This cave is not completely dark. The few gleams of light that shine down from the cracks on the top of the cave are covered by some kind of darkness when they reach the bottom of the cave, giving people an inexplicable and weird feeling.
Because light cannot shine into the cave, the temperature in this cave area drops sharply, sending chills down one's spine.
Not only that.
Hal, the leopard man boy, held a torch in his hand and shone light as he walked. The torch could obviously shine quite far in the increasingly open cave.
Strangely, the firelight was intercepted by some invisible smoke, and the illumination range was nearly doubled.
"Colorless smoke." The fishman prince picked up the scroll and continued to read: "It is a special kind of transparent smoke secreted by the latent shadow demon. Its particles are so small that they cannot be seen, but it has magical power and can block the light and illuminate the surroundings.
The environment is made darker."
Various signs prove that they are very close to the [Latent Shadow Demon]. Once in contact with the target, the battle will start at any time.
But they don't even know what the other person looks like, how big they are, how sharp their claws are, or how cruel their temperament can be.
This can be said to be an uncertain battle. All they can rely on is their own skills and the ability to adapt to changes.
Husky opened his eyes wide, trying to see everything around him clearly. As an orc, he should have excellent night vision. But unfortunately, when he played this game as a human, this night vision was no longer the best.
It has been greatly reduced, leaving only slightly better eyesight than ordinary people.
This kind of eyesight cannot bring any advantage to the dog-man boy at this time, because the surrounding environment is too dark. This artificial darkness even makes the torch useless, and the light cannot illuminate. In this vast area
It is really not an easy task to find the latent shadow demon in the dark cave.
If it continues like this, when game time turns into night, the situation will only get worse.
"Husky, meow." Hal also pulled the canine boy's clothes and reminded him. The burning time of the torch was only five minutes, and they only had two other torches left. After they were used up, it would be pitch black.
The dog-man boy thought for half a second. Although he didn't want to alert the enemy, the current situation was not optimistic, so he had to take the initiative and lure out the latent shadow demon.
To achieve this goal, it is actually simple. The dog-man boy bent down, picked up a stone on the ground, and threw it into the darkness.
Boom! The stone hit the cave wall. Judging from the interval of the sound, the cave wall was about ten yards away from them.
However, there are no enemies in this direction.
Husky picked up another stone, slightly changed the angle, and threw it.
Bang! The stone fell to the ground this time and bounced before hitting the wall. The cave in this direction was more open, and the cave wall was further away from them.
"What are you doing standing still? Come and help." Husky picked up the small stone again, slightly changed the angle and threw it out.
"Oh!" Hal and Calvin also imitated the dog boy
Boom, boom, boom! More stones were thrown out. The three of them kept a slow speed and moved to the safe place where the stones were tested. They picked up the stones on the ground and threw them out, thus destroying the entire dark cave.
"Scan" all over.
The light of the torch was getting dimmer, and it would go out in about a minute. Hal was thinking about whether it was time to change the torch, and at the same time threw the stone in his hand.
Plop! It was a little different from the previous sound. The muffled sound made when this stone fell to the ground was relatively low.
It's as if it hit something softer and part of the impact was absorbed!
This is it! Without even thinking about it, Huskey immediately pulled the viperwood bow and shot the stalagmite used as an arrow!
Whoosh! The sharp stalagmites tear the air and fly towards the target at an abnormal speed!
The bowstring of the green tree viper wood bow is made from the sinews of the green viper in the misty forest. It contains very weak magic power and can add kinetic energy to the projectile, making the arrow fly faster and more powerfully.
It pierced that wonderful target in the darkness hard, making a strange sound of piercing and splattering blood!
The torch in Hal's hand was completely extinguished at the same time, and the surroundings were shrouded in absolute darkness. Before the second torch was lit, the teenagers nervously looked at the direction where the monster's arrow was in the darkness!
A pair of red eyes opened.
The red eyes that emitted evil light were staring at the three teenagers. Regardless of whether the owner of the red eyes could see the three intruders in the dark, Husky could clearly detect that its eyes were full of anger.
And endless killing intent!
It's just a game, and the dog-man boy's consciousness is just connected to this virtual reality through the game's server--but all of this shocked Husky, but it was so real!
Even the slight trembling in the monster's eyes, the ever-zooming pupils, and the fine lines one after another, all seemed so real to Husky.
That kind of reality can actually be summed up in one word:
fear.
Real fear!
The horrific memory of being attacked by an assassin last night resurfaced in Husky's mind again, causing the dog-man boy to panic!
But the next second, Husky began to convince himself that this was just a game. What Hasky was best at was playing games, and there was no game in the world that could deter him.
Moreover, no matter what happens in the virtual world of the game, he will not suffer any damage in reality, let alone the risk of death.
Moreover, his companions are also there, and he is not fighting alone.
Thinking of this, Husky cheered up and suppressed the fear in his heart.
"It's coming! Be careful!" Husky yelled, and at the same time, he pulled the bow fiercely and shot a stalagmite arrow.
Hal also hurriedly lit a torch to disperse the darkness around him.
Bang! The stalagmite stuck on the wall of the cave. From the sound, you can tell that it did not hit the shallow shadow demon. The thing moved after taking the first arrow and is no longer in its original position!
"Hmph!" The dog-man boy groaned again, drew his bow, and prepared to fire at any time. Until now, they could only continue to use the method of throwing stones to explore the path to find the enemy, or wait for the enemy
Attacked on his own.
---According to Husky's intuition, the greater possibility is the latter!
I wonder if the strategy in Calvin's hand was wrong, or the one they encountered was not a latent shadow demon at all? The glare of the red eyes just now made the dog-man boy feel endless chills!
That ferocious look does not look like a cowardly little monster hiding in the smoke seeking safety, but more like some kind of very aggressive and ferocious monster!
Three seconds later, Husky's guess was fulfilled.
A large cloud of red poisonous mist quickly approached the three teenagers, and soon reached a dangerous distance!
Husky shot an arrow without thinking, trying to preemptively strike! Hal, the leopard man boy, also pulled the dog man boy and pushed him back. Calvin's staff on the other side raised, and a line of sticky cold ice
The fog formed in front of them, blocking the monster's attack like a wall!
However, the monster didn't care at all about being hit by the ice fog, and bumped directly into the ice fog!
The firelight flickered, and the three teenagers who were retreating quickly saw the monster in front of them through the dim light.
That's not a latent shadow demon at all.
That's a dragon!
The whole body is covered with gray scales, and dark red mist is sprayed out from the countless pores in the gaps of the scales, [Grey Mist Dragon]!
Husky gasped: They were really unlucky this time!
With their current levels, it is really impossible to defeat this extremely dangerous epic photon creature!
The Gray Mist Dragon emitted more intense red smoke from its entire body, and the smoke had already surrounded the three teenagers!
Completely different from what Calvin described in the guide (after all, they are not the same creature at all), the red mist sprayed by the Gray Mist Dragon is not fatally corrosive or toxic.
It has extremely powerful hypnotic abilities!
After just inhaling a little bit, Husky felt his whole body numb and his hands and feet began to lose control!
And the Gray Mist Dragon has bitten over with reckless abandon!
"Husky---!" Hal, the leopard boy, screamed, seeing his friend about to be torn apart by the sharp dragon teeth!
Hal's [Spiritual Unification] was activated again! He took a deep breath, concentrated on the almost frozen time, raised the small wooden bow, and shot an arrow!!
Whoosh!! The stalagmite arrow flew out from its string and hit the monster's throat!
But it flew too slowly! According to this trend, before the stalagmite arrow hit the upper jaw of the Gray Mist Dragon, the monster had already torn Husky into pieces!
Moreover, the lethality of just one stalagmite arrow may not be impressive enough. Even if it hits, it will only scratch the dragon's itch!
Time is still passing slowly, Hal must think of a way before the effect of [Spiritual Unification] wears off!
The leopard boy chased after him desperately and launched [Powerful Sprint]! The sudden burst of speed allowed him to catch up with the stalagmite arrow he had just shot!
That's right, this is the only way! This is the only way!
Hal raised the torch in his hand as a stick, used all his strength, and struck the tail of the stalagmite arrow with a stick!
The Leopard Man boy's own arm strength, coupled with the extra kinetic energy brought by the powerful sprint, made the flying stalagmite arrows fly out more aggressively, and penetrated deeply into the monster's body before the Gray Mist Dragon bit Husky.
Palate!!
The slowly passing time gradually became normal. Hal's [Spiritual Unification] had just expired, and the ice arrow magic on the little fishman prince's side also flew out!
The Gray Mist Dragon had just eaten a stalagmite arrow. The severe pain caused the monster to hesitate for a moment. As a result, it did not bite Husky, and the dog-man boy slipped away from the dragon's mouth in time!
Because of the pain in its upper jaw, the Gray Mist Dragon did not close its mouth in time, so it ate Calvin's next attack! The heavy and sharp ice arrow just hit the monster's upper jaw, knocking the stalagmite arrow that pierced the dragon's upper jaw away.
Go deeper and tear the wound wider!
The stalagmite almost penetrated the monster's upper jaw and plunged into the dragon's head! It just missed it a little!