Artificer Adventure Guide

On the second day of advancing towards the goblin tribe, the influence of the earth element plane on the dungeon began to gradually emerge.

There were frequent earthquakes inside the dungeon, and gravity began to increase to varying degrees.

This change was a disaster for Carl.

The impact of gravity was all-round. Just walking every day consumed most of Carl's physical strength.

Hope's situation was better than Carl's, but it was limited.

"Huff~ Hope! Stop for a while, let's take a break!"

On the hillside of a rock, Carl, wearing power armor, held the rock next to him and shouted to Hope out of breath.

In terms of physical fitness alone, Carl's physique is indeed quite outstanding.

But physical fitness is the integration of conditions such as immunity, body healing speed, and recovery ability, and climbing mountain roads is the category of strength attributes.

12 points of strength is not small, but if you want to climb a mountain in an environment with increased gravity, it is not enough.

Especially the mountain roads in the dungeon are not artificially excavated.

In the past, Mount Tai and Mount Hua could kill some people, not to mention the primitive rocks that require one to find a way to climb up.

"What's wrong? You want to rest again? We've only been walking for more than two hours."

Wiping the sweat off her forehead, Hope forced herself to stay alert and spoke very stubbornly.

Her rapidly rising and falling chest formed a sharp contrast with her pretending to be relaxed tone, but she was holding on in order to maintain her dignity as a "physical professional."

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, I can't hold on any longer, let's stop and rest!"

Carl perfunctorily gave Hope a step, took off his power armor, and lay directly on the rock.

After taking a few breaths, Carl felt that his body felt much better.

This is the benefit of a high physique.

Seeing Carl lying directly on the ground, Hope was not polite and lay down directly with his head on Carl's stomach.

With a long breath, Hope's heartbeat gradually stabilized.

This resting place is one of the rare "spacious" places on the mountain road. When encountering similar places, Carl always rests whenever he can.

After all, no one knows when the next place to rest will appear.

Keeping sufficient physical strength at all times is the first priority for adventurers.

If a not very strong monster appears when you are exhausted and kills you, it would be too unfair to die.

"It seems to be almost noon. Do you want to make a fire and cook?"

He took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. Hope's head rubbed against Carl's belly, making Carl itchy.

"Okay! But I want to eat the giant lizard meat I hunted yesterday first. Is there any honey and red wine in the backpack?"

Carl lifted Hope's head and pulled out from under her.

Putting the backpack filled with various materials under Hope's head, Carl opened the backpack that Hope was carrying and began to look for ingredients in it.

A little honey, a little red wine, and some salt extracted from salt water, pieces of giant lizard steaks were marinated in these materials by Carl.

Taking out a frying pan made from the spear of a salamander, Carl placed the rune stone next to him and began to preheat it.

Looking at Carl's skilled appearance, Hope turned sideways and quietly waited for the signal to start eating.

Soon, the steak was placed on the frying pan.

The sound of "sizzling" accompanied by the Maillard reaction and the aroma of honey and grapes spread around.

"Are you the only child in your family?"

Taking a deep breath of the aroma of the food, Hope asked this question straightforwardly.

In her opinion, Carl knows so many housework, it should be because there is a younger brother or sister in the family.

"No! Eruden implements a stricter family planning policy. After all, a large number of people will not only affect the natural environment, but also education and basic work will also have internal circulation."

"Most families have only one child. We call this eugenics."

Unlike industrial countries such as Breland or Karnas, Eruden, as an agricultural country, does not actually have such great requirements for human resources.

However, it is precisely because of eugenics that the number of professionals in Eruden is the highest among all countries.

The public education of the industrial power of Breland is the best, but it sends more than 60% of its young people to work in factories.

As he spoke, a piece of steak was cooked, and Carl picked it up with chopsticks and tasted it.

"Well, it lacks a little spice, and the taste is not as good as expected."

As he was commenting, Hope leaned over and swallowed the steak in his mouth.

Wiping the gravy from the corner of his mouth, Hope commented sincerely: "No? I think it tastes pretty good."

Looking at Hope with pity, Carl sighed in a low voice: "What kind of life did you live before..."

Picking up a few more raw steaks and putting them on the pan, the two of them simply finished today's lunch.

Starting again, both Carl and Hope became energetic.

Carl would stop from time to time to meditate, using the simulation map in the dream world to compare with the current location of the two.

Thanks to the ability to recall memories in the dream world, Carl now draws a map as easily as dispelling the fog of war in a game.

"It's about two kilometers off the track. After crossing this mountainous area, we need to correct the route to the north..."

At about six o'clock in the afternoon, Carl confirmed the location of the two again.

The two have not found a place to rest yet, and they may need to travel overnight to cross the mountains today.

Of course, with the light in the dungeon, there is no difference between day and night.

"If your jet can run for a long time, we can fly directly over this mountain area."

Looking at the rock wall ahead, which was unknown how far away, Hope sighed.

Suddenly, there was a shake on the rocks in the distance, and a strange creature with a brown body, three arms, three thighs, three eyes, and a mouth on the top of the head jumped out of the rock layer.

Xol Stone Monster, a relatively neutral earth element life.

It can sneak into non-magical and unprocessed soil and rock layers and move, and will not interrupt the continuity of geology when burrowing underground.

Carl knows a little about this creature.

Because Xol Stone Monster has a unique sense of smell for precious metals and gems, some organizations often use them to find mineral veins.

Seeing the other party wandering in the rocks like in the water, Carl and Hope showed envy in their eyes.

They might not be able to walk those few steps in half an hour.

"Do you think this thing is also summoned from the earth elemental plane by the goblins in the fire lizard's memory?"

Just as he was about to move forward, Hope suddenly thought of this question.

As the saying goes: once there is a second, there will be a third. Those goblins will never stop after summoning a fire lizard.

However, for this behavior, Carl can only say: "Well done!"

Maybe one day they will open the portal to Eberron?