In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed.
On that floating island, in the magnificent palace, the heads of various ethnic groups gathered together again.
Light and shadow circulated in the hall, but the atmosphere was more solemn than last time.
The offensive of the wizard army became more and more aggressive, and battle reports from the front line piled up, each one shocking.
"The rune fortress in the north has advanced to "Giant's Shoulder"! If this continues, the barrier to Central Plains will be completely opened!" The human king's voice was filled with obvious anxiety.
Queen Elf also looked worried. "The shadow creatures they summoned are corroding our ancient forests, and the natural energy has been seriously polluted."
After a long and intense discussion on how to deal with the wizard's main offensive, the topic naturally turned to the "adventurer strategy" proposed last time.
"However, the "bounty for alien demons" strategy proposed by everyone last time has indeed been quite effective." Chief Orc spoke angrily, with a hint of satisfaction in his tone.
"Those greedy adventurers did emerge with many hidden strong men for the bounty, and hunted down many intruders. Even if some wizards were not completely eliminated at first, they were slowed down by the adventurers, and were eventually harvested by the strong men we came over."
There was a burst of whispers in the hall. Apparently, the practical benefits brought by this strategy allowed them to temporarily put aside their differences. However, soon some nobles expressed dissatisfaction.
"Your Majesty!" A lord in rich clothes suddenly stood up with an excited voice, "I have to point out that this policy has also had serious negative effects! Those adventurers are simply a group of wolves with no bottom line! For the sake of false bounty, they actually killed good people and pretended to be meritorious, treating our loyal people as "foreign demons" to claim the bounty!"
He continued with righteous indignation, "This is simply an unheard-of atrocity! Several tragedies involving the killing of innocent civilians have occurred near my manor! They have seriously disturbed the peaceful life of civilians!"
Elder Dwarf next to him also complained, "Similar things have happened in several of my mining areas. Those adventurers rushed in, robbed resources at will, and even regarded our miners as visitors from other worlds, trying to get away with it!"
On the surface, these leaders advocated justice for "innocent civilians" and "miners" impassionedly, as if they were concerned about the suffering of their people.
But in fact, what they are really angry about is that those adventurers seriously violated the rights and interests of local lords!
The lives of innocent civilians are important, but the estates and taxes they lost are the real cause of their heartache.
Most of the "wizards" who were killed for pretending to be guilty were discovered on the spot - because the humans in Wizard Civilization actually looked nothing like the humans in Eloria Plane.
After hundreds of years of human intervention and qualification transformation, humans in Wizard World are generally more handsome and taller.
The temperament is also more inclined to a kind of extraordinary grace.
It can be said that apart from not having pointed ears, Wizard World humans are actually more inclined to be a graceful race similar to Elf.
The ordinary humans of Eloria are more rugged and simple.
Therefore, although occasionally one or two unlucky people are falsely claimed, most of the time, those greedy adventurers get nothing.
But even so, their behavior greatly disrupted order everywhere.
"These adventurers are indeed so despicable, it's really shameful!"
A priest in a gorgeous red robe stood up, with a look of compassion on his face. "I suggest that the temple mobilize forces to form a Saint Knight patrol team to patrol major cities to prevent this kind of thing from happening."
"Ha, Huai! That sounds nice, but you want to sell indulgences again, right?!" someone sneered.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I am here to punish evil and promote good!"
"Then you should deal with those wizards!"
"That won't work, those wizards are really too powerful -
After some useless debate, the leaders finally reached an agreement: since hiring adventurers has indeed achieved results, this policy will continue.
However, in order to curb the "killing good people and pretending to be meritorious" and Stability's rear, they decided to find a way to mobilize some more troops, set up traps in certain areas where Wizard Apprentice was active, lure the wizards to go deep, and then concentrate their efforts on encirclement and suppression.
On the other side, the three-person team Benjamin, Amy and Victor are active in this plane relying on the latest information provided by Viola.
The value of this intelligence network has been fully demonstrated in the past ten days.
They no longer rush around like headless flies, but can accurately avoid dangerous areas and specifically select those valuable targets to attack.
Every action is efficient and profitable.
This time, based on the information provided by Viola, they came to a mine deep in the forest.
Intelligence shows that there may be some minerals with special characteristics here, which will be of great benefit to the research of Alchemy and Magic Potion.
However, this mineral vein is located behind the battle line, and the large forces cannot overcome it for the time being. Now, the only way to obtain samples is to rely on the wizard team to infiltrate.
The entrance to the mine was hastily decorated with some rough wooden piles and simple linen, which was obviously the property of a certain Native lord.
After Benjamin used Glimmer Eye to confirm that there were no large guards around, the three quickly sneaked into the mine.
The mine tunnels are winding, and the air is filled with the smell of damp earth and ore.
The deeper you go, the more obvious a hot smell becomes.
"It seems a little hot in here." Amy couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead.
"Be careful, minerals have associated energy, and the smell of earth Fire Element is very strong." Victor reminded.
As the three of them went deeper, the mine tunnel became wider and wider, and in the end it even turned into a cave-like scene.
"Is this really a mine?" Amy looked at the stalactites above his head and couldn't help but marvel.
"Eloria Plane has a quite vast underground world, and most of the mineral veins are located here. So the so-called mine tunnels should be the passages directly connected to the underground world-"
Benjamin suddenly paused when he said this and frowned.
"What's wrong?"
"An enemy is coming, please be alert!"
Carefully proceeding deeper, just when the three of them were about to reach the core area of the mine indicated in the intelligence, a violent energy wave suddenly erupted from the depths of the mine.
Accompanied by a rough and angry roar, the ground beneath his feet shook violently:
"Intruder! This is Lava Clan's territory!"
A tall figure suddenly stepped out of the shadows.
It was a Underground Demon Elder, which was more than three meters tall. Its skin was as rough as a rock formed by the condensation of lava, and it was covered with red lines.
(One more chapter.)