...Deep in the forest, in the dark broad-leaved 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 perhaps 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-headed rat man. They are the toughest and most difficult guys in the forest, known as dwarves.

The dwarf, wearing a broken totem mask on his face and holding 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 lush green leaves. The leaves, as if alive, quickly sucked up the blood, and then everything returned to silence.

A creeping sense of terror arose spontaneously.

However, such silent terror and death did not seem to frighten the dwarfs. Their slogan is - if one falls, there are 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 groups and gain living space. At the same time, it can

This will enhance 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, and from the leaves, there were fierce sounds of fighting, including the squeaking sounds of dwarfs, and also strange, indistinguishable roars.

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

At this time, the entire quiet and lush jungle was filled with a strong smell of blood. If you peeled back the layers of leaves and looked down, you could see piles of dwarf corpses everywhere, lying on the ground. Between these corpses,

Occasionally, you can see the corpses of one or two strange monsters, large or small.

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 eerie.

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 held their weapons high and cheered. 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 were back in the pit.

It was in the jungle just now, but this time it was underground.

Then, these dwarfs started digging tirelessly. 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 constantly 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. He asked his subordinates 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 dwarf wizard, who is mentally retarded, came up with the most direct way, which is to hollow out the ground of the entire house (relic) and let it collapse. In this way, the protective power (magic circle) will 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 eliminated to ensure that I 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 loud sound, hundreds of acres of ground collapsed like tofu, revealing a huge deep pit. Those jungles of vampire trees that originally thought they could be fishermen forever were finally unlucky today.

It all fell into the hands of these dwarfs.

As the ground collapsed, a three- to four-meter-tall 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.

, the entire building collapsed by a third, revealing the mysterious side inside.

The dwarf wizard let out a cheer. He couldn't wait to jump inside and groped around to investigate.

From the perspective of humans and elves, this ruin 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 the conspicuous test bench.

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

Of course, 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 will increase strength.

Soon, the green liquid in the glass jar ran out, and the dwarf wizard stopped his movements, raised his staff high, and faced the sea in the sunny posture of spring flowers, 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, sprayed out blazing hellfire, and burned the entire ruins. Then he took out a small machete and continued to mess around as if to vent his anger.

He chopped and slashed 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, and 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 metal body. If you look closely, the height, size, and even the totem mask on the face of this metal dwarf wizard are similar to those of the dwarf wizard.

The dwarf wizard just now is 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 that sister of yours, you are so much better." I turned around, patted Caroline on the shoulder, and said with tears streaming down my face.

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

Huh? What, you really want to change? That's great. I immediately called the goods here. Hey, Sister Lina, have you changed the maid uniforms for Gott Orangutan and Mudou Donggua?

I don’t know when, I have learned to complain like this out of loneliness. Could it be because of the arrival of a strange festival?

"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 Arturia easily attracting trouble?"

"This... Your Majesty is indeed very easy to get into trouble. I think this is a test given by God to Your Majesty. It is a necessary test to become a king." Carole hesitated and said tactfully.

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

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

"I was just happy to reunite with Artoria. 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.

She has been by Artoria's side all year round. No one should know better than her how powerful His Majesty's ability to attract trouble is. If His Royal Highness and Your Majesty are of the same level...

So, let's get ready for battle immediately.

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

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

"Calm down, Colgate. 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 around again, looked at Caroline who had calmed down, and asked hesitantly.

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

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

"Well, that's right. I just heard about it from Arturia and I'm a little curious."
To be continued...