Chapter 21: The Underworld

Galanod's brief period of confusion didn't last long, and at the end of the day, she was still a strong-willed and legendary powerhouse, and there was little to shake her mind except for the future of the Father of Nature and the Elven race as a whole.

"Laughing."

Taking a deep breath, the light green light that overflowed around her body was withdrawn into her body, and the natural mentor nodded slightly at Joshua, and a smile resurfaced on her face: "You're right, the Father of Nature is gone, I don't need to doubt myself, I just need to be myself." ”

"If it's not right, change it, and come back if it's wrong, my legendary way and the elf clan are not such fragile things."

Although she said that, she could see that Garanod was not in a very good state at the moment, and she herself noticed this, so she bowed to Joshua slightly apologetically, and said apologetically: "It's a pity, Count Radclifforb, that you were invited to come just to talk about some boring things. ”

"It's fine."

Joshua didn't find it boring, after all, he took a Mother Tree of Life for nothing, and got some interesting news, not to mention that the elves also expressed their willingness to join the development plan, and he felt that his trip to the Eternal Lake was very valuable.

However, he also saw that the current state of the natural mentor was not very good, so he didn't wait for the other party to speak, so he took the initiative to say goodbye first: "The matter is almost over, I will leave first." It's still a while before Hill's wedding, so I'll take someone around Sequoia City first, and if you have any questions, Ma'am, you can always come to me. ”

"Ahh......h Okay, Count you are at your own convenience. ”

Garanord, who was robbed of words by the warriors and failed to say her farewell first, was stunned for a moment, and she was about to reply, but then, the natural mentor could only smile wryly and watch as Joshua flew into the sky without hesitation, towards the horizon. Garanord stayed where he was, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only shake his head: "It's really a guy who doesn't play cards according to the routine, obviously I should have said goodbye first." ”

"Maybe, maybe it's going to save me some face......"

Muttering softly, Garanod sighed and closed his eyes. Then, the humanoid body of the nature mentor who was walking on the shore of the lake collapsed in an instant, and the originally beautiful face turned into countless tiny roots and blades of grass in an instantβ€”the body of the Garanord turned into a strange humanoid plant in an instant, and then sank into the depths of the earth, the roots of the plant were slender, and the cave was so deep that it was impossible to see its body along the entrance of the cave, and could only vaguely see that in the depths of the ground on the shore of the Eternal Lake, there was an emerald green light flowing, as if the veins of some huge creature.

But then, the hole slowly smoothed out like a creature's self-healing wound.

On the other side, Joshua flew back to Sequoia City at a rapid pace.

He entered the thin atmosphere and flew at supersonic speeds, so that it only took a few minutes to travel back and forth between the Lake of Eternity and Sequoia City, and the conversation between him and the Nature Mentor did not take long because of the fact that both sides were very pleasant and straightforward. So, when Joshua landed in the center of Sequoia City, on the canopy of the huge redshirt tree, it hadn't been half an hour.

In the exclamations and salutes of the guards and scouts along the way, Joshua landed directly on the wooden castle with a space-time gate, and suddenly, the elven reception group that was at a loss because the warriors left hurriedly ran out of the castle, but before these people could say anything, Joshua said to them: "I have already communicated with the nature teacher, and you don't need to engage in those complicated etiquette, let me take someone around the city alone." ”

- Your Excellency! It's not like we're going to have complicated etiquette!

Most of the elven reception groups led by them were high-level members of the big clans, that is, elven nobles in a sense, and their faces were miserable...... Having a legendary powerhouse walk around the city may not sound like a big deal, but if that person's name is Joshua Van Radcliffe, it's a big deal! Although most of the high-level forces already knew that the rumors about this legendary powerhouse were false, but in the face of the looming coercion comparable to the aura of despair, all those with a slightly sharper perception couldn't even breathe.

People with low strength, just like people in the mountains, cannot perceive the grandeur of the mountains, and people with strong strength may not be able to compare with the mountains, but at least they can resist the aura that is deliberately suppressed.

There are not many such people in Sequoia City, but there are not a few of them, and God knows how far Joshua will mess up the city with a single step.

"Don't worry, I'll be restrained."

Sensing the anxiety and nervousness in the hearts of the group of elves in front of him, Joshua smiled rarely: "I have said it a long time ago, I am not a flood beast, I am a kind and reliable good person - as long as I don't do evil, I can't be lazy." ”

After reassuring the elven leaders of Redwood City who were still apprehensive a little, Joshua probably understood the situation in Redwood City now.

Most of these elven nobles are middle and high-level of the Lan Ge clan, that is, the subordinates and children of Hill's father, and at this time, Hill is communicating with Fina and the people of the Elven Royal Court to inherit his father's position, and those of them who know the relationship between Hill and Joshua came to greet Joshua, a legendary powerhouse, and strive to leave a good impression on the warrior.

There is no bloody seizure of power, overhead or conspiracy, the elf clan is quite sincere, Hill, as the only bloodline heir of the Lan Ge clan, although it is against some ancestral teachings to combine with a certain dragon lady with ancient dragon blood, but in the year 837 of Starfall, not many people care about the ancient training of the past thousand years ago, anyway, the ancient dragon bloodline will definitely not insult the blood of the elves, and it is more important for the descendants to become stronger than pure-blooded - not to mention that he has the support of a legendary powerhouse behind him, who is full of food and supports himself to die?

The gradual weakening of the bloodline of the race, in fact, is happening on the entire continent, this idea in the final analysis still comes from the gradual popularization of extraordinary power, after all, when it comes to the level of golden extreme will, it is not difficult to modify one's own bloodline, whether it is a lich, a vampire, a death knight, a werewolf, a dragonman, and a variety of strange and rare bloodlines, tracing back to some strong people who have changed their own bloodline race, the difference between the elves and the ancient dragon bloodline is of course very big, but when it comes to the realm of extreme intention, there is no essential difference, to the legend, It can be said that it is a new species, and it is only spiritually consistent with the previous races.

Without thinking too much about it, Joshua still thinks of himself as a human being, and he came to the living room of the Redshirt Wood Castle, where he met the god brother and sister who were turning on the light curtain and pointing at the light curtain.

"This post is completely pure water, I banned it!"

"Eh, sister, you look at the administrator's manual, for this situation, we will warn for the first time, deduct prestige, and then look at the situation for the second time."

"But look, he's posting food pictures late at night......"

"Then seal it." The teenager's voice became decisive.

You can see that there is a glimmer of ice blue in Hotaru and Rin's eyes, which is the light of the operation of the information terminal.

"Stop playing, Hotaru, I don't give you administrator permissions to let you seal people casually, you have to learn to handle things fairly."

Standing at the door of the hall, Joshua shouted casually: "Rin, you too, don't arch the fire, take a good look at your sister, and don't tolerate those garbage posts, it's quite important to maintain order in the forum of Wintercastle Academy, but it's not too late to do these things later." ”

"Let's go around the city first."

"Good master." "Understood, master."

The two siblings said in harmony, and then obediently turned off the light curtain, left the seat, and came to Joshua's side.

As Joshua said, after the information terminal network began to operate, he and several other legendary powerhouses shared super administrator privileges, and the other management privileges of his subordinates were handed over to several imperial royal mages who maintained the network, and the forum was handed over to Hotaru, Rin, and No. 3.

No. 3 is generally responsible for maintaining the most important trading panel, which is the core experimental template of the exchange system of the future external development department, and the order management of forum posts is handed over to the Shenji siblings.

Because in essence, Hotaru and Rin are both psionic bodies, humanoid 'goblins' in a sense, and weapons are their ontology and habitat, so it is much more convenient to add additional functions than humans, and at the request of the two, Joshua directly linked Hotaru and Rin's ontology to the information terminal server, giving them the ability to cross space and directly access the network, which also allows the warrior to know the status of the Winterkeep Academy's network at any time.

"Speaking of which, master, the mission to the underground world you mentioned, now 34 squads have decided to participate!"

Coming behind the warrior, as Joshua walked towards the outside of the red-shirted wooden castle, Hotaru said cheerfully while curiously looking around at the strange decorations, "Half of the forum is discussing this task. ”

"The other half is making garbage posts that don't make any sense." Rin snorted coldly, although he had advised Hotaru not to say anything casually, but it was obvious that he hated this kind of unruly behavior more than Hotaru: "I fell out of love today - what should I do if I can't find a girlfriend - the food in the cafeteria is so unpalatable - why would someone justifiably send out this kind of thing?"

"I think the cafeteria food is quite important." On the other side, Hotaru nodded thoughtfully: "It's potato and beef stew every day, even if I don't eat, I feel tired of watching them eat...... By the way, Ivan, they have already gone deep into the underground cave dug by the first number. ”

"The first squad? They also understand my thoughts, and it's good, Hotaru, that I'll have the opportunity to report on the students' explorations at any time. ”

Hearing that many people still have the spirit of exploration, this immediately made Joshua quite pleased, he nodded, and then said: "I can sense that Lisa, the Syndicate, and the first horn are not in danger, so let them play for a while." ”

Joshua wasn't the kind of person who had to keep everything in his hands, and he was happy to see his students break free from their own plans and venture out on their own...... Of course, you can't do anything evil during this adventure, otherwise the warrior will take matters into his own hands and clean up the door.

"Then again, it's been a week, and Lisa and they don't even want to come back."

Thinking of this, Joshua still couldn't help but wonder a little: "Is digging the ground really so fun?" ”

Of course it's fun, just a little tired.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Syndicate, we've been digging underground for a few days?"

On the other side of the world, under the Arctic Ice Sheet of the North Earth, a vegetable-looking dragon girl lay on top of the huge iron giant's head, and said weakly to the fire demon in her body: "My concept of time has been completely confused......

"It's a bit hard to tell if there's no day and night, but according to my calculations, it should be about eight days and seven hours."

Compared to the dragon girl who has a bad face because she has been eating dry food and clean water, the syndicate's mental fluctuations are quite neutral: "It is worthy of being the heir of an adult, although it is said that it was created before the adult became a king, but the essence is indeed extremely powerful." ”

"It's only been eight days, and it's actually dug such a long tunnel back and forth, if it were straightened, maybe it would have been able to dig directly through the earth's crust to the depths of the lava!"

"Lava?!"

This word suddenly startled the dragonman girl, she couldn't help but recall the world of Kronos, the ruins located deep underground, instinctively afraid, Lisa frowned: "But the first brother is not digging in a straight line, it occasionally goes up, occasionally down, and will also cross some relatively solid metal veins, although I don't know where it is digging, but it doesn't feel down." ”

"Zizi, zizi."

Under the dragon girl's body, half of the body turned into a large shield excavator The first number seriously sent out a series of electromagnetic signals, and the dragon girl nodded seriously: "You see, the first number said that it was looking for something, not digging down all the time." ”

"It's just an analysis...... Alas, you stupid guy is also screaming, brother......"

In Lisa's body, the syndicate sighed deeply.

Since the dragon girl knew that the first number was born only a few years later, she did not hesitate to call herself a sister, and the first number actually acquiesced to this relationship, the two used electromagnetic signals to communicate with each other, although the syndicate can also understand, but always feel that they are not on the same channel as them at all, but fortunately, these two people are quite obedient to its command, for example, the first number has avoided the underground cavity excavated by several fire demon scans, so that the excavation time has been improved.

Although it is said that the first number is not afraid of being buried by the collapse of the cavity, Lisa is not so strong, and the two reckless little guys really need to be led by an old and serious existence...... Thinking of this, the Fire Demon couldn't help but feel tired, it hadn't worried so much in hundreds of years before meeting Lisa.

However, this kind of worry is not a bad feeling, and if it can, it is willing to worry about it for the rest of its life.

The actions of the trio are not actually indiscriminate excavations without purpose.

"Strange calling voice...... "This is what the first horn said, it was a snowy night, Lisa and the syndicate took the first horn to walk on the bottom of the sea, with extraordinary powers, they are not afraid of ice water, only afraid of the current too strong, but the weight of the first horn perfectly solves this problem, the three of them use electromagnetic light to happily watch the strange fish of the deep sea, and the first horn at that time is to say that it is reluctant to say to Joshua the distress.

"Zizi, zizizi......"

(It was a strange voice in the depths of the earth that seemed to be calling for something, and it wasn't meant to say to me, but to all who fit the requirements......)

The first horn had been harassed by the sound all along, so it had been digging tunnels and walking in the middle of the night just to get rid of the sound, and now, inspired by Lisa, it was going to explore the source of the sound and see what was going on.

"Hey, wait! Don't dig it! ”

The Syndicate was reminiscing about the beginning and end of their journey, but in the middle of the recollection, an alarm bell suddenly rang in its heart, and a series of alarms sounded: "What barrier is up there to hinder my spiritual discovery...... The soles of our feet are a cavity in the ground! ”

"It's shattering!"

"Zizi!?"

"Huh?!"

The Dragonman Maiden and Hatsushi exclaimed at the same time, but at this time, due to the hindrance of the syndicate's mental scanning, it was too late to discover, so the huge shield excavator that Hatsushi had formed was still digging forward.

"Click." An overwhelmed voice rang out.

So, in the next moment, the earth collapsed, the rock shattered, accompanied by a sudden sense of weightlessness and countless large rocks and cemented earth that fell with it, and Lisa and the three of them suddenly fell from the solid underground tunnel, from top to bottom, into some mysterious underground cavity.

"Boom β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”"

A huge roar echoed through the depths of the entire underground cavity, and before she was knocked unconscious by the sudden impact, Lisa could vaguely see that this underground cavity was not dark, there were all kinds of fungi that fluoresced in different colors were emitting a faint light from the high point of the cavern, and she could also hear the faint sound of the flow of water, which was the rushing sound of an underground river.

However, this happened in a short moment, and the next moment, the unlucky dragon girl was unconscious in the impact of a sudden fall from a height because of a moment of carelessness - although the strong body was not seriously injured by the impact, the fainting of the violent shaking of the brain was inevitable, and in general, it was a concussion.

But the next moment, the dragon girl opened her eyes again, but now Lisa's eyes flashed with a strange red light.

"Damn, Lisa passed out, I've got to get ...... sooner"

Temporarily controlling Lisa's body, the Syndicate stood on top of the head of the first trumpet, which was slowly transforming into the form of an iron giant, and looked around, and after a few seconds, he muttered in disbelief: "Wait, glowing fungus, underground rivers, huge cavities, this is what the adults said......"

"The Underworld?"