Treasure hunter, sailing on the blue sea

"when!"

A clear voice sounded.

One end of the pickaxe used to dig the iceberg broke directly. The broken pickaxe flew out in a spiral, leaving only a very shallow depression in the ice in front of it.

Looking at the pickaxe in his hand, Alka reluctantly threw it aside.

The same goes for Xia Daiti and the others next to them.

The ice-breaking pick in his hand cannot have much impact on the ice in front of him at this stage.

The only thing that can have an impact now is the flame in Alka's hand.

But the extent of the impact is limited.

It can only burn out a depression the size of a thumb at most. It is simply a dream to melt the entire ice surface.

"What should we do now?" Jason asked, looking at the broken pickaxe in his hand.

They were in trouble again.

These ice cubes are so difficult to work with, and the hardness feels ridiculous.

We have already reached this point, and we can only think of ways to dig out the ice in front of us.

Looking at the pickaxe in his hand.

Now it is the tools that limit their opportunities to explore forward. With their power, if they have better tools, they should be able to destroy the ice in front of them.

Alka thought for a moment and said, "You should temporarily limit the speed of ice surface recovery while I prepare some better tools."

After hearing Alka's words, several people nodded.

Alka returned to the ship and came to the studio in the cabin.

The right arm was covered with a precise hand, and blue stripes flickered on it.

Alka planned to spend some materials to make a few magic pickaxes. Although it was a bit extravagant, it was still worth it for a treasure.

At worst, the church can reimburse it later. After all, we are taking over their tasks and doing things for them.

Thinking of this, Alka came to the workbench and started making it.

About more than a day passed.

Alka returned to the excavation site with the tools.

At this time, Xia Daiti and others were resting in a nearby tent.

Seeing Alka's arrival, they all walked out of the tent and took the new ice digging tools from his hands.

Jason waved the pickaxe twice.

"How do you use this thing?"

Because this pickaxe looks no different from an ordinary pickaxe, except that the materials it uses appear to be more advanced.

Also seen on the grip is a symbol of an eye in a square frame.

Alka directly put the pickaxe on his shoulder and walked into the hole.

As he walked, he said: "Come in with me, and I will demonstrate it to you."

After arriving at the previous ice surface.

Alka held the pickaxe high in both hands, and magic flowed along the handle to the pickaxe head facing the ice.

A thin layer of silver light appeared on it, and then Alka hit the ice hard.

The 30-centimeter-long pickaxe plunged directly into the ice, and Alka once again instilled magic power into it.

I could see the pickaxe, and it vibrated obviously several times. I took advantage of the situation and held the pickaxe hard.

A large piece of polar ice split into several fragments and fell off, revealing a cone-shaped hole about 40 centimeters deep.

Seeing the effect in front of him, Alka nodded with satisfaction, turned to everyone and said, "How is it? It's not bad."

This kind of icebreaker was carved into a spell by Alka. In addition to the stronger material, its function is to increase the sharpness and have a strong rocking structure at the rear.

When one end is inserted into the ice cube, vibrate it a few times quickly to pry the ice cube up and down.

Greatly increases the efficiency of icebreaking.

After looking at Alka's behavior and the ice pick in his hand, Jason walked up.

Take action as well.

However, due to differences in physical fitness and magic power, Jason only made a 20 cm hole.

But enough, it has fully proven the effectiveness of this tool, which will greatly speed them up.

Efficiency is significantly improved.

"Okay, everyone, come on, let's get started."

As they spoke, the four of them began to wave the ice picks in their hands and dig into the ice in front of them.

"Come on! Come on!" A milky voice came from behind.

Lucilia the doll was holding two ribbons nearby to cheer them on.

Alka got Lucia a lot of strange things.

…

"Finally, we finally dug here."

Panting, Jason threw the severely worn magic pick aside and sat on the ice, taking a rest regardless of the coldness of his buttocks.

The others are not much better than him.

They were all leaning on the ice everywhere and began to pant.

The breath he exhaled immediately turned into cold mist and dissipated in the air.

They finally dug to the top of the pit, and the cold here had reached the limit that several people could accept.

Even though the three of them wore thick clothes and were in such a pothole, they still felt the biting cold creeping into their bodies.

In order to avoid illness and frostbite, magic had to be used to drive these biting chills away from the body.

This increases the consumption of magic power in their bodies.

Even Julia, who is relatively cold-tolerant, put on a layer of thick clothing to keep out the cold.

But that's enough for her.

It took them a whole week to reach this 160-meter distance.

Because almost every 10 meters of digging into the ice, the hardness of the ice would increase slightly, greatly slowing down their speed.

Apart from resting and eating, they kept digging.

But this took a week, because it took them three days to dig out the last dozen meters.

Those last few days it was almost like they were digging out ice with little spoons.

Even their physiques and palms could not help but get some blisters from this week of excavation.

It can be said that I experienced the feeling of a miner honestly.

Fortunately, hard work paid off, and we finally reached our destination when the pickaxe was severely worn.

The chill coming from below was so obvious and biting.

But there seemed to be nothing strange about the ice beneath their feet.

Of course, if you just look at it with the naked eye.

Xia Daiti knelt down and crouched down, using thick clothes as cushion, touching the ice under their feet with both hands.

The ice below is so cold that frostbite is likely to occur on the skin of your hands if you don't wear layers of clothing.

Silver ripples kept passing downwards, exploring the environment below.

Due to the stimulation of the treasure and the so-called attack, the energy below is abnormally chaotic, which will interfere with Xia Daiti's detection.

Before, she could only detect obvious potholes here, because the gap between the ice and the soil was still very obvious.

Now that we are above, we can explore more carefully.

"That's right, it's at our feet. This is the entrance to the cave."

As he spoke, Xia Detti drew a one and a half meter circle between them with a pickaxe.

The mark disappeared within ten seconds.

Xia Detti continued: "There is still a thick layer of ice here, about 20 meters deep, and there is a hollow layer 20 meters below. There is no ice, but it is full of energy."

That was their final destination this time, and they still had to dig down to a depth of 20 meters.

This is no easy task.

Going down is getting closer to the area where the treasure is located. One can imagine the hardness of the ice cubes.

Looking at the position marked by Xia Detti, Alka stood up after resting for a while, holding his pickaxe in both hands, pouring magic power into it, and smashed it down hard.

With a crisp sound.

The effect was not satisfactory.

Just a small pit appeared, and a few ice particles flew out.

The hardness of the ice below has increased again, once again beyond the range that the tools in hand can dig.

Seeing this scene, Jason next to him sighed helplessly.

Although they had expected it, what they feared most came.

"This 20-meter distance is really far."

Alka said helplessly, and then threw the pickaxe in his hand aside.

The hardness will definitely become more exaggerated as you go down 20 meters, and even a magic ice pick will be hard-pressed to achieve better results.

I know it's not that easy.

It's really troublesome.

To be honest, it would be better to put a few powerful monsters waiting for them next to the treasure.

Even if it’s a puzzle.

Alka would rather decipher the secrets and fight monsters than face this outrageous blockade.

This is not at all consistent with the actions of a treasure hunter.

What stood in their way was so unpretentious.

I never expected that one day I would be stricken by the hardness of ice cubes.

Very good, this exercises their patience.

I couldn't help but start to sort out the known information in my mind, looking for a better way.

First of all, you can know that he will definitely not be able to go down. If he goes down, he will definitely be beaten, and his life may even be in danger.

The task of going down and shutting down the ancient guard can only be left to Xia Daiti and the others who have no treasure.

From the difficulty of the task, we can know that as long as they are not in possession of the treasure, the ancient guards will not attack them.

Otherwise, the number of spirals must be marked behind the difficulty.

If they really got through and reached the pit below, the first thing that would stop them would be the biting chill brought by the activated treasure.

After enduring this icy chill and turning off the ancient guard, the treasure's excited state will fade away.

This is considered done.

It sounds very simple, just go to the ice below and stop them.

Thinking of this, Alka couldn't help but turn her head and look at Lucilia who was sliding around on the ice.

Wouldn't it be easier to just open a tunnel for Lucilia to pass through?

Have Lucilia shut down the ancient guard.

It seems feasible, as long as Lucilia has protective measures in place to ensure her safety.

Thinking of this, Alka decided to dig a small tunnel downward first so that they could have a closer look at the situation below.

If the situation is optimistic, let Lucilia go down through this tunnel to close the ancient guard.

"Let's dig a small tunnel, just 20 centimeters wide. Let's see what's going on at the bottom first."

At Alka's suggestion, the others turned and stared at him.

Although I don't know why? But since Aka said it, we can only try it.

After all, there is nothing good to do now.

We can only take one step at a time.

Flames began to pour out of Alka's palm, burning towards the position marked by Xia Detti.

After burning for most of the day and resting for a while, a 10 cm deep hole was finally made.

Okay.

A hole 20 centimeters wide may not be able to be dug.

"If you only need 20 centimeters, I'll give it a try."

Julia suddenly said, magic power surged out, a circle of light appeared behind her and three liquid ribbons flew out.

How is she going to do it?

With her control, the liquid on the three ribbons had a metallic luster, and then overlapped each other, forming a cone-shaped shape, which was pressed against the pit that Alka had just burned with flames. , and then spun wildly.

It turned into a tiny drill bit.

The friction between the drill bit and the ice surface made a harsh sound, but it could be seen that the broken ice was splashing crazily around.

effective.

This small drill made of ribbons is much more powerful than they thought.

It drilled down almost very smoothly. Although the process was slow, it was visible to the naked eye that it was going deeper and deeper.

Two days passed like this.

Took several breaks.

Julia wiped the sweat from her forehead, although the meditation during the break restored her physical strength and magic power.

But being controlled like this all the time made her mentally exhausted.

"Come on, get ready."

As the words fell, the three ribbons gathered together suddenly became empty and fell directly downwards.

This means they have drilled a tunnel.

The impact of energy surged out from the tunnel.

The ribbon was immediately washed away, and several people leaned together and stepped back.

Gray energy and light blue ice energy kept emerging from the small tunnel that was only 20 centimeters wide.

The biting chill surged out like crazy.

The surrounding area is visibly icy again.

As for the gray energy pouring out, Alka could feel it constantly impacting his body.

And it only impacted him alone. The energy did not cause any harm when passing through Xia Daiti's people.

Only Alka was beaten and retreated, and his hands and feet were numb.

He quickly stretched out his hands, magic power surged out, and a shield like water appeared.

However, under the biting cold surrounding it, frost immediately formed and turned into an ice shield.

This instead strengthened his defense, blocking the gray energy rushing towards Alka.

The silver ripples under Xia Daiti's feet continued to spread towards the surroundings, bringing up layers of holy light flames.

Clearing the chill around here.

Otherwise, the pothole would freeze again, and wouldn't all the time they spent on it be in vain?

The 20-meter hole where the energy surged out didn't even have time to freeze before being shattered.

The accumulated energy surged out crazily, and it took about 10 minutes before it finally completely subsided and poured out of the tunnel.

Because of the outflow of energy, a blizzard blew outside, causing Poroluo who was on alert outside to huddle up to resist the violent snowstorm.

Alka then sat helplessly on the ice.

The gray energy that just poured out must be the energy used by the ancient guards to attack.

The goal is very clear, which is to beat yourself.

Just like what the message said, target the person with the treasure and attack.

Without energy, the Wrathful people immediately came to Alka's side to check other statuses.

Alka waved his hand to indicate that he was fine and said, "I'm fine, I'm just a little out of strength."

"Why do those energies have to attack you?" Xia Daiti couldn't help but ask.

Because everyone saw it, the gray energy did no harm when it passed through them. Only when it passed through Alka, it hit him like a heavy hammer.

And it's okay if the energy is far away, but if it's close, even if it passes by, it will turn around and hit Alka.

It's like he's drawing fire.

Alka shook his head helplessly.

"I don't know. Maybe there are some abilities below that have different energy, or because some of my physique attracted them, so I was attacked."

After resting for a while, Alka finally recovered a little.

Several people came to the pothole.

Xia Daiti's silver ripples spread downwards again.

This time the detection was more careful, and the energy in the cave below had little impact as it surged out.

"The pit below seems to be some kind of ruins. There are two high-energy objects confronting each other. One of them should be the treasure mentioned by the church. It exudes a very obvious chill."

"There is something attacking the treasure next to it. It is a round ball with 4 legs. It is very big, about three meters."

After hearing Xia Daiti's words, two cards appeared in Alka's hand, with 1 and 2 written on them.

Alka threw the No. 2 card directly toward the bottom of the pit.

As the card fell, it turned into a mirror with a silk thread hanging in Alka's hand.

Card No. 1 in Alka's hand also turned into a mirror, but the picture displayed in the mirror was the picture reflected in Mirror No. 2.

However, only a blue energy group and a gray beam can be seen below.

Other places are very dark and cannot be seen clearly.

The two objects facing each other emit light, but they are not scattered.

Alka controlled the lantern to float down, providing a source of light.

Only then did the picture below appear in the mirror in their hands.

Several people looked at the screen.

Alka used silk thread to control the slow rotation of the mirror, trying to completely record the environment below.

It can be seen that there are obvious ruins below. Although the ruins are dilapidated, they are definitely man-made.

Or maybe it was created by other intelligent beings.

A blue energy ball floated on a corpse, and the original appearance of the ancient guard was revealed.

A thick round ball, with serious defects on the side and dilapidated top, even exposing the structure inside. A luminous component is so conspicuous on the structure.

There is a small depression in front of the ball, and gray energy is ejected from there.

At this time, the ball was falling sideways on the ruins, and his two thick mechanical cylindrical legs were still fixing him.

The other two roots have been completely destroyed, and they need to rely on the ruins to stabilize themselves.

By everyone seeing the picture.

Alka compared all the information he knew to the scene on the screen and began to speak.