Chapter 149: Dwarf Family Treasure

Soul Fire Rock Area.

La Mo'er Long Street.

This area is a long street opened specially for La Mo'er's extraordinary beings by the strong ones of Sheng Land.

Most of the residents here are from the La Mo'er city-state.

La Mo'er Long Street is not far from Fire Dao Seventh Street, where Ta Ke is located.

Ta Ke has come here several times before.

Inside a fairly large 'Tree Heart Cavern Tavern' that combines the traits of La Mo'er's tall tower city-state and Sheng Land.

Ta Ke sat at the bar, tasting Oak Tree Stone Fruit Wine.

It is said that the 'Oak Tree Fruit' used to brew this wine was plucked from the stone tree forests deep in Sheng Land.

The number of extraordinary beings in the tavern is neither too many nor too few.

I don't know how long passed.

The half-waist door of the cavern tavern was pushed open by a force.

Then, a third-order necromancer shrouded in a deathly aura and somewhat cold entered.

Following closely, a second-order assassin with a hint of gloom in his brows but still lively eyes swept over the entire bar.

After the two had been inside for a while,

The tavern's half-waist door was pushed open again by an invisible force.

"Woo—"

Faintly, a surging air wave of steam roaring moved.

This time, the one who entered was a steam knight wearing silver armor adorned with gold patterns.

Although the helmet and faceguard obscured their appearance,

but from the blue long flowing hair and the stride imbued with the powerful strength of a steam train, one could sense their heroic and spirited demeanor.

With the entrance of the female steam knight, many extraordinary beings in the tavern turned to look.

"Hiluo'er, how many blood clans and werewolves did you kill again today?"

At that moment, an extraordinary being not far away raised a wooden cup and shouted,

"Not few!" Hiluo'er replied without turning back.

Saying this, Hiluo'er flung the three vampire heads they were twisting onto the bar.

This scene made the bartender jump up.

"Damn it, Hiluo'er, this is the bar, not the place to turn in your demon-hunting quests. I've told you many times, the back, the back is where you turn in the quests."

"Putting those damned vampire heads here will scare away customers."

The bartender's speech speed was like a steam machine gun, rattling nonstop.

Until two silver dragon coins snapped 'pa' and struck the bartender's face, only then did it stop.

"Besides, this round of drinks is on me."

Hiluo'er took off the gold-patterned helmet and placed it to the side.

Those words instantly made all the extraordinary beings in the tavern raise their cups and cheer.

The bar instantly became lively.

Obviously, this wasn't the first time.

"Two baron heads, one viscount head."

Ta Ke, sitting at a corner of the bar, glanced over the three vampire heads, lost in thought.

"Ordinary blood clan heads aren't worth much, but noble blood clan heads are bought by demon hunters, and the price isn't low."

"However... those with noble status among the blood clan."

"Not only must they have strong bloodlines, but they must also possess a blood fortress like a dungeon lord, a certain number of lower blood clans, and absorb the surrounding extraordinary traits to become a noble blood clan."

"To develop lower blood clans, the only way is to transform human extraordinary beings."

"The extraordinary beings of Sheng Land won't have many humans to transform, so the only possibility is... to transform the Dark Day Depraved."

"Let the Dark Day Depraved become a blood clan depraved."

"Only then can we mass-produce noble blood clans."

"Even a short-armed, short-legged steam knight like Hiluo'er can obtain three noble blood clan heads underground."

"Looking now, the blood clan in the depths of the dungeon already has considerable scale."

"This underground journey is probably... quite dangerous!"

Ta Ke couldn't help but rub their brow.

Earlier, after completing the One Ring State Light Blazing Flame Ring Staff,

Ba Jinshi explained to Ta Ke the help they needed.

Ba Jinshi's family chamber of commerce, rather than saying it's a chamber of commerce, it's more like a family council, has run into big trouble.

The dwarves of Sheng Land, although they lack the inclination of mountain dwarves to like digging deep,

but they likewise like to store their family wealth in the sealed places deep underground.

Sheng Land's own powerful ecology has already turned the deep underground area into a world-class, multi-dimensional, multi-layered ecosystem.

Thus, the deep underground has many safe ecological barriers, or natural sealed zones.

The strength of these sealed zones is such that even if Ta Ke were sealed inside, they couldn't imagine escaping.

Otherwise, the original dungeon lord wouldn't have been sealed to death there.

Even Ta Ke heard that many of Sheng Land's forbidden sealed objects are sealed in the underground sealed zone.

Without a doubt, the safety of the deep underground itself is beyond question.

That's also why.

Only the Bajin Si family council would store their family's wealth in the sealed place deep underground.

They even hired a reliable batch of bloodline and wolf line supernaturals to permanently guard their family's treasure seal site.

But the problem lies here.

Half a year ago, when the power of the Ashen Dark Tide seeped into Lamor.

The Earth-Core Blood Tide also flooded large parts of the underground world of Saint Rand.

Large numbers of vampires and werewolves surged up from the deep caverns, occupying large areas of Saint Rand's underground ecological zone.

The human, bloodline, and wolf line supernaturals stationed at the Bajin Si family council abandoned their post guarding the sealed treasure snow area to save their lives.

This made the Bajin Si family furious enough to snort.

They loudly denounced the shamelessness of those supernaturals who had signed contracts.

But mere scolding won't retrieve the treasure resources stored deep underground; they won't come running back on their own.

As werewolves and vampires grew ever more rampant in the underground world.

Moreover, news arrived that the treasures of other dwarf families had been pried open.

This left the Bajin Si family unable to sit still.

They bore the bloody lesson of having signed a contract, only for those supernaturals to flee.

The Bajin Si family no longer trusts those high-level supernaturals.

If they dare to flee today, tomorrow they'll surely be looting the treasure.

Safety!

This time, safety is the primary consideration for the Bajin Si family when retrieving the treasure.

If safety isn't sufficient, they'd rather keep the treasure sealed deep underground.

According to Bajin Si's account, the Bajin Si dwarf council has already recruited many highly trustworthy partners.

Preparing to relaunch the treasure recovery plan.

And the treasure lies deep underground.

And there, it is now the Blood Holy Hall of the Dark Sun Church, the occupied ground of the Totem Holy Hall.

After hearing Bajin Si's explanation.

Taku's first reaction was, "Are these dwarves just too rich, burning their own brains?"

Why bury your family's wealth so deep underground for no reason?

His second reaction: "These dwarves are so rich, I wonder… cough cough…"

Then came Taku's third reaction: "Our friendship is as solid as rock; I'll definitely help with this."

As for if someone betrays on the road, the wealth taken will obviously be ownerless.

Ownerless wealth, Taku usually treats it as a gift from nature.

Opportunity sometimes comes just like this.

Bajin Si and their dwarf family's knowledge of the underground world is limited.

After all, dwarves are not skilled in combat; they excel at forging.

And Taku himself also lacks many ways to learn about the underground world.

But Taku knows.

On Lamor Long Street here, many supernaturals make a living this way.

After all, back when Lamor was a city-state.

Many supernaturals, each daring to explore and adventure deep into the Ashen Realm.

After arriving in Saint Rand, Lamor's tradition remained.

Many of the Lamor supernaturals who came to Saint Rand uphold the spirit of delving into the underground.

And there are not a few Lamor supernaturals who battle vampires and werewolves.

And Xiluoer, as the representative figure of Lamor City-State in Saint Rand.

She not only united many capable and talented Lamor supernaturals.

She also established the Steam High Tower and founded the Lamor Mutual Aid Society.

Taku also heard that Xiluoer had already earned the High Tower Knight's Medal within the Five-Ring High Tower in Saint Rand.

She also holds a certain status in Saint Rand.

That's why the few strong ones of Lamor can stand firm in Saint Rand.

And the Lamor Mutual Aid Society here holds considerable information about the underground world.

Many of Lamor's High Tower supernaturals have gradually made a name for themselves in Saint Rand.

Taku, who silently observes the situation of Lamor residents here, has come today for this.

"Wizard? Newcomer?"

Just as Taku was pondering how to speak,

Xiluoer stepped in ahead of him, his face gloomy; likely the assassin Carlos, who'd been scolded, brushed against Taku's side.

Taku turned his head to look at the superhuman assassin Carlos who had come up to talk.

The slightly dim, noisy tavern, a hint of a playful smile, and that familiar face, changed yet unchanged.

This scene made Taku feel as if he had returned to the Lamor cavern tavern on that cold night.

That was where Taku met Carlos and began their first adventure.