Lu Mingfei, become the King of Elden!

Chapter 302 The Volcano of Life
We were not far from the destination the old, lost knight had mentioned.

The last rock face looked somewhat unstable compared to the previous ones, with numerous cracks covering it.

"Won't this thing collapse?"

Lu Mingfei's rant:
"I really don't want to do another bungee jump without a cord."

Roger was completely confused and didn't understand what "ropeless bungee jumping" was, but he could still hear the worry in his companion's tone.

"Don't worry, these rocks can't be that fragile if they can stand up in such strong winds."

Roger patted him on the shoulder and pointed down:
"Look, that old soldier has already gone down."

Sure enough, Svengar had already taken the lead and jumped onto the cliff face. The cracked rocks beneath his feet made a slight cracking sound and then remained unchanged.

Following the order, Roger then leaped lightly, landing steadily on his feet.

Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the rock, which supported the weight of the two of them, was still standing without any risk of collapsing.

He shifted his weight slightly downward, tightened his leg muscles as he squatted down, and then suddenly jumped down!

With a dull thud, Lu Mingfei skillfully rolled to the ground to dissipate the force of the impact.

"call--"

He took a long breath.

Svengar straightened up, looked down disdainfully, and then pointed to a green patch of mist in the distance, saying:
"That's it."

Roger breathed a sigh of relief:

"This trip was one of the most thrilling in my life... but we arrived safely."

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but turn around and glance at him.

Hey, hey, hey, we're not there yet! Saying this makes him sound like an old general on a stage with flags all over the place!

He was about to say something when he seemed to hear a faint sound.

All that could be heard was the whistling wind, mixed with faint "crackling" sounds.

The sound was very faint, almost inaudible, and only Lu Mingfei, who had the strongest "sensory perception" among the three, could hear it.

"Not good."

Lu Mingfei murmured, then turned to look at the two of them:
We need to hurry—

The words have not yet fallen.

boom!
The entire rock wall shattered instantly, turning into countless flying fragments of rock that fell to the ground.

Lu Mingfei felt his feet suddenly give way, and then he plummeted to the ground under the force of gravity.

Rocks pounded against his armor, the wind howled in his ears, and the scene before him began to change rapidly.

After two or three seconds.

boom!
Three muffled thuds followed.

"Cough cough cough..."

As the most resilient person here, Lu Mingfei struggled to his feet, feeling dizzy and in pain all over his body.

He caught his breath slightly, the starlight still lingering in his vision, and hurriedly looked at his companion:

"Svengard! Roger!"

"I'm fine..."

Roger struggled to his feet from the pile of rubble.

Not far behind him, the figure of the old, homeless knight also appeared in the dust.

Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his companions were not seriously injured.

He took the red Dettol chalice from his waist, took a sip, and tossed it to Svengar.

Svengal did not refuse; he simply drank a mouthful of Dettol and then returned the bottle to Lu Mingfei.

It seems his injury was indeed quite serious.

As for Roger, as a seasoned Faded One, he naturally had plenty of supplies, so Lu Mingfei didn't need to worry about him.

Roger steadied himself, brushed the dust off his robe, and carefully looked around. It was a surprisingly vibrant mountain path; dense bushes climbed the rock face, and clusters of unidentified wildflowers bloomed among the crevices.

Not far away, several sections of broken stone walls were half-hidden in vines, clearly the remains of some kind of collapsed building.

"strangeness……"

Roger frowned slightly:
"There's no trace of the death curse here; on the contrary, the vitality is unusually strong, which is quite abnormal. Have we come to the wrong place?"

He did not hear Lu Mingfei's response.

Roger immediately became alert and abruptly turned his head to look—

This is very unusual.

Lu Mingfei stood frozen in place like a stone statue, his hands gripping the hilt of the greatsword behind him tightly.

His gaze was fixed on the overly dense thicket of bushes ahead, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly.

"We're in trouble."

Lu Mingfei's voice was terrifyingly low.

bass--!
The greatsword was drawn with a thud, accompanied by a piercing hum, its blade pointing directly at the seemingly peaceful thicket.

Click, click.

The sound of footsteps treading on tree branches rang out.

The dense thicket in front of them began to shake violently.

Accompanied by a heavy metallic scraping sound, an exceptionally tall figure slowly parted the branches and leaves, revealing itself to the crowd.

He was a knight whose entire body was covered in ancient armor. The armor was quite ornate and heavy. Among the armors that Lu Mingfei had ever seen, its protective power was second only to the Great Goat Armor of the Terragos.

The breastplate is engraved with a sun-like pattern in the middle, the gauntlets and leg armor are covered with tree root patterns, and black chainmail covers both sides.

The knight's helmet has axe-shaped decorations on both sides and the back.

He held a red greatsword, no smaller than the Greatsword of the Knight of the Lost Land. The entire sword was a single, seamless piece, as if the boiling gold had been molded into this greatsword in one go. The blade was double-edged, with the edge extending to the very tip.

On the other side is a large oval shield. Unlike other shields, it has a huge curved point in the center, and the surrounding patterns have a rough and vigorous feel.

Roger stared intently at the sun-like emblem at the center of the knight's breastplate, his expression one of shock, his voice trembling slightly:

"The mark of the Life Forge is present on both the breastplate and limbs. And the material of this armor—"

He took a deep breath and whispered to Lu Mingfei:
"It's the legendary red gold! I've seen it recorded in ancient forbidden texts. It's the purest symbol of life, existing almost before King Gofulei unified the borderlands."

But Lu Mingfei was too preoccupied to listen at this moment.

His muscles were taut, and his dragon blood surged and roared in his veins.

Roger may have felt immense pressure, but he lacked a clear understanding of the terrifying nature of the enemy before him.

But in Lu Mingfei's perception, the knight in front of him was simply a walking volcano of life.

That wild, primal life force radiates outwards without any concealment, carrying a sacred aura that sends shivers down your spine.

This is quite different from the sense of sacred order found in the Golden Law.

This force is more ancient and more powerful, almost as if it originated directly from the very source of life at the beginning of the world, carrying the chaotic power of creation.

Lu Mingfei suddenly understood why this place looked so lush and green.

The pressure he put on Lu Mingfei was much greater than that of the Hero Gargoyle.

In the midst of this heavy, deathly silence, Svengar, in a hoarse, weary voice, slowly uttered four words:

"Forge Knight".

Svengar gripped his halberd tightly, the armor making a soft rustling sound as he moved taut.

This veteran, who had experienced the war between the Storm King and the Golden Tree, knew better than anyone what that title meant.

The Forge Knight stood silently about ten paces away.

He made no move, yet he had already put unprecedented pressure on the three battle-hardened warriors.

That was a gaze from ancient times.

(End of this chapter)