Chapter 38: The Fire Starter, Lakemode Roger's face was calm, holding a broken sword and slowly stepped into the dark and empty cave. Splash... The sound of his feet cutting through the water echoed in the quiet cave. Unlike the dark cave passage in front, the top of this empty cave actually emitted a dark green glow. Roger looked up and found these moss-like luminous plants. The light they emitted filled the entire cave with a faint light, which appeared deep and strange under the reflection of the water surface. After retracting his gaze, Roger looked forward. That was the only pit in the entire empty cave, which looked blurry and dark. Coincidentally, the ripples caused by Roger's previous actions had extended here.
Puff puff... Bubbles rose above the pit, and the water surged, as if something was about to burst out. Swish—— Rogge's face was calm, the devil fish tail staff in his left hand condensed light, and the blue flame of the broken sword in his right hand suddenly rose. The high temperature emitted made the air distorted, and steam came out of the pool below. Crash! A pile of dark green algae suddenly gushed out of the pit, which seemed to be mixed with some scarlet human tissue and... incomplete iron armor. Rogge looked at this scene calmly without any reaction. He naturally understood the principle of striking first, but he wanted to see if this was an individual with wisdom and communication. Even if he couldn't, he was sure to get rid of the guy in front of him. Because in the perception of the spirit candle, its threat was not great. Pulu Pulu... The algae pile gathered quickly, and its flesh and blood tissue and armor were reorganized. Not long after, a "human" wearing rusty light armor and with most of his exposed parts made of strange algae stood opposite Rogge. It was hunched over, and both its joints and overall posture looked very anti-human. "Hello." Rogge's face was calm and he greeted politely, although he held a staff in one hand and a flaming sword in the other, which did not look like a greeting. If the person on the other side was a human, or an intelligent life that could communicate, the response might be kind or malicious, or even more extreme, a direct attack would make sense. But, "it"'s response was unexpected. "Revitalize... Lakemode..."
Its black algae lips moved with difficulty, and its face twitched uncontrollably. Its swollen and white eyeballs showed no emotion at all, and it made a strange mumbling sound. Rather than saying it was talking, it was more like unconsciously mumbling. Combined with the dark environment in the pool, it looked extremely scary. Rogge narrowed his eyes slightly. He felt sorry for the guy in front of him who was obviously unable to communicate, and was also surprised that he could clearly understand what it was saying. It seems that the spiritual candle has many secrets hidden... "Kill!" Suddenly, the black algae monster in front of him roared with a completely different and terrifying voice, as if he was schizophrenic, and raised his hand towards Rogge. Boom! A large amount of black secretions gushed out from the black algae group like a fountain, with a strong stench and unknown toxicity. Rogge dodged to the side, and the flames of the broken sword in his hand became stronger. Since there is no way to communicate, there is no need to say more! Not long after. A terrifying wail sounded, and the black algae monster could no longer maintain its cohesive posture. It collapsed in the water with a splash and turned into ashes. [You killed (unnamed)] [Obtained: Wax Oil × 20] [Obtained: Rusted Light Armor × 1] [Obtained: Rusted Light Helmet × 1] [Obtained: Waterlogged Navigation Diary × 1] After Rogge picked up the dropped items, he did not rush to check them, and killed them several times. The resurrection time of this black algae monster is much longer than that of ordinary monsters. He once again got a ball of war ash and a rusty iron badge. After identifying them, Rogge named them respectively, and then put them away casually. He also put the two pieces of equipment, light armor and light helmet, in, leaving only the [water-soaked sailing diary]. It was indeed soaked in water, wet... Rogge thought in his heart, and then his palm lit up with a faint light, emitting just the right amount of heat, slowly drying it. After a while, he opened the sailing diary, which contained some incomprehensible words, but the power of the spirit candle allowed Rogge to understand the meaning. "My dear mother... I went to sea secretly, which must have made you sad. I'm sorry, but I had to do it..."
"The glory of Lakemode has come to the brink of extinction, and I can't disappoint my father's expectations before his death..." "... If the way to ignite the fire by myself has been cut off, then I will follow the example of my ancestors and... start the fire..." "..." Beside the spirit candle, Rogge flipped through the pages one by one. This is a young man from a downtrodden noble family. The remaining flesh and blood in the black algae monster must have come from him. In order to find the hope of revitalizing his family, he used all his savings to build a ship, and those skeleton sailors came from this. The ending is obvious. The young man's passion is forever buried in this cold cave... "The Fire Starter Lakemode..." Roger sighed and changed his 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 was probably accompanied by the complete decline of the family... In addition, there are two more important pieces of information in the diary. [Ignite] and [Start]! Although this is just a diary, the information revealed by the owner of the diary is not perfect, but Rogge has almost figured out the meaning. ... In this world, if you want to master truly powerful power, you must ignite the "fire of war". This fire of war does not mean war, but the fighting fire of life. The life that ignites the fire of war can have many magical powers and embark on a splendid burning road. And there are generally two ways to ignite the fire of war, namely, ignition and starting. Ignition means that life ignites the fire of war by itself after a long period of sharpening itself and breaking through the limit. And starting, as the name suggests, is to pull the life flame that has already ignited the fire of war to itself, so as to achieve the purpose of also having the fire of war. But it is not difficult to see from the words of the owner of the diary that this method is very dangerous. Perhaps this young man is likely to die because of this. "War..." Rogge closed the logbook, thinking. He and the player are both candle spirit bodies forged by spirit candles, can they also ignite war? It would be nice if the method of tempering to ignite 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 was ready to leave. Before leaving, he used his perception to scan the surroundings again. After this scan, he suddenly stopped and looked at the pit where the black algae monster appeared.
There seemed to be something in it... Rogge jumped into the narrow pit without hesitation and found a strange little stone from it. There were some small strange flesh whiskers on the stone, which looked sticky and exuded a strange power. Rogge had a hunch that perhaps he was inseparable from the abnormality of the black algae monster. After solving all this, Rogge climbed out of the pit. After looking at the surrounding environment and carefully sensing one side, he found the trace 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... A new book is launched. Please collect it, recommend it, and vote for it!