Chapter 38: Firestarter Lakemod
Chapter 38: Firestarter Lakemode
Rogge's face was calm, and he slowly walked into the dark, empty cave with the broken sword in his hand.
Wow...
The sound of feet cutting through the water echoed in the quiet cave.
Unlike the pitch-black cave passage in front, the top of this empty cave actually emitted a faint dark green light.
Roger looked up and discovered these moss-like glowing plants.
The light they emit fills the entire cave with a faint glow, which appears deep and eerie when reflected on the water.
After retracting his gaze, Roger looked forward.
It was the only pit in the entire empty cave, and it looked blurry and dark.
Coincidentally, the ripples caused by Rogge's previous actions have extended here.
Puff, puff...
Bubbles rose above the pit and water surged, as if something was about to burst out.
sieve--
Rogge's face was calm. The devil fish tail staff in his left hand condensed light, and the broken sword in his right hand suddenly burst into blue flames. The high temperature emitted caused the air to distort, and steam also came out of the pool below.
Wow!
A pile of dark green algae suddenly gushed out from the pit, which seemed to be mixed with some scarlet human tissue and... broken iron armor.
Rogge watched the scene calmly without any reaction.
He was of course aware of the principle of striking first to gain the upper hand, but he wanted to see more whether this was an intelligent individual capable of communicating.
Even if he couldn't, he was confident that he could deal with the guy in front of him.
Because in Lingzhu's perception, it does not pose much of a threat.
Puff, puff...
The algae piles quickly gathered, and their flesh, blood, and armor were reorganized.
Soon, a "human" wearing rusty light armor, with most of his exposed parts made of strange algae, stood opposite Rogge.
It has a hunched back, and both its joints and overall posture look very anti-human.
"Hello."
Rogge's expression was calm and he greeted politely, although he held a magic wand in one hand and a flaming sword in the other, and it didn't look like he was greeting anyone.
If the person on the other side is a human, or an intelligent life form capable of communication, the response may be kind or malicious, or even more extreme, a direct attack may make sense.
But its reply was unexpected.
"Revitalize...Lakemode..."
Its black algae lips moved with difficulty, its face twitched uncontrollably, its swollen and white eyeballs showed no emotion at all, and it made strange, mumbling sounds.
It's more like unconscious mumbling than talking.
Combined with the dark environment in the pool, it seems extremely scary.
Roger narrowed his eyes slightly.
He felt sorry for the obvious inability to communicate with the creature in front of him, but was also surprised that he could clearly understand what it was saying.
It seems that the spiritual candle hides many secrets...
"Kill!"
Suddenly, the black algae monster in front of him seemed to be schizophrenic. It roared in a completely different and terrifying voice and raised its hand towards Rogge.
boom!
A large amount of black secretions gushed out from the black algae like a fountain, carrying a strong stench and unknown toxicity.
Rogge dodged to the side, and the flame on the broken sword in his hand grew stronger.
Since there is no way to communicate, there is no need to say more!
Not long after.
A terrifying wailing sound was heard, and the black algae monster could no longer maintain its cohesive posture. It disintegrated in the water with a splash and turned into ashes.
[You killed (Unnamed)]
[Obtained: Wax Oil × 20]
[Obtained: Rusty Light Armor × 1]
[Obtained: Rusted Light Helmet × 1]
[Obtained: Waterlogged Navigation Diary × 1] After picking up the dropped item, Rogge did not rush to check it, and killed it several times.
The resurrection time of this black algae monster is much longer than that of ordinary monsters.
He once again received a ball of war ash and a rusty iron badge.
After identifying them, Rogge named them and then put them away casually.
He also put the light armor and light helmet in there, leaving only the [Water-soaked Navigation Diary].
It was indeed soaked in water, wet...
Rogge thought to himself, and then his palm glowed faintly, emitting just the right amount of heat to slowly dry it.
After a moment, he opened the navigation diary, which contained some incomprehensible words, but the power of the spiritual candle allowed Rogge to understand the meaning.
"My dear mother... I went to sea without permission. This must have saddened you. I am very sorry, but I had to do it..."
"Lakemode's glory is on the verge of extinction. I cannot disappoint my father's expectations before his death..."
"...If the way to ignite a fire by itself has been cut off, then I will follow the example of my ancestors and... start a fire..."
"..."
Next to the spirit candle, Rogge flipped through the pages one by one.
This was a young man from a fallen noble family. The remaining flesh and blood in the black algae monster must have come from him.
In order to find hope of reviving his family, he risked all his savings to build a ship, and those skeleton sailors came from this ship.
The ending is obvious. The young man's passion is forever buried in this cold cave without sunlight...
"Firestarter Lakemode..."
Rogge sighed and changed its name.
Because the owner of the diary did not reveal his name in it, he could only directly use his family name.
He was the only hope of the impoverished family, and his failure would probably lead to the complete decline of the family...
In addition, there are two more important messages in the diary.
[Fire] and [Ignite]!
Although this is just a diary and the information revealed by the owner of the diary is incomplete, Rogge has almost figured out the meaning.
...In this world, if you want to master truly powerful forces, you must ignite the "fire of war".
This fire of war does not mean war, but should be the fighting fire of life.
A life that ignites the flames of war will possess numerous magical powers and embark on a splendid burning road.
There are generally two ways to ignite a war, namely, starting a fire and starting a fire.
Ignition means that life has ignited the flames of war by itself after honing itself over a long period of time and breaking through its limits.
And to start a fire, as the name suggests, is to draw the flame of life that has already ignited the flames of war to oneself, in order to achieve the goal of also having the flames of war.
But it is not difficult to see from the words of the diary owner that this method is very dangerous, and perhaps this young man died because of this.
"War..."
Roger closed the log, deep in thought.
He and the players are both candle spirits forged from spiritual candles. Can they also ignite the flames of war?
It would be nice if the method of tempering the flames of war could be written in more detail...
Rogge thought silently in his heart and planned to study it carefully after returning.
After packing up, he prepared to leave, and before leaving, he used his senses to scan the surroundings again.
After this sweep, he suddenly stopped and looked into the pit where the black algae monster appeared.
There seems to be something in there...
Rogge jumped into the narrow pit without hesitation and found a strange little stone in it.
There are some tiny strange flesh whiskers distributed on this stone. They look sticky and exude a strange power.
Rogge had a hunch that perhaps he was related to the abnormality of the black algae monster.
After finishing all this, Roger climbed out of the pit.
After looking at the surrounding environment and sensing it carefully, he found traces of gray fog in the corner.
After placing another milestone candle as a reminder, Rogge entered the gray fog and returned to the vicinity of the ocean vortex...
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(End of this chapter)