Mount Paitez is called Pussy Mountain by the mountaineers outside the mountain pass because this active volcano erupts magma all year round. The entire peak has a magma pool of nearly ten hectares or even more. However,
The magma in this magma pool is not rushing outwards. Relatively speaking, it is a very quiet volcano.
As people describe it, it's like a pustule on a teenage boy's face.
Lava keeps bubbling outwards, but rarely actually erupts. Volcanic ash rains here all year round, but it is only within a radius of dozens of kilometers, because this place is deep in a deserted land.
, so this area is inaccessible and few people come here.
The dark red knight rode a black-scaled horse through the foot of the rocky mountain. The ground was covered with a thick layer of volcanic ash. These volcanic ash covered some surging underground magma rivers, and these magma rivers were covered with a thin layer of volcanic ash.
A thin layer of magma is covered with a thick layer of soft volcanic ash.
The black scale horse itself can weigh nearly a thousand pounds, and it is carrying the dark red knight and his heavy armor with heavy magic patterns. This allows the black scale horse to walk on the rocky ground covered with volcanic ash, and every step of the horse's hoofs will
Deeply trapped in the volcanic ash, the black-scaled horse kept moving forward almost dripping with volcanic ash.
The normal terrain is fine, but it will consume some of the black-scaled horse's physical strength.
Once you encounter a surging underground river of magma, if a black-scaled horse steps on it, the horse's hooves will be burned by the hot volcanic ash, or the rock formations on the surface of the underground river will be trampled, and small streams of magma will follow underground.
When the horse's hooves are raised, it sprays out, sometimes even splashing on the horse's belly and the dark red knight's calves.
Although the Dark Red Knight made some preparations for this, the black-scaled horse still suffered serious burns on its four hooves when it crossed the foot of Pussy Mountain.
Most of the fur from the ankles of the black-scaled horse has been burned off, revealing the white bones. The blood flowing out is mixed with volcanic ash and wrapped around the horse's hooves. Then it will continue to peel off as it moves forward. Even if this black-scaled horse
The scale horse is a well-trained military horse, but at this point, no matter how hard the dark red knight cracks his whip, he is unwilling to move forward, even one step.
The night harrier on the dark red knight's shoulder was dirty, with its feathers covered in volcanic ash. It shrank its neck like a quail, squatting on the dark red knight's shoulder with its eyes closed and not wanting to move.
, the edge of the nostril near its beak was also covered with dark volcanic ash. The night harrier's breathing seemed very rapid, as if it had some kind of lung disease, and it looked like it was dying.
The Night Harrier completed its mission. It flew back from Baron Grenfell and brought back Selina's portrait for the Dark Red Knight. It searched the sky for two days and one night, and found Suldak again.
and Selena's whereabouts, and guided the Dark Red Knight to pursue it here, and it seemed to be about to reach the end of its life.
Its lungs were filled with hot volcanic ash, and it couldn't even breathe smoothly because of it. It wanted to open its wings again to shake off the volcanic ash, but after opening its wings, it found that it could no longer take them back. It was like
A stone sculpture fell from the Dark Red Knight's shoulder, and the volcanic ash continued to fall like snowflakes flying in the air...
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The dark red knight looked at the night harrier that fell into the volcanic ash. Only a handful of tail feathers were left outside. Seeing that it was about to die, the dark red knight just snorted coldly and looked indifferent.
He ignored the night harrier and let its head bury in the volcanic ash, while its body slowly twitched until it became stiff.
The black-scaled horse refused to take another step forward, so the dark red knight had no choice but to abandon the horse and stride forward alone.
He wore a heavy full-cover magic pattern armor, carried a heavy double-edged broadsword, and stepped on a pair of heavy black iron boots in the volcanic ash. Almost half of his calf sank in. The road here was not easy to walk, and it was hard for him to walk on it.
The iron boots on his feet slowly heated up, and his feet felt like they were stepping on a hot iron pot. He could only circulate the energy and blood in his body to resist the heat under his feet. This feeling of constantly using his body's strength was not pleasant.
He thought back to how long it had been since he became a Construct Knight that he had not had such a painful experience. It had been so long that he had almost forgotten that battle.
That was not on the battlefield, but a year after he entered the Black Magic Monastery in pursuit of more powerful power. When he was tracking down the "Hell Flame" black magic of the hell demons, a man from the southern province of Petersburg
In the castle of the lord named Fred Gary, he was fighting against the sword dancer. Unexpectedly, the sword dancer was a construct knight with both magic and martial arts skills. His swords were burning with blazing fire during the battle. That scene
The battle almost roasted the Dark Red Knight, but the Dark Red Knight used his powerful dark martial art "Dark Blow" to split the sword dancer in half.
After so many years in Helensa City, I seemed to have forgotten those hard battles.
He reached out and touched the black mark on his neck that was still bleeding. The pain was gradually awakening the fighting will deep in his heart. Could this be the power of the Dark Goddess?
At dawn, the sky lit up a piece of fish belly white, echoing the mushroom-shaped gray clouds above the head. The dark red knight stood alone on a huge rock at the foot of the mountain. He had been searching hard at the foot of the mountain all night, but unfortunately he still couldn't find it.
After losing the whereabouts of Surdak and Selena, he stuck his broadsword on the lava stone, took out the remaining water bag, and drank the water in one gulp.
If they can't be found again, the Dark Red Knight will consider withdrawing from this desolate land. Since the two of them came from Wall Village, they can go to Wall Village to investigate, he thought in his heart.
The fiery morning sun shone on the Pussy Hill through layers of obstacles, stretching the figure of the Dark Red Knight on the boulder. The Dark Red Knight was just about to jump off the big rock, but he happened to be within sight.
When he arrived at a cave, he looked up at the cave between the walls of the lower half of Pudu Mountain. Suddenly an idea came to his mind. He covered the bleeding black mark on his neck with one hand and walked towards the cave.
Fifty steps later, sure enough, the pain caused by the black mark on his neck was getting worse. He then turned around and ran nearly a hundred meters in the opposite direction of the cave, and the pain on his neck was gradually relieved.
They must have discovered the night harrier and hid in the cave to avoid the night harrier's pursuit. The dark red knight felt the pleasure of revealing the final answer. He stretched his body and couldn't wait to catch up and return the man to the cave.
The knight who was not a construct knight stepped on him, chopped off his head with a sword, and then brought the rather good-looking messenger of the Dark Goddess to Grenfell. I guess he wouldn't mind enjoying the spoils for himself, after all, he
A priceless black-scaled horse was lost.
The dark red knight thought of the black-scaled horse, touched his chapped lips and shriveled belly, and strode back along the original path.
The black-scaled horse lay down on the soft volcanic ash. When it saw the dark red knight striding back, it let out a weak whine. It didn't even have time to look at its old master, the pair of hands in the dark red knight's hands.
The broad sword had already fallen on its neck, and the black horse's head was cut off by the dark red knight's sword. Blood splashed all over the dark red knight. He couldn't care about that at the moment, and directly put his head over to drink the black scale horse.
He then cut off a large piece of skinned horse meat from its hind legs, held it in his hands, and began to climb the pustule mountain in front of him.
There are some underground rivers of lava scattered all over the northern slope of Pussy Mountain. After the Dark Red Knight suffered some hardships, he found that as long as he walked next to the more eye-catching river of lava, although it was more unbearably hot than other places, it would never be the same.
Then step on those hot underground rivers of lava.
When looking from the bottom of the mountain, I don't feel that the cave is very far away.
But when he started climbing the mountain, he realized that the cave was really far away from him.
Then what made him feel energetic was that he found a small pile of horse manure halfway along the way. He even bent down and pinched it carefully with his hands. He found that although the outer layer of the horse manure was dry, it was still moist inside.
, indicating that this piece of horse manure has not existed for a long time.
So he was even more sure that Surdak and Selina must have hidden in the cave.
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Their horses also suffered severe burns, but with the power of Surdak's holy light, the two ancient Bolai horses can still barely walk.
Moreover, Surdak has already found a way to avoid the underground river of lava hidden under the volcanic ash. He can sense the magic elements around his body. As long as he feels carefully, it is not difficult to find the thick fire element in the rocks under his feet.
If you avoid those fire element belts in your perception, you can avoid those underground rivers of lava.
Selena followed Suldak. Although the two of them were fleeing, she looked at the broad arms of the man in front of her and felt extremely at ease in her heart. She always had the urge to pounce from behind.
Go up and hug him tightly, the heat in your body rushes from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
He is brave and decisive, and will not give up easily. In adversity, he is like a strong shield standing in front of him, always facing the first storm.
Selena looked at Suldak in front of her with extremely bright eyes.
Her face was covered with a thick mask, and she was slightly panting while climbing. Fortunately, the speed of the two of them was not very fast. He seemed to have deliberately slowed down his speed to accommodate himself.
"How long do we have to go?" Selina asked quietly, leaning next to Suldak.
"Are you tired? Do you want a drink of water?" Suldak handed the water bottle in his hand to Selena.
He took out the water-gathering scroll from his arms and unfolded it. The water element here was quite thin, and the dripping water droplets fell very slowly. Surdak poured the water on his body, and he felt much cooler for a while. He casually
Wiped his face.
She placed the water-gathering scroll on top of Selena's head, allowing her to enjoy the rare coolness. She raised her head in the magic rain, letting the water droplets fall on her fair and delicate face, and then flowed down her neck into her plump and plump face.
On the white chest, the somewhat dry lips were moistened by the magic rain, and instantly turned into bright red rose petals. The beautiful big eyes looked at Suldak infatuatedly, and the bright red rose petals bloomed with the most beautiful smile.
The two of them rested on a stone.
The two Gubolai horses needed water, feeding, and treatment. Suldak did not dare to give up on these two horses. If he walked back to Wall Village from here, it would take at least half a month.
"What should we do if lava keeps flowing out of the cave entrance?" Selena asked Suldak.
Suldak said without thinking: "Then let's find other caves. Even the knights on this road probably won't be able to ride horses like us. The night harrier wants to find us, at least during the day tomorrow.
Don't worry, he won't catch up so quickly."
Suldak seemed very sure, and then he slapped his forehead hard and said: "By the way, I almost forgot about this..."
Then, under Selena's silent gaze, Surdak re-arranged the temporary altar for the sacrificial ceremony beside the big stone. Selena stood aside and watched in stunned silence as the four blue fires appeared.
The phantom of the demon god looked at him as he skillfully took out a wolf head and sacrificed it, and then a holy light fell on him.
"Is that the god you believe in?" Selena asked Suldak who was putting away four pottery bowls.
Surdak put the pottery bowl into his magic waist bag and clapped his hands. At this time, the phantom of the demon god had turned into dots of starlight and disappeared. He smiled and laughed at himself and said: "That's right, but he treats me very well."
Help is paid, and I provide him with sacrifices so that he can send down power and blessings, maybe because I am not a devout believer."
"Then what is this?" Selena asked, 'What kind of blessing can I give myself?'
"The Divine Blessed Body can give you endless energy all over your body." Surdak replied.
After the two rested for a while, they continued to head up the mountain. There was no way to find the cave by sight at night, so they could only rely on the location in their memory to constantly explore.
The two of them walked along the lava river towards the mountain for most of the night, and finally found the mine before dawn. Standing in front of the cave entrance, they discovered that the cave was indeed as Delina said, with hot water flowing from the cave entrance.
It comes from lava, but it is a little different from what Selena said. This river of lava is more like a crack, with not much exposed part, and the scorching heat is more like unbearable heat, not that
An unbearably hot temperature.
The two of them stood at the entrance of the cave hesitating, but in the end it was Surdak who made the decision: go in first and have a look, and then withdraw if it doesn't work.
When the two of them approached the cave, they discovered that a hot wind was blowing out of the cave. It was this wind that made breathing a little smoother. There was a thin layer of sulfur ore growing next to the lava fissure at the entrance of the cave.
The smell is also a bit pungent.
Surdak led the horse and walked in, a wave of heat hit his face.