Chapter 213: How can you resist the urge to open the Sleeping Pyroxene Dragon?
Tulsi found a map on the body, something that could barely be considered a map.
This thing was extremely abstract, and it reminded her of the time when she and her friends played "Pen Ghost" as a child, pretending to be possessed by a ghost and scribbling on paper with a pen.
Later she found out that the piece of paper was actually the homework she had to hand in the next day. Unfortunately, when she found out, she had already been called into the teacher's office and was severely scolded.
Oh no, why did I think of this? Could it be that this dungeon has the power to make people recall their unfortunate experiences?
Right now, this map is the only thing they can use to look for clues, but the strokes on it are too abstract, and they are not familiar with Lake Lienia, so they can't tell where they are from it.
"These waves should represent mountains? If so, then this square is not the town in front of the academy, right?"
The map had a mark in the upper left corner, with a symbol that no one could understand, but then magic words appeared above the symbol as a translation.
[The path to salvation lies within]
What the hell is this way of salvation?
It is unlikely that the Sen Dungeon would have nothing better to do than to leave a corpse and a map here to amuse everyone. There must be some purpose.
Tulsi began to speculate on the identity of the corpse. Was he trying to find a portal to get out or was he trying to do something else? In short, judging from the result, he was blocked outside the gate of the academy.
The map he left behind is intriguing. Since he already had the map, why didn't he go looking for it himself?
Almost at the same time, everyone thought of the same possibility: the marked place is dangerous!
Very good, it is dangerous. The more dangerous the place is, the more it proves that the direction they are looking in is correct.
"Kalie mentioned that the northwest direction might be where the portal is hidden. The northwest direction is also marked on the map. Let's go there and take a look."
As we all know, creatures with two legs cannot outrun creatures with four legs, and even if they can, it is because they have used some means, such as magic.
The current crisis-ridden scene was obviously not suitable for wasting magic power, so Gapar did something that no one had ever thought of.
"Go down!"
The ghost rider screamed and was kicked off the horse's back. He watched helplessly as his beloved pony was sat on by someone else.
"hiss!"
The ghost horse neighed angrily. It refused to obey. It wanted to resist and turn over.
"If you move again, I'll strangle you to death."
Japar grabbed the ghost horse's neck with both hands, and the latter was stunned for a moment.
In the end, the horse's unyielding will succumbed to the visible and powerful hands, and it obediently carried the Sword Master to start the horse jump.
Very good, at least it proves that the monsters here will also succumb to personal power!
He continued his efforts and went on looking for ghost riders. Several more ghost riders were brutally persecuted, losing both their beloved horses and their lives.
A team of horses galloped across the lake. Every time they raised their hooves, they created a string of water droplets. The "thump thump thump" sounds were full of rhythm.
It's really domineering. The strong should humiliate the weak. This sentence is really true.
Roger was lying on the horse's back, staring at Gapar's figure and thinking so.
Everyone else was sitting, but he was lying down. Perhaps it was because the ghost horse under his crotch noticed the power difference between him and Japar, so it was a little unconvinced.
He thought about it, took out a handful of dried loya fruit and handed it to the ghost horse's mouth, and the other side ate it without any resistance.
The horse's movements suddenly became steadier. The dried fruits actually worked, and the ghost horse's favorability towards him increased.
Well, the reason why its favorability increased after eating a handful of dried fruits was closely related to the hammer that Roger placed next to its head.
It's a very plain, simple, easy to understand and master beast taming strategy to hit him with a stick and then give him a sweet date. Moreover, the ghost horse is more spiritual than the monsters in the outside world and can actually understand what he means.
It seems that this is a good horse and there is no need to send it to the menagerie.
However, I thought it was outrageous enough that Roger, as a wizard, had a rapier as his main weapon, but I didn't expect that he also carried a hand hammer with him.
Are you really a magician?
There may not be speed when there is passion, but when there is speed, there will definitely be passion!
With the help of the speed-increasing magic [Wind Walk], the ghost horse showed an even more dedicated spirit than when it served under its original owner. Four people and four horses started their journey to catch shrimp farmers in Lienia of the Lake!
Start the horse!
No matter whether it's the big lobsters and crabs on the roadside or the Platinum Son puppet soldiers, they all ignore them. When you are eager to rush to your destination, even chopping a Pikachu on the roadside. No, even chopping a wild dog on the roadside seems like a waste of time.
As he ran with the wind, Roger suddenly understood something.
It turns out that Thane Dungeon is a parkour game.
“Whoosh!”
Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking air behind him. Roger's heart was alarmed and he quickly pulled the ghost horse to the side.
A thick water cannon passed by him. If it had been a little later, his head would have been blown off.
"Hiss, why are you here again?" He took a breath of the humid air of Lake Lienia irritably and looked back.
“Da da da—”
"Hey, why are you running so fast?" Tulsi turned around and saw Roger galloping on his horse. He soon ran to the front and was shoulder to shoulder with the Sword Saint Gapar.
"Look behind us, we're in trouble!"
Tulsi looked back and saw that the stamina potion in her mouth choked her and she started coughing.
This scene is truly full of vitality.
The monsters that they had previously ridden past had now gathered into a huge army, chasing them relentlessly. How could these monsters be so persevering?
Even Dark Souls II, which is famous for its monster-stacking scenes, doesn't dare to use this kind of monster-swarming scene easily. Once used, it will face a passionate battle to save the family.
Sen Dungeon, you are really brave, all the monsters under your command are petty!
To put it simply, being narrow-minded means that the range of their hatred is very far. Generally speaking, monsters will not relentlessly pursue adventurers, unless you keep making the monster angry. Otherwise, after chasing adventurers for a while, they will return to where they are supposed to be.
But today, these monsters were out of their minds for some reason and kept chasing them without letting them go, with their hatred firmly fixed on Japar.
Wait, on Japar?
When Roger ran to the front, he found that the water cannons firing at this side not only did not decrease but increased, and mixed in the water cannons were black and gold interwoven magic balls, and old arrows, all of which were familiar monsters' things, belonging to ghost riders and puppet soldiers respectively.
It's a great idea. Originally, arrows and magic balls can't attack here, but if it's caught in the water cannon, with the help of its speed, it can rush to everyone before the attack loses its power!
The sound of "Ding-ling-ling" kept ringing behind him. He didn't dare to look back. He used the [Water Mirror Technique] which was lower-level than low-level magic to observe quietly.
I saw several ghost riders sitting on a huge crab that was speeding like lightning, shaking bells and pointing at everyone, roaring something hoarsely. The monsters around were indignant and seemed to be standing up for them.
At this moment, Roger understood.
Those ghosts seemed to be commanding monsters. They were the unlucky ones whose mounts were stolen by Japar. Because each of their heads had a big footprint printed on it, it looked super conspicuous!
No wonder the monsters kept chasing us, and no wonder Japar, who was at the front of the team, received the most attacks. So that's why.
The Ghost Rider called for revenge on them!
He didn't know what to say. He had never expected, never imagined that simply stealing the ghost rider's horse would lead to such a chain reaction. Nothing like this had ever happened in the original areas of the Senn dungeon.
Looking at the happy appearance of the ghost rider and its animal friends, I always feel that there is some kind of subtle bond between these guys.
Roger's lips trembled, he closed his eyes tightly, then suddenly opened them, his pupils bursting with brilliance.
“It’s so interesting!”
He is a monster scholar, and what he is most interested in is the ecology of monsters. The current cooperation shown by the ghost rider and animal friends has completely hit his sweet spot.
I originally thought that these were just ordinary monsters, but I didn't expect them to have such strange reactions. It really makes me want to study them.
"When I get out, tell Professor Seth that I want to change the topic of my thesis."
He wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and felt that Lake Lienia had endless potential. He might fall in love with this place.
"Mr. Gapal, what should we do, stop and kill them?" he shouted.
"No, just keep it like this!"
Gapar's expression was actually a little excited!
The monsters chasing behind are not very strong individually, but if they are combined, even the Explosive Dragon might have to take shelter from the limelight, which vividly illustrates the saying that there is strength in numbers.
Being chased by such a powerful force, his passion was aroused, and what appeared ahead made him even more excited.
It's a dragon!
Under a hill not far away, a giant dragon was lying there, sleeping soundly, with a purple light floating beneath it.
[Smarag, the Pyroxene Dragon]
Just by relying on his intuition, Japar could sense that the purple light was what they were looking for!
It seems that in order to get the light spot, a battle with the pyroxene dragon is necessary, or at least it will alarm the opponent.
A dragon is used to guard the key clue to enter the magic academy. No wonder the corpse never dared to look for the key until his death. Ordinary adventurers don't dare to go there either.
But Jiapal dared, not only did he dare, he was also a little excited.
How could anyone who has experience fighting monsters not go to sleep when faced with this situation?
With water cannons and various attacks around him, Gapar suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the pyroxene dragon. The other party just opened his eyes after feeling the noise and saw a human leaping high into the sky.
The Sword Master pulled out the giant magic stick behind him. The azure magic power condensed on the stick, and he used a hammer technique that dropped from the sky.
【Hammer Hammer】!
“Bang!” “Roar——”
The sound of the sledgehammer slamming and the angry roar of the pyroxenon rang out together. The next second, a large number of water cannons followed, and all of them hit the pyroxenon.
After suffering a critical hit for the second time, Smarag's huge body staggered and fell to the ground. It struggled to stand up, wanting to see who had beaten it so badly.
However, when the blurriness in front of its eyes disappeared and its vision was fully restored, all it saw was a vast army of monsters.
What about Gapal and the others?
The Pyroxene Dragon didn't care about that. It just remembered that the damage caused to it by the passionate combination skills of this group of monsters was no less than that of the Hammer of Hammer.
“Ouch!”
It roared, flapped its wings, and flew into the sky, smashing hard towards the place where the monsters were gathered.
The earth shook, the lake trembled, and even the Japar gang, who were trying to escape not far away, felt the vibration.
There is a chance of winning a direct confrontation with the pyroxene dragon Smarag, but it will be troublesome to fight with a large number of monsters stirring up trouble. The worst case scenario is that the monsters on both sides join forces to attack them.
The current scene of monsters fighting each other is actually the best solution. As for how they did it.
When Gapar successfully woke up from sleep and got the purple light - the key to the academy, Roger and Tulsi released group invisibility and group silencing respectively. Since the silencing required more magic power, the professor performed it.
The magic of eliminating odors used by Hades was even more ingenious. Now the four people were basically completely invisible. The kind of complete invisibility that even if they were hit and killed by a carriage on the road, the coachman would not be held responsible.
This is called telepathy. Everyone used the skills that best suited the current situation in an instant!
Having successfully obtained the props needed to enter the magic academy, everyone was very happy and galloped on their horses on the way back.
"Have we forgotten something?" Roger said after the silence magic was lifted, "Why didn't we see any portals along the way?"
"Because there is none here, and there is no road behind the dragon, it seems that the information here is false."
Tulsi gave an expression that said, "I guessed it a long time ago."
"Sure enough, the way back is hidden inside the magic academy."
“Ouch!”
The battle between the pyroxene dragon and the monster army is in full swing, and behind the hill where the dragon lives.
The portal leading to the surface glowed with a faint light.
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