The year 798 of the Guangming calendar is destined to be a year written into the history of the human race.

The thirteenth emperor Konstantin was assassinated, and the civil war of the Terran race, which had been quiet for more than 200 years, resumed, His Royal Highness died, and Abbas lost his country.

Although the civil war did not turn into a full-scale war for the time being with the intervention of the Pope, the shadow of the war has always hung over the heads of the Terran countries, all of which are strengthening their military forces, and a certain point in time or an unexpected event may reignite the war at any time.

As the year 798 is about to pass, Arthur, who is in the underworld of the dwarven kingdom, is experiencing another rare period of calm in his life.

Arthur lay lazily on a chaise longue, watching with great interest the two huge fire dragons, one red and one dark, churning up and down in the lava lake, fighting fiercely.

The two dragons were controlled by Joan and Arnold, who were standing at the edge of the underlying platform. The two of them entered the sixth-level magician realm three months ago, and although Joan was not able to rely on his own strength to perform the fire dragon technique, he had a first glimpse of the way to manipulate the flame condensation of magic, and found another way to condense the fire dragon with the help of the flames in the magma.

Because the lava below contains strange dark magic elements, Arnold can also condense a fire dragon from the magma. It's just that Joan's dragon is a red color when the magma boils, while Arnold's dragon is a dark red color when the magma condenses.

The two of them have a playful mentality, and at the same time, in order to practice magic control, they each gather a fire dragon to fight each other in the lava lake whenever they have time, and this wonderful scene will always attract many dwarves to watch.

Although Arthur himself has improved a lot during this time, he is still a long way from level six in terms of magic power and fighting spirit. Arthur is not in a hurry, because magic and fighting energy are the work of water grinding accumulated bit by bit, and the accumulation will naturally come naturally to a certain extent, and being anxious will lead to an unstable foundation and even hurt the body.

At this time, Arthur was watching Joan and Arnold fight, while casually chatting with the dwarf Xiaoji, "What has Toren been busy with lately? I haven't seen him in a while. ”

"Toruń is injured and has recently been recovering at home. ”

Arthur immediately sat up straight from the recliner and asked with concern, "Is it hurt? How did he get hurt?"

"You don't have to worry, Toruń wasn't badly injured, he was just accidentally bitten by a fire monkey. Xiao Ji replied casually.

Arthur knows about the fire monkeys, a creature that also lives underground, and they live deeper underground. The fire monkey is about the same size as the monkey on the ground, and its individual strength is not strong, so it has always been one of the main prey of the dwarves.

"Then let's go see Toruń, who has never been to Toruń's house before. Arthur beckoned Joan and Arnold.

Xiao Ji led the way, and the three of them came to Toruń's house.

Toruń still lives with his father and mother. The dwarf's house was much smaller than the inn where Arthur and the others lived, and Arthur had to bend over when he entered.

Toruń's father was a well-known master craftsman among the dwarves, and the dragon bone staff Arnold now uses is a superior blade crafted by Toruń's father. Toruń's mother had long known about his Terran friends, and when she saw Arthur, she immediately enthusiastically brought the dwarven bitter root tea.

Toren was still lying on the bed, with gauze wrapped around one arm, and the complexion on his face was not very good.

Arthur noticed that Toruń's injuries were worse than he thought, and couldn't help but ask, "Where are you injured?"

"It's just a bite on the arm, but the wound heals very slowly. ”

"Aren't you an adult, and why are you still injured by your prey?" Joan joked with the dwarf.

"Recently, there are some fire monkeys in the ground, not only are they obviously more numerous, but they are also more irritable than before, and they rush up in groups, and we are surrounded by a group of fire monkeys, and we are only slightly injured. ”

Arthur vaguely felt that something was wrong, "Let me see your wounds." ”

Arthur untied Toruń's bandage in circles, and found a small wound on the outside of his forearm, which should have been bitten off a piece of flesh, but the strange thing was that the outer ring of the wound was completely black, and there was no trace of it to heal.

Arthur shows Toruń's wounds to Arnold.

Arnold immediately saw something strange, "It's strange, how can the wound be infected with the dark element?"

Arthur threw a "light healing" on Toruń's arm, and the black around the wound immediately dissipated, and the wound began to slowly converge inward.

Toruń's spirit immediately recovered, "Brother Arthur, this is amazing, you saved me again!"

Arthur's expression was still serious, "Is there anyone else injured this time besides you?"

"There are several. ”

"You're taking me to see them?"

Toren also sensed that this matter was not easy, and immediately got up and took Arthur to the other dwarves' houses.

The situation was exactly what Arthur had expected, and all the wounded dwarves had their wounds eroded by the dark element, and the wounds had to be expelled from the dark elemental to heal.

Although Arthur had never had direct contact with the fire monkeys, he knew that they were by no means dark creatures, but after these dwarves were scratched and bitten by them, there must be something wrong with the dark element in their wounds?

Arthur said to Xiao Ji, who had been following: "Please help me tell King Ulantuk as soon as possible, I have something important to report to him." ”

Arthur met the Dwarven King that night and told him about the strange things that had happened today.

"I've received reports of the fire monkey's recent anomalous activity, and you know that we dwarves are inherently incapable of sensing magical elements, so there's no mention of anything related to dark magical elements. ”

"Your Majesty, what are you going to do about this?"

"Even if you don't report it, I've been preparing to send an exploration team deep into the underworld to find out the cause of the fire monkey's unusual reaction. ”

"Let's join the team, after all, we know more about the elements of dark magic. ”

The Dwarven King smiled and refused: "The deeper underground world is not peaceful at all, it can even be said to be very dangerous, you are our dwarves' friends and guests, how can you be allowed to follow you on an adventure?"

"It's because we're friends that we should do our part to help the dwarves, and we've never had a chance to thank you for the fact that we've borrowed the lava fire for our cultivation, and now is the time for us to reciprocate. Arthur still insisted.

"You are true friends of our dwarves, and I will form an exploration team in the next day or two, and I will let Gigi inform you when I leave. ”

Dark magic has returned, and Arthur and the others are about to embark on an unknown journey into the underworld......