"Trade with the merfolk needed to be discussed carefully."
For the time being, Velin had no way to establish contact with the merfolk. He could only take things one step at a time.
As he looked at the silent valley, Velin's thoughts turned in another direction.
"Luring some Dark Elves into the Demiplane seemed like a pretty good idea?"
After a storm of thought, Velin's eyes lit up. It seemed feasible.
These Dark Elves worshipped the Goddess of Life, which meant there was no issue whatsoever with their Alignment Check. With a little training, they would make a fine Assassin Squad.
"When I visit them in Ilus City, I can make the suggestion tactfully. If they show even the slightest objection, I'll drop it. It's only an idea, after all."
After thinking for a moment, Velin was about to stand when he turned back toward the rock and noticed that it seemed to have sunk lower than before.
"Was I really that heavy?"
Suddenly recalling something, Velin crouched beside the rock and gently tapped it with his hand, discovering that something below was amiss.
"A cave. I'm very familiar with this kind of scene."
He moved the rock aside, revealing an opening.
"What was this, 'a planted willow fails to grow, while an unplanted willow provides shade'?" Recalling a poem from his previous life, Velin smiled self-mockingly.
Looking into the pitch-black depths below, Velin summoned vines and extended them downward to probe the cave's depth.
A short while later, the vines touched the bottom. Velin determined that the cave floor lay thirty-five meters beneath the surface.
"Two Blooms."
Battle Qi separated from Velin's body and condensed beside him into a Battle Qi avatar.
Looking at his own vacant-faced double, Velin controlled the Battle Qi avatar to jump down. He then