Caesar's Strength had decisively destroyed the stone bridge, forcing everyone to follow along. This kind of method of cutting off all means of retreat made Tang En deeply suspicious.
What were they trying to do?
Black Fox licked his lips and stared at the water bottle on Brian's waist. Brian held the bottle with a vigilant look. "What are you looking at? My water bottle is not for others to use. Oh, except for you, big brother! "
Who's going to use your canteen, ah!
Tang En was speechless. What an unnecessary sentence!
Tang En's hand flashed, and a bottle appeared in his hand. He threw it to Black Fox. "Drink, then continue."
"It's so cold!"
Black Fox shivered and opened the bottle. Then, he heard a "chi" sound and a stream of gas came out. He drank a mouthful and then widened his eyes. He felt a cool and comfortable feeling from head to toe. The high temperature brought by the lava seemed to have disappeared in an instant. It made him feel so refreshed that he almost moaned.
Looking at the translucent yellow liquid in the bottle, Black Fox asked in shock, "What is this?!"
It was not beer, but it tasted better than beer. It was sweet and had a wonderful stimulating effect.
"Lemonade soda. You won't understand even if I tell you. It's Ellington's internal supply."
Twain waved his hand and said, "Drink your drink, and then continue to talk about the intelligence report."
Black Fox took another sip. After savoring the cool and sweet taste, he continued, "We defeated many underground monsters along the way. The only troublesome ones were the lizardmen. They were like the plague, and they were everywhere. They were strong, and their defense was very strong. We couldn't kill them, so we could only try to disperse them. However, they would suddenly rush out from the surrounding caves and suddenly drag people into the caves. Many people died like that. "
Elijah said proudly, "Those lizardmen were no match for big brother. They were defeated by big brother!"
Tang En patted Elijah's head and said, "Don't praise me. That's your big brother Locke, Depp, and your big sister Elsa."
After that, Tang En nodded at Hei Hu, indicating for him to continue.
Black Fox took another sip of soda, and looked at the last sip reluctantly. He swallowed his saliva, and continued, "Then, we finally came here, but we were blocked by the lava river. The underground dwarves on the other side were not willing to provide a way to pass through, and were not even willing to communicate with us. At this time, a mage in a black robe came out of the Cesa's Strength mercenary group …"
Tang En and Fiona looked at each other. As expected, Caesar's Strength had hired a mage.
At this moment, Locke returned with the food and placed it beside the black fox. However, the black fox did not look at the food. Instead, it looked terrified. Tang En and the rest knew that the main point was coming.
"Caesar's Strength probably wanted the mage to build a stone bridge to cross the lava river by force. In fact, the stone bridge was indeed built."
Black Fox looked at the lava river with a little fear. "When the bridge was built, the underground dwarves on the other side did not respond. Even when a ranger walked on the bridge and intended to cross the lava river, they did not send any soldiers to stop him. Everyone thought that they had seen the power of the mage and decided to give up resisting. But at this time, an accident happened — the ranger was suddenly swallowed by the boiling lava."
"Lava?"
Tang En was stunned. "Lava erupted?"
"No." Black Fox shook his head and drank the soda in his hand in one breath. "At first, we thought so too. But later, when another ranger went up to explore, we noticed that it was not lava. To be precise, it was fire elementals … fire elementals that live in the lava river."
Black Fox pointed at the lava river in the distance and said with a little fear, "Later, we found that the light in the lava river that looked like waves were actually fire elementals! They were all densely packed! Not only that, there were even grade five magical beasts, lava lizards! The lava balls that they spat out were very terrifying. For some reason, they completely destroyed the stone bridge that the mage hypothesized and then returned to normal. "
Tang En frowned. "They were not allowed to pass? Did they not build the bridge after that? "
Black Fox shook his head. "Caesar and the others seem to be investigating the reason behind this. Also, that Magician seems to have been injured when he was blocking the Lava Lizards, so he hasn't appeared recently. It's because of this that the allocation of water has decreased."
Injured?
Fiona pursed her lips. It seemed that the mage was not a powerful person. If it was the Lord, he would definitely be able to deal with those lava lizards easily.
"What about the underground dwarves?"
"They did not make any movements. They just stood there. Occasionally, there would be dwarves like guards patrolling the area, but they did not make any requests to negotiate, nor did they show any hostility. It looked like …"
Black Fox hesitated for a moment, looking for a suitable adjective. After a moment, he clapped his hands and said, "— as if they were waiting for something."
Waiting for what?
Tang En came back to his senses. What else could they be waiting for? Obviously, they were waiting for him!
His hand had accidentally trembled, and he had killed the Gargoyle that Barod had been raising. This had affected the Demon Abyss competition that Barod had been talking about, and it had even affected the issue of food for the Underground Dwarves. It would be strange if he could remain calm.
Now that he saw the adventurers on the surface, he guessed that they were looking for him anxiously.
"Let's go."
After understanding the truth of the matter, Tang En ordered, "Let's go to the lava river."
The guards stood up in unison, startling the adventurers not far away.
Black Fox had obtained the food and wanted to leave, but after seeing the elite equipment and aura of Ellington's guards, he shamelessly stayed and planned to follow them.
Seeing that he had given him the information, Tang En turned a blind eye and allowed him to stay by Locke's side.
The silent team did not talk to the other adventurers. Instead, they went straight to the lava river. The lava river was boiling hot, and golden waves were rising and falling one after another. Black Fox said that those were all Fire Elementals, and they blocked everyone's path. Now, it seemed that the number of Fire Elementals was really shocking.
"Eh?!"
In a corner not far away, a person covered in a cloak, revealing only a pair of bright eyes, suddenly stood up and exclaimed in a low voice, "Why is he here?!"
In the entire Irus Empire, there was only one person who had a pair of eyes as pure as a mountain lake.
Eluri Camilla, the Saintess.
Leon, who was also wearing a cloak but full body armor, asked, "Who is it?"
"Tang En."
Yi Luli said in a low voice, "Not only him, but also his soldiers."
Leon's hand touched the hilt of his sword. He stared at Tang En in the distance for a moment and asked, "… Is he a friend or an enemy?"
Leon once again confirmed Tang En's camp with Eluri.
If he was an enemy, they would directly annihilate him.
Eluri hesitated for a moment and said, "He's a friend."
Leon put down his hand and said lightly, "Since he's a friend, there's no need to care."
Eluri whispered, "His Holiness the Pope spoke highly of him before."
Leon's stern face softened a little. "In that case, if he asks for help, we can help him."
Eluri nodded. "Indeed, we should. Olga once told me that although Tang En is terrible in some ways, he has really brought benefits to the people under his rule. He has made the poor residents of Ellington rich, and there are no more beggars, cold and hunger in the territory."
When Leon heard her say this, he was immediately in awe. "This is a respectable lord. If necessary, we can let him join us. We can protect them."
When Leon was a child, before he was adopted by the Vatican, he was a little beggar who was tortured by hunger and cold and was on the verge of death several times.
"If necessary, we will lend a helping hand. But after all, he's a powerful mage, so the possibility is not high."
Eluri nodded and made a few secret hand gestures: And now the mission is important. It's better not to meet them for the time being.
Leon glanced at her and nodded silently, as if he agreed.
After Tang En came to the lava river, he was suddenly dumbfounded.
Although Barod had given him a map, after coming here, the two sides did not agree on how to contact each other again.
A little hesitant, Tang En glanced at the dwarf soldiers standing guard on the other side of the river. He turned back and said, "You guys wait for me here … Fiona, watch Elijah, don't let her run around."
Fiona nodded, and then Tang En's figure twisted. The next moment, he directly broke through space and appeared on the other side of the lava river.
"Teleportation!"
There was a cry of surprise from the adventurers' campsite, and then there was a commotion.
A mage who had mastered teleportation was at least at the grandmaster level. It was inevitable that such a super powerhouse would appear in such a place.
But in the campsite of the Strength of Cesar, the area where the captain was, was still silent. There was no abnormal movement at all.
Leon looked at the Strength of Cesar thoughtfully. He had an intuition that this Strength of Cesar mercenary group was a little strange.
Retracting his gaze, Leon said to Eluri, "Now, it seems a little awkward."
Eluri nodded. "Yes …"
They were in a hurry to cross the lava river. If it was just Leon and Eluri, they would certainly have no problem. But they were accompanied by a mercenary group that was used to conceal their identity and completely unknown.
If they exposed their strength, it would only increase the risk of the secret being leaked, so they could only endure.
But now, the appearance of Tang En broke this deadlock.
The convenient teleportation was a spell that all adventurers were envious of. It ignored the terrain, ignored the distance, and could be reached as far as the eye could see. Even places that could not be seen could be teleported as long as a spatial mark was anchored. If one was strong enough, they could even cross thousands of miles in an instant.
There was no spell more convenient than this.
Since he could teleport over, then in theory, he could also teleport over with others.
Now, whoever could go over first would seize the advantage.
Leon could not wait any longer.
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