Age of Adepts Chapter 124: Gathering and waiting

Remember [lnmao.org] in one second, fast update, no popup, free to read!

Pamira Town is a material supply point closest to Katopaxi Volcano.

The location where foreign apprentice reports is also located here.

When Grim arrived here in a slow coach carriage, it was the dinner time of the day.

Pamira Town, a remote but not cold town. The town is not big, there is only one central street. It belongs to a small place where you can see the whole town at a glance.

There are more than ten wooden houses built along the two sides of the street, which are ordinary houses at a glance. In addition, there is a tavern, a grocery store, a humble moist small hotel, and a hundred or so households. That's all there is to the town!

Grim faintly heard the rumbling sound of rumblings in the mountains as soon as he got off the coach at the station. This sound is not occasional, but has been there since Grim approached this mountain. On the periphery, the sound may not be so obvious, like a sulky thunder in the winter, but when he came to this town, he immediately felt the power of nature's magic.

This is probably the sound of the volcano's continuous underground activity!

When I think of the residents of the town living in this environment for many years, Grim can't help but be curious. What makes them willing to endure the suffering of such a harsh environment and stay here?

You need to know that although it is nearing the break period of Katopaxi Volcano, from the distant volcano cone, heavy smoke columns and dust are continuously spraying outward. The town is at the foot of a mountain less than seven miles from the volcano. Under the influence of the volcano, the sky is always gray. Inside and outside the town, whether on the building or on the gravel road, there is a thick layer of volcanic ash everywhere.

Waiting for Grim's in a small hotel is Advanced Level apprentice, named Ivan. Look at the chest badge worn on his gray robe, which should be the local Chubell Family. This Katopaxi Volcano belongs to their family resource point, and Adept should not enter the volcano without their permission.

Seeing that the Grim's level is only Advanced Level, the Ivan is obviously not quite convinced, and ca n’t help but coldly said: “Even if the volcano is in a rest period, it is not safe. There are terrible hot air and Lava Monster everywhere , Are you sure you can survive in it? "

Grim glanced indifferently at the hotel lobby. The master stroked a few strokes in the air, and an Witchcraft rune burning with elemental flame floated in the air. Of course, his actions also caught everyone's attention. People at the six or seven wooden tables in the hall couldn't help turning their heads to look here.

To be honest, since Grim crossed the threshold of Fire Bathing Body, and then infused with the energy of underground lava, his body nearly 2 meters tall seemed quite eye-catching. And his dark red hair and cool but unrelenting momentum condensed his distinctive momentum, which was particularly noticeable.

"Well, you are fire attribute apprentice! Then the impact of the underground environment on you will be much smaller, as long as you avoid those pesky Lava Monsters, you may be able to go deeper!" The Ivan nodded and took out Gave a white stone to Grim.

This is even a pass for him to enter the volcano in a few days!

"Go and talk to them! People in this hall are all foreign apprentice who come here to do the task. If you can form a team, the task will be easier!" Since the discovery of Grim is fire attribute apprentice, Ivan Obviously enthusiastic.

Grim nodded his greetings and walked slowly to the lobby, glanced slowly at the many strange faces gathered at the table and whispered, and finally chose to sit alone at a table.

The purpose of this underground trip is to complete his Fire Bathing Body. He is not enthusiastic about the reward of this task, so he has no intention of teaming up with others. Therefore, as soon as you come here, you put on a look of indifference that is not close to people, just to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Apprentice Adept are all keen minds. Since Grim puts his posture so much, naturally no one will bother him again. Grim took advantage of this opportunity to slowly take a panoramic view of the situation of everyone, and achieved a good idea.

The lobby of the small hotel is not large, and the light is extremely dim. There are probably 17 Apprentice Adepts, of which only 2 are Pseudo-Adept level, and the rest are Advanced Level apprentice like Grim. This is actually in line with the characteristics of this task.

If you want to collect resources in the underground volcano, on the one hand, you must endure the impact of extreme environments, and on the other hand, you must deal with elemental creatures such as Lava Monster and Fire Spirit that inhabit it. So Advanced Level apprentice is already the minimum threshold for this task!

Grim dare to conclude that most of these Advanced Level apprentice elemental affinity is fire attribute, and the rest are those who are very confident in themselves even if they are not fire attribute. The reason why Pseudo-Adept is few is because the tasks of collecting resources are quite embarrassing.

Good luck. Maybe you can hit the fire diamond mining area exposed after the lava has subsided in the upper layer of the volcano. However, luck is bad. Many people have nothing in the 3 month mission period.

At that time, not only was the task reward not available, I'm afraid I had to pay off the share of the task.

So if there is no special demand, Pseudo-Adept will never be willing to go to the underground volcano to try their luck.

After grasping the general situation of the task Apprentices, Grim hurriedly filled his stomach and plunged into his room and never went out. He came early, and there were still 5 days before the volcanic rest period, so in these days, he didn't get out of the way, and even the daily meals let the waiter take directly into the house.

Using these free days, he desperately researched Flame Barrier. He felt that this subsequent defensive Witchcraft was the most suitable for his Fire Bathing Body. If he can grasp it early, he will most likely form a protective flame similar to Abyss Flame Demon. At that time, whoever wanted to attack him must first bear the uninterrupted flame damage, which is more in line with his sinister mentality of killing the enemy.

During this period, there were two or three Apprentice Adepts who came to visit and wanted to drag him into the expedition team they formed, but all were rejected by Grim. So one or two, all the Advanced Level Apprentices who wanted to go to the underground volcanic adventure knew that there was this guy, and he planned to enter underground alone.

The apprentice that can be mixed into Advanced Level is not a simple minded person. They all understand that guys who dare to do so are hard hands who have great confidence in themselves, so no one can say anything about it. But watching Grim in the dark is still a lot of fun!

Soon, the days of waiting are here!

To this day, the rumbling noise that has been lingering in the crowd's ears has finally stopped.

The distant gray plume of smoke began to become scattered, and the amount of volcanic ash falling all day long began to decrease and eventually stopped.

Grim, who was reading in the room silently, sensed changes in the outside world. He opened the wooden window facing the street and looked at it. He immediately packed everything around him and walked out of the room. There are still many apprentice ready like him. After everyone nodded to each other in the corridor, they gathered in the hotel lobby.

The Ivan in charge of the team is already waiting here.

Wait another quarter of an hour, after the 20 missions apprentice have arrived, the crowds rush out and follow Ivan towards the foot of the volcano.

The journey of seven or eight miles is nothing at the foot of this group of Apprentice Adept. Within a quarter of an hour, everyone came to a natural stone cave half-waisted by the volcano cone. The two Pseudo-Adept of Chubell Family have been waiting here, and they have only been put into it after checking the people's passes.

The stone cave is not large, only more than twenty pings, which is full of rock peak and limestone staggered with canines. This may be a lava channel that goes straight to the depths of the volcano. No moss or lichens can be seen here. On both sides of the rock wall, there are thick cracks and deep trenches everywhere. Continuously ejecting from the inside can instantly burn people Cooked hot air.

Xu is underground. The lava has just receded, and the ground here is still hot. The aisle is full of acrid sulfur smell. If there is no special means, as long as an ordinary person stays in such dirty air for half a quarter of an hour, he will be invaded by the horrible fire poison, turning the tracheal alveoli into a blood sac full of blood.

But of course the test of this environment can't help but dare to come here to Apprentices, one by one colorful protective covers one after another to shield them from external interference. Grim did not reveal its Fire Bathing Body, but blessed itself with High Temperature Force Field.

He looked around silently. Like himself, he had 8 apprentices that defended fire attribute, occupying almost half of 20 apprentice. The remaining is either earth attribute or wind attribute, and I did not see a water attribute. Presumably those water attribute affinity guys are not willing to suffer in this environment.

Compared with other elemental pedigrees, in this environment, water attribute is not only difficult to gather Water Element, but also the power and effect of Witchcraft will be reduced by 70%. As long as they have no problems in their brains, they will never come to look for abuse!

At this point, everyone is basically looking after each other.

Several apprentices that make up the team are brought together, and elemental protection is uniformly blessed by fire attribute apprentice. They silently penetrate into the channel. The residual temperature in the passage has not been exhausted. Once the narrow environment encounters an unexpectedly hot blast erupting on a large scale, even if Advanced Level apprentice is caught in it, there is no small danger to life.

So everyone said something precious to each other, and they scattered into different channels in pairs and disappeared into the depths of underground.

Grim noticed that the Apprentice Adept of Chubell Family did not follow the outsiders into the passage with them. It seems that they are more familiar with the terrain here and have a more convenient place to go.

Grim shook his head and sighed, then bowed down and drilled into a lava channel.