Honestly.
The Abandoned Fortress was indeed the easiest area to find in the calamity mod.
The rewards within were also quite excellent. Su Lin wanted to get a Void Assault Shoulder Cannon, and the Abandoned Fortress was a necessary path.
Void Core, Guardian Gauntlet—
Even the Void Jaw dropped by the common Ender Golem was a core material for synthesizing Void Scatter Arrows.
But they simply couldn't defeat it; at least for now, going there meant certain death.
The Ender Guardian's punches came with pursuit, its ground smash could pull people in, its heavy punch could knock people flying, and its uppercut could stun. The most disgusting part was that it could also teleport above your head and deliver a explosive heavy hammer blow.
With everyone's current combat coordination, facing an Ender Guardian meant a survival rate of virtually zero.
However, they could try the Ender Golem; after all, it didn't have a maximum damage limit and was a small BOSS very suitable for being ganged up on.
How about...
Going to fight a wave of Ender Golems to practice?
If it wasn't as disgusting as the Ender Guardian, the Totem of Undying could save them.
Moreover, the Ender Golem could also drop Void Cores, providing another means of output when fighting the Netherite Alloy Behemoth.
The more Su Lin thought about it, the more he felt it was doable.
Anyway, as long as they didn't foolishly run into the Ender Guardian's area, it couldn't chase them to the Ender Golem's location and hammer them there.
As he was pondering, the fire dragon below roared once more, finally collapsing to the ground in exhaustion.
Su Lin temporarily pushed the situation of the Abandoned Fortress to the back of his mind and wrote a magic message to Lop, telling him that he could kill Ender Golems on the surface but was not allowed to go deep into the Abandoned Fortress.
Lop was not Lawrence; if Su Lin told him not to go, he definitely wouldn't take another step deeper.
Raising his hand to send out the magic message, Su Lin spread his Elytra. "Let's go, it's time for the harvest."
In the underground dragon's nest, which was filled with torches, Veronika and the others paid their respects to the dead giant dragon.
Perhaps the others were calculating their upcoming gains, but only Veronika genuinely thanked this giant dragon for helping them hone their coordination and combat skills.
However, expressing condolences was enough.
It was time to divide the spoils.
"I'll do it!"
Tashiniya was the first to raise her hand, stepping out of the crowd with her head held high and chest puffed out.
Anyone who didn't know would think she was the one who defeated this dragon.
"Trust this angel! My luck has always been great, and besides, my relationship with Verinidoline is super good!"
Su Lin looked curiously at Weini beside him, who explained:
"That's the Goddess of Fortune. Although this idiotic angel is very unreliable, she indeed has a very good relationship with the Goddess of Fortune, and she even has the Goddess of Fortune's blessing on her."
This made Su Lin a little curious.
Weini even knew about this?
Good heavens, she wasn't even pretending anymore?
So, was this guy truly the human avatar of some deity?
As for the Goddess of Fortune and such—
It wasn't important. Su Lin didn't think the other party's blessing could affect the drop rate of monsters in MC Dungeon.
Rolling up her sleeves, Tashiniya excitedly stepped forward, repeatedly striking the giant dragon.
This was Tashiniya's favorite characteristic of MC Dungeon monsters—
They were sensible!
Upon death, they directly dropped materials, saving them the trouble of processing and butchering them themselves.
The only pity was that such a large dragon dropped very, very few materials.
Those dragon meats weren't even as much as one of An Duo's tails!
Rain-like punches landed on the giant dragon, each punch dislodging quite a few dragon scales and bones. Everyone held their breath until Tashiniya delivered her final punch.
Two dragon eggs fell to the ground.
Immediately, everyone's gazes were as burning as flames.
Dragon eggs—
These were legendary existences!
And they were dragon eggs that could hatch into Beyond the Limit giant dragons that obeyed their commands, just like Su Lin's dragons.
Their dark red shells looked as if they were covered in flowing magma.
They floated silently on the ground, making people wish they could glue their eyes to them.
"Haha! This angel said my luck was invincible!"
Tashiniya broke the atmosphere, proudly placing her hands on her hips.
"Two dragon eggs in one go! Who else can do that?!"
"Who else?!"
This arrogant posture made Aelita unable to bear it, and she silently raised her hand.
"I once got three."
Tashiniya's breath hitched, and her expression gradually filled with resentment.
"Damn Verinidoline! Didn't we agree that my blessing was the best?!"
Su Lin stepped past the sulking Tashiniya and picked up the two dragon eggs.
Everyone's gaze followed the dragon eggs closely, making Su Lin feel like he was teasing cute puppies.
Even Veronika was no exception.
Su Lin, in a playful mood, led everyone around with the dragon eggs for a while before Tashiniya finally couldn't hold back anymore.
"Pope! Stop playing! What about these dragon eggs? Are they still yours?"
"No need, I'm not short on dragons."
Su Lin's private dragon farm already had seven or eight dragons, and there were several unhatched dragon eggs in his warehouse.
He really didn't care for these two fire dragon eggs—
Ever since Nidhogg and the Third Prince were born, the Bugatti Veyron had already been left to roam by Su Lin.
Tashiniya's eyes darted around, and she pitifully sidled up to Su Lin.
"Pope—you know, I've never had family, and I've never felt the love of family—"
Su Lin rolled his eyes.
"Did Weini and the others' care for you go to the dogs?"
"That—"
Tashiniya inexplicably felt a cold sweat on her back, clumsily pinching her fingers as she pondered a reason to defend herself.
"Alright, distribution according to contribution."
Su Lin tapped Tashiniya's head.
"Veronika and Qiao Qiao contributed the most this time. These two dragon eggs are for them, does anyone have an objection?"
"No objection!"
Lulu was the first to jump up, saying seriously:
"Sister Qiao Qiao and Lord Veronika's contributions are the most outstanding! These two dragon eggs naturally belong to them!"
Tashiniya knew she had been slacking off the entire time, so she simply nodded.
No dragon eggs? Getting some dragon bones or something was fine too.
Besides, if Li Qiaoqiao had a dragon, it was equivalent to all of them, including Tashiniya, having a dragon.
Tashiniya was still very happy for Li Qiaoqiao.
Feeling everyone's gazes fall upon her, Li Qiaoqiao immediately lowered her head, shy and flustered, performing an instant blush.
Aelita's mouth twitched.
She somewhat suspected Li Qiaoqiao had a split personality. Just now, she was like the Dark Reaper, frequently attacking and breaking defenses, but now she felt weak and helpless again?
"Thank you—thank you, Big Brother Su Lin." After a long pause, Li Qiaoqiao finally mumbled, carefully cradling the dragon egg in her arms.
Veronika also suppressed her excitement and took the dragon egg.
Feeling the scorching heat of the fiery aura and the vitality of life gestating within.
Veronika momentarily saw this little one grow into a massive dragon like Nidhogg.
Carrying her as she soared freely through the nine heavens.
Dragon Knight—
The ultimate dream of countless Crusader Knights on the continent had been realized by her.
Veronika didn't know how to feel.
But with this dragon egg, she could certainly consolidate the Lucania Kingdom faster. However, if she was riding a dragon, would she still be called a Lion Fang Knight?
Rarely, Veronika fell into a state of fanciful thinking.
But good knightly spirit quickly brought Veronika back to her senses. She placed a hand on her chest, her expression solemn as she looked at Su Lin and the others.
"I will certainly not disappoint Mr. Su Lin's expectations and will always stand at the forefront of the Cataclysm BOSS assault!"
"I will nurture it well, so that it becomes a sky overlord soaring through the heavens, just like other giant dragons!"
"Furthermore, I thank everyone for their recognition. I will continue to work hard to ensure that everyone gets their own giant dragon as soon as possible!"
Such a knightly speech filled Lulu's eyes with adoration once again.
An Duo, however, was not interested in the ownership of the dragon eggs. She always remembered her grandfathers' words—
Riding a dragon on another dragon was only something done during reproduction.
An Duo was still young; she was only eight hundred and forty years old this year.
Moreover, in the past few days, watching Aelita and the others frequently ride dragons into the sky, she occasionally heard Aelita mumble something like:
An award for "Most Prolific Breeder" should be given to a certain breeding dragon in the giant dragon farm.
To be honest, An Duo was a bit sensitive about the dignity of the MC Dungeon dragon race.
Compared to such undignified dragons, An Duo was more interested in the piles of gold everywhere they possessed!
Why did these creatures, which were treated like chickens and killed without any dragon dignity, possess such vast wealth?
According to dragon rules, if this dragon was defeated, its wealth should be inherited by the dragon that defeated it.
Clearly, besides her, the Silver Dragon An Duo, there was no other dragon here.
Carefully pulling out a diamond pickaxe, she tiptoed towards the pile of gold, swinging the pickaxe to shatter the gold.
Dazzling gold nuggets fell to the ground.
According to Su Lin's introduction, these gold nuggets, if taken out, could easily sell for over a hundred gold coins.
An Duo's excellent dragon-like greed kicked in. Her bright eyes reflected gold, and her thick dragon tail was almost wagging a tornado.
Just one step away.
To pocket those gold nuggets!
Then she, An Duo, would no longer be known as the "poor giant dragon destined to never possess one hundred and one gold coins."
Just one step away!
An Duo swallowed eagerly, her chubby little hands reaching for the gold nuggets.
"Hiss—..."
Are there snakes in MC Dungeon?
Big Brother Su Lin didn't mention it. An Duo tilted her head cutely to look. At that moment, the Creeper was only ten centimeters away from her, but a quarter of a second later, the Creeper sent An Duo flying with a dazzling explosion.
"An Duo!"
Tashiniya was shocked; she knew how painful a Creeper explosion could be.
She ran to An Duo's side, anxiously feeling her body.
After a while, Tashiniya let out a sigh of relief.
"Good! Your dragon scale armor has blast protection."
"..."
An Duo stood dumbfounded, letting Tashiniya examine her, her eyes fixed on the explosion area—coincidentally, below the created crater was lava.
The gold nuggets were gone.
Her bright eyes gradually dimmed, and large, pearl-like tears gathered in them.
Without even a whimper, they rolled down her cheeks so cleanly.
"I'm sorry, An Duo, I didn't check for Creepers remaining around. Are you okay?"
Meluti approached with a look of guilt. An Duo continued to cry silently.
Tashiniya, however, comforted the self-reproaching Meluti.
"It's okay, with blast protection and the golden apple effect, An Duo is fine."
"I'm so sorry! I will definitely be more careful in the future!"
Meluti bowed so low her glasses almost flew off, but An Duo still stood there, heartbroken.
Veronika walked over, sternly reprimanding Meluti.
"Meluti, this is the last time. Don't make this mistake again!"
"Yes, Lord Commander!"
"Sister Qiao Qiao! Lord Veronika! Come quickly! There's a lava pool right here!"
Lulu shouted from not far away, helping Meluti out of her predicament.
Veronika's face lit up, and she quickly walked to Lulu's side.
The lava pool wasn't large, but it was enough.
"In that case, Mr. Su Lin, how about we hatch the dragon eggs first?"
Su Lin nodded slightly.
"Okay, after they hatch, we'll go directly to find Lop. He's already found The End portal."
"Understood!"
Veronika and Li Qiaoqiao carefully threw the dragon eggs into the lava pool, squatting beside it, their eyes full of anticipation for the birth of new life.
But this heartwarming scene, in An Duo's eyes, only made her shed more little pearls of tears.
Tashiniya and the others didn't understand what was happening, so they could only frantically wipe An Duo's tears and make funny faces to cheer her up.
Only Su Lin sighed deeply.
Coincidentally, there was a Creeper; coincidentally, it got close to An Duo's face; coincidentally, the explosion blew the gold nuggets An Duo had dug up into the lava pool.
How to put it—
"What a terrifying conceptual curse."
Su Lin somewhat doubted whether An Duo would ever be able to dig up a single raw gold in MC Dungeon without incident.
Suddenly, Su Lin felt his clothes being gently tugged. He looked down.
An Duo was staring at him with teary eyes, her mouth pouting so much it could hang a soy sauce bottle.
"Big Brother Su Lin—"
"If An Duo transforms into her original form, can you make a set of dragon armor for An Duo?"
An Duo now envied those undignified MC dragons so much.
Su Lin squatted down, pinched An Duo's dragon horn, and said softly:
"You don't need to transform into your original form. What attribute of dragon steel does An Duo want?"
Sniffling hard, she wiped away her tears with her short, chubby hands, An Duo stared at Su Lin with a stubborn expression.
"An Duo wants gold!"
...Gold, it had become An Duo's obsession, hadn't it—