Terraria: Cruel World Legends

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The skeleton archer slowly pulled the bow...the next second, a flaming arrow shot towards Xi Yao!

Xi Yao waved Eternal Night and directly deflected the flaming arrow! Then he rushed towards the skeleton archer and waved Eternal Night again, killing him.

After solving this small obstacle, Xi Yao trotted forward and stood in front of a pile of orange ore veins. He approached the ore veins holding a torch and then shook his head.

"There is no reflection, it is indeed copper... Oh... By the way, what time is it now?" Xi Yao glanced at his pocket watch and then sighed.

"Is it just my bad luck or there is no palladium or cobalt here... It's been half an hour and I haven't seen a single one... But a bunch of monsters appeared..."

After complaining, Xi Yao continued to go deeper, but found that there was no road ahead, only a stone wall.

"...Dig it up." Xi Yao then walked forward, swung the lava pickaxe and started digging the stone wall in front of him. What he didn't expect was that he found another cave after digging about one meter.

He walked in and took out the metal detector, only to find these words displayed on it:

Palladium found nearby! Cobalt blue!

Seeing this, Xi Yao became excited. He finally found it! Then he looked around and finally found a pile of bright orange ore on the right.

Xi Yao walked over quickly, then took out a torch and approached the pile of ore, and found that it actually reflected light!

"Finally found it?" Xi Yao said excitedly, then swung the lava pickaxe and smashed it at the palladium mine.

After digging out this pile of ore veins, Xi Yao obtained a total of 23 palladium ores, which was not much, so he looked at the palladium ores and continued to go deeper.

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"…Hmm? Ah, boy, here, here! I need your help!"

Xi Yao was digging a pile of cobalt ore when he suddenly heard an old man's voice. He immediately turned around and looked around.

"Hey boy, I'm here! Look down...yes, yes, yes, do you see it? I need you to help me untie the ropes!"

Xi Yao followed what the old man said and found an old man in a small corner below. The old man was wearing a purple robe and a magic hat. It was obvious at first glance that he was a wizard.

Xi Yao walked over, untied the old man, and then asked, "Old man, why are you tied up?"

Upon hearing this, the old man immediately sighed and said, "Oh...my servant is getting angry..." After saying that, the old man raised his head and looked at Xi Yao.

"Well...if I'm not mistaken, you should be the leader of an independent force...right?"

Xi Yao was a little surprised: "How do you know?"

"Hehe...it's just mind reading...Oh, I'm a wizard, but I'm homeless now. If it's okay...please allow me to live with you. In return, I can teach you some spells."

Xi Yao frowned slightly: "Of course I welcome you to live there, old man, but there is no need to teach me magic. I am a warrior." As he spoke, Xi Yao revealed the Eternal Night and the Broken Ark.

"Hahaha... Is that so? Well then... young man, if you want to learn magic one day, you are always welcome to come." As he said that, the wizard stood up and brushed off the dust on his body.

"My name is Mailer, what's yours?"

"Xiyao."

"Hmm? Xiyao? I seem to have heard this name somewhere... Never mind. Then, I'll report to you?" After saying that, Mailer walked towards the top of the mine.

"Old man, let me give you a potion of teleportation to the center of Terra. My home is right there."

"That's not necessary." As he said that, Mailer continued walking with steady steps.

"Uh... are you really okay, old man? If we return to the surface from here..." Xi Yao asked worriedly.

"Young man, I walked up to you to see if I have the destiny to live with you. If I get lost while walking, it means I don't have this destiny. Everything depends on fate," said Meler.

Although Xi Yao was a little confused about the wizard's train of thought, he was not the kind of person who was keen on helping others, so he continued to walk deeper into the mine.

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Two hours later, Xi Yao returned to the surface and saw that the wizard Melor had found his own room on the second floor and was looking at him through the window.

"Young man, thank you for giving me a place to stay. This thing is for you." After saying that, the wizard threw something out from under the window. Xi Yao immediately sprinted over to catch it and found that it was a crystal ball.

"Young man, this thing has magic. You can see any scene on the Terra continent. There are definitely no more than 5 of these things in the entire continent, but it is actually useless, and it can only be used for half an hour a day... I'm giving it to you as a toy."

Hearing this, Xi Yao looked at the crystal ball, then gently brushed his hand across it... The next second, a place appeared inside the crystal ball.

That place looked very fairy-tale-like. There was a brilliant rainbow hanging in the sky, the grass on the ground was green, and the leaves on the trees were colorful... It was simply a fairy-tale world.

"Where...is this place? Is it on the Terra continent?" Xi Yao was somewhat intoxicated by the scene in the crystal ball.

The wizard heard what Xi Yao said and glanced at the crystal ball: "This is a sacred place. It is a terrain formed by the scattered essence of gods after the collapse of the Wall of Flesh and Blood... But it is not a good place. Don't go there if you have nothing to do."

Hearing this, Xi Yao suddenly came to his senses: "Why do you say that place is not a good place?"

"Although holiness and corruption are opposites, their essence is the same. They will kill any creature that does not belong to them. It's that simple." After saying this, the wizard yawned.

"Okay, kid, I'm going to take a nap first... I can't fall asleep in the mine these days..." As he said this, the wizard closed the window.

Xi Yao took another look at the sacred place in the crystal ball, and then stored the crystal ball in the void space.

"Okay, now it's time to smelt new ore." As he said that, Xi Yao walked into the wooden house and began to smelt palladium and cobalt blue.

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