Chapter 1,686 It’s Time to Light up the Fire

...Deep in the forest, in the dark broad-leaf jungle, it was so quiet that even the chirping of insects and frogs could not be heard for a long time. If an experienced hunter were here, he would immediately turn around and leave, because knowing this situation, there is absolutely nothing inside. It is full of all kinds of dangers, and maybe even I have never encountered dangers that I don’t know how to deal with.

In such silence, for a long time, a slight crash suddenly broke the tranquility of death.

Among the layers of leaves, a big bald head suddenly emerged.

To be precise, it is a bald rat man. They are the toughest and most difficult guys in the forest, known as dwarves.

The dwarf, with a broken totem mask on his face and a thin spear in his hand, poked his head out from the dense leaves, and looked around nervously and intelligently to identify the direction.

But the next moment, it let out a scream, and its feet seemed to be forcibly dragged by something. Its head was submerged into the leaves again. The scream lasted for a second or two and then stopped in shock. Then, a subtle chewing sound seemed to come from somewhere. With the sound of movement, drops of dark red blood fell from a high place and touched the green leaves. The leaves, as if alive, quickly sucked up the blood, and then. Everything falls silent.

A creeping sense of terror arose spontaneously.

But such silent terror and death. It doesn't seem to scare the dwarfs. Their slogan is - if one falls, there will be thousands more.

That's right. What the dwarves are most proud of is their reproductive ability. Because reproduction is too fast, a tribe sometimes even has to kill each other to reduce the number of the group and gain living space. At the same time, it can also be used to improve The strength of the tribe.

After the dwarf scout who was the vanguard died in silence and terror. Suddenly, more rustling sounds were heard, and rat-man heads began to emerge from the leaf jungle one by one, and soon disappeared again, and then, from underneath, from the trees. Fierce sounds of fighting came from among the leaves, including the squeaking sounds of dwarfs and weird roars that could not be distinguished.

These sounds lasted for three or four hours and gradually stopped in the evening.

at this time. The entire quiet and lush jungle has been filled with a strong smell of blood. When you peel back the layers of leaves and look down, you can see piles of dwarf corpses everywhere, lying on the ground. Between these corpses, you can occasionally see One or two strange monster corpses, large or small, were found.

Blood flowed all over the ground, and everything seemed to be peaceful again, except for the green leaves and trees, with their roots twisting and frantically absorbing the blood on the ground, making them appear thicker, greener, more prosperous, and more sinister.

At this moment, a large group of dwarves came out again. The leading dwarf wizard looked at the blood-covered scene in front of him with great satisfaction, and seemed very satisfied.

Obviously, with their invincible human sea tactics, these dwarfs defeated other strong men and conquered this land.

"Do... well... the power... belongs to me!!"

In a jerky voice, the dwarf wizard cheered loudly. It can be seen from the clear speech that it can speak. Not to mention its own strength, its IQ is at least among the best among the dwarf wizards.

Other dwarf wizards and dwarfs also raised their weapons and cheered with squeaking cheers. A dwarf tribe generally can only have one leader, and its orders are absolute and must be obeyed.

"My power...my power...hurry up...hurry up...I want to get...powerful power..." He waved the staff in his hand, and the dwarf wizard ordered, commanding groups of people. The dwarf began to work.

Most of the dwarfs followed the already familiar route and walked for about a few miles before they came to a large dark pit. They jumped in without hesitation, followed the tunnel, and turned back for several miles, as if they had returned to the pit. It was in the jungle just now, but this time it was underground.

Then, these dwarfs worked tirelessly to dig. They seemed to have been preparing for this moment for a long time. Just looking at the huge space underground, you can tell that even with a huge army of dwarfs, this cannot be dug out overnight. scale.

The dwarf wizard standing on the ground with his own bodyguard looked excited, and the [noble] totem mask and feathers on his head were trembling with his excitement.

As time passed, the ground suddenly began to tremble, gradually cracked, and could collapse at any time.

The dwarf wizard was not surprised and became even more excited.

It has been waiting for this moment for two years.

Two years ago, a strange house (relic) was discovered underground. It asked its men to dig and dig, and finally dug here and found the main body.

But the main body is protected by a strange power (magic circle) and cannot be opened.

So the mentally retarded dwarf wizard came up with the most direct way, which was to hollow out the ground of the entire house (relic) and let it collapse. In this way, the protective power (magic circle) would naturally not attack. Self-destructive.

After nearly two years of hard work, this moment finally arrived. However, the dwarf wizard was also mentally retarded after all and should not be underestimated. He did not want to work hard to make a wedding dress for others, so he asked his subordinates to gather around him. All the enemies were cleared to ensure that he alone had the power to occupy this house (relic).

As for why it is so sure that the [house] has the power it wants, that is because, a long time ago, one of its predecessors also discovered a similar [house] and obtained powerful power from it. , the reason is that simple.

"Rumble, rumble... With a huge sound, hundreds of acres of ground collapsed like tofu, revealing a huge pit. Those jungles of blood-sucking trees that originally thought they could be fishermen forever. They were finally unlucky today. It all fell into the hands of these dwarfs.

As the ground collapsed, a building was three to four meters high. The spire-shaped building was finally exposed. It was accidentally hit by the dwarf wizard. During the collapse process, the magic circle could not withstand the huge collapse force and was completely destroyed. One-third of the entire building collapsed. Reveal the mysterious side inside.

The dwarf wizard let out a cheer. I couldn't wait to jump inside and explore around.

From the perspective of humans and elves, this ruins is undoubtedly an ancient mage laboratory that has been abandoned for a long time. There is no doubt that such a conclusion can be drawn at a glance from the broken and fallen experimental equipment and conspicuous test benches.

It's a pity that the dwarf wizard doesn't know. It jumped around excitedly, collecting all the broken glass and shiny things as treasures.

certainly. This [wise] leader did not forget the business. He picked it up and went deeper, and finally reached the deepest part of the laboratory.

It was a huge glass jar filled with green liquid, and there seemed to be a strange metal object squirming in the liquid.

The great dwarf leader waved his staff without hesitation and smashed the glass jar into pieces. If any other wizard saw this scene, he would vomit three liters of blood.

The green viscous substance spurted out from the breach, sprinkling the dwarf wizard all over him. The dwarf wizard jumped around excitedly, as if welcoming nectar, letting the liquid drizzle all over him, as if he felt like this It can increase strength.

Soon, the green liquid in the glass jar ran out. The dwarf wizard stopped his movements, raised his staff high, and faced the sea in the sunny posture of spring, quietly waiting for the changes in his body and the explosion of power.

A quarter of an hour passed, two quarters of an hour passed...

Finally, the dwarf wizard realized that he had been deceived. He waved his staff angrily and sprayed out blazing hellfire, burning the entire ruins. Then he took out a machete and continued to mess around as if to vent his anger. He chopped and scratched until the minaret ruins completely collapsed and shattered, and then he left with his men with his strength still intact.

A few hours ago, it was a lush jungle where ferocious beasts were dormant. A few hours later, it had become a huge collapsed pit. The ruins inside were almost shattered by the angry destruction of the dwarf wizard. Only some vague traces of artificial carving can be found on the surface.

The wind blew gently, seeming to mourn this devastated land.

At this moment, there was a slight crackling sound among the ruins and debris in the pit.

Immediately afterwards, a ray of metallic light emerged from the crack. It was a ball of metal liquid the size of a head. There was no doubt that it should be what was sealed in the glass jar just now.

I saw this ball of metallic liquid slowly squirming, and finally turned into a dwarf wizard with a metallic body. If you look closely, the height, size, and even the totem mask on his face are similar to those of the dwarf wizard. The dwarf wizard was exactly the same, without the slightest difference.

It let out a squeak, and sprayed thick hellfire from the mouth of the metal dwarf wizard. Then, it pulled out a small metal machete and made a few gestures, then got into the vast forest... Unfortunately... "With a grimace, I sighed innocently.

"Why did Your Highness say this? Could it be that I didn't serve you well?" Caroline, who was following behind, asked with a serious face.

"No, no, no, although I don't know what a perfect maid is, but compared to your sister, you are so much better." I turned around, patted Caroline on the shoulder, and said with tears streaming down my face. .

Everyone is welcome, give me a maid like Carol, how about I trade two maids? One for two, no matter how you think about it, it’s definitely a bargain.

Um? What, do you really want to change? That's great. I immediately called the goods here. Hey, Sister Lina, have you changed the maid uniforms for Gort Orangutan and Mu Dwarf Winter Melon?

I don't know when, I have learned to complain like this in loneliness. Could it be that a strange festival is coming?

"Actually, it's like this. I suddenly thought of a serious problem." Facing Caroline's serious gaze, I poured out my inner uneasiness.

"Tell me the truth, is it easy for Artoria to attract trouble?"

"This... Your Majesty is indeed prone to getting into trouble. I think this is a test given by God to Your Majesty. It is a necessary test to become a king." Carolie hesitated and said tactfully.

"Okay, let's just treat it like this. Unfortunately, I am actually the same as Artoria, and I can easily be tested by God." I winked at Carole innocently.

"This is because Your Highness is the same as His Majesty. He is the king destined by God... uh..." Carolie said innocently at first, and then she seemed to realize the meaning of my words.

"I was just happy to reunite with Artoria, and I completely forgot about what terrible things would happen if the two of us got together in such a place and time that can easily attract trouble." I held my head and said in distress.

"Your Highness...you are worrying too much." Carole comforted me with a very shaken tone and look.

Always by Artoria's side. No one should know better than her how powerful His Majesty is at attracting trouble. If His Royal Highness and His Majesty are of the same level...

So, it's better to prepare for battle immediately.

"Colgate, your actions don't seem to be comforting at all." I pointed at her instinctive behavior of drawing out the rapier and responding to the enemy with all her concentration, and said helplessly.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness. I..." Carole was so embarrassed that she quickly put away her weapon and hurriedly tried to explain, but couldn't find any reason.

"Calm down, Caroline. Arturia and I already know this strange special thing. We don't need comfort at all."

After walking a few steps along the city wall, I turned back and looked at the already calmed down Caroline, and asked hesitantly.

"By the way, do you... know the inheritor of the Ice Mist Flower Knight?"

"Is Your Highness talking about the current Flower Knight of Ice and Mist, Milas?"

"Yeah, that's right. I just heard about it from Artoria and I'm a little curious."

"I see, I know something about Sister Mira."

"Are there any inheritors you don't know about?" I looked at her curiously.

"Well, because the twelve of us did not complete the inheritance together, there is a slight difference in time. For example, the mysterious Sword of the Ultimate Warrior, none of us eleven knights are very familiar with it. We can even say that we don't know it. Even His Majesty is the same." "I see, but the original twelve knights were each other's most important and close partners. They jointly guarded King Arthur, but your generation has become not completely familiar with each other, and even They don’t know each other. In this case, when we get together to discuss matters together or attack powerful enemies, if there is insufficient tacit understanding, wouldn’t it become very bad?”

"Your Highness's concerns are normal, but there is no need to worry, because our twelve inheritors, even if they have never met each other, will be connected by strong bonds, and I believe that the other inheritors who can be selected will He must be very outstanding in terms of ability and personality. Except for my idiot sister, we will definitely be able to become close partners by then."

"Well, that makes sense. In that case, how do you rank your strength?"

"According to the level of realm."

"oh……"

"So my number two is actually not accurate. The level of the realm often does not determine the strength of each other. Your Highness, who has defeated the world power realm with the domain realm, should know this best."

"That's right." I turned around and looked at Caroline with a smile.

"But I think that even if the twelve of you are really allowed to compete, you will be ranked at the same position, or even higher. In my eyes, Carol is a very outstanding and hard-working girl. She will definitely I won’t lose to other partners.”

"Your Highness is so complimentary. You can say such things because, Your Highness, you have never met any other knights besides my sister. They are all better. If you had seen them, you wouldn't say this." His face turned slightly red, and then he immediately said seriously.

"Then at least, before meeting them, before thinking that they are better than you, please allow me to maintain this understanding."

"..." I found it particularly interesting to see her pretty face turn red again, her head lowered, not knowing what to say.

Probably because I spend less time with her, or I know less about her, so I think it is more difficult to make this maid knight who has learned Artoria's serious character shy than to make her shy. It's harder for Leah to be shy.

"Okay, let's leave the rest aside, but when it comes to serving Arturia, you should be the number one." Looking at the shy Caroline, I wanted to say something else, so I said this.

"Then I dare to claim it. Among the twelve companions, my sister and I are the only ones serving the king and the prince as maids. No matter what, I don't want to admit that I am worse than that idiot sister in this regard. Quite a few.”

"Hahaha, that's good." I laughed heartily.

Only when she faces her sister will Carole be so unceremonious and show her sharp side. She is really a sister who has a good relationship with her.

However, although that idiot maid is very arrogant and has no regard for me as the master, she cannot be called a maid at all, but she is quite popular with me when it comes to sleeping with her. She has the attributes of a trembling maid who is soft all over but has a tough mouth.

"Your Highness?" Carole's soft call woke me up from the nostalgia of the dirty maid.

"Well, by the way, where did you come from? Milas, what kind of person is that Flower Knight of Ice Mist? Carol, can you give me a detailed introduction... In fact, this chapter It's Valentine's Day and I almost finished coding it, but I haven't found time to finish it and upload it until now. I'm so busy, hurry up and get to work, you bastard. rs!~!