The goblins living in the caves have had to hide in the dark underground world because of the punishment of the gods over the years, and it is difficult for them to even get to the surface in their lifetime, and all kinds of resources in the underground world are very scarce, but the only thing that is not lacking is all kinds of minerals.These goblins have been living in this floating mountain in the turbulence of time and space for hundreds of years, and in this long time, the goblins have been digging in the mountain of this floating broken mountain, and even have dug through the entire mountain, they have not only stored a large amount of copper ore, but also harvested a lot of associated resources, such as magic red copper and malachite.The curse of the gods on the goblins has caused the goblins to forget their heritage, first how to use magic, then the technology that countless ancestors have developed, and finally even the word goblin has forgotten, and now they can't even preserve the language of their race.Today's younger generation of goblins have long been unable to distinguish the difference between red copper and copper, and for these goblins, this copper can only be used to make chain mail.Many goblins are eager to see the world on earth, but due to those curses, the skin of the goblins will spontaneously combust under direct light, until the entire body turns into black charcoal ash.The nights in the Valley of the Willows are very short, and even the lynx in the dense forest can dare to hunt goblins, let alone those saber-toothed tigers.This makes them never dare to burrow out of the mine, the goblins have a very simple diet, they generally feed on the roots and stems of plants, very monotonous, they generally have a hard time eating meat, and they will even fight for the occasional earthworm and worm.The food brought by our two expeditions was the most irresistible temptation for the goblins.In this hundred-mile-long floating mountain, there must be a piece of copper mother, copper mother is the origin of the copper element, it can continue to form copper element, this copper ore vein is extremely abundant.There are many views on the existence value of copper mother, but few people can describe the appearance of copper mother.The first theory is that some human magicians say that the mother of copper is the origin of copper, and it is precisely because of its existence that there is a metal element such as copper in the world.They say that the mother copper should be in the center of the mountain vein, and it should be a stone that looks like a copper mine.The second theory is put forward by some masters, they propose that the copper mother is not a substance, but a naturally formed magic pattern circle, the center of those veins are natural magic circles, it is the peculiar magic circle that created the metal copper, but this kind of magic circle is very fragile, once it is damaged, it is difficult to repair.This view is aimed at some magicians who destroyed the core of the vein in order to find a piece of copper mother that can give birth to copper, but after several excavations, not only did they not find the legendary copper mother, but the copper ore that the core of the vein was excavated has become some waste ore, and it can no longer contain copper ore.This fact makes it impossible for some scholars to refute the inferences of the scribes.In the Grimm Empire, every vein is an extremely precious treasure, these veins are usually in the hands of some great nobles, few nobles are willing to let magicians use their veins for academic research, once the veins are damaged, then the damage will be incalculable.The goblins in the village had turned over almost all the copper they possessed, and in exchange for the saber-toothed tiger meat we had carried, but for the rarer malachite, it was only a piece in Rita's hands, and no one had ever exchanged it for such a precious gem.For this reason, our two teams stayed in this cave for another half day.Looking at the chaotic market in front of the camp, I sat on a big rock and thought about it, I thought of the bet that the team leader, Mr.
Flender, had made this bet, as long as we could bring out enough resources in the Xinliu Valley, then it was possible to win this bet.Now we unexpectedly met the goblin tribe underground, and inexplicably exchanged a lot of magic metals with them, which made us gain a lot, but this was far from enough for Mr.
Flender to gain a decisive advantage, I heard the old goblin old man tell that there are other goblin tribes in other caves in this mountain, if we can collect all the magic metals collected by all the goblin tribes in the mountain and bring them back to Sloit, maybe Mr.
Flender will really win.Those teams who collect magic herbs in the dense forest outside and don't have the ability to take Warcraft materials, in fact, we can return to the surface, buy some game from them, and then bring them into the mine to trade with these goblins, maybe a trading market can be formed here, but there is no more magic metal in this village, and other goblin tribes must also know the news, the news of exchanging magic ore and magic metal for food.That way, maybe collecting magic materials will become less strenuous.I told Hank about this initial idea, and he patted his brain shell and kept saying, "Why didn't I think of this, why didn't you think of it, Jijia, if you want me to say, it's better for your magic apprentices to use their brains, or why don't you become magic apprentices?"
Haha, that's a great idea, just do it your way!
”I asked the young goblin to find the old goblin, who was the head of the village, and the old goblin was bittersweet about our invitation, and he rushed from the village tremblingly, and shook his head and sighed when he saw the goblins waiting in front of the tent with stones on their backs.When it saw me, it looked at me deeply and then said to me, "I know what you think!"
”The old goblin may be the last goblin in the village with rudimentary wisdom, and he knows what I want, but he can't refuse.Eventually, it agreed to my request, and it sent some clever goblins to spread the word that they could exchange copper for fresh meat and wheat cakes to every corner of the cavern, and the price we had to pay was to pay taxes.Every transaction we make here requires a little tax to be paid to the old goblin village, and the so-called tax can also be called food for the goblins.We agreed that in three days' time, we would return here after exploring the ancient ruins and the Demon Fountain that the goblins had said, just in time to trade with the goblins who had come from other caves.Afterwards, we said goodbye to the old goblins and headed deeper into the cave.Led by the young goblins, we left the cave.Holding a faintly glowing moonstone, we walked through this cavern full of bizarre landscapes.The beautiful dividing line runs through the cave, or it is much more difficult than you imagined.There are many places where there is no ventilation at all, the air in the caves is so foul that I was even worried that after half the way, we would die from lack of oxygen, but fortunately there are only a few places where the air is not well ventilated, and most of the rest of the places are good.Fortunately, Theresa can already manipulate Rock Gaolun, this big guy has his own simple thoughts, after signing the contract, as long as Theresa understands how to communicate with it, this big guy is still very reliable, and it will carry out Theresa's orders to the letter.Halfway through, Ying Li and Theresa felt a little tired, and the two of them sat on the shoulders of Rock Gaolun, whispering and laughing along the way.No matter who it is, Ying Li can always easily find some topics.Walked for almost a whole day, along the way one after another saw some goblin villages, our group did not stop for a while, directly rushed to the ancient Ming ruins in one breath, the result was greatly beyond our expectations, the Ming ruins and we thought very different, the whole Ming ruins are not as I expected, is a ruin, but a dilapidated altar.This altar, which is less than 20 square meters, is located in a narrow cave passageway, and the entire altar is made of mica stone bricks, but it is very weathered, and the gaps in the stone bricks are already covered with cyan moss.The altar was originally engraved with some magic runes, but now it has been corroded so that it is impossible to see anything clearly.I crouched down and gently groped for the tiny indentations in the stone slab, but the marks were too shallow, and I didn't know how long it would take to print all the magic runes engraved on the altar, I looked strangely at the obviously carved stone cave, and then asked the young goblin, "That's where those goblin robbers found the rock Gaolun?"
”The young goblin looked at us with serious expressions, and stood in the corner with some cowering, and shivered when he heard my question.He nodded first, then looked around in a bit of a panic, then immediately shook his head, and said to me, "It's here, it's here, the last time I secretly followed them here, those goblins were all gone, I don't know, I don't know what's going on!"
”In the golden sea of spirits, a blurry picture floated up from the sea, I vaguely saw in my mind that the photo was a worn-out parchment, the fragment of memory gradually became clear in my mind, old Kuru in the album of those parchment scrolls given to me, I saw a simple description of this kind of altar, the orc shamans called this kind of altar: "Teleportation circle!"
”This is a teleportation circle that can pass through the turbulence of time and space, and it seems that the other end of this teleportation circle should be connected to the ruins of the ancient Ming.But I didn't have the key to open the circle, and I didn't know how to open it, so we searched around the circle for clues, but found nothing.None of the three magic apprentices I, Ying Li, and Theresa, knew how to use space talismans, so I finally had to give up and choose to leave here.Along the way, Hank has been constantly encouraging his teammates, their best regulator is to find the copper ore in the mines, although most of the copper ore is buried in the depths of the cave wall, and I am not something that we academy students can find, but the surface of the cave wall will occasionally reveal a piece and a half of the cuprite, and the members of Hank's team have no time to complain while hurrying, after all, our plan to hunt for treasure at the altar is in vain.On the way back, the young goblin was much more cheerful.It has a kind of urgency to go home, always at the front of the line, for its hard work, I prepared a piece of fresh meat for it, not too much, but enough for him to eat a beautiful meal, but I didn't think that it actually just enjoyed putting it on its nose and sniffing it fiercely, just tore a piece of the only shabby linen clothes on its body, and carefully wrapped this piece of meat that was not very large, and carried it in his arms.I asked it, "Why don't you eat it?"
Aren't you hungry?
”It shook its head at me, and then said a little gloomily, "There are younger brothers in the family, they are too thin, and several younger brothers have died of illness because they are too thin, and eating meat can make the body stronger." ”Then, with some trepidation, the young goblin asked me, "Can I take this piece of meat back?"
”"It's yours, and you can do whatever you want."
I said to the young goblins.We just like that, chatting non-stop on the road, the young goblin emperor spoke Chinese very badly.Sometimes, when I was in a hurry, a few words of goblin language would pop out of my mouth, and the strange tone was very peculiar, the speed of speech was very fast, very soft, and the voice was very sharp.Passing through a dark hole, the young goblin cautiously glanced inside, and immediately jumped far away, away from the hole as fast as he could.I curiously asked the reason, at first, it refused to say whether it was alive or dead, and then I was pestered so that I could only tell the truth.It turned out that the entrance to the cave was actually the entrance to the cave where some goblins were looking for demonic blood in their quest for power.I heard that this cave contains not only demon blood, but also creatures from the hell realm, and they will crawl out from time to time to catch some goblins in the cave, but as soon as they have eaten enough, they will immediately crawl back into the cave.I asked, "So, the goblins who go in to find the blood of the demons are not afraid of being eaten by those hellish creatures?"
”The young goblin shook his head and said, "They are also afraid, but they will go with the sacrifices, otherwise they will not be able to drink the blood of the demons even if they lose their lives." ”"Sacrifices?"
I asked, and I didn't understand what it said."
The sacrifice is us!"
The young goblin added."
Strong goblins will catch some weak goblins and bring them here."
I was eager to see what was inside that strange hole, and my curiosity kept kicking me to take a look.But I finally held back, because it was a dangerous place for hellish creatures.I don't know what demonic blood is in the goblins' mouths, maybe the library in the academy has the answer.It wasn't until I could no longer see the dark hole that I withdrew my gaze.Ying Li sat on the rock Gaolun, and the smiling face and youthful expression made me feel relieved.I was thinking: maybe I'm not a real adventurer yet, an explorer with an adventurous spirit, and I will definitely go down to find the real answer in person, fearless of life and death!
To be continued.