Chapter XXII. News from the Institute

Vivien's return to the battle made the battle no longer suspenseful. Completely different from the original budget-conscious use of magic, Vivien at this time is like a profligate nouveau riche, all kinds of high-cost control magic are continuously cast, and no longer limited by mana consumption.

In the flickering light and shadow of the magic of various attribute elements, a large number of juvenile fire elements were either continuously repelled, or suspended in the air, or restrained on the ground and unable to move half a step, which greatly reduced the pressure on Catherine and Lina for a while, and easily blocked the remaining juvenile elements out of the passage.

As time passed, more and more of the young fire elementals chirped, regained their senses, and happily pounced on Catherine and Lina, only to be slapped back into the lava lake by Catherine following the attitude of Pannis. Seeing that the cubs in the rage were gradually decreasing, and more and more children were returning to the lava lake to play with each other as if they were playing with each other, Dilan was finally relieved, and walked to Pannis, who was completely idle and was standing behind him with his hands on his chest to watch the play, and patted him on the shoulder and praised: "I can't imagine that you are still very reliable." ”

"It's not that I'm reliable. Pannis used his chin to compare Catherine, who was still in the aftermath of the battle in front of her: "They are reliable, I am just watching from behind." ”

"You're all in this together. Dylan grinned, "No difference." ”

Pannis rolled his eyes and saw that there were only four or five juvenile elementals left outside the cave entrance, and said to Dilan, "You should teach these children a good lesson, if no adventurers pass by, they may be able to cripple you." ”

"Don't blame the children. Dylan defended: "They are usually very well-behaved, isn't it because of magic?"

"Good?" Pannis pouted, "Forget it, let's be specific, what's going on." ”

"Let's come in and talk about it in detail, I'll arrange the children first. Seeing that the battle was over, Dylan walked back to the lava lake cave and asked the five men, "Do you want to come and sit at my house?"

"Huh. Catherine looked at the churning lava lake and smiled awkwardly, "It's okay for us to wait outside." ”

"Forget it, wait for me in a while, and I'll be back soon. Dylan was not reluctant, and led the thirteen injured adults to return to the lava lake in flames.

"Do you know?" Seeing Dylan leave, Catherine had a chance to ask her doubts: "It seems that she is very familiar with you." ”

"I've seen it quite a few times before. Pannis, looking at the rock wall in a circle along the perimeter of the lava lake, replied, "Friends." Fire elementals are like this, they are impulsive and straightforward, they don't understand the hypocrisy and politeness of human beings, and if they treat you as a friend, they won't see you at all, whether it's for help or for help, they take it for granted. ”

"Pannis. Vivien suddenly stood in front of Pannis and bowed deeply, "Thank you very much for your help. ”

"I just said a few casual words. Pannis looked up at the sky again and replied indifferently, "I didn't want to help you." ”

"Whether you're casual or not, your tips give me hope. I've been stuck in the Golden Intermediate Rank for quite a short time, and after listening to your tips, I seem to have touched the door of the Golden High Rank and even the Legendary. Vivien's immature little face was full of seriousness: "That's why I ......"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly seemed to have all his strength drained, and the whole person collapsed to the ground.

"What's going on. Seeing Vivien collapse, Catherine and Lina quickly took a few steps forward, Catherine hugged her, feeling that she was soft and had no strength, only her eyes were still blinking, and she couldn't even speak, so she couldn't help but ask anxiously: "Pennis, will there be any side effects of the method you taught Vivian?"

"It shouldn't be. Pannis frowned and pondered, "It stands to reason that it will only be because the violent magic energy will impact the magic channel and magic core in her body, causing her to lose her precise control of magic power for an hour or two." Just like an ordinary person, if the physical exertion is too great, his hands and feet will tremble, causing him to be unable to complete delicate tasks such as writing. ”

"Oh, that's fine. As soon as Catherine heard Pannis's explanation, she was immediately relieved: "I already understand, Vivien is more special, this is a special case, it doesn't matter, it seems that it will be fine after a while." ”

"What's wrong, what's going on. The fire flashed, and Dylan appeared in front of the five again: "What's wrong with this little girl." ”

"Nothing. Catherine smiled: "It's just that I've fainted from too much consumption, just rest for a while." ”

"That's good. Speaking of which, you humans are really prone to fainting. Dylan glanced at Rachel, who had woken up from his coma, put his hand into his body and touched it a few times, took out six or seven fire attribute spars and handed them over: "You are a gunner, just now you used up almost all the energy of the spar gun, these pieces are for you, you can find a way to cut everything as replenish energy." ”

Although Vivien promised Rachel to help her cut the hedron to make the energy for the hedron gun, Rachel suffered from the loss of the backpack, she had no spar for Vivien to cut, and she was embarrassed to borrow it from the girls of the adventure group, and now she was very surprised to hear that Dylan was going to give her a few hedron as a reward: "Thank you so much, I'm worried that there is no energy in the road gun in the back." ”

"And this. Dylan waved a shield from the lava lake at Catherine, "Your shield is in tatters from the children, you can use this." ”

"This is ......" Catherine noticed something abnormal, took it carefully, flicked the shield lightly, and exclaimed in disbelief: "Demon Steel Shield?"

"I don't understand. Dylan waved his hand: "Who knows what kind of steel." More than 200 years ago, an idiot inexplicably barged in, yelled a bunch of gibberish, and began to attack the children, leaving the three poor children back in the arms of lava. In the end, we threw it into the lake and burned it, but the shield never melted, so I put it away as a collection. Seeing that it looks like your shield, I'll give it to you. Does it work? If it doesn't, I don't have a shield. ”

"It was so useful. Catherine hesitated: "But it's too expensive for me to take." ”

"I don't like you human beings. Dylan said impatiently: "You guys broke the weapon for me, I just happened to have it, so I sent you as compensation, what is valuable or not, whether it should be collected or not, who cares about it among friends." ”

Remembering Pannis's previous explanation of the fire elemental's personality, Catherine smiled with relief: "I'm sorry, but I didn't do it like a friend anymore, I took it, thank you, my friend." ”

Dilan easily turned his anger into joy, and said with a smile: "This is a good friend." ”

"And what about us?" Pennis interjected, "Do we have any gifts?"

Dylan glared at Pannis, "You don't have anything bad, no gifts." Would it be nice for my sister to give you a warm hug as a gift?"

"No, I don't want to be burned and beaten as a pervert. It seems that getting along with the straightforward fire elemental has made Pannis a little more cheerful, and he is actually in the mood to joke with her, so he asks, "Let's ask you a few questions as gifts." ”

"Tell me earlier. Hearing Pannis's words, Dylan walked to the corner of the shore near the wall, sat on the ground, his body changed little by little from the bottom to the top, and finally turned into a raging flame, and groaned comfortably, and the voice came from the flames: "What do you want to ask?"

"You said two humans cast a spell on your children?" Catherine watched in amazement as Dylan turned into flames and went into a state of rest, almost forgetting what she wanted to ask.

"yes, didn't you just say that?" replied with a slight throb of flames, "two humans, one tall and fat, and the other very thin, both wearing the same cloak. ”

"Do you remember what they looked like?"

"I don't remember. The flames flickered: "It's hard for us to remember human faces unless we're particularly impressed." ”

"Do you see these two people?" Catherine pulled out a piece of paper and unfolded it in front of the flames. Dilan's face appeared in the flames, and he looked at the drawing paper, "That's right, it's these two people." These two people are supposed to be mages, and they don't have the breath of living creatures, and I don't think they will be attacked by monsters when they walk in the cave. ”

"Have you seen them before?" asked Catherine.

"I haven't seen it, otherwise they give people such strange feelings, I will definitely not forget. Dylan affirmed, "Why, do you know them?"

"They attacked other adventurers in the cave the other day. Catherine explained, "And I suspect that the unusual commotion of the cavemen we encountered and the early return of the wolves to the den may have been behind their backs. They must have done this for a special purpose, and I think they'll come back. ”

"Then I don't know. Dilan's voice was languid, "I hope they come back, I hope they are prepared to bear the wrath of the flames, this time they will not have the opportunity to cast magic on the children." ”

"There's one more problem. Pannis saw that Catherine had nothing to ask before asking, "Have you ever heard that a long time ago, there was a research institute in this cave?"

"Institute?" Dilan asked incomprehensibly, "What's that?"

"Ugh. Pannis was speechless for a while, not knowing how to explain, and after a long time of analogy, he said, "You should think of it as a kind of artificial structure." ”

"Artificial structure? Dilan's upper body condensed in the flames, shook his head and said, "You know, we rarely leave the lava lake. ”

"That's a shame. Pannis said regretfully: "We came in this time to find this artificial structure." ”

"Wait. Dilan interrupted Pannis, "How long ago did you say that?"

"I don't know, but it's been a long time. Pannis mused, "I guess it was at least 700 years ago." It was more than 600 years ago that demonized creatures were found here, and I don't think anyone would be stupid enough to build a research institute in a place full of demonic energy, so at least 700 years ago. ”

"I think about it, I think about it. Dilan's upper body dissipated into flames again, leaving only one head jumping above the flames, and a thoughtful expression on his face: "It seems that an elder mentioned when telling a story that there is a man-made building, a large one, a building with metal walls. ”

"Do you know where it is?" Catherine asked nervously, "it's important for us to find it." ”

"I don't know. Dylan simply extinguished Catherine's hopes: "It's said that we rarely leave the lava lake, how can we know." However, I do remember the elders mentioning that it was built in a place where we couldn't go over. ”

"I see. Pannis clapped his hands: "Thank you, Dilan." ”

"You know?" Dilan looked at Pannis with a strange expression, "Even I don't know what I'm talking about." ”

Pannis took out the hand-drawn map from his bag again, pointed to a few points on the map and said: "Of the thirteen temperature anomalies in the lower caves, only six are low-temperature, one of which is suspected to be buried in the extreme depths of the underground cold stone veins, and the other five are caused by the cold energy emitted from the underground for unknown reasons. Your elders said that you can't go to a place that must be one of these five places where ice energy gathers. It's a lot smaller, thanks to you, Dilan. ”

The head jumping on the flame made no secret of his joy of helping his friend, and his face was full of smiles: "It's great to be able to help." ”

"And. Pannis looked at Vivien, who was still motionless: "It looks like we can't leave today, we need to spend the night here." ”

"No problem. The flames that Dilan had turned into rose happily into the air, jumping on the lava lake, shouting, "Clansmen, there are guests tonight, come out quickly, come out quickly, and prepare for a bonfire." ”

Pannis shrugged and reluctantly explained to the ladies, "They, uh, like to be boisterous, always. ”

"Looks like they're enjoying the bonfire. ”

"Actually, they just like to be a campfire. ”