Arthur looked back subconsciously, only to find that the ranger Milan in the back row of the battle formation was holding a bow. The explosive arrow just now should be Milan's masterpiece.
The principle of the explosion is the photon explosion engine... Well, it should be impossible. In other words, the explosive arrow should be made by people of this era*. As far as Arthur knows, this
The world's military forces are still at the point where they use battering rams to hit city gates, use steel weapons to fight each other, use catapults pulled by steel cables to throw stones, and use reinforced crossbows to shoot crossbows with metal strings to kill...
.People in this world should have very few uses of explosives, and they may not even know what explosives are. Under such circumstances, it is already a very remarkable thing to be able to use explosives to this extent in actual combat.
However------
The big meat ball that was blown to pieces by the strong explosion had obviously been damaged by one-eighth of it. However, the pieces of meat scattered on the ground were quickly pulled away by the extending blood-red nerve threads and covered with the big meat ball again.
On the surface of the ball, the smoke caused by the high heat of the explosion is now rising on the surface, and there are even many scorch marks. On this basis, it is still squirming, with countless burnt and unburnt pieces of meat.
It's all squirming--all of which makes it look even more ugly and disgusting.
"Just kidding..." Even Milan, who had just shot the arrow, exclaimed in a low voice: "That was already the strongest dose of explosive water given by Nantes, but it didn't work...
..?!＂
Oh, is it Nantes again? Arthur groaned inwardly.
The big meat ball that was angered by the explosion became more violent, firing blood streams in all directions with a higher frequency. The blood flow was very fast, even like a high-pressure water blade on the rocky ground close to the big meat ball.
Drawing one groove after another. Although the lethality of this thing will be greatly attenuated at a distance, people with a discerning eye can clearly see how lethal it is at close range. If Mou Ran got close to that big meat ball, he would definitely
It will be broken down into countless pieces of flesh by the dense and dangerous high-pressure blood flow!
And it is very likely that that thing will immediately absorb the victim's body and become part of that terrifying big meat ball. Such a way of death is really miserable!
"No, boss." Seeing that he couldn't get close to the big meat ball, Hanover turned to seek Arthur's opinion: "With the current equipment, we can't do anything about that monster. This is no longer the level of dealing with bandits or undead.
, it is beyond our reach. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time, so we should escape!"
"Escape? Just like that, leave this guy behind?" Arthur thought for a moment: "Is it really okay? What if it catches up, chases it all the way into the city, and starts killing people in the city...?"
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"Look at its size! Can it escape from this cave?" Hanover advised: "This thing has gone crazy, just leave it to fend for itself in this hellish place!"
What he said is not unreasonable. Arthur really has to admit that he has no way to deal with this big meat ball monster at the moment. It should be said that he can't even get close to it, let alone kill it. So it turns out that
The only option is to run away. Spending endless hours with this kind of monster in a place like this is not an option!
"Okay... retreat!" Arthur said after dodging two bloody attacks. Everyone started running towards the exit of the cave hall.
[Don't run...!]
That big meat ball seems to have completely lost its mind, but in fact it still has a trace of obsession.
[That's mine...! Don't even think about taking it away!!]
Of course Arthur knew what the monster was referring to. It was chasing the "Dimensions of the Abyss: Dimensions of the Abyss" in Arthur's bag, and it was very likely that it would chase Arthur to the ends of the earth and not let him go.
"Is there any way to stop it from catching up?" When Arthur ran to the entrance of the cave, he turned to look at the big meat ball that was slowly chasing after him but never gave up, and asked.
"Hmph...!" The fortune teller Nantes took out several bottles of potions from his pocket. Different from the potions distributed to Arthur and the others before, this time the potions were not packed in strong metal bottles, but deliberately
Use glass bottles that are particularly easy to break. As soon as Arthur saw those bottles, he roughly knew what they were used for. And just as Arthur expected, Nantes threw the bottles of potion away, leaving the glass bottles
Hit that big meat ball like this.
Snap!! The fragile glass bottle broke immediately when it hit something, and the ice-blue liquid inside immediately splashed everywhere, making a sizzling sound. There was white mist around it, which seemed to be very cold, and the big meat ball
The area where the monster was splashed by the potion also began to rapidly condense and freeze.
Those potions must be refrigerants. Liquid nitrogen? No, it shouldn't be that exaggerated, but in short they are other refrigerants, special potions that start to cool down rapidly when they encounter air. However, this kind of thing is extremely backward in this photon civilization.
Could people of that era be able to make it? At least, normal people couldn't make it. The person who could make something close to a magic potion must be some kind of witch or alchemist.
Nantes' background is indeed not simple. Arthur thought to himself.
The freezing potion seemed to be very effective. The frost began to spread rapidly and quickly froze the big meat ball monster. Despite this, the big meat ball that turned into ice was still floating in mid-air, and it continued to move more slowly but always.
The speed of movement is moving toward Arthur and the others. It seems to be unstoppable.
"Milan!" Hanover shouted after everyone retreated to the corridor outside the hall door.
"Understood, everyone, back away!" Ranger Milan set up his bow and arrow and shot the explosive arrow he had used before. The more powerful explosive arrow landed on the door beam at the door of the hall, destroying the roughly built support structure of wood.
It exploded instantly, causing the collapse of that small area. The rocks on the ceiling that collapsed together with sand and gravel blocked the entire corridor, and separated the corridor where Arthur and the others were, and the hall on the other side.
Completely isolated.
"This way it won't be able to catch up." Hannover said: "Let's go quickly! Get out of here first!"
No one is sure whether the big meat ball monster will be sealed in the cave forever, but the landslide can at least buy Arthur and the others some time. Everyone is running in front, and Ranger Milan is in the last row of the team, taking charge of the rear, and every time
If you run a certain distance, another explosive arrow will inevitably be pulled out, blowing up the corridor behind you. Multiple consecutive landslides have blocked the cave to death. Milan is really good at what he does.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha." Arriving at the exit of the stronghold, Arthur panted and stopped to take a rest: "So, what's going on? Does this count as wiping out the [Bone Scavengers] Bandits?"
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"I think so, and I plan to report this when I return," Hanover replied. "After all, we have collapsed all their fortresses. Even if all the people inside are not dead, they will definitely be buried alive. It has nothing to do with death."
Exactly. Whether it’s the union or the Duke of Hillnant, they should be happy to accept this explanation, right?"
"...I originally thought that I would at least carry the head of the bandit leader back to report." Arthur hummed: "Forget it...that guy will look like that, and there will be no one left."
What kind of head can be taken back to hand in work?"
In fact, there is, and that guy's "head" is so big that it can't even be lifted.
In short-----
Arthur turned to look at the cave that was blocked by continuous landslides. It seemed that he had temporarily got rid of the big meat ball monster, right? It was hard to say whether that thing could successfully leave the cave with such severe landslides.
Maybe it was crushed to death and suffocated inside?
pound!!
The next second, Arthur realized that his idea was too naive. It was impossible to get rid of it. The obsession of that thing was very powerful. It actually used brute force to break through the collapsed cave and turned into a bloody flesh.
The ball gushes out from the collapsed rocks in the cave! It may be a bit inappropriate to say that it is a big meat ball now. It has long been pulpy and turned into something close to a fluid. It can only be said to be plasma and finer particles.
A mixture of minced meat, and there are countless red nerve threads squirming, waving, and entangled with each other in this disgusting pile. From a distance, it looks like a bunch of blood-red bugs crawling on some kind of bright red
Like in the mud...
"Uh." A feeling of nausea surged up Verne's throat, and he managed not to spit it out.
"Damn, what a stubborn monster--" Hannover took a few steps back, took out several other bottles from his arms, and threw them over. The bottles contained a substance that seemed to start violently when it came into contact with the air.
The burning potion was probably prepared for him by Nantes. When the bottle hit the mass of flesh and blood, it burst into flames in an instant, and the fire lit up the entire forest.
"Hey, be careful of causing a wildfire!" Arthur hummed.
"Now is not the time to worry about this!" Hanover and the others were still retreating, because the burning blood-red sludge was still flowing slowly towards them. This monster seemed to be truly unstoppable.
If it continues like this, it will catch up with Arthur. If it continues like this, this thing will cross the forest, cause fires, and will also flood into the city. God knows how much commotion it will cause in Manchester and harm everyone.
How many civilians will die?! If we don't eliminate it here, things will only get out of hand!
But, how to deal with it? Arthur had no idea at all.
This monster has been frozen, exploded, and crushed into pieces, but it is still alive. This is no longer a living thing. Is this thing itself a kind of undead? It should be because the necromancer himself became an undead creature.
.The madness of the abyss caused that guy to change his gender, become so twisted, and become half-dead.
Undead? It would be great if there was a spell that could exorcise the undead ------
While Arthur was thinking, he didn't expect that a faint light began to emerge from the alchemy glove on his left hand.
"Huh?" Arthur looked at the palm of his left hand.
There, a ball of light is gradually taking shape. (To be continued)