The goddess could do nothing, but Herman clearly couldn't.

After a moment's deliberation, Herman asked, "I just came to the dark world, and there are many things I don't understand. I wonder what causes volcanic weakness in general? ”

Otis did not doubt him, and replied truthfully: "The lifespan of a volcano is 10,000 years, and it often takes a long time from childhood, activity to death. There are many factors that cause it to be weak and inactive, but the fundamental factor is that the fire element essence is greatly reduced, causing the underground magma area to recede, and the volcano is not only unable to erupt, but even the magic array of the city-state cannot extract the fire element illumination. ”

"Fire Elemental Essence Reduction? For example, the birth of a fire in a volcano causes the volcano to weaken? Herman said thoughtfully.

Otis replied, "Yes." However, there is another reason for the weakening of the volcano in Gloomy Crystal City. ”

Herman wondered, "What's the secret?" ”

Otis showed a sad look in his eyes: "It's because Lord Svein was seriously injured in a sneak attack by the leader of the Abyss Hermitage and the Goblin Patriarch of Earth Spirit City during an outing more than ten years ago, in order to treat his injuries, the Lord used the secret method of the Dragon Clan to absorb the fire element essence of the Dragon Habitat Land, and consumed a large amount of the fire origin of the Black Dragon Mountain, which caused the Black Dragon Mountain to enter a weakening period." It's a pity that even if he exerts all the strength of the city, he can't save the life of Lord Svein, and he can only watch the adult fall. ”

"I see." Herman suddenly realized.

"I'm a little curious, Svein is a dragon, why would he protect the humans in Dark Crystal City? Is it because you built a temple for it? ”

Otis nodded, "Gloomy City was founded before I was born, and Lord Svein was already our guardian at that time. More than 1,700 years ago, I succeeded to the position of high priest and learned the truth from the mouth of the dying high priest. It turned out that Lord Svein had an agreement with the ancestors of the city, and the adults promised to protect the safety of Dark Crystal City, but after the adults broke through the fifth order and promoted to the holy realm, the Dragon Temple would lead the people to believe in it, help the adults collect faith, and help them ascend to the gods. ”

"It's a pity that there was a sudden accident more than ten years ago, Lord Svein was attacked and besieged, and I was also hit hard in order to receive the adult's soul, if it weren't for the salvation of the gods, I guess it wouldn't be far from falling."

"Praise God!" Otis said sincerely.

(I see, Otis is not a rebellious face, but a soul that has been hit hard to reach the end of life, no wonder the face is so young.) ）

Herman turned back to the topic and asked, "Is there any way to get the volcano back alive?" ”

Otis replied, "There are three ways. The first is to find a formation master to set up a formation in a radius of thousands of miles in Gloom Crystal City, and re-condense the source of fire for the volcano, and then it will only take ten years for Black Dragon Mountain to be active again. It's just that the Formation Grandmaster can only be found in large city-states, but even if we can find the Formation Grandmaster, we can't afford to invite them, and if Lord Svein and I were injured, the city-state's treasures would barely be enough to ask the grandmasters to help. ”

In order to renew the lives of the two, Gloomy Crystal City almost emptied his family, but Svein still couldn't escape the fall.

Herman asked, "What is the criterion for judging the rank of the city-state?" ”

(Miko doesn't seem to know anything about the dark world, and he's curious.) ）

Otis replied, "The extent of the city, the power of the power, and the number of people. The urban area is distributed on the volcano, and there are no more than three fourth-order powerhouses in the ruling power, and the city-states with a population of no more than 10,000 are small city-states; The city was built at the foot of the volcano, and there were more than five fourth-order powerhouses in the ruling power, and the city-states with a population of more than 100,000 were medium-sized city-states; The ruling power has a fifth-order powerhouse, and the city-state has a population of more than one million, and it is a large city-state. ”

The big forces didn't say where the city was, but Herman understood it after a little thought. The most important thing in the dark world is light, and the urban area of a city-state is actually the range of flame radiation of this city-state. The wider the radiation range of a city-state, the larger its city-state will naturally be.

With fifth-order powerhouses sitting in large city-states, there is no need to care about where to build a city.

"And how many large city-states are there in the entire dark world?" Herman was a little curious, how many sanctuaries existed here?

Otis said: "There are five in total, which are Sunset City, Golden City, Rest City, Ancestral City, and Hope City. These five city-states represent the elves, dwarves, dragons, giants, and human powers, and the five city-states are not only innumerable, but also extremely vast, and it is rumored that these city-states have a sun-like light all day long, and there will never be darkness. The people don't have to worry about the attack of the monsters, and they don't have to venture out to hunt and pick wild fruits in the dark......"

The new bishop's eyes were full of yearning, and compared to Gloomy Crystal City, it was simply a paradise.

Herman didn't expect Otis to have such a naïve side, he smiled: "If you haven't lived there yourself, don't think too much about these places, even if it's a bright world, ninety percent of the people of Dawn will starve and suffer all kinds of misfortunes." As he spoke, Herman saw the girl who had died tragically in Deciduous Castle in front of him, and his tone couldn't help but be low, "Beasts and natural disasters are terrible, but the most terrible thing is man-made disasters. I hope you don't cause trouble when you rule Gloom City. I know privilege is inevitable, but you'd better tell those under your command to respect life. ”

Otis shuddered as he heard the murderous intent in Miko's tone. Obviously, this god son hated the abuse of power, and hurriedly promised: "Please rest assured, I will not let this happen." ”

"Let's get back to business." Herman said, "Since the Formation Grandmaster can't be invited, what are the other two ways?" ”

Otis breathed a sigh of relief, this god son is not strong, but the sense of oppression given to him is full. He knew that it was because of the Lord of the Sacred Fire behind the Son of God. After settling down, he continued: "The second method is relatively simple, and it only needs two realm masters to work together to complete it, which is why I came to you. The reason for the weakening of Black Dragon Mountain is that the source of fire has decreased, we only need to find an ownerless volcano and plunder its source of fire to replenish Black Dragon Mountain, that is, we can make Black Dragon Mountain active again. ”

Herman was noncommittal, and said, "What about the third way?" ”

Otis took a deep breath and said, "The third way is to borrow fire. ”

"Borrow fire?"

Otis nodded: "Drawing a leyline from the volcanoes of other city-states and using the power of other volcanoes to re-melt the solidified magma is the most common method among city-states, and it is also the least expensive and easiest way. However, there are only two city-states adjacent to Gloomy Crystal, and these two city-states will never agree to our request to borrow fire. ”

"You mean Earth Spirit City and Furious Wing City?" Herman Road.

Otis said: "Yes, not to mention that the city lord of Earth Spirit City has attacked Lord Svein before, and sent troops to attack us a few days ago, even if there are no two things, they don't want to see Black Dragon Mountain recover...... That's why I wanted Miko to make a move. With your permission, we can set out in search of the Unowned Volcano in no time, and with Valk and the Protector in the city-state, we can hold out until we return, even if anything happens. ”

Herman naturally couldn't agree, thought quickly for a while, and said, "You don't seem to say why Angry Wing City won't agree, I listened to the conversation between you and the people in that realm before, that city-state has something to do with the Dark Spirit Dragon?" ”

A hint of hesitation appeared on Otis's face, and he was silent for a moment before he said: "The lord of Angry Wing City is Lord Sivana of the Angry Wing Dragon Clan, the Sivana Temple she established single-handedly is a true religion, and the entire Angry Wing City is a believer of this lord, this church has been actively expanding for hundreds of years, and it is rumored that this lord has begun to ascend to God." ”

He cautiously glanced at Herman, and found that the other party's face did not change at all, before continuing: "The Sivana Temple has been innocent of us for thousands of years because of Lord Svein's relationship, but now that the Dark Crystal City has returned to the Lord of the Holy Fire, I am afraid that the Sivana Temple will start to be hostile to us from now on, and it is naturally impossible to borrow fire. ”

"Is there still such a relationship? The dragons, who had almost disappeared in the Bright World, were very active here, and it was strange that they had encountered two dragons in a row in less than two months after coming here. ”

Herman seemed to mumble to himself, but in fact asked the goddess in his heart, "Do you know if that angry winged dragon Sivana is in the process of ascending to the gods?" ”

After a moment, the goddess replied, "It's very likely." Anyone who is qualified to ascend to the gods is a creature that has ignited the light of the mind, and although they are still in the Holy Realm, they are already demigods. The Light of the Mind is also known as the Divine Fire, and any creature that ignites the Light of the Mind has the ability to absorb the power of faith, and can establish a religion to prepare for the ascension to God. According to Otis, the angry pterosaur may have embarked on the path of becoming a god by faith. ”

"Isn't that a tiger pillow and in danger?" With this level of existence, even Otis can't stop it for a second, right?

But the goddess snorted coldly and said: "Although believing in becoming a god is the simplest, it is not something that can be achieved in tens of thousands of years, the long time is enough to make ordinary creatures crazy, they have already taken care of themselves against the impact of crazy thoughts, where is there still room to care about the outside world; Moreover, the closer they get to condensing the godhead, the more dangerous the other party becomes, so once they start to ascend to the gods, they will not make a casual move. ”

"Why is that?" Herman wondered.

The goddess did not explain, but said, "You are not a person on this path, and knowing too much is not beneficial to you." Since you insist on returning to the surface, I won't stop you, but you need to finish the affairs of Gloomy Crystal City before you can leave. ”

Herman was extremely depressed when he heard this, and secretly knew that he would not accept this unlucky escort mission.

After thinking for a long time, he said to Otis: "Even if Gloom Crystal City changes its course, until the truth of the death of the Gloom Spirit Dragon is revealed, most of the Sivana Temple will not make a move against us, and the love that has lasted for many years will not be consumed so quickly. You send someone to Angry Wing City as soon as possible, and ask the other party what conditions are required to borrow fire? ”

When Otis heard this, he vaguely understood that the strength of the Son of God that day may not be his own strength. And if that kind of power is used, the cost will be very high, otherwise it is impossible for him not to take action for the sake of the goddess. Knowing this, Otis did not continue to insist, and promised to send someone to Angry Wing City as soon as possible to inquire.

Seeing that things were clear, Herman finally had time to busy his own business, and took the opportunity to ask Otis to recommend a few powerful earth knights to him.

Otis was puzzled: "Do you have any secret missions?" ”

Herman nodded, "Exactly, I need the best warriors in the Guardian Mission. ”

Although the Dragon Temple has not yet changed its name to the Holy Flame Sect, the Dragon Servants have already changed its name to the Holy Flame Guardian Mission.

Otis immediately said, "Then I'll go and call Valk." ”

Herman hurriedly stopped: "Don't bother the Legion Commander, the Earth Knight is enough." Originally, he also planned to find Valk, but in order to maintain the mystery of the Son of God, he had to give up and retreat to the next place to find the Earth Knight in the Legion.

After thinking about it, he said again: "Forget it, you still arrange me to join the Guardian Mission, you can find someone to teach me." Remember, keep this matter secret and don't divulge it to anyone but you. ”

Otis naturally replied, "Then how about I ask Sally to take you tomorrow?" Well, in what capacity do you intend to enter the Guardian Mission? ”

Herman thought for a moment and said, "The identity of the Son of God, except for Valk and the temple wizard, don't tell anyone else for the time being. In front of outsiders, I act as your distant relative. ”

Otis pondered for a moment and returned, "Are you acting as the nephew of my wife Kelly?" Kelly is not from Gloomy Crystal City, so she said that you just came from your mother's house to visit your family. ”

Herman said indifferently: "Whatever you say, just don't reveal my identity." ”

Otis agreed, and arranged for Herman to live in his home in the Dragon Son District on the same day. The next day, he entered the reorganized Guardian Regiment as Sally's cousin and served as the personal guard of the captain of the first brigade.

The whole city of Gloomy Crystal is in full swing to prepare for the establishment of the Church, and the Guardian Group is naturally facing a reorganization. After the reorganization of the former city defense army, many positions will be vacated, and these positions will be reserved for the goddess devotees who are both soldiers and priests of the Guardian Order, and almost everyone in the dragon servant army has descended out of thin air, except for Valk, and almost everyone is in danger.

In this situation, the captain who learned that Herman was a close relative of the bishop's wife naturally did not miss this opportunity to establish a relationship with the leader of the city-state.

Sally is one of the few people who knows the inside story, and she also wants to take advantage of Herman's residence in her house to build a relationship with this god son, and every day she comes to Herman by relaying Vera's illness, and soon, all the officers of the entire defense regiment know about it, and Herman's plan to undergo secret training is completely bankrupt.

However, the good news is that in addition to the captain of the first brigade, there are five or six earth knights with special skills in the Guardian Order, and Herman has benefited a lot from this, which can be regarded as a bonus.

After spending such a fulfilling week, Herman learned three powerful techniques that are comparable to C-level fighting techniques. Just when he felt that his fighting spirit was about to break through, Otis sent someone to tell him that news had returned from Furious Wing City.