Chapter 228: Limb-jointed Noble and Lobster Head
Lake, thick fog, silence, these words combined together make people feel that this place is very suitable as the set for the new movie "Friday the 13th".
But when the singing of several green-haired elves echoes in the air, all the horror atmosphere will disappear.
The ethereal ballad floats in the humid air of Lake Lienia, and if you close your eyes, you can imagine a lush green forest.
When these elves are serious, they really fit people's impression of beautiful and elegant incarnations of nature in fantasy works. All imaginable words to describe "beautiful" can be used to describe them.
In the forest, we can hear the calls of various animals, this is a parrot, that is a sparrow, and there is a crow screaming at the top of its lungs.
crow?
"Haha! Why are you hitting me?"
The crow's ugly cry came to an abrupt end, and the cool elf Kunan covered the back of his smoking head with an indignant look on his face.
"Everyone is singing happily, you are deliberately disturbing them, right?" Melgar retracted his slap. "Where did the crows come from in the Elf Forest?"
"The forest should be more tolerant, right? How about I imitate a snow leopard next time?" Kunan curled his lips.
"That thing shouldn't appear in the Elf Forest."
As for why they sang, it was simply because they were too bored.
It seemed that they were walking on the road heading west, so they should not have taken the wrong path.
But we didn't encounter much along the way. We did encounter some monsters here and there, but I always felt that their number and strength were slightly less than before.
This is not an illusion, because Lake Lienia has implemented a mechanism similar to dynamic difficulty. Every adventurer will be matched with a certain number of monsters according to their strength the moment they enter here, and these monsters will actively attack the adventurers.
After all the matched monsters are defeated, the exploration experience will change from "monsters actively attack adventurers" to "adventurers actively look for monsters". In fact, the monsters are very scattered in the huge lake area, so it is quite rare to encounter a group of monsters.
The matching monsters will be reset every two or three days.
On second thought, this mechanism is actually beneficial to adventurers, as it gives them a way to fight monsters.
After the elves killed the mud dragon, even if they defeated all the matching monsters, the other monsters would naturally not take the initiative to cause trouble for them.
They sing to attract more monsters to attack them. Why do they do this?
Because Stellan told them that if they got lost in the dungeon, they should go to where there were monsters, because there was a high probability that there would be something in places guarded by monsters.
Everyone still listened to the advice.
The purpose of walking here was to find the blacksmith Andre, but after walking for a long time, I didn't see even a ghost, and there was no clue or anything.
Out of boredom, the elves discussed what they had just seen and heard.
"I'm hungry, do you have anything to eat?"
"I remember you bought quite a few shrimps. Don't even think about taking my food."
"Well, I've already finished eating."
"Wait, you've finished eating it? That's something as valuable as a magic item. You just had nothing better to do than eat it?"
"Isn't food meant to fill your stomach? And the cooked shrimp will go bad if you don't eat it."
"That makes sense. I'll eat it too."
Melgar couldn't help but stop them after hearing this conversation. "Hey, hey, hey, have you forgotten the preservation magic? Don't waste items carelessly."
"But the preservation magic can't preserve the temperature. It would be a shame if we don't eat the shrimp while it's still hot."
Melgar was stunned, then fell into deep thought, and then nodded in agreement.
"Indeed, the food is better when it is hot, and it would be even better if there is wine."
"Then let's find some wine to drink after we get out?"
"Okay, okay."
Do you guys think this is a spring outing?
Weinmah was the only one who remained highly alert. She really wanted to teach these fellow elves a lesson for being too carefree, but then she thought that this carefree attitude was a trait that was ingrained in the bones of most elves, and simply teaching them a lesson would not change anything.
Only after leaving the Elf Forest and venturing into the outside world will this trait slowly change, just like her and Stellan. Melgar can also be counted as one of them, but the habit of drinking cannot be changed.
"What are you writing?" She suddenly noticed that Liznai took out a notebook and was writing and drawing as she walked, with a serious expression on her face.
Lizna was about to speak when she heard this, but Weinmah gestured for her to shut up, then took the notebook and started reading.
It records what they have seen and heard along the way. Does this girl want to compete with the strategy team for business?
No, if you look closely, you can find that the focus of the texts written by Lizna is different from that of the strategy team. The strategy team will analyze how to fight a certain monster, analyze the monster's behavior, the surrounding environment, and whether there is any terrain that can be used. Overall, they tend to be practical.
As for Liznai, what she wrote was purely environmental, ranging from the general appearance of Lake Lienia to the crayfish nibbling on the water plants.
Wei Enma looked at it and suddenly asked, "Are you studying ecology?"
Lizna nodded.
Ecology is something that all scholars are interested in. If one wants to thoroughly understand an unknown area, research on ecology is essential.
And she happened to have some research experience in this area. Although she looked small, Liznai's brain was surprisingly useful. She was often invited by many publications in the magic circle to publish her research, and she was well-known in the field of magic potions and monster ecology research.
She is the richest person in the team besides Vaynma, and she is also an invisible rich woman.
This enthusiasm for research made Vienma feel ashamed. Although she was also vaguely interested in the ecology of Lake Lienia, she had not thought of studying it in detail.
Liznai's notebook even summarizes a food chain - monsters such as lobsters and crabs eat aquatic plants and ordinary animals, and they are preyed upon by powerful creatures such as scoundrels and mudfish dragons, and mudfish dragons may become food for the legendary pyroxenon.
Yes, there are ordinary animals in Lake Lienia, such as sheep that can run away in balls, wild boars with fangs, deer, eagles, etc. Their numbers do not seem to be large, but you can still encounter them occasionally on your adventure.
This was specially put in by Gong Qiying to replenish the ecology, and perhaps it can also be used as a snack for adventurers.
Is this also considered an alternative feeding play?
In Liznay's notebook, ghosts become beings that coexist with monsters. After losing his ghost horse mount, he would look for nearby lobsters or crabs to serve as mounts. He would also take out dirty dried fruits from his body to feed the monsters, and even rescue crayfish in danger.
The roadside Miranda flowers disguise themselves as ordinary plants and use toxins to paralyze prey that dare to approach.
There are even territorial disputes between lobsters and crabs, and when they gather in groups, they dare to clash with mud dragons. When the elves encountered the mud dragon before, there were many lobster corpses with obvious signs of fighting near the venue.
In addition to animals and monsters, the plant ecology is also worth studying, but time is too short and Liznai has not had time to observe it carefully.
Once she has sorted out all the information and put it out there, it will be another source of income, and her piggy bank will be even more full!
By then, maybe I can use my money to make Stellan kneel down at her feet and sing "Conquer"~
"Don't work too hard." Wei'enma returned the notebook to her, her expression showing concern. "It's good to work hard to make money, but don't exhaust yourself."
Just as Lizna was about to nod, she heard the other party continue:
"The evil god church that kidnapped you back then cannot be found with money."
"Hmm." She responded, seemingly not having heard.
But then, she wrote something in the notebook and held it up to show Vienma.
[But the more rewards I can offer, the greater the hope]
Weienma's expression changed, she sighed, and said nothing more.
“Huff huff—”
"Hey, there's a wild boar running over, catch it!"
There was a commotion from the other elves, and then a wild boar with green plants on its back ran away from her.
Have you ever fought for yourself? At this moment, the mushroom pig is running for itself.
Looking at Melgar chasing the mushroom pig with great interest, Weinmah sighed and was too lazy to help.
The mushroom pig burst out at an extremely fast speed. After a while, not only it, but even Melgar who was chasing it ran into the fog.
Oh no, running into a blurred area alone in a horror movie is a big taboo. Although the Sen Dungeon is not a horror movie set, it gives people a similar feeling.
Wei Enma frowned and said, "Go after Melgar and tell her not to—"
“Wow!”
Before she could finish her words, Melgar's scream was heard.
Look, something really happened!
The other elves quickly cheered up, some were responsible for magic and some for close combat, and Vienma showed the good demeanor of a strong person, rushing to the front.
Using the word "rush" seems very inelegant. In fact, she cast levitation and wind spell on herself, flying at high speed in the air, and by the way, threw a colorful firework forward to show Melgar the direction.
“Swish, swish, swish——”
Just after advancing a distance of a few dozen meters, dense arrows suddenly shot from the front. Fortunately, the magician among the elves had already deployed a magic shield.
A large number of arrows poured onto the shield, creating cracks. This scene looked too familiar. Wasn't it just the convulsive shooting of the puppet soldiers?
Could it be that Melgar encountered puppet soldiers? But an enemy of that level shouldn't have made her scream.
“Bang!”
The next second, a high-pressure water cannon suddenly appeared and completely broke through the crumbling magic shield, even injuring Kunan who was rushing in the front.
Fortunately, Weinmah was quick-witted and built a wall of highly elastic plants in front of the water cannon, which blocked the water cannon.
But doubts also arise in my mind.
Water cannon? How come the lobster is here too?
But the moment the water cannon disappeared, a huge roar was heard. This roar formed a physical shock wave, and many people were caught off guard and fell to the ground.
What monster is making this roar?
"Melga, where are you!" Kunan shouted.
"Over here, come and help me, this ugly guy has so many hands!"
Melgar finally shouted, and the elves prepared themselves and rushed over. Melgar's figure gradually became clear in the mist.
She was jumping up and down in battle, looking a little exhausted, and the shadow of the monster she was fighting was huge, big and wide, like the giant crabs that could often be seen in the lake area.
But when everyone saw the appearance of the thing clearly, they shuddered. It was much creepier than a giant crab!
The monster has the head of a handsome boy and looks pitiful, but such a small head is connected to a body as huge as a mountain, and the proportions seem extremely disproportionate.
If it were just this it wouldn't be too disgusting, but, this guy has a bunch of arms attached to his body!
Various arms are roughly planted on the body, and they sway back and forth with the movements. This is even more embarrassing than the mating scene between the slime monster and the tentacle monster!
The most terrifying thing is that each arm holds a rapid-fire crossbow!
Under the continuous shooting crossbow, it held a gun in one hand and a shield in the other, and the other two hands in front of it were a lobster head and a rune bear head! Water cannon and beast roars are emitted by these two things.
What kind of nightmare stitching monster is this!
【Limb-jointing nobles·Ideal version】
This is a wandering elite monster created by Gong Qiying, targeted at the Explosive Scale Dragon in the forest area, and is at the level of a world police.
Shield thrust, rapid-fire crossbow, lobster head and bear head, the limb-replaced noble that combines multiple elements together has surpassed its boss, Greg. This is what the ideal limb-replaced noble should look like!
If Greg had stopped thinking about his pitiful little dragon head and changed into a lobster, he would not have been killed by the Fading One.
Just one look at the limb-reattaching noble caused the elves to vomit.
It was so disgusting. The places on the bodies of the limb-transplanted nobles where their arms had been forcibly transplanted were now festering and oozing pus, with swarms of maggots crawling out. With every dance, the maggots fell like raindrops.
It even comes with mental attacks, which is really a great way to earn mental energy.
Melgar wielded a long stick, but he couldn't break through the large shield held by the limb-jointed noble, not to mention the interference of the crossbow above his head.
"It's so disgusting, I don't want to fight this thing." Some elves stuck out their tongues in disgust.
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up!"
Kunan rushed forward first to disperse the firepower for Melgar, and the others also used their best skills to fight fiercely with the limb-resection nobles.
Each rain of arrows would scatter the elves that were rushing forward. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the limb-removing noble would launch an attack with a beast roar in one hand and a spear in the other. If someone approached him, he would raise his large shield to block, repeating this process over and over again.
Weinmah chanted softly, and the lake water beneath the limb-removing noble's feet suddenly swirled.
This is the prelude of the high-level magic [Water Tornado]. After realizing this, it chose - to start spinning like a windmill!
The limb-jointed noble suddenly took out two straight swords, and his huge body spun at high speed. In the blink of an eye, he rushed out of the range of the water tornado and attacked towards the elves!
"Wow, use the shield quickly!" someone screamed.
But are shields really useful in the face of windmills? It will be broken in an instant.
In an instant, small water tornadoes appeared under everyone's feet, blowing them up into the sky and allowing them to successfully avoid the attack. In the next instant, a large number of vines entangled their bodies and pulled them out of the battlefield.
Looking back, the Limb-Gathering Noble was also entangled by a large number of plants and fell to the ground, tearing them apart in frustration.
The one who did all this was naturally Vienma. Her magical attainments were not exaggerated, but there was no fighting spirit in her eyes.
For some unknown reason, she had no intention of fighting. After catching everyone, she used her flying skills to quickly leave the battlefield.
The limb-replacement noble naturally would not let them go, and chased after them while shooting arrows. Its crab-like lower body made it extremely fast, almost as fast as flying.
Weienma continuously casts magic to obstruct the attack, but powerful magic requires time to chant, and magic that can be cast instantly has little effect.
The limb-jointed noble was getting closer and closer, and the spear was about to hit his back.
“Tsk.”
She showed a troubled expression and had to fight, but the battlefield would soon become very chaotic.
Something was surging under her long skirt, as if it was about to burst out of her body, but at this moment——
"Bang!"
There was a loud bang, followed by the screams of the limb-attached noble.
A third party force suddenly intervened in the battlefield!
Weienma felt a powerful and strange aura, which was very condensed and gathered into the shape of a tall and strong human being.
Are you an adventurer?
The limb-jointed noble stood up shakily, and a pair of deep footprints appeared on the side of his body.
It was knocked down by a powerful flying kick. Whose flying kick had such great power?
"Tread, step"
It heard footsteps coming from the front, and saw a strong man with a naked upper body. His gray beard seemed to tell his age.
"Have you seen my hammer?"
The visitor asked this and made a boxing stance.
Boxing champion/blacksmith Andre, rushes into the battlefield!
(End of this chapter)
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