"My lord, you want to explore the volcano with us?"

The captain of the exploration team who was standing on the side saw that Joshua suddenly didn't say a word, just stared at the red rock in his hand, and couldn't help but ask, "So it's time to set off now?" Or do you want to take a break? ”

The tall, sturdy Northland warrior at least two meters away had been carrying a huge tool kit, but after a long wait, he had placed it on the ground, and he could see through the cracks in the opening of the package, which was filled with various magical equipment used to detect ore veins and check the purity of ores, as well as some exploration equipment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Of course, but not now."

Joshua nodded, he looked away from the ancient dragon's bloodstone in his hand, and glanced around, he found that there was not much tall vegetation on the hills around the volcano, only some low shrubs and small trees, and the ground was also a hard variegated rock, covered with countless tiny cracks.

There are four members of the expedition team living in this humble camp, all of whom are of high silver strength, including the paladin Lolanda is five, the captain is the tall warrior, and the explorers are the archer and a hidden one - that is, thieves, but they do not steal for official jobs, but specialize in detection and stealth.

And the last man was a rare halfling mage, with big bright eyes, hairy hands and feet, and half the height of an ordinary person, and I have to say that if it weren't for his staff, the warrior would have almost ignored him.

The halfling didn't look as active as the rest of his kind, and after noticing Joshua's gaze, he bowed silently.

These people all found the silver-haired girl and the black-haired boy standing behind Joshua, but they didn't say much to question, as the members of the exploration team who needed the most eyesight, anyone knew that the existence that could accompany this lord all the way from the Black Forest fortress over the mountains and mountains without panting was definitely not a simple ordinary teenager and girl, at least they didn't need to worry.

After determining the lineup of the exploration team, Joshua seemed to sense something, he glanced back in the direction of the Black Forest Fortress, and then nodded: "Wait a while, my war horse will come." ”

Steed?

Everyone didn't quite understand why Joshua said that he would wait for his war horse, you know, this is a hilly area around the volcano, there are many potholes, and there will even be rapid high-temperature fountains in some places, even people need to be careful when passing by, how can they still bring war horses?

But it wasn't long before they realized their mistake.

Due to the slight tremor on the ground, the concealers and archers who were looking around at the same time noticed that something was approaching in the distance, they hurriedly looked in the direction where the movement came from, but found that a dragon's blood swelling gate was rushing from a distance, and the dust it was rushing up could be clearly seen thousands of meters away, and was reminded by the archers, the rest of the exploration team quickly turned their heads, and then gasped in shock when they saw the huge size.

And before that, Loranda, who had never seen black, was also surprised.

This gold-level half-dragon is the war horse in Joshua's mouth?

No kidding! Whose war horse is so big, wouldn't it be nice to just say the mount! With such a size, it is comparable to a small room, and it is already bigger than most Warcraft!

As Hei approached, the huge size became more and more obvious, with the supply of sufficient food, this guy was already nine meters, three stories tall, and if the length of the tail was counted, it also had a length of nearly twenty meters, it was wrapped around the fire element visible to the naked eye, and its slender body swayed, and it actually brought out a ring of fire around its body in the volcanic area where the elements were dense.

Although he inherited the blood of the sea dragon, Hei still likes to gallop on the ground, accompanied by a thunderous stampede, this behemoth beast came to the front of the camp like this, and then hissed loudly in front of his master, and a faint coercion spread, and a lot of black shadows suddenly flew out of the surrounding forest, and I don't know if it was a bird or a bat.

"It's coming fast."

Completely ignoring the slight dragon power attached to the hiss, Joshua stepped forward and patted the forelimbs and calves of his mount, and he nodded with satisfaction, "Sure enough, it was the right choice to let the people of the academy teleport you from the side of Nissière Snow Mountain. ”

Since it was decided from the beginning that he was going to the volcanic region, how could the warrior not think of Hei, who had inherited the bloodline of the Black Dragon Refining Dragon? Not to mention that the half-dragon with the power of controlling the fire element can avoid all dangers, at least it can improve the safety factor of everyone, but this guy is usually stocked in the palm print lake under the snow mountain, and if he wants to come over, he must pass through the teleportation array.

"Luckily, when this guy gets bigger, he'll be able to take a shower on his own."

Standing behind Joshua, Ying, who was originally taking care of Hei, muttered in a low voice, this little guy seemed to imagine himself holding a small brush to clean this behemoth, thinking of this, she couldn't help but shudder: "It's terrible." ”

And Rin was also full of resentment, and said, "When you grow older, you eat more, and its food alone is a big expense every day...... Why do you want to grow so big! As long as a horse can be ridden, it's fine! What's the use of being so big! ”

At this time, Joshua also turned his head and said lightly to the people in the exploration team who were still in shock: "Take all the luggage and put it on Hei's body, we should go." ”

"Yes, sir!"

"Yes!"

In fact, based on what the exploration team has seen, it is not unheard of a monster of this size, and it is not so surprising, but the black dragon power is different from ordinary dragon beasts, with a savage aura from ancient times, coupled with the dense fire element that surrounds it like armor, everyone can't help but marvel at the power of this giant beast in their hearts.

None of the people present were procrastinating, and even though they had been marveling at the hard carapace of the black exterior and the core of the lava glow flowing in their chests, the expanded expedition set off towards the cavern that led to the mysterious realm in the second minute of the order.

The terrain around the Great Ajax Volcano is complex and changeable, with hills, basins, woods and rock piles, and the ecology of the magical beasts also varies with the environment.

Before Loranda, the golden high-rank, and the strongest group of golden high-level in the world, joined this ordinary exploration team, the entire team was at most exploring in the hills around the volcano, and they didn't dare to approach the woods at the foot of the volcano, let alone go up the mountain, and it was precisely because of this that the cave at the foot of the mountain, which was still obvious, would be the first to be discovered by them.

But now, under the power of the black dragon, even the footsteps echoed in the mountain peaks, and no demonic beast dared to appear in front of this team, coupled with the huge body of the half-dragon, it was completely unafraid of any terrain, it was just an ordinary step, and it crossed a lot of obstacles, even the magma pool was easy to wade through.

Not long after, the group came to the cave at the foot of the Great Ajax volcano.

Between the undulating hills, there is a rock face with obvious red marks, and a dense forest of small yellow-brown leaves grows on it, and behind this grove is the mouth that leads to the depths of the volcano, which is huge, at least more than thirty meters high, and the walls of the cave are unusually smooth, and there are even signs of pottery, as if it were fired at high temperatures.

Once at their destination, the team took out the luggage on Black's body and took out all kinds of equipment and equipment in it, such as magic gas masks, primary elemental immunity charms, telescopic ropes, and various equipment for dealing with various accidents.

"Do you need it?"

The paladin held a mask in front of Joshua, but the warrior just looked at him calmly, forcing the guy to withdraw his hand regretfully: "Of course I know you don't need it...... But this has nothing to do with strength, in order to save physical strength, but also to experience life, you should try it! ”

I don't want to come back again because I've experienced it.

Joshua shook his head, how could he not be familiar with these equipment, in his previous life, he went to some dangerous areas to open up wasteland, and the whole regiment had to prepare a set of similar equipment, this kind of imperial gas mask he was fortunate to use for a while, and the effect was indeed good, but it was easy to cause breathing difficulties when exercising, and with the gold-level fighting spirit possession, he did not find guilt.

And Ying and Rin are both divine machines, to be honest, whether it is breathing or heartbeat, for them it is just a function that simulates human beings, as long as they want to, they can stop breathing at any time, and naturally they don't need to wear this kind of mask.

When all preparations were made, everyone, including Black, entered the cave together.

Compared with the underground tunnel dug by the dwarves, this volcanic cave is wider and has more branches, and it has only been a few hundred meters away, and there are many cracks or openings on the cave wall that lead to other places, but because of the reason for the last time, the exploration team did not hesitate in these places, but walked straight towards the largest passage, and it didn't take long for it to go down more than 100 meters deep.

Along the way, there were no accidents, except that the temperature was getting hotter and hotter, even half of the demonic beasts were not encountered, all thanks to the increasingly powerful dragon power of the black, Joshua even sensed that there was originally a group of silver-level steel diamond mole colonies in front of this cave, but after sensing the dragon power, they immediately trembled, and then ran back to a hidden cave as if fleeing, and disappeared collectively.

For Joshua's powerful perception, he could even see clearly with his mental eye, that the colony of thirty-seven medium-sized moles was dragging their homes and mouths, tense in a corner of the cave crevice, the adult male mole was digging frantically in front of him, and the adult female was following closely behind with her cubs in her mouth, and kept squeaking and urging.

Facing the coercion at the top of the natural food chain, even the silver-level demonic beasts still fled in a hurry like ordinary animals that were frightened.

Time flew by, and the silence continued to follow the cave deeper into the volcanic ground.

"It's not far off."

Through the mask, a dull voice came. The leading warrior wiped the sweat on his forehead, at this time the temperature around him was already as high as more than seventy-five degrees, and the rich fire element even formed a little spark in the surroundings, illuminating the way forward, because of the fighting spirit and the primary element immunity and skin care blessing, he looked very spiritual: "Lord Lord, last time I was here, I even saw the fire element naturally converge into a magic crystal, although it is only the size of a grain of rice, but it is enough to prove the thickness of the element here." ”

"That's true."

And Joshua, who didn't have any abnormalities on his body, and didn't even sweat, also noticed this, he looked at the surrounding cave walls, countless particles reflecting faint light, and the fire element that was slowly condensing, and said with some emotion: "If this continues, in hundreds of years, this place will become a small flame crystal vein." ”

This is not a common scenario, and I am really lucky.

And just as they spoke, the group walked to the end of the cave, the final destination.

A vast underground cavity with at least two or three square kilometers. (To be continued.) )