Lying alone in the dark, I don't know how long it has been, the power of the earth has dried up, and there is nothing to resist anymore. But in the midst of this endless darkness, suddenly there was a yellow light flashing, so warm, so vast. Like the scorching sun melting the ice, the petrified body slowly thaws.

Arthur opened his eyelids heavily, trying to see his surroundings. Then, he saw that countless strange faces were lying on his face, looking directly at him. He almost had the thought of fainting again, but he tried to stay awake and sat up from the ground suddenly. The strange faces around them dispersed with a bang.

"Bang" Arthur lay down again. He felt his body get very heavy. Raising his right hand, he saw that a stone gray hand looked like a sculpture. Arthur smiled wryly: Sure enough, Medusa's petrification was not so easy to remove.

At this time, the group of strange figures gathered around again, but they did not dare to get too close, forming a small circle around Arthur, and purring and talking to each other. Only then did Arthur see them clearly, it turned out to be a group of earth elemental creatures, ranging from the lowest-level "mud monsters" to the more advanced "clay monsters".

Arthur knew that elemental creatures did not only exist in the elemental realm waiting for the summoning of mages, but in the main material realm, where the elements were particularly dense, some corresponding elemental creatures would naturally occur, and although these elemental creatures were not quite the same as their counterparts in the elemental realm, they were essentially the same. In other words, they do not hunt for a living, but only absorb free earth elemental energy. So Arthur doesn't have to worry about getting eaten.

But Arthur looked at his arm and smiled bitterly again, it seemed that he couldn't eat it now. Is it made to be called a flower chicken?

Wait, where the earth element is thick, it's no wonder that he will wake up, there should be large earth element crystals and even ore veins under this mud pond. That's why so many elemental creatures can be formed. And I was moved here because I used the resonance of the heart of the earth to sense the breath of the same kind from them!

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In a clearing in the middle of the forest, there was a large mud pond in the center, and at this moment Arthur sat on a stone platform on the edge of the mud pond, commanding the earth elements below, like a mighty general, commanding his army. (Heart of the Earth gives him the ability to communicate with elemental creatures) I saw the mud monsters in groups of several in various shapes, advancing in the direction of Arthur, constantly changing formations under Arthur's command, and finally stopping in front of Arthur, at this time another group of mud monsters of other shapes set off, and finally stopped in front of Arthur. But what is amazing is that these mud monster squads fit together perfectly in front of Arthur, and people can't help but marvel at Arthur's military talent.

But any kid from Earth can see that he's playing Tetris.

However, it was clear that General Arthur's soldiers did not have the qualities of a regular army, and the motionless mud monsters soon rioted, and then lost their formation, and surrounded Arthur with grunting laughter.

Arthur covered his forehead in pain, making a thumping sound of stones colliding. A month is too much, this time I am really blind, I can't leave this area at all, only the rich earth element here can supply the continuous consumption of the heart of the earth and resist petrification. So I can only move around this small pond and play with a group of mud monsters every day. The mud monsters seemed to think of him as the king of the place, after all, the stone body and the constant resonance of the earth elementals showed that he was a higher elemental creature.

But Arthur feels that he has become a kindergarten teacher, and he has to play with a group of innocent ugly children every day. These mud monsters are very low-level elemental creatures, originally composed of earth elements, with very low intelligence and naïve personalities. Originally, Arthur was just to relieve his boredom, but later found out that if he didn't play with them, they would keep pestering him and he wouldn't be able to sleep well. So Arthur played, played, played, but elemental creatures were as notoriously tireless as undead creatures. Then Arthur played himself badly, which made him hate the itchy teeth every time he thought of Medusa.

The best way to de-petrify is to kill the caster, but now Arthur can't even walk a hundred meters, let alone go underground to find trouble with Medusa. And what if you go, if you are petrified again, then there is really no future. And because he transformed into a super big man, coupled with the effect of petrification, he doesn't have any spell casting ability now, and he can't even open the space ring.

This made Arthur sigh that he still didn't want to get involved in the struggle between these big organizations. His position often reminded him of McGee, whom he had killed in the first place. No matter how smart and intelligent the little people are, they are limited by their power and status, and the things they can see are also limited. So wisdom doesn't make any sense. When it's time to be a ****, you can't think about it. This also strengthened Arthur's determination not to follow the organization, although there are many dangers without the protection of the organization, but at least he can come and go freely, and he will not offend enemies he cannot afford to offend.

So, in a depressed mood, Arthur scolded the mud monsters around him, drove them away, and sat on the edge of the mud pond in a daze. It can be seen that this was originally a pond, but under the infection of this group of mud monsters, it completely became a mud pond, and all the mud monsters lived happily in it. They don't need to hunt, they don't have to be infested by predators, who will eat a pile of dirt, as long as they stay here, they will one day evolve into a more advanced stone demon. But now, they're just a bunch of happy mud monsters.

Suddenly, Arthur felt a slight tremor on the ground, because of the petrification, Arthur's perception was not as good as before, but he could feel the slightest tremor of the earth clearly. Arthur understood that this was a symbol of progress in the heart of the earth. After his life-and-death struggle at the bottom of the river, and after all this time of stabilizing by the mud pond, his heart of the earth has gone further. The strength has also increased significantly, and it is already possible to sustain the stone body for walking around.

But the tremor still made him feel uneasy, and there should be nothing else in this place that other creatures fancied! And a large group of mud monsters is not easy to deal with, and being hit by them will have a lag effect like being stuck in the mud, which is considered a natural spell.

But Arthur didn't want to think too much, a wild boar the size of an elephant had already appeared in the forest, and what he was staring at was indeed the direction of the mud pond. Arthur hurriedly ordered all the mud monsters to gather around him and look at the big boar together.

Arthur felt that he was in big trouble, the other party was obviously an earth-type demonic beast, and the level was estimated to be a fourth-order or even a fifth-order. The other party should have been attracted by the rich elemental aura of this mud pond.

The boar roared with the dirt on the ground with its front hooves, and the pig that was supposed to make Arthur feel funny, under its massive size, resembled the roar of a giant engine. There is no other way but to fight, and I can't leave this place at all.

Seeing that his warning was ineffective, the wild boar rushed over, Arthur clearly felt that the pig emitted elemental fluctuations, and being hit by it brought more than just physical damage! The earth shook, and the wild boar got closer and closer.

Arthur made the first line of defense formed in front of him collapse in an instant, and the mud monsters were knocked into the air one after another, and some were directly disintegrated. With Arthur's speed, he couldn't dodge at all, so he could only fold his arms and fight to protect his vital point. The next moment, he felt as if he had been hit by a big truck and flew backwards involuntarily. If it weren't for his current stone body, it would have cost him his life in one fell swoop.

Arthur spurted a mouthful of blood from his mouth and fell to the ground, feeling dizzy and unable to even stand up, sure enough, this collision also had the effect of vertigo. But fortunately, Arthur's body now has a relatively high resistance to this aspect, and he immediately came to his senses and tried to stand up. And the big boar began to charge up a second time. The mud monsters have dispersed in a hurry, as long as there is a love for life, there must be a fear of death, in the face of an invincible enemy, the wisest choice when retreating, but Arthur can't do it even if he wants to retreat, the pig regards him as the leader of the group of mud monsters, and he is bound to kill him quickly.

Arthur adjusted his body and used his somewhat sluggish body to rush towards the boar that had completed his accumulation. You can't run, you can only rush. The more you run, the more time you give your opponent to recharge, and how far can you run even if you do?Like a knight charging at a dragon that he can't defeat.

So in the forest, two figures, one big and one small, instantly touched. But there was no loud noise as expected. Arthur swung his hands and grabbed one of the boar's fangs to avoid a second blow, but the boar just shook his head and threw him away, falling far into the forest. After looking at it, he felt that Arthur didn't move anymore, and he didn't care, so he rolled comfortably in the mud pool, rolled his body full of mud, and after playing for a while, he straightened his mouth and began to arch towards the pond. It's about finding the magic crystal under the pond.

Arthur lay in the woods, feeling that his internal organs had been displaced, that many parts of his body had cracked, and that blood was oozing from it, and most importantly, that he had left the mud pond, he felt that the power of petrification was gaining the upper hand again, and the power of the earth in his body was now somewhat irresistible.

"It's really going to be over this time." Arthur sighed again. "He died in the hands of a pig, could it be that he ate too much pork in his previous life and suffered retribution?"

But some dark shadows interrupted Arthur's idea of continuing to joke with himself, humorously dying. Are the mud monsters? The mud monsters that had just dispersed were now gathering around Arthur. Arthur weakly ordered: "Get out of here! this is no longer your home, wait until any of you evolve into the "Rock Lord" and come back, slaughter this pig and help me get revenge." "But he knew in his heart that this was another joke, Lord of the Rocks? And even if he really avenges himself, what can he do? Can he survive or not?

But the mud monsters only purred anxiously, but they didn't disperse. Then Arthur was surprised by the fact that his Earth Heart had been resonating with the earth elements of the surrounding nature, but now it was beginning to resonate with these mud monsters. This is impossible unless the other party takes the initiative to resonate with him. But as elemental beings, this resonance means giving up the ego.

In this resonance, the mud monsters converge towards Arthur one by one, forming a huge mud ball that emits a golden shimmer. Suddenly, a huge hand stretched out from it, and then another, and the mud ball began to slowly rise into the air, and it turned out that from under it, legs and feet began to appear. Eventually, a head protruded from the top of the mud ball. Roaring in the direction of the mud pool. It actually formed a large clay figure, which walked in the direction of the mud pond step by step, and a large amount of mud fell from it without taking a step, but its body became more and more human-like.

Arthur, who was in the middle of it, looked at everything around him in surprise, feeling as if he was driving a huge Gundam, but he could clearly perceive everything around him. The earth elemental cheered around, but there was no familiar gurgling sound. Or the relationship with the child is the most innocent, so he spares his life to save the person he wants to save. They lost their form in this cheer, just to fulfill their "king", and in this short time, bring them joy and play with Arthur's "king".

Arthur understood that while he was grateful to them for rescuing him from the river, he had never taken them seriously. Or even just use them as "toys" when they are bored, and now these "toys" are sacrificed to save themselves.

"There is no other choice!"

Arthur told himself that all his sense of humor vanished in an instant, leaving only a burning rage that continued to pound his sanity. Gotta slaughter that pig, slaughter it!!

More and more dirt was sprinkled, and Arthur's steps became more and more urgent, turning into a wild run, making a loud thud on the ground, like the sound of war drums, and rushing towards the monster.