Chapter 9 Cursed frog, cursed frog, cursed frog!
Changed again.
In just one night, strange changes occurred in the Senn dungeon again!
This frequency of change is unheard of!
Stellan had a bad premonition in her heart. She wanted to turn around and leave immediately, stay away from this evil dungeon, and never come here again for the rest of her life!
But it doesn't work.
They accepted the city lord's commission, and if they gave up now, it would deal a devastating blow to the reputation of their team.
At least half of the team must die so that the city lord can see the seriousness of the situation.
Stellan gave Xiuen a look, and the latter immediately understood and nodded in agreement.
"Why don't you leave? It stinks in here!"
A young man dressed in fancy clothes came forward, covering his nose with a handkerchief and complaining constantly.
"Please, Mr. Wilder, you may leave if you wish."
Wilde, the second son of Count Bed, has almost no fighting power. The only thing he can praise is his talent in identifying ores, which is not inferior to that of senior experts.
"That won't do. I have promised to bring back the spoils for my girls."
Wilder acted brave and fearless, but his face turned very interesting when his exquisite boots were seen soaking in the swamp.
"Okay, Wilder, stop complaining. You asked to come here on your own initiative."
A tall and strong man, whose physique was not inferior to that of Huynh, held down Wilder's shoulders. Wilder suddenly became weak and said awkwardly, "Brother Charon."
Charon clapped his hands and said to Stellan with a bright smile: "I am counting on you for this journey, beautiful lady. If there is any danger, please give priority to protecting the experts behind. I have the strength of a high level, which is enough to protect myself."
Charon, the eldest son of Count Beder, can almost be identified as the future patriarch of the Beder family. Compared with the family's tradition of doing business, he prefers force. It is said that he once joined a team of gold-level adventurers, but was forced to leave the team because of his lack of strength.
This team consists of people from all walks of life, including Stellan's four-member team and the two sons of the Bed family, including mineral experts, map experts, and drug experts, in order to quickly find out the value of the Sean dungeon after the changes.
"I hope you'll be careful," Stellan muttered, and said to the magician Ellie in the team, "Use the [Intermediate Poison Resistance] magic on us. The swamp here is extremely poisonous."
"Yeah," Ellie, who already had experience, performed magic skillfully. However, buffing ten people at once was really a test of her physical strength.
Stellan pointed to the distance, where a dark fortress stood deep in the swamp. "Go toward that building."
So, the strongest Xiuen took the lead, Danya who was able to briefly sneak into the shadows served as a scout in the front, and the magicians Ellie and Stellan brought up the rear, forming a formation that protected the experts in the middle.
The muddy swamp made movement very inconvenient. Everyone's movement speed was slowed down by at least half, and they had to be careful not to step into deep pits from time to time.
With every step they took, everyone could hear the "plop" sound of their shoes stepping on the slippery and thick swamp. When they lifted their feet, not only would there be splashes of mud and water, but also all kinds of disgusting unidentified objects.
And dirty, squirming maggots!
Every step was a severe test of everyone's spirit. In just a short while, several people in the team had vomited.
This was also the work of Gong Qiying, using extremely disgusting scenes to stimulate the adventurers' senses, causing them to have great psychological fluctuations and increase the total amount of mental power dissipated!
Even with anti-poison magic, the toxins in the swamp still slowly accumulate, and one has to drink a sip of antidote potion from time to time, which is the ultimate torture.
But the biggest reason that slowed down the operation was not the swamp, but the Stellan team.
"There are no monsters hiding within 50 meters ahead, so go ahead without worry."
"There are no goblins hiding in trees,"
"Who's going to scout that boulder? Hey, it's strange that there's no Skeleton attacking from such a good location."
Stellan and others perfectly illustrate the saying "Once bitten, one becomes afraid of ropes for ten years."
Every time he took a step forward, he looked left and right, for fear that a monster would suddenly jump out. Whenever he saw stones, trees, or other things that could block his view, he would treat it as a powerful enemy and would check them carefully.
There's no way. The experience of the last exploration was too painful.
But things developed contrary to their approach. Along the way, the monsters rushed over openly and were killed simply. None of them would launch a sneak attack, which was completely different from their previous behavior pattern.
So naturally some experts were dissatisfied with their suspicious operations.
"At your snail's pace, I'm afraid you won't be able to explore half of it today. Can't you hurry up?" Wilder said with a bad look on his face. "At least let me see the blood ore today, or any kind of ore will do. You can't be unable to do even this little thing, right?"
"It's really dangerous here. The last time we came here--" Ellie tried to explain.
"That's why I hired you. Your job is to eliminate danger, right? What's wrong with me asking you to work more efficiently? You were so nervous just now, but the monsters rushed over like idiots. Isn't this a waste of time?"
Here it comes, a classic example of a layman guiding an expert.
Stellan glanced at him and said, "Mr. Wilder, you can lead the way. Walk as fast as you want."
She didn't need to show much respect to this second-generation rich man, because the money for the commission was paid by Earl Bedard.
"Haha, do you think I'm stupid? I won't go to the front."
Wilder chuckled and walked directly to the end of the line, standing side by side with Stellan, looking at her triumphantly.
“This is the safest place,”
“Swish!”
The next second, mud gushed out, and a skeleton monster covered in filth suddenly jumped out of the swamp and grabbed Wilder into his arms!
Not only did the highly poisonous filth rub all over him, but a lot of it also went into his mouth!
His beautifully groomed brown hair was covered with dancing maggots, which burrowed happily in it.
"Hello, help me!"
Wilder screamed.
“Swoosh—”
The arrow pierced through the skull of the skeleton monster, and Xiuen swung the heavy sword, smashing the skeleton into pieces.
“Fuck, fuck!” Wilder was still panting and glaring at the adventurers. “Did you do this on purpose?!”
"I'm sorry, I failed in my duty,"
With an honest look, Xiuen apologized sincerely, "I didn't expect there would be a monster hiding in there."
"Don't think I'll trust you just because you look as honest as a potato!"
Wilder's hair stood up in anger, but Charon patted his head.
"Stop it, brother. You are the one who is delaying the trip now."
"But--"
"Don't blame me for telling father if you make trouble again."
Wilder froze for a moment, spat in anger after a moment, and silently returned to the middle of the team.
"Please forgive me, this child has been spoiled since childhood," Charon spread his hands.
Stellan nodded but said nothing.
Charon seemed to think that the skeleton monster that launched the sneak attack was deliberately left behind in order to make Wilder shut up.
Actually.
I didn't realize there was a monster hiding here, how embarrassing! Stellan blushed privately, but luckily it was pitch dark here and no one cared.
"I picked this up from the skull," the fat map expert suddenly pulled out a dirty piece of cloth, "It says 'To enter the fortress, you must light three beacons'."
"Let me see," Stellan took it and looked at it. "There's a map on it. This drawing is too abstract. Who can understand it?"
"I can," the cartographer raised his hand.
"Is it true?" Stellan was surprised.
The map expert pointed at the abstract map on the cloth and said, "Look, this place is the way we came in. These uneven rocks are very conspicuous. The irregular pattern here should refer to the small hill not far away. The dark area is probably the fortress."
He talked on and on without stopping.
"No, you are indeed an expert," Ellie was stunned.
"Haha, this is the strength of the person I invited," Wilder regained his arrogant look.
After some discussion, everyone followed the guidance of the map expert, walked through the muddy swamp, and came to a raised high ground.
A dark beacon tower stood at the top, and a winding road around the plateau led there.
"I'll go up first," Xiuen raised his shield. The road was very narrow, and they could only maintain a long snake formation to go up.
Sure enough, when he had only taken a few steps, a spear pierced the shield with a "bang", sparks flying.
Xiuen grabbed the spear with his backhand and pulled it, and while the attacker was distracted, he slashed with his sword, and a scream pierced the sky.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a large goblin. This type of monster is larger than ordinary goblins and its limbs are closer to humans, so its combat effectiveness is improved in all aspects.
【Large Goblin (Spear)】
[Required mental power per unit: 10]
[Life: E, Strength: E+, Intelligence: F+, Endurance: D, Speed: E, Overall Combat Strength: E]
At the moment the large goblin was killed, two more spears stabbed at him from the front and above respectively. Several bunches of grass attached to the rock wall shook slightly, and in the blink of an eye, four short monsters made of vines jumped out!
【Straw Man】
[Required mental power per unit: 6]
[Life: F, Strength: F+, Intelligence: F+, Endurance: F, Speed: E, Overall Combat Power: F+]
"【Low-level Fireball Technique】!"
The scorching fireball killed the monster in time, and the subsequent arrow pierced the goblin's head. Xiuen rushed to the high ground, and Danya suddenly appeared from nowhere and jumped onto his shoulders.
After a burst of fighting, the high ground returned to peace.
Immediately, orange flames rose up and thick smoke floated into the sky.
“Good job!”
Stellan couldn't help but smile.
But suddenly, she had a strange feeling, as if she was being watched by some evil being.
Turning her head sharply, she found the source.
Not far away, a pair of huge eyeballs emerged from the swamp, staring at her eerily.
This was a monster she had never seen before, so she could not understand its horror.
【Cursed Frog】
[Required mental power per unit: 25]
[Life: E, Strength: E, Intelligence: E, Endurance: E, Speed: D, Overall Combat Power: E]
Low overall combat capability does not mean that the Curse Frog is weak.
(End of this chapter)
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