lizard lord

Chapter 261 Beholder
On the border of the Elven Kingdom, on the outskirts of an inconspicuous village.

"I told you everything I know! Really, I swear to Luoshanda! You can bury me first and let me go after you have dealt with it! I promise you will never ruin your business!"

The mercenary who was taken away by Tang Zhao as a navigator looked at Tang Zhao cautiously, and said tremblingly at the same time.

He was so frightened by the other party that he didn't even expect to be released immediately, as long as he could survive. In fact, Tang Zhao really didn't want to take the risk to let him go at this time.

Tang Zhao's tail quickly and lightly came to the back of the opponent's head, and the mercenary immediately passed out and did not respond.

His strengthening is all-round, not just using brute force, but also controlling his body. Like those skilled human swordsmen, he can retract and release freely and precisely control his own strength.

As long as you figure out the speed, it's no problem to knock someone out.

After properly placing the opponent on a tree, Tang Zhao shrunk his size to the minimum and began to sneak into the village.

It's early in the morning, the sky is just dawn, and this place is not a war zone, so there is not even a decent guard. Tang Zhao, who has the ability to change colors and so on, can naturally sneak in smoothly.

According to what the mercenaries said, they and the other two groups had spent a few days in this village for repairs. As long as they searched hard, they could basically confirm this matter—their smell still lingers in the center of the village. In the tavern where they once slept, the smell was no fool.

【It shouldn't be that simple yet.】

After confirming that what the other party said was true, Tang Zhao did not stop searching, but continued to check the situation of this tavern. There should be a reason for the other party to choose this place.

Sure enough, he found a strong magic remnant near the tavern owner's room, and he was quite familiar with the feeling of this magic.

He backed away silently, turned to a place tens of meters away from the tavern, increased his size to about two meters, and then began to dig holes.

The claws dug quickly, and soon he made a hole big enough for his whole body to enter, and digging the claws deep into the dirt, he began to use the magic he had learned recently.

The magic power spreads in the soil layer, and after several rounds of back and forth, the general shape of the underground is outlined - as expected, there is a large hole in the ground, which is not the scale of ordinary civil buildings, it should be some kind of special excavation. of hidden places.

Since the location was not far from him, he simply took advantage of the trend and continued to dig in that direction, heading directly towards the opponent's location.

When it comes to how to build a stable and solid cave, his ability is definitely not as good as that of a dwarf or a kobold, but he is no worse than these two when it comes to digging a hole - wide and powerful claws, which can block the moment when the soil enters the eyes. Membranes, and lungs that can efficiently store and use oxygen, all allow him to dig dirt with ease.

There are not many creatures in this world that are sensitive to ground tremors, but there are many species that are sensitive to fluctuations in magic power. Just using magic power as a radar is not enough. Obviously, after all, the amount of magic power is negligible. If you directly use magic to change the terrain, you won't be able to detect it unless your opponent's senses are dull.

Ten minutes later, Tang Zhao broke through the soil layer and came into contact with relatively harder stone bricks.

Stepping back a little to make a distance, he opened his mouth and sprayed out a small ball of acid, which was as corrosive as the black dragon's acid, and quickly corroded the stone bricks into a cave that could accommodate him, just like the black dragon's acid. The difference is that they evaporate quickly, blend into the air and disappear without a trace, allowing Tang Zhao to pass through the cave safely.

The internal space is not very spacious. He chose to maintain his body size at about four meters, just enough to move freely in the underground facility.

Observing the surrounding environment, he is located in a long corridor. Not far behind is the stairs leading to the ground, which is sealed by some kind of mechanism. There are kerosene lamps on the left and right sides of the corridor. Obviously, someone is here to maintain it.

He quickly determined his next target and began to run towards the end of the corridor.

At the end is a wooden door, with magical light shining on it, but Tang Zhao didn't care about anything else, and just bumped into it. After losing the protection of magic, this is just a relatively strong wooden door.

The wooden door was smashed, and a wider hall came into view. The creature floating in the center of the hall was somewhat beyond Tang Zhao's expectations: it was a beholder, and Tang Zhao had seen him before. Ruford formed the beholder of the Cyclops gang.

Although there has been some cooperation between the two parties, the business in the hands of the other party cannot be allowed by the queen. He had sensed the situation and escaped a few years ago. Tang Zhao also sent people to track it down, and the news he got was The other party probably ran north to the territory of orcs or hobgoblins, but he didn't expect to be here now.

Without letting go of his vigilance in the slightest, he circled slowly around the beholder while trying to talk to him.

[We really haven't seen each other for a while. 】

"Indeed, after those humans drove me out, I never saw you again, Lord Carlos."

[You'd better give me some suitable reasons, because the mercenaries I caught can be traced back to here. These mercenaries killed my people, and you are sitting here now. 】

The eye stalks on the top of the beholder's head began to shake randomly, as if it was laughing: "Don't get me wrong, although your cooperation with those humans makes me very unhappy, but you are not the target of my revenge, and neither are the elves. I came here for a similar purpose to yours."

Although the other party said so verbally, Tang Zhao could find that the other party's eyes were all staring at him, and the eyes of the beholder were the way to cast spells. This was a very aggressive behavior.

【I really didn't want to do anything to you, but now it seems that there is nothing I can do.】

In front of the opponent, Tang Zhao began to expand his size, filling a quarter of the hall in an instant. His eyes were also fixed on the beholder, and at the same time he stretched out his claws to grab the opponent.

When the two sides met for the first time, the beholder's ability was undoubtedly much stronger than Tang Zhao's. Even after one or two evolutions, the two sides were still on the same level, but now the situation has already found a change.

The stance of forbidden magic or those rays with different functions had no effect on him at all, and was easily resolved by the scales. The scales are still useless.

The absolute difference in strength caused him to be knocked down a few seconds later, and he was pinned down by Tang Zhao's claws, unable to move, and became a prisoner.

(End of this chapter)