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After finding that they could get in, Mariana let out an excited roar and climbed forward with the Leopard Woman and the other two, tracking the breath of the little Gorgon. Aenarion used his beast curse to turn Alleria, Astariel, and himself into three hamsters, which lay on the Leopard Woman's furry tail and quickly chased after them.

Two leopards, as soft as water, crawled in a small cave the size of a pipe, with their big claws tucked in. Their speed was not much slower than that of the other, biting each other tightly and chasing them rapidly.

hit!

This time, the little Gorgon became even more frightened, and he crawled forward by madly wriggling his tail and thin waist. His wings, pierced by sharp arrows, left scarlet bloodstains on the tunnel.

After climbing for an unknown amount of time, the two big cats came out of the tunnel and came to a huge cave. A ray of golden morning light shone down from the top of the cave, and the entire cave was filled with terrifying stone sculptures of various races and eras.

There were Germanic Crusaders wearing plate armor and tunics,

There are half-giant Varangian guards wearing triple iron armor,

There were high elf cavalrymen wearing armor and cloaks with the emblem of the Justinian dynasty printed on them.

There were heavy Centaur cavalry wearing chain mail, equipped with bows and spears, and the Latin words "Scourge of God" and "Painhes" were engraved on the flags solidified into stone.

There were soldiers from the Roman Republic era wearing lath armor, holding broad shields and short swords, and even a few centurions wearing helmets with horizontal manes.

There were even ancient Greek Athenian warriors wearing bronze armor, holding javelins and shields! Dozens of Athenian warriors were deliberately arranged in a circle, surrounding a mind flayer that was also solidified into stone and wearing Persian clothing from more than 2,000 years ago. The six tentacles under the octopus's head were waving in the air, and then they were permanently solidified into an exquisite stone sculpture.

In the corner of the room, a huge chessboard was even carved out with a knife. Sixteen chess pieces consisting of officers and soldiers from the Roman legions of the Aurelian era were facing each other, and sixteen chess pieces consisting of officers and soldiers from the Eastern Kingdom of Zenobia were facing each other. They had managed to put together six different types of chess pieces: soldiers, chariots, cavalry, guards, centurions, and eagle-standard bearers, and used these petrified soldiers to play chess for fun.

This is simply a large stone sculpture museum spanning more than 2,000 years of history! Surrounded by thousands of stone sculptures from different eras and races, there is a Gorgon that is 100 meters long and as huge as a hill!

She looked just as beautiful and enchanting as the little guy, but without any dragon features, no dorsal fin, no dragon horns, and her hair was pure poisonous snakes. She looked like a pure-blooded Gorgon, and her huge body had turned into solid stone, with even mushrooms and mosses growing on it, and entangled with thorns and vines, blending into the entire cave, indistinguishable from each other.

The Gorgon can use his eyes to freeze targets that fail to resist into stone.

However, when they reach the end of their lifespans, they will suffer the same fate. Their gradually aging flesh and blood will gradually turn into eternal rock, just like the enemies they have petrified and solidified in their lifetime, and lie there quietly until the end of time.

Under the Gorgon stone sculpture, there is a large green dragon stone sculpture. It looks like at least an adult dragon. However, its dragon mouth and dragon penis are not petrified, but it is already dead at this moment. The flesh and blood of its head and crotch cannot be preserved like the petrified body. They have already rotted and smelled. Considering that the little guy has green dragon blood and it is the only part of him that is not petrified...

This green dragon may be the velvet ball that this legendary female snake was in its lifetime.

Chapter 160: Gorgon's Lair

"This is so spectacular! Is this the legendary Gorgon who signed a contract with the Roman emperor? The ancestor of that little creature?"

Astariel looked at the huge cave in amazement. The stone sculpture made from the corpse of the legendary Gorgon was of an absurd size. Below her, there were at least tens of thousands of stone sculptures of various races and eras. It seemed that they were all enemies of the legendary Gorgon, who were solidified into stone by her and brought back as trophies.

What a collecting addiction.

"That should be correct. Looking at the vines and moss on her body, and the rotting dick of the green dragon, this legend has been dead for quite some time. It seems that her offspring have been eating and drinking for free recently."

Aurelia was also extremely angry. How dare this monster eat its own people? And it had been doing so for so many years?

"Get out! Get out! This is my home!"

Sisina's terrified scream echoed inside the den. The two leopards immediately determined each other's position and rushed over, nimbly moving through the dense forest composed of thousands of stone sculptures. However, there were too many stone sculptures here, and they dared not open their eyes, so their forward speed was greatly hindered.

"You broke the contract, little one! Your mother made an agreement with the then ruler of Athens, the emperor of all Romans, that she had to help the emperor fight. The emperor gave her the Laurion Silver Mine as a nest and gave her a hundred elves as sacrifices every month. That is a legendary fighting force. Since you can't provide the same power to fight for me, why is this still your home?"

Aenarion retorted.

"Oh, by the way, it seems that you have been eating and drinking the elves' sacrifices for free for several years. You should still owe me a lot."

Sisina was a little confused. What he said was true, but only the Roman emperors in its heyday dared to use a contract to order their mothers to fight. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, the subsequent rulers basically worshipped their mothers like ancestors and knelt down to beg them to do things for them. How could there be someone like you?

"I... the Roman Emperor is very powerful, so he can naturally make my mother fulfill the contract! You want me to fulfill the contract? Okay, then you can be as qualified as the Roman Emperor to negotiate with me!"

Sisina reacted and roared a few times fiercely. She had been chased all the way to her mother's main nest by five people. She had no way to retreat or avoid. Even rabbits will bite when they are angry.

The beast in the body burst out in despair!

"I have lived here for six years and lost my mother. Now, you dare to trespass into my territory. You are really courting death."

The little thing roared a few times in a baby voice, and the ferocious sound echoed back and forth inside the huge nest. Her green hair turned into a green dragon's skull, and at the same time, it opened its little mouth, and hundreds of forked snake tongues trembled wildly in the air, making a creepy hissing sound.

She quietly shuttled through the stone sculptures. The tiny cyan-gold scales twisted out elegant arcs on the ground. She used the densely packed stone sculptures to hide her tracks. If the other party didn't dare to look into her eyes, then their movements would definitely be restricted in the dense group here. This was the perfect opportunity for her to attack.

These people were very afraid of Gorgon's petrification ability and had made very detailed preparations. Well, since the petrification power inherited from the mother is useless, then they would use the green dragon power inherited from that fluffy ball to fight!

Sisina's childish eyes turned fierce, and a forked red tongue quietly poked out from her young red lips.

Amid the rustling sounds of crawling, Sisina seized the opportunity and rushed towards Mariana like a flash of blue lightning. However, the opponent was much faster than her. One of its huge leopard claws directly hit her lower abdomen, and with a clear and loud slapping sound, it slapped her away!

The little Gorgon fell to the ground helplessly. Mariana pounced on her, pinned her under her body, and bit her young neck. Her sharp fangs easily pierced her tender skin and flesh, and emerald green blood splattered all over Mariana's mouth.

But the next second, Mariana's eyes became blurry and she had no strength in her body. She could clearly bite off her neck with one bite, but this time, she couldn't do it.

This Gorgon's blood is highly poisonous!

Mariana rolled her eyes and fell into a violent hallucination. Sisina, who originally thought she was going to die, was stunned for a moment. Huh? How come this leopard was like the prey she usually hunted, paralyzed by the neurotoxin? Could it be that her blood was highly poisonous?

The little thing stretched out its hands and carefully pried open Mariana's leopard mouth. Emerald green blood flowed from her gradually healing neck. Some blood splashed on the ground. Immediately, with a hissing sound, emerald green poisonous smoke rose up. The leopard woman stepped back and sneezed after smelling it.

"Gorgon's poison can't be that strong, not to mention she's still a child! It's possible that the Gorgon's poison mixed with the green dragon's poison and formed a mutation. We have to be careful with this."

Astariel was a little surprised.

"I'll restrain her, Nidalee! Don't attack in close quarters with claws and fangs! Use javelins!"

The psychic ribs wrapped around Aenarion's body stretched out a bone hand burning with purple flames, which suddenly grabbed the little Gorgon and pulled it directly in front of him from twenty meters away. At the same time, he drew out the rusty sword of Khaine and cut a shallow wound on her body, which was then pinched by her right hand as sharp as an eagle's claw, preventing her from swinging down - this little guy is quite strong.

"You are cheating! You are cheating! Back then, the Roman emperor fought my mother alone! You are fighting five against one, it's not fair!"

The little Gorgon struggled desperately in the bone hands, and when he saw the people rushing towards him, he actually started crying, which made Aenarion feel a little amused and helpless.

"Okay! Don't do anything, Astariel. Help me heal Nidalee. Is that fair now?"

Aenarion ordered the others not to take action. He did not want to kill the Gorgon. The cave was too huge, and she might be the only one who knew all about the ruins of the Laurion Silver Mine.

What's more, the time when this very famous silver mine stopped mining almost coincided with the time when the Roman emperor sold the cave to his mother. Maybe there are still mines inside?

Seeing that everyone stopped attacking, the little Gorgon stopped crying instantly, showing a cunning smile, and his hair turned into hundreds of green dragon skulls, and at the same time, he spewed out beams of emerald green rays filled with poison at Aenarion! However, they were completely blocked by the psychic bones burning with purple flames.

Although the white bones wrapped in purple devil flames dissolved and collapsed under the extremely intensive sweep of the poisonous rays, turning into a pool of thick water, flowing along with other white bones and onto the ground, they were ultimately unable to break through the defense.

"Okay, stop it, little thing. I don't even bother to get serious with you."

Aenarion suddenly stretched out his left hand, and the little creature narrowed her eyes in fear, curling up like a frightened cat, but the arm did not hit her. Instead, it stretched behind her, grabbed the dorsal fin at the back of her neck, and lifted her up. In his right hand, the rusty sword of Khaine was across her neck.

"You're tired of pretending all day and getting free food and drinks, right? I have a new proposal. From now on, apart from intelligent creatures, I'll make whatever you want to eat and play whatever you want to play. But you have to explain everything about this silver mine ruins to me."

Chapter 161: There is a mine at home

"delicious?"

The little Gorgon stopped struggling instantly, staring at Aenarion with his large star-green eyes, as if thousands of stars were twinkling in them. The hundreds of dragon skulls whose hair had taken shape also looked at Aenarion with hope. The mortals had stopped paying tribute to them for two months, and the little guy was starving before he tasted it.

Try to change your form, go out of the house and get free food and drink.

Before that, it was the previous rulers who sent her food every month, and she didn't even know how to hunt.

Aenarion pulled out a piece of dried bacon from his dimensional bag. The little Gorgon smelled the aroma, flapped his long-healed wings, and pounced, hugging the delicious delicacy in front of him with great happiness. His delicate little jaw dislocated like a snake and grew larger, and he swallowed the piece of meat as big as his face in one gulp, swallowing it directly into his stomach without chewing it, and then the dislocated jaw automatically recovered.

Aenarion was curious, and he rubbed her chubby little face with his hands. He gently inserted four fingers into the corners of her delicate lips, and gently opened the two small red lips, revealing four needle-like tiny fangs, rows of white molars, and a bright red forked venomous tongue.

"You have teeth, don't you? Why are you swallowing without chewing like a snake?"

"I'm hungry."

Sisina stared at the dimensional bag hanging on Aenarion's waist, from which the latter took out a smoked fish that was larger than bacon. The little Gorgon flapped its wings again and flew away in shock, but was dodged by Aenarion's quick eyes and hands.

"You can eat it, but our contract..."

"I agree, I agree!"

Sisina stared at the smoked fish with her eyes wide open, her soul was almost hooked away, and she agreed without hesitation. It was a long-term meal ticket, so why not agree?

"Well, do you have a map of this silver mine site?"

"Yes, yes! My mom drew it!"

Sisina led the group forward. In the last moment before the death of the legendary Gorgon, his pair of white jade arms that covered the sky and the sun were wrapped around her magnificent chest, forming a small nest. Now Sisina has made that place her own nest, with several layers of fur as a bed, and all kinds of messy things neatly arranged together.

After Aenarion got the map, he handed the smoked fish to Sisina. The little snake dislocated its jaw again and swallowed the fish and bones in one gulp.

"I have another question - has your mother ever told you why she, a legendary figure, would rather work for the Roman Empire than leave this mine where the silver mine has been mined out?"

Aenarion became curious, rummaged around, and pulled out a pancake the size of a frying pan - if you can, you can eat this in one gulp.

The little girl dislocated her jaw for the third time, and under the curious gazes of several people, she swallowed the pancake the size of a iron pan in one gulp. Her slender neck bulged up like rubber as she swallowed the huge thing into her stomach. After eating three large pieces, her flat and tender belly was completely bulged out, like a pregnant woman in her sixth month of pregnancy. Combined with her loli appearance, she looked extremely attractive.

"It hasn't been mined out? The Roman emperor gave this entire vein to my mother in exchange for her assistance. My mother suffered a powerful curse that could not be lifted in a bloody battle a thousand years ago. Silver has a strong ability to resist curses. From time to time, she would linger in the silver mines of Laurion to recuperate."

"Really? Where is it? Take me there!"

Aenarion was overjoyed. Sisina did not say anything, but stared at his dimensional bag with her mouth watering. Her stomach, which had just been bulging, had now become extremely flat again. She had actually digested all the food she had just eaten.

Aenarion took out all the food he had brought with him for three days. Sisina cheered and pounced on it, swallowing cheese, bacon, wheat cakes, and a bag of chickpeas in big mouthfuls. She devoured the three-day supply for an adult in just a few seconds.

Seeing that the other party was still hungry, the others also took out their spare dry food. The little monster ate enough food as heavy as her body before she stopped eating with satisfaction.

"It's really delicious."

Inarion looked at her bulging belly in surprise and found that the white arc formed by her belly was collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye. The digestion speed was frighteningly fast.

"I'm just growing up."

After eating and drinking her fill, Sisina rubbed her bulging belly with satisfaction, twisted her slender waist and blue-gold snake scales obediently, and led everyone to the end of the main mine tunnel. This mine was like a towering tree with luxuriant branches and leaves, and the densely packed forked mine tunnels were like the branches of this tree. The little snake monster easily passed through the mine tunnels and brought several people to his mother's sanatorium.

In an instant, Aenarion was shocked by the situation in front of him. It was a huge mine comparable to the main cave, densely packed with silver-rich ore. Astarielle used a flash spell, and in an instant, the silver-rich ore in the entire cave was shining like stars in the sky.

The ground was covered with a layer of silver fragments and some cyan scale powder. Obviously, those scales had been rubbing against the silver ore for a very long time.

The great silver mine of Laureum, which had supported the Greeks in defeating the Persian Empire, was never fully mined! The only reason mining stopped here in the second century was because the emperor sold the silver mine to this legendary Gorgon!

And now, only I know the secret of this silver mine!

"Then we have a deal. Don't cheat for free food and drinks anymore. I will support you. Move out of the mine. I have other things to do and I can't stay with you in the cave."

Aenarion smiled and stroked the Gorgon's dark green hair - the lifespan of an elf is ten times that of a human, so he has plenty of time.

, raise this little thing, when she grows up, she can become a behemoth like the giant snake in the nest.

"Ok!"

The little Gorgon nodded, and to get the food he didn't care about anything else. Aenarion drew out the Blade of Change and cut his finger. Instantly, blood dripped onto her lovely belly button like a stream.

Aenarion chanted a spell, and blood flowed down her fair skin, quickly turning into an incomparably exquisite magic array on her flat white belly. Two scarlet bat wings wrapped with thorny roses quietly unfolded on both sides of a peach heart shaped like a uterus. In the center of the peach heart, Aenarion's name was written.

At the same time, the abilities of this half-dragon Gorgon were also fed back to Aenarion through the contract.

[Power of Magic Pet·Petrifying Plague]: You are immune to poison and gain plague breath, which deals 1 to 12 points of poison damage per level (5 to 5 at level 60). People killed by the plague breath will be solidified into eternal stone sculptures.

Aenarion was a little surprised. He looked at the group of bats resting on the top of the cave and tried to use the plague breath he had just learned. In an instant, dark green plague smoke, like a rolling wave, instantly submerged the group of bats! Their flesh and blood turned into stone sculptures, falling powerlessly from the top of the cave, and clanking on the ground.

"Huh? Petrified Plague, how could you do this?"

The little Gorgon said in disbelief.

"Gorgon's ability to petrify people has a very big limitation, that is, as long as people close their eyes, we are helpless. So my mother offered a large number of sacrifices to a god in charge of plague and eternal scars, in exchange for a new ability - that is, her toxins. Her breath, like her eyes, can also petrify the enemy, and it was passed on to all her descendants.

But this move is very difficult. Until now, I have not learned how to combine poison and petrification. Why did you learn it first? "

Chapter 162: White Slave Trade

"It's okay. I'll teach you how to use the petrifying plague later."

Aenarion stroked the Gorgon's dark green hair. Because of the warlock's ability, the power he gained from his pet was as natural as breathing, just like the warlock's spells. He could use it quickly and freely. While stroking the little snake, his eyes never left the huge silver mine.

I never thought that the saying "there is a mine at home" would actually apply to me one day! Such a huge silver-rich mine now belongs to me.

Aenarion's breathing was rapid and his heart was beating fast. He was thinking quickly about how to mine the silver mines. He had no one on his side. The Duke of Athens had too few people. During the slack season, he had conscripted thousands of people to build castles in the north, and all the manpower had been conscripted. Mining was a year-long job, and he simply did not have any extra people to come and mine!

Aenarion's distressed expression caught Estalier's attention. As one of the administrators of Athens, she also understood Aenarion's concerns.

"If you want to quickly increase the population and labor force, there are two ways. Either lower the tax rate, which will slowly attract refugees from other areas. Or attack the territory of the hostile area and plunder their farmers and people to your territory. Two carracks can transport a lot of people at a time."

Astariel thought about it.

"Or, let's go to the northern shore of the Black Sea and participate in the white slave trade. The white people there are really very cheap. You can exchange one for a bag of wheat. We can go there to buy a large number of slaves."

Aenarion thought about it and felt that the second option was more troublesome. The first and third options were both good. If the silver mine could be mined normally, he could indeed lower the tax rate appropriately and attract more population - but the premise of all this was that he could get a large number of suitable miners.

Then, the destination is very clear, go to the northern shore of the Black Sea to buy white slaves! As long as you don't treat them as slaves after buying them, and raise their treatment to that of miners, you are not considered an evil slave owner.

After returning, Aenarion immediately made preparations, filling the ship with food and fresh water for the voyage, as well as dozens of tons of supplies looted in the past two months. The zombies did not need to eat, but the purchased slaves did. After a day of preparation, the two carracks set sail.

Along the way, Aenarion also saw the limits of Sisina: normally a Gorgon cannot swim, but she has the blood of a green dragon. This little monster dived into the water, her lapis lazuli tail swaying quickly in gorgeous curves. Her tall dorsal fin was like a sail, riding the waves. Her wide wings were like a pair of side fins, allowing her to swim faster than crawling on the ground.

Then, she swallowed a big fish that was one meter long and thirty to forty centimeters wide in one gulp - that thing was bigger than her human body!

The Gorgon's body is amazing, and the limit of his appetite is like a bottomless abyss.

The journey was very smooth. The huge size of the caravel made it impossible for ordinary pirates to even think of robbing. After arriving at the Black Sea, I hung the flag of the Black Wolf Clan on the sail. The reputation of these Khorne pirates was indeed very strong in this area. No one dared to rob them. The group arrived safely at the Black Wolf Clan's base camp: Ochakov.