"Did Valkyrie and Kim meet a wet nurse?"

"No, it shouldn't be possible, but no matter what happens, I must rush back immediately!"

[The ‘Mask Making Expert’ looks enigmatic and tells you that his teacher lives in seclusion in the ‘Magic Zircon Mine’ not far from here. 】

[The magic zirconia in the mine has been exhausted, but there is still a hidden mine connected to the bottom of the mine, which contains a small amount of magic zirconia with extremely high purity. 】

[This ore is a necessity for making masks. Its teacher lives in seclusion deep in the mine and uses the ore to continue to improve his mask-making skills...]

[Do you want to return to the ‘Magic Zircon Mine’ immediately, take the ‘Mask Making Expert’ with you, or kill it directly? 】

"The Mask Master lives in seclusion in the mine?"

Lin Xun raised his eyebrows, suspecting that Valkyrie's death was probably related to the Mask Master.

Press the second option now and go with the mask making expert.

He left the incubation pool as quickly as possible and took the military cricket to the 'Magic Zircon Mine'.

The military cricket is much faster than the delivery cricket, but it still takes nearly ten minutes to reach the 'Magic Zircon Mine' at the fastest speed.

【……】

[Not long after, the ‘Military Mole Cricket’ arrived at its destination. 】

[You quickly approach the mine with the ‘Mask Making Expert’ in hand...]

[You carry it to the edge of the mine, and the black cocoon is still standing intact at the bottom of the mine. ]

[There is a large hole in the side wall at the bottom of the mine, which is connected to a large, dark mine...]

[But Kim, who was guarding the black cocoon, was missing...]

The good news is that Flanda is okay, the bad news is that Kim is missing.

Considering the true identity of the Mask Master, Kim shouldn't be in much danger... But it's hard to say. If both of them recognized each other's identity, how did the Valkyrie die?

[You hold the 'Mask Making Expert' behind your back and flutter your bone wings, jump up, and fall to the bottom of the mine...]

[The 'Mask Making Expert' was stunned when he saw the huge black cocoon. He obviously realized something. He pretended not to see it, pointed at the mine and told you that the teacher lives in seclusion in the deepest part of the mine. He can guide you.

road.】

Just in case, Lin Xun immediately summoned the nine-tailed fox and the slippery ghost to protect Black Cocoon.

He went deep into the mine with a mask-making expert.

There are many forks and twists and turns inside the mine, and it would probably take a while to explore by yourself.

With someone guiding him, he quickly reached the deepest part of the mine.

【……】

[Light comes from the end of the dark tunnel, and you carry the 'Mask Making Expert' to a large stone room at the end of the mine. ]

[In the stone chamber, Kim was kneeling on one knee and gasping for breath. There were many tragic wounds on his body. In some places, the carapace was broken, revealing the original black color. 】

[And behind it is a dying giant monster. The centipede-like monster has a pale carapace and exudes a bright light. The color of the light is exactly the same as magic zircon...]

[You noticed that the monster’s carapace also has many wounds, revealing the dark color of the alienated person.]

[You discovered the ‘Alienated Thousand-legged Swallower’! 】

[At the other end of the stone room is a short and fat feathered person. In addition to one pair of legs, it has six short and thick arms. ]

[This is not the most peculiar thing about it. The armor that extends from the facial mask to the whole body is extremely exaggerated and huge. The armor is not airtight like ordinary carapace, but is hollow like a skeleton. 】

[A magic zirconia the size of a head is embedded in the chest of the exoskeleton armor, shining with dazzling light. 】

[The short, fat feathered man controls the armor like a large exoskeleton to confront 'Kim' and the 'Thousand-legged Devourer', and it seems he still has the upper hand. 】

【You discovered the ‘Echoed Mask Master’! 】

[The ‘Mask Maker’ that you were holding by the neck suddenly shouted loudly, Teacher, save it quickly, it was hijacked by the devil, and it took a lot of effort to lead the devil here. 】

[As soon as he finished speaking, the 'Mask Master' rushed towards you fiercely, a dazzling light erupted from the chest of the exoskeleton armor, and the sickle blade extending from the end of the limb grew larger and larger in front of you...]

Lin Xun instantly realized that the Mask Master was not a follower of the Fireflies at all, and that the jet-black carapace pretending to be an feathered one should have come from the 'Thousand-legged Devourer'.

The person in front of you is an enemy, not a friend!

['Kim' sees this and quickly warns you that the enemy is very strong, especially its armor...]

[You don’t have time to think more, drop the person in your hand, and face the attack bravely! 】

[The sharp claws and sickle blades clashed, causing a harsh and loud noise...]

[‘Mask Master’ retreated continuously, his armor’s feet plowing two deep ravines on the ground. 】

[The sickle blade of its hand has broken into several holes, and there are many cracks, and it seems that it is about to break.]

[You can feel that the enemy's strength and speed are weaker than yours, and you are very sure to kill it.]

[The ‘Mask Forging Expert’ rolled over and came to the teacher’s side in a flash. 】

[It said to the person next to it, Teacher, don’t save magic zirconia. As long as you continue to raise the ‘thousand-legged demon’, you will continue to produce high-purity magic zirconia. 】

[Killing the demons lurking in the Kingdom of God is a great achievement. From now on, even if you want to raise the ‘thousand-legged demon’ openly, teacher, it won’t be a problem. 】

[It smiles at you and starts to persuade you. It’s better not to struggle pointlessly and give up resistance immediately. It promises to spare your life.]

[After saying that, it took the mask handed over by the 'Mask Master', and immediately, a slightly smaller exoskeleton armor appeared, covering its whole body.]

[The ‘Mask Forging Expert’ did not notice that something was wrong with its teacher’s expression. Wearing an exoskeleton armor, it seemed to have increased strength and decisively attacked the seriously injured ‘Kim’. 】

[Its attacks are directed at 'Kim', and try to avoid the 'Thousand-legged Devourer' behind 'Kim'. ]

[The 'Mask Master' has a complicated look on his face, quickly takes out a piece of magic zircon, clasps it on his chest, and pounces on you again! ]

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[You flutter the bone wings on your back, stamp on the ground, and wave your claws forward...]

[Legendary skill——‘Destruction Claw’ is activated! 】

[The sharp claws broke the enemy's sickle blade and even tore off several exoskeletons on the enemy's chest, causing the 'Mask Master' to fly back faster than when he came. 】

['Mask Forging Expert' refrained from yelling, old guy, if you keep your strength, you will die here today, use that magic zircon quickly...]

[The 'Mask Master' finally couldn't help but speak. He got up, spread his hands, and whispered, the 'Secret Crystal Magic Zirconia' has been used. 】

[The 'Mask Forging Expert' suddenly stopped and turned back to the teacher. He asked with disbelief on his face, have you used it? 】

[Its teacher nodded and affirmed that it had been used, and the only one was used to research new armors... But unfortunately, the research on new armors failed. 】

[The 'Mask Forging Expert' was stunned. It stayed in place for a long time, and then it reacted and laughed at you twice. It consciously put away its exoskeleton armor, raised its hands above its head and knelt on the ground. 】

[After two attacks, the 'Mask Master' realized that it is far from your opponent, so he followed the example of his apprentice and took back his armor to express surrender. ]

[‘Kim’ on the side saw you defeat the enemy, and finally couldn’t help but fall to the ground holding his wound. 】

[You strode forward, stepped on the head of the 'Mask Master' with one foot, and held the head of the 'Mask Forging Expert' with sharp claws in one hand. Regardless of the fact that they were grinning in pain, you interrogated the cause of the matter...]

The two of you quickly explained everything one by one.

The minerals in the Magic Zircon Mine have been completely exhausted, leaving only some useless ore of low purity, so the mine was closed and abandoned.

By chance, the Mask Master discovered a 'Thousand-legged Demon' sleeping underground, also known as the 'Thousand-legged Devourer'.

This kind of alien is not very strong, but it has an extremely special ability. It can devour enemies to enhance its own strength.

The 'Thousand-legged Devourer' can only digest living things. It cannot digest things like 'Magic Zircon', but after being excreted from the body, the finely divided ores can be fused and purified.

However, demons are not allowed to exist in the Kingdom of God. If the Emerged One does not eliminate or report the remaining demons when he sees them, he will be sentenced to death.

The Mask Master realizes that this is an excellent opportunity, although it also involves risks.

In the end, greed overcame reason. In order to conceal the existence of the Thousand-legged Demon, it used a large amount of 'milk matsutake' to disguise it as an feathered one to prevent others from discovering it.

It claimed that it had retired and took the thousand-legged demon to the abandoned mine alone.

Then, using the characteristics of the 'Thousand-legged Devourer', a large amount of waste ore was processed and purified to develop a new type of mask armor.

Due to a shortage of manpower during the development of the new mask armor, it summoned several of its proud apprentices to come here from time to time to help.

None of the other apprentices recognized the Thousand-Legged Demon, but only one of the smartest apprentices saw through its secret...

The price of hiding its secrets needs no elaboration. The Mask Master created a new type of mask armor with extremely high purity of 'magic zirconia'.

Even if this kind of armor is not very powerful, it can use high-purity magic zirconia as its power source to explode with extremely powerful strength.

If you still have a certain amount of strength, you can control the armor to exert greater power.

The armor that can withstand the one-hit A and one-shot skills of the Purgatory Angel is the new armor it developed.

Although this kind of armor is strong, it has not yet reached the level of an angel warrior, and it still has a certain upper limit of power.

The Mask Master was not willing to give in. Based on this, it purified a purer magic zirconia, which is the 'secret crystal magic zirconia', and tried to develop a more powerful mask armor, a armor with no upper limit of power.

If this kind of armor can be developed, its name will be engraved on the stone tablet in the center of Hallownest, so that millions of future generations will remember it...

The secret crystal magic zircon armor was not successfully developed. Not only that, the Thousand-legged Demon seemed to feel something, became extremely excited, and refused to purify the ore for it.

When the mask master saw this abnormal scene, he realized that there might be an uninvited guest coming from outside the mine...
To be continued...