After killing several merfolk at the entrance, Wayne did not rush into the cave, but waited outside the cave for a few minutes.

Only after confirming that no more murlocs rushed out to support him did he feel relieved.

This was also because his sword was too fast. The six half-fishmen were killed before they had time to call for support or even make much of a reaction.

Otherwise, he would most likely face the siege of a dozen or even dozens of murlocs.

Wayne wiped the blood off the silver sword, then went to the lake to wash off the smelly blood of the half-merman on his body before slowing down and entering the cave.

As he sneaked along, his iron boots stepped on the ground, making a slight sound that was a bit harsh in the cave.

Unfortunately, he had never learned any real stealth techniques, nor was he a professional assassin, so even if he was aware of his own voice, he couldn't come up with a better solution.

In order not to alert the merfolk in the cave, the only thing he could do was to slow down and use his keen hearing to detect the enemy's movements in advance.

The cave was very humid, with the walls and roof covered with various mosses, and there was little light. Perhaps because it was close to the lake, there were even signs of water accumulation on the ground.

Wayne cautiously moved forward for dozens of meters, and before he found any trace of other fishermen, he suddenly realized that the water on the ground had already reached his ankles, and not far away was a downhill slope submerged in the lake water.

Looking at the depth of the lake, if we continue to move forward, there is a high probability that we will directly enter the lake.

Seeing this, Wayne did not choose to retreat, but gritted his teeth, held the banshee amulet given to him by the druid elder Cairnst in his hand, injected a stream of chaos magic into it, and activated the amulet.

As a strange magical power was released from the amulet, a transparent magic shield appeared on the surface of his body, about six or seven centimeters away from the body surface, squeezing out all the lake water close to his body.

Only breathable air is left to circulate inside the shield.

Wayne took a breath of the air inside the shield and found nothing wrong. This was his second time using the man-faced monster bird amulet.

When he used it for the first time, he just tested its function in the river water without conducting in-depth research. However, he thought that an elder as generous as Keynest would not murder his savior.

With some trepidation in his heart, Wayne put the silver sword back into the scabbard at his waist, took off his chain mail and iron boots, put them in the storage bag, leaving only a layer of leather armor.

Then he took out the crossbow he won from O. Henry, as well as the meteorite dagger and a dozen crossbow arrows from his storage bag.

Underwater combat is different from that on land. Because of the resistance of the water flow, the flexibility of many movements is greatly reduced. If you go down wearing iron armor, even with the physical strength of a demon hunter, you will probably just sink to the bottom. And long weapons like the silver sword will also be severely weakened, and will be less convenient to use than daggers, crossbows and the like.

After making all the preparations, Wayne no longer hesitated, took a deep breath, and dived into the cold lake water.

The light underwater was still dim, and the depth was about ten meters, but with the effect of cat's eye drops, the surrounding environment could still be clearly reflected in his eyes.

Water plants, rocks, various underwater creatures and fish swimming around form a bizarre landscape.

While swimming towards the depths of the cave, Wayne concentrated on observing the enemy's movements. Unexpectedly, he found no traces of enemy activities, but instead found those mermen sleeping under the water.

There are quite a few of them, about ten at a glance.

They casually rested on the rocks under the water, either lying on their bellies or with their backs exposed. They probably didn't believe that any enemy could enter the waters here to attack them. From time to time, they spit out one or two bubbles from their mouths, appearing to be completely defenseless.

After thinking for a few seconds, Wayne did not launch a surprise attack, but tried to bypass them and move on.

At this time, the benefits of the human-faced monster bird amulet are reflected. This amulet not only provides the ability to breathe underwater, but also enhances the swimming speed of the holder.

Wayne only needed to maintain a small swimming posture to move his body underwater. After a period of careful operation, he finally swam safely over the heads of those mermen.

After seven or eight minutes, after passing through an underwater area that was hundreds of meters long, as the water level continued to drop, a strange light appeared in front of Wayne.

He swam out of the water carefully and found a more spacious cave space a few dozen meters away.

The cave was made quite flat, with a torch hung on the wall every few dozen meters. Some murloc guards were leaning against the wall, standing by the torches, and it was unclear whether they were awake or asleep.

In the center of the cave, there is an altar several dozen centimeters above the ground. The corpses of some underwater creatures are randomly piled on the altar. Judging from the wounds on their bodies, they should have been drained of blood.

Wayne frowned when he saw this, but did not act rashly. Instead, he found a hidden place, went back to the ground, and then tried to stay quiet while putting on the Wolf School armor again.

After putting it on, he breathed a sigh of relief. To deal with these murlocs with simple weapons, a chain mail with good defense could basically achieve the effect of dimensionality reduction. Weapons such as bone spears, wooden sticks or rusty iron tools could hardly break through the defense of the metal chain mail.

Pulling out the silver sword again, Wayne carefully observed the environment in the cave, then walked carefully along the wall without making too much noise.

The main purpose of entering here this time is to rescue Lala's brother, the little earth spirit Fitz. If a fight can be avoided, he doesn't want to cause any trouble.

The area of ​​the cave is quite large, but the number of murloc guards is relatively small. With the cover of the dark environment, Wayne relied on his keen observation skills to successfully bypass the observation range of many guards and quietly reached the back of the cave altar.

There is a smaller cave behind the altar. Six strong merman guards are guarding near the exit. Not only do they have iron weapons in their hands, but they are also equipped with some simple metal armor. They are obviously the elite among the merman.

In the center of the cave, eight huge braziers filled with some kind of oil were placed in a circle and burning.

And in the center of these braziers, there was a horrifying scene that made Wayne gasp.

I saw a circular pool about four or five meters wide, filled with black and red smelly blood. In the blood, some ugly octopus-like creatures covered with tentacles were swimming in it.

In addition, in the center of the blood pool, there are six wooden pillars, on which six humanoid creatures are tied with hemp ropes.

These humanoid creatures were naked and tied to pillars, unable to move. Octopus monsters the size of washbasins climbed onto their bodies, and then wrapped their heads with their tentacles like facehuggers, wriggling slowly. It was unknown what kind of evil ritual they were performing, and it looked extremely terrifying.

Judging from their exposed skin and body shapes, among the six people there were dwarves, elves, and humans. The figure of one of them with purple skin and a colorful conch hanging around his neck immediately caught Wayne's attention.

There is no doubt that this is probably Lala's brother, the little earth spirit Fizz.

But looking at his current state, he seems to have lost his way in life and death, and has been manipulated by those tentacle monsters.

And it is obviously difficult to rescue him in public.

Looking at the appearance of those tentacle monsters, Wayne guessed that they must be related to the evil god Dagon.

(End of this chapter)