Chapter 293 Xialong
A wall of air that feels slippery to the touch?
As a warrior, the captain of the assault team has a natural ability to sense danger, but this time he did not sense any danger.
So this should be some kind of mechanism?
He knocked on the air wall and it felt hard. He believed that it would feel extremely uncomfortable to chop it, and it would also accelerate the damage to the weapon.
“Obviously, this hasn’t existed before.”
He moved forward while groping along the "air wall", trying to find if there was any gap.
"Let's go talk to the captain. Wait, can I use this as an excuse to persuade him to retreat today? I'm really tired."
The leader of the assault team smiled and suddenly felt that the air wall had become cute, so he looked up.
A huge bulging eyeball appeared out of nowhere and was staring at him.
“Hmm!”
Before he could be surprised, something long and slippery wrapped around him!
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Beside the campfire of the three corpse magicians, the atmosphere of the Light Eagle Group was a little tense.
Usually at this time, Eliphis, who is the best at reading the atmosphere, would perform his duties as a leader and give an impassioned and ambitious speech to cheer everyone up.
But at this time he was thinking in silence, the matter of Overlord Wolnir was related to his dream, which left him no time to care about other mercenaries.
If even he, the team leader, doesn't speak, then others, such as Sally, would seem unqualified even if they want to speak to motivate everyone.
After an unknown amount of time, Eliphis finally came back to his senses from his thoughts, and the mercenaries all looked up at him.
He glanced at these loyal subordinates and was about to say that they would retreat today, replenish supplies and fight again tomorrow, but suddenly he noticed something and asked:
"Where is Gullen?"
Gulun is the name of the assault team leader.
The mercenaries looked at each other, and Sally said, "He just went out for some fresh air. I'll go find him."
The bonfire can only protect this small area. If you walk out of here, you will no longer be protected and may be attacked by monsters.
But Guren wouldn't go too far, and with his strength he wouldn't be afraid of the monsters nearby.
So this idiot must have been having a great time outside.
Sally curled his lips, walked out of the range of the three corpse magicians' campfire, and gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.
Once he left, he never came back.
The rest of the people began to wonder, what the hell was going on?
Even the most obtuse person should have noticed the problem by now. The captain of the Lancers volunteered to take a few mercenaries out to check the situation, but Eliphis refused his request.
"I will go myself."
The dungeon of Sean reveals all kinds of weirdness, and he is afraid that the captain of the lancers will never come back. Wouldn’t that turn into one of the classic plots of horror movies, "The Calabash Brothers Save Their Grandpa"?
Under the leadership of Eliphis, the mercenaries came out in full force.
The magician used tracking magic on the props that Sally had used, and Sally's footprints suddenly appeared on the ground. People hurriedly chased after him, but...
"No more?"
The footprints suddenly stopped, indicating that he encountered an unknown incident within 200 meters after leaving the campfire and lost all trace of the footprints.
Eliphis made a gesture for everyone to be alert and reached for the sword at his waist, but found nothing.
"Um?"
There was nothing around his waist. What happened?
Perhaps it was lost during the battle with the Overlord. He took a rapier from the mercenary and was able to use it barely.
Eliphis narrowed his eyes and looked around, apparently looking for traces of something, but the next second he suddenly stabbed the ground with his magic wand.
In an instant, waves surged in all directions, causing ripples wherever they collided with objects. He was relying on this method to detect whether there were any invisible enemies nearby!
But there was no sign of anything unusual on the water surface. He then used the [Anti-Invisibility Technique] against the Invisibility Technique, but it still had no effect.
What on earth is going on? There is something strange going on everywhere.
Perhaps because they stayed here too long, they attracted the monster spawning mechanism of the dungeon and a large number of skeleton warriors came running over. The mercenaries rushed to fight, and Eliphis also faced one of the enhanced versions of the Casas warriors. Although he was in a crushing posture, he seemed to want to return the humiliation he suffered to the Overlord's men, so he started a massacre.
As a species, most humans will focus on the enemy during a melee, and their sensitivity to the surrounding things will decrease.
Unfortunately, a mercenary was hit by the skeleton warrior's weapon. A lot of blood spurted out of his chest and the wound was so deep that the bone was visible. He retreated under the cover of his teammates, and then he remembered that he still had a bottle of healing potion. He couldn't help but feel happy and reached for his waist bag with his backhand.
But it was empty.
"Where's my potion?"
He was stunned for a moment, unable to think in this emergency, so he had to ask his companion for help.
"Where are the people? Why are they gone?!"
He just lowered his head, and how come his companion who was protecting him just now disappeared?
The other person's boots, steaming from them, were still on the ground, but the person was gone.
The next second, the mercenary was hacked to death by the skeleton warriors that rushed over.
When he was resurrected at the campfire, he was completely confused because his disappeared companions did not return to the campfire!
On the other side, Eliphis had just finished venting his anger and turned his attention to the chaotic battlefield. He was about to release magic to kill the remaining skeleton warriors in one go.
But he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. When he turned around, he saw that half of the arrows on the archery captain's back were gone in an instant. They disappeared out of thin air?
He suddenly realized something and thought of the footprints he discovered at the beginning and the unidentified creature that was about twenty meters long.
Is that the thing?
So that's why Guren and Sally disappeared.
“I caught you this time.”
Eliphis had long been curious about what the true form of this creature looked like, and of course he would not miss this good opportunity, so he immediately picked up his staff to attack.
"Where's my staff?"
His smile disappeared immediately, and he chose to abandon the staff and use an inefficient attack to fire lightning bolts towards the area where the unknown creatures might be.
“Bang!”
The mercenaries who were fighting fiercely were frightened by Eliphis' inexplicable behavior, but the next second, one of the mercenaries suddenly screamed.
He was suddenly seen floating in the air, swaying back and forth, with his props scattered all over the ground, and then he hit his head against the rock wall and lost consciousness.
"There's a monster!" People finally reacted, and the archery captain gave up the ordinary arrows and reached for the more powerful enchanted arrows. However.
"No more? I didn't use that much, did I?"
“It was stolen.”
Eliphis flashed past him, his finger-piercing sword shooting into the air like a meteor.
The next moment, a loud thunderclap rose from the ground, and a dragon roar that the mercenaries had never heard of in their lives rang out here!
Even Eliphis' body froze at the roar, and he couldn't move until the sound faded away.
There was a flash of surprise in his eyes, because that sound was undoubtedly a dragon's roar!
A weak electric current flashed in the air, and the scenery in front of everyone's eyes changed. Finally, a creature that had never been seen before emerged.
It was a dragon, but it was hard to associate it with the word "majesty" that ordinary dragons have. It would be better to say that its appearance was more like an enlarged version of a purple lizard, so ugly and cute.
【Xialong】
An ancient dragon monster from the Monster Hunter World, famous for its super stealth and super stealth, it has a very strong mimicry ability, quietly approaches its prey, and then preys with its clever tongue. Wherever it passes, poisonous fog and acid fog spread, and its meat is of poor quality.
Although he is not good-looking, this is also Gu Long, who was left here by Gong Qiying as a wandering surprise. He rarely appears, and when he does, it is because he wants to create a show effect.
According to Gong Qiying's setting, Xialong will not easily attack adventurers, but will just randomly take away a few props. Stealing from adventurers is as fun as opening a blind box, and Gong Qiying also allows this behavior.
But given Xialong's narrow-mindedness, he had been thinking about this team after being attacked by the Light Eagle Group, so he launched the attack at this moment.
No one dared to underestimate a dragon, especially one that could steal so many items from the mercenaries without anyone noticing. Everyone immediately became alert.
Taking the magic missile sent by Eliphis as a signal, the mercenaries rushed forward!
After just one encounter, Xialong's nimble tongue pierced the two mercenaries, and the small amount of poisonous mist that escaped killed three people instantly.
The mercenaries who managed to get close to it raised their weapons and swung them vigorously, but—
“Dangdangdang!”
The depressing sound of knives flicking forth came one after another, and the tip of the lance of the captain of the lancers was even broken!
"This damn thing is so hard!"
Although Xialong was slow in movement, it would not stand there stupidly and get beaten. It flapped its tail and released strong wind pressure. While the mercenaries were unsteady on their feet, it quickly retreated and spit out a venom bullet. As soon as it stood firm, it spit out the second one!
The mercenaries were immediately poisoned to death after just a little contact, and the magicians immediately began to frantically cast exorcism spells.
Eliphis released an anti-poison magic shield for everyone in time, but the next moment, Xialong suddenly flapped its wings and took off, with poisonous fog spreading beneath its body. With the help of the wind pressure when landing, the poisonous fog instantly turned the narrow cemetery into a bathroom for shampooers!
"Don't be afraid, we have an anti-poison magic shield, keep attacking."
"No, this is acid mist! The shield is useless!"
In battle, a simple mistake is enough to cause tragic consequences. The acid mist will instantly cover the mercenaries. Even if they just inhale a little bit, they will collapse to the ground with extreme pain all over their body and completely lose their combat effectiveness.
"Captain."
The Lancer Captain struggled to throw his weapon to Eliphis before collapsing, as the latter's rapier broke in the first round of the confrontation with the Xialong.
From the appearance of Xialong to the annihilation of the mercenaries, it seemed like less than a few minutes had passed, and Eliphis suddenly found that he was the only one standing on the field.
"You damned beast."
He clenched his spear tightly and used wind magic to disperse the poisonous fog. Light condensed into wings on his back and he gave the dragon wandering around a thorough scraping at a soaring speed.
Tail patting, tongue sticking out, claw waving, dragon chariot.
With full concentration, Eliphis dodged the attacks narrowly. Whenever he inhaled the acid mist, he would drink the Sean brand antidote made by the Bed family, and he would recover instantly.
Cold sweat began to flow down his forehead, because he suddenly found that this ugly and cute dragon also gave him a very strong feeling, which made him unable to stop having the thought that "maybe I can't beat it".
It's fine that I can't beat the Overlord, but why can't I even beat a dragon that only knows how to steal -
His self-esteem was stimulated, and his eyes focused. He finally found a flaw in Xialong, flapped his wings and rushed towards Xialong's head!
This move is very similar to the Wings of Elephants in the Furnace, so the consequences of using this move on wild beasts can be imagined.
Xialong was slow in action, which was the conclusion drawn from the actual combat just now, so Eliphis thought that his seemingly dangerous move might have a miraculous effect and might even burst the opponent's eyeballs.
But Xialong's whole body is relatively slow, except for its tongue.
“Puff!”
The flexible tongue instantly wrapped around Eliphis' waist, and then
"The next painting we are going to enjoy is the world-famous painting "Captain Eliphis' Battle against the Xialong."
"Excuse me, where is Eliphis?"
"Eliphis is in Xialong's mouth."
With the sounds of chewing and swallowing, Eliphis returned to the campfire alone, startling another mercenary who had arrived earlier.
Others simply fell to the ground from inhaling too much lactic acid poisoning and did not have time to die.
The mercenary was speechless and asked with a wry smile, "Captain, you actually came to revive yourself?"
With a "slap", he was slapped unconscious.
Eliphis's face looked very ugly, and he wanted to vomit when he thought of the feeling of being held in the mouth of the Xialong. He grabbed the mercenary's weapon and rushed out again, vowing to fight this bastard dragon to the death!
However, when they arrived at the place, Xialong had disappeared again, along with all the mercenaries' equipment. Only scattered weapons were left. There was no trace of the culprit left, and he had really left.
“.”
From the cemetery came the sound of Eliphis pounding feebly on the wall.
Not only was he unable to defeat Overlord Vornir, he was also bullied by a dragon.
What do you think is the meaning of life?
"asshole!"
Not long after, Eliphis, whose face was darker than charcoal, led the "frank" mercenaries on the road of retreat. This time, no one dared to speak.
The assault team leader Gulun and the deputy assault team leader Sally were still nowhere to be seen, but no one cared about their life or death at the moment. If they died, it would be good as they could still catch up with the main force.
Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Eliphis was in a very bad mood. No one dared to offend him, and the mercenaries were all frightened.
I haven't seen the captain so angry in a long time.
The archery captain sighed silently. His most treasured bow was also swept away, and he felt only loss in his heart.
Fortunately, there shouldn't be any other accidents on the way back. I hope the captain can calm down on the way.
He was dreaming.
[Invaded by the dark spirit "Black Swordsman"! ]
The archer captain's eyelids twitched. The more you don't want something to come out, the more likely it will come out. He snatched a mercenary's weapon before Eliphis could react and rushed towards the dark spirit that was slowly taking shape.
"You ignorant fellow, I will be your opponent!"
Eliphis looked at the archer captain with no fluctuation in his eyes, tacitly approving of the other party's behavior.
The archer captain launched a surprise attack with an unstoppable momentum, and when he got closer, he finally saw the appearance of the black swordsman clearly.
He was a sturdy man covered in thick and solid black armor. His helmet was like that of a wild beast, and a frightening blood-red light flowed from the slits of his eyes.
The giant sword in his hand gave people a sense of déjà vu of Gus. Although the size was not as exaggerated as Gus's giant sword, the giant sword of the black swordsman made the archer captain feel an unprecedented sense of crisis.
A desolate and powerful aura emanated from the black swordsman. One could tell at a glance that this was definitely no ordinary master.
When the archer captain's attack was about to hit, the black swordsman jumped high and turned his body in the air.
This move is like a wolf leap or a lion slash, but upon closer inspection, it seems like a return to nature.
“Boom!”
The archer captain's blood splattered all over the ground. The black swordsman turned to look at Eliphis, who was staring at him with a cold expression.
"Captain, here's your weapon!" a mercenary shouted, but Eliphis did not turn around, as he still had magic to fight.
Looking at the enemy with empty hands, the black swordsman took out an exquisitely shaped noble rapier from somewhere and threw it to Eliphis.
"Dang."
The noble rapier slowly rolled to Eliphis' feet, and his expression suddenly changed.
He thought of Overlord Volnir, the Mist Dragon, and the series of shitty emergencies he had encountered since entering the Thane dungeon.
Eliphis's eyes twitched, and he almost gritted his teeth and said:
"I'll use you to relieve stress. Take all the shots for me."
(End of this chapter)
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