Icebound Valley.
It was one of the seven main cities of the Elven Forest. According to legends, it was the home of the Thunder Tribe.
Thousands of years had passed. Perhaps because there were too many Magical Beasts in the area, the city in the valley wasn't as well-preserved as the other Elven cities.
Looking from outside the valley, the entire city didn't look like it had been built for thousands of years.
The once beautiful elven city had long since disappeared, leaving only pieces of broken walls hidden in the messy shrubs.
Occasionally, the roars of Magical Beasts could be heard from the valley. It seemed like many Magical Beasts had built their nests here. Occasionally, there were traces of Velociraptor activity.
Velociraptor … it was a type of Lesser Dragon that liked to live in the Cold Forest. They were good at Lightning Mana Skills and were extremely fast. Their strength ranged from Silver to Superior. It was said that they had the bloodline of a Blue Dragon. Some Velociraptor Kings with pure bloodline had the potential to advance to Gold.
"There are traces of Velociraptor activity!"
The eyes of the gamers lit up.
The Velociraptor was a favorite Magical Beast in "Elven Nation" and was suitable as a Magical Pet Mount.
An adult Velociraptor was 1.5 to 2 times the size of a Dragon Scale Horse and 2 to 3 times the size of a normal Warhorse.
Their endurance was stronger than a Dragon Scale Horse, and they could assist in combat. Their smaller body made them more suitable as a Magical Pet Mount.
Though the system only rated them as Rare Blue, the overall strength of a Velociraptor wasn't inferior to a Purple Epic Unicorn. If one was lucky enough to obtain a Velociraptor King … it would be a true Purple Epic Magical Beast.
The First Legion of one of the seven Guilds in "Elven Nation" captured many Velociraptors because Winterfell was adjacent to the Northwest Grand Canyon. They even formed a powerful Velociraptor Cavalry unit of about 300 Velociraptors.
When the gamers discovered traces of Velociraptor activity in the valley, they became excited.
The high cost-performance ratio of a Lesser Dragon was very attractive to them. Even if they didn't use it as a Magical Pet Mount, they could sell it for a lot of money!
"Let's go! Let's enter the valley! "
Li Mu ordered.
Following his command, the players of the Nature's Heart Guild couldn't wait any longer and began to move.
In the valley, there were already quite a few players who had begun to investigate. The valley looked very large, and many people had disappeared after entering the valley.
After entering the valley, the temperature seemed to drop a little. White snow could even be seen on the hillside, as if it was frozen.
This phenomenon was very unique.
Although from the map, the altitude of this area was relatively high, it was still far from the point where water would turn into ice.
He didn't know why.
There were many magic beasts that had built their nests in the ruins.
After entering the valley, the Nature's Heart players quickly encountered a battle.
However, the players participating in the exploration this time were all experts of the guild. A few mere Silver-ranked monsters were nothing in their eyes.
As for the weaker ones, they fled as soon as they sensed the players' aura, so the exploration went smoothly.
However, when they were passing through a part of the ruins, Li Mu felt uneasy from the unicorn beneath him. This made him realize that there might be even more powerful magical beasts living in these ruins.
To be able to make the unicorn feel uneasy, it must be at least Gold-ranked.
With the unicorn's warning, Li Mu ordered the team to avoid those areas.
However, the other players weren't so lucky.
After a while, the Nature's Heart team that had continued to go deeper into the frozen valley heard the angry roars of beasts and the screams of the players from the areas that they had avoided …
Accompanied by a flock of startled birds, a huge figure whizzed out and spread its wings.
It was a giant Dragonhawk with white dragon scales all over its body. It had the bloodline of the dragon race, and its wingspan was almost forty meters. It was comparable to an adult Megalosaurus.
It was at least Gold-ranked, and it might have even stepped into the Legendary-rank.
A terrifying aura spread out, and the players who sensed it were all frightened.
"Oh my, luckily we didn't go that way …"
Demacia said with lingering fear as he watched the Dragonhawk fly away, its claws still stained with the blood of the players.
"Everyone, be careful. Follow me closely."
Li Mu said in a deep voice.
The background music that was different from the other areas of the Elf Forest rang in the ears of the players.
It was deep and vicissitudes of life.
Coupled with the broken walls and ruins in the valley, and the biting cold wind that whistled by from time to time, the players couldn't help but feel a sense of loneliness and the vicissitudes of history.
Looking at the faintly discernible elven buildings, the players couldn't help but imagine what this place was like a thousand years ago.
There had never been a time when the players felt that the Elf Kingdom was more like a real fantasy world with a rich history than a game …
Ancient ruins, sleeping magical beasts, and exploring adventurers.
If there really was such a world and such a journey …
Perhaps there was nothing more than this.
At this moment, such a thought surfaced in the minds of the players.
Unfortunately, it seemed that the magical beasts' activities had severely damaged the original ruins. Along the way, the players didn't find the various treasures that they were looking forward to.
Some of them dug out some damaged equipment, but it was completely unusable. At most, they could only sacrifice it to the goddess and earn some pitiful contribution points.
Li Mu even found it strange that many of the equipment materials that should be recyclable had already lost their magical activity.
It didn't seem to have dissipated naturally. Instead, it seemed to have been erased by something.
"I don't believe that I can't dig out anything good!"
Looking at the pile of trash that he spent so much effort to dig out, Demacia was not convinced. He picked up the metal shovel and continued digging.
However, just as his shovel went down, a muffled sound suddenly came from the ground as if the shovel had hit something.
Before Demacia could be interested, he screamed and quickly let go of the shovel under the shocked gazes of the players.
At that moment, Li Mu seemed to have heard a soft sound like an electric shock, and Demacia's hands that were holding the shovel faintly flashed with electricity.
Accompanied by a series of popping sounds, this taunting player who was already at the Silver upper level twitched all over and foamed at the mouth. His red hair that was combed into a slicked-back hairstyle instantly exploded into an afro.
He opened his mouth and slowly blew out a smoke ring before he fell to the ground with a thud.
Li Mu was shocked.
"Demacia!"
He stretched out his hand to help him up, but the moment he touched Demacia, he only felt his palm go numb. He had been electrocuted.
"Electrocuted?"
Li Mu shook his hand, his face full of surprise.
At this time, Demacia also recovered.
He was stunned for a few seconds before he jumped up from the ground and pointed at the place that he had just shoveled down.
"Brother Mu! There's something down there! It's electrified! "
He was a Silver upper level warrior who specialized in defense, so he was naturally resistant to beatings.
If this could electrocute him half to death, the thing that was buried was definitely not ordinary.
Because it was definitely not ordinary electricity, but lightning in the magical sense!
Li Mu looked at Demacia strangely.
Although this guy's luck in the lottery was extremely bad, but … his luck in finding things in the ruins was off the charts.
He still remembered that this guy dug out an epic level magic book directly from the Jade Lengcui. Until now, he was still providing contribution points to the two of them.
"Dig!"
Li Mu signaled to his teammates with his eyes.
The players nodded and changed their metal shovels to wooden ones. They dug toward the place that Demacia had just dug.
The shovel was a common item in the exploration team.
Sometimes, they were worried that the shovel would spoil the things underground, so they often carried a wooden shovel with them. It was a kind of soft black wood in the Elf Forest. It was usually soft, but after it was injected with magic, it would quickly harden and expand. It was very suitable for this kind of work.
However, when the players dug down with their shovels, they were surprised to find that the wooden shovel that was injected with magic suddenly deflated and became weak after it sank into the ground.
"That thing can absorb magic!"
A player said in surprise.
Absorb magic?!
Li Mu was even more interested.
"Wear the Crypt Spider Silk Gloves! Use your hands to dig! "
Li Mu said to everyone.
The Crypt Spider Silk was a kind of magic material, but the ones that the players carried were specially processed. Not only would it not transmit magic, but it also had the effect of anti-magic.
This was also a must-have for excavating ruins because you never knew what you could dig out with your claws.
In the Elf Forest, there were many ruins of all sizes. The players had already dug out EXP.
And this time, they finally dug out something.
"A stone?"
Looking at the thing that they dug out, Demacia was slightly stunned.
It was a light green stone. He could feel the coolness on it through the spider silk. It felt like touching an ice cube.
Faintly, he could see that it was covered with some patterns that seemed to be naturally formed.
Demacia took off his gloves and turned off the pain sensor. Then, he carefully reached out his hand to touch it.
"Pa!"
Under the surprised gazes of the other players, a dazzling spark bloomed at the tip of his hand. Traces of electric current flowed through Demacia's body, and Demacia convulsed again. He rolled his eyes, foamed at the mouth, and fainted …
At that moment, the players present seemed to have smelled the smell of barbecued meat.
Li Mu was speechless.
This guy was really ruthless.
He looked at Demacia with admiration.
However, at this moment, Demacia's body suddenly emitted a familiar glow. Under the glow, his body slowly disappeared.
In the team channel, his ID suddenly dimmed.
Li Mu was speechless.
"He's … dead?!"
He widened his eyes and looked at the stone on the ground in shock.
"What kind of stone is this?"
…
"Magic Lightning Stone! I'm afraid it's a Magic Lightning Stone! "
In the Elven Blacksmith Shop in Jade Lengcui, the Elven Blacksmith Carlos held the monocle that the players made for him. He looked at the stone on the table with excitement.
Almost five years had passed since then, and the Elven Blacksmith Shop was no longer what it used to be.
The massive influx of players gave Carloze a large amount of free labor. With Meng Han leading the way, more and more players wanted to learn forging from him.
Over time, even Carlos didn't know how many disciples he had taken under the fawning of the chosen ones …
Although there was still only Meng Zhi Han as a direct disciple, there were already countless of registered disciples. And Fei Lengcui's blacksmith shop, just like this, became bigger and bigger.
"Magic Lightning Stone? What's that? "
Li Mu asked curiously.
They had rushed back from the north, and with them was the stone that had electrocuted Demacia.
It wasn't just this one.
After the players dug deeper, they found that there were many buried underground. They had pulled back a cart full of them.
They were all lying in the Blacksmith Shop.
"This is a very precious magic material! Or … a mutated Magic Lightning Stone! "
Carlos said excitedly.
As he spoke, he took out a complicated instrument and connected it to the stone. The players were surprised to see that there were flashes of lightning at the interface of the instrument, and the needle that measured the concentration of magic was spinning rapidly.
"The Magic Lightning Stone is a special mineral that contains rich lightning magic. Hmm … maybe you haven't heard of the lightning attribute. It's a mutated attribute produced by the combination of fire and wind elements in a certain ratio. It's very powerful!
"Different from normal Magic Lightning Stones, the Magic Lightning Stone can actively absorb the dissipated fire and wind element magic, as well as other kinds of energy. Therefore, places with a lot of Magic Lightning Stones tend to have lower temperatures."
Hearing this, Li Mu had a sudden realization.
He finally understood why the temperature in Icebound Valley was very low even though it wasn't high above sea level.
Carlos continued to explain to the players, "The Magic Lightning Stone is very special.
Although it's a type of Magic Lightning Stone, it has the property of absorbing magic. Under normal circumstances, it's very difficult to use the magic contained in it.
"However, people who are good at lightning magic can do it, and lightning magic beasts can do it too!
"Therefore, it's easy for lightning magic beasts to gather in places with a lot of Magic Lightning Stones!"
As he spoke, Carlos lifted his head and looked expectantly at Li Mu and the others.
"Your Excellency Li Mu, where did you find these Magic Lightning Stones? And so many of them? Could it be … could it be that you've found Icebound Valley? "
Li Mu was slightly taken aback and nodded.
"Yes, we've found it."
"As expected!"
Carlos revealed an "as expected" expression and continued speaking.
"In the records passed down in my family, only Icebound Valley is rich in Magical Lightning Gem veins!"
As he spoke, he looked at the players and asked excitedly,
"Do you know what's the most amazing thing about the Magic Lightning Stone?"
The players looked at each other and asked,
"Where?"
"Heh."
Carlos didn't answer directly. Instead, he put on a glove, took out a smaller Magic Lightning Stone, and silently recited an incantation.
Under the surprised gaze of Li Mu and the others, bolts of lightning burst forth from the old Elf and quickly enveloped the Magic Lightning Stone. In a short while … the stone's light dimmed.
"Your Excellency Li Mu, touch it."
Carlos put away the lightning and handed the stone over.
Li Mu was shocked.
Looking at the old Elf's "try it, it's fine" gaze, he hesitated and gently touched it.
"Hmm? There's no electricity? "
He was a little surprised.
"Heh …"
Carlos smiled, took the stone over, and silently recited an incantation.
This time, a ball of swirling flames appeared in his hand and covered the Magic Lightning Gem.
After a while, Carlos dispersed the flame magic and handed it to Li Mu again.
"Try it again."
Li Mu touched it and was instantly electrocuted.
"Ah, this …"
The players were astonished.
Carlos smiled and explained, "The most amazing thing about the Magic Lightning Stone is that it's amazing.
"The most miraculous thing about the Magical Lightning Gem is that even if it runs out of Lightning Element Mana, it can still absorb Fire Element Mana and Wind Element Mana to gradually convert it into Lightning Element Mana and store it."
In other words, as long as it's exposed to the air, the Magic Lightning Stone that it loses can be replenished over time. "
Hearing Carlos's words, the players widened their eyes and looked at the Magic Lightning Stone differently.
As for the recently revived Demacia, he slapped his head.
"Damn! Isn't this a Magic Lightning Stone battery that can recharge itself?! "
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