut up and tell me. ”

"Cut, I know. Thea said.

Lukka also turned his head, not arguing with them about his level of knowledge, but standing by the side of the boat to take a closer look. There is more than one stone pillar, neatly arranged in two rows in the lava lake.

After a while, he suddenly said, "These pillars shouldn't be naturally formed, right?"

"Of course not, who has ever seen such a round natural stone pillar?" he said.

Crete wiped his glasses, put them back on, and said, "Not really, besides, the pillars are made of obsidian. ”

"Isn't it time for you to renew your glasses? This pillar is half gray. Luca said.

Phil leaned over and said, "Obsidian contains a very small amount of water, and when heated to more than 1,000 degrees, it will not melt into magma like ordinary rocks, but the loss of water in it will make it whiter. ”

"Well, since you say so too. Lukka nodded, as a master alchemist, Phil certainly knew something about obsidian, a material that was not uncommon.

Now, the iron ship slowly moved forward in the middle of the lava lake, and the massive obsidian columns stood silently on either side like dutiful guards.

"I think we must have reached the outskirts of the temple of the mountain spirits. Lukka said and pointed to the stone pillars, "This lake should be the outermost hall of the hall, and these stone pillars are the pillars in the hall. ”

"Sounds reasonable," Ollie nodded, "So, the lava has already swallowed up the temple of the mountain spirits, and if the dwarves said that the mountain spirits can control the lava of the volcano, why would he make his own home like this?"

"I think this 'mountain spirit' itself is very suspicious. "Those dwarves may have been in the belly of the mountain for too long, hallucinating, and tricking themselves into creating something that doesn't exist." ”

"If he doesn't exist, then who took the sacrifice?" Nora asked.

"Whether it's true or not, shall we find out if we go and see?" Lukka said.

Crete reminded again: "Fifteen meters ahead you can go ashore. ”

"What?landing?isn't this a hall?" Ollie looked ahead with wide eyes.

The iron ship slowly sailed past the last two stone pillars, and soon a staircase made of obsidian appeared in front of it. The grayish steps below the staircase had been flooded with lava, and the top seemed to lead to the second floor of the temple.

"Hurry up, come to the shore. Thea urged anxiously.

But the lava changed direction two or three meters from the steps, and the iron ship turned a corner, and the "not bumping" thing now became a problem.

Lukka casts a spider web spell and tries to use the spider silk as a cable, but as soon as the spider silk leaves the range of the iron ship, it is scorched by the scorching magma and instantly turned to ashes.