Chapter Ninety-Nine: Peek-a-boo
At the foot of the majestic Blood Sakura Mountain, the stone forest dissipates the mist, and the mountain cliffs are full of brilliance in an instant, reflecting the natural artworks formed by various strange stones. They walked all the way through steep and rugged mountain roads, I don't know what the topography here is, but now it seems that it is really a unique place near the worst edge of the Tianshan Forbidden Zone, and in the distance there is a large area of red and rich lava rivers with no end in sight, and the ground in a state of melting.
But no matter how desperate the situation is, it is impossible to have no life, at least heat-resistant bacteria, which prefer high-temperature environments.
The sweaty cloud looked sharp, and the next second he unexpectedly cheered and lifted Captain Leo high, and pointed out to him the unknown creature he found with an expectant and praised expression, but the latter was stunned and did not respond directly, and when Captain Leo saw the true face of the behemoth, he was so frightened that he almost pulled his legs and walked back.
The massive red body of the boulder was full of cracks, and where the cracks were connected, the magma flowed, constantly burning the volcanic ash, and the skin released high heat, and suddenly the heat wave transpired to form a deadly protective shield. The guy was supposed to be Sidolot, who lived near the Magma River, and was sleeping soundly...... Captain Wren gave Joz a restrained look, careful not to wake up the monster. But he forgot that Prince Yunzong, who was walking with him, did not have a high IQ, and he blatantly picked up a stone to smash people's homes, and it was too late to stop it.
Snap and roll...... The rubble landed on Sidollot's head with a clatter, sliding down its face and striking its curled claws, making the two dwarfs' eyes fall out in a row.
Sidolot's red lava fluid shell suddenly emitted a large amount of smoke, and soon it opened its eyes, glared at the three of them, and its forefeet kept stepping on the ground to raise terrifying volcanic ash, making a deafening tearing sound: "How dare a mere human invade my territory and openly stone me? It seems that there are quite a few people who want to soak in magma recently!"
The monster only paused, and the ground swayed up and down like fragile planks, flying sand and rocks, and hot air tumbling.
Captain Leo didn't bother to explain anything, he pulled up the cloud and retreated backwards, and a few seconds later fell into the cracked pit just now, and the red liquid that flowed from the cracks in the rock below swallowed the clods of earth at once, expanding the scope of the collapse.
The Ancient Painted Spirit of the Natural Department is worthy of being a magma divine beast, and if it were real, we would probably have to die here today...... No, I'll have to find a way to convince Sidolott. With his extraordinary acumen and decisive judgment, Captain Wren found a relatively hard foothold in the rock, and only after rectifying the emotions of the three people on this side did he take the time to deal with Sidolot.
"We have no ill intentions, we broke into this place just to find a substance called the Red Flame Stone to save people. "Captain Leo is not small and timid, don't look at him standing next to Yun Zong very mini, his resolute face is timid, on the other hand, Joz's legs are shaking, no wonder Changtian is very relieved of him.
"Oh Red Flame Stone...... But what does that have to do with you disturbing my sleep with stones?" Sidolot's round eyes rolled as he looked at them, interested in the dwarf race that lived underground, and its nose purred out a thick white mist, "Do you know that the fate of provoking hair is not much better than falling into scorching lava." ”
"We apologize to you. Joz stammered his head out from behind Captain Leo, sweating his back.
"Apology is a boring game for you humans, and I don't eat it. Speaking of eating, the dry magma doesn't taste at all, I don't know if human flesh is delicious?" Sidolot aimed at them, Pixiu's head shaking and licking his tongue.
"There is a huge disparity between you and me, and at a glance, you can see that the meat is not delicious, and the bones are especially difficult to gnaw......" Captain Leo stomped on Joz viciously, warning him not to talk nonsense, and his brain was bruised.
"You have a point. Sidolot lifted his forefoot and rubbed his chin, as if trying to make a mistake.
"Shall we play peek-a-boo? If you catch us, I'll show you how to make delicious mud cakes." Yun Zong came out stupidly, his sincere and serious expression didn't look like a joke at all, but this brainless nonsense was afraid that it would anger Sidolott, and before he could make a provocative move, Captain Leo grabbed his left hand and pulled him down, making him grin and hit the ground with his butt and explode with a loud fart.
"My good prince, don't talk anymore. Captain Leo looked at him angrily and amusedly, facing Yun Zong's wet eyes sitting on the ground, probably from a fall. But I can't help it, that's how powerful the dwarves are...... Captain Leo was so tired that he felt more troublesome than bringing a bear child.
"Why don't you let me speak? You're angry, Captain Terrible. Yun Zong pouted, looking innocent.
"Terrible Captain......" Captain Leo's face twitched ugly, and there was nothing he could do about him.
"Is peek-a-boo fun? Mud Cake smells a good smell when I hear the name, and if what I say is true, I will agree to play peek-a-boo with you. Sidolot shook his head, his glowing eyes as if he could see mountains of mud cakes in front of him, fragrant.
I heard you right, such a discordant would come out of Sidolot's mouth...... Captain Wren was disappointed and at the same time harbored deep malice towards this world: this kind of monster that destroys the three views is really humiliating!
Joz suddenly took a 360-degree turn, pretending to be interested in inducing Sidollot into a game of peek-a-boo, and then took the opportunity to slip away.
"Hey, are you hiding? I'm going to start arresting people. Sidolot curled up like a cat, burying his head in the forefeet of his bent embrace, like a big round rock.
"Wait a minute, you can count to sixty, it's so hot here that we can't hide. This stupid and cute Yun Zong took it seriously, and followed Captain Leo and Joz to run desperately up the mountain, thinking that they wanted to hide on the top of the mountain, and played the game as if they had inexhaustible strength, climbing the mountain like the wind on the soles of their feet, without a trace of ambiguity.
"Well done! Take advantage of this rare opportunity to escape from Sidolot's sight and change your hiking boots for His Royal Highness the Prince. ”
"Report Captain Leo, it's been changed a long time ago, please give the order. ”
"Then let's go, don't stay in the footprints, you remove the smell from behind, lest Sidolot follow and spoil our good deeds. ”
Captain Leo and Joz looked at each other, acquiescing to the concealment of Yun Zong's continued secrets, there was no need to cause more trouble, the relevant information they got from Giggs's mouth, the top of the 600-meter-high Blood Sakura Mountain is the key location, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain is almost a cliff, the climbing process can be seen to be very difficult, but this is not difficult for the dwarfs, they are natural explorers, petite, agile, plus excellent wilderness survival ability, more than enough to cope with this little thing.
Yun Zong was confused, thinking that he was playing peek-a-boo with the little divine beast, climbing without panting, and his face was flushed.
Hidden in the clouds, the summit of the mountain is so invisible, and despite its modest altitude, the slopes are staggered and intricate, and climbers can be deterred from stepping up, and the cliffs become more and more blade-like as they go up, slowing them down.
But thinking about the poor Sidorot at the foot of the mountain, I don't think that Captain Leo is in a disadvantageous situation, and it just takes a little more energy. The rugged road was difficult to walk, and the changing clouds flowed, but they couldn't resist the footsteps of the three of them trying their best, and finally lifted a layer of light veil and fog, and the morning glow reflected the red sky hazy, and the glare shot from the sky to the top of the mountain like a detector light, opening the way for them.
"Almost, hold on!" Captain Leo grabbed the edge of the mountain and leaped up with his strength on his waist.
"Give me your left hand, we're at the place of peek-a-boo. "Joz knew he was left-handed and wanted to pull him along.
"Will you die if you don't speak?" Captain Leo blames Joz for not opening which pot to mention, what if Yun Zong is petty?" "Big Prince, ignore Joz, in order for the Silver King to wake up as soon as possible, we must find the Red Flame Stone." ”
"Hmm...... Father has slept for a long time!" Yun Zong thought of the Silver King, his eyes were wet, and he didn't have the heart to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountains at a glance.
"In addition, use the communication card to send a message to everyone who is operating below: Be careful of monsters, evacuate the Blood Sakura Mountain area as soon as possible, and leave the matter of the Red Flame Stone to us. Repeat, all of them must be safe and sound!" This elite team led by Captain Leo has been through many battles, and has always believed in the spirit of craftsmanship and is very efficient.
The strange rocks are the largest landform on the periphery of the top of the Blood Cherry Mountain, all kinds of weathered, sandified, and water-dropped, the stone clusters are stacked on top of each other, like a huge stone labyrinth, and in the middle of it, the sky is irregular, in such a restrictive terrain with limited mobility, the clouds are struggling, and they can't find the north from the beginning.
Relying on a hand-sharpened magic compass, Captain Leo easily cracked the Strange Stone Forest, leading Yunzong and Joz to the second complex landscape, the Volcanic Ash Swamp. The soft ash swamp looks hard, but in fact, when you remove the upper layer of ash, you can see the semi-solidified volcanic ash flickering with fire below, and if you step into it, you may lose a pair of legs, not to mention that the mortal body cannot resist the destruction of the high-temperature flames, even if you throw the stone down, it will be melted into shape.
Joz grabbed the thoughtless Yun Zong in time, and waited for Captain Leo to take out the cooling magic gun from his small backpack and open a path in the volcanic ash swamp that could be walked by a total of people, which was indeed very laborious, for the sake of his own safety, he did not recommend studying the landscape and thinking of countermeasures, just use the easiest way to pass as much as possible.
On the way over the volcanic ash swamp, the so-called black wall in front of them blocked their path, cold to the touch, fine and unusually hard, as Joz tried to see with his curved axe but could not shake a trace of it.
"Captain Leo, leave the hook and tie the thread to me!" Joz didn't wait for him to speak, he was taking out a large number of tools from his backpack, and hurriedly looking for ropes and hooks among these messy tools.
"If there's a next time, don't blame me for turning my face! We can't afford to be dragged behind, you know. ”
"I was wrong!" Captain Leo ......"
"Okay, if you know that you can change your mistakes, you still have candy to eat. ”
"Huh, candy!"
"Well, my father said that everyone makes mistakes, it doesn't matter if you are wrong, you are a good child if you can change it. ”
"Then I'm a good boy, Captain Leo, you see His Royal Highness the eldest prince has said so, give me a chance!"
"Hey, hurry up and tie the knot! I'll beat you up for any more. ”
"Yes......"
I finally tied a rope as thick as my wrist to the upside-down hook, but I found that it was still a problem whether I could throw it up. That's right, the hemp rope with such a thick wrist mouth, you can imagine how big the upside-down hook is, and when you make the circle, your hands are tired and panicked, and you will smash into the volcanic ash swamp next to you without paying attention. The dwarves put their tools in front of their backpacks and used a shrinking gun to make a film to reduce their volume and weight, otherwise it would be difficult to carry them, after all, most of their tools were made of metal, needless to say, the trouble was that some tools had complex structures, could not be bent or bent, many were easy to shrink, and it was no more difficult to restore their original shape than to walk upside down.
After repeated attempts, Joz couldn't move the upside-down hook at all, and Captain Leo had to step in. After Captain Leo got Yun Zong's permission, he rode steadily on his neck, and learned from the experience of failure before he luckily threw the upside-down hook up, which happened to be stuck at the top of the wall, and he didn't fall off with his hand, so he reached the standard.
They rested for more than ten seconds, taking advantage of the fact that the shell solidified by the cooling magic spear under their feet did not melt, they slowly climbed up the rope, and kicked the rock with their feet to speed up and maintain the relative balance of their bodies.
"Take it easy, Prince, I'll hold you in the back, don't push too hard. Captain Leo taught patiently, and there was no trace of impatience on his face covered with sweat, "Joz, you go up first!"
"Good...... Ahh
"Joz, what's wrong with you, hurry up and reply!" Captain Leo was obscured by the clouds, unable to observe what was happening in front of him, and he was anxious.
"It's okay, my finger was cut. I've climbed up, I'll give you a hand, Your Highness the Prince. Joz explained awkwardly.
"You bastard, you just don't clean up!" Captain Leo's heart almost spat out of his throat, because Joz's stinky boy always likes to startle him and make him miserable, and he will inevitably be cut later.