No one in the world can refuse the dragon treasure.

In fact, for most dragon slayers, honor is only part of it, and the wealth that dragons have accumulated over hundreds of years is the tireless pursuit of dragon slayers.

Especially the dragons of the evil camp such as the color dragons, they will always do anything to plunder their possessions, which also means that the treasure of the color dragons is more abundant than the metal dragons, of course. It's also more dangerous, and no one can guarantee that everything on their body won't become part of the dragon's treasure.

In short, when Naomi mentioned these four words, everyone's attention was instantly grabbed.

Even if the battle between the Black Dragon and Smaug continued—even though Smaug was crushing it on one side, it was clear that it wasn't all over so quickly, and it wasn't easy to kill a dragon.

"I've never seen a single dragon's treasure." Barn looked at the foul-smelling swamp and said, "If it's for the dragon's treasure, I'll be able to endure diving into this disgusting swamp." ”

"No, I told you, there are other entrances to the Black Dragon's Cave." Naomi spoke, "Although the environment will not be much better. ”

Townsend televised Smaug not to damage his ingredients, and followed Naomi to the side of the swamp.

Soon, everyone saw a black hole in the ground, which was not large enough for the size of the black dragon to pass through.

"It's a cave dug by kobolds." Naomi spoke, "They breed in the black dragon's lair like bugs, instinctively worshipping and submitting to the black dragon, so they will take the initiative to find and capture other creatures, and take the captives to fill the black dragon's belly. ”

"Oh, a creature lower than a goblin." Barn was dismissive.

"These guys should have been scared by Smaug and hid in the depths of the cave." "Perhaps they are looking forward to Smaug's dominance of this territory, and they will be able to serve a stronger foe," he said. ”

"But they were greeted only by death."

The four of them walked into the burrow, and everyone involuntarily squinted and covered their mouths and noses - the smell in the burrow was no fresher than outside, but they had to guard against the worms and poisonous scorpions that could be seen everywhere.

Naomi simply escaped into the shadow plane.

The entrance to the cave is very narrow, and the kobolds are generally not very tall, and it is not until they have penetrated into the cave thoroughly that the surroundings are wide and cheerful.

Countless bones were piled up, snakes, insects, rats and ants walked through them, and the strong sour smell made everyone unable to open their eyes.

Townsend had to expand the space to open the fruit of the surgery and disperse those breaths.

"I didn't see a single gold coin, only the corpses here." Barn looked around.

"Dragons don't put their treasures where they eat." Naomi's figure emerged, "Come with me, we're not far from the dragon's treasury." ”

The cavern shook a little, and it was clear that the battle above was not over yet.

"The black dragon knows that we have entered his cave, and it is very likely that he will try to destroy this place directly, even if its treasure is buried forever, and he does not want others to get it."

Tang Sen frowned slightly, and passed the rumor to Smaug, so that the other party could stop the black dragon's crazy behavior.

Continuing deeper, everyone noticed that there was a light coming from ahead.

Colorful.

Barn couldn't help but speed up his pace, and when he turned a corner, he couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"That's a lot of money!"

Trihy's eyes lit up.

At this time, Tang Sen saw the appearance of the dragon's treasure house.

This is obviously a huge underground cavern, half of which is water, and it is needless to say that it should be possible to reach the swamp directly through the waterway, and the other half of the place is full of all kinds of treasures.

There are mostly golden coins, but there are also a variety of gems that give off the glimmer of light in the caves.

Anyway, Townsend wasn't too shocked.

He had seen the sea of gold in the dwarven hall when Smaug occupied the lonely mountain, and in the face of that visual shock, the small mountain of gold in front of him was nothing more than Er'er.

If Smaug had been there, he would have taunted the poor ghost and tried to get into the golden mountain.

Tracey excitedly stepped forward to pick up a gem.

"Be careful." Naomi dodged over to stop her and said, "These things have been soaked in the black dragon for too long, and they are extremely acidic, so if you don't want your skin to be corroded, it's best not to touch them." ”

Trish withdrew her hand smugly, then politely thanked Naomi.

"The gold here should be close to a million, right?" Townsend roughly calculated.

"If you count the value of those gems, there should be." Naomi said, "Even among the adult dragons, this black dragon is rich, and it must have destroyed many cities. ”

Townsend didn't care about the money, what he was looking for was something related to the purchase of goods, that is, the ancient dragon.

He was sure that the connection between this black dragon and the ancient black dragon Tiber was definitely not the so-called killing of the black dragon would attract the other party - the black dragon did not have this concept, they did not care about the life or death of their kind, even if it was their own heir, if they did not leave its lair after the end of the dragon stage, they could be eaten directly.

So, maybe it's an item.

At this moment, Trish suddenly noticed that Barn was still standing in his original position, his face glazed.

It's anomalous.

She joked, "Mr. Barn, I thought you were going to pounce on you." ”

Barn woke up from a dream, shook his head, and said, "Strange, I hear someone talking to me. ”

"I'm talking to you." Trish said seriously.

"No, it's an unfamiliar voice. It's in dwarven language. Barn looked around and looked puzzled, "Could it be that there is a charm spell here?" ”

"I'm sure there aren't any magic traps here." Naomi affirmed.

"And I didn't hear anything." Tracey said.

Tang Sen's expression became solemn: "Except for the four of us, I don't perceive the existence of anyone else. ”

The space for his surgical fruit is always expanding.

"The voice. What are I talking to you? ”

Barn tapped his head and said, "Clan. It's too much to conquer giants, no, he's talking straight inside my head! ”

"It's a smart magic item."

In his hand, Townsend was holding the dark blue orb made up of part of Rhubarb's consciousness, and Rhubarb's voice came from it.

"What do you mean?" Townsend asked.

"A magical item with a mindAfter the construction of the Mage Tower, my master began to study this aspect of magic, and achieved certain results." Rhubarb replied, "That's why I was born." ”

"A lot of Arcanists like to add intelligence to their magic items or weapons, which can make them easier to use."

Tang Sen raised an eyebrow: "Then why can't we hear it?" ”

"If only the dwarves heard it, I think this magical item may have come from the dwarves, or at least was made for the dwarves." "It won't be willing to be used by creatures of other races. ”

"Magical items? Dwarves? Barn's face was confused: "No, it talks too fast, too much!" My brain feels like it's going to fill up! ”

"Maybe it's because it's been left in the Black Dragon's collection for so long, so there's a strong desire to communicate, or maybe . . . Its intelligence is molded into this personality. ”

"Find it! I've got to find it! Barne yelled, "I can't stand the sound in my head all the time!" ”

Townsend empathizes.

Smaug is an extremely talkative dragon, when Townsend opens up the perspective of the outside world, he will always complain in his consciousness all the time, but Townsend will often choose to block the other party's words.

"I suppose if it's a magic prop, it's in this pile, right?"

Tracey cautiously pointed to the pile of "broken copper" in the corner.

Obviously, the black dragon has sorted out his own treasures, those golden or colorful things, put them in the most conspicuous place for his own viewing at all times, and these unsightly things, it directly threw them into the corner.

It's not good-looking, but it's not unprecious, and it's clear that this pile of treasures comes from adventurers who have failed to challenge the Black Dragon, or the Black Dragon has plundered from other cities.

Adventurers who dare to challenge the dragon will not be as weak as ordinary adventurers, at least it is a team of adventurers of more than ten levels, with the strength of this black dragon, those who die in its hands may even have a nine-ring spellcaster.

Townsend had already seen a staff of apparent excellence above him, as well as a fine set of plate armor.

"This staff fixes a four-ring plastic-based spell Ice Storm, which can be used once a day, and a six-ring plastic-based spell chain lightning that can be used once every three days." Rhubarb quickly introduced, "Moreover, it can slightly enhance the power of the Plastic Energy Spell. ”

"Plastic energy?" Trish jerked her head up.

"It's yours." Tang Sen waved his hand: "It's very suitable for you." ”

"I think so too." Trish laughed, and with the hand of the Zero Ring Trick Mage, she took the staff.

She remembered Naomi's admonition to her.

It wasn't that she didn't have something more precious than this staff, but what could the teacher have prepared for her compare to the loot she had personally obtained during her adventures?

"As for the plate armor. There weren't any magic runes, just a set of ordinary refined plate armor. ”

In between the rhubarb identifications, Barn had already pounced on it, turning over the pile of magical items, but fortunately, he was wearing pure gold gloves, and his skin would not be burned by the strong acid.

"I'm almost finding it. It's here! His mouth kept muttering.

"Are you sure it's okay?" Tang Sen frowned slightly: "Barn looks like he has affected his senses. ”

"It depends on the tendency of this intelligent magic item, if its will is biased towards the evil camp, it is possible to induce its owner to fall into evil, but the kind of items that are generally derived from demons or devils, and dwarven items are more of good or neutral camps."

Rhubarb explains, "I need to see the real thing. ”

"That's it!" By this time, Barn had found a large warhammer, and he gripped the handle of the hammer and tried to lift it, but the hammer only wobbled a little.

"It's too heavy!" Barn blushed.

"I can feel the power of this hammer." Da Huang said: "Exquisite skill, there is no doubt that this is a legendary item. Another characteristic of a smart magic item is that only a specific being can be recognized by it and use it, otherwise, it is no different from ordinary items. ”

"Come to think of it, that black dragon didn't find this warhammer special at all."

"Am I not recognized?" Barn stabbed his horse, both hands straining at the same time, and Townsend could see the veins on his forehead bulging, but only a few points to lift the hammer.

"If it's willing to communicate with you, it means you've got its approval." Rhubarb has never had mood swings when he speaks, but the words are very heart-wrenching: "I think you just can't lift it." ”

"Impossible! When pigs fly! Barn was furious: "There is no hammer that a dwarf cannot lift!" ”

"A lot of high-quality magic items have their use, let alone legendary items." Da Huang said: "This war hammer is not for ordinary people. ”

Barn's strength was exhausted, and as soon as his strength was released, the warhammer slammed into the ground with a roaring sound, and the water on one side shook into ripples.

"The voice is gone." His face was gloomy: "I feel its loss. ”

"Forget it. Maybe I really don't deserve it. ”

The dwarf sat on the ground and lowered his head.

"I have a way." Trish said cautiously, "I have a Tamsyn Transfiguration scroll here—"

"No, no."

Barn's voice was deeper than ever, "It's just a waste for me to use such a precious spell scroll. ”

"If you can't lift it without meaning, you can't lift it."

"Barn—" Trish was a little overwhelmed.

"I'm just a normal dwarf." Barn said: "I should have known that I could only deal with goblins and ogres, and I simply did not have the ability to participate in such a legendary adventure, what lich, what dragon. A dwarf like me deserves to sit in a tavern and listen to the bragging, then get drunk and set off the next day to do some little task to earn a few gold coins. ”

The excitement and frustration that had accumulated along the way finally reached its peak at this moment.

Tang Sen could see that the dwarven warrior's mentality had collapsed.

"I can't help you with anything, I'm a warrior who should stand in front of everyone, but I can only hide behind everyone. Carmelo is right, the difference in strength is too big, and there is no point in holding it back. ”

"No, don't say that, I'm weak too." Trixie said unscrupulously.

Barn glanced up at her, and everyone could see that he was not comforted at all, and even more broken.

"It doesn't matter, it's all the boss's trophies anyway, not to mention the legendary warhammer, I don't even deserve the armor on my body, I'll be a cook honestly." He choked up: "When this adventure is over, I'll go back to the mountains to mine." ”

The corners of Townsen's mouth twitched.

He really couldn't bear to tell the other party that being an honest cook was his main purpose in recruiting the other party in the first place.

Of course, Barne's performance later made him want to cultivate the other party, but it really didn't happen overnight.

"Barn, stand up."

Tang Sen maintained his apparent calm and said, "If you don't think you are worthy, then you can really only be a miner in your life." ”

"It's useless for me to take a legendary warhammer that only dwarves can use, so I don't mind giving it to you. Wait until you can handle it. ”

Barn didn't look up, but he did slowly get up and said in a low voice, "The boss is a generous person. But I'm too weak, and I have more powerful dwarven warriors in my tribe, and he's more worthy of them, and if it's the boss, he'd be willing to be hired. ”

"No, it's just for you." Tang Sen said calmly: "I don't care about the other dwarves, you are my team member." ”

Barn jerked his head up, and everyone could see the tears on his face.

"I" he opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

Townsend could feel that a new Dark Lord mark lit up in this world.

"You won't be unable to lift it for the rest of your life."

Naomi gave a rare sigh of comfort.

Tang Sen glanced at her, and suddenly realized that none of the people present were very good at comforting people.

"If we're done talking, can I interject?"

At this moment, Rhubarb's voice suddenly sounded.

"Dwarf, can you lift your feet? I noticed that you were stepping on a belt. ”

Barn was confused, almost instinctively raising his feet, he didn't know why this dull consciousness was saying this at this time, but it was fine, at least he didn't choose to comfort himself.

This gave Barn some comfort.

"Looks like I'm not mistaken." Rhubarb continued: "Maybe your problem is solved. ”

"What?" Barn's mouth slowly opened wide.

"It's a belt of giant's power." Da Huang said: "An extremely rare and strange thing." ”

"Judging from the characteristics, the core of this belt comes from a Golem, although it can't compare to the Fire Giant, the Cloud Giant or even the Storm Giant, but wearing this belt can still give you the same strength as the Golem."

"I think it should come from the same place as this warhammer. Obviously, the black dragon doesn't need the gigantic power belt, its power is enough. ”

Barn instinctively looked at Townw.

"I don't mind giving you one more, there's more loot here anyway." Tang Sen spread his hands and said with a smile: "Put it on and try it?" ”

With unprecedented agility, Barn picked up the belt and hastily wrapped it around the outside of the plate, and when he found that it didn't work, he took off the breastplate again with great difficulty, and then put the belt on.

"I feel the power coming up."

He clenched his fists, and then, there was a crisp click.

Under the uncontrollable force, his phalanges were directly broken.

(End of chapter)