The group of people slowly walked into the underground halfling village. The small indigenous people seemed to be very familiar with O'Keefe and his group. They raised their hands to greet the dwarves and showed friendly smiles. But Xiao Fen quickly noticed some other guys——
Those guys standing beside the street stalls and bargaining with halfling merchants, they wear +1 dodge mail armor that has almost become a common commodity now, carry composite longbows on their backs, have pointed ears, and golden or silver heads hanging down from their ears.
. Stunned, it is a rare thing to see elves in this underground world. He looked at the elves with doubts, and of course some humans. The mage soon discovered that these people were all players, and at least an NPC elf would not act carelessly like that.
standing.
O'Keefe laughed loudly, patted his bulging belly and said, "Of course, there is a crack leading to the outside world nearby. This passage is guarded by bugbears. With your current strength, you can still pass this road."
It’s not a simple thing, hahaha!”
The goblin waved his arm and said: "I thought this place was isolated from the world, but it turned out--!"
The mage smiled slightly. He originally thought so too, but he didn't expect the players to come into contact with the dark land so quickly. Everyone walked to the small open space in the center of the village. According to Frog's words - it can barely be regarded as a place of darkness.
Piazza O'Keefe ran with his fat body towards the big rock house in the south of the village, and of course Aragorn followed.
But they quickly ran back with grim faces, and the old dwarf said breathlessly: "Huh... so unlucky, hehe... Huh, I mean... Huh... there are some who can be guides... Huh...
..." Halfway through, he bent over completely, squatting on the ground and gasping for air. He frowned at the old dwarf, worried that he would die if he couldn't take a breath.
It's fun. I've been hired." The old dwarf came back and said simply. A trace of curiosity flashed in her blood-red eyes, and she asked carefully: "Mr. dwarf, are you saying that there are other teams?
Into the depths of the Darklands?”
O'Keefe nodded and said with a smile: "Haha, this little human girl is so smart. The village chief told me that a group of players entered the Dark Land a few days ago. They left from the east and took away two guides." He
As he spoke, he pulled out another map with his stubby hand. The mage took this opportunity to glance at the map, and his eyebrows immediately frowned - the map was completely pieced together with scrawled Dwarven language and abbreviated symbols.
Things are completely unrecognizable...
O'Jiffey's eyes moved on the map, and he clicked his finger at a certain location. He smiled and said: "Haha, right here, they left from the eternal dark path, and their destination should be Thorin Geffen's lair.
Or Ansriel City!”
Xiao Fen didn't care about what the dwarf said. He followed his own line of thinking and asked, "There are only two guides in this village?" He paused with his axe, blew his beard and said, "Four! But another team came earlier today.
Players, they hired the remaining guides!" Tou exchanged a look with Yun Na, and he was secretly wondering. When did the players on the surface become so interested in the Dark Land? It seems that it is the least discussed on the forum.
Things underground. Firstly, the dark land is dangerous and dense, and the preparations are several times more complicated than surface exploration. Secondly, there are still many places on the surface that players have not set foot in. Where can there be any spirit to search underground? It seems to be some kind of organization, according to
What do you players call you? Hahaha!" O'Keefe laughed. The mage glanced at him. He felt that although this person spoke as briefly as Yun, it didn't seem to be due to his indifferent personality, but just because of his indifference.
He just likes concise and powerful conversations. In fact, Xiao Fen noticed that he often took the initiative to speak. The old dwarf nodded, then he smiled and spread his hands and said: "Then there is nothing we can do, sorry. We are going to a different place than you are going to.
!”
At this time, the two drow noticed that several NPC surface elves were casting hostile glances at them. They smiled slightly, took out two red moon holy emblems from their pockets and wore them on their chests. Then they showed kind words to the surface elves.
Smiling. Yun Na squinted at their action, and a strange light flashed in her blood-red eyes. We brought me and my teammates here, I think we should be able to think of a way." Xiao Fen
Put your hand politely on your left chest and close your eyes slightly. This is the etiquette of mages in Canaan. Of course, it is often only used when facing NPCs. We have to go to the underground swamp to do some geological research!" The old dwarf
Catalpa's own beard said.
After finishing speaking, the two teams said goodbye to each other. When it was the human ranger's turn, he stretched out his hand to shake the mage's hand, leaned his head over and reminded in a low voice: "It's dangerous underground, be careful!" As he said that, he shook his gray-green hand.
The cloak followed the dwarf team.
Master O'Keefe's team left from the west, and Xiao Fen watched them walk out of the village, climb up the ridges around the underground basin into the cave area, and then disappear out of sight. "It seems that they met some good people." He whispered,
I have a vague feeling in my heart that I might have another chance to meet these guys in the future. Laugh.
The mage turned away: "What did you see? Yun Na?" Just tell us the truth. They are not a geological expedition team. Although I don't know what the use of the tools on Mr. O'Keefe's belt is, they are definitely not used to measure terrain.
...In addition, the two drow are not followers of the Red Moon Goddess." The female mage said calmly. She had to interrupt once, and she reluctantly withdrew her curious eyes from the huge crystal on the ceiling.
Although the trip was very hard, it also greatly satisfied her curiosity. I have experienced divine items, but I can’t feel the divine power on the holy symbol, which means that it is fake." Yun Na analyzed softly. To Yun
Nadi spoke. Could it be that a female mage could sense divine power out of thin air? He was secretly surprised.
The female mage smiled and changed the subject without answering: "But there is no need for a team to tell the truth to strangers. In any case, they are a relatively friendly adventure team." After speaking, she continued: "
Captain, do you know where the players who hired guides are?"
Xiao Fen glanced at the female mage with slight doubts. Fortunately, he was not very interested in these personal affairs. In the end, he just shook his head and replied: "You will know if you ask."
The residents of the underground halfling village were very enthusiastic, and soon they found out where the players were stationed, in order to better adapt to the underground environment. The players were stationed in a passage far away from the village, which was not part of the basin.
Inside, there is a dark area—of course, it is also a dangerous place. During the brief conversation, an underground halfling agreed to take them to that place. He enthusiastically introduced the scenery of the underground basin, and introduced it with even greater enthusiasm.
His own products - they were one or two useless magic items and some plant roots. In short, they were things that Xiao Fen had no use for.
The halfling appeared to be very talkative. Before he even left the village, Xiao Fen had already learned that his name was Leleka Kulanszaka... (the 40 words are omitted from now on). He belonged to the largest family in the area. He kept talking about his family.
glorious deeds, if those trivial things can be considered glorious deeds.
When he reached the entrance of the village, the halfling stopped. He raised his head very proudly and pointed to a rock cave-like store next to him and said: "Great store, the pride of the Rotten Ironhide family! You can buy all kinds of things you can think of and unexpected here.
It’s a very magical thing, that’s what outsiders say! They say that the rotten iron shop is very magical! It’s the place... This is the place opened by my great-grandfather, the pride of the family!”
The goblin rubbed his ears. He seemed very unfazed by the halfling's verbosity.
Le Lai looked expectant. He raised his head and looked at Xiao Fen's chin. His eyes could almost be called pleading. "It's a very magical store. You can buy everything! It was opened by my great-grandfather. It's the pride of the family!"
"
Xiao Fen suddenly remembered what the dwarf O'Keefe said, and he immediately realized that this should be the store that the dwarves said was quite interesting. "Then let's go in and have a look." He waved his hand and led everyone in.
Lai's eyes lit up in an instant. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said excitedly: "Sir, you won't regret it. This is a very magical, very magical store. Yes, it was opened by my great-grandfather——"
The goblin immediately interrupted him: "It was opened by your great-grandfather, the pride of the family! We all know it, can you say something else?" He held his head and complained loudly. What about the catfish thing?" Half-length
The person showed a friendly smile and tried to suggest, little guy." Yun Na reminded with a smile.
Xiao Fen took the lead and walked into the cave. The light in the room was a bit dark. The underground halflings did not like to place light sources in the room. However, the crystals in the shelves on the wall emitted various colors of light. The mage first saw a pair of shining stars in the dark.
Big eyes, he soon recognized that they were a pair of eyes belonging to a halfling. There is something you want, sir... although I don't know what you like." The halfling smiled and showed two rows of white teeth.
, he stretched out his short fingers and pointed at the things piled randomly in the corner like garbage: "Those were just found out today. They are powerful magic items. They are so powerful that they can stir mashed potatoes."
The frog held his head and lamented: "I am so powerful that I can stir mashed potatoes! What are these words? Oh my god! Then I will be a great sage!"
The halfling smiled and touched his lips: "Mashed potatoes are a good thing. We all eat them today, tomorrow, and in the future! Do you want to try some, Mr. Green Goblin? Good stuff!" He went back.
Xiao Fen followed the halfling's instructions and turned around. He saw a pile of garbage. "Worthless things." He commented in his heart, and then his eyes began to scan among the crystals and magic gems on the shelf.
He first focused his attention on the book pages and bracelets. This was a habit left over from the barbarians. But the mage was quickly disappointed. There were neither light red pages nor burning bracelets, although there were some pretty good magic items on the shelf.
, but none of them seemed to be for mages. He glanced around regretfully, but still didn't notice anything.
Xiao Fen refused to give up and took a step towards the house. At this time, the dark secret law in his hand flashed a faint black light - but because it was in a dim environment, this vision did not attract the mage's attention.
At this time, the goblin was staring at a delicately patterned ring at the bottom of the shelf. He wiped his fingers and showed a greedy look.
The mage turned his gaze in another direction, and the two halflings looked at him with concern, as if he was a rare patron. The female mage moved to the side of the mage without leaving a trace, she looked at the mage's cane, and then
Take a piece of black iron with a strange pattern from the shelf next to it, replace it with a dozen gold coins and put it in that place.
The goblin turned around and glanced at the two halflings, then quickly swept the ring into his pocket. After doing this, he returned to Xiao Fen as if nothing happened. He hummed happily in his heart.
He sang a ditty. Shuixun snorted softly and rolled his eyes at the frog.
The mage's eyes passed over the shelves for the last time, and this time his eyes stopped on a dusty bag. "Dimensional bag!" The mage recognized that thing at a glance. The dimensional bags in Canaan have ten times the size.
It takes up less space than the backpack, and any items placed in it do not account for the weight. It is definitely a good thing that adventurers dream of - at least they don't have to worry about food, because the things in the dimensional bag in Canaan are
It won't go bad. He was overjoyed. He had been lucky enough to see this thing when he was at the Lake of Stars. At that time, the player asked for thousands of gold coins. He could only watch the thing being bought by a rich player...
The mage hesitated for a moment, then raised his finger and pointed at the dimensional bag and said, "I want that."
The halfling immediately ran over and took down a crystal next to the dimensional bag, holding the crystal in his hand like a treasure: "This is a treasure. It was found by the most famous warrior in the Rotten Ironhide family. It is a witness to the family's honor.
, as famous as mashed potatoes. You know mashed potatoes are a good thing...(omit the n-word here)"
Several people frowned at the same time. Even Xiao Fen rubbed his ears. He sighed angrily: "I mean that bag!" Then he suddenly realized that he threw the crystal to the ground and pulled off the coin bag to cover it.
In his hand: "This is a treasure. It was found by the most famous mage in the Rotten Ironhide family... (omitting the n-word here)" How much is it worth?" The mage wiped the top of the cane, and for a moment he even gave birth to a direct wish to
The urge to blow up this store.
The halfling hesitated for a moment. He and Lele looked at each other, and carefully stretched out five fingers: "Four platinum coins!" He said this with great courage and determination, and then showed a firm expression.
It seems to be written on it - never bargain!" Shui Hao reminded kindly. He retracted his thumb. Big mouth, after listening to this guy's wordy words for a long time, I thought he was asking for thousands or hundreds, but I didn't expect it.
It was only forty gold coins. The mage suddenly felt helpless pouring out of his body, and he cursed the damn game designer dozens of times from the bottom of his heart. The halfling's expression of resignation on his face became distorted, and finally turned into
A compromise. Xiao Fen squeezed out a few words through his teeth.
Shuixun looked at Xiao Fen and burst into laughter, while Yun Na showed a smile. She held the iron piece and gently leaned on Xiao Fen's shoulder, and put her right hand close to Xiao Fen's staff. At that moment, the black crystal
An imperceptible black light flashed across the head of the staff. Xiao Fen turned around and looked at the female mage in confusion. He didn't know why she was leaning on him suddenly, but he could only read a hint of unknown meaning in the latter's blood-like eyes.
of smile.
The eastern passage of the halfling village, towards the stalactite area——
As the halflings said, the players' camps are stationed here, but what they don't know is that the players here are not from one guild, but a joint adventure team composed of two guilds - but like all joint
In general, disputes between players in different guilds always arise. In fact, there have been several frictions between the leaders of the two guilds when this problem occurred.
Although the team remained calm on the surface, in fact sparks of disharmony had already arisen secretly.
The shouts of the dispute came faintly from the large tent on the left side of the camp. A male elf in a nearby private tent rubbed his forehead with an impatient expression. He was adjusting his bow while muttering something in a low voice.
At this time, a hole was opened in the private tent, and the male elf didn't even raise his head, because he knew that only authorized people could enter the private tent - probably no one else except his sister had this permission. "Brother, they are here again.
There's a quarrel." The visitor was the elf player's sister. She frowned and sighed with her pretty eyebrows. Real guy!" the male elf snorted. "I'm so relieved. What's going on? My brother will ensure your safety!" The male elf said.
She said calmly. It means..." The female elf clenched her fists, but in the end she could not say it out. Because at this time, the sentry's deliberately lowered voice came from outside the tent and interrupted her: "Sir, someone is coming towards us.
Coming over. "Human? I need accurate information. Humans are humans, and elves are elves!" the male elf asked angrily. This guy looks like a halfling, a half-elf, and a... goblin!" The sentry's voice was a little bit...
Feeling embarrassed, he shrugged: "I hope you don't have visions!" After saying that, he turned back to the elf woman and whispered: "Wait for me here for a while, sister." The elf woman nodded with worry.