Chapter 34: The Hope of Returning Home Lies in... A Hot-Blooded Head?

  "This portal can no longer be used." Randel stood up straight after examining the super-express elevator that had sent Eriol and others to this underground location 800 meters below.

  On the other side, Bartle was not his usual self, who would normally throw away his dignity at the sight of a beauty (with Little Ruri right next to him), and instead asked anxiously: "What do we do? Every minute now, large batches of monsters will emerge from the transmission gate beneath our feet! We must notify the Three Great Empires before it's too late."

  Nest threw the giant battle-axe in his hand to one side and sat down: "There's no way, you're lost, we don't know the road, this is just a wild goose chase. Alas, why didn't Randel confirm whether the map given by the clan leader was brought or not when we left?"

  "I thought you brought it?"

  "I'm a dwarf who's always been careless and rough, what does meticulousness have to do with me?!"

  "This isn't something you can proudly say with your chest out and a smile on your face, is it!?"

  "Do you know?" Granna said, her head bowed down and her whole body trembling with black mist swirling behind her back, "I suddenly want to poke the two of you into a beehive."

  Li Hua rubbed Eliya's head and asked: "Little Eliya, what suggestions do you have?"

  "Since none of us know the right route, let's go find someone who does." Elisha brushed off Li Hua Yin's wolf claws and said, "Nestor, Randall, you two must remember the way back to your tribe's dwelling place?"

  Neston's face suddenly changed color, just as the little loli was about to start ranting and raving at him for forgetting the way home, he finally spoke up: "Our clansmen are trapped in a precarious place, unable to move, while outside there are at least several thousand low-level demons, mixed with many high-ranking demon leaders. It was already difficult enough to cover our escape earlier, and now wanting to go back and get the map is simply impossible."

  "......Grenna, after you're done with them can I electrocute them?"

  "Of course, feel free."

  At this time, Ilya, who rarely spoke, suggested: "Since we can't find a way out and can only waste our time watching the monsters increase in number, why don't we try to rush into the dwarves' camp to get the map? And if all of us can rush in, it won't be difficult to rush out again with the protection of the dwarf troops. Then naturally, not all problems will be solved?"

  Silence.

  The two dwarves who didn't know the truth thought Elijah's words made perfect sense; Michelle had a happy and proud expression as she gazed at her lover; as for the others who knew Elijah inside out, they were all busy searching for their glasses on the ground, even the mercury lamp looked at him with an unexpected expression.

  Elisha, with a divine aura, slapped her cheeks to restore her facial expression: "Indeed, it's an Ilya-style proposal, just like a hot-blooded main character. Although the risk is really too great, this is indeed the most effective method at present. I'm impressed by you. Alright, I vote in favor, what about the rest of you?"

  Granna was the first to jump up: "Are you crazy? That's suicide!"

  "Is it here to waste time learning from the headless flies that flutter about in confusion, only to be surrounded and killed by the swarming monsters, or is it for the sake of a faint hope and weak chance to launch an impossible charge against the army of thousands of monsters? Choose one."

  "...I feel like if I were to say something like 'Ah, I understand! Let's make the impossible possible and turn theory into a miracle!' in this hot-blooded way, then in the next battle, I'd end up making a grand, flashy exit while covering for the main character or some other popular character, after betting my life on our convictions and tears..."

  Eriol said to Grana with a grin, "If you add the classic line 'I'll be getting married after this battle and returning home' it would be even more effective!"

  "Huh? Are you getting married, Granna?" Michelle asked in surprise.

  The Batru next to him spit it out on the spot.

  "Who says I'm getting married!? I'm only 16! What the heck, why did a serious voting session turn into this absurd scene?"

  "Alright, it's your fault then?" Li Hua patted her shoulder and said with a serious tone.

  “……”

  The two dwarves next to him looked at the scene in front of them speechlessly, then turned to Ilya, who was calm and collected, and asked in unison: "Excuse me, what should we do now?"

  "Just smile."

  This time it was Eriol's turn to get splashed nearby.

  In this precarious atmosphere, Ilya's proposal was finally passed unanimously. There is no time to let them slowly explore the map now, every second in the enemy base is deploying troops outward. If we don't find the passable task props soon, the enemy's troops will fill the entire map quickly, and everything will be over by then. This logic is clear to everyone.

  The law of SL doesn't exist in reality, for this nine-man squad, they must be prepared for the worst-case scenario, so everyone's face isn't looking too good - I was wrong, at least half of them look normal.

  Apathetic mercury lamp, calm Eriol, burning Ilya, Michelle who doesn't understand how dangerous it will be next, and Li Hua Yin with a "I'm here to protect you and take advantage of the situation" expression closely following behind little Lori.

  Are you guys preparing for the light music club's afternoon tea? Is that right? Must be, right? You're going to face a slightly more serious soul next, aren't you? People who play Musou games have to tense up their nerves, let alone you guys are going to play with your lives! Please don't show that calm and composed expression on your young faces, the kind that only veteran mercenaries would have when facing the most terrifying disasters.

  I am a divider line

  In the distance, a flat plain on the ground presented an eerie blue-black color. No, that was not the original color of the ground, but because it was densely packed with low-level demons. Countless ugly heads occasionally looked up at the sky and howled, which was their meaningless intimidating behavior. A small number of high-ranking demons with crane-like appearances amidst a flock of chickens patrolled back and forth in this blue-black sea, looking like colorful lanterns on a ship from afar.

  Behind this large group of demons, a semi-island platform connected by stone bridges can be vaguely seen, and what's on it is hard to discern without hawk eyes, binoculars or sniper rifles.

  Eriol chose a telescope - of course, it was exchanged for something else.

  "Fortunately, the dwarves' defense line has not been breached and they are all safe." Elisha put down her telescope. The others were already used to her taking out various strange alchemy tools from her spatial bracelet - hadn't they seen that even the Mercury Lamp, which represented the highest level of alchemy, was standing beside her? The two dwarves were quite curious, but after all, they weren't earth spirits and soon got bored.

  "Then let us begin!" Nester hefted his battle-axe and said, "May the gods of war watch over you all!"

  On the mainland calendar 3192, April 2nd, after a night's rest, the nine people arrived near their destination in the afternoon. With the Acceleration buff on them, they launched a desperate charge against the endless horde of monsters in front of them.

  Eriol first abandoned magic, standing and casting spells in a crowd of enemies was suicidal; then she also gave up the two handguns, primary spells did not deal much damage to monsters with low magic defense; afterwards she discarded that wooden sword Kokoro, although its attributes were against the sky and had additional damage to monsters, but the corresponding Iai and Taiji Swordsmanship were more suitable for single targets rather than group battles; as for the Dantian at the bottom of the box, don't even think about wielding it without a 5th level Dou Qi.

  Then little loli cosplayed as Saber.

  I apologize, I repent, I shouldn't have compared our king to a loli who is only 1.2 meters tall. Even if that loli was holding the authentic Excalibur, it's still not right.

  Everyone around was extremely surprised when Eriol raised her hands like a warrior and charged forward with her sword. The concept of "Magic or Martial Arts" is a common understanding among all people on the continent, where no one can master both magic and martial arts at the same time, not even elves who specialize in one and assist with the other. However, in this case, everyone was delighted to see Eriol, who could wield martial arts, as it was more reassuring than a loli who needed protection from others, especially in the chaos of war.

  Everyone's focus on protection is now only left with Michelle, the nanny, although once their charging momentum is blocked and stopped in place, they can't defend for a few minutes.

  The timing of this team's selection was excellent, coinciding with the monsters in front launching an attack on the dwarves, the monsters behind being idle, and a group of Evil Eyes passing by to stir up trouble near the middle monsters - that is, those tentacle monsters with a large eye for a head that can emit dynamic light waves from within. These native inhabitants of the underground world have not seen the sun for many years and are not in a good mood, but as long as they are not provoked, nothing unpleasant will happen. In this regard, Eriol and others did very well under the leadership of Randel and Nest, but the lower-level monsters obviously couldn't.

  The monsters in the back row were already restless due to the commotion in front, and now they suddenly found someone delivering themselves to their doorstep - mainly because the two dwarves' roars were too loud. If it were Elsie's style, she would definitely take advantage of the opponent's unawareness and quietly charge forward with all her might. Immediately, they found an outlet for their emotions and rushed forward, making strange cries.

  Those ugly and ferocious monsters were so violent and cruel, they were unstoppable with their sharp teeth and claws, as if they had bombs in their bellies looking for someone to fight to the death. They told people that even if it was a giant dragon in front of them, they would still take a bite out of it - this wasn't a joke, during the desperate defense battle, there really was such an unlucky giant dragon that was knocked down by these cannon fodders. Although it was just a young and weak green dragon among the dragons, it was still a dragon after all.

  Then these gun grays, who had the honor of having once knocked down a giant dragon, suddenly became like the Chinese men's soccer team facing football - their legs softened when they were about ten or so meters away from the crowd.

  Across from her, the cute loli with a sword in hand that was taller than herself, shouting sweetly enough to make the weird uncle squint his eyes, beautiful as if she were an exquisite doll, and the small stupid hair on top of her head fluttering in the wind, wasn't a giant dragon, but the pressure she brought to the lower-ranked magical creatures was even more terrifying than that of a giant dragon.

  Because she is a goddess.

  Divine Authority: Intimidates and suppresses evil creatures and enemies, causing them to cower in fear. The higher the power, the greater the effect and range.

  Blessing: Enhances the combat effectiveness and morale of surrounding allies, with a greater effect and range corresponding to increased power.

  The racial talents of these two evil creatures were the reason and confidence why Eriol first agreed to Ilyana's seemingly crazy proposal. Because both are range skills! One debuffs enemy groups and one buffs their own group, it's not as simple as 1+1=2 when combined.

  So when a group of people were prepared to sacrifice themselves and die in battle, some even thought of their heroic predecessors who resisted the demon invasion, such as Muladdin Rezheti Hettishil. They charged forward with their weapons, calling out to the demons, but after waiting for half a day, they didn't see any counterattack. In the end, they looked at each other in dismay and realized - it turned out that when they were about to play the hell mode, they accidentally pressed one less direction key, so they ended up playing the expert mode instead?

  "Hey, Nestor, these demons seem off somehow?" Randel asked puzzled, as he smashed one of the creatures with his hammer, "They weren't this weak before, were they?"

  "Maybe they're on their period these few days?" Li Hua's voice was like a scythe as he swung his dual swords and replied.

  Eirlysia was surrounded by demons, but none of them dared to attack her. Instead, they parted ways as she passed by. As a result, this little loli in a Gothic dress with dual swords still hadn't made a move, and her body remained covered in blood: "You're also a girl, can you at least give me some face?! And don't you think it's too strange that thousands of demons are all having their physiological period at the same time?!"

  "No way, this answer is just my first instinctive reaction. Who made me be with beautiful girls every day?"

  "How on earth did you manage to associate the creature in front of us with a beautiful girl?! Even moe anthropomorphism doesn't go that far!"

  He was using a feather brush to paint the strange mercury lamp - yes, brushing, and with one big stroke after another, leaving only the sky filled with crow feathers and all sorts of bizarre hunting trophies - coldly opening his mouth to say: "You're not unaware that woman has a heavy taste."

  "Where did I offend you? You're always losing feathers from your wings, but I've never seen a small bird like you go bald!"

  On this side, the daily complaints will be put aside for now; The two hot-blooded dwarves in front clearly rushed forward too much and soon retreated back in disarray under the enthusiastic welcome of the monsters that were not suppressed by Eriol; Ilya also intended to burn her own passion to rush up, but as a result, her hem was pulled by Misha with a fearful face, and then it became a beautiful scene where two people supported each other through difficulties, almost dazzling countless dog eyes around them; On the nearby Bartolo, the word "jealousy" could be seen all over his body, if there were no monsters attacking him, the sword in his hand would probably immediately greet Ilya.

  Grenna, who was diligently working hard to kill the enemy, suddenly felt that her group of people were actually the key figures in stopping the demon invasion on the mainland, which was really too incredible.

  After rushing a distance with the momentum of chopping melons and cutting vegetables, a demonic lizard with rough skin, thick flesh, sharp claws, and poisonous appearance emerged, swinging its tail to retreat its subordinates. With the attitude that this mountain was opened by me, it bravely jumped out and blocked everyone's way - if you ignore its legs trembling under the deliberate intimidation of the little loli.

  Then it disappeared along with the mercury lamp's feathered black dragon wave. At least leave me a classic line like "I'll be back"... oh, I forgot you can't speak.

  The chairman, suspended in mid-air, snorted disdainfully and said, "Don't think that just because you jumped out alone and occupied the entire screen, you're the BOSS!"

  At this moment, countless former cool special effects shots finally became the upgraded experience of various small strong protagonists' boss villains, each with a smug expression.

  In this way, under Eriol's pressure and the Mercury Lamp's relentless big moves, the group successfully arrived at the dwarves' temporary camp. After meeting the dwarf chieftain named Morle and explaining the current frustrating situation to him, Eriol was delighted to hear the angry roar of the bearded dwarf leader:

  "Nest, Randall, you two numbskulls! Get to the blacksmith and stoke his furnace for a month! If we're all still alive after that, then you can come out!"

  Two guys who had been acting like heroes all the way into the camp immediately turned into cowards.

  Of course, this was just a bluff. In the face of severe military weakness, Moller would not have been able to mete out such punishment to the two men. So he followed the old pastor's advice and commuted the sentence from immediate execution to autumnal beheading, then turned to several humans who were coughing violently and wiped away the awkwardness on his face: "So, brave human friends, you can rest well in the camp tonight and make a breakthrough with the map tomorrow. Please contact your king as soon as possible to send us reinforcements, the situation here is getting worse by the day."

  "Mercury Lamp suddenly spoke up: 'Mole Tribe Leader, tomorrow when we break through the siege, please lend us these two warriors. I won't be able to fight tomorrow and our team's combat strength will greatly decrease.'"

  "What? You can't go into battle? What's wrong with you?" Eriol asked anxiously.

  “……Do you think the big move I made today was just air? The energy inside me is almost depleted, and I need to go back to that suitcase to recharge. It will take about a day, and it must be outside, not in your space bracelet, to absorb energy. Sorry, but from now on, I'll become a burden to everyone.”

  Several people who witnessed the chairman's powerful combat power expressed their understanding, saying that if they were to release so many full-screen barrage the next day and still be in high spirits, this little doll would be a bit too exceptional.

  Alicia hugged the mercury lamp in her arms: "It's okay, how could we think of you as a burden? But to say, you ran out of power so quickly? The battery inside shouldn't be a fake one, right?"

  "Crunch!" The mercury lamp revealed two small tiger teeth and bit down hard on Eri's shoulder. Amidst the little loli's cries of pain, Li Hua approached trying to take advantage of the situation, but was kicked flying by the two lolis at the same time.

  The temporary council chamber of the dwarves then became a regular venue for shameless performances.

  Moller looked at the situation in front of him with a painful expression, then asked the two dwarf warriors who were about to be assigned to burn fire: "Can you tell me what I should do now?"

  "Tribe leader, just smile and it will be enough."

  I am the dividing line of seeking votes and collections.

  Let's smile and ask for votes and collections too, if we don't ask, we'll really have to go cry...