After entering a huge crack in the forest floor, we were in the monster's territory. Every few steps forward, the large group would encounter a large number of monsters harassing them. This made everyone's spirits tense all the time, and soon they were in a state of fatigue.
After walking a little further, the ground in the passage inside the fissure became increasingly moist, with the ground and rock walls covered with a variety of mosses, among which lurked some small monsters, whose hidden attacks became even more difficult to resist.
Moreover, the passages within the rift were intricate and complicated, monsters would attack from time to time, and the screams from within the team one after another suddenly slowed down the entire team's progress.
After a long time, the large group arrived at a three-way intersection. Everyone was a little hesitant for a moment, not knowing which passage to choose to explore first.
It is not advisable to divide the troops. As the supreme commander of the entire team, Daenerys will obviously not make such a stupid mistake.
Moreover, wizards have their own solutions!
She used her white fingers to take out an object similar to a compass from her arms. After a quick spell, the compass seemed to guide Daenerys in the direction.
Daenerys immediately pointed to the first fork on the right and ordered the team to move forward in that direction.
Watching this scene from afar, Richard was thoughtful. The compass seemed to be a witchcraft prop or even a magical weapon that could detect the strength of the monster's breath.
When the team arrived here, Daenerys, as the leader, came to the rescue far more times than when they were on the surface.
Although the great knight Vincent was leading the way in front, many hidden small monsters such as red ring snakes, moss snakes, etc. attacked the middle and even the end of the team.
What's more, the density of monsters here was much higher than that on the surface, so the frequency of the team being attacked also increased significantly.
At present, many first-level wizard apprentices have been injured.
After walking for a distance, the previously relaxed expressions on many people's faces began to become solemn.
It seemed that they also thought of it at this time. The real boss has not been seen yet, and just a small fry has such strength, so how strong should the mastermind behind the scenes be?
Richard had anticipated this situation. He had come here with the purpose of investigation. If he could solve the problem once and for all, that would be the best. If not, of course his own safety was the most important.
If all else fails, persuading his father to lead the family away from Yinsong Town is also one of the worst options.
In short, as long as people are still there, there is a chance to make a comeback!
This time, it was a pleasant surprise to meet the kingdom investigation team led by a strange beautiful wizard.
At this moment, he was following all the way and was delighted to see the energy points jumping up on the inspiration panel.
To be honest, he still very much hoped that the team in front of him could advance smoothly until the mastermind behind the scenes was killed.
In this way, he could not only obtain a large amount of energy points, but also solve the security issues that plagued the family.
Kill two birds with one stone!
However, although Richard had the blessing of the zero-level witchcraft shadow dance, he moved very fast in the deep tunnel.
However, because the ground in the underground passage was slippery and the stone walls of the passage had bumps from time to time, the speed was limited by the terrain and could not reach an extreme, so they still encountered many attacks from small monsters.
Just as Richard was quietly killing a Dark Fang Spider, the Soul-Eating Demon Spider Crystal in his arms said something in his mind.
"Dad, can I come out? I smell delicious food."
This shocked Richard, as if this was the first time Crystal asked to come out. After thinking for a while, he said, "Okay, come out, but be careful and don't make too much noise."
"Yeah!" Crystal replied happily.
At this time, a fist-sized crystal-colored soul-eating spider crawled out of Richard's arms, moved around on the ground, and suddenly, it pounced at a high speed not far behind Richard.
A lurking dark-fang spider was discovered by Crystal, who subdued it with a single bite. Richard was immediately surprised.
Because the size difference between the two was huge, one was the size of a washbasin and the other was the size of a fist, but when Richard looked carefully, he saw that the Dark Fang Spider was trembling and seemed to dare not resist.
This made Richard a little confused, and he silently said to the crystal in his heart: "Why is this dark fang spider so afraid of you?"
"I don't know, Dad. Aren't these food? I just feel like they are naturally my food." Crystal said naively.
Richard was stunned when he heard the word " food
".
After a long while, Richard seemed to understand something. It was like a sheep seeing a wolf, the sheep would naturally tremble. This was a kind of suppression from the blood, and it seemed that this was the only explanation.
However, this time, after Richard's spiritual sea absorbed the spiritual power fed back by the Soul-Eating Demon Spider, it felt like a person who was full and couldn't eat anymore.
This made Richard wonder if this was the amount of mental power his body could hold before he broke free of the "shackles".
However, Richard could feel that the trace of pure soul energy mixed in the feedback was still improving his own qualifications.
After letting Crystal hunt for some "food" to satisfy his craving, Richard put away the Soul Devouring Demon Spider again and followed the main group.
——When
the team turned a corner, they saw a spacious hall with high ceilings. The hall was filled with dozens of black spiders the size of millstones. In the center, there were four extra-large black spiders with stripes. The backs of the spiders outlined the beautiful face of a human woman, exuding a strange charm.
And in the very center, next to the bone altar, there is another black spider as big as a wild bull. The head and claws that should have been at the front of its body have turned into an extremely terrifying human female face.
But when everyone looked closely, they saw a woman with an extremely graceful and attractive appearance on the bone altar, performing some kind of mysterious ritual. The surrounding area was covered with various witchcraft formations smeared with red blood, and it seemed that a huge amount of human blood was needed.
This witch formation looks extremely complicated. No wonder the other party didn't come to intercept them just now. It turns out that the mastermind behind the scenes has been busy setting up the witch formation!
But when Daenerys saw the altar for the first time, she was shocked and immediately exclaimed: "Oh no! Interrupt her!"
The great knight Vincent drew out his greatsword with a swish and was about to charge, but he stopped the next second.
As if she had noticed the arrival of the crowd, the graceful woman turned her head.
At this time, everyone discovered that the woman was extremely beautiful, and there were several black lines in the center of her forehead, which added a sense of mystery and an exotic charm!
The beautiful woman giggled and said, "It seems that we have some guests. Hey, did you expect that there would be a distinguished guest?"
The beautiful woman's every smile and frown seemed to have the natural ability to charm everyone, making many men present want to protect her involuntarily. At the same time, it also made all the male creatures present feel an instinctive temptation, as if they all wanted to have something unspeakable happen with this spider woman.
In particular, many demon hunters and several first-level wizard apprentices have begun to stick their butts out.
Richard was fine, after all, he had reached the ultimate level of a third-level wizard apprentice, and his mental ability to resist temptation was still quite strong.
But Richard was extremely afraid of this beautiful woman!
You know, the other party's attention is focused on Daenerys!
If it is focused on a man, this charm ability will surely increase exponentially, and I don't know how terrifying it will be.
Daenerys, who is also a woman, was obviously not seduced by the other party. She looked at her seriously and said in a slightly surprised tone: "The Spider Woman of the Underdark?"
Richard instantly took in the word Spider Woman and chewed it in his mind. He immediately recalled a series of information about Spider Woman and his face suddenly changed!
Richard immediately understood why so many monsters were controlled by the Black Hand. It turned out that the Black Hand behind the monsters was Spider Woman. One of Spider Woman's talents, in addition to controlling spider monsters, was that she could also control some monsters that were weaker than her!
This knowledge was told to him by his chief servant, Fingart, when they were in the blind murloc tribe.
"Oh wow, what a knowledgeable witch. She guessed my origins so quickly." The Spider Woman didn't seem to mind that Daenerys guessed her origins, and still said with a smile.
But after receiving the other party's affirmative answer, the two third-level wizard apprentices in the team changed their expressions, while many first- and second-level wizard apprentices looked at each other, obviously not quite sure what this spider woman represented.
You should know that the strength of an ordinary spider woman in the underground race is equivalent to that of a first-level wizard among humans on the surface, and she is a senior and powerful one among the first-level wizards.
No wonder Daenerys looked at the other party with a serious expression. After all, Daenerys had only been promoted to a first-level wizard for less than two years. In terms of accumulated strength, she was definitely at a disadvantage.
However, as the altar emitted a faint blood-red light, the spider woman's face changed, as if she needed to make a quick decision. Suddenly, she screamed piercingly, "Since you are here, then stay!"
Suddenly, led by four giant demon spiders, hundreds of spider monsters of various shapes and sizes rushed over. Richard could distinguish the crystal spiders, dark fang spiders and a series of other spider monsters.
In an instant, everyone's expression changed drastically!
Daenerys saw that her team had been intimidated by the opponent's momentum, and if she wanted to win, she needed to turn the tide.
She immediately stuck the icicle staff in her hand into the ground, and then Daenerys began to recite the spell clearly. Obviously, the power of the witchcraft that even formal wizards need to chant must be amazing.
Sure enough, an extremely strong ice energy began to gather around the icicle staff in front of her. The strength of this energy immediately attracted the attention of Richard, who was watching the battle from a distance.
The strength of this ice energy is at least ten times that of his Ice Guardian!
The Knight Vincent immediately held a sword and shield and stood in front of Daenerys to prevent the Spider Woman and the monsters from attacking.
Suddenly, Daenerys finished chanting the spell and waved her white arms forward. Suddenly, a powerful blizzard appeared out of thin air above the entire cave hall. The biting cold wind of the blizzard was mixed with egg-sized hailstones. This was a large-scale ice witchcraft.
As the hailstones grew bigger and bigger and fell rapidly, except for a few powerful spider monsters whose shells were hard enough, some of the smaller spider monsters that rushed over were immediately knocked to the ground and screamed in pain, which greatly shook the morale of the entire human team.
But this obviously also angered the Spider Woman: "Witch, very good, you angered me!"
After saying this, the Spider Woman's arms suddenly changed from the shape of a human female's arms to a pair of extremely sharp steel blades. The steel blades flashed a cold light and connected seamlessly with the Spider Woman's armpits, looking as if they were made naturally.
Richard was stunned by the transformation.
——But
the Spider Woman's ultimate move was far more than that. She shouted in the ancient wizard's Hutt language: "Dark Mist!"
Suddenly, a large amount of black fog appeared out of nowhere at the scene, and visibility dropped sharply.
The two-armed spider woman disappeared instantly. Richard could barely perceive her with his sharp eyesight. She was moving at an extremely fast speed, killing the human team one by one. No matter whether it was the witcher or the wizard apprentice, no one could defeat her in a single round!
Suddenly, the human team was filled with ghostly howlings and screams.
It feels like if you kill my brother, I will kill your brother too.
The spider woman immediately fought back!
This was also the first time that Richard saw a wizard at the level of a formal wizard use all his strength. Whether it was an ice wizard or a two-armed spider woman, it opened his eyes and made him feel that the trip was worthwhile.
Although he has reached the limit of a third-level wizard, the attack power of both this super-powerful ice wizard and the two-armed spider woman is far greater than his.
Fortunately, he was hiding in the passage, watching the battle quietly through the cracks in the rocks. If he were to fight the two-armed spider woman head on, he would be beaten and run away in fear!
It would be great if the ice wizard sent by the Kingdom of Heron could defeat the two-armed spider woman.
However, if even the official wizards could not defeat him, Richard would definitely not jump out and fight to the death with an enemy whose strength far exceeds his own, as that would be courting death.
He would immediately choose to return and persuade his father to lead the entire family to immediately evacuate Silver Pine Town and even Rossby County.
"Except Vincent and the third-level wizard apprentice, everyone else go out!" Daenerys shouted loudly at this time.
At this moment, these first and second level wizard apprentices and ordinary demon hunters stayed behind just to serve as wooden stakes under the Spider Woman's arm knife.
Moreover, for the Kingdom of Heron, if so many apprentices from different wizard academies were to die within its borders at once, even the Heron royal family would find it difficult to explain.
Vincent had a blank expression on his face. His speed as a knight could barely keep up with the Spider Woman's movement speed.
At this moment, the two third-level wizard apprentices had already begun to curse Daenerys in their hearts. Damn it, the other wizard apprentices had all retreated, so they would become the spider woman's living targets. It seemed that they had to fight hard!
As soon as they heard Daenerys' words, the wizard apprentices who had long wanted to escape immediately scattered.
However, there were a few demon hunters who were reluctant to leave and wanted to help Daenerys fight together.
But they didn't hold out for long, and fell one by one under the Spider Woman's extremely sharp arm knife!
At this time, the only people left on the field were two third-level wizard apprentices, the great knight Vincent, and Daenerys.
Of course, Richard was not included. He was still in a distant passage, concentrating and holding his breath, quietly watching the battle.
He utilized the breath-concealing effect to the fullest extent and was not discovered by either side.
(End of this chapter)