I'm a forest ranger, why would I enslave a succubus?

Chapter 22 Elf
"It's not up to me. I've always been a nice guy."

Rhodes walked into the mine.

"Yes, yes, I understand."

Xiti quickly followed: "They will give face to the Wing Crystal Clan. The most important thing is to live in peace."

Rod shrugged.

Step into the mine.

At the beginning, the internal environment was no different from an ordinary mine in the world outside the maze.

But then the footsteps sounded.

The lighting facility on the upper cave wall was triggered with a click.

It looks very much like a light bulb on Earth, except that it emits a faint blue light that extends all the way to the depths of the cave.

Human beings' instinctive fear of darkness was instantly dispelled by this faint light.

After Rhodes put on the [Guardian Curtain], he originally had the ability of [Night Vision].

"This is?"

"An alchemical lamp made by a kind dwarf. Hmm... Actually, I'm not sure if it was a gentleman or a lady, since both male and female dwarves have the trait of growing beards."

Terry suddenly laughed.

Siti scratched his head with an embarrassed expression.

"I apologize for my harsh words. I shouldn't be discussing a respected dwarf fellow in this way."

"No, it has nothing to do with you."

Terry smiled and said to Rod, "It's one of my cousins. When she was young, she once had ideas about hitting on a dwarf, but she only found out after she took off the dwarf's pants. Hahahaha——"

Her character collapsed, she couldn't speak anymore, and just held her stomach and laughed.

Rhodes and Siti looked at each other.

He said he didn't quite understand the succubi's jokes.

Terry came quickly and left quickly.

With a disdainful expression, he returned to his character.

"You two small fry, what are you looking at? Go up and explore the way!"

After a while.

The group finally encountered their first mutated monster.

This is a giant green-skinned lizard.

It is about the same size as the Komodo dragon on Earth.

However, since the crystals mostly grow from the high edges of cave walls, their hind limbs are wider and larger, allowing them to walk upright.

Also.

They have several parts that are very different from ordinary lizards.

Where the snout should have been was a prominent, cloudy eye, and on either side of the eye sockets grew a scaly tentacle, ending in a mouth full of fangs.

A bit disgusting.

At this time, it was lying on the wall of the cave, its two tentacles and mouth gnawing on a crystal stone, and its eyeballs rolled and stared at Rhodes.

"Mr. Rhodes! It's coming!"

Siti screamed in panic.

Rhodes drew out the [Sacrificial Sword] and simply loaded a [Lightning Blade].

The monster in front of him only had spiritual strength of about the fourth level, so it was not worth wasting his spiritual power.

[Sacrificial Sword] Blue arcs of electricity ignited on the gradient golden sword.

This sword still belongs to the category of one-handed sword, but it is much thicker and heavier than a standard steel sword.

In mid-air, a golden and blue sword shadow flashed across.

呲——

With a simple sword strike, the monster's head and body were separated.

"Be careful!" Siti shouted.

Although he had reminded Rhodes that the monsters at this alienation point would release the toxins in their bodies after death.

But when he faced it formally, he couldn't help it.

Rhodes waved his left hand, and the [Guardian Curtain] immediately blew away the oncoming poisonous blood.

There was not a drop of blood on his body.

"Are you okay? Siti."

He noticed that the goblin boy was in a bad mood.

This is only a shallow fourth-level monster.

More than half a month ago, Siti dared to sneak out of the stone gate under the protection of the sixth-level Father Owen.

"I'm sorry, I always recall some bad memories here." Siti's face was pale.

He took the initiative to fly to the demonized rotten flesh, and soon found the stomach sac that was emitting blue light.

Rhodes put it into his magic bag.

"I'm going to go deeper. Are you okay with that, Siti?"

"Calliste."

Farshad called out to his companions in front.

There was no response.

The brightness of the staff reached its limit, and the dazzling soft white light gradually faded.

Along with the mine environment, Callister's back also became dark.

The dwarves' alchemical creations have fallen into disrepair, and deep in the mines, there are only lamps spaced far apart, so people can only rely on spells and primitive methods of lighting.

Farshad took a deep breath.

"Calliste, I'm running low on magic."

The footsteps ahead stopped.

A thread of spirituality flew out from the darkness and gathered on Farshad's staff.

The ball of light from the luminous magic shone brightly again.

Callister's delicate and beautiful face also reappeared.

“We should buy treasures to protect against poison,” said Farshad.

The monster's self-destruct venom was stronger than he had imagined.

If you rely on spell defense every time, your physical strength and magic power will soon be exhausted.

Unexpectedly, Callister shook her head.

"External things only create dependence, Farshad. What's important is restraint and control."

Elves are a race that hates using treasures.

They follow nature and all their objects are taken from nature.

Perhaps because of this, elves are all good at magic.

but.

After the massive expansion of human cities, many concepts have changed.

Some elves believe that their ideas are too primitive and should keep up with the times.

Some elves believe that since they are born in nature, they should completely integrate into nature, and all man-made treasures are blasphemy.

Farshad shook his head secretly.

Although he belongs to the natural faction, he actually also agrees with the theories of the liberal faction.

"How long until we get outside?"

He propped himself up on his knees and tried to regulate his rapid breathing.

I originally thought it was just a simple training, but I didn't expect to stay here for three days.

"We'll be at the shallow end soon. There's someone there!"

Callister suddenly became alert.

Farshad even stopped breathing.

After a while.

A pair of two people from the One Wing Crystal Clan walked out of the darkness ahead.

"Hey! Callister, long time no see!"

Siti hurried forward.

He moved with exaggerated movements, trying hard to attract the elf's attention.

"How are you doing recently? I heard you're getting married. Look, behind you are the skilled hands I invited to clean up the monsters. How is it going? Are you looking forward to your married life?"

He said a lot of things, but it didn't make the elf in front of him divert his gaze at all.

Rhodes noticed that the other person's eyes were always on Terry.

He took a step to the left and blocked her behind him.

The female elf frowned.

"Human. Do you know what she is?"

Callister has a hot body, and the green and white tight clothes made of unknown material perfectly outline her curves. Not to mention the classic long ears and blonde hair. Her eyes are extremely sharp, and coupled with the sour face of an elf, she looks like an iceberg.

"Of course, just a harmless succubus."

Siti quickly flew over and stood between the two of them.

"Haha, this is Rhodes, the ranger of the Kingdom of Eselon, his female companion, Ms. Terry, and this is Ms. Callister. The one next to her is, uh! A stranger!"

"My name is Farshad. I'm Calliste's best friend and her fiancé."

Farshad comes out and says.

(End of this chapter)