While Murphy and the young players run to fight rats and rats to save pirates, the "Slate Expedition Team" of the Bafeng Special Earth Palace is also advancing their work at the same time.

There are two golden-only ones!

Grand Duke Tris himself served as the psionic core, while the rosaerider Paliano, who always focused on perfect manners, made a cameo appearance in squad defense and melee attacks.

With these two guys here, they can basically plow the Bafengte Earth Palace from top to bottom.

What's even more outrageous is that these two powerhouses appear tonight as auxiliaries, and the titular leader of this "Slate Expedition" is the chieftain of the Bloodclaw Clan, the skinny gnolls Hogg, who has recently made a name for himself in Translasia!

Poor Hogg couldn't have imagined at any point in his short life that he could have two golden bodyguards one day?

Which gnoll would have thought of such a powerful treatment?

In addition to these three people, there is also Winnie Collendor Lesenbra, a support psyker from the "Red Devil Pavilion", and Lady Dorothy, the boss of the Blood Rat Gang and the "Queen of the Sewers", and the last one is the Astral Summoner who was called to see the world.

He came on behalf of the player and his mentor, Lord Murphy.

In the face of this wave of squad quality, touching you poor is just a pendant.

He himself knows this, and basically doesn't think about fighting, and uses the calculation orb to take "handsome photos" for the bigwigs, and by the way, record the progress of the preparatory stage of this "super task chain" that has not yet been developed for the player group.

Of course, since the player is called, even if it is just a cutscene, there must be decent quest releases and rewards.

The reward for this mission is a summoning spell, but it is not his full-time astral summoning, but one of the more complex and massive "otherworldly creature summoning spells", called summoning Minotaur.

Probably because the development team wanted to draw cakes, when everyone entered the maze, the NPC Miss Winnie showed the specific form of this summon to the only summoner among the current players.

It was staring with envy, longing, and desire at the giant creature leading the way in the dim underground labyrinth.

That's a minotaur!

It inherits the fierce appearance common to all fantasy legends of the minotaur, reaching a height of more than 3 meters, with large shoulders and round waist, muscular muscles, brownish-black skin and heavy hooves like artiodactyls, a large, otherworldly double-bladed brass axe that shakes the mountains as it walks, and a tail that can be used as a whip when it is flailing.

The whole head was a standard bull's head, a pair of large eyes full of agitated anger, and a gold ring was worn on the nostrils.

Well, the only ornament on the body is not the Minotaur himself, but the "sacrifice" prepared by Miss Winnie when she summoned the Minotaur just now, and it is also the "spell casting material" that must be used to summon the Minotaur spell.

This involves an important factor in the summoner's career path in the mid-to-late game.

That is, those high-level summons have their own preferences, and summoners summoning them to the material world are only the first step, and if you want to ask them to serve you, you have to make a contract and send some small gifts to please others.

While it is also possible to brutally restrain them to fight for themselves, this kind of coercive command can easily cause the summon to spoil at some point.

After all, most of the summoner's spells can't achieve 100% control over the summon, and in this case, it is important to have a good relationship with the summon.

The favorite thing of the mid-to-upper otherworldly creatures like the Minotaur is the elaborate gold nose ring, the more beautifully crafted they are, the more they like it, a gold ring that allows the minotaur to serve the summoner until the end of this summoning, that is, until it is killed in the material world.

And the Minotaur was not an astral being, and if he died in the material world, he would be dead forever.

Therefore, this thing is the real sense of "life money", from this point of view, the minotaur gives you a well-made gold ring as a reward for birth and death, which is already a very conscientious price.

And if the minotaur dies and the summoner wants to make an appointment to summon next time, he must first throw the used gold ring into the minotaur's world and prepare a new gold ring.

Not because the Minotaur was insatiable, but because the creature had basic feelings.

They refuse to use the gold rings used by their compatriots, which they see as "sacrifices", and if you try to trick them, they can easily be spotted and cause unnecessary fighting. And if they encounter a guy holding a minotaur gold ring in the material world, they will also enter the rage and attack as soon as possible.

Because they feel that those are shameless "grave robbers".

To sum up, although the Minotaur is already powerful in the middle and upper level summons, it is actually a very troublesome and very unpopular summon, and few people will learn this kind of spell specifically.

"There are certain requirements to follow that ordinary blacksmiths can't craft, so summoning this powerful otherworldly creature is not only a test of summoning until your summoning level is up to the point where you can permanently contract a Minotaur.

Or a test of your wallet! ”

During the walk in the dungeon, Miss Winnie, who was a powerful summoner before joining the Blood Vulture Clan, held a torch and shared the summoner's tips with the "junior brother" beside her, and she complained:

"And the Minotaur is already a very 'cheap' large summon, among the same large creatures, the most expensive is the gem heavy armor scorpion from the elemental plane, every time you summon that thing, you need to prepare a natural gem of no less quality than the relic level in advance, otherwise the gem heavy armor scorpion will immediately rebel even if it is summoned.

But there is a reason why it is expensive! Remember, my junior brother, this is a classic quote for the way of calling.

The Jewel Heavy Scorpion has no fragile flesh and blood, an indestructible elemental gem shell, is good at melee destruction while inflicting terrifying elemental poison on enemies, and most importantly, it has the characteristics of elemental creatures, and is very insensitive to the passage of time.

This means that as long as you summon the Gem Scorpion and sign a temporary contract with it, you don't need to waste summon slots to keep it in the material world for a long time.

When I was studying summoning on Greeney Island, I heard that one of the Master Summoners in the Tower of the Ring had a temporary contract gem scorpion, and that guy had been in the material world for seventy-seven years, and this rounding up was no different from a permanent contract.

Alas, if it weren't for me and my sister's family, I would have planned to summon my own gem scorpion last month, and the materials would have been ready, as a result

Alas, don't mention those sad pasts.

In short, although that thing is expensive, it really retains its value! ”

"Whoa, I've learned, I've learned."

Touching you poor in the game for so long, and you have also learned to treat people a little, this will quickly record the knowledge that this "senior sister" casually said, and at the same time asked:

"I just saw that you put a lot of defenses on yourself before summoning the Minotaur, and Lady Tracy even put a shield on you, why is that? Is it risky to summon a minotaur? But I think this guy is quite honest and very talkative. ”

"Well, it's true that the Minotaur isn't that brainless monster, and if you don't mess with it, it's peaceful, but the problem is, the Minotaur's companion beast isn't so 'fun'."

Miss Winnie sighed, like every troubled elder sister who explains the basics to a junior brother, shook her head and explained:

"There are many strange beasts in the plane where the minotaur lives, and the Minotaur will be associated with a kind of Hellbull, which is said to be the ancestor of the Minotaur, and the two sides have some strange blood ties.

Each time you cast a summoning spell, you have about a one-third chance of summoning a furious Hellbull.

The thing itself wasn't a problem, it was a beast, and it wasn't as powerful as the Minotaur, but the trouble was that the Hellbull had the talent for instant death rays.

Being glared at by it has a chance to ascend to heaven on the spot, and that spell doesn't even need to be cast, although the instant death rate is very low, but the little stories of summoners I know are definitely full of bad stories of unlucky people being stared to death by Hellbull at a glance.

So, while the Minotaur is the cheapest summon of any large creature, there are few summoners who choose to keep it as their minion.

So, this cheap also has a cheap reason!

If it weren't for the fact that the Minotaur had to ignore any labyrinth to go through the labyrinth this time, I wouldn't have risked summoning it.

There is only one small life, and it must be cherished.

Don't use this spell in the future, it's easy to get into trouble. Well, you're not afraid of death, well, it seems that this spell is probably for you. ”

"Uh-huh, it sounds good value for money and entertaining, and I think this spell will definitely make waves of a 'luck game' among my companions if it slips through."

Touching your poor hehehehe

"Sister Winnie, I just heard from Lady Tracy that you don't need a summoner's knowledge to learn the spell to summon a minotaur, right?"

"Well, that's true."

Miss Winnie, who was actually not very old, was in a good mood when she was called "senior sister" by the polite junior brother, and while directing her minotaur into the tunnel that looked even older in front of her, she replied:

"The alien plane where the Minotaurs are located is 'very close' to the physical world, and the psionic energy required to summon them is very small, so most psychic masters can learn this spell.

I heard this from my mentor when I was studying summoning before.

According to her, it is because the plane in which the minotaur is located has essentially collapsed, and that plane is disappearing, so the creatures in it want to escape the fate of extinction, and they will respond to the summoning call more actively than the creatures of other planes.

Creatures of the Minotaur dimension also have the lowest difficulty in making permanent contracts.

Basically, as long as you have enough summoning slots and overpower it in mental power, you can complete the permanent contract.

But the problem I just said is that there is a problem with the summoning rules of the Dying Plane, and even if you have a permanent contract, you will have a chance to summon a dangerous Hellbull every time you summon it.

So elemental creatures that can respawn and are obedient are more cost-effective summons than them. ”

"But if they respond positively to the call."

Touching you poor frowned and said:

"Doesn't that mean that with enough time, energy, and good luck, I can shape an army of minotaurs in the material world? Anyway, they're all temporary summons, and they don't occupy contract slots. ”

"Well, that's true in theory, but it's also very difficult for you to summon an entity to the physical world, and you have to risk being killed by a hellbull, and it's too cost-effective unless you can find a natural dimensional rift."

Winnie shook her head and said:

"At present, the separation between the physical world and other planes is very stable, so don't think about this kind of good thing."

"Hey, have you two finished your summoner trivia class? I can't understand why two professional summoners would be so interested in this ordinary common sense? ”

Lady Trissy, who walked in front of her with the Serenade Scepter in hand, turned her head and shouted:

"The minotaur is not moving forward!

It clearly senses danger ahead, Winnie, let your summon take us through, clear the danger and move on.

Hogg, can you sense the position of the slate? ”

"It told me it was down there, and it was close."

Hogg, who was very vigilant with a torch, pointed to his head and replied:

"It says it can hear the Tablet of Civilization wailing, and it urges us to speed up, saying that there is an evil force that is defiling the Tablet of Civilization of our gnolls."

Tracey nodded, not asking more.

The "it" in Hogg's words clearly refers to the peculiar spirit of the King of Biting Bone.

It turned out that Murphy's guess without any reason was correct, after entering the Bafeng Special Palace, the King of Biting Bones, who had been "bound" to Hogg, became active, and he didn't even need to dream that he could achieve "secret communication" with Hogg.

As the spokesperson of the previous Jackal Humanist Generation, the King of Biting Bones could obviously feel the specific location of the Civilized Slate, which saved this Slate Expedition a lot of trouble.

With general location guidance, and Winnie summoning the Minotaur to lead the way in front of them, it only took them two hours to get to their destination, but the process made Paliano, who was armed with a heavy shield on his spear, look ugly.

The Rose Knight whispered:

"I thought these filthy goatmen would bring the slate into the lower level, but our destination was only the middle level of the Earth Palace! It seems that the Dusk forces are also unwilling to provoke the Bafengte cult entrenched in the lower echelons.

To be treated so cautiously by an evil like Dusk shows that the Bafengte cult, which had been unappreciated and unknown in the past, had developed to a rather terrifying point.

Although these goatmen who worship evil gods do not cause slaughter in the outside world, they are always a hidden danger to the awakening of ancient evil gods!

If this black plague can survive safely, I estimate that Lord Pa Ying may launch a major purge of the Bafengte cult.

It can't be put off any longer.

Once those cultists begin to control the entire dungeon, this ancient relic will become a terrifying tumor near the Dark Mountains in an instant. ”

"Come on, Paliano, there are so many horrors that can be created in this land, and the Bafont cult is only the most harmless of them all."

Lady Tracey waved her hand disapprovingly and said:

"Although there are very few evil gods walking in this world, it doesn't mean that there are none, I know that there is a weak evil god hidden in the city of halflings, I don't believe that the lord doesn't know, he just doesn't bother to care.

What's more, the Dark Mountains are so big that we have not understood them for the past thousand years, and compared to the dangers hidden there, the filthy Bafengte Dadi Palace is almost like an amusement park.

I don't think there is any need for Lord Pa Ying to do it himself, just leave this dungeon to us! Anyway, when the Dark Valley belongs to Transasia, Little Murphy's frontier will extend to the Barren Mountains, and the entire Filthy Swamp and Bafonte Canyon will become our territory.

As the Governor, this is also one of the problems that Murphy Jr. needs to solve. ”

"Huh! It's a twist between the two of you, Trace. ”

These words made Paliano's eyes widen, and he exclaimed:

"I often use wisdom to solve problems for my lover, but this is the first time I have seen a goddess who takes the initiative to cause trouble for her lover, are you sure you haven't drunk too much?

Given the pressure Governor Murphy is currently under at the moment, I don't think it's a good thing that you're taking the trouble of this dungeon into your hands. ”

"That's what you don't understand."

Grand Duke Trics snorted, shrugged her shoulders and said:

"My little Murphy would love to have an 'Permanent Leveling Zone', this is a feature of his design, so he won't allow you to destroy it casually, well, it's just ahead! Get ready for battle! ”

With a wave of her left hand, the Serenade Scepter swirled and cast two or three mind-protecting spells on the crowd, and the Minotaur, who had led the way in front of them, had bypassed the complicated and tedious fork in the road, and found the path to the Tablet of Civilization Cache without any hints.

After passing through an unremarkable stone gate, a strange hollow area appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

It is like a "hanging tower" hidden under the Earth Palace.

In the center of the surrounding cliff hundreds of meters deep stands a huge stone pillar, a church-like building at the top of the stone pillar, and a severely weathered suspended stone bridge, which is the only road connecting the stone pillar church with the main body of the Earth Palace.

The doors of the church were closed.

But Hogg would jam his head, and said intermittently in a mournful manner:

"It's there! Oh my God, shut up! Don't howl! I know what to do. Shut up! Don't rob me of my sanity! I'm not your dog! ”

The Bloodclaw Chief was clearly fighting for control of sanity with the King of the Biting Bones in his heart, and this scene made Lady Triss shake her head, she crouched down and put her hand on Hogg's shoulder, and whispered:

"Don't resist, let it out! Hogg, I'm going to talk to it. Don't worry, with me, it can't control you. ”

"Huh."

Hogg trusted Archduke Tris, it nodded with difficulty, took a deep breath and completely relaxed the resistance in its heart, and the next second, in the convulsions of the whole body, another consciousness surfaced in Hogg's heart.

"Hogg" rolled his eyes to the vampire archduke in front of him, and then let out a strange and shrill laugh, full of arrogance and wildness, a rebellious unruly that did not need to be disguised, and even an indescribable "general wind".

It waved its paws, pointed to the stone church in front of it, and said:

"The Slate of Civilization is there! What a great idea for you cunning people to try to control the weak Hogg to avert the Scourge! It's just a little rotten.

Go get it.

The king despises your cunning, but he is not incapable of cooperation.

Get it!

I'll tell you how to make Hogg the spokesperson of civilization, I've failed to represent 'power', maybe it's time to try to let 'wisdom' save the gnolls. ”

"Murphy gave it a name!"

Tracey said in a deep voice:

"Its nickname is 'Virtuous Wolf', and it won't be the King of Biting Bone, and the Gnoll People won't have any more of them in the future, so I suggest you settle down, Philip.

You're dead!

You think you're fearless, but there's always a way for me to get you to die again! You pathetic. Captain Security! ”

"Damn it!"

When this "title" was spoken, the unruly King of Biting Bones scolded, realizing that his "true identity" had been discovered by these vultures.

"My gracious little Murphy would like to speak with you, and he thinks there is still room for improvement in our relationship."

Tracey's "kindness" reminded:

"You're a follower of the Creator, and my Murphy is now the new curator of the exhibition area, and you two are barely colleagues, so there's nothing you can't talk about, right? Would you like me to make an appointment for you? Your Majesty. ”

"Hmph, let's get the slate first."

The King of Bone Biters whispered through Hogg's mouth:

"I don't want to bow my head, but my time is really running out, please get it done as soon as possible! Believe me, the Scarlet Witch, who is obsessed with playing love games with her own heirs but has fallen sadly, and has no way to escape, this matter is very important to both of us! ”

(End of chapter)