Return to the Underground

The prestige of the Quasi-Magician, Saine, is considerable; or rather, the prestige of the Azure Source Holy Tower is considerable. →

The day after Saine arrived at the mining area, the clearing of Underground Space throughout the area began in an orderly manner.

Saine himself was also involved. One of the mines he entered was the mine where the mutated Quasi-Level Magical Beast had appeared about half a month ago.

"So, Little Seven, have you found anything?" Saine asked Little Seven, who was flying ahead, as they walked through the mine.

"Gugu, there is indeed a residual aura of Quasi-Level Magical Beast, but it is not a type of magical beast that I know of."

"He seems to be a rather violent guy," Little Seven said, stopping in front of a dent in the mine shaft.

The indentation in the mine shaft in front of us is not naturally formed; judging from its appearance, it looks more like it was carved out by the claws of some powerful creature.

In the center of the dent, Saine used tweezers to collect a few dark brown hairs.

Before he could continue gathering information, the sounds of fierce fighting and shouts came from deep within the mine ahead.

It was those mercenary groups who clashed with the unknown creatures.

They quickly put the hairs into a test tube and then Saine and Little Seven leaped into the battle zone.

The dark underground mines were not ideal battlegrounds for Knight unfamiliar with the underground environment.

On the Surface World, these experienced elite mercenaries do not hesitate to challenge any creature of the same level.

However, underground, in the darkness and with limited visibility, they are very likely to suffer at the hands of subterranean creatures that are weaker than themselves.

This is why the three mercenary groups had made every effort to refuse and forcibly explore the underground mine.

Unfortunately, as a Holy Tower Magician, Saine's time was very precious, and he naturally had no interest in wasting it on these people's bickering.

Furthermore, he had little interest in considering the life or death of people who were unrelated to him.

These mercenaries are just doing their jobs for money.

The Red Armor Female Knight made it sound so easy, but when she asked them to launch a strong attack on the underground mine, she actually led her mercenary group away from the Salted Basin.

When Saine arrived at the combat zone, the fighting was nearing its end.

The creatures that attacked these mercenary group members were indeed subterranean beings that Saine was quite familiar with.

Besides the Gray Dwarf and Cave Dwellers, there is another type of dark-skinned demi-human creature.

These Underground Subhuman were generally short in stature and agile in movement.

They rarely confront human Knight and Mage head-on; they mostly attack from the side or from the shadows.

They usually retreat after a single strike, never lingering in battle.

These kinds of enemies, lurking in the shadows, are indeed the most annoying.

At this moment, a ring of red Battle Qi particles surged around the Red Armor Female Knight.

This is a Advanced Squire with considerable ability. She looks quite young, and it is rather rare that she can single-handedly build up a large mercenary group.

The three dark-skinned Underground Subhuman collapsed beside the Red Armor Female Knight.

These three demi-humans were all cut in half at the waist by the red-armored woman's giant sword, which shows just how exaggerated the power she possessed was.

"Boss, Dazi and Hank are no good. Those bastards' weapons are poisoned."

"Although the other brothers were also injured, they all received timely treatment for their wounds." A shout came from the front.

Hearing her companion's voice, the Red Armor Female Knight picked up her greatsword and rushed over.

Before leaving, she also noticed that Saine had arrived just in time.

This little vixen is quite vengeful; she glared at Saine again before rushing off in a flurry.

In the dark mine, countless torches illuminated part of the space, but large areas remained in darkness.

The gradually weakening groans indicated that the mercenary group was already suffering casualties upon entering the underground mine.

As a large mercenary group, the Red Scale Mercenary Group has dozens of official members, as well as some other non-official members.

For this initial exploration of the underground mine, Red Scale Captain did not call on ordinary members to die; all those who came were official members with a certain level of Battle Qi strength.

Suddenly, two of her brothers were about to leave, and this woman with a fiery temper couldn't help but chop up a piece of black ore at her feet with her greatsword.

The Red Scale Captain's anger also evoked a faint sense of sadness in the mercenaries who had gathered around.

Their mercenary group is a veteran mercenary group that has developed over many years and has withstood countless life-and-death tests.

The atmosphere within the mercenary group is quite harmonious, unlike some mercenary groups where there is backstabbing or dirty trickery.

Of course, this is also related to the leader's personality.

The impending departure of their two teammates plunged these men, who had lived on the edge of death, into a deep sense of sadness.

It was at this moment that an untimely voice suddenly appeared.

"What are you doing? These two aren't dead yet."

"If we keep dragging this out like this, we'll be dead even if we don't die!" Saine appeared in front of the group of mercenary Knight.

Ignoring the Knight ' astonished or angry expressions, Saine took out some black herbs from his Space Ring, crushed them into powder, and sprinkled them on the wounds of the two poisoned Knight.

These black herbs were discovered by Saine after he entered this underground mine.

Although it was slightly different from the Underground World of the Underdark, this underground mine still gave Saine a lot of familiar feelings.

These herbs, growing in the crevices of rocks, are rarely noticed by people.

But Saine knew that these herbs were both an antidote and a poison.

The toxins of those Underground Subhuman are extracted from this herb.

Fortunately, it is a relatively low-level toxin, and the herb itself is not even up to the grade of a magical material.

If it's Blue Moss Poison, then an antidote would probably be needed to neutralize it.

However, after walking all this way, Saine did not see a single Blue Moss, presumably because the environment here is not suitable for Blue Moss, a plant that contains paralyzing toxins.

This plant is more common in Underdark.

After the two wounded mercenaries' breathing gradually returned to normal, the way people looked at Saine changed.

At least not as hostile and repulsive towards him as they were at the beginning.

The Red Scale Captain's gaze towards Saine also changed slightly at this moment.

She sheathed her greatsword again and ordered a mercenary beside her, "Send them both out. Also, ask that count from the Giggerson Kingdom for medical expenses!"

As they continued to venture deeper into the underground mine, the number and frequency of attacks that Saine and his companions encountered increased.

This is definitely not a simple case of a mutated monster.

Otherwise, why would those subterranean creatures appear so desperately to intercept them?

A fog gradually appeared in Saine's mind, to the point that he began to recall the details of his academy mission.

"The 'Investigation' quest caused by the monster's madness—since it includes the word 'investigation,' does that mean the academy already knew some information beforehand?"

"However, the danger of this mission should not exceed the level of a formal mission, otherwise the academy would not have sent Advanced Apprentice to carry it out," Saine thought, shaking his head.