The Trial Game of Life

Because the secret lake had not been found for a long time, everyone dared not proceed rashly, and decided to rest first before setting off.

Heimeng and Hess skillfully built a bonfire, and the light of the fire dispelled a little mist, and everyone sat on the ground around the bonfire.As a matter of course, Tang Cuo sat with Celtic, looked at his side face concentrating on grilling meat, and suddenly asked, "Have you read the books "Sonnets of the Elf" and "Secrets on the Lake"?"

"Huh?" Celt thought about it carefully, and said, "I've read some sonnets, but I'm not the type to be an artist. As for the "Mystery on the Lake" you mentioned, I haven't read it." , is it related to the secret lake?"

These two books were seen by Tang Cuo in the library of the Moon Hidden Country Magic School.He glanced briefly at that time, and "Sonnets of the Elf" is undoubtedly the hymn of the elves, while "Secrets on the Lake" is about what happened when a human lived in a wooden house by the lake.

It was a miscellaneous diary, and I remembered it trivially, and Tang Cuo couldn't remember much, only clearly remembering that the author's pen name was - L.

Now that I think about it carefully, the mysterious lake without a name described in the miscellaneous notes is very similar to the secret lake in the forest of elves.Keyword: fog.

In the misty forest and the mysterious lake, that person came here around the time when summer was about to pass and autumn was about to come, and lived alone in the lakeside hut for a few days or half a month.

And the time now is exactly the end of summer and the beginning of autumn.

Even if the elves concealed the changes in the secret lake, there should be no need to lie about whether foreigners entered the secret lake.There have been only a few people for thousands of years, so these few people must not be ordinary people, who would "L" be?

Tang Cuo looked around and asked simply pretending to be curious: "Elder Evans said just now that besides us, only three foreigners have been to the secret lake in the past thousand years. Do you know who they are?"

"Actually, I'm also a little curious." Donne nodded kindly at Tang Cuo, "Since we've all come here, we should know something about it."

Single eyelid man: "Heh, is it too late for you guys to understand now?"

Don frowned and wanted to say something, but he didn't open his mouth, as if he was afraid of the people in the small windmill office.The Druid sitting opposite Tang Cuo said at the right time, "Although our Druids have good friends with the elves, we have never heard of any ancestors in the family who have been here. But I have heard people mention that among humans, the Hundred Flowers Kingdom Your Excellency the Duke of the White Knight family, seems to have been to the secret lake."

Tang Cuo: "White Knight?"

Heimeng: "It is the most powerful nobleman in the Hundred Flowers Kingdom except for the royal family, and the sharpest sword in the kingdom. They have successively trained three queens for the royal family, the White Knight, also known as the Queen of Flowers, and the family badge is a A white rose."

Hess: "According to unreliable records, the White Knight family also has elven blood."

Heimeng: "Your Excellency the Duke's visit to the secret lake is reasonable."

Hess: "But I don't know which Duke it is."

Tang Cuo raised the question of "White Knight", but he was not entirely ignorant.The first second he heard this word, he thought of the copy that Lin Yandong had described - the July rose incident.

He clearly said that Theodore's elder brother, Edwin, is the Duke of the White Knight family of the Hundred Flowers Kingdom.

In other words, it was Theodore's ancestor, a certain His Excellency the Duke, who had been to the secret lake.

Thinking of this, Tang Cuo couldn't help rubbing his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, and asked, "Where are the other two?"

The druid shook his head, and the two from the Montenegro office also shook their heads, let alone the scattered adventurers. "Hi..." A wine hiccup suddenly broke into everyone's ears. Dwarf Hammo raised his eyes that were always slightly cloudy from the smell of alcohol, and said, "Don't you Ivy League know it? The one on Poro Island has been there."

Single eyelid man: "Who?"

Hammer: "Of course the most powerful one."

The companion of the single-eyed man hurriedly said, "Your Excellency Roger Reed?"

"It's not him." Hammer rolled his eyes, "I said the most powerful, that's the most powerful, anyway, it's not Roger Reed!"

What it was called, the great dwarf craftsman could not remember.

Everyone in the Ivy League immediately showed a thoughtful look, but after a while, Heimeng and Hess suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said a name tacitly, "The Founder Augustine."

Single-eyed man: "Is Augustine still alive? He hasn't appeared in more than 100 years."

Celtic frowned, "No matter what your status is, Your Excellency Augustine is the founder of the Ivy League, and you should learn to respect it."

"Which of my words is not respectful? Celtic, what capacity are you talking to me with? I'm—" The single-eyed man showed sarcasm, which made Brother Heimeng frown.

The other two members of Little Windmill hurriedly grabbed their companions, "Hawk, that's enough."

Hawke reluctantly shut up.

Heimeng cast a faint warning gaze, and said: "Your Excellency Augustine is the eternal guide of our Ivy League, and no one should speculate on him."

Hess looked at the dwarf Hammer, hoping to get confirmation from him.

It's a pity that Hammer was so drunk that he fell asleep holding the wine bottle.

Most of Tang Cuo's attention was on Celtic. Celtic had almost nothing to say just now, and only spoke righteously on Augustine's issue.Tang Cuo originally doubted his identity, but his move made people more suspicious and at the same time a little confused.

At this moment, an adventurer suddenly stood up in surprise and pointed to the direction behind Tang Cuo, "Look there! The fog has dispersed a bit, is there a lake there!"

Everyone looked over in unison.

Dawn even climbed the tree directly, climbed up and looked into the distance, and brought good news to everyone, "It's really a lake! Let's go a little further and we'll be there!"

The adventurer who was the first to discover it and his companions were very excited, "It turns out that it is nearby. If only we had gone a little further just now, it would have been a waste of waiting for so long."

"Yes, but it's too late to go now. It's not too late, let's go right away."

"go!"

The secret lake was right in front of us, and no one wanted to lag behind, so they all rushed to the lake.Tang Cuo also moved quickly, grabbing Hammo by the back collar and throwing him on Celtic's back, "Keep an eye on him."

After the words fell, Tang Cuo had jumped several steps.Celtic is like a coolie, carrying the dwarves and falling behind, but unable to resist the dictator's hegemony.

By the lake, the lingering mist finally dissipated slightly, allowing everyone to see a corner of the secret lake.It was a huge black lake with rugged rocks, and in the depths of the fog, there were faint creaking sounds.

"What is that sound?"

The surrounding visibility is still not high. To be cautious, everyone decided to act collectively to avoid being alone.Follow the sound and walk along the lakeside, not long after, a huge black monster came into view.

Heimeng: "This is—"

Hess: "The black iron furnace of the dwarves!"

I saw a huge black furnace standing on top of the smoky lake.Below the furnace is an intricate metal bracket extending all the way to the bottom of the lake. There are countless gears, large and small, densely packed with hundreds of them, maintaining the operation of the furnace. It is also like a waterwheel that brings water out of the lake and pours it into the furnace.

White mist curled up from the furnace, spread to the entire lake, and then the entire forest.

The creaking sound that everyone heard just now was the sound of gears turning.

"And there, is there an Alchemy Colossus standing in the lake?!" Hawke couldn't restrain his excitement and ran over while talking.He was almost kneeling by the lake, looking in disbelief at the half-sized steel giant emerging from the water, with his mouth wide open for a long time unable to close.

His companions ignored his gaffe, too, because it was so amazing.

Black iron furnaces and alchemy colossi are all things that exist in dwarven legends. Although today's dwarves still possess the top forging technology, they have long since lost their former glory.

Brother Heimeng subconsciously looked at Hammer, but this dwarf with a big heart was sleeping on Celtic's back and couldn't wake up no matter how much he screamed.

Dorn didn't know anything about the dwarves, so he glanced at Celtic and Hammo, and he came to Tang Cuo on his own initiative, and said, "It seems that the third foreigner who came to the secret lake should be a dwarf." Your ancestors, what do you think?"

Tang Cuo: "Maybe."

Duo Enfu looked at the black iron furnace that was still emitting mist, and said: "The accident of the secret lake should be caused by this furnace. There is something wrong with the furnace, so the fog in the secret lake is getting thicker and thicker."

Heimeng: "You are right."

Hess: "But it must not be the whole truth."

The two brothers still have a perfect understanding between you and me.Two druids also came over and said, "It's strange that there is a black iron furnace of the dwarves in the secret lake of the elves."

Very strange indeed.

Tang Cuo frowned slightly as he looked at the melting furnace that was constantly emitting mist.An accident in the furnace caused the secret lake to be shrouded in thick fog, which is logical but unreasonable.The elves are a race that worships the gods of nature. How could they place these artificial things in the place where they were born?

Looking around, there are no cabins by the lake.Has it been demolished, or is it on the other side of the lake that Tang Cuo did not go to, or is it not the secret lake that is recorded in the book?

"Ahhh——" A scream interrupted Tang Cuo's thoughts, and at the same time there was the sound of splashing into the water.Tang Cuo's heart trembled, and he rushed over, but only a few strands of hair remained on the lake.

The water, like boiling hot water, was bubbling and bubbling, and the person sank after falling, and finally even the hair was invisible.

"Sam!"

"Sam!"

His companion kept shouting, but he didn't dare to go into the water to save people.Because the accident happened so fast, some people didn't react and were stunned by the lake.

In the blink of an eye, the lake has returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

"God, this isn't lake water, it's man-eating magma!" One person backed away in fright, not daring to continue standing by the lake.

"Let's go quickly, as long as we report the situation here to the elves truthfully, they won't embarrass us, right? Saying that there is no danger, this is dead!"

"Dwarf, this damned dwarf, why is he still awake?"

"This is something from their dwarves, maybe he is playing tricks!"

For a while, you can say anything.

Tang Cuo's expression was calm, and he paid attention to Celtic from the corner of his eye, but he didn't find any clues on his face.The one named Sam jumped into the lake because he wanted to get close to the Alchemy Colossus, and he didn't see anything tricky for the time being.

Dorn proposed to return. Although he did not come with Sam, but we are all adventurers, it is inevitable that the rabbit will die and the fox will be sad.

The three people from Little Windmill Seaport immediately objected, "I finally arrived at the secret lake and didn't investigate it properly. How can I go back? Besides, the reason why that man named Sam died was because of his greed and has nothing to do with us."

"You!" Sam's companion widened his eyes in anger.

Don stopped him, and looked at Tang Cuo and Heimeng brothers with a sullen face, "What do you guys say?"

Unexpectedly, the calm and calm Brother Haymond tended to stay and continue the investigation.Tang Cuo didn't speak, his eyes swept over several people.

One thing is clear.

Little Windmill Harbor is thousands of miles away from the Forest of Elves, but it happened to appear here by such a coincidence, and it still refuses to leave, so there must be a plan.

"It's not that we don't want to leave, but we definitely can't get out now." Tang Cuo said, walked up to Han Mo and pushed hard, but Han Mo still didn't wake up.

It was too deep a sleep.

Drunken dwarves, black iron furnaces and alchemy colossi, disappearing cabins, and strange lakes all seem to point to an incredible guess.

On the other side, Jin Cheng was still looking up at the sky at the bottom of the cliff - how to get up after getting down is a problem.

Rewind time to last night.

Jin Cheng jumped off the cliff before the elf guards found him.With Jin Cheng's ability, jumping off a cliff was no problem. When he reached the bottom, he lost most of his blood, so he could drink a bottle of potion and he would be fine.

At the bottom of the cliff, there are jagged rocks and no grass.

Jin Cheng took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood from his hands. He called out the names mentioned in the mission as he walked, walking leisurely, and those who didn't know thought he was here for a day trip to jump off the cliff.

"McCoun?"

"Where are you staying?"

"Heard a squeak."

"squeak!"

"Yo."

Jin Cheng didn't expect that the other party would actually squeak to him, the sound came from the bottom of his feet, and when he looked down, it was really a big, fat mouse.

Be refined.

"McCoun?"

"Squeak squeak!"

The mouse writhed wildly because Jin Cheng stepped on its tail.Jin Cheng simply grabbed the tail and lifted it upside down, and looked it over carefully, "If you tell me that you are McCown, I will chop you up."

The mouse was trembling with fright, and Mung Bean's eyes were watery.

Jin Cheng was overjoyed, the system is really a fucking talent, told him to jump off a cliff to save a mouse?Is this the mouse king or an ear?

wrong.

Jin Cheng tugged at the mouse's ear, and suddenly sensed a trace of magic. Could it be that this unlucky guy was cast with a transformation spell?The left leg seemed to be broken with blood on it, and it most likely fell from above.

"Are you human? Just squeak."

"squeak!!!"

After getting an affirmative answer, Jin Cheng stroked his chin and thought carefully.In this Western fantasy world, who or what group is best at transforming?

Druid?