Shadow Covenant

Chapter 128 "Deformation Spider Luzani"

For the last stone walk, Woody used it to return the same way.

He skillfully blended into this roughly polished gray dwarf canal, and then followed the cracks in the flowing water all the way up, just like the sea salmon that goes against the current in Qianfanhai every year in the cold winter months, upstream.

But just as he was heading towards the black market lake, in the middle of the way, his tremor perception unexpectedly noticed something slowly moving in the soil layer above, like a restless mole, Arching in the soil, but from the feedback body shape...

This size, with silhouette.

Seems more like a... human?
Woody immediately realized that the creatures on the upper layer were probably humans who used the Thor stone technique like him, but when Woody sensed him, the creatures on the upper layer seemed to be aware of Woody's movement, and Woody When showing the intention of approaching, the suspected human creature on the upper level of Woody fled directly to the upper level.

Woody originally didn't want to care about it, and skipped it as an episode, but he suddenly thought of one thing, Marco and Logan, the two nobles of the wine estate, it seems that they haven't been arrested yet.

And judging from the reaction of the humanoid creatures just now, the guy who entered the soil and used Thor's Stone to practice is definitely not from the ruling hall, because they can't detect someone, and they will choose to escape. After all, their purpose is to Look for traces of people.

Thoughts ran through his mind at will, and Woody chose to go after him directly. Even though it might not be Marko and Logan, he could directly rule out a wrong answer.

What's more, he still wanted to see who it was, so he also chose to swim in the dirt.

However, although the aura of the trembling creature that escaped was weak and small in size, he still pursued cautiously and did not choose to approach rashly.

Even if he gets close to the soil, what he can do is limited. This is different from land and sea. It is more difficult for objects to play a role in the soil than imagined. The weight of the soil hundreds of meters deep can The weapon was firmly pressed into the soil.

So Woody just wants to see where he's gone.

Due to Woody's perceptual attributes, when he is serious, the range he can listen to is much wider than the former, and his tailgating did not attract much attention from that person. After finding that Woody did not catch up, the The figure moving in the soil was also slightly sluggish, he seemed a little hesitant in the same place, but in the end it seemed that he was still photographed by the sudden phenomenon just now. He chose to leave in the opposite direction from where Woody appeared, and then went up at a certain point.

Apparently, he also has a unique induction system.

Woody first waited for a while, after confirming that the rising creature disappeared into the soil, he came to the place where the creature disappeared just now, and also chose to rise, but this time, he felt more A closed cavity, as well as small footsteps and almost whispering words.

Gradually approaching, the voice gradually became clearer.

"Please tell me what happened just now."

It was the voice of a stern middle-aged man.

"It's just that I was looking for the general direction of the surrounding area according to what 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 and Thor stone monster you mentioned. We, too, are human beings..."

It was another man's slightly panicked voice.

Following the sound, Woody poked his head out from another part of the cave. In the cave, which was a circle smaller in height and width than normal rooms, there were two men in fine clothes. The small cave was covered by a Illuminated by a bright white torch stuck in 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 faint light.

This also reflected clearly the looks and expressions of the two people who were talking, one frowning, the other frightened and panicked.

But their characteristics, appearance and clothing all showed the identities of the two of them, and they were the culprits who blocked the black market.

Marko of Lutov Manor and the two brothers Logan.

As the elder 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 trembled a little. He was already in a panic. It can be said that he only realized it now. When his brother dragged him away with a sullen expression, he even thought Before he could react, he was sent to a cold cave full of rocks and lichens.

After buying some daily necessities with my brother in the black market, I hid in the middle of a cave that had long been abandoned and collapsed.

According to his elder brother Marco's plan, the two of them will live here for a period of time until the limelight passes, and then use the black market channels to leave Palermo and start anew in another kingdom.

In Asenland, where disputes are disordered and there is a lack of communication between city-states and kingdoms, it is not uncommon for a wanted criminal in one country to become a famous local nobleman or guest of the king in another country.

And just now they used the stone walking technique attached to the staff that sent them here just now to see if there are other caves where they can hide safely. After all, this place is still too close to the black market, and they want to change to a deeper place underground. and safe location.

"Don't worry, it's definitely not the people from the governing hall. The old man Rackam is a mage who graduated from the evocation department. I know his spell position very well, so even if he knows that we are hiding here, there is nothing we can do about it! Don’t think too much, as long as it’s not those huge underground pests that are attracted by our flesh and blood, there’s no danger, it’s much safer here than in the sea.”

After hearing his younger brother's story, Marco breathed a sigh of relief, and then promised with a face full of promises.

Although the news in the morning had a great impact on him, he had thought about the way things would be revealed a long time ago, so he has come to this point far from the despair shown by his younger brother.

"It's all to blame on that damned Yassin. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have become like this. We obviously didn't want to do anything!"

Logan's fat face was full of resentment at this time, and under the bright torch, his face was flushed red like a pig's liver, as if he wanted to tilt all the fear just now on another person's head, I believe that if that name The man named Yassin is here, and it is possible for Logan to perform a live performance of eating his flesh and eating his blood.

They didn't notice the raised young face somewhere in the cave above their heads.

As Logan said, he didn't notice anyone chasing after him when he came back. This is a human misunderstanding of the underground, and he believes too much in the tremor perception given by spells.

However, Woody was in no mood to listen to the boring conversation of these two people here. After hearing it clearly, he was not surprised that the drow were behind the scenes, and he didn't think the two were innocent.

Therefore, since he ran into him by accident, he didn't mind helping the governing hall solve the trouble.

After all, to a certain extent, these two people also harbored malice towards the wine estate.

Woody had only one word for this.

Killers, people always kill...

However, before his face could completely break free from the restraint of the wall, and before his hand stretched out, he was holding the curved sword placed in the ring, and was about to launch a righteous backstab against the two nobles below in this state .

A sudden snicker in the darkness dispelled Woody's movements, and his whole body slowly melted back into the wall, leaving only a pair of eyes to observe the inside of this small cave.

"Who is laughing!"

The sudden laughter also caught the attention of the two nobles who were venting their emotions. Marco even held the exquisite sword at his waist. Apart from being a nobleman, he also has a high level of warrior .

Just like Susan's father Kamo, the nobles who are really in power will not have great power themselves.

For nobles, power and wealth are never a choice between the two, but mostly both.

Just like some high-level assassins or rogues who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth want to sneak attack the leader of a country, but they don't know that what he is facing is likely to be a professional of the same level who has thrown away the noble status of the king.

The king of the Baviallo kingdom to which Palermo belongs, if Woody remembers correctly, is a fifteenth-level warrior, and the advanced profession is the "King's Sword" that can cast spells.

What's 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 make them hold artifacts, wear solid armor, and wear various magical accessories, even The court mages who follow him are all honored.

Woody remembers an imperial king who unified the entire world in a certain plane, and even created a knight guard with a legendary weapon. At that time, many players were greedy. The task is to reward one.

True legendary weapons are bound to be very rare, and kings like the former are still rare.

Even if most kings have 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, and this power is enough to bring uneasiness to most rulers Degree.

……

"Obviously just now I wanted to inflict all kinds of torture on me, but I really spoke, why are you afraid again, my... master~"

The voice of the visitor was soft yet charming, with a breath-taking scent, a black mist appeared in a corner of the cave, and soon a hunched figure appeared in the black mist, and disappeared as the black mist dissipated. He just appeared out of nowhere.

Woody shrank slightly when he saw it. This was obviously different from his method, and he should have used some kind of magic to directly move here.

"Tactical Teleportation" or "Dimensional Connection"

More like some sort of spell variant.

Woody, who has experience in spell recognition in his previous life, subconsciously guessed which spell this teleportation came from, and at the same time held his breath to minimize his sense of existence. Become an enemy of two parties.

"Yasin? You are Yasin!"

Hearing the words of the visitor, and then looking at the familiar eyes with the rickety creature, Logan would not know who the owner of this extra voice is.

"How dare you come to see us?! How did our Lutov family treat you!"

He asked loudly, and at the same time he took out a spell scroll inlaid with inscriptions in the ring. Compared with his brother Marco's good martial arts, he was better at using spells to solve difficulties.

It's a pity that his spellcasting level has not been high, and he can only do superficial tricks, but it doesn't affect him buying some spells for self-defense with gold coins.

However, high-ring spell scrolls are too expensive, and even with his wealth, he can't hit people with a dozen scrolls at any time. What he holds in his hand is a "Three-ring Monster Summoning Scroll". means of self-defense.

He who is not proficient in combat knows deeply that it is more suitable for him to directly hire alien creatures who make a living by fighting.

"Hee hee, there's no need to be so tense! I just saw you hesitate, so I helped you!"

The person who came was still not too angry, and a smile emerged from under the hood.

"Yasin, why are you doing this?"

Compared to Logan, Marco was much calmer, but the back of his hand with bruised veins still betrayed his mental activities at this time.

"for what?"

The visitor didn't seem to have the slightest hesitation about this question, but instead asked in confusion.

"If one day, the pigs and sheep you ate asked why you ate them, how would you answer? Master."

Hearing this sentence, Marco seemed to have realized something. With his other free hand, he raised the torch stuck on the wall, and then pointed at the person in front of him. With the light, he could see clearly The face under the cloak.

What a terrifying face, the protruding bony facets at the corners of the eyes, the exposed fangs on the upper and lower jaws, and the brown spider skin on the face are enough to make people scream.

"Are you one of those drow? Yashin?"

Logan also saw that he, who was not bad in IQ, quickly thought of why he appeared here.

"Of course not! I just formed an alliance with them, and my name is not Yassin. The human name does not belong to me now. I am Lu Zhani, the queen of the metamorphic spider!"

The name is Lu Zhani, which means "Heart Eater" in underground language, and the shape-shifting spider proudly denied it.

"Then you didn't come to me this time to chat and watch our jokes!"

Marco was keenly aware that the metamorphic spider in front of him should not be too hostile, otherwise, he wouldn't have had so much talk with them.

"Of course not. The purpose of my coming here is to get back my things."

"What...you mean..." Logan immediately thought of the unexpected harvest, the mysterious staff used as a hole card for escape. No wonder there was also a stone walking technique recorded on it. It turned out that this was originally something that came from the ground.

"Hey, otherwise, how 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 fool me!"

Obviously, Marco understood that all of this was a bait for this ugly half-human, half-spider thing. Without the staff, they would never have thought of going underground to escape, let alone escape after being in distress. Choose to hide in caves.

"No, I can't give you the staff and those two things! Even if I give you, we have to wait until we leave here!"

Marco didn't want to fight at this time, so he didn't say anything to death, but started to use the characteristics of a businessman, bargained, and started to pull, and at the same time signaled his younger brother Logan to get ready with his eyes.

The casting step of a spell always takes time.

"It's up to you! My master~ this is the underground kingdom, my country! Hoho..."

Seeing Marco like this, Lu Zhani did not show a look of panic, but looked at the two 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 toxin scattered in the air had already made him feel his body began to feel heavy, and his eyelids began to fight up and down.

"Stupid humans, otherwise, why do you think I'm here to waste time talking so much nonsense with you! The pollen of the moth is enough to make you sleep for hours,"

Lu Zhani laughed triumphantly, and at the same time, her hand under the hood turned into a lizard-like claw covered with hard crimson scales, attacking and grabbing directly in the direction of Marco.

Take advantage of his illness to kill him, the same is true of the Underdark rules.

As an advanced "war shapeshifter", she has the ability to change any part of her body at will, changing her hands into the claws of a four-eyed lizard man, changing her head into a kuo-tao murloc full of sharp teeth, Or stretching his arms and neck suddenly, these are all easy for him.

Marco wanted to resist, but there was almost no suspense. His physique was fighting against the hypnotic powder he inhaled. Logan didn't have any suspense at all. He had already fallen asleep and was killed in his sleep.

In an instant, all died without any suspense.

But just when Lu Zhani was about to step forward to collect the spoils of this time, the things she was thinking about, an exceptionally young human face appeared on the wall behind her.

Before Lu Zhani could feel the movement of the rock formation behind her, a gorgeous saber light burst out from the rock formation.

Before the person leaves, the sword has arrived.

Feeling the strong wind behind her, Lu Zhani's face was not ugly, and directly relying on the intuition of the shape-shifting spider, she instantly transformed her body into a common shadow creature in the Underdark.

Because of this, her body can be immune to most physical attacks, and every time she does this, she tries it every time.

But this time, she still felt her body being torn apart, like butter meeting a hot knife.

Melted directly in the cut...disintegrated.

She turned her head in disbelief, and saw a pair of indifferent golden pupils with no emotion.

Those were the eyes of that human.

But why did that person appear here...

Before his thinking stagnated, the human in front of him disappeared, and when he reappeared, he rushed behind him with his giant saber-like weapon, and slashed fiercely at Lu Zhani's arched back.

The hump on the Metamorpha's back houses its brain, which is its only weakness.

This time, Lu Zhani's face really changed...

(End of this chapter)