Chapter 34: The Collapsed Ore City
Ten blue lights surrounded Caleb, and the acid phagogue had already started to fly, and others could only see a blue halo around Caleb.
After a month of training, Ena is not the only one who has improved, Caleb's insect manipulation has also risen by one level in a month, and now it is level 3, when manipulating insects, it can increase its attributes by 30%, and Caleb's precise control has also broken through to 10.
"Ten Swords Through Teeth"
It took less than a split second for the ten lasers to go from static to motion, and in an instant, they passed through the heads of the ten gerbils, and the gerbils fell to the ground and struggled.
Ena jumped into the swarm of gerbils, her feet flashed with black fighting energy, and her right foot kicked out like a black dragon, and a black fighting spirit blade was thrown out by Ena.
"Black Wolf Moon"
"Low-Altitude Step, Half-Step Cannon"
Landing on the ground, Ena shook her foot, and her right fist slammed into the eye of a gerbil, and the fighting spirit contained in her right fist exploded, shattering the gerbil's head.
The black crescent moon flew towards a gerbil that was fighting Rice, and easily slashed through the gerbil's front legs, and the gerbil was unsteady on its feet, and Les seized the opportunity to stab it in the neck.
Ena's hands were mixed with a strong fighting spirit, shaking her hands like a whip, and slapped the gerbil's head, and the fighting spirit penetrated the gerbil's skin to the brain.
On the outside, it looked unscarred, but the inside had been stirred into a pulp, and the gerbil's proud armor was useless, and it fell straight to the ground.
"Triple Red Flame Jade"
Caleb summoned three red fireballs more than 3 meters in size and smashed them into the dense area of the gerbil, the minerals on the gerbil's body became a fatal weakness, and the high temperature generated by the red fireflies made the gerbil unable to resist at all.
With the help of Caleb and Ena, the gerbil population began to dwindle rapidly, and just when everyone thought everything was going well, the earth began to shake.
The ground shook, everyone present stood unsteadily, something seemed to be approaching underground, and the gerbils began to panic.
What Caleb came up with:
Are these gerbils running for their lives? β
The ground about fifty meters away from the caravan suddenly collapsed, and a huge demonic beast came out, and its height was guaranteed to be thirty meters.
"What is this!"
"It's the Earth Rock Worm, this can't be, why did this kind of demonic beast come here!"
"We're finished!"
Caleb couldn't help but scream when he saw the worms emerge from the ground.
"Wow! It's huge! β
"Identification"
"Underground worms
Level 25
Health 15000/15000
Mana 50/50
Strength?
Constitution 1500
Spirit 3
Skills: "Drill Sand Lvmax", "Giant Food Lv5", "Giant Body Lv5", "Acid Lv5", "Rock Armor Lv3"
The Rock Worm seemed to be targeting the gerbil swarm, but as it approached the gerbil swarm, it sensed an anomaly in the carriage, and the worm's attention was drawn to the carriage, and he slowly crawled to the caravan's side.
Caleb saw that this was not possible, so he had to go on his own, and released a swarm of glowworms, which flew towards the worms crawling over.
"Red Firefly"
Turning into a wall of fire separating the path of the worms and the caravan, Caleb flew into the sky.
"Wave Bug Tornado"
A blue tornado swept towards the worm, which sensed the danger and burrowed directly into the ground.
"Do you think it's safe to hide underground, chase me."
The acid eaters burrowed into the holes dug by the worms.
Caleb glanced at the situation of the gerbil swarm, because of the intrusion of the ground rock worm, many gerbils began to escape, and the situation on Rice's side was not too dangerous, and this ground rock worm was left.
A jolt came from the ground, and the worm rushed straight out of the ground, right at Caleb's feet, and it bit at Caleb with its mouth wide open, squirting a huge stream of acid from its mouth.
Its body is covered in a thick layer of rock armor, but there are parts of it that are heavily corroded, and should be attacked by the acid eaters.
The worm was followed by a stream of acid eaters, flying out of the ground.
'Firefly Boom'
Dozens of glowworms hit the worm's head, and the next moment there was a series of explosions, canceling out the acid that the worm sprayed at itself, and the acid that flew out fell to the ground and suddenly rose thick white smoke.
Caleb saw that the worm was still rushing towards him, and hurriedly dodged away, watching the worm rush into the sky.
"Cruise missile"
A blue meteor flies out of Caleb's body and stabs into the worm's body, causing an explosion.
The worm was blown apart in two by the explosion in its body, leaving only a strand of flesh to join together.
A large amount of green blood poured out of the worm's body, and it seemed that it would not live long.
Dingββ
"Kill a 'Rock Worm' for +12400 experience"
"Your level ....."
Caleb and his subordinates raised the demon level to level 13, and Xiaomi's level reached level 9.
Caleb landed in front of Boss Gro, looked at him and said:
"What's in Boss Gro's carriage, right? These monsters seem to be interested in your carriage. β
When Les and his gang heard Caleb's words, they all looked at Gro with wary looks.
Gro was wiping the sweat from his head with his handkerchief, his face pale, and he could see the attraction of his carriage to these monsters.
"This and this..... I don't have anything in the car, just some of my luggage. β
Caleb looked at Gro, he really didn't know, and then said:
"Can you let me check this?"
"Dangdang.. Absolutely, please take a look. β
Gro walked to the carriage and took out his luggage, which he laid out on the ground and showed it to Caleb.
Ena also leaned over to Caleb to check it out.
Caleb used identification to check it, it was all some ordinary clothes, he looked at Ena on the side, Ena's nose twitched, and she shook her head at Caleb, the source of the smell was not these luggage, so it should be in the carriage.
Caleb got into the carriage and looked around, using identification techniques everywhere, and finally made a discovery.
"Wood coated with animal lure oil: It has a special fragrance that attracts monsters and can make monsters go crazy."
Caleb got out of the carriage and said to the people who were waiting:
"It's been smeared with animal lure oil, does Boss Gro have any enemies?"
A look of shock appeared on Gro's face, and he pondered it carefully.
"Could it be that the Rossi Chamber of Commerce is making a mess."
Les said in shock when he heard Gro's words.
"Rossi Chamber of Commerce?!"
"Is the Rossi Chamber of Commerce famous?"
Caleb asked about the shocked Les, who explained to Caleb:
"The Rossi Chamber of Commerce is the largest chamber of commerce in Alec, owns the ore mining rights of the entire Alec, and the president is the younger brother of the city lord of Alec City, and the reputation of the chamber of commerce has always been good, and adventurers in the vicinity like to buy weapons here."
Gro snorted when he heard Rice's words.
"The Rossi Chamber of Commerce has always wanted to buy my Gro Chamber of Commerce before, and the price is very low, I didn't agree, and I haven't usually made enemies with other chambers of commerce.
The only thing I can think of is the Rossi Chamber of Commerce, I didn't expect the Rossi Chamber of Commerce to make such a despicable move, if it weren't for Mr. Caleb today, we would all be buried here. β
"Everything is still clear, and it can't be concluded that it was done by the Rossi Chamber of Commerce, and now this car can't be used, so it can only be abandoned."
Caleb won't easily believe what Gro says, everything has to be done after Alec's own investigation before he can draw conclusions, if there is really anything unforgivable about this Rossi Chamber of Commerce, Caleb doesn't mind eradicating him.
"That's all it takes, Mr. Caleb is really thanks to you this time, these ten gold coins should be regarded as a blessing for you."
Gro took out a bag of gold coins and tried to give it to Caleb, who pushed the money back.
"Boss Gro is looking down on me, I didn't just make a move for money, with Brother Rice here, I won't sit idly by."
When Les heard Caleb's words, he was moved and patted Caleb on the shoulder.
"Good brother, when Alec and we drink together, I'll have a treat."
"Okay, let's have a drink then."
After abandoning the carriage, Gro chose to ride in the wagon, with his fat stature, it was impossible to use it, even if the truck was bumpy, he had to take the wagon.
Sure enough, when there was no carriage, the smell disappeared, and Ena reported it to Caleb with certainty.
Two days later, before Gro's body was about to be turned upside down, the group finally reached Alec.
"What's going on!"
As soon as Gro returned to Alec, he was shocked by the tragic situation before him.
Alec was originally a city embedded in a mine, but now the part of the mine where Alec is located has completely disappeared, and the original mine has become a bottomless pit, and Alec has become the shape of a half-crescent.
"Oh! No, what's going on, what about the mines? β
Les put his hands in his hair, tugging at his hair in disbelief.
Is this the reason for the shaking a few days ago..... The part that fell should be hopeless, and the feeling in this hole is very strange. β
Caleb looked at Alec's big black hole, and he had a strange feeling just looking at the hole.
The hair on Ena's body was about to explode, and she grabbed Caleb's clothes and hid behind Caleb.
Gro slapped himself hard to make sure he wasn't dreaming, and he quickly ordered the chamber driver's driver to speed up.
"Quick, get into town, let's go and see."
Les hurriedly beckoned his regiment to follow Gro's caravan, their mission had not yet been delivered, and he had to go to the guild with Gro to hand in the task.
Caleb decided to separate from Rice first, and he wanted to investigate the situation in the city first.
"Brother Rice, we still have to leave beforehand, so we won't go to the Adventurer's Guild with you."
"Okay, we'll be staying at the guild's hotel these days, and come to me for a drink when we have time."
Caleb and Ena entered the city gates, but Alec's gate was not guarded, and I don't know if it was because of the hole or because it wasn't there in the first place.
"Eena, let's take a look around first."
"Good!"
The streets were deserted, and Caleb secretly unleashed the scouting bugs as he walked.
The gray buildings, the oppressive environment, there is not a trace of plants, and the faces of the scattered pedestrians are also covered with gloomy looks.
Some of the houses collapsed in the shaking of the previous few days, and no one has cleaned them up.
"A lifeless city ....."
This is Caleb's assessment of Alec, and Caleb has found his destination in the city, a blacksmith shop.
It was the only blacksmith shop that Caleb had left open after visiting all of Alec, and the previous ones had already closed and left.
Pushing open the heavy wooden door, there was a wave of heat, this blacksmith shop was very narrow, and there were some weapons and tools hanging on the walls, iron swords and pickaxes were the most common, as well as daggers, short weapons such as daggers and short swords.
In the innermost part of the blacksmith's shop was the stove and anvil, and beside it lay a pile of ore, and in the furnace there was a yellow flame, and a short, strong dwarf took a red-hot iron ingot from the furnace with iron tongs, and began to knock on the anvil.
Qiang β
The hammer in the dwarf's hand slammed into the ingot, and the shadow of the hammer was almost connected, and the splash of sparks illuminated the dwarven's face.
Caleb only then saw the appearance of the dwarf, with a beard, the gray-white beard looked very old, and there were some wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, Caleb didn't know how the dwarf judged his age, and the dwarf seemed to be very old from his face.
But his muscles were knotted, his arms were as thick as Caleb's thighs, and his body looked young.
Caleb is very sure that the strength attribute of this dwarf in front of him is definitely several times greater than his own, looking at the big hammer in the dwarf's hand, if he wants to swing the speed of this dwarf, he can't do it without a strong strength attribute.
Andrew, who was striking iron, sensed that someone was entering, he stuffed the iron ingot from the anvil into the furnace again, put down the hammer in his hand and turned to look at the door, it was two humans.
Judging from his height, he is not very old, and he can't see his face clearly in a cloak.
Andrew opened his mouth and said:
"My name is Andrew, and if I want to buy weapons, I will pick them myself, and I will not bargain."
Caleb picked up an iron sword from the wall, it was a sharp edge and a hard texture, it was a good weapon, but it was not Caleb's goal, he hung the iron sword back on the wall, and said to Andrew:
"I don't have the weapons I need here, can I customize them?"
Andrew nodded, and he said:
"It can be customized, there are no drawings, and there are no large weapons such as armor and broadswords."
"I want to build a pair of gloves for my sister, and here's the drawing."
Caleb pulls out a blueprint of a weapon that Caleb has designed for Ena over the course of a month.
The fist gloves are designed with open fingers, which is convenient for Ena to use the fighting skills of the wolf clan, and her nails have been tested by Caleb, and the hardness is comparable to iron, and I believe that the hardness will be higher after awakening the beast in the future.
The inner lining is made of elastic and soft cloth, covered with a layer of metal, and Ena can also use fists to defend against attacks such as swords or arrows.
Handing the drawings to Andrew, Andrew unfolded them and examined them carefully.
"It's... It's a very simple design, just give me a day. β
Caleb nodded, and he said:
"Please give me the best metal used in the metal layer, you can use as much money as you want."
Andrew hesitated, he shook his head.
"I'm sorry, I can't say yes."
"Why?"
Andrew pointed in the direction of the big black hole and said:
"You should know that there was originally a mine in that direction."
Caleb nodded, though he had only just found out.
"That damn vampire of the Rossi Chamber of Commerce, he used explosives to blow up the mountain when he was mining, no one could have imagined that there was a naturally formed dungeon under Alec, and as a result, most of Alec collapsed.
The original mining team was all trapped in the collapsed mine, and this collapse also alarmed the monsters in the dungeon, if it weren't for the city lord to do something and beat the monsters back, Alec would be history.
That said, a large number of residents have moved out, and I'm going to be out in three days, because no one wants to stay next to a dungeon, and maybe one day they'll be taken by some monster.
I can't hit the good metal you want in a short time, so you might as well give up. β