It was already the next day by the time Colin learned about the crypt.
In the early morning, Lillian came to his study.
"You mean, there are a lot of cave creatures appearing in Into City?"
Colin's expression suddenly became solemn.
The original god's pollution was inseparable from the cave creatures, and going forward hundreds of years, there was also a cave demon wave in the Tilaimei Plain.
So when he heard the strange movements of the creatures in the cave, his heart suddenly sank.
"No major losses occurred."
But she never thought that Lilian shook her head and said, "There are indeed a lot of cave creatures, but they can't be said to be many, and they are weak. When the wizards stationed in the city received the news of asking for help and arrived, the wizard apprentices in Into City
We have almost solved them."
Colin felt slightly relieved, it was good that nothing serious happened.
Thinking about it, if there was something big, he wouldn't have waited until he came out of the Silver Chamber this morning to learn the news.
However, Colin thought for a while and said: "The divine pollution has just passed, so I'd better go over and check it out on the spot."
"Yes, I think so." Lilian nodded, then paused and added: "Go and come back quickly."
"Why?"
"Jennifer invited me to her birthday party in the afternoon."
Colin was slightly startled, "Jennifer invited you?"
"Yes." Lilian nodded, glanced at Colin calmly, smoothed her hair and said, "Shelley was also invited, and of course, the mentor."
"Well, let's go and get back quickly." Colin said calmly.
Lillian didn't say anything more and took the lead to walk out.
…
The bright autumn sunshine has set, and the wild grass and trees along the roadside are already showing some signs of withering and yellowing.
But the farmland is full of green and full of vitality.
"Tell me what exactly happened last night?"
Colin stood on the field ridge and asked the wizard apprentice in Into City in front of him.
"Yes, the great Lord Tiramei." The latter suppressed the excitement in his heart, nodded, and began to narrate:
"At about two o'clock last night, knights Jimmy and Lot were patrolling the farmland in front of us. Then they discovered a spider-like cave monster near the field ridge in front of us, and at the same time sent out a signal for help."
"I was in the duty hut next to the farmland. After hearing the call for help, I rushed over immediately without hesitation. On the way, I saw the cave monster by the light of Jimmy and his torch, and then
It was just a fireball shot!"
Buck, the wizard's apprentice, narrates the story vividly, with an emotional voice and a lot of body language.
"With a bang, the monster fell down. At the same time, the flames of the explosion also reflected the surrounding situation - it turned out that there was not just one monster in the cave, but more than twenty! I was..."
"Speak to the important point." Lilian couldn't help but remind her.
After checking this place, they still have to go back to attend Jennifer's birthday party.
"...Yes." Buck was startled, nodded quickly, paused for a while and said:
"After I saw more than 20 monsters, I immediately asked for help from Golden Wheat Sui, but I never thought that those monsters were vulnerable. I killed them all before the wizard arrived."
"Besides these monsters, do you see any other abnormalities?"
Colin asked as he looked around at the pitted battle marks in the surrounding farmland.
"Abnormal...I don't see anything abnormal, but these cave creatures are too weak, and they look strange. Each one is different, and they are also somewhat different from the common cave creatures in the past."
"Take us to see the corpses of those cave monsters." Colin thought for a while and said.
"yes."
Buck nodded respectfully.
Walking back through the farmland, they soon saw the corpses of monsters piled next to the farm duty hut.
Just as Buck said, those cave creatures look all kinds of weird. The spider-like cave creature Jimmy and Lot first encountered didn't actually look like a spider at all.
After all... no spider would have only four legs, a slender body, and a huge mouthpart.
However, cave creatures have all kinds of strange looks. When Colin hunted in caves for several months, the cave creatures he saw were basically different every day.
So at this moment, when he saw the strange appearance of these cave creatures, he didn't pay much attention. After taking a closer look, he turned to Buck and continued to ask:
"You said there are some differences from the common cave creatures in the past...in what way did you mean?"
As far as looking at the corpses in front of us now, there is nothing special about these cave monsters except that they are weak.
"Hmm..." Buck frowned and thought hard, beads of sweat gradually appeared on his forehead, and said, "I can't tell the specific difference."
"Well, it doesn't matter." Colin said calmly, "If you think of it later, report it to the police as soon as possible."
Nothing related to the catacombs should be taken lightly.
Maybe this is just Buck's illusion, but maybe it's not... Anyway, it's always good to be more careful.
Swish-bang!
At this moment, a firework for help suddenly rose in the distant sky.
"Another cave creature appears?" Buck murmured. When he came back to his senses, he found that Colin and the two had disappeared.
"Run!"
The patrol knight shouted loudly to the serfs in the farmland. In front of him was a black cave creature that looked like a giant mite.
The serfs screamed and fled in panic.
The patrol knight also slowly retreated with the crowd, holding a solid knight's sword in his hand.
Whoosh!
However, the next second, an undetectable white stream of light flashed through, and a halo of light appeared on the black cave creature in front of him, and he suddenly stopped in place.
Two figures emerged.
"Great... great Lord of Tiraime!" The patrolling knight turned around, was slightly startled, then quickly knelt down on the ground and shouted respectfully.
"Get up." Colin said, but his eyes were looking into the distance.
"There are cave monsters over there." Lilian followed his line of sight and said with a frown.
Although they came here only for a moment, it was actually quite far away from the previous farmland.
You can already see the cave entrance area in the south of Into City.
At this moment, about dozens of cave creatures were emerging from those strange-shaped holes.
Before the farmland was polluted by the gods, several cave monsters would run out of the cave area from time to time.
But the quantity is very small.
After the farmland was polluted, perhaps because too many cave creatures emerged during the pollution, all the caves fell into silence.
After that night, and until last night, no creature from the cave was found to have escaped.
Whoosh!
"Let's go and take a look."
Colin pondered for a moment, and flew to the cave area with Lily.
Whoosh!
He first waved his hand to stop all the creatures that had emerged from the cave in place.
After careful inspection one by one, they could not find any abnormalities in these living cave creatures.
"Wait for me here for a moment."
After thinking for a moment, Colin said to Lilian beside him.
Then he randomly selected a cave and walked in.
It seems that this is the first time he has entered the cave after the farmland was contaminated.
Stepping into the cave, the noisy sounds are isolated. The interior of the cave is dimly lit and very quiet.
When farmland is polluted, those wandering wizards who are stationed outside this cave area may be the most unlucky.
That night, in addition to farmland, a large number of cave creatures also emerged from the area dotted with cave entrances.
stationed at
The wizards who hunt cave creatures here bear the brunt, and there are basically no survivors.
The pollution in the caves during the day is indeed stronger than at night. After walking for a short time, Colin could already feel the pressure that he could only feel when he went deep into the caves.
It's just that this pressure is no longer worth mentioning to him now.
After taking another two steps, he saw several cave creatures.
After killing it casually, Colin checked it carefully and found nothing unusual.
After continuing to move forward for about an hour, he had arrived at an area of the cave that he had never reached before.
Now that he has arrived here, even he can no longer ignore the unique influence of the cave, and the magic power in his body is strangely restless.
After pondering for a moment, Colin chose to return the same way.
Following the route recorded by Super Brain, he moved forward, but ten minutes later he suddenly stopped at a fork in the road.
"No...I didn't see this intersection when I came here!"
Colin's face turned stern, and after thinking for a moment, he took a deep breath.
next moment.
Teng!
Powerful energy fluctuations erupted from his body, red light blood energy and light blue demonic energy intertwined, and the air around him was churning endlessly.
At the same time, Colin also keenly noticed something strange in the "passage" in front of him.
boom!
He raised his fist and waved it forward.
"hiss--!!"
A sharp scream followed by a shattering sound suddenly resounded in the cave.
The next second, a black mist suddenly dissipated, and the fork in the road disappeared, revealing the appearance in Colin's memory.
"A cave creature that I have never seen before...can change the environment in the cave, and it doesn't seem to be a simple hallucination."
Colin's expression remained unchanged and he continued to return to the ground.
As expected, there are many unknown secrets hidden in the cave...
…
"Did you find anything?" Seeing him come out, Lilian, who was waiting outside, breathed a sigh of relief and asked.
"No." Colin shook his head, "I didn't find anything unusual in the cave."
"That may be because the wandering wizards who used to be stationed here are gone and no one hunts the cave creatures, so they spread outward."
"Maybe so." Colin nodded, "Go back and send a few wizards to temporarily station here, and then issue acquisition orders for cave creatures through the Chasai Chamber of Commerce and the Loen Kingdom. It won't be long before there will naturally be wandering wizards.
Come and hunt the cave creatures."
In fact, even if he doesn't care, it won't be long before those wandering wizards get wind of it and come.
After all, the corpses of cave creatures have many magical uses and are a best-selling commodity everywhere.
"Okay." Lilian nodded in agreement, looked at the time and said with a smile: "At one o'clock in the afternoon, we will go back just in time to catch Jennifer's birthday party!"
"I don't know if Shelley has set off. She didn't want to accept Jennifer's invitation at first, but she only agreed at my suggestion."
Lillian talked nonchalantly while observing Colin's reaction.
Having one Shelley was enough to give her a headache, but if there was one more Jennifer, she would only be able to get one-third... which was not enough.
"Yeah." Colin listened quietly and did not express an opinion.
night.
Gusui Street District.
Jennifer's private villa.
The small banquet hall on the second floor was brightly lit, and laughter and laughter could be heard accompanied by music.
"This wine... I remember it was made from wheat.
Why does it smell like flowers?... It seems that golden flame flowers have been added. I’ll ask someone to pick some for you tomorrow, Sister Lilian!”
"Sister Shelley, come and try this Cheerios! This is a specialty of our Kingdom of Loen. See if you can taste how it is made."
In the corner, Colin watched this scene, took a sip from a glass of juice, and smiled softly.
After all, Jennifer has just turned fourteen. Apart from her status as queen, she is
Just a cute girl of fourteen.
Who can be cold-hearted to a cute and passionate girl?
At least, neither Lillian nor Shelley could do it.
Colin laughed silently again.
It's a pity that the current environment is far from stable enough for him to feel at ease and consider the love between his children.
You still have to seize every moment to improve your strength...
…
sea area.
Thirteen gray towers reaching the sky stand tall, reaching into the sky. In the center of them is the Assembly Hall of the Gods.
This is an inverted cone-shaped black square platform suspended in mid-air. The divine power of the gods has been entrenched in the sky all year round, forming a bright and deep light dome.
The popes gathered here, their figures were illusory, their appearance and even their number could not be clearly seen clearly.
Their discussion seemed to have come to an end, and one of the popes said slowly:
"The plan to pollute farmland has failed, and the next actions cannot make any more mistakes."
"Humph, everyone knows that the failure of this operation was not due to us. The farmland pollution is not something that no one on the so-called wizard side can solve, but in the end..."
"Are you accusing my Lord?!"
Buzz——!
A gray-green figure was furious and asked in a deep voice. A frightening turbid light was brewing on the top of the dark green scepter in his hand.
"Okay, it's useless to dwell on the past." A golden voice in the center said solemnly.
"My Lord shall not be blasphemed!" The gray-green figure saw him speaking out. The light on the scepter was slightly weaker, but he still said in a deep voice.
"I have no intention of blaming the Demon God of Vengeance and Wrath... He is so great, I cannot discuss it." The pope who had spoken before was silent for a moment and chose to relent.
"Huh!" The gray-green figure snorted coldly and said no more.
"Speaking of farmland pollution, the wizard who led our plan..." Another voice said.
"Don't worry, I have already made arrangements. He won't live long." A hoarse voice said calmly.
"That wizard is not the focus. The next actions are what we should pay attention to. I hope you don't make any mistakes..."
"Of course……"
After the discussion ended, the figures of the popes disappeared, and the gray-black stone platform returned to an empty appearance, leaving only the bright stream of divine power circulating in the sky.