Chapter 81 Gargoyle outputs MVP for the enemy (fourth update in the morning, second update in the afternoon)

Everyone looked in the direction Geralt pointed, and saw darkness in front of them. They did not have Geralt's night vision.

The Druid said distressedly: "Pressing the stone? So far, so high? How about Geralt, please put a few more fire-breathing signs to point me in the direction, and I try to control the wall grass to press the stone?"

Lann patted the druid on the shoulder: "Don't bother me."

He turned his attention to Geralt: "We just need a good enough crossbowman."

Geralt had already observed the distance between several stones in the dark, silently calculating the angles in his mind.

After taking a breath, the witcher took off the hand crossbow on his back, pulled the trigger, and a crossbow arrow went into the darkness with a "whoosh" sound.

As the crossbow arrow hit a hard object and broke, there was a sound, and then there was a "clang, clink, clink" sound of the machine spring and the friction of moving stones. It was obvious that some mechanism was triggered in the darkness.

"There is actually a mechanism stone that can be moved." Lann heard a soldier sigh in disbelief.

"He actually found the rocks protruding from the rock wall in such a dark place."

"You can still hit it!"

In the middle of the hall, there is a three-person-high statue with rounded lines, but the face cannot be seen clearly. The base platform under the feet is also full of pits and jagged stone chips.

After walking forward for nearly a hundred meters, the vision suddenly opened up, and a hall appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Ahhh, intruder, uninvited guest!"

After clearing away a large number of motionless stone statues, a gargoyle suddenly let out a rumbling roar from its belly, the sound was low and ear-splitting.

The road ahead is very uneven. There are scattered stones and fragments of some sculptures everywhere on the road. It seems that there have been small landslides. There are no stairs, and many uphill climbs require the joint efforts of several people to continue moving forward.

To put it simply, they are too stupid and their reactions are too slow. Even if they have certain magical abilities, their use is very rigid and they don't even have a chance to use them.

Lan turned around and called to the soldiers: "Change weapons, use a hammer, hit them one by one, don't give them a chance to wake up!"

This is a hall with a round vault, divided into two floors, and can accommodate about forty or fifty people at the same time. It seems too simple to say it is a palace, but it is too simple to say it is a hall, but it is short of the magical and artistic furnishings inside.

There is also a small altar in front of the statue, which has an odd shape.

The druid looked around and nodded: "This place is interesting. It seems that the person who designed it put a lot of thought into it. You should take a look around."

This is the purpose of Lann letting the soldiers carry hammers - to face the gargoyles and golems that they may encounter, these hard things that are not made of flesh and blood!

The soldiers dispersed, and the sound of "boom" echoed in the hall. One stone statue after another was smashed on the head, and then several hammers hit the body and completely shattered into stones.

In each cubicle, there is a pot-bellied demon-like stone statue.

Lann was worried that the vital points of things like gargoyles were not on the head, so he insisted that it be safe if they were made into pieces.

The stone statue is about one person tall, with two horns on its head, protruding canine teeth and a ferocious face. There are only two palm-sized wings on its back, its upper limbs are bloated, and its lower limbs are thick and short.

There was a small box the size of a palm placed on the pedestal. When you opened it, you found a gold necklace. Next to it lay a skeleton, with several pieces of orens and crowns found on the body.

Geralt nodded: "They are stupid, and the Axi Sigil is ineffective against them. Silver can hurt them, and magic-blocking gold can also disrupt their magic energy."

The soldiers, who cooperated tacitly and became familiar with each other, hammered the gargoyle several times regularly, completely smashing the gargoyle's body into pieces.

Every time Geralt said something, everyone's expressions became more solemn. Only Lan seemed to have expected it and was not so worried about facing a powerful enemy.

The druid stepped forward to observe carefully, and his face gradually became uncomfortable: "These seem to be...all gargoyles. A kind of monster created by a warlock who injects magic power into stone statues."

The magical creature that just roared was quickly smashed off its head by a hammer made by humans. After it woke up, all its output was a roar.

"Ha, it worked." A soldier quietly gave Geralt a thumbs up.

"Are they strong?"

In addition, they can also achieve short-distance teleportation, and may suddenly appear behind or directly above the enemy, making them difficult to guard against."

The top of the statue's head is the top of the dome, and there are simple striped carvings from the top downwards. After reaching the ground, the striped carvings overlap each other and indent, forming small compartments for placing stone statues.

When they heard that it was a monster, everyone became serious. Looking around, there were ten stone statues in the room.

Geralt also knew this kind of monster very well, even better than the druid. He replied: "They are hard to hurt with swords. The materials of gargoyles are mostly granite and marble. They have amazing defense and extremely strong strength. They are heavily armored."

It's hard to beat them with a punch. They can also throw large rocks to kill the enemy.

After the last mechanism was returned to its position, the same door as the brick wall in front of it began to vibrate slowly, and slowly lifted up with a dull "rumbling" sound, revealing the passage behind it.

"But they must have weaknesses, right?"

Lann said: "Your fighting method is to use swords. Since they are made of marble and granite, then anything that can destroy marble and granite can also destroy them, right?"

The soldiers marveled at the witcher's amazing abilities, while Geralt reloaded the arrows expressionlessly.

They had just been startled by the sudden roar.

Geralt hesitated and nodded.

It opened its eyes and suddenly saw five or six hammer heads calling towards it at the same time.

As for gargoyles, magical theorists still debate how to classify them. For example, some people claim that they are a kind of golem, because gargoyles are just weird statues driven by magic to perform simple errands.

Able to complete the most basic tasks.

Looking at the two decorative wings, Swade commented: "They must not be able to fly."

"Sure enough, there will still be some that can move." Lan asked, "Is this the last one?"

Everyone looked around and saw that all the stone statues had been broken into pieces, making the already simple hall look more "shattered" than "shabby".

As usual, Geralt stepped forward to touch the corpse. The materials produced by this kind of magical creation are generally more advanced, and elemental essences and gargoyle dust can be collected, which can be used to enchant equipment.

The druid also stepped forward to take away the heart of the gargoyle. Gargoyles are quite valuable within the magic circle. Just now, when Lan and the others were smashing them, the druid's eyes were twitching in distress.
Chapter completed!