With the addition of adventurers, the underground city of Shalhela suddenly became a lot livelier. Other than the dark elves, there were also adventurers in all kinds of clothes on the narrow and crowded streets.
These adventurers got along very well with the dark elves, and they had already formed a small-scale trading model. Of course, Tang En felt that the reason why both sides got along so well was more due to the generous welfare of the dark elves, which was to kill without fail.
Most of the adventurers were out traveling all year round, and most of them did not have families. Before they made enough money, they would not leave this industry. So these people had been lonely for a long time, and after meeting the dark elves, it was like dry wood being set ablaze, and they hit it off immediately. These few days, the dark elves of Shalhela were singing and dancing every night as if it was a festival.
This made Twain feel that it was not the adventurers who had taken advantage of them, but more like they had taken advantage of the Dark Elves. Over the past two days, the Dark Elves were glowing with health, and their pale skin had gained some color, while the Dark Elves looked as if they had finally been freed and were deeply grateful to the adventurers.
This was simply the adventurers falling into a * * hole!
"Seeing that you are all fine, I am relieved."
Barod looked at Lola from afar and whispered, "It is said that she is loved by the Goddess of Eternal Darkness, and is comparable in terms of lust. I was worried that she would drain you dry."
Tang En laughed dryly and touched his nose. What could he say? Tell Barod that if he had not used some tricks, he would have been drained dry by Aetanox and Lola.
Seeing Tang En's expression, Barod seemed to have understood something, and looked at Tang En with sympathy.
"Let's not talk about this." Tang En changed the topic. "Previously, because of me, those daemons died. Now, what daemons are you going to use for the competition?"
"I can only use these to make up the numbers."
Barod pointed at the daemons behind him and whispered, "But because of the trade contract with you, the food will not be so scarce, so the competition in the Abyss will not be so important."
After that, Baruo smiled and patted Tang En's waist. "No matter what the cause was, I have now recognized you as our friend. I hope we can cooperate happily in the future."
Yes, no matter what the cause was, in the end, the Red Rock Cave Dwarves represented by Barod had obtained real benefits, so they didn't resent Tang En. Now that the corruptors had been eliminated, Barod even took the initiative to maintain his relationship with Tang En, hoping that both sides could have a more stable future. This way, the Red Rock Cave Dwarves would have a better future.
After setting off from Shalhela, they passed through a few caves and repelled a few waves of attacks from magical beasts. It only took half a day for the Dark Elves, Red Rocks Dwarves, and Ellington's warriors to arrive at the periphery of the Demonic Abyss. After all, this was a rather important location. The Phoenix Mercenary Group and the other adventurers weren't invited.
Laura explained to Tang En and the others the things to pay attention to when entering the Demon Abyss. After making sure that everyone understood, she joined forces with Baruo to open the stone door that sealed the cave.
After entering the stone door, they appeared at the end of the Demonic Abyss Rift Valley.
This underground rift valley was much larger than the ones they had encountered before. It was hundreds of meters wide and had an unknown length. As far as the eye could see, a light purple belt of light disappeared into the depths of the cave.
The center of the rift valley emitted a light purple light outwards. At the bottom of the rift valley, some dark purple crystals could be faintly seen.
Those glowing crystals were the very expensive Mana Dispelling Stones on the surface world.
They were everywhere.
Tang En could clearly feel the Mana in his body rapidly flowing out. If he hadn't prepared in advance before entering, he was afraid that someone would have forcefully controlled the loss of Mana, causing his body to explode and die.
"Heavens!"
Fiona sucked in a breath of cold air, her whole body trembling. "Mana Dispelling Stones?! The glowing crystals below are all Mana Dispelling Stones?! "
Before coming here, Tang En had already told her about the Mana Dispelling Stones. Fiona also had a rough understanding of the market price of the Mana Dispelling Stones. Now that she saw so many Mana Dispelling Stones in front of her, she didn't feel good.
As long as they dug it out, it would be a terrifying amount of wealth!
Lola gave Tang En a flirtatious look, her meaning was obvious: These Mana Dispelling Stones are all yours.
"That's right, the Mana Dispelling Stones are below the rift valley, but the problem is how to dig them out."
Lola smiled as she pointed down and said, "This rift valley is about six hundred Elves tall. Magic can't be used in the rift valley at all. You can only rely on flying magical beasts to move around."
Six hundred Elves tall … The average height of Dark Elves was about 1.6 meters. Six hundred Elves added together … This rift valley was about a thousand meters deep?
If they only relied on magical beasts to dig, it would be very troublesome.
The most frustrating thing was that there was no place to stand on the cliffs on both sides. It was very smooth, and even if they wanted to use ropes to climb up and down, it would be impossible.
"Oh, right, there's one more thing."
Lola clapped her hands and said, "There are many mutated Petrifying Lizards, Stone Giants, and other elemental creatures living below the rift. They have a symbiotic relationship with the Mana Dispelling Stones and are immune to the effects of the Mana Dispelling Stones. They are the only ones who can use magic in the Abyss."
"There are elemental creatures?"
Tang En frowned. This was even more troublesome. It was already inconvenient to go up and down, and now there were threats below …
This was difficult.
"Don't worry, our warriors will handle it. They know the Abyss like the back of their hands."
Lola said all that just to let Tang En know how great the risk was for her people to harvest the Mana Dispelling Stones. This could increase the importance of the Dark Elves in Tang En's heart.
Tang En sighed. "Don't raise flags … I already have a bad feeling."
Lola obviously didn't know what that meant. She crossed her arms and looked down at Barod arrogantly. "Why didn't I see that 'Lightning Speed' that you're so proud of this year?"
The muscles on Barod's face twitched. After glancing at Twain gloomily, he straightened his neck and said in a gruff voice, "Lightning is getting old. I've given it a few wives to let it retire and raise its children! I don't need it to show up to defeat you! "
"Ha! I wonder who was the one who was so anxious after losing last time that you almost killed it on the spot — "Lola's voice stopped abruptly. She looked at Barod suspiciously." — Speaking of which, you didn't really kill it when you went back, did you? "
"How could that be!"
Barod flew into a rage out of humiliation. "Cut the crap! Let's begin! "
"Wait a minute, the rules have to be changed this year."
Lola waved her hand and stopped the contestants. "The rules of the previous years were too simple. This year, we'll add a new rule. On the way back to the finish line, every contestant will have to pass through the bottom of the Abyss and collect Mana Dispelling Stones. Each Mana Dispelling Stone will add one extra point to the final score."
After a pause, Lola continued, "But to prevent people from cheating, the number of Mana Dispelling Stones collected will be reduced. The first place will get the full amount, the second place will get 90%, the third place will get 80%, and so on. The last place will not get any points."
"Tsk! You're so troublesome! "
Barod was very dissatisfied. If Rowling was still the queen this year, he wouldn't be under so much pressure. After all, Rowling was still young and didn't have many tricks up her sleeves. Making some effective plans for her was very effective, but Lola was different. She was too cunning.
"If there's no point, then let's begin!"
Lola leisurely sat on the stone chair that had been prepared. With a snap of her fingers, the maid behind her immediately went up to her and began massaging her shoulders.
Fiona was very envious of her attitude as a queen. Which girl wouldn't be envious of a queen?
There were five contestants from each side, and all of them were experts carefully selected from their respective tribes. Since they couldn't use magic in the Demonic Abyss, the first requirement was to be strong. In this aspect, the Dwarves of the Red Rock Cave had a natural advantage.
The dwarves were natural warriors, while the dark elves were more inclined to use magic to assist in battle.
But now, the dwarves' magic beasts had all been killed by Tang En, and the new magic beasts hadn't been completely domesticated. Moreover, the most outstanding magic beasts hadn't been selected, so the dwarven warriors couldn't display their advantage.
On the other hand, although the dark elves' bodies weren't as strong as the dwarven warriors', they were naturally nimble and light. They complemented the flying magic beasts well and had a great advantage in speed.
Looking at the previous competitions, the dwarves and dark elves of the Redstone Cave had a winning ratio of 3: 7.
Well, some people might have already seen through it.
That's right, this so-called competition in the Abyss was a trap set up by the Dark Elven Queen from the very beginning. It was specially designed to trap the dwarves of the Redstone Cave.
That Dark Elven Queen had been a genius. Not only had she eased the gap between the two sides and given them a fair chance to compete on the same stage, she had also given the Dark Elves the greatest space to display their advantage. The Dwarves of Red Rock Cave had been cheated for so many years, but they still hadn't figured out what the problem was.
Occasionally winning a competition was enough for them to celebrate for half a year. Unfortunately, they didn't know that the dark elves were deliberately losing.
The contestants all rode on the magic beasts they had prepared. Compared to the dark elves' mounts, the magic beasts of the dwarves of the Redstone Cave were clearly inferior. They were restless on the ground and full of fear of the Abyss. They didn't look like well-trained mounts at all. They changed a few times in a row, but they were all the same. In the end, Barod got angry and killed the loudest gargoyle on the spot.
Then, the other magic beasts became obedient.
This naturally caused Laura and the others to laugh at him, but Barod had already decided to go all out and simply ignored them.
"Everyone, get ready — set off!"
Ten contestants riding Demonic Beasts roared as they charged into the Demonic Abyss, directly diving down!
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