The mountain is called Pusbag Mountain by the mountaineers outside the pass, because this active volcano erupts magma all year round, and the entire peak has a magma pool of nearly 10 hectares or more, but the magma in this magma pool is not surging outward, it is relatively quiet.

As people describe it, it's like an acne on the face of an adolescent with pustules.

The lava is bubbling outward, but it rarely actually erupts, and it rains volcanic ash all year round, but it is only within a radius of a few tens of kilometers, and because it is in the depths of the barren land, it is rarely visited by people in this area.

The Scarlet Knight rode his black-scaled horse through the rocky foothills, the ground covered with a thick layer of ash that covered some of the undercurrents of the underground lava rivers, which were covered with a thin layer of magmatic rock and a thick layer of soft ash on top of the lava layers.

The Blackscale Horse weighed nearly a thousand pounds of weight on its own, and it was carrying the Scarlet Knight and his heavy demonic pattern armor, which allowed the Blackscale Horse to walk on the rocky ground covered with volcanic ash, and the horse's hooves would sink deep into the ash with every step, and the black-scaled horse was almost dripping with volcanic ash as it continued to move forward.

The usual terrain is okay, but it will take some of the physical strength of the black-scaled horse.

Once it encounters an underground lava river with an undercurrent, the black-scaled horse will step on it, and the horse's hooves will be scalded by the hot volcanic ash, or the rock layer on the surface of the dark river will be trampled through, and there will be small streams of magma in the ground with the raised horses' hooves, and sometimes they can even splash on the horse's belly and the calves of the dark red knight.

Although the Scarlet Knight had made some preparations, the black-scaled horse had been severely burned on its four hooves as it crossed the foothills of the Puss Mountain.

Most of the fur from the ankle down the ankle of the black-scaled horse was burned, revealing the bones of the white forest, and the blood that flowed out was mixed with volcanic ash, wrapped in the horse's hooves, and then continued to peel off as it went, even if the black-scaled horse was a well-trained military horse, but at this point, no matter how the dark red knight whipped it, he was unwilling to continue to move forward, even if it was a step.

The night harrier on the shoulder of the Scarlet Knight was dirty, its feathers were covered with volcanic ash, it was like a quail with its neck bent, squatting on the shoulder of the Scarlet Knight with its eyes closed and not wanting to move, and the edge of its nostrils near its beak was also covered with black ash, and the night harrier was breathing rapidly, as if it had some kind of lung disease, and it looked dying.

The Night Harrier completed its mission, flying back from Baron Grenfell and bringing back a portrait of Selena for the Scarlet Knight, who searched the sky for two days and one night, once again spotting Surdak and Selena, and guiding the Scarlet Knight to the end of its life.

Its lungs were filled with hot ash, and it couldn't even breathe smoothly, and it tried to open its wings again to shake off the ash on it, but when it opened its wings, it found that it could no longer take it back, and it fell like a stone sculpture from the shoulders of the Scarlet Knight, and the ash was still falling like snowflakes flying in the air......

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The Scarlet Knight looked at the night harrier that had fallen into the ash, leaving only a handful of tail feathers outside, and seeing that it was going to be unable to live, the Scarlet Knight just snorted coldly, and then ignored the night harrier with a cold face, allowing its head to be buried in the ash, and its body slowly twitched until it stiffened.

The black-scaled horse refused to take any further steps, and the Scarlet Knight had no choice but to abandon the horse and stride forward.

He was wearing a heavy full-covered demonic pattern armor, carrying a heavy double-edged broadsword, a pair of black iron heavy boots stepped on the volcanic ash, almost half of the calves were sunk down, the road here was not easy to walk, the iron boots under his feet were slowly heating up, his feet were like stepping on a hot iron pot, he could only use the qi and blood in his body to resist the heat under his feet, and the taste of running the strength of his body at this moment was not pleasant.

He thought back to how long it had been since he had become a Constructed Knight that he hadn't had such a painful experience, so long that he had almost forgotten the battle.

It wasn't on the battlefield, but a year after he entered the Dark Arts Retreat in pursuit of greater power, and when he was tracking down the Hell Demon Clan's Hellflame Black Magic, a man named Fred in the southern province of Petersburg. In Gary's lord's castle, he was fighting against the sword dancer, who was unexpectedly a knight in disguise, his twin swords burned in the battle, and the battle almost roasted the dark red knight, and the dark red knight split the sword dancer in half with a powerful dark martial art, the dark blow.

After so many years in the city of Highlandsa, it seems that he has forgotten those hard battles.

He reached out and touched the black mark on his neck that was still bleeding, the pain was gradually awakening the will to fight in his heart, could this be the power of the Dark Goddess?

At dawn, the sky lit up with a white fish's belly, echoing the gray clouds in the shape of mushroom umbrellas overhead, and the Scarlet Knight stood alone on a boulder at the foot of the mountain, where he had been searching all night, but unfortunately lost the whereabouts of Surdak and Selena, he stuck his broadsword into the rock of the magma rock, took out the little water bladder left, and drank the water inside.

If they can't be found again, the Scarlet Knight thinks about withdrawing from this barren land, since the two of them have come out of Wall Village, then they can go to Wall Village to investigate, he thought to himself.

The fiery morning sun shines on Puswoo Mountain through layers of obstacles, stretching the figure of the Dark Red Knight on the boulder, the Dark Red Knight just wanted to jump down from this big stone, but he happened to see a cave in the field of vision, he looked up at the cave located between the mountain walls in the lower half of Pusbag Mountain, and a thought suddenly rose in his heart, he covered the black mark with blood on his neck with one hand, and walked fifty steps in the direction of the cave, and sure enough, the pain caused by the black mark on his neck was faintly intensifying, He then turned around and ran in the opposite direction of the cave for nearly a hundred meters, and the pain in his neck lessened.

They must have found the Night Harrier, and they hid in the cave in order to avoid the Night Harrier's tracking, and the Scarlet Knight felt a thrill to reveal the final answer, he stretched his body, and couldn't wait to catch up, trampled the knight who was not yet a knight in disguise, cut off the head with a sword, and then brought the Dark Goddess Emissary with a decent appearance to Grenfell, I think he wouldn't mind enjoying the spoils of war himself, after all, he lost a priceless black-scaled horse.

The Scarlet Knight thought of the black-scaled horse, touched his chapped lips and shriveled belly, and strode back the way he came.

The black-scaled horse lay down on the soft volcanic ash, and when it saw the Scarlet Knight striding back, it let out a feeble wail, and it didn't even have time to look at its old master, the double-edged broadsword in the Scarlet Knight's hand had already fallen on its neck, and the black horse's head was cut off by the Scarlet Knight's sword, and the blood splashed the Scarlet Knight's body, and he couldn't care about it at the moment, so he leaned his head over and drank the blood of the black-scaled horse, and cut off a large piece of horse's flesh with skin from its hind legs, and carried it in his hand like this, Start climbing the pus-filled mountain in front of you.

There are some lava rivers on the northern slopes of Puss Mountain, and after the Scarlet Knight has suffered a bit, as for finding himself walking next to the more eye-catching lava river, although it is more hot than other places, he will definitely not step on those hot lava rivers again.

When you look down the mountain, you don't think the cave is very far away.

But when he started to climb the mountain, he realized that the cave was really far away.

Then he felt refreshed and found a small pile of horse manure on the way, he even bent down and carefully pinched it with his hand, and found that although the outer layer of horse manure was dry, the inside was damp, indicating that this piece of horse manure had not existed for too long.

He was even more sure that Surdak and Selena must have taken refuge in the cave.

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Their horses were also badly burned, but with the power of Surdak's Light, the two Gubolai horses were barely able to walk.

Moreover, Surdak has found a way to avoid the lava dark river hidden under the volcanic ash, with his ability to perceive the magical elements around his body, as long as he carefully experienced, it is not difficult to find the thick fire element in the rock under his feet, as long as he avoids those fire element belts in his perception, he can avoid those lava dark rivers.

Selena followed behind Surdak, although the two were on the run, but she looked at the broad arms of the man in front of her, but her heart was extremely steady, she always had a feeling of wanting to pounce on him from behind, hugging him tightly, and the heat in her body rushed from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.

He is brave and decisive, he will not give up easily, he is like a strong shield in front of him in the face of adversity, always facing the first round of storms.

Selena's eyes were incomparably bright, looking at Surdak in front of her.

Her face was covered with a thick mask, and she was a little panting when she climbed the mountain, but fortunately, the speed of the two was not fast, and he seemed to have deliberately slowed down his pace to accommodate himself.

"How long are we going to go?" Selena asked faintly, leaning over Surdak.

"Tired? Do you want to drink saliva? Surdak handed the kettle to Selena.

Then he took out the water gathering scroll from his arms and unfolded it casually, the water element here was quite thin, and the water droplets fell extremely slowly, Surdak poured the water on his body, and he felt a lot cooler for a while, and he wiped his face casually.

She placed the scroll of water gathering on top of Selena's head to let her also enjoy the rare coolness, she raised her head in the magic rain, let the water drip on her fair and delicate face, and then flowed down her neck into a full, white chest, those somewhat dry lips were moistened by the magic rain, and in an instant they returned to crimson rose petals, and her beautiful big eyes looked at Surdak obsessively, and the red rose petals bloomed with the most beautiful smile.

The two rested against a rock.

The two Gubolai horses need to be fed with water and food, and they also need to be treated, and Surdak does not dare to give up these two horses, and it will take at least half a month to walk back to the village of Wall from here.

"What are we going to do if lava keeps flowing from the mouth of that cave?" Selena asked Surdak.

Surdak didn't think about it and said: "Then go to other caves, this kind of road is estimated that even if the knight is constructed, he should not be able to ride a horse like us, that night harrier wants to find us, at least tomorrow during the day, don't worry, he won't catch up so quickly." ”

Surdak looked determined, then he slapped his forehead hard and said, "By the way, I almost forgot about this ......"

Then, under Selena's silent gaze, Surdak was next to the boulder, and rearranged the temporary altar for the sacrifice ceremony, Selena stood aside and watched with some stunned gaze at the phantom of the demon god that appeared under the four blue flames, watching him skillfully take out a wolf head and sacrifice it, and then a holy light fell on herself.

"Is that the god you believe in?" Selena asked Surdak, who was packing up the four pottery bowls.

Surdak put the pottery bowl into his magic waist bag and clapped his hands, at this time the demon god phantom had turned into a little starlight and disappeared, he smiled and laughed at himself and said, "Sort of, but he is paid for his help, I offer him sacrifices so that he can send down power and blessings, maybe because I can't be considered a devout believer." ”

"And what is this?" Selena asked what kind of blessings she had given herself.

"The body of divine blessing can make you have endless energy." Surdak replied.

After resting for a while, the two continued their journey up the mountain, unable to find the cave by sight at night, but by virtue of the location in their memory.

The two of them walked along the lava river towards the mountain for most of the night, and finally found the mine before dawn, and stood in front of the cave entrance, only to find that the cave was indeed as Delena said, from the mouth of the hot magma, but it was a little different from Selena's words, this lava river was more like a fissure, not much exposed, and the scorching heat was more like an unbearable heat, not the kind of unbearable heat.

The two of them stood at the entrance of the cave and hesitated, but in the end Surdak made a decision: go first and have a look, and then withdraw if it is really not possible.

Just as the two of them approached the cave, they noticed that a hot wind was spewing out of the cave, and it was this wind that made the breathing a little easier, and a thin layer of sulfur ore grew next to the lava crack at the entrance of the cave, and the smell in the cave was also a little pungent.

Surdak led the horse in, and a wave of heat rushed in his face.