Chapter 881: This is… Demon Steel!

Now, everyone has finally arrived outside the walls of the Demon King’s Castle. Looking up, they can see the towering castle standing next to them, and they can reach out and touch its scorching black walls. The wall is constructed from a peculiar type of black stone, and the monsters clearly have no sense of architectural aesthetics. The sizes of the stones are inconsistent, piled haphazardly, and the gaps between them are filled with some kind of mud-like substance. It’s a rather crude construction, to say the least.

As for the material of these stones, no one knows what it is. Despite being exposed to the heat of the lava river for a long time, they haven’t become brittle or collapsed.

Upon seeing these stones, a gleam suddenly appeared in Robb’s eyes. He reached into his bag to find a mining pick.

Meanwhile, Chris and the others circled around the city wall.

Chris looked up at the wall; there are no sentinels on top. In fact, if there were any sentinels up there, they would have been spotted when they crossed the lava moat.

Chris, “Let’s prepare to climb up.”

“Okay!” the others respond.

Chris commanded them, “The two hunters go up first. After climbing up, stick your heads out about halfway on the wall, and then activate your detection spells to get a clear view of the situation up there. Then we’ll follow.”

Everyone nodded in agreement. However, they wondered how to actually climb the wall.

The hunter considered which skill to use for climbing when he suddenly saw Robb coming over. Robb swung his small mining pick and thrust it into the wall in front of him. He kept mining for 2 seconds, then pulled his hand back, leaving a small dent in the wall. However, he now has a square piece of black stone in his hand.

The hunter said, “Thanks for digging a hole for me.”

With that, he leapt onto the dent, stood firmly, took out his dagger, and stabbed higher up, trying to dig another hole. He continued trying to make a hole, but unexpectedly, his steel dagger couldn’t penetrate the black wall. Instead, it only vibrated and made his arm numb.

“Hey, hey, hey?” The Hunter looked down, “What’s with this wall? I don’t know what material it’s made of, but my dagger can’t even scratch it.”

Chris says, “Don’t scratch the stone; look for footholds in the gaps between them.”

The Hunter replies, “Of course I know that. I’m just surprised by this type of stone.”

Before he finished speaking, he saw Robb below swinging his small mining pick again. With a ‘puff,’ after 2 seconds, Robb digs out a larger dent in the black stone. He happily danced around as if he were a child of over 100 pounds.

The Hunter suddenly sweat and said, “Brother, if you’re going to help us dig holes to climb the wall, dig higher up. It’s not very useful for you to dig near the base of the wall. Once I climb higher, I won’t be able to use the holes you’ve dug.”

Robb ignored him and continued digging. In just a few dozen seconds, a pile of square black stones accumulated at his feet.

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The Hunter used his own dagger to dig footholds on the top of the city wall. The gaps in the black stone were filled with a peculiar substance, perhaps some kind of secretion from a creature. Once it solidified, it became very adhesive and airtight. The Hunter dug for quite a while and finally managed to create a few grooves, allowing him to climb a bit higher. However, his efficiency was clearly not very good.

Feeling a bit puzzled, he couldn’t help but lower his head and say to Robb below, “Brother, what’s up with your strange mining pick? You’re digging holes in this black stone like it’s nothing, but my dagger can’t even leave a scratch.”

Robb replied, “My pick is just a regular mining pick.”

The Hunter sweated and said, “Come up here and help me dig a few holes so I can climb up.”

“Sure, okay.” Since Robb was used to mining wherever he could find ore, whether higher up or lower down didn’t make much difference to him. He stepped into the hole he had just dug, climbed up a bit, and then used his mining pick to dig again, creating another hole. He repeated this process, alternating steps and digging continuously upwards. In no time, Robb had reached the top of the city wall.

He quickly jumped down from above, then continued to dig at the bottom of the wall.

This peculiar behavior left Chris and his group a bit puzzled, but people like Gorda understood. It seemed that the bricks of this Demon King City were made from valuable ore. They wondered where these monsters had found it and used it to construct the castle. However, since Godfather had noticed it, they were definitely going to mine it.

Using both hands and feet, the Hunter climbed up by stepping into the mining holes Robb had created. He quickly reached the top of the wall, sticking his head out and looking around for a while. Then he turned back and excitedly called out, “Great news, there are no monsters nearby! Only a few small imps lazily guarding the city gate in the far distance. It seems that the main army of the Demon King has gone out. Come on up, just be cautious and avoid the sight of those imps in the distance when you climb up.”

Jike also climbed up, looked around, and nodded down below.

The two hunters activated their detection spells on top, closely monitoring the surroundings. One by one, Chris and the others climbed up. Finally, only Xuelu and Robb remained below.

Xuelu asked, “Are you going to keep digging here?”

Robb nodded, “This type of stone is called Demon Steel. It’s even better than Titansteel. I’ll dig some for crafting while you all continue forward. If you have any problems, call me on my phone, and I’ll be there quickly.”

Xuelu acknowledged and began to climb up.

As a result, nine people were on top of the wall, leaving only Robb below, still there swinging the small mining pick and digging away.

Chris saw he hadn’t come up and was somewhat surprised. He asked Xuelu, “Why isn’t he coming up? What’s he digging there for?”

Xuelu replied, “He said we should leave someone outside the city to provide support.”

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Chris sensed that Xuelu was not telling the whole truth and thought, [Well, it’s their matter after all. I shouldn’t pry too much.]

He nodded and said, “Then the nine of us will continue forward.”

The nine of them waved to Robb, who was still mining below, and stealthily entered the Demon King’s Castle…

They climbed down from the city wall and entered the deep passage of the Demon King’s Castle. Xuelu was so excited that her hands were trembling. In truth, the other adventurers weren’t much better, except for Suofa who remained composed. She had a military background and wasn’t particularly enthusiastic about adventures. For her, entering the Demon King’s Castle felt the same as going on a mission inside an enemy kingdom’s fortress – no excitement whatsoever.

However, the other eight adventurers had their blood boiling with every step they took.

“Where should we look for evidence of the alliance between the monsters and the Church of Light?” Gorda whispered.

“Up there!” Chris whispered back, “Considering the circumstances, the Demon King must surely reside at the topmost floor of the castle. We’ll make our way to the higher levels of the castle and search room by room. We’re bound to find something.”

They continued their stealthy journey through the castle, one step at a time, their determination unwavering.

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