Please be my partner.

Mellen's first feeling when he entered here was madness and chaos. Walking on the dirty avenue, it seemed that there were malicious eyes scanning him from the dark corners at every moment.

Bars and restaurants are the hardest hit areas, where arguments and even physical conflicts can break out at any time for all sorts of bizarre reasons.

But even in such a chaotic and crazy place, there is order of its own.

For example, everyone's house is their own safe zone. Once you enter it, you can avoid most of the covetousness. Although fights may occur in the tavern, even those drunkards will try their best to avoid damaging the already shaky tables and chairs, because this requires compensation.

There are many similar rules. Of course, for lawless pirates, many rules need to be followed only when in public.

Pushing open the door of a tavern, Melen walked in leisurely.

Many of the drinkers looked at Mellen with strange eyes when they saw his neat and tidy appearance.

Mellen ignored this and walked straight to the bar, sat down, and said to the bartender, who looked a little ferocious, "I'm here to get some information."

The bartender smiled and asked, "Would you like a drink, sir?"

Mellen waved his hand. He was not interested in these low-quality drinks and directly popped out a gold coin.

The golden arc shone in the bartender's eyes. He took the coin, weighed it briefly, and then smiled even more broadly. "Sir, what news do you need? As long as it happens on the Golden Island, there's nothing I don't know."

Mellen nodded and asked directly: "Tell me about the Golden Island Demon Cave."

"Devil's Cave?!" Huodi's expression changed slightly. He said, "Sir, the Devil's Cave is not a good place for adventure. There are man-eating monsters there."

Mellen said calmly: "Tell me what you know. If I am satisfied, there will be another reward."

Huo Di smiled and said, "Since the guests want to listen, then I will tell you."

"You've definitely asked the right person. When I was young, I also ventured into a demon cave and managed to come back alive..."

Before he could finish his words, a customer laughed and said, "Hodi, you're bragging again. With your mediocre skills, you can still come back alive after entering the devil's cave?! I'm afraid that even if you went there before, you just wandered around the entrance and came back! Hahahaha!"

The drunkard's words caused unanimous laughter from the surrounding guests.

Huo Di raised his eyebrows, but did not refute.

The drunkard who was speaking reeked of alcohol, having already drunk quite a bit. He staggered to his feet and walked towards Mellen, his eyes filled with greed as he said, "This little brother looks unfamiliar. Do you want to go to the Demon Cave and see for yourself? Why not let me and a few of my brothers go with you? We'll ensure your safety."

As he spoke, the drunkard had already walked up to Mellen and stretched out his dirty big hands, ready to embrace Mellen's neck.

Without even turning his head, Mellen's ring flashed with a faint light, and a wisp of barely perceptible green mist entered the drinker's mouth and nose. The drinker froze, and the next moment he fell straight down.

This silent method of knocking down a strong man made the guests pause, and someone whispered in surprise: "Superhuman?!"

Golden Island is a lawless place, and the pirates and adventurers here are certainly no strangers to extraordinary people. So after Melen showed his extraordinary skills, they knew that the drunkard had hit a wall.

The expressions of the people sitting at the same table with the drunkard changed, and they left in a hurry without hesitation, without caring about the drunkard who was lying on the ground with a blue-black color on his face.

Some customers felt something was wrong and left after paying the bill, but most of them just wanted to watch the fun and watched what happened next with great interest.

Hodi glanced at the calm Mellen, then glanced at the drinkers lying on the ground, and winked at one of the tables. Immediately, two big men dragged the drinkers out of the tavern.

When they saw the abnormality on the drunkard's body, they realized that he was most likely poisoned, so they were very careful when dragging him, fearing that they would be poisoned too.

Huo Di looked at Melen, thought for a moment and said, "My dear guest, you should probably leave. Those people just now are from the Viper Pirates, and their leaders are quite powerful."

Melen flipped a gold coin between his fingers and said, "You should tell me the news about the Demon Cave now."

Hodi smiled. For him, being able to give a reminder was already a favor considering that the other party was his guest. Since the other party didn't care, he naturally didn't care either.

Then, it’s time to earn gold coins.

Huo Di said, "The Demon Cave is located in a valley in the center of Golden Island. It's so intricate and complex that no one has yet been able to fully explore it. It's said to be a relic from the Transcendental Era, and the underground area is even larger than the entire Golden Island."

"There are all kinds of dangers in the Demon Cave, the most famous of which is the man-eating golden monster. It's a terrifying giant monster that eats almost everyone it sees."

Next, Hodi spent a lot of time and space describing in detail how terrifying and cruel the golden monster was.

Mellen listened intently at first, but gradually, his expression grew confused, and he interrupted Hodi's ramblings: "Since that golden monster is so powerful, and few survive seeing it, then why do you know so much about it? Did you make it up to trick me?"

Huo Di was stunned for a moment, then he angrily said, "My dear customer, you can question my character, but you cannot question my professional ethics! I will not sell false information to customers!"

Melen looked at Hodi speechlessly. Character? Professional ethics?

Then, Huo Di continued, "The information just now is just the most basic. You can get it by just asking around in Golden Harbor. If you want some exclusive information, you have to pay this amount..."

Mellen said casually without even looking at it, "Okay."

This attitude of not being short of money made Huo Di stunned. He immediately felt that he had lost money, but the price had already been quoted, and he couldn't just go back on his word.

Hodi walked into the small room behind the bar with a gloomy look on his face. After a moment, he took out a stack of information and placed it in front of Mellen, but held it down with one hand.

Melen threw out a small bag of gold coins. Hearing the "clattering" sound of the gold coins colliding, Hodi looked intoxicated. Then he pushed the information to Melen and picked up the bag of gold coins to count them.

Mellen quickly flipped through the documents in his hand. The information recorded in it was basically the same as the one Carl gave him. Of course, what he got from Carl was more detailed and accurate.

Mellen did this not because he didn't trust Carl.

The ghost ship can roam the seas, but its deterrent power on land is much smaller. Now that Carl's power is just beginning to be established, it has hindered the interests of many people. I don't know how many people regard him as a thorn in their eyes, so of course Carl cannot go to the Golden Island and enter the magic cave in person to explore intelligence for him.

The information Carl gave to Mellen was all obtained by him through his subordinates, so Mellen had to confirm it a little to avoid any unexpected problems.

After getting what he wanted, Melen stood up and prepared to leave. Next, he would officially start his journey to the magic cave.

However, as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw a group of more than ten people walking towards him from a distant street corner, including several people who were at the same table with the drinker who harassed Mellen.

Huo Di also noticed the movement over there, and he said to Mellen: "You can leave through the back door."

Mellen looked back with some surprise at the bartender who reminded him for the second time, nodded at him with a smile, and left the tavern directly.

Seeing Mellen coming out, there was a little noise among the group of people. Mellen vaguely heard words like "newcomer", "fat sheep", and "rich man".

A group of people came to Mellen, led by a bald strong man. He was wearing a sleeveless sweatshirt and had poisonous snake tattoos on his arms. He had cold eyes and looked very fierce.

The bald man didn't even look at the drunk on the ground, who was breathing heavily and breathing less, and said, "Boy, you're really brave to attack our Viper Pirates! Do you dare to reveal your name and let me see what you're capable of?"

Mellen's lips curled up slightly. Speaking of titles, he really has quite a few...

A time traveler, a wolf tamer, a fairy tale king, a star-picking king, the master of the ghost ship captain...

However, these guys in front of me are not worthy of hearing these titles.

Mellen was not interested in playing a game of mutual testing with the other party, so he waved his hand slightly, and the bald strong man's face suddenly changed drastically. The aura on his body surged, and the power of a second-level extraordinary professional was about to burst out.

But, it's useless.

Countless blood mists floated out from the bald strong man, and in less than a breath, he turned into a mummy.

The blood mist gathered into a drop of dark red blood at Mellen's fingertips and was absorbed into his body.

The remaining members of the Viper Pirates were suddenly silent. They did not expect that the powerful second mate would be killed in one encounter. This kind of strength was simply beyond their ability to resist.

After getting rid of the only extraordinary person in the group, Mellen ignored the rest of the people and turned away.

It was not until Mellen's figure disappeared from sight that the members of the Viper Pirates showed a look of relief at having survived the disaster.

Melen did not take this little episode to heart. He quickly left Golden Harbor and headed towards the interior of Golden Island.

In fact, the area of Golden Island is not small. It not only has rich extraordinary resources, but also many indigenous tribes.

Although these indigenous tribes live a rather primitive life, they are quite powerful.

Although small tribes vary in quality, as long as they reach the level of a medium-sized tribe, they usually have a third-level leader. According to legend, the only large tribe on the island has power above the third level.

However, the power called "Totem God" seems unable to leave their tribe too far, otherwise Golden Harbor would have been razed to the ground long ago.

Melen was also somewhat interested in the indigenous totems. Spike's other profession, the Totem Knight, was developed based on the inspiration of the totem, but this profession was not yet perfect. So after completing the job change, Melen only let Spike focus on the bloodline condensation part and skipped the rest.

Mellen's movement speed was naturally extremely fast. It only took him half a day to cross hundreds of kilometers and reach the center of the Golden Island. He could see a huge circular valley from afar.

On his way before, Melen could still encounter some small and medium-sized indigenous tribes, but when he approached within a hundred miles of the circular valley, there was no trace of the indigenous tribes.

According to the information provided by Carl, it seems that a large number of monsters emerge from the circular valley every few years, so no indigenous tribe is willing to settle near the circular valley.

Entering the circular valley, Melen saw at a glance a downward-sloping cave on one side of the valley. This was the entrance to the magic cave.

After observing for a while, Melen chuckled, with anticipation on his face, and stepped into the magic cave.

After just a few minutes of walking, the light from the outside world completely disappeared, and the scene in front of me became pitch black, with no sight of one's hand in front of one's face.

Melen took out the lighting he had prepared in advance and dispelled the darkness.

The cave was extremely quiet. At first, only Mellen's own footsteps echoed. As he went deeper, some strange sounds came one after another.

The atmosphere gradually became terrifying. A normal person would probably suffer a mental breakdown in such a depressing environment in no time.

As we walked, a fork in the road appeared ahead, with four passages leading to different directions.

The information Carl provided included a detailed map of the front part of the cave.

So Melen directly chose a passage to go deeper.

As he walked, some strange sounds came into Mellen's ears. They were the sounds of gnawing and chewing, as if some creature was eating.

Spike has come to Mellen's side and looks eager to try.

During the more than one month of sailing, Spike had not fought once because he hated going into the water so much, and now he was extremely hungry and thirsty.

As they continued to move forward, when they turned a corner, the view in front of them suddenly opened up and they saw a spacious underground space with a vague shadow in it.

Feeling Mellen approaching, Shadow stopped eating and slowly turned around.

At this time, Melen also walked closer, and under the light, Melen could see the appearance of the shadow clearly.

Its three-meter-tall body, golden hair, exposed fangs, the lingering blood around its mouth, and the half-eaten corpses scattered at its feet all made it look particularly ferocious.

Is this... a golden monster?

For some reason, a strange look flashed in Mellen's eyes.

Perhaps because Melen was disturbed while eating, the golden monster seemed extremely angry. It let out a ferocious roar and rushed towards Melen.

Excitement and brutality flashed in Spike's eyes. He could feel the power of the golden monster and was about to rush over to fight with it.

But at this moment, Mellen reached out to stop Spike's actions. He just watched the golden monster rushing towards him quietly without much reaction.

"Roar!~"

In the blink of an eye, the golden monster rushed in front of Mellen.

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"Roar!~"

The golden-haired monster rushed in front of Mellen, standing upright at six or seven meters tall, with an incredible deterrent power, its claws and fangs exposed, as if it was going to tear Mellen to pieces in the next moment.

And Melen just looked at the golden-haired monster calmly with a strange expression.

Then, the scene just stopped, and the golden-haired monster froze in place, seeming a little... embarrassed?

Mellen chuckled and said, "Although you charged fiercely, you didn't show any hostility at all. I even saw a hint of intimacy in your eyes."

He looked at the remains of the corpse that the golden-haired monster had previously eaten. They were not human, but the limbs of some monster.

More importantly, when Melen looked at the top of the golden-haired monster's head, he could clearly see a ball of light blue light, which was enough to prove that the golden-haired monster in front of him was a dog.

Mellen's dog affinity naturally couldn't work on every dog, but it undoubtedly worked on the one in front of him.

In other words, even if Mellen didn't have the dog-friendly nature, the golden-haired monster might not attack him.

Mellen chuckled and said, "No wonder so many people were able to return alive after seeing you. You deliberately scared them away, didn't you? To protect them? To prevent them from being..."

He looked at the remains of the monsters on the ground again and said thoughtfully: "To prevent them from being killed by those monsters?"

Mellen thought for a moment and continued, "Perhaps you tried to warn the adventurers gently at first, but they wouldn't understand after seeing you like this, and might even attack. So scaring them away is probably the simplest and most effective method."

At this time, the golden-haired monster had stopped its awkward posture and stepped back slightly, and Melen could see its full appearance clearly.

The golden hair is slightly long and a little dirty, but underneath the hair lies a simple and honest dog face.

Spike looked curious and took a step forward.

This action immediately alerted the golden-haired monster. It suddenly turned its head and stared at Spike, growling threateningly.

Mellen was stunned. He could feel the golden-haired monster's real hostility towards Spike.

He thought about it, took a few tentative steps forward, and came in front of the golden-haired monster. The golden-haired monster looked at Mellen, and the dog's face became honest again.

Mellen was speechless. Could this be the famous double standard freak in the dog world, the golden retriever who claimed that "there are no bad people and no good dogs in the world"?!

Mellen gently touched the golden retriever's body. He originally wanted to touch its head, but the golden retriever was a little too big and he couldn't reach it.

The golden retriever didn't move at all and let Melen stroke him.

Seeing that the golden retriever was so docile, Melen said, "Golden retriever, follow me from now on."