Time flies, and it has been nearly two and a half years since Arnold and Arthur parted from each other.

The three years with Arthur in the magic tower of the Blood Academy were the happiest time in Arnold's life after the loss of his parents, and Arnold's heart, which had already gone dark, was filled with light again.

"What has become of that guy now?" While Arnold was still immersed in his memories of his time with Arthur, the people around him had already begun to disperse, and only he was still standing in place.

"Arnold, do you have any questions?" the patriarch's voice pulled him away from his memory.

"I'm sorry, Patriarch, I was thinking about something just now, and I was distracted. ”

"Are you thinking about the next battle? Don't worry, the family will teach the Church of Light a hard lesson, and you will also see the true strength of our Zenaia family. ”

"Are you going to go head-to-head with the Punishment Knight so soon?" Arnold was surprised.

"Well, because of the continuous operation of the Spirit Magic Array, the dark magic aura around here is too strong. Even if the Punishment Knights aren't targeting us, the aura of dark magic may draw them in, so we'll need to be prepared for battle. ”

Arnold bowed slightly, "I am willing to serve the family!"

The patriarch smiled with satisfaction, "The mission of luring Arthur and the Blood Skulls from the Sacred Peak Valley is not needed for the time being, wait for them to jump into our trap before letting your war spirits start killing, right?"

"Why are you still involved in Arthur?" Arnold was very surprised, he knew that he must have revealed important information just now, but he couldn't ask the patriarch directly.

Arnold walked out of the patriarch's cave with a worried heart, and met Sean head-on, his eyes lit up. Sean was the family invitation he sent to Arnold outside the Nameless Canyon, so he became one of the few acquaintances of Arnold in the family.

Arnold took the initiative to greet with a smile, "Brother Sean, where are you going in such a hurry?"

"Didn't you just be there, the patriarch asked me to take a few people to rescue Arthur, and by the way, bring the people of the Blood Skeleton over?"

"I don't understand, why would the family want to save a completely irrelevant person?"

Sean laughed and said, "Can't you guess if you're so smart?" Arthur is just a decoy, we need to use him to introduce the people of the Blood Skeleton into the Spirit Magic Array, and then use these people to complete the family's ultimate summoning magic." ”

"Oh, the patriarch just told me inside that I wanted to show me the strength of the family, so I was referring to this!" Arnold said with a sudden realization.

"I'm also looking forward to it, the family hasn't used the ultimate summoning magic for hundreds of years!"

"Brother Sean, will you take me with you to the Sacred Peak Valley?"

Sean showed a hesitant expression, "The patriarch didn't arrange this task for you?"

"Didn't I just join the family, I hope to do more for the family, if Brother Sean is embarrassed, I'll go directly to the patriarch. ”

"Forget it, you don't have to trouble the patriarch, it's not a big deal, I'm in charge. You go pack your things, and we'll go right away. ”

......

Minering has never been an easy, fun job.

Arthur and Joan followed the dwarves to dig for a day before losing interest, and from the next day onwards, the dwarves were left to mine on their own, and the two of them went to practice separately in the name of going to the pit mouth to post a sentry.

The amount of Adamantite in the ore is very low, and it is estimated that it will take seven or eight days for the dwarves to mine and refine it themselves, and then refine the amount needed to forge a piece of equipment.

Fortunately, on the way to escape, Arthur and the others had a lot of time, just using this time to rest and practice, and Spence took the opportunity to recuperate from his injuries, without the great magician to treat him, he could only rely on time to slowly recover his meridian injuries.

On the way to escape, the short period of calm was very rare, and on the fifth day of Arthur's entry into the mine, more than a hundred people of blood skeletons poured into the Sacred Peak Valley and began to search the mine one by one.

On the afternoon of the sixth day, they found Arthur near the mine where they were. Fortunately, Arthur and Joan were both cultivating near the mouth of the pit and discovered the movement in advance.

"Who are these?" said Joan, who was lying at the mouth of the pit, looking at the people who were gradually climbing up below.

"It's not the Church, it's not the Empire, looking at this mess of equipment, it could only be the Blood Skeleton we offended in Shining. ”

"How did they find here?"

"After all, this is someone's territory, and it could have been reported by people in the valley, or it could have been followed when we bought a stove in Windless Village. ”

"You're keeping watch at the mouth of the pit, and I'm going to tell Spence and Toruń that we're ready to break out. With that, Joan ran deeper into the mine.

It didn't take long for Spence and the dwarves to reach the mouth of the pit.

"How much less do you have to collect the gold essence?" Arthur asked the dwarf first.

Toren suddenly became a little embarrassed, "Actually, it's enough, I want to collect a little more for later." ”

"That's good, we'll get out now. "Arthur already has the Starfall Sword in his hand.

"Wait. Spence grabbed Arthur by the shoulder.

Arthur looked at Spence quizzically.

"Don't break in, the other party is prepared, there are at least a hundred people below, my current recovery level can barely deal with one or two battle school martial artists, if the other party is too strong, we will definitely not be able to break out in the valley." ”

Arthur's brow furrowed, "This is trouble, it looks like we're trapped here?"

Qiong Zhi said disapprerovingly: "Although we can't rush out, it's not so easy for them to rush in, and they have nowhere to hide if I throw a fire dragon out." ”

Joan's words reminded Arthur that although the opponent was crowded, they could not use it after entering the mine, and they could take advantage of the terrain to kill and injure each other in large numbers.

"You're right, we're going to do it in the mine and figure out after dark. With that, Arthur began to clear the hole, slowly retreating deeper into the pit.

More than a quarter of an hour later, a dozen or so members of the Blood Skull Regiment arrived at the entrance of the mine. Two were left at the mouth of the pit, while the others entered the mine with torches.

In this way, the Blood Skull Regiment was divided into several groups, each group was led by a warrior from the war school, and they were searched from one mine to another.

Not long after this group of people entered the mine, screams were heard in the mine one after another. Hurried footsteps sounded, and the warriors of the battle school who led the team ran out in a panic, and before the others reached the entrance of the cave, a huge fire dragon with its body almost covering the entire mine pounced on him from behind and swallowed him in one gulp.

The guard at the entrance of the pit happened to see this scene and exclaimed loudly, "Here, here!"

The screams drew all the people scattered around the Blood Skulls and surrounded the mouth of the pit......