At night, except for a little light from the lava river, the light around the cave is very dim.
Surdak originally just wanted to hide with Selina at the entrance of the cave. No one knew what kind of dangers there would be in a cave halfway up an active volcano with hot magma flowing.
If the lava pools are connected, magma will likely erupt periodically.
Surdak carefully searched for traces of lava eruptions. It seemed that the cave should be considered safe, but the volcanic ash traces at the entrance of the cave were messy, and it was impossible to tell whether the footprints were left by humans or beasts.
The crack at the entrance of the cave is like a dry river of lava. Only in the center of the crack does the rock show signs of melting into magma. It is like a narrow strip of light. Surdak discovered that there is actually something hidden in this rock crack.
There is a trace of light yellow crystals, and countless tiny sulfur crystals are scattered in the cracks of the rock wall. These are sulfur ores.
Moreover, there are crystal clear sulfur ore crystals on the rock wall at the entrance of the cave. The temperature at the entrance of the cave is not too high. From time to time, hot wind blows out from inside, carrying a spicy and pungent odor. It can be clearly seen through the mask.
smell.
Selina followed Surdak, and there was a red mark on her calf. Facing the red light of the lava river, the scar looked extremely eye-catching on the snow-white skin.
The two walked less than ten meters from the entrance of the cave against the stone wall, and found a stone platform covered with volcanic ash inside the cave.
The space inside the cave is very wide, and the stone platform is about seven or eight meters away from the lava river. In addition to having to endure the hot wind blowing from the depths of the cave, the temperature here is not high, at least it is bearable. Surda
Ke first checked the surroundings. It seemed that this cave should not be a beast's den. There were no furs, feces, or bones of beasts.
He walked to the door of the cave and took a look outside. Except for some lava rivers that lit up dark red veins on the hillside, the rest of the place was dark.
Surdak took out a wolf skin mattress from his magic belt bag and spread it on a long stone, and sat down to rest with Selena.
There is no need to set up a tent in the cave. Surdak took out some dry food and water. There is no need for a fire-gathering scroll here. He just needs to fill the iron pot with some water, place it on the hot stone slab next to the lava river, and then put it
Add a few pieces of dried meat, and after the water boils, you can throw some toasted wheat cakes into the pot.
The food cooked in this way is not delicious, but it is rich in nutrients and easy to cook, especially this cooking method is the most popular in military camps.
The two ancient Bolai horses seemed a little restless in the cave. They gradually calmed down under Suldak's comfort. Suldak took out some beans and water to feed the horses.
Selena took off the saddle and shaved the sweat off the two horses. She was as strong as a weed named 'Never Die of Thirst' in Beigou Pasture in the face of adversity. She squatted next to Suldak,
Selena chased Surdak's back with some obsession, and said to Surdak: "The god you believe in is really powerful."
Surdak didn't even look back, and only said: "But the price is also very high. Every time I start the sacrifice ceremony, I need to offer a sacrifice. The worst these sacrifices are are the heads of monsters."
Suldak cut a lizard claw fruit with a peeling knife and handed it to Selena.
Selina didn't reach out to pick it up, she directly put her mouth to Suldak's hand, bit into the nut kernel of the lizard claw fruit, her soft lips touched Suldak's thumb and index finger, her green eyes were bold
She walked towards Suldak. Surdak covered her eyes with his hands and said, "Have a good rest. We don't know what we will encounter tomorrow."
Surdak deliberately refused to look at those seductive eyes and said to Selina: "If that construct knight can still find us like this, I will have absolutely no choice. I will inevitably have to fight him desperately.
Can your Dark Goddess help us one more time?"
Selena smiled crazily and said, "Maybe!"
She rested her head on Surdak's shoulder, closed her eyes slightly, and whispered: "When the goddess descended into the dark mist, I seemed to have heard some oracles. She told me that as long as I can spread the gospel of the goddess, I can find some people who are willing to do so."
Only those who believe in the Dark Goddess can gain stronger power."
"... Having said that, if you want to develop followers of the Dark Goddess, perhaps the heretics from the Black Magic Monastery may be better persuaded. The Green Empire is full of believers of the Goddess of Liberty, but it is not easy to change their beliefs." Surdak said
I am not a believer of the Statue of Liberty, nor a believer of the Goddess of Darkness. Except for some blasphemous words that I cannot say, I don’t have so many scruples about other things, and I am more bold when talking about them. "Selena, what about the Black Magic Hermitage?
The crowd is trying every possible means to find you, could it be that they want to get the guidance of the Dark Goddess from you and become a believer of the Dark Goddess?"
Selina sat up straight, grabbed Suldak's hand, and said to him seriously: "The goddess told me that the people in the Black Magic Monastery believe in the God of Magic and the Demon King of Hell.
You are looking for me just to get the Shadow Word from me. These magicians of the monastery are a group of lunatics who advocate black magic. In order to pursue powerful magical power, they even do not hesitate to make a contract with the demons of hell. They are on the road to self-destruction.
They want me to stay far away from them."
Surdak did not expect that Selina, as the envoy of the Dark Goddess, would communicate quite frequently with the Dark Goddess.
Selina frowned and said to Suldak: "That construct knight smells like a devil."
The night was fading little by little, and a dazzling white line lit up on the horizon.
A beam of light refracted into the cave from the outside. The edge of the cave close to the lava river was actually covered with light yellow sulfur crystals. Looking at some sulfur crystals hanging on the top of the cave, Surdak looked into the cave.
After only walking a few steps, he saw large sulfur crystals growing on the wall of the cave, like a hard shell of crystals condensed on the wall. Surdak walked into the depths of the cave, getting deeper and deeper.
The pungent smell gets worse as you walk inside.
He drew out his Roman sword and dug out a piece of sulfur ore on the rock wall. The sulfur fell off the cave wall, revealing the original magma rock inside.
The cave was filled with scorching heat, and streams of hot wind were still blowing from the depths of the cave. The hot wind was filled with a strong smell of sulfur. Surdak's consciousness became clearer, and he had realized what exactly the sulfur on the cave wall was.
Where it came from, it was brought by the hot winds coming out of the depths of the cave. The air was filled with sulfur. This sulfur was deposited over the years and slowly condensed into a thick layer on the cave walls.
He widened his eyes and saw that the surrounding stone walls were covered with sulfur deposits, extending along the cave into the heart of the mountain. Unexpectedly, this cave contained a large amount of natural sulfur deposits. Suldak held Selena's hand, and his voice
Full of excitement, "Selena, this seems to be a sulfur mine. There seems to be a lot of sulfur stored in this cave, at least more than the rocky area on the southern slope of Pudu Mountain..."
Selina followed Suldak, looking at the sulfur in the cave with a shocked face, covering her mouth.
If his assumption is true, it means that there will be more sulfur mines in this cave. He wants to take Selina deeper into the cave to explore the situation inside. His mood at the moment
Somewhat extremely impatient.
Just when Surdak became a little excited because of the sulfur mines in front of him, Selina suddenly pulled Suldak hard and reminded him: "I have a feeling... he is getting closer to us.
, he is chasing after..."
Suldak was walking deeper into the cave. He stopped and asked Selena: "Can you feel him?"
Selena nodded with certainty and replied: "I can feel that I used the secret word spell 'pain' on him, and I even heard the surging sound of blood in his body..."
"It seems that this battle between us is inevitable." Surdak rubbed his forehead in distress. Unexpectedly, he hid in a cave, but was still found by the Dark Red Knight.
Suldak pulled Selina and walked quickly into the cave. At this moment, a tall figure appeared at the entrance of the cave. He stood at the entrance of the cave and roared loudly: "Suldak..."
Surdak ignored the call of the Dark Red Knight and did not respond verbally. Instead, he re-staged the sacrificial ceremony behind a raised sulfur stalagmite in the cave.
Selena stood aside. She carefully watched every step of Surdak, watching him ignite the fire of his soul one by one.
Under his prayer, the demon statue appeared again... It was very tall, and the head of the demon statue was on the ceiling of the cave.
The solemn and peaceful face of the statue faced Surdak. Without any hesitation this time, Surdak took out three sand wolf heads from his pocket, half of which he sacrificed to the statue, and the other one.
Half of the sacrifice was given to the demon statue on the other side, and the incantations of the natives of the Warsaw plane were recited from Suldak's mouth. Then, three bright, three dark and four beams of light were seen falling on Suldak frequently...
…
‘Blessed Body’
'Shield of Blessing'
'Eye of Truth'
'life burns'
‘death and decay’
'The murmur of death'
For some reason, Selena had a feeling that after the three dark beams of light fell on Surdak, the demon statue in front of Surdak actually rotated a little, and the demon statue that originally had its back completely turned to Surdak was revealed.
The face of the statue is tilted to the other side, and only half of the face of the statue can be seen from the direction of Surdak.
'Tasamat... Tasamat... Tasamat...'
There was that distant whisper in my heart again, like a call from the gods.
At this time, a black flame burst out from the palm of Surdak's left hand, and the black flame continuously transmitted a kind of power to Surdak's body.
Surdak was very clearly aware that this was the effect of 'life burning'.
It's just that the black flame is sucking the life force from his body so that it can continue to burn.
Black flames burned in the palm of his hand, and Surdak's body was filled with restlessness and desire to fight.
He hammered his chest hard with his fist, and the black flame circled around Surdak's body and disappeared into his body.
"Suldak, are you okay?" Selina saw Suldak's face turning unusually rosy and asked worriedly as she stood aside.
"Don't worry, I'm fine..."
Surdak suppressed the restlessness in his heart and walked towards the entrance of the cave with his Roman sword.
Selena bit her lip and followed closely.
When Suldak and Selina saw the Dark Red Knight again, his tall body was blocked at the entrance of the cave. Most of the scarlet cloak behind him was burned by the fire, and the original magic halo of the magic pattern armor was also destroyed.
It became dim and looked a little embarrassed. The moment he saw Surdak, he waved the double-edged broadsword in his hand desperately and turned into an afterimage and rushed towards Surdak.
The next moment, the shadow of the Lord of Punishment appeared behind the Dark Red Knight, holding a long-handled axe. When the Dark Red Knight raised his broad sword with both hands, the shadow of the Lord of Punishment also lifted the long sword in his hand.
The ax was raised high, and right in front of Surdak, the shadows of the Dark Red Knight and the Demon Lord of Punishment merged into one, and then they slashed the sword sharply.
Surdak, who walked out of the cave, could not avoid it at this time. Behind him was Selina, who was following him. Surdak could only hold up his shield to meet him, and the demon phantom immediately emerged from Surdak.
Dark appeared behind him...
With the Eye of Truth, he could predict the trajectory of the Dark Red Knight's broadsword with great clarity. When he raised his shield, Surdak took a step to the left. The iris shield was a little tilted, and the Dark Red Knight's broadsword fell.
A silver light burst out from the shield, but the shield of blessing failed to block the Dark Red Knight's attack like before. The Dark Red Knight's sword actually cut off a large piece of the iris shield in Surdak's hand.
If Surdak hadn't expected it and turned his body to avoid it, I'm afraid that this sword would have opened a big hole in Surdak's chest.
Even so, Surdak only felt that his right arm was sore and numb, and he was completely unable to block the Dark Red Knight's sword, let alone raise his Roman sword to fight back. Unexpectedly, the Dark Red Knight unleashed a 'power'.
The sword is so terrifying.
Suldak did not hesitate to throw the 'Death and Decay' to his feet. A pattern full of dark colors spread out from under He Boqiang's feet. The dark patterns on the ground were like a huge chrysanthemum, with each stamen being a string.
The complicated runes, at the moment the dark red knight stepped into the black circle, those black flames also burned with a "whoosh" in the black circle.
An incredible scene appeared again. Dark magic patterns appeared under his feet. Those patterns released a faint death energy. The dark red knight's feet were swallowed up by those black flames. Even the phantom of the Demon Lord of Punishment merged with him.
At this moment, he also let out a painful roar at the same time.
At the same time, Surdak felt a faint breath of life steaming up from under his feet. Those breaths of life were absorbed by the black flames, and then the 'life burning' no longer absorbed Surdak's life, but disappeared here and there.
After a long moment, Surdak stabbed the dark red knight in the heart with a sword.
The dark red knight suffered a big loss, but that didn't mean he had no power to fight back. He quickly used his broad sword to hold Suldak's Roman sword.
The dark red knight only felt that Surdak's power was actually much stronger than two days ago. If he hadn't released his 'power', he might not have been able to suppress Surdak with his own strength.
Just as the Dark Red Knight was secretly surprised, the two of them exchanged sword sword fights several times in succession. The Dark Red Knight only felt that the Roman sword in Suldak's hand was getting heavier and heavier...