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Chapter 483 Sacrificing Elves with Blood? (Fifth update, please vote!)

With Miao Bai's explanation, Celia understood how they had been captured.

Celia said speechlessly, "With your strength, what are you doing getting involved? You think you can take care of heretical strongholds? Back when I was at the second tier, I only dared to... Oh, I forgot, I had already taken care of many heretical strongholds by the time I was at the second tier."

Miao Bai bowed deeply: "Thank you for saving me again, my benefactor!"

Celia said, "Didn't you say you came here on a trip? How did you end up here?"

The two exchanged a glance, and Miao Bai said, "I'm sorry, I kept it from our benefactor before. Actually, we came all the way to Dragon Island for the volcanic rocks of Dragon Island."

"There are volcanoes all over the world, not just on Dragon Island. There are some within the Orc Empire as well, right?"

“There aren’t any around our tribe. The volcano in the Orc Empire is occupied by the Tiger Clan, and the volcanic rocks it produces are of poor quality.”

"What are you doing here specifically to obtain volcanic rock?"

"This concerns the evolution of our tribe's totem, and we cannot disclose the specifics. We apologize." Miao Bai bowed again.

Celia waved her hand, "Alright, alright, we can't just leave it at that. You've gotten quite a few volcanic rocks, haven't you? Hurry up and leave."

The two shook their heads, and Miao Lan said, "Miao Lan can't leave yet. Besides the volcanic rock, we also need lava fire, and we can't leave now either."

Celia raised an eyebrow. "Why can't we leave?"

Miao Bai said, "Don't you know, benefactor? Although the Blue Dragon Empire doesn't restrict people from coming in, it's very difficult to leave. We need to pay Blue Dragon Empire gold coins for what we get inside to leave. We plan to wait until everyone clashes with the Blue Dragon Empire and then leave during the chaos."

"The Blue Dragon Empire takes money? I didn't know that."

No wonder the Blue Dragon Empire isn't worried at all.

So they were waiting outside, letting others in, hoping to generate revenue through them.

A single volcanic rock isn't expensive, but many volcanic rocks are not so cheap.

You can't say you found it yourself, after all, this is the capital city center, and under the laws of the Blue Dragon Empire, it belongs to the Blue Dragon Empire. Anything taken from inside belongs to the Blue Dragon Empire, so it's normal for them to ask for a certain amount of money to take the things inside.

Ross laughed and said, "It's like this volcano is the Blue Dragon Empire's orchard, and outsiders come in to pick things, which is like entering their orchard to pick fruit. No one knows how much you eat inside, but if you want to take it out, you have to pay."

Celia suddenly realized.

Miao Lan said, "Their fees are too high. One volcanic rock costs 1 gold coin. We can't afford it, and many other people can't afford it either. Every time there's a riot, we plan to sneak out then."

"Are you... sure you can sneak out?"

Celia was highly suspicious.

Given these two situations where we get caught every now and then, should we try to sneak out? What if we get caught again?

Miao Bai confidently declared, "We have connections; we'll definitely be able to get out."

Celia thought for a moment and said, "Then you guys wait for me. I don't want to pay either."

I found this, I found it by my own skill, why would I pay for it?

Celia didn't want to pay either.

Volcanic rocks usually cost only 20 silver coins each. Even if the volcanic rocks from Dragon Island are a bit special, they shouldn't sell for 1 gold coin each.

The main problem is that the volcanic rocks here are very small, only the size of a candy bean, which is a huge loss.

"That's great! With our benefactor by our side, we're sure to get out safely," Miao Lan said happily.

Miao Bai said, "Then let's go and wait for our benefactor. It's in the north of the volcanic area. There's a ravine there, and there's a mark near the ravine. We'll wait for our benefactor there."

"Blue Meow has excellent eyesight! It'll definitely be able to see our benefactor as long as he flies nearby!"

Celia nodded. "Okay, you guys go ahead then." Meow White said, "Benefactor, could you help us find the Lava Fire? The Lava Fire only exists on the summit and inside volcanoes, and we can't get in..."

"Of course, but it won't be free."

"Yes, yes! We know! We will definitely give our benefactor a satisfactory reward!"

"..."

Once outside, Celia suddenly noticed that the bound third-order heretic had woken up.

His eyes were blank. After the three of them came out, his gaze fixed on Celia.

He opened his mouth and said hoarsely, "Th-thank you."

Celia was taken aback, then walked over and asked with interest, "What are you thanking me for?"

He was very weak after the pollution in his body was forcibly purified, and he was panting heavily when he spoke: "Thank you... for letting me... be free. Damn Tower of Depravity... you actually lied to me."

Celia asked, "What did they lie to you about?"

They lied to me, saying that by staying here, I could obtain the Fire Spirit and help me advance further.

"You actually knew this was a lie?" Celia asked in surprise.

"Yes." His face showed lingering fear: "What fire spirit? It was clearly a death spirit. Now that I think about it... the Tower of Depravity clearly wanted to... make all of us, including the mercenaries who came in, into sacrifices for the growth of the fire spirit."

A thought struck Celia: "What else do you know?"

Whether with anger or composure, the sorcerer said without hesitation, "I also know that they plan to use fire spirits as sacrifices, and use the blood of sorcerers as a catalyst, to call upon their gods."

"Who is the god of the Tower of Depravity? The evil god Ross?" Celia asked again.

"No... I don't know who it is, I only know that we need to call upon the gods... tonight, after the volcanic eruption..."

"Are you going to kill all the sorcerers who come in and then commit suicide?" Celia asked.

Many of the mages who came in were fourth-tier, and there were even some hidden fifth-tier mages. As for whether there were any sixth-tier mages, Celia didn't know, but she was sure there were.

Legend has it that Erina ascended to the seventh rank through the fire spirit, surpassing human limits and exerting a tremendous attraction on sixth-rank beings, enough to make them lose their minds, even if it's just an unverified rumor.

If a large number of high-level mages gather, the Tower of Depths might not be able to handle it.

"I don't know. I was just ordered to garrison this stronghold. After nightfall, I clashed with the Dragon Rider Legion and died in the conflict, offering my blood to the Fire Spirits."

Celia's brows slowly furrowed.

Is the Tower of the Fallen planning something big?
What exactly are they going to do?
Celia didn't understand either.

But instinctively, she sensed that the trip to the volcano was becoming dangerous.

"I just don't know how they're going to deal with that Commander Erina."

Celia pondered for a moment, then shook her head, deciding to stop thinking about it.

There is too little crucial information; we know nothing.

Anyway, they know that heretics will seize any opportunity to make big moves.

"Given the Tower of the Fallen's style, their method might be to incite mercenaries to clash with the Blue Dragon Empire's dragon rider legions, thereby allowing the fire spirits to absorb blood?"

Are you really that confident that you can get the Fire Spirit from the Tower of Despair?
Celia tapped her head.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. I'll just stay far away and avoid getting caught in the crossfire."

(End of this chapter)