The fisherman druid is in another world

Chapter 799

As the saying goes, mindset often determines how you feel when you experience an event.

Black Rob's mentality is undoubtedly the best among all treasure-hunting adventurers.

After all, his focus wasn't on finding treasure, and he had almost no pressure to survive.

Once they successfully discovered clues about the Night God Society, they became increasingly calm, to the point that it wouldn't be wrong to say they could laugh at the instigators of the Volcano Island incident.

And the more this happens, the more positive feedback you get.

Their escape route was never cut off; the pyramid fortress still hovered above the sunken area of ​​the volcanic island.

The forward base is also in good condition. Although it is more than 100 days behind in progress, its strength is complete and it even has the convenience of increasing its strength at any time.

Other factions are not like that.

First, let's talk about the surrounding states. Although the three large ships, including the Anglerfish, sent the news back, attracting more investigations from city-state officials and private individuals, and the rising power of the sun had not stopped, even forming a whirlpool in the sea that shone with golden light, which made people think all sorts of things, even the most greedy individuals or forces inevitably became much more cautious about continuing to bet on this project.

Let's talk about the Chaotic Staircase again.

Black Rob used the newly created Alpha-level evil sorcerer Hassa to block the Chaos Staircase Vanguard Exploration Team's investigation into the overflow and infiltration of solar power on the volcanic island.

As a frontline elite force directly under headquarters, the reconnaissance team was quite dutiful. When they couldn't defeat Kazakhstan, they promptly called for reinforcements from headquarters.

However, the people at headquarters acted somewhat unreliably.

Or rather, they have too many ideas. They always want both.

One of the conditions that must be met and triggered is that its members shirk responsibility for difficult tasks.

For example, engaging in a life-or-death battle with a King-level evil spirit.

Since the plague turned most of the world's towns into dens of evil, harvesting evil to obtain evil energy has become a daily task for the Chaotic Ladder.

It could even be said that the evil spirits rich in fel energy are the mineral-like rewards that the creators of the Chaos Ladder have granted to its members.

Although the actual harvesting process was far more difficult than anticipated for various reasons, there is no doubt that almost all members of the Chaotic Ladder had directly or indirectly participated in the harvesting operations.

It is precisely because of this that these people are well aware of the danger of King-level evil spirits.

Then a wise man suggested that while King-level evil spirits are dangerous, they are also qualified sparring partners for testing evil creatures.

According to the exploration team's report, the King-level evil spirit they encountered this time was unusually solo, without any entourage. This was a golden opportunity for testing!

Just transport the bastards there, then open the cage and let the dogs out!
The plan itself wasn't bad; the only downside was that it took a lot of time from preparation to the moment the culprit was in place.

Therefore, the headquarters ordered the vanguard reconnaissance team not to engage in a deadly battle with the King-level evil spirits, but simply to keep an eye on things and report any major movements immediately.

As a result of this delay, the best window of opportunity to investigate the existence of the volcanic island has passed.

Blackrob's magic circle, set up in the ruins of the Church of the Earth's Rift, has two layers, an inner and an outer one.

The surface layer is what the exploration team saw, the one that Roland shouted 'blasphemy' at.

The base is a legacy from the era of the Church of Gods, roughly altered and disguised as a king-level evil entity using a hen to hatch its eggs.

Inside, there is a magic circle specially crafted by Black Rob, highlighting the control over soil and rocks, mainly to draw upon the solar power that seeps into it.

So by the time the evil creatures of the Chaotic Staircase arrived, the power of the sun had already been completely absorbed.

In this way, Black Robb can make Asar stage the scene of the sacred artifacts shining.

Simply put, a king-level evil spirit accidentally discovered a sacred artifact left over from the church era.

This sacred artifact stored a large amount of faith power, and through a series of special effects, it gave birth to a certain sub-force of the power of the Law of Light.

As is widely known, all intelligent beings of the negative energy type, in order to satisfy their need for a clear state of self-awareness, will instinctively pursue the state of 'order within chaos'. This is the case with the Yin Fish with white eyes.

The laws of light have a higher affinity with positive and progressive laws, including those of order.

In other words, if one obtains the power of the Law of Light and forms a delicate balance with one's own negative energy, over time one can comprehend the power of the Law of Order, thereby constructing a closed-loop 'white fish eye' and freeing oneself from madness and confusion.

This is actually a struggle between self-awareness and the erosion of negative energy; every being that chooses the path of darkness must face an extraordinary mountain.

However, most people who take this path, due to the nature of their depravity, cannot recognize the dangers in time, nor do they have effective means to resist them. By the time the symptoms become clear, the poison has already penetrated their hearts, and it is beyond cure.

And often, the more this is the case, the more desperately the person involved wants to salvage the relationship, regardless of the cost.

This characteristic provides a logical explanation for the behavior of the King-level evil Hassa.

Fearing that the pie would be divided among them, they took charge of everything on their own, fighting to the death until success was achieved.

As for how to pass on more relevant information to the Chaotic Staircase, it's simple: a large enough battle, in which Hassa shows his inability to handle the situation, and the so-called truth will naturally be exposed.

Interestingly, the Chaotic Staircase releases monstrous creatures, playing tricks and schemes, unaware that Black Robb has a thorough understanding of these creatures, both theoretically and practically.

Therefore, this is a battle in which one side has a one-sided control of the information.

This makes the seemingly dangerous battles actually a one-sided, predictable, and controllable situation, thus supporting match-fixing.

In short, from the perspective of the Chaotic Ladder side, this battle was a complete mess: the King-level evil spirit was wounded and fled, the holy artifact was used to kill the evil creature, and the underground church was destroyed.

The Chaotic Staircase, naturally unwilling to give up, spent even more manpower and resources investigating.

However, the truly crucial cleanup work had already been completed by Black Rob, and the optimal window for the solar energy to overflow from the volcanic island had already passed.

Although solar energy continues to flow from the whirlpool eye, after passing through the deep strata of the ocean, its power is nowhere near that of the volcanic island.

Moreover, the special thunderstorm zone above the vortex also had a significant impact on the rise of solar power.

Further up, there are invisible pyramid fortresses in the sky, drawing power from the sun amidst the magical light of the dome.

It can be said that the phenomenon of solar energy penetrating into the rock layers above the Earth Sea Dome has been basically cut off due to the triple filter layer.

Even if there is some remaining, the thick rock layer itself has the ability to absorb it. Unless the supply continues to exceed the absorption limit, it will seep upwards and appear on the surface.

After being absorbed by the magic circle specially designed by Black Rob, the rock layer's ability to absorb the sun's power has essentially returned to an 'empty' state.

Until the tentacles of the Moon Elf camp detected the void beneath the volcanic island's rock layers, the overflowing solar power was less than one-sixth of the 'empty' capacity.

Even considering the amount of rock that can be digested daily, the Chaotic Ladder would not yield any results even if the surface were searched for another year or if the ground were dug down a hundred kilometers.

Isolating the Chaos Staircase from the Earthsea events aligns with Black Robb's strategic approach of "dealing with one enemy at a time."

Meanwhile, the Night Gods Society demonstrated a strong interest in the upcoming adventures on the volcanic island during these hundred days. Or rather, through the Ibelin Shaman Society, the Night Gods Society demonstrated its strong connection to the Earthsea events.

Black Rob was able to make this judgment mainly because, from a profit perspective, the actions of the Ibelin Shamans had gone beyond the normal logic of treasure hunting.

Black Robb also knew that, faced with a 300% profit, some people were willing to break all moral and legal restrictions, even risking their lives.

Even so, despite their greed and gambling nature, they are only willing to risk everything when they are certain they can reap sufficient benefits.

The Earthsea events do not possess these characteristics.

Compared to the whirlpool eye, the evil crows and salamanders, and the various dangers in the deep sea, the remains of the evil crows erupted from the volcanic island are really just a drop in the ocean. It's not worth it for any organization to send a top-tier adventure team to try again before they have gathered any new intelligence.

The so-called "supergroup" is naturally a star-studded lineup of all legendary members.

Even within the Ibelin Shamanic Order, legendary rank is by no means commonplace; each legendary figure typically has someone to support them in a business or a regional sector.

Therefore, if a legend were to fall, the impact on the organization would be immediate.

The Ibelin Shaman would be very bold to send out such a lineup to lead the charge.

The stated reason given to the public was the hope of saving any potential survivors.

In other words, the Ibelin Shaman Society has accumulated a good reputation over the years due to its hypocrisy (Black Rob believes that its past acts of kindness towards the various races were all for the purpose of creating a persona, and at the same time, to cover up the logistics of the Night God Society). If other organizations were to use this excuse, no one would believe them at all.

In short, the Ibelin team demonstrated their leadership and ability to overcome obstacles, taking the lead in diving down.

Black Rob didn't get to see the hardships he encountered on his first deep-sea dive; he only knew the outcome, which can be described as a defeat.

It was only on the second deep dive that a forward base was established.

Then, just consolidating this base took more than a month.

There were setbacks during this period, mainly because we encountered a particularly vicious giant salamander.

A living person wouldn't die from holding their urine, and a way to deal with the evil salamander was eventually devised.

Then adventurers from other factions joined in and started to manage the forward base of the Abyss.

Only on this basis can the expanded search be carried out.

Because the Moon Elf camp was located on the edge of the volcanic island, and the search in the Abyss was extremely difficult, the adventurers did not discover the Moon Elf camp until more than 130 days after the volcanic island had fallen.

Of course, even so, the adventurers were overjoyed.

After all, the integrity of the Moon Elf camp was undeniable, while the other two surviving groups were forced to dig deep, and the temporary passages they had opened were already difficult to find due to frequent tectonic activity. If the Ibelin shaman hadn't confidently stated that they had access to an activated locator from their colleagues, confirming the presence of survivors, the search would have ended long ago.

Of course, after the collapse of the volcanic island, the 'milk skin hypothesis' or 'cavity hypothesis' has been analyzed by many people. Therefore, the attempt to dig down to see what else is under the volcanic island began shortly after the forward base was established.

However, this process was fraught with twists and turns.

First, they underestimated the impact of the excavation on the forward base, which was too close, so much so that after the tectonic activity occurred, the forward base was almost destroyed.

So they found a relatively distant location, and after some surveying, a place that seemed suitable for digging again.

As a result, a series of new troubles were encountered not long afterward. First, there were evil crows and evil salamanders, which appeared one after another. Then there was the supernatural power disorder zone and the extreme dead zone, which forced them to take a detour.

They encountered another spatial rift, resulting in several deaths and injuries. Forced to retreat and change course...

Even after discovering the Moon Elf camp, the passage leading to the mysterious land that had caught the adventurers' attention remained undiscovered.

Meanwhile, the Moon Elf camp generously connected with the adventurers, represented by the legendary powerhouses of the Ibelin Shaman Society.

The one who directly negotiated with him was 3-7 Ester, who at the right time had been promoted to the legendary rank by Blackrob Investment.

This was a last resort.

On the one hand, breaking through in the heat of battle and becoming a legend can better explain why the Moon Elf camp survived.

Although Black Robb confirmed that the Moon Elf's name had spread after the Anglerfish's owner returned, his act of saving the Anglerfish could be interpreted, from another perspective, as having some spare capacity to rescue others.

But having a legend in charge makes it more convincing to believe that someone can survive such a catastrophe.

Moreover, the new phase of the adventure is more difficult. The Night God Society has brought a top-tier lineup. If he is still at the title level, he will be outmatched, which will make it more difficult to carry out the operation, both openly and secretly. However, having a legendary rank that can be used as an equal will greatly improve the situation.

Black Rob was well-prepared, showing the adventurers photos taken before and after the volcanic island's collapse, explaining that this was a good habit of the Moon Elf race to respect history, and also a record of achievements for teams returning from missions.

The adventurers found no signs of editing in the photograph, making it the most authoritative source of information to date.

After that, by comparing the recollections of other survivors one by one, the ins and outs of the incident will become clear.

The only pity is that the moon elves didn't go to the center of the island to join the fun, so they didn't help in understanding the specific experiences of the adventurers there and the situation of the survivors.

However, the passage opened up by the Moon Elf camp was clearly superior to the one opened by the forward base, so the advance team ultimately started the new phase of their exploration from the passage on the Moon Elf camp side.

This new advance team includes the twin brother, Estes.

This allocation is also quite reasonable.

On one hand, Estelle, who has become a legend, is a valuable force for the moon elves, and the moon elf camp also needs him to be in charge.

The arrival of the adventurers saved the moon elves from their predicament. In any normal group, the leader would prioritize stability and securing a way out in such a situation, rather than using the team leader as the vanguard of a new round of exploration.

On the other hand, this advance team was not a full-fledged super team, but a secondary super team led by three legends and composed of several titled extraordinary individuals.

This advance team represents the interests of multiple parties, and even includes representatives of the successor forces of the Marquis of Binhai across the sea.

This naturally includes the lineage of Orgon, the Dark Elf King.

Orgon's adventure party had a series of unpleasant encounters with the moon elves, but now they had no choice but to accept them as their comrades.

There's nothing we can do; the situation has changed.

If this new phase of adventure were likened to starting a company, the Moon Elf would definitely be considered one of the major shareholders with a relatively high equity stake.

This is not simply because the Moon Elves have a legendary figure in charge, but also because they provide conveniences such as Moon Elf camps and passageways, as well as valuable information such as the Cataclysmic Remnant.

More importantly, the Moon Elves proved with their solid achievements that, whether through skill or luck, they had exhausted all the heroes in the previous adventure, making them arguably the most dignified beings to deal with the great calamity.

In a society where strength reigns supreme, as long as the Moon Elf's invincible body remains unbroken, it represents the most professional in the current exploration series and receives ample respect...

(End of this chapter)