When he saw the name of the task, Xu Cheng showed a surprised expression.
After defeating Xu Fu, Yin Lisabai helped him retrieve the damaged God-Shattering Edge and told him that if he wanted to repair this weapon that could threaten the gods, he would need to go to the secret realm of the God of Fire - the Molten City. Only then can this weapon be forged and restored.
Xu Cheng has already ordered Hoshizaki Yukina to send people out to help him find news about the Molten City, but there has been no result.
Yin Lisabai said that the God of Fire fell in the war of the ancient Gods, and his secret realm has long been missing, and the probability of finding it is very low.
Xu Cheng was actually mentally prepared to find another way to restore the God-Shattering Edge. He didn't expect that the mission about Molten City would pop up so suddenly.
So, the ancient ruins occupied by giant dragons at the bottom of the volcano that Divana is looking for is the secret realm of the God of Fire?
Xu Cheng immediately chose to accept the task, then turned to look at Lulu lying on top of Nayun Narumi, took out the photo and waved it in front of her: "Lulu, take us to this place."
"Okay!"
Lulu stared at the big round eyes, looked at the photo for a few times, memorized the environment in the photo, then grew two small hands, grabbed Xu Cheng and Nayun Narumi respectively, and used teleportation.
The two people and a slime disappeared on the spot, and the next moment they appeared in a thick smoke with high temperature and a strong smell of sulfur, and they fell rapidly.
"Ahhhhh, why are you in the air?"
Nayun Narumi opened his arms and hugged Lulu, screaming whether it was excitement or fear.
Xu Cheng used a magnetic field to wrap them up and quickly flew up into the sky, quickly escaping from the thick smoke.
Looking down, a giant volcano spewing thick smoke into the sky appeared in view.
Xu Cheng has already figured out the situation of the volcano in the photo. It is Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy, one of the most famous volcanoes in Europe, with an altitude of about 1,281 meters.
This volcano last erupted in 1944. After the disaster, it woke up from its slumber and continues to erupt to this day.
Surrounding the volcano is the Italian city of Naples. This bustling city with a permanent population of three million has been completely reduced to ruins, and a large number of people have fled.
Not only because of the volcanic eruption, but also because after the place was occupied by the dragon, it began to eliminate the humans living around it. More than 200,000 people died directly under the dragon's flames.
The Italian provisional government organized several crusade, but was completely defeated and forced to abandon the city.
At this moment, the mission reminder sounded in Xu Cheng's mind.
[Task begins]
[You only have five chances to come back, please cherish it]
[Your identity is the ruler of Japan. Please defeat Lai Gor, the lava dragon occupying the volcano, obtain the relics left by the God of Vulcan, and explore the secrets hidden under the volcano. If the existence of the task manager is exposed, it will be considered a task. fail】
[Please leave to meet Divana]
[Secret code: When the priest dies, is he promoted or demoted? 】
"The secret under the volcano?"
Xu Cheng glanced at the volcano below, and then released his electromagnetic induction. He soon sensed that there were at least 10,000 living people in the abandoned city, and a large number of people with abilities gathered not far from the volcano. .
He couldn't tell the specific location of Divana among these ability users, so he could only ask Lulu to describe Divana's appearance to her, even including accurate measurements.
It's not that he had spied on Devana, but he could tell it at a glance with his keen observation.
Lulu copied an ability to find people, which was Xu Cheng's ability to find a hotel by Uehara Ryo when he just used the ability card.
According to the information provided by Xu Cheng, Lulu quickly found the specific location of Divana, reached out to grab Xu Cheng and Nayun Narumi, and disappeared in the air in an instant.
The next moment, Xu Cheng felt the cold liquid splashing in front of him. When he opened his eyes, he saw a toned naked body.
Devana, who was taking a bath, stared at the three guys who suddenly appeared in the bathroom with wide eyes, and was stunned for a moment.
"Appeared!"
Nagumo Narumi subconsciously exclaimed: "The bathroom exposure incident is one of the classic scenes in love."
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"ah!
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Devana let out a scream, covered her chest with her hands and squatted to the ground.
Xu Cheng immediately raised his hand to cover Nayun Narumi's eyes: "Don't look, be careful of needle eyes."
Nayun Narumi: "..."
Lu Lu used her teleportation ability again, and the three of them suddenly disappeared from the bathroom and appeared in the living room outside.
Nayun Narumi took off Xu Cheng's hands covering her eyes, lifted Lulu off her head, and stared at her: "Did you do it on purpose or accidentally?"
"I was careless on purpose!"
"What did you say?!"
Nayun Narumi pinched Lulu's face hard.
Lulu broke away from her hands: "How could it be intentional? I can only determine where she is, but not what she is doing."
Soon, the bathroom door opened, and Devana came out dressed, her hair hanging wetly on her back, and her skin looking torn from the bath.
Her eyes were a little evasive, and she felt very wronged. She had been naked for no reason, and she couldn't lose her temper.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Devana didn't know what to call Xu Cheng for a moment, so she simply ignored it: "You... you came faster than I expected."
"There's no need to be so polite, just treat me as a friend."
Xu Cheng sat down on the sofa: "I have a question for you. If the priest dies, is he promoted or demoted?"
What is the problem?
Divana was slightly startled, and Nagumo Narumi on the side immediately raised his hand: "I know, it depends on whether the priest has used the promotion device on the little boy!"
Xu Cheng looked at her in shock: "Where did you know this answer?"
"Hmph!"
Nagumo Narumi put his hands on his hips and said proudly: "Don't underestimate me. After all, I used to be a senior netizen."
Xu Cheng felt a little numb, feeling that his pure little white sheep had been polluted by the online world.
Devana asked from the side: "Do I still need to answer?"
"You've already been robbed of your answer, so why should you reply?"
Xu Cheng pointed at Nayun Narumi and introduced her: "This is my sister."
Devana reached out her hand proactively: "Hello, my name is Devana."
Nagumo Narumi shook hands with her: "I am Nagumo Narumi, leader of the Miracle Justice Corps, pilot of Slime, guardian of Japan, and member of the God Five Five."
Devana: "???"
She didn't understand any of these titles.
Nagumo Narumi had no intention of explaining, but instead circled around Devana, looking up and down her body.
Devana frowned and said, "What's wrong?"
Nayun Narumi turned around and looked at Xu Cheng: "Mogu, her measurements are exactly the same as what you said."
Devana hugged her chest violently and looked at Xu Cheng with surprised eyes.
The first thought in her mind was-am I being spied on? when?
"Cough cough cough..."
Xu Cheng coughed in embarrassment and glared at Nayun Narumi, suspecting that this dead girl did it on purpose, and then explained to Divana: "I didn't spy on you, I just guessed it."
It's okay if he doesn't explain, but it becomes even more suspicious once he does.
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, and Xu Cheng had to change the subject: "Didn't you say you were waiting for me in North America? Why did you come to Italy again?"
When it came to business, Devana had no choice but to suppress her suspicion that she might be peeped and explain.
After she was separated from Xu Cheng in Eastern Europe last time, she did return to the headquarters of the Super Power Association in North America and brought back the news that Xu Cheng was planning to visit.
Of course, the Super Power Association welcomes Xu Cheng's visit. Although they have never heard of Xu Cheng's name, they know from Divana's description that this is a very thick thigh.
Divana originally wanted to wait for Xu Cheng to arrive at the headquarters, but the association happened to get news about Mount Vesuvius.
After the dragon occupied the volcano, Italy's provisional government was forced to abandon the entire city, but they were unwilling to do so. They kept sending ability users into the volcano to investigate the dragon's situation and collect intelligence for the counterattack.
The ability user who entered the volcano unexpectedly discovered that there was a magnificent underground ruin hidden under the volcano.
This definitely did not exist before the disaster. It can only be speculated that it appeared out of thin air after the disaster.
Afterwards, a news spread from the provisional government, saying that path explorers had discovered a large number of treasures in the ruins, and even relics of fallen gods.
It is unknown whether this news is true or not, but a large number of ability users from all over Europe have gathered here, ready to find out.
Xu Cheng, who had received the mission reminder, knew that the relics of the God of Fire were indeed hidden in the volcano, but he still teased Divana: "Does your Super Power Association also want a share of the pie?"
"no."
Divana shook her head: "If it were just news about the relics of the gods, of course the association wouldn't pay too much attention to it, but the news came from our undercover agent inside the Celestial Clan that the Celestial Clan attaches great importance to this relic under the volcano, and even the Celestial Clan attaches great importance to this relic. A member of the team has already taken action personally."
The Super Power Association and the Celestial Clan are mortal enemies, and their purpose is to disrupt all the Celestial Clan's actions.
As soon as they heard that the Celestial Clan valued the volcano relic so much, the Super Power Association couldn't sit still.
But the association's high-end combat power was not available at this time. In the end, this task fell to Divana, because she had a promise made to her by Xu Cheng.
"So the Super Power Association is using you as bait to lure me out?"
"No, this is not what the association means, but what I do voluntarily."
Devana was afraid that Xu Cheng would have a bad impression of the Super Power Association, so she explained: "The association wants me to give your promise to myself, but I still decided to do it. If I can retrieve the relics of the gods for the association, it can be considered as compensation." The failure last time.”
"For your dedication, has the association awarded you a one-ton medal?"
"That's not true."
Xu Cheng had to remind her in advance: "If you want to get the relics of the gods and give them to the Super Power Association, that's definitely not possible, because I need them too."
Of course Divana knew that she had no part to play. She said this on purpose, so she settled for the next best thing: "Then can we get rid of the members of the Celestial Clan?"
"Which Celestial Clan took action personally? Where are they now?"
"I don't know, our undercover agents haven't been able to reach the secrets of too many high-level people."
Xu Cheng crossed his hands and started thinking.
Originally, he decided to enter the volcano directly, kill the dragon and take away the volcano relics, but now that Divana said that the Youtian God Clan has arrived at the volcano, he had to act with caution.
If he enters the volcano in a high profile and fights with the lava dragon, he will most likely be followed by a mantis stalking the cicada and an oriole from the Celestial Clan.
Although with his current strength, he is no longer afraid of any enemies under the gods, the Celestial Clan must not be underestimated. Many old gods have died in their hands during this period.
And according to Yin Lisabai, the strength of the lava dragon is also at the level of an ultimate ability user, and it is not a little lizard that can be dispatched in a few or two strokes.
Seeing Xu Cheng frowning and thinking, Divana couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong? Is there any difficulty?"
Xu Cheng did not treat her as an outsider, and expressed his worries: "Do you have a way to make the Celestials hiding in the dark appear and fight the giant dragon?"
If the Celestial Clan fights the giant dragon first, Xu Cheng can watch in secret and wait for them to decide the winner before going out to pick up the slack.
"Uh, I can't help it."
Devana thought to herself that I am not the one who was crucified on the cross, so how could I let them fight.
"Oh, what's so difficult about this?"
Nagumo Narumi on the side directly interjected: "Isn't that big lizard guarding the treasure? Let's pretend to be treasure-hunting adventurers and steal its things. The big lizard will definitely not be happy, so we will fight with it Then pretend to admit defeat, the Celestial Clan might jump out when they see an opportunity."
Xu Cheng and Divana both turned to look at her. Although Nayun Narumi's method was very crude, it was very feasible if you think about it carefully.
In fact, it is to create a situation where the snipe and the clam are fighting, so that the gods hiding in the dark think that they are fishermen.
Devana half-flattered and half-sincerely praised: "Your sister is so smart."
Nagumo Narumi's tail was almost raised, and he crossed his arms like Xu Cheng: "Although your flattery is very cliché, I still humbly accept it."
Devana: "..."
Damn kid, I said you're fat and you're still breathing heavily.
Xu Cheng stood up from the sofa: "Without further ado, where are the group of ability users who are preparing to enter the volcano?"
The best way is to blend into that group of ability users and use their hands to create some trouble for the lava dragon. There is a high probability that the Celestials hiding in the dark will take the opportunity to jump out.
Devana also stood up: "They are not far from here, I will take you there."
In order to avoid getting into trouble, Xu Cheng disguised his appearance to a certain extent, and Lu Lu directly covered Nayun Narumi's body to change her appearance.
The group left Divana's residence, walked through the city that had been completely reduced to ruins, and soon came to the place where the ability users gathered.
They used a municipal building as a stronghold, and two people were guarding the door. When they saw Xu Cheng and his group approaching, they immediately stretched out their hands to stop them.
"Hello!"
Before Divana could speak, Narumi Nagumo jumped out first: "We are here to join the expedition team to conquer the dragon. Are you going to shut out the future dragon-slaying heroes?"
Fortunately, Lulu copied an ability for communication, otherwise Nagumo Narumi would not be able to communicate with others with his elementary school-level English.
"Dragon-slaying hero?"
The gatekeeper glanced at the three of them as if they were fools: "If you want to join the expedition group, you must obey the group leader's orders and obey the arrangements."
"Can."
Xu Cheng held down Nayun Narumi, who still wanted to speak, and nodded in agreement.
He didn't want to cause trouble, he just wanted to get into this expedition group.
The gatekeeper then let the three people in: "Please register after entering."
At the front desk of the municipal building, two women were registering the ability users who came to join the expedition group, recording their names, ages, ability types and levels, so that they could make arrangements after entering the volcano.
The three of them casually made up a false name and then came to the city hall. The place was already overcrowded and as lively as a vegetable market.
There were more than 300 ability users in the audience, all of whom came from all over Europe to explore the volcano.
Xu Cheng let go of the electromagnetic induction and found that the weakest group of people were at the third level, and there were dozens of them at the fourth level.
In the past, a few level 4 ability users could turn a country upside down, but now level 3 abilities are everywhere, and level 4 ability users are worse than dogs and cheaper than Chinese cabbage.
Nagumo Narumi was extremely excited after arriving here. This was the scene she had dreamed of. People with abilities from all over the world gathered together, raising a flag to fight against the evil dragon lurking in the mountains.
It's a pity that Xu Cheng was afraid that she would get into trouble, so he held her tightly, preventing her from running around, and not giving her a chance to enter the crowd and express herself freely.
Devana was very famous in Eastern Europe, but no one knew her when she came to Europe. The three of them stood quietly in the corner, listening to the passionate interaction of hundreds of capable people.
The expedition was organized by a well-known European superpower organization called Eurostar. The leader of this organization is the first superpower in Europe, so it has a strong appeal.
After half an hour of such chaos, a man of about thirty years old stepped onto the stage of the city hall, followed by several solemn-looking men and women.
Seeing this man appear, the originally noisy hall quickly became quiet.
"Everyone should already know me, so I don't have to waste time introducing myself. If there are still people who don't know me, then they have to go back and do their homework."
The man said with a smile, and there was a burst of laughter from the audience in cooperation.
"François, Frenchman, thirty-two years old, leader of Eurostar."
Devana whispered in Xu Cheng's ear and introduced the man on the stage: "He is the first superpower in Europe, but no one knows what his superpower is. It may be related to telekinesis. He is very capable of attacking and defending." Powerful. There are rumors that he secretly cooperated with the provisional governments of various countries, so he came forward for the provisional government of Italy to organize this expedition into the volcano, and he seems to be a gya..."
"This lady!"
Francois on the stage suddenly looked at Devana: "Although I am very happy that you can introduce my identity to your companions, can you wait until I finish speaking?"
In the hall, hundreds of ability users turned to look at Devana.
Devana was shocked. She didn't expect that she could be heard even if she spoke so quietly in Xu Cheng's ear.
Moreover, she was so quiet that she did not disturb other people. However, Francois deliberately pointed out that it was probably something she said that annoyed the other party.
Seeing the dissatisfied looks on the eyes of these ability users, Devana wanted to say a few words to deal with the situation.
"That's because your speech is boring."
Nagumo Narumi said loudly: "We join the expedition group to find treasures and defeat evil dragons. We are not here to listen to your bragging. Can you say something useful and not waste everyone's time?"
Many Eurostar members present immediately glared at this brazen little girl.
But her words spoke into the hearts of other people with abilities.
Their main purpose in joining the expedition was to enter the ruins under the volcano to find the treasures guarded by the dragon. It was not for money, but for many props or weapons with mysterious powers.
But Francois kept chattering on the stage, introducing Eurostar and his own achievements.
Considering that he was the first superpower, no one dared to refute.
Xu Cheng couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead. If he had known it, he should have covered Nayun Narumi's mouth to prevent her from having a chance to speak.
Francois looked at Nagumo Narumi with a half-smile, and was about to speak when suddenly the entire city hall shook violently.
Immediately afterwards, a loud noise came from outside, as if the sky was shattering.
The shaking was so violent that the ceiling of the hall burst with cracks. Everyone did not dare to stay here any longer and rushed out of the municipal building and onto the street outside.
It doesn't take a guess to know that Vesuvius must have erupted, because the gas and rock fragments in the crater will explode during the eruption, forming very loud high-frequency sound waves.
Everyone looked up at Mount Vesuvius and saw a frightening sight - the crater in the distance was erupting with huge pillars of fire and thick smoke, and ejecting high-temperature and high-pressure gas, water vapor and magma fragments in all directions. , forming huge balls of fire and gray clouds.
The sky was dyed black by the billowing smoke. A large number of lightnings loomed in the thick smoke. Countless fireballs surged in all directions with the eruption, smashing into nearby cities like meteorites.
Then there was another loud noise, and a billowing stream of red magma gushes out of the crater and flows down the hillside, like a red dragon, devouring all life and buildings along the way.
Just when everyone was distracted by the scene of the volcanic eruption, they saw the crater suddenly open, and a huge black figure came out of it.
This is a giant lizard-like dragon with a body up to 150 meters long, covered with hard and smooth scales, with two sharp horns on its head, and its eyes glowing red like magma.
It stood in the crater of the volcano, opened its mouth and spewed out a raging, blazing flame, blowing away all the surrounding magma and ash.
Then it spread its broad and film-like wings, vibrating the air, making a deafening roar, rising into the sky, passing through the dense and gray clouds formed above the crater, and disappearing.
This is Laigol, the giant lava dragon that occupies the volcano. It goes out to forage about every half a month.
Francois no longer cares about troubles with Nagumo Narumi and Divana. The dragon is out looking for food. This is a good opportunity.
"Everyone, the giant dragon has gone out to look for food and will not come back for at least two days. Now is our only chance to enter the volcano."
Francois jumped onto an abandoned car on the side of the road and shouted to everyone: "After entering the volcanic ruins, follow my command. All gains will belong to the first discoverer. If you don't have any objections, set off immediately!"
