Arcane Journey

Chapter 178 Magic Bat
Blingden Stone City is not a whole independent cave, it is composed of a series of interconnected cave networks, which have been transformed into homes, studios, stalls, workshops, warehouses and other lands through the transformation of subterranean gnomes.

With the exception of Snebli's own domestic chambers, the other chambers have been expanded to allow medium-sized creatures to walk without hindrance, and the public area will be expanded even larger.

The caverns are illuminated by means of phosphorescent fungi, caged fire beetles, and magic.

The short tunnel connecting the cavern itself lacks its own lighting, only lit by the cavern light flowing into it and the twilight light extending from it.

Longer tunnels have specialized lighting equipment, often magically.

Brian took Hellist to a huge no-man's land in the northeast of the city. Because the Oremok disaster often haunts this place, it is called: Rock Plague.

Because once the earth elemental gets close to this area, it will go mad and turn to attack its master.

Unlike the restored areas of Blingdenstone, the Stoneblast is a barren, cold, and hostile place.

A number of shallow pools and creeks flow through the area, making the air humid and cold.

However, this has no effect on the two casters at all.

Walking on this land, Brian could clearly feel that the huge caves around him were the same as the residential area in the center of Blingden Stone City, and he could move in with his bags as long as he tidied up a little.

However, it is a pity that with the ravages of the Oremok disaster, there is no laughter and warmth here, only darkness and traces of massacre.

In the process of walking, he didn't use his spiritual power to prevent the splash of water like Helliste did, let his feet leave the ground, and float behind him like a ghost.

The echoes of his every step rippled from wall to wall, far away from the leyline radiation that illuminated him.

Because he has the specialty of "Tremor Perception", every time he steps on the ground, he will feel comfortable and safe.

Although having Helliste, a legendary strong follower, he doesn't have to worry about anything at all, but it doesn't mean that he will relax because of it.

In a trance, Brian also heard the sound of waterfalls in the dark, as well as the echo of the battle.

The closer the sound was, the farther it became, and the source was unpredictable.

He was not surprised by this, because he had encountered a similar situation in the vortex tunnel in the city of Aldus.

From this we can see how far-reaching the influence of the evil magic circle arranged by the spider wizard living in the ancient Orens city is.

"They're here!"

"They're here!"

"Hurry up and hide!"

"Everyone hide!"

At this moment, a shrill scream that could pierce eardrums echoed in the tunnel where the two were walking, and the screams carried the purest fear and panic.

At the same time, a dim luminous body appeared, inside which was a ferocious underground gnome, screaming, while fleeing frantically towards another exit of the tunnel.

"Don't worry about it, it's just a poor ghost just passing by, and there is no threat to us." Brian stopped Hellist's attempt to kill the ghost.

In fact, if you follow the fleeing ghost, you can even come to an ancient cave.

In the burrow, the ghost's skeleton lay beside a stone bed. There was no sign of violent death on the skeleton.

Some professional players speculated from the dwarf's bones that when the drow attacked Blingdenstone, the ghost had a heart attack and died on the bedside while fleeing.

"Why do I feel like you always look at me from time to time." As he walked, Brian still couldn't help expressing his doubts to Hellist.

He turned around, met her peaceful gaze subconsciously, and unexpectedly found that an unnatural expression appeared on her delicate face.

Helisite regained her composure, looked at him intently, thought carefully for a moment, and sighed softly in a nostalgic tone:
"Seeing the way you gave orders to the subterranean gnomes today, I recalled the scene in the city of wizards. Two years ago, we also stepped into the city ruled by the council of the 'Pale Scepter' with only two people. , You have easily eliminated all the evil forces entrenched there by means of wooing and disintegrating. You must have already started preparing for today's meeting when you met the dwarf ghost in the city of Odus King."

"Forget it, although in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is nothing." Brian looked at her thoughtfully, and said with a smile:
"But in my opinion, why use brute force when an enemy can be easily dealt with. So, before doing anything, I like to make sure preparations in advance."

Among their players, there was a saying: A well-prepared wizard will definitely be invincible.

As a wizard, he has been working hard in this direction, after all, he has already passed the era of being bloody in his head.

"Bryan, do you still remember that chilling prophecy?" Helisite was silent for a long time, sighed softly, and muttered to herself in a low, inaudible voice:
"Cry all you, for the destroyer of nations is coming, your lands will be trampled upon by the dead, your cities will be corrupted by evil, and your life, your pain, your suffering... will be in perfect eternity Silent in the undead."

How could Brian not remember this prophecy? Not only did he remember it, but he also witnessed the scene after the prophecy was fulfilled.

During his gaming career as a wizard, he clearly remembered that he accidentally discovered a broken world called 'Asno' during an accidental plane trip.

This unremarkable little world was not only corrupted by ancient evils, but also filled with extreme cold and heat that never dissipated. It has long been shrouded in eternal shadow.

"I'm very sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned these unpleasant things to you." Hellist looked at Brian apologetically and said softly:
"It's just that seeing these subterranean gnomes with high fighting spirit and their dilapidated city ruins today always reminds me of this incident involuntarily."

"They are like a grain of ashes of the times, falling on a person's head and turning into a heavy mountain." She said with empathy, "Because they believe that no matter how dark the night is, there will be a bright galaxy. So the more they live in This kind of special moment can reflect the brilliance of human nature, and the creators of this brilliance are these ordinary racial heroes."

"Bryan, I hope that when we return to the world of Asno, I can still see you showing wisdom and confidence like today, and giving orders to save the world one after another."

Her quiet and beautiful eyes seemed to contain infinite tenderness when she stared at Brian, "Because I can really feel that I was deeply fascinated by your appearance at that time."

"There will be such a day." Brian met her expectant gaze, shook her hand, and assured her.

In fact, if he didn't see her serious face, he really thought that this beautiful and charming woman in front of him was pouring out his feelings for him.

This made him feel a little empty inside.

"I believe in you." Helliste smiled, and even in this dim tunnel, Brian felt that her smile was so bright and moving, making him feel like a spring breeze.

"That's right, you must smile more in the future." He said with a smile, "Don't show a sad look of frowning and sighing all day long, it will make you grow old very easily."

After finishing this slightly teasing sentence, he deliberately observed Hellist's expression.

However, to his disappointment, her expression was as calm as ever, as if what just happened was just his hallucination.

The two had just walked out of a long and narrow tunnel when Brian suddenly sensed a slight vibration from the ground. He was about to speak to remind him, but found that it was too late.

Like a fish in the water, a huge rust-colored monster burst out of the hard rocky ground.

The broken ground appeared along with the monster's entire body, and then returned to its original shape at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The monster's body looks extremely heavy, with a big powerful mouth on top of its head, three long arms with sharp claws, and three big stone-lid eyes that can look in all directions at the same time.

Thor!
Brian recognized the monster's identity at a glance.

The strange Thor stone monster is a native creature of the earth elemental plane. It has the power of the earth element and can swim between the earth and rocks like a fish in the water.

As they pass through layers of soil and rock, the rock and soil flow past it and rejoin without leaving any tunnels or any visible traces where it passed.

These rock monsters are fond of sniffing out gems and precious metals from layers of earth and rock, and tunneling across to claim these treasures for their own food.

Only in the main material plane, due to the extreme shortage of these scarce materials, Thor stone monsters must go deeper and farther through the Underdark to find food, and often conflict with miners and treasure hunters.

Looking at the stone monster in front of him, Brian was surprised that the other party did not fall into a state of madness under the influence of the Oremok disaster.

Since she didn't receive any instructions, Hellist stood beside Brian, quietly and vigilantly watching the monster in front of her.

"A hungry xorn is the most useful xorn when there are gems in the pocket." The mouth full of fangs on the top of the monster's head opened and closed, and the voice was as stiff as a mechanical voice:

"Give Thor the gem, the Thor will tell the Thor what he saw, give the Thor the gem quickly, if you don't give the Thor the gem, the Thor will not let you pass... "

"I can give you gems, but you must tell me everything you see." Brian said calmly, looking at Thor who was chattering like a repeater.

"Give Thor the gem first, and the Thor will tell the Thor what he saw. Only when the Thor is full can he find his way home..." The monster waved its teeth and claws. Three arms, "If you don't give Thor stone gems, Thor stone monster will not let you pass..."

Brian took out a dozen gems worth dozens of gold coins, and threw them into the big mouths of the Thor monster, "You can tell me now."

"The Thor stone monster is not full, and the Thor stone monster will not let you go..."

Brian cursed secretly, like throwing peanuts, he threw more than a dozen gems into Thor's mouth.

"belch……"

The Thor Stone Monster finally burped, and said to Brian: "The Thor Stone Monster saw two groups of monsters, one group was mephits, and the other group was also mephits. There were a lot of mephits, so many mephits. All the stone monsters were scared away."

As soon as the words fell, the Thor stone monster drilled into the hard rock formation and fled in the opposite direction of the two.

Brian moved his gaze to Hellist, who sensed his gaze and nodded slightly at him, "This Thor is not lying."

"Let's go." Brian flinched without any news of the mephit.

Although the appearance of the mephit surprised him a bit, he realized that for him, this was simply a huge amount of experience points automatically delivered to his door.

Just as the Thor stone monster said, the two had just walked out of the cave when there were very dense sounds of flapping their wings.

Immediately afterwards, the overwhelming mephits, chirping and chirping like mice, all rushed over.

From the outside, this group of mephits looks like bats made of sticky mud, but this shape has the ability to fly and cast spells.

Obviously, it must be the scumbag Thor Stone Monster who woke up all the sleeping mephits in advance.

Faced with this situation, Brian appeared very calm. He didn't even intend to let Hellist make a move, but retreated into the tunnel calmly, trying to use the favorable terrain to clear the mephit.

The shape of the mephit is similar to that of the little devil. It is a kind of elemental creature that inhabits the various elemental planes and is changeable.

This is the most common summoned creature and familiar for wizards. It can not only serve as a guard in the tower, but also become an experiment object, and even extract spell-casting materials.

The mephit with a challenge level of only level 1 is not so difficult to deal with if it is alone, but this thing lives in groups, and ordinary groups are based on hundreds of them.

Moreover, the characteristics of elemental creatures not only have the ability to cast spells and supernatural breath, but also self-destruct after being killed, which is one of the most disgusting creatures.

Brian just glanced at it, and found that the number of this group of mephits was conservatively around a thousand, and they were all mud mephits from the earth elemental plane.

It can be seen from this that the element disorder here is so serious that it is able to raise such a large group of elemental creatures.

After all, as long as they have enough energy, they can reproduce thousands of mephits by splitting.

Seriously speaking, if he encountered such a group of mephits in an open area, he would drag Hellist away without hesitation.

But it was different now. Under the reminder of the Thor stone monster, he deliberately walked out of a relatively narrow tunnel.

In this case, it is impossible for this group of mephits to exert their numerical advantage.

Brian immediately took out his staff and waved it lightly. Under the blessing of "Arcane Twins", two curtains of burning purple flames summoned by the four-ring spell "Wall of Fire" jumped out, covering the entrance of the tunnel. Seal it tightly.

Immediately, the moment this group of ferocious and fang-filled mud mephits touched the fire wall, they were melted directly, bursting into a mass of sticky soil.

"Target is dead!"

"Extracting soul energy..."

"Acquired experience points: 100 points!"

……

The experience value jumped like a code, allowing Brian to experience the fun of earning experience again.

This lasted for about half an hour, and he knew from the experience gained that at least 1500 mephits were burned to death under the wall of fire.

In other words, he only spent half an hour earning 15 experience points, which is equivalent to killing three ordinary legendary powerhouses.

"The mephits are also intelligent creatures." Helliste conjectured in her heart, "They are like moths rushing to the flame, flying over to die without hesitation. It seems that they are also affected by the disorder of the elements."

"Yes."

Bryan threw a fireball and blasted a mountain of sticky soil to open a passage, "After all, what we are going to face next is an evil prophet of earth element."

(End of this chapter)