Chapter 1177 Petrified Lizard

Under the pressure of competition, Klein of course wanted to explore the mine as soon as possible, but just at the critical moment, another obstacle stood in front of the dwarf prospecting team.

The flail snail that brought good luck to Klein got into an umbilical cord just yesterday morning.

Klein led the dwarf prospecting team to trace the crystal tracks left behind by the flail snails into the navel, and found that the magic crystal veins also extend northward along the navel. It can be seen that the flail snails are advancing towards the core of the veins.

After a whole morning of tracking by the dwarf prospecting team, the crystal tracks suddenly disappeared, and there was no trace of the flail snail.

Just when they were eager to find this "guide", a group of terrifying monsters rushed out suddenly and launched a fierce attack on the dwarf prospecting team.

These monsters look like close relatives of the common subterranean lizard, with yellow-green skin and short, sharp horns on top of their heads.

At first, the dwarves didn't pay much attention to these big lizards. After the conflict between the two sides, they were surprised to find that the mysterious sight in the eyes of these monsters could turn a living person into a statue, and a flesh and blood body into a rock!

It wasn't until this moment that Klein realized that there was a large group of "petrified lizards" entrenched in the navel, and hurriedly led the prospecting team to retreat the same way, and escaped in a panic.

This conflict caused Klein to lose eight of his men, who were turned into statues by basilisks and left helpless deep in the navel.

What made him even more anxious was that the petrified lizard's lair just blocked the only way for the prospecting team to pass through. If these monsters were not eliminated, they would not be able to continue exploring the magic crystal veins.

Klein knew that the strength of the prospecting team alone could not fight against a large group of petrified lizards, so he had to ask the spellcaster to help solve this big problem.

Speaking of spellcasters, he naturally remembered that when he was exploring the blue ice mine, thanks to the assistance of Joan, Hyrule, Audrey, and Holden, the "Frost Lizard" clan entrenched in the depths of the mine was eliminated.

The petrified lizard seems to be more difficult to deal with than the frost lizard, but Klein has great confidence in Joan, his little brother. More importantly, he has had cooperation experience, knows each other well, and is trustworthy.

"Brother Joan, with your clever mind and ability to cast spells, you can definitely come up with a good way to deal with the petrified lizard!"

"If you are willing to help my brother with this favor and successfully obtain the exploration rights of the magic crystal veins ahead of those hateful dwarves in the north, half of the proceeds will be shared with you!"

"That's right! And your three little friends, it's best to bring them here too, if you have money, everyone will give it away!"

After Joan read the last "short message technique" sent by Klein, he fell into long-term thinking.

It's already late July, and summer vacation is less than two weeks away.

During the period before the holiday, Joan had nothing to do, so it was not a bad idea to take time to go to the Underdark and help Klein solve his troubles.

In fact, Joan cared more about the "flail snail" than the magic crystal vein.

Selling the right to mine veins can certainly make a lot of money, but judging from the current situation, Klein's prospecting team is obviously at a disadvantage in the competition with the dwarves, and it is very difficult to come from behind. busy.

Joan didn't dare to expect a profit from prospecting, as long as he could catch the flail snail that mysteriously disappeared deep in the petrified lizard's lair, he would be satisfied.

The flail snail is a large magical beast with the blood of the "earth element subspecies". It is recorded in the "Vares Monster Illustrated Handbook". Its shell is a high-strength transparent chitin material, which has excellent shockproof and sound insulation effects. , is the perfect material to strengthen the "Iron Maiden"!

Joan was quite tempted by Klein's invitation, but he also clearly realized that he might not be able to deal with a large group of petrified lizards on his own. Before replying to Klein, he decided to find Hailar and Sister Zion first. Brother, if the three of them are willing to participate in this underground trip, it would be the best.

Joan took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was almost lunch time, so he cast a spell and sent letters to three friends, asking them to meet in the school cafeteria.

Joan arrived at the cafeteria, and after waiting for a few minutes, Holden came running. Just as they sat down, Hailar and Audrey also came over.

"Joan, it must be a pleasure for you to invite us to dinner." Hailaer said with a smile, "Let me guess... Has the selection result of the annual 'Rising Star Award' been announced?"

"No!" Joan shook her head quickly.

"Don't be shy, there are rumors in the school that this time the Rising Star Award belongs to you." Hailaer looked determined.

"Who did you hear it from? It's purely a rumor!"

"I've also heard similar rumors, saying that you are already writing your acceptance speech, and the school board will arrange for you to give a speech at the summer camps of famous universities."

Holden said it as if it was true.

Joan felt like his head was about to explode, how could this be? !

It's so irresponsible to talk nonsense about things that don't have a shadow!

Rumors spread like this, if I don't win the prize in the end...wouldn't I be ashamed to see others?

Joan couldn't help feeling his ears burn.

There are also lecture tours at the six prestigious schools and so on. They talk about things with a nose and eyes. Which bastard made up the rumors? Nima's nonsense is as if it is true. Isn't it good to spend this thought on studying?

Being roasted on the fire like this, he almost wanted to die... If he knew there would be such rumors, he would rather refuse to sign up for the Rising Star Award.

Her Royal Highness was still considerate and thoughtful, and when she noticed Joan's embarrassment, she guessed that Hailar and Holden might have misunderstood, so she quickly changed the subject.

"Joan, what do you want us to do?"

Qiao An calmed down, put aside the annoyance caused by rumors for the time being, and explained in detail the matter of Klein Huolu's letter asking for help.

"Brother dwarf is really good. In just a few months, I found another vein!"

Hailar was the first to get excited.

"Anyway, it's almost a holiday, and the classes are over. We have nothing to do in school. Why don't we take this opportunity to go around the underground world, help the dwarf brother solve his troubles, and make a lot of money by the way. Of course, such a good thing can’t be missed!”

"Miss Fortune never misses a chance to make a fortune." Holden joked with a smile.

"Why, you don't want to go?" Hailar asked angrily.

"I'm going, but don't think about good things first. Didn't you hear what Mr. Klein said? There is also a dwarf prospecting team operating in the local area."

"The current situation is like 'the tortoise and the hare'. Our side is the 'tortoise', but the dwarf prospecting team is far ahead of the 'rabbit'."

Holden used a vivid metaphor to describe the fierce competition between two prospecting teams for mining rights.

"But judging from the results of the race, the rabbit lost to the tortoise in the end!"

Hyrule draws a more optimistic conclusion from Holden's analogy.