For the last stone walk, Woody used it to return the same way.
He merged into this roughly polished gray dwarf canal with ease, and then followed the cracks in the flowing water all the way up, just like the sea salmon that swim against the current in the cold winter months of the Thousand Sail Sea, upstream.
But just as he was heading towards the black market lake, halfway through, his tremor sense unexpectedly noticed that something was moving slowly in the soil above, like a restless mole.
It vibrates in the soil, but in terms of the size of the feedback...
This size, and silhouette.
Seems more like...a human?
Woody immediately realized that the creature on the upper level was probably a human who used Thor Stone to perform magic like him. However, when Woody sensed him, the creature on the upper level also seemed to be aware of Woody's movements, and in Woody
When he showed his intention to get closer, the human-like creature on the upper level of Woody fled directly upwards.
Woody originally didn't want to pay attention to it and just ignored it as an interlude, but he suddenly thought of something. Marco and Logan, the two nobles of the wine estate, seemed to have not been arrested yet.
And judging from the reaction of the humanoid creatures just now, the guys who entered the soil and used the Thor Stone to practice magic were definitely not from the ruling office, because they could not have noticed that there was someone and would have chosen to escape. After all, their purpose was to
Look for traces of people.
The train of thought ran through his mind at random, and Woody directly chose to chase after him. Even though it might not be Marco and Logan, he could still eliminate a wrong answer.
What's more, he wanted to see who it was and chose to swim in the dirt.
However, although the feedback from the trembling creature that escaped was weak and small in size, he still pursued it cautiously and did not choose to approach rashly.
There is only a limit to what he can do in the soil even if he gets close. This is different from land and ocean. It is more difficult for items to function in the soil than imagined. The weight of the soil alone can move hundreds of meters deep underground.
The weapon was firmly pressed into the soil.
Therefore, Woody just wanted to see where he escaped to.
Due to Woody's perceptual attributes, when he was serious, the range he could listen to was much wider than the former. His following did not attract much attention from the man. After discovering that Woody did not catch up, the man who was following him
The figure moving in the soil was also slightly delayed, and seemed to be a little hesitant in place, but in the end it seemed that it was due to the sudden phenomenon just now, and he chose to leave in the opposite direction to where Woody appeared, and then ascended somewhere.
Apparently, he also has a unique induction system.
Woody waited for a moment, and after confirming that the ascending creature disappeared into the soil, he came to the location where the creature disappeared just now, and also chose to rise, but this time, he felt that there were more things above his head.
A closed cave, tiny footsteps and almost murmuring words.
As we get closer, the sound becomes clearer.
"Please tell me again what happened just now."
This was the voice of a stern middle-aged man.
"It's just that I was following the general direction of the surroundings as you said, but I didn't expect that there was something moving below, and from the outline, it didn't seem to be the same size as the earth giant monster and Thor stone monster you mentioned. It seemed to be similar to
We are also human beings..."
This was the slightly panicked voice of another man.
Woody followed the sound and poked his head out from another part of the cave. In the cave, which was slightly smaller in height and width than a normal room, there were two men in Chinese clothes. The small cave was covered by a
A bright white torch illuminates the stone wall.
Every gravel on the ground is clearly visible, and the large and small stalactites above the head are even more beautiful under the dim light.
This also clearly reflected the appearance and expressions on the faces of the two people who were talking. One was frowning, and the other was frightened and panicked.
But their characteristics, appearance, and clothing all indicate their identities as the culprits behind the blockade of the black market.
The two brothers Marco and Logan from Rutov Manor.
As an older brother, Marco was still comforting his younger brother in a slightly relieved tone.
"Don't worry, it might be underground beetles. They also like to travel underground."
"Really...really?" Logan's teeth were trembling a little. He was already a little bit intimidated. It can be said that he was only a little late-minded now. When his brother pulled him away with a sinister look on his face, he even
Before he could react, he was teleported into a cold cave full of rocks and lichens.
After following my brother to purchase some daily necessities on the black market, I hid in the middle of a cave that had long been abandoned and collapsed.
According to his brother Marco's plan, the two of them will live here for a while until the limelight passes, and then use the black market channels to leave Palermo and start a new business in another kingdom.
In Asenland, a place where there is a lot of strife and disorder, and there is a lack of communication between the city-state and the kingdom, it is not unprecedented for a wanted criminal in one country to become a famous local noble or a guest of the king in another country.
The purpose of using the Stone Walking Technique attached to the staff that teleported them here just now was to see if there were other caves where they could hide safely. After all, this place was still too close to the black market, and they wanted to move to a deeper place underground.
and safe location.
"Don't worry, it's definitely not the people from the Executive Office. That old man from Lakham is a mage who graduated from the Department of Energy Evocation. I know his spells very well, so even if he knows we are hiding here, there is nothing we can do about him!"
Don’t think too much, as long as there are not those huge underground pests attracted by our flesh and blood, then there is no danger, it is much safer here than in the sea.”
After hearing his brother's story, Marco breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a confident face.
Although the news in the morning was a great shock to him, he had thought about the possibility of the matter being revealed a long time ago, so reaching this point was far less desperate than his brother showed.
"It's all that damn Yasin's fault. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't be like this. We obviously didn't want to do anything!"
Logan's fat face was filled with resentment at this time. Under the bright torch, his face turned as red as pig liver, as if he wanted to transfer all the fear just now to another person's head. I believe that if that name
The man named Yasin is here, and Logan is performing a live performance of eating his flesh and blood.
They did not notice the bulging young face appearing somewhere in the cave above their heads.
Just like what Logan said, he didn't notice any movement of anyone chasing him when he came back. This was due to human misunderstanding of the underground and too much faith in the tremor perception given by the spell.
However, Woody no longer had the intention to listen to the boring conversation between these two people here. After hearing it clearly, he was not surprised that the drow was the mastermind, and he did not think that these two people were innocent.
So since he accidentally bumped into him, he didn't mind helping the executive office solve the trouble.
After all, to a certain extent, these two people also harbor ill intentions towards the winery.
Woody had only one thing to say about this.
Those who kill will always be killed...
However, just before his face completely broke free from the constraints of the wall, and before his hand reached out to hold the curved sword placed in the ring, he was ready to launch a righteous backstab at the two nobles below in this state.
.
A sudden chuckle in the darkness stopped Woody's movement, and he slowly melted back into the wall, leaving only a pair of eyes observing the inside of this small cave.
"Who's laughing!"
The sudden laughter also attracted the attention of the two nobles who were venting their emotions. Marco had already grasped the exquisite sword at his waist. In addition to being a noble, he also had a high level of warrior.
.
Just like Susan's father Camo, who among the nobles is truly in power and does not possess powerful power themselves?
For nobles, power and wealth are never a matter of choosing one or the other, but most of them have both.
Just like some high-level assassins or rogues who don't know the heights of the world want to sneak attack the leader of a country, but they don't know that what they are facing is likely to be a professional of the same level who has abandoned the noble status of a king.
The king of the Bavialo Kingdom to which Palermo belongs, if Woody's memory is correct, is a fifteenth-level warrior, and his advanced profession is the "King's Sword" that can cast spells.
What is even more frightening is that these people, who are more likely to obtain rare equipment than ordinary people, with the support of a country, can not only hold artifacts in their hands, wear armor, and various magic accessories on their bodies, but also
The court mages who followed him all benefited from his glory.
Woody remembered that the king of an empire from a certain plane unified the entire world, and even created a team of knight guards each armed with a legendary weapon. At that time, many players looked at it and went crazy. After all, legendary weapons are not a piece of cake.
The task is a reward.
True legendary weapons must be very rare, and there are still only a few kings like the former.
Even if most kings own legendary weapons, they are reluctant to hand over such powerful artifacts to their subordinates. After all, the most basic characteristic of legendary weapons is power, unparalleled power, which is enough to bring uneasiness to most rulers.
Degree.
…
"You obviously wanted to inflict all kinds of torture on me just now, but when I finally opened my mouth, why are you so afraid again? My...master~"
The visitor's voice was soft yet charming, with a breathtaking smell. A black mist also appeared in a corner of the cave. Soon a rickety figure appeared in the black mist, and disappeared as the black mist dissipated.
He seemed to appear out of nowhere.
Woody shrank slightly when he saw it. This was obviously different from his method. He should have used some kind of magic to directly move here.
"Tactical teleportation" or "dimensional connection"
More like some kind of spell variant.
Woody, who had experience in identifying spells in his previous life, subconsciously guessed what kind of spell this transmission came from. At the same time, he held his breath and concentrated to minimize his sense of existence. The situation was not yet clear, and he might not know if it would happen now.
Becoming an enemy from two sides.
"Yasin? You are Yasin!"
Hearing the words of the visitor and the familiar eyes of the rickety creature, how could Logan not know who the owner of this extra voice was.
"How dare you come to see us?! What do our Rutov family do to you!"
He asked loudly, and at the same time he hummed and took out a spell scroll inlaid with inscriptions from the ring. Compared to his brother Marco's excellent martial arts, he was better at using spells to solve difficulties.
It's a pity that his caster level has never been high and he can only perform superficial tricks, but this does not prevent him from using gold coins to purchase some self-defense spells.
However, high-level spell scrolls are too expensive. Even with his wealth, he cannot carry a dozen scrolls at any time and hit people casually. What he is holding now is a "three-ring monster summoning scroll". This is his
means of self-defense.
Not proficient in combat, he knew deeply that who did what, and it would be more suitable for him to directly hire alien creatures who made a living by fighting.
"Hehe, there's no need to be so tense! I just saw your hesitation, so I helped you!"
The visitor still didn't have much anger, and a smile emerged from under the hood.
"Yasin, why are you doing this?"
Compared to Logan, Marco was much calmer, but the veins on the back of his hands still betrayed his psychological activities at this time.
"for what?"
The visitor didn't seem to hesitate at all about this question, but asked in confusion.
"If one day the pigs and sheep you eat ask you why you eat them, what will you answer? Master."
Hearing these words, Marco seemed to have meant something. With his other free hand, he raised the torch stuck on the wall, and then pointed it at the person in front. With the light, he could see clearly
The face under the cloak.
What a terrifying face it was, with the raised bony edges at the corners of the eyes, the exposed fangs on the upper and lower jaws, and the face covered with spider-brown skin, it was enough to make people scream.
"Are you one of those drow? Yasin?"
Logan also saw that his IQ was not bad and he quickly thought of why he was here.
"Of course not! I just formed an alliance with them, and my name is not Yasin. The human name does not belong to me now. I am Luzani, the queen of the shape-shifting spider!"
The name is Luzani, which means "Heart Eater" in underground language. The shape-shifting spider denied it proudly.
"Then you didn't come to me this time just to chat and watch our jokes, right?"
Marco was keenly aware that the shape-shifting spiders in front of him probably didn't have much hostility. Otherwise, they wouldn't have wasted so much chatting with them. They would have taken action a long time ago, and they wouldn't have talked for so long.
"Of course not. The purpose of my coming here is just to get back my things."
"What... you mean..." Logan immediately thought of the unexpectedly obtained mysterious staff as a trump card for escaping. No wonder it also recorded the stone walking technique. It turned out that it originally came from the underground.
"Hoho, how else do you think I found you."
"Give it back to me, and give me those two things by the way, and I'll let you go! Marco, you know what I'm talking about! Don't try to deceive me!"
Obviously, Marco understood that all of this turned out to be a bait laid by this ugly half-human, half-spider thing. Without the staff, they would never have thought of escaping through the underground, let alone how to escape after being in trouble.
Choose to hide in a cave.
"No, I can't give you the staff or those two things! Even if I give it to you, I have to wait until we leave here!"
Marco didn't want to fight at this time, so he didn't say anything. Instead, he began to use the characteristics of a businessman to bargain and start pulling. At the same time, he signaled his brother Logan with his eyes to get ready.
The steps of casting a spell always take time.
"It's not up to you! My master~ This is the underground kingdom, my kingdom! Hoho..."
Seeing Marco like this, Luzani did not show an angry look, but looked at the two of them with a half-smile and said.
"Guess where the dissipated fog went."
"Marco reacted immediately, but it was too late to hold his breath. The hypnotic toxins spread in the air had already made him feel his body becoming heavy, and his eyelids began to fight up and down.
"Stupid human beings, otherwise, why do you think I'm here to stall with you and talk so much nonsense! The pollen of moth lins is enough to make you sleep for several hours,"
Luzani laughed proudly, and at the same time, the hands under her hood turned into lizard-like claws covered with hard crimson scales, and she attacked and grabbed Marco directly.
Take advantage of his illness and kill him. This is also the principle of the Underdark.
As an advanced "war shapeshifter" shape-shifting spider, she has the ability to change any part of her body at will, turning her hands into claws of a four-eyed lizard, and her head into a kuo-toa full of sharp teeth.
Or suddenly stretching his arms or neck, these are all easy for him.
Marco wanted to resist, but there was almost no suspense. His body was struggling with the sleeping powder he inhaled, and he had no strength to resist. As soon as they met, Luzani pushed him to the wall, and his throat was directly scratched, and the rest
Logan had no suspense at all. He had already fallen asleep and was killed in his sleep.
In an instant, everyone died without any suspense.
But just when Luzani was about to step forward to collect the spoils of war, the things she had longed for, an extraordinarily young human face appeared on the wall behind her.
Before Luzani could feel the movement of the rock formations behind her, a gorgeous sword light bloomed from the rock formations.
Before the man comes out, the sword has arrived.
Feeling the strong wind behind her, Lu Zani's face did not look ugly. She directly relied on the intuition of the shape-shifting spider to instantly transform her body into a shadow creature common in dark areas.
Because of this, her body is immune to most physical attacks, and every time she does this, she never fails.
But this time, she still felt the feeling of her body being torn apart, like butter meeting a hot knife.
Melted directly in the cut...decomposes.
She turned her head in disbelief and saw a pair of emotionless, indifferent golden eyes.
Those are the human's eyes.
But why would that person appear here...
Before his thoughts could stop, the human in front of him disappeared in the air, and when he reappeared, he was already carrying his giant weapon that looked like a sword, running behind him, and slashed hard at Luzani's arched back.
The hump on the back of the shape-shifting spider houses its brain, which is its only weakness.
