"Ahem, wait a minute, I have a small question I must remind you two of: as far as I know, these bones are incredibly hard," Sun Fei said, switching to [ Barbarian Mode ] Summon his Purple and Azure Twin Swords. He demonstrated by slashing hard at a nearby bone— One Sword that could instantly kill a Three-Star Class expert, yet it didn't even leave a small white mark on the bone. "See? The hardness of these bones far exceeds your imagination. So, how should we use them to craft equipment? Or, how should we grind them into bone powder?"
In her excitement, Aunt Akara gave her a 'you're an idiot' look and said without turning her head, "If it were an ordinary weapon, it naturally wouldn't be able to forge 'Demon Remains.' But, Lord Sun Fei, have you forgotten? You once defeated the Fallen Paladin Gracewald in the monastery camp in the Taimo Highlands and found that magical hammer for Chasi. That hammer contains divine power and can be used to forge Demon Remains!"
Magical Hammer?
Sun Fei was overjoyed. If that were the case, it would be wonderful. This mountain of bones before him could now be fully mined.
Thinking of this, Sun Fei couldn't wait any longer, so he simply activated the divine skill [ Summon ] and transferred the female blacksmith Charsi, who was working enthusiastically with the blacksmiths in [ City of Heroes ] to the mysterious space.
"Wow, where am I?" Charsi's fiery red hair was casually tied back in a ponytail. She looked around, her gaze quickly settling on the mountain of bones in the distance. Her eyes, burning with passionate fire, were filled with shock and a sense of familiarity. "It's strange, I suddenly feel a sense of familiarity. What are these, bones?"
Sun Fei smiled and took out a sword-shaped skeleton of an unknown creature, more than a meter long and twenty centimeters wide, placing it on a flat stone surface beside him. He beckoned and said, "Come on, try your hammer and see if you can crack this skeleton."
Snap!
When Charsi swung his hammer, white fragments flew everywhere, and Sun Fei's eyes widened in disbelief.
Incredible! This simple hammer blow shattered the bones that Sun Fei had tried so hard to remove, sending them flying into countless fragments and breaking them into pieces... It was truly amazing! The iron hammer in Charsi's hand seemed to be the natural nemesis of these ' Demon Remains '!
Having verified the effectiveness of the magic hammer, the rest became much simpler.
Sun Fei organized his thoughts and meticulously recounted all the information he knew about the God and Demon Ruins to Akara and Uncle Cain without reservation. However, to Sun Fei's slight embarrassment, after only a brief moment of amazement, the two put aside the mysterious and important things Sun Fei had described so enthusiastically and began vying to instill in Charsi the value and efficacy of the ' Demon Remains.' They were even somewhat impatient for Charsi to instantly transform the entire mountain of bones into countless powerful magical artifacts. Of course, before that, the two had pestered Charsi to grind a considerable amount of fine bone powder for them using his magical iron hammer to complete their speculations and research.
During this process, Charsi gradually adapted to forging these skeletons with the magical hammer. Forging bones is different from blacksmithing; if the force is slightly too heavy, the skeletons will shatter into fragments instead of being shaped into the form she envisioned. Watching Charsi smash hundreds of bones to pieces with each hammer blow, the nun and the withered old man were heartbroken. Fortunately, there was still an entire mountain of bones here, otherwise, the two of them would have fought Charsi to the death!
Half an hour later, a beautiful Bone Sword was forged.
Sun Fei weighed the sword in his hand; it was very light. The blade was thick and wide, about a meter long and five fingers wide, suitable for slashing. It didn't seem to have much damaging power, but with a light backhand One Sword, it carved a sword mark three or four centimeters deep into those incredibly sturdy giant stone pillars. Sun Fei Fei's mouth dropped open. These were stones that, according to initial estimates, could only be marked by a six- or seven- Star Class expert... The sharpness of this Bone Sword far exceeded Sun Fei's expectations.
"Hahaha, I'll keep this sword for now." His Majesty the King, without a hint of embarrassment, pocketed the first Bone Sword forged from ' Demon Remains '. The other three had no objections to this, after all, Sun Fei was now the supreme leader of [ Rogue Encampment ] and had the right to possess the best.
Next, Charsi began forging some bone weapons, while the nun and the lecherous old man carefully observed the mountain of bones, trying to find out more detailed information. It would be even better if they could discover the reason for the formation of the mountain of bones.
As a result, Sun Fei, the person in charge, ended up seeming to have nothing to do.
Realizing there was nothing left in the mysterious space to interest him, Sun Fei simply used his [ Summon ] divine skill to Summon five or six strong female Rogue to guard and perform odd jobs in front of the Bone Mountain. He then discussed the matter with the nun and, consuming a [ Scroll of Town Portal ], inscribed a simple magic circle, creating a apex Teleport that would allow them to retreat to the Diablo World at any time. They then continued onward to begin the next stage of their adventure.
The space was truly enormous. After Sun Fei looked back and could only vaguely see the shadow of the Mountain of Bones in the dim light. Akara and the others could no longer be seen. The endless darkness seemed to swallow up the light, and even the campfire that Akara and the others had lit could not be seen.
Sun Fei Summon Giant-Winged Raven and a white giant wolf to scout ahead, behind, to the left, and to the right.
Then, after thinking for a moment and hesitating, he Summon the female mercenary Elena.
Seeing Elena's graceful figure emerge from the Teleport, Sun Fei's eyes lit up. Perhaps because of the enchanting scene in the stone chamber, Elena appeared even more radiant. A faint, delicate fragrance gently wafted into Sun Fei 'Sun Fei nose, so familiar that it instantly evoked a spring-like memory in his mind. In a daze, Sun Fei felt as if the dark and gloomy space had suddenly become bright.
" Sun Fei!" Elena approached gently, her head slightly bowed.
Sun Fei smiled, and in that instant, all his awkwardness and embarrassment miraculously vanished. He very naturally reached out and grasped the female mercenary's smooth, slender hand. The cool touch warmed him. He walked shoulder to shoulder with Elena, smiling, and said, " Elena, from now on, just call me Alexander. Don't call me Sun Fei anymore!"
Feeling the scorching heat from Sun Fei's palm, Elena felt as if two flames were burning on her cheeks. " Alexander..."
Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was more enchanting and peaceful than ever before, so much so that they didn't even notice the passage of time.
They walked for an unknown amount of time when a long howl came from the white giant wolf ahead. Sun Fei, holding Elena's small hand, quickly moved forward. They saw that the huge, mysterious space had finally come to an end, and a dark abyss about a hundred meters wide appeared before them. Faint howling sounds came from the abyss, but they couldn't see what was below at all. Sun Fei picked up a stone and threw it down, but after more than ten minutes, there was still no echo of the stone hitting the ground.
"This... it's way too deep!" Sun Fei and Elena gasped simultaneously upon seeing this.
Feeling the chill emanating from the abyss, the two abandoned their plan to descend to the bottom and explore. The cold here was too intense, and it would only get colder the deeper they went. Even with Elena and Sun Fei's current strength, they would probably be turned into ice sculptures after descending a thousand meters, with no chance of survival.
After a moment's thought, Sun Fei turned his gaze to the other side of the abyss.
Perhaps it was truly a meeting of minds, for Elena understood Sun Fei's meaning almost instantly. She drew her bow, nocked an arrow, and with a whoosh, a flaming arrow shot out. The crimson flames attached to the arrow instantly illuminated the dark space, and as the arrow flew past, everything on the other side of the abyss was laid bare.
It was a stone wall with no top, very smooth, like stepping into a giant mirror.
What shocked Sun Fei and his companion to the extreme was that the stone wall was not intact. It was covered with a dense network of dark holes, like a honeycomb, resembling giant beasts hiding in the shadows with their gaping maws waiting for prey. It was eerie, terrifying, and indescribably strange.
"I'll go first!" Elena said.
Sun Fei stopped her small hand and shook his head, saying, "Wait a minute, I have something to do... Let's see what's going on the other side!" As he spoke, Sun Fei commanded the Giant-Winged Raven circling overhead to swoop down and fly towards the opposite stone wall. His perspective also switched to the Raven ' perspective. The stone wall was covered with thousands upon thousands of holes. The Giant-Winged Raven circled for a while and carefully chose one of the larger holes to crawl into.
To Sun Fei's surprise, upon entering the cave, he was not greeted by the uneven Rock landscape he had imagined. Instead, he found himself in a passageway almost identical to the one he had previously traversed, meticulously constructed and clearly artificially carved rather than a natural cave.
The Giant-Winged Raven searched the cave for a while but found nothing dangerous. Then, under Sun Fei's command, it searched more Giant-Winged Raven a dozen other caves, and the results were exactly the same as the first cave: they were all man-made passageways. By this time, Sun Fei could completely deduce that the thousands upon thousands of caves densely packed on the stone wall were all man-made.
Who were these people, and why did they carve out so many caves here?
To figure this out, we need to go to the other side and explore the depths of the tunnel carefully.