After killing a few acolytes at the entrance, Wayne didn't rush into the cave but waited outside the cave for a few minutes. After confirming that no more acolytes rushed out to support them, he felt a little relieved. This was also because his sword was too fast, and five acolytes were killed before they could call for support or even react much. Otherwise, he might face the siege of a dozen or even more acolytes.
Wayne wiped off the blood on the silver sword and went to the lake to wash off the stinky blood on his body. After cleaning the blood on him he slowly entered the cave. Sneaking all the way, his iron boots stepped on the ground, making a slight sound, which was harsh in the cave. It's a pity that he hasn't learned real stealth skills, nor is he a professional assassin.
In order to not arouse the vigilance of the acolytes in the cave, the only thing to do is to slow down and use your keen sense of hearing to detect the enemy's movements in advance. The cave is very humid, the walls and roof are covered with moss, and there is no light. It may be because of the proximity to the lake, and there are even traces of accumulated water on the ground. Wayne cautiously advanced tens of meters, but before he found any traces of other, he suddenly found that the water on the ground had reached his ankles, and not far away was a downhill submerged in lake water.
Looking at the depth of the lake, if he continued to move forward, there is a high probability that you will directly enter the lake.
Seeing this situation, Wayne did not choose to back down, but gritted his teeth, and held in his hand the Heckna talisman presented to him by the druid elder Keinster, and injected a chaotic magic power into it, activating the amulet.
As a strange magic power was released from the talisman, a transparent magic shield appeared on the surface of his body about six or seven centimeters away, squeezing out all the lake water close to his body.
Only the air that can be breath in was left, which circulates in the shield.
Wayne took a breath of air in the shield, there was no problem, this was the second time he used the Heckna talisman.
When he used it for the first time, he just tested its function in the river water and didn't study it in depth. However, he thinks that a generous elder like Keinster would not murder his lifesaver.
With a somewhat apprehensive attitude, Wayne put the silver sword back into the scabbard at his waist, took off his chain mail and iron boots, and put them in the storage bag, leaving only a layer of leather armor.
Then he took out the crossbow he won from O. Henry from the storage bag, the meteorite dagger, and a dozen crossbow bolts.
Underwater combat is no better than on land, because of the resistance of the water, the exibility of many actions is greatly reduced. If you go down wearing iron armor, even with the physical strength of a Witcher, it is estimated that you can only sink to the bottom, and long weapons like silver swords will also be severely weakened, but not as easy as daggers, and crossbows.
After making all the preparations, Wayne no longer hesitated, took a deep breath, and got into the icy lake.
The underwater light is still dim, but under the effect of the cat's eye potion, the surrounding environment can still be clearly seen in his eyes. Aquatic plants, rocks, and various underwater creatures swimming around constitute a bizarre landscape.
Wayne began to swim through the depths of the cave, closely monitoring for any signs of enemy activity. To his surprise, he encountered no immediate threats but stumbled upon a group of acolytes sleeping underwater. With about a dozen of them resting comfortably. They casually lay their pillows on the rocks under the water, with their stomachs up or their backs exposed, probably not believing that an enemy could enter the waters here to attack them.
After thinking for a few seconds, Wayne did not launch a surprise attack but tried to bypass them and move on.
Engaging in underwater combat with these monsters was obviously an unwise choice.
At this time, the benefits of the Heckna talisman. This talisman not only provides the ability to breathe underwater but also enhance the swimming speed of the holder. Wayne was able to move his body underwater just by maintaining a small swimming posture. After a while of careful manipulation, he swiftly maneuvered past over the heads of those acolytes safely.
Seven or eight minutes later, after passing through an underwater area of hundreds of meters long, as the water level continued to drop, a strange light appeared in front of Wayne. He cautiously swam out of the water and found a more spacious cave space tens of meters away.
The cave was treated quite at, and there were torches hanging on the walls every few tens of meters. Some acolyte guards leaned against the walls and stood by the torches, whether they were awake or asleep.
In the center of the cave, there is an altar tens of centimeters above the ground. The corpses of some underwater creatures are randomly piled up on the altar. Judging from the wounds on their bodies, they should have been drained of blood.
Seeing this, Wayne frowned and didn't act rashly. Instead, he found a hidden position, climbed back to the ground, and then tried to keep as quiet as possible, and put on the wolf school's armor again.
After putting it on, he breathed a sigh of relief. To deal with these acolytes with simple weapons, a chain mail armor with good defense can basically reach the point of reducing fatality. It is difficult for weapons such as bone spears, wooden sticks or rusty irons to break through the defense of metal chainmail.
Pulling out the silver sword again, Wayne carefully observed the environment in the cave and then walked carefully against the wall without making too much movement.
The purpose of entering here this time is mainly to save Lala's brother, Fitz.
The area of the cave is quite large. With the cover of the dark environment, Wayne successfully bypassed the observation range of many guards with his keen observation ability and quietly touched the back of the altar in the cave.
There is a smaller cave behind the altar. Six strong acolytes are guarding the exit. They not only hold iron weapons in their hands but are also equipped with some simple metal armor. They are obviously the elite of the acolytes.
In the center of the cave, eight huge braziers that don't know what kind of grease are stored
are placed in a circle and are burning.
In the center surrounded by these braziers, a horrifying scene made Wayne gasp.
I saw a circular pool about four or five meters wide, filled with black and red stinky blood, and in the blood, some ugly, tentacled, octopus-like creatures were swimming in it. In addition, in the center of the blood pool, there are still six wooden pillars and six humanoid creatures are tied to the pillars with hemp ropes.
These humanoid creatures were naked, tied to the pillars and could not move. Basin-sized octopus monsters climbed onto their bodies, and then wrapped their heads with tentacles like face-huggers, wriggling slowly, performing some evil rituals, which looked very scary.
Judging from their bare skin and structure, there are dwarves, elves, and humans among the six people, and one of them has purple skin and a colorful conch hanging around his neck, which immediately caught Wayne's attention.
'He is probably Lala's brother, Fitz'.
But looking at his current state, it seems that he has no life or death, and has been tampered with by those tentacle monsters. And it was obviously difficult to rescue him in. Looking at the appearance of those tentacle monsters, Wayne guessed that they should have something to do with the evil god Dagon.
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