"Hey, Tia, is that you?" After seeing the girl, Mailin's voice was full of surprise.
She stood up, looked around, and found a familiar colleague who temporarily took over her shift. Then she dragged Sylutia to the room behind the guild.
"Tia, why are you back?" Although she didn't know the situation of the Woodland, but according to what she knew, very few students from Scorched Stone City who went to the Woodland came back, and even if they did, it was usually more than ten years later.
"Well, I recently took a leave of absence, so I came back to take a look." Sylutia thought about it for a while, let's not say that he has reached the third level. That would be a bit surprising, and he would have to explain a lot of things.
"The Woodland can you still ask for leave? Forget it, let's not talk about it." Mailin shook his head.
"Scorched Stone City is not in peace now. It's okay for me to stay in the Adventurers Guild, and the others." Mailin thought for a while.
"Anti's lords are very tyrannical. They like to find trouble with rich people and take the opportunity to blackmail them. Secondly, if they are very beautiful girls, they will be very dangerous."
If they are local guards, they may have many family members and relatives here, so they will be a little scrupulous, but for these Anti Soldier, because they are not their hometown, they do not feel much guilt when doing bad things. Moreover, the atmosphere of the entire army is like this, and everyone is used to it, so it is not a big deal.
"I understand." Sylutia nodded, thanking Mailin for the kind reminder.
Afterwards, the two chatted about their current situation. Sylutia learned that Lei had gone to Stone-Forging City to study and was not in the local area. Comia's parents had also moved away from Scorched Stone City some time ago and sought refuge in other cities.
In other words, several friends from the past are no longer with Scorched Stone City, which makes the girl quite regretful.
However, they made an appointment at that time to come back and get together in five years. It has only been three years now, and there are still two years to go. Then everyone should come back again. Thinking of this, the girl felt a lot better.
After that, Sylutia asked about the mine again.
"How do you know that the mine has been re-excavated in Houshan?" Mailin was a little surprised.
"But this matter was indeed talked about by many residents." She thought for a while and continued to tell Sylutia related things.
"That mine was actually left hundreds of years ago."
"Originally, many people have forgotten it, but when I was sorting out the guild's internal information, I found the records from that time."
"Originally, this place should be called Black Stone City, because a black stone is produced in the nearby mountains. Although it has no special effects, it has a rare color and is liked by some people. After mining, it is used to make building materials or furniture."
"But during mining one year, a mineral vein hidden in the mountain was discovered. Later, the lord sent people to explore and keep digging downward to mine the minerals inside."
"Some of them are metals, and there are also a small number of special gems, which are very valuable, so Viscount Xuefeng's ancestors made a lot of money from them at that time."
"However, in the middle and late stages of mining, a dangerous Corpse Dragon was dug out of the mine, which caused a great crisis. The Corpse Dragon was extremely powerful, probably as powerful as Fifth Order. It spit out Dead Ember Black Fire, burning the city, killing a large number of residents in the city, buildings collapsing, and even the masonry of the city wall was burned to a blackened state."
"In order to cope with this disaster, Grand Duke of Regas asked for help from the Woodland Association. They sent a powerful crusade team. After about a month of testing, fighting, layout, and fierce fighting, they finally captured the Corpse Dragon."
"However, although Corpse Dragon died again, its broken body and fragmented dragon soul still filled the mine, and the strange influence it brought made ordinary people unable to get close."
"Later, for safety reasons and to eliminate the family's reputation, Viscount Xuefeng's ancestors sealed the mine and told the locals not to discuss it anymore."
"More than two hundred years have passed, and no one now remembers what happened in the mine, but Black Stone City became Scorched Stone City, and it has been passed down."
It turned out to be a dragon. Sylutia was surprised after listening to the history told by Mailin.
Dragon basically possesses "Dragon Eye" and Aspect Power. This is the only powerful Aspect Power that requires "Sixth Order" to condense. Therefore, anything related to "dragon" in the world will not be weak.
Although biological coagulation "Dragon Eye" requires Sixth Order, it does not mean that "Dragon Eye" does not have low-level products or life, because Aspect Power will also deteriorate and degenerate.
For example, the powerful Dragon of "Sixth Order" during life, the corpse bone dragon or dragon soul ghost born after death will be much weaker. At this time, "Fifth Order" of "Dragon Eye" or Aspect Power may appear.
There are also the dragon's "heart", "eyeballs", "scales", etc. These materials may be lost and weakened over time, so the level gradually decreases, and "third-level" and "fourth-level" dragon materials appear.
She didn't expect Scorched Stone City in the past to have such a history. No wonder some of the old bricks and stones at the corners of the city wall were particularly charred. She thought at the time that some special process was used to make them look like this.
"Now, if they open the mine, won't it be dangerous?" Sylutia thought of those people he rescued a few days ago.
"Of course it's dangerous."
"Although the influence of Aspect Power left in the mine has gradually dissipated over the past two hundred years, it has also caused great erosion to ordinary people. If it stays for a long time, it will definitely be short-lived." Mailin said sadly.
"In the past few months, many residents have heard about the high mortality rate in mining, so everyone is afraid of being caught mining inside."
"I don't know when this situation will end. If it continues like this, I have to consider moving away from here." Mailin said sadly.
"I understand, thank you sister Mailin for telling me this."
"Hmm, you just have to visit Scorched Stone City during this time. It's best not to stay too long." Mailin then gave Sylutia some instructions before letting the girl go.
Returning to the street, Sylutia looked at the familiar shops on the street, then stopped and looked at Castle at the end of the street, which is located in the north of the city. Behind Castle, there are rolling mountains and a path winding into the mountains.
That should be the direction leading to the mine, Sylutia thought.
The sky was getting dark, but tonight Sylutia did not find a place to sleep. Instead, he put on a gray windbreaker to cover his figure, covered his face with a veil, and walked lightly through the shadows of the city.
After a day of practice, she is becoming more and more proficient in using [Stealth Art], and there is a faint tendency to rise to Level 3. If she has the opportunity to learn [Sound Suppression Method] in the future, she can combine the two abilities into one and become [Stealth Technique].
Although she is not studying [Sound Suppression Method] now, she is relatively light and her clothes are not heavy, so she makes very little movement when running around, and ordinary soldiers will not notice it.
Slowly, Sylutia crossed the obstacle, came to the edge of the city wall and jumped down. He tapped his toes on the wall several times to dissipate the Impact force, and finally landed lightly on the grass.
At this time, she raised her head in the night, looked at the path leading to the back mountain, and gradually approached the legendary mine.