The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 341 Burning Ants and Maggots on Fire
Since the cognition of civilization, almost every powerful civilization and race will go through the same reincarnation, rise, glory, decline, and then be replaced by other competitors.According to the general laws of history, today's human beings should be no exception.

It is undeniable that human beings once had an extremely glorious era, but that has become the past after all.In the thousands of years of human decline, there are countless other intelligent races, elves, dwarves, orcs, halflings, and even goblins. These intelligent races are almost far superior to humans in terms of their talents.

However, the so-called centipedes are dead but not stiff. These races not only failed to win in the competition with humans, but gradually showed signs of being suppressed more and more. Humans unexpectedly rose again, which really confused many wise men. surprise.

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William never imagined that there is such a far-sighted organization in this world, which hides and guides the entire human race in the dark. This also solves some doubts in William's heart, but at the same time brings him more confusion. and puzzled.
However, William knows that it is not a wise move to get to the bottom of it. In many cases, the more you know, the more trouble you may have, and William is just a person who doesn't like trouble.William knew very well that although Tabari had revealed some things, she might have much more to hide.

However, William had no intention of asking. He said, "How is your injury? Can you continue to move forward?"

Tabari shook her head and said: "I'm afraid not, the injury I suffered made me unable to keep up with your footsteps, and the bloody smell on the wound will attract more underground monsters, which is absolutely terrible for us thing. I walked slowly back to the surface by myself, which is not very far from here."

William pointed to the Manticore, which was wagging its tail, and said, "What about it? What should we do with this beast?"

"Take it with you. As a local master, the underground Manticore here will be very useful. It can help you solve many troubles."

William watched Tabari limping and disappearing into the dark passage. Although the way back to the entrance of the cave was not dangerous, it was still a relatively difficult journey for a female arcanist with a leg injury. journey.

William withdrew his gaze and looked down at the manticore on the side. This ferocious monster made a terrifying smile in a humane manner, indicating that he was ready.William pulled the knob of the bull's-eye lantern to turn the light to the brightest. Although a man and a beast have the ability to see in the dark, for William, who is more adapted to the bright environment, it is still more satisfying to have an available oil lamp. Ann thing.

The roads in the underground rock crevices are not easy to walk. Most of these ancient rocky roads that were opened up thousands of years ago and have never been maintained have long since lost their function as walkways. Large and small cracks and cliffs are filled with the entire underground. In the dark environment, this place has become a terrible natural fierce place.As a real local snake, Manticore's understanding of this rock crevice is undoubtedly far beyond William, an outsider.

Of course, it is difficult to see other creatures within the control range of Manticores, because Manticores without a master will release their evil desires without limit, and they wantonly torture and slaughter all living creatures in their territory, even When you are full.

The Manticore also fulfilled its duty as a "leading party" very well. Along the way, it kept pointing out William where he could go, which places he couldn't go, and which places looked safe but were actually life-swallowing cracks. This extremely rare loyal master existence among evil creatures offered its first "loyalty" to William without reservation.

Although Manticore can speak some simple lingua franca, because they have always lived a "lonely" life, the vocabulary they can master is often extremely rare, and William is not a language genius, so at the beginning, one person and one beast communicated in language. Basically, it's a chicken talking to a duck, and no one can understand what the other is saying.

However, with the continuous adaptation of communication, William has established a little tacit understanding with the Manticore by relying on simple gestures and dry lingua franca.Relying on the tip of the manticore, William avoided countless traps and obstacles, and he had to marvel at the ability of his new "little brother".Although this guy is ugly or ugly, his ability is still very good.

After stumbling for more than half an hour, William and the Manticore came to a wider cave. There were countless stalactites hanging upside down on the ceiling, layered upon layer under the illumination of the lights, reflecting dazzling brilliance.

The air here is extremely humid, obviously already close to the water source.And where there is water, there is generally life.The Manticore roared a little restlessly, and William also felt that something was wrong around him, as if countless reptiles were wriggling non-stop.

The manticore roared indistinctly: "Roar master ant maggot roar"

This time William didn't hear what the Manticore said clearly. He tried his best to open up his sensory abilities, raised his perception to the most acute state, and paid attention to the surrounding dynamics.Soon, William discovered the object that caused the Manticore's uneasiness - a group of weird and disgusting reptiles.A kind of maggot whose body size is enlarged dozens of times, with locust feet and ant jaws, and a fat belly dragging on the ground.

William had seen information about ant maggots in the earlier illustrated book.Ant maggots are creatures whose habits are very similar to those of carnivorous ants. They not only have the greed of maggots, but also form groups to divide labor and cooperate like ants, and their two jaws secrete deadly venom.Swarms of maggots can kill most prey that are much stronger than themselves, and even the Manticore has to back away from the swarms of maggots.

But the world is so strange, the biggest natural enemy of ant maggots is the subterranean rock spider, and the spider eater that likes to prey on the subterranean rock spider is also the object that the manticore lion likes to hunt very much.The spider-eating beasts here were hunted and killed by the manticore lions, and the underground rock spiders were also driven away, but these ant maggots multiplied in large numbers, and the population grew stronger.Now it even showed its fangs, and turned its ferocious hunting target to "outsiders".

It’s just that this time the ants maggots hit the iron plate. If William was still a simple hand-to-hand fighter or an ordinary warlock, he would have no choice but to flee, but he has already mastered the most terrifying magical power in the world—— The curse fire, even if it's just a trivial prototype, gave William the confidence to ignore the number of hostile forces.

(End of this chapter)