My Liver Experience in the World of Cthulhu

Chapter 143 Flame Guard
After a short rest, Nick stood up, picked up his weapon and said, "Let's go and explore if there are any other exits, otherwise we have to go back and dig holes."

"Wait a minute." Crown decided not to hide his clumsiness anymore. He took out two Pure Heart Talisman and Golden Light Talisman respectively, and said, "Everyone squeeze in, and each team stands together."

"What are you doing?" Nick was a little confused, but still cooperated and ordered: "Squeeze everyone."

When everyone stood up, Crown released the Moon Spirit Shield and Golden Armor.

The silvery-white and light-gold auras complement each other, and Nick feels a chill in his head, as if he had drank a piece of pure heart talisman water.

He stared at the faint golden halo on the surface of his skin, and laughed and cursed: "Okay, you bastard still hides such a good thing. People who understand the true meaning of the law are powerful. These two kinds of talismans inspire What effect will it have in the end?”

"The true meaning of the law? What, what kind of true meaning of the law?" Jason felt that his tongue was a little knotted, and his words were a little awkward.

This is the true meaning of the law, which means that it is certain to advance to the third level and get the ticket to go further.

He once heard his teacher occasionally mention that third-level transcendent beings were not truly transcendent, and that a large number of first-level transcendent beings might surround and kill them.

But if you go one step further, after breaking through the third level and reaching a new realm, the life level can achieve a real leap in evolution.At that time, only creatures of the same level can harm them.

The prerequisite for all this is to understand the true meaning of the law and turn it into instinct.

"It's the true meaning of the laws of warmth and burning, and there's also a layer of protection in it," Nick answered. "He didn't have this method before, but now he should have understood something deeper. Praise the God of Fire. Bar."

"Praise the God of Fire," Jason said devoutly, putting his hand on his chest.

"Wow, that's amazing."

"Is this magic?"

The rest of the team exclaimed in exclamation. Lorraine tapped her skin and found that the light golden film was always close to the skin.

'Praise the Dao Ancestor', Kroun added silently in his heart and said:
“White aura can make our minds clearer and have a certain protective effect against mental attacks.

Golden aura can form a layer of armor on the surface of our body, similar to spiritual armor, which can defend against certain physical damage and elemental damage, as well as resist attacks by evil spirits. "

Nick deliberately wailed: "Only a third-level priest can add a fire spirit shield to others, and you, a warrior who is a second-level transcendent, can actually do it. I am so jealous."

For a time, the mood of the team members rose, and the dull atmosphere of panic became much lighter.

"Let's go." Nick saw that everyone's condition had improved a lot, so he picked up his weapons and bucklers and stepped into the fork in the middle.

He activated the protection of the armor and tried to cast the Fire Spirit Shield on himself. He was extremely surprised to find that it could really be superimposed on the golden film.

In this way, he has three layers of protection.Although he has not verified the defensive strength of the golden film, it is at least no worse than the Fire Spirit Shield. After all, it is the manifestation of the true meaning of the law.

Crown followed closely behind, holding up the oil lamp in his left hand to light the way forward for the priest.

The crowd walked along the tunnel for more than 20 minutes. On the way, they encountered several hard-haired rats, which were smashed into pieces by the priest one by one.

There was a "squeaking" sound coming from the front, getting louder and louder.

Finally, they came to a multi-cave that was wider than the semicircular hall at the fork in the road. There were many openings in the cave that were as thick as small buckets.

"Fuck", the priest at the front cursed.

Croun saw that there were hundreds of red-eyed, hard-haired rats crawling inside.

Some are lying on their stomachs, some stand with their legs upright, and some are rolled into a ball. There are a lot of hard hairs left in many places. Maybe when they are very hungry, they are each other's food.

He couldn't help but feel that his scalp was numb, as if there were countless lice on his head.

The arrival of people or the light alerted these mutated mice, and all the mice turned back to stare at the uninvited guests.

For a moment, the scene became eerily quiet.But then, the mouse screamed and rushed towards everyone.

"Fight, you can't retreat." Nick's buckler ignited with blazing flames, and he stepped forward and raised his arm to throw the buckler away.

The shield turned into fiery red and flew in a shining arc against the ground. Most of the rats on the route were killed at the first touch, and only a few stronger rats were ejected.

The shield flew in the air and returned to the priest's hand.

The body of the mouse that was rubbed by the buckler burst into flames and began to run around crazily.There was some confusion among the attacking rats, but more rats jumped over the unlucky ones and rushed towards the investigating team.

When Nick started to move, Crown took out a bunch of golden light talismans. After activating them, he immediately threw them in front of him. Balls of golden flames burst out from the rats.

These rats were obviously corrupted by evil power and mutated, so Sun Flame Technique would certainly be able to cause more damage.

Within the burning area of ​​the golden flame, the rats did not even have time to let out a mournful scream. Their bones and skin seemed to be immersed in sulfuric acid, corroded rapidly, and pus and blood flowed out.

Although the Sun Flame Technique was very effective, all the rats still rushed forward with their blood-red eyes open.

Perhaps, evil has already corroded their fearful emotions, leaving only a cruel and bloodthirsty twisted will.

Liya pushed her hands forward, and a wall of fire about two meters long and half a meter wide immediately appeared in front of her. The rising flames were one meter high.

The rats that rushed over turned into burning flying rats after passing through the wall. Occasionally, some jumped out and were killed by Lorraine beside her.

Only Crown and the others were able to launch a large-scale attack. Many rats rushed into the crowd, and everyone began to fight hand-to-hand.

Some people threw their oil lamps on the ground, and the light in the cave became dim.

Most wire-haired rats are only as strong as half-sized dogs, but they are much more ferocious than dogs.Only a small group can reach the first level of transcendence, and they are targeted by several masters in the team.

After Kroun sent out more than a dozen golden light talismans in his hand, he also put on the star steel sword. He held an oil lamp in one hand and a sword in the other to quickly and accurately harvest the lives of the hard-haired rats.

Occasionally, some mice jumped on him, but they were unable to break through the defense of the golden body.

The battle was fierce but short-lived.

It was over in about 10 minutes. There were dead rats everywhere, and the air was filled with the smell of decay, mixed with the smell of rat urine and the smell of roasted rats. It was very disgusting.

"Get out first," Nick shouted, "and treat the wounded."

Everyone retreated to the passage first to check each other's injuries.

Several second-level extraordinary beings were uninjured, while others had more or less scratches or bites from hard-haired rats.

These wounds were extremely swollen, and black pus and blood began to flow out of them.

Nelson gritted his teeth in pain and leaned against the wall shivering.

The claws of the wire-haired rat scratched his thigh, tearing open several bone-deep wounds.

"Drink." Crown handed him a bottle of holy water first, then cut the clothes on his wound and slowly poured the holy water.

The holy water immediately foamed up and washed away a lot of blood.

Seeing that the color of the blood flowing out returned to normal, Croun applied myogenic and hemostatic ointment to the other person's wound, put a bandage on him, and then helped him deal with other small wounds.

"Is the golden armor very useful?" Crown asked with a frown as he looked around.

"It's very useful. I suffered many attacks. If it weren't for the Golden Armor, I would have been bruised and bruised." Jie Ao answered affirmatively. "I just faced the attacks of so many mutated beasts, and I only received some minor injuries." , it was unimaginable before.”

"Yes, the golden armor helped me resist most attacks. I only received two scratches." Lorraine also affirmed the role of the skill.

"There are too many monsters, and I can't defend myself," Nelson said with a wry smile. "There are big rats on all sides. I have been attacked too many times, and that layer of golden armor is consumed very quickly."

Nick came over and said: "Nelson still has too little combat experience. He just needs to train a few more times. Let's get ready to go."

. . . .

Crown cast the Golden Armor spell on everyone again, and then everyone returned the same way and walked into the rightmost fork.

After winding around for a few times, this passage slowly went down almost straight in one direction.

After walking a few hundred meters, the tunnel suddenly opens up, and it feels spacious when driving a two-wheel carriage here.The tunnel has also been raised to about four meters.

Crown and Nick were walking at the front of the team. He whispered: "We are moving northward deep into the mountain. It looks like we can only spend the night here."

The priest nodded slightly: "If the team members guarding outside do not encounter a large-scale monster attack, there is no need to worry about their safety.

According to the norms in the battle manual, if we did not go back the next morning, they would go back to the Security Bureau to report the news.If we can't find a way out here, what we need to do is to save all supplies and re-excavate the collapsed channel. "

Several groups of shadows suddenly jumped out of the shadows in front of him. Croun squinted slightly and discovered that they were several large bats.

He took two steps forward, the cold light flashed on his sword, and he chopped off the bat neatly.

Crown used his sword to pick up their corpses and observed: "This size is similar to the bats that attack us at night. Do you think there is a connection between them?"

"Maybe," Nick stared at the shadows in the distance and asked, "What time is it now?"

"A quarter past four."

Crown suddenly felt a faint vibration under his feet, and he immediately lay down and put his ears close to the ground.

Jason, who was following behind, also made the same move.

"bang, bang"

The faint sound of heavy objects falling to the ground reached my ears from the ground, regular and rhythmic.

"Here comes a big one," Jason shouted.

"It should be the kind of monster that digs holes with its claws," Liya stepped forward and said, "It's time for a tough fight."

Jason laughed "hehe": "I will never be soft when it's time to fight a tough battle."

"They're all hiding behind me," Nick hit the buckler with his flail, making a clanging sound.

"I will definitely become the strongest barrier. I seemed to have understood something while fighting evil creatures some time ago, and I just want to test it.

Now I'm just afraid that the monster that comes is not strong enough, and the impact is not enough to make me realize more things. "

Crown joked: "Does it take the most severe beating to realize what you understand?" Nick was stunned and said softly: "It seems to be true."

"Then come on your own, I don't mind."

A few people were chatting and laughing, and the slight sense of oppression from traveling in the dark underground for a long time disappeared a lot.

"bang, bang"

The earthquake under everyone's feet became more obvious, and a dull echo began to come from the tunnel.

Everyone stopped moving, and Croun placed his oil lamp against the wall 20 meters in front and retreated behind everyone.

Nick took two steps forward, lowered his waist and lifted the shield, protecting the shield on his chest, staring straight ahead.

"Boom, bang, bang"

The creature in the night was getting closer and closer, as if it was attracted by the bright light here, and it began to run forward quickly.

It finally stopped at the edge of the light and let out a long howl, a sound similar to that of a wild boar and a stag. It made people's eardrums hurt, and the soil on the top of the tunnel rustled away.

The sound continued to reflect in the tunnel, making it even more harsh.

Crown opened his mouth to reduce the air pressure difference between the inside and outside of the eardrum and relieve the irritation of the eardrum caused by the noise.

This is a monster that is more than three meters tall, giving people the impression that it can touch the top of the tunnel with just a jump.

It has a head as big as a giant bear, and its body is covered in gray-white body hair, which is tangled.A pair of red eyes the size of a baby's fist flashed with a fierce and violent light.

Its huge mouth is filled with jagged teeth, and its bright red tongue sucks in and out quickly like a snake.

Croun saw that the monster's tongue was densely covered with white barbs similar to those of a tiger's tongue.

The monster's upper body is more like the body of an orangutan. It looks very strong, with sharp claws exposed on its wide palms.

Under the light, a dull cold light can be seen flashing on the claws.

Just as Liya had judged, the front half of its foot had three thick toes.

"Let me weigh its strength." Nick took small steps forward and then quickly accelerated his pace towards the monster.

The monster let out an ear-piercing scream again, seemingly mocking the tiny figure in front of him for charging beyond his capabilities.

Then, the monster waved its thick upper limbs and began to charge.

Lorraine saw such a contrasting scene and unconsciously clenched the hilt of the sword in her hand.

Crown was not worried. He had seen the priest face the impact of a larger evil object. The flame protection emitted from the opponent's shield at that time impressed him deeply.

He secretly made calculations and felt that with his current attack power, it would still take a long time to break through the light shield head-on.

Now that he has truly become a teammate, he knows that the priest's attack power may be a little lacking, but in terms of defense, it is definitely the strongest he has ever seen.

Well, he hasn’t seen many second-level priests’ defensive capabilities. These are what the priest said himself a few days ago: “My understanding of shield defense is the strongest among exorcist priests of the same level, at least in Rhine City. Among the second-level priests, no one has stronger defense than me."

Crown stared attentively at the monsters who were about to collide with each other. He held the golden light talisman in his hand, ready to provide his teammates with golden armor at any time.

The giant monster ran like a speeding dump truck. It raised its giant fist and struck forward hard, as if it wanted to smash the enemy into pieces.

Nick rushed up to the monster without hesitation, and an arc-shaped red wall of light shone on his shield.

A very impactful scene appeared in everyone's field of vision. The short human did not move at all, but the larger monster seemed to have hit a thick city wall and was knocked back.

The priest stepped forward the moment the giant monster flew out. The iron ball on the flail seemed to be burned red and hit the giant monster's falling body heavily.

The sound of bones breaking was very small, but it was still keenly captured by Kroun.

He snapped his fingers happily, and the situation was decided!It feels great to sit back and watch your teammates show off their strength.

The subsequent battle was indeed as he expected. The giant monster did not put up any decent resistance, and the priest smashed the bear's head with a flail.

Looking at the battle scenes, Nick's strong sense of strength and his wide-open fighting style left a deep impression on everyone.

The image of him using his shield to resist the impact of the giant monster brought a substantial sense of security to others.

Jason nodded secretly. At this moment, he fully recognized the priest's strength.

"Quickly tidy up, let me take a breather." A bright smile appeared on Nick's face. "It's really exciting. I feel like I have a better understanding of the true meaning of the flame guardian."

Crown acted as a stickman and shouted: "Let us cheer for the team's strongest barrier and praise the God of Fire."

. . . .

It's an unknown monster, and no one knows which parts of it are useful.

Due to time constraints, Crown just cut off the troll's claws as trophies.The troll's skin is also very tough, but it can only be discarded.

The benefit that Crown received was that the proficiency of the demon scholar increased by four points, which was better than nothing.

The priest rested for a while and after adjusting his condition, everyone set off again.

The rest of the journey was relatively smooth, with occasional encounters with a few large bats but no other attacks.

Crown felt the light from the oil lamp suddenly spread. He took a few steps forward and saw that they had arrived at a huge cave.

There are colorful stalactites in the cave, which look like shining gems when illuminated by light.

The black root-like tentacles are all over every inch of space here. They are hidden in the criss-crossing cracks and wrapped around the strange-shaped rocks, giving people a strange and eerie feeling. They seem to have entered the body of an unknown giant monster. internal.

There are water drops dripping, making a soft ticking sound, which can be heard far away in the silent environment.

Crown noticed a drop of green stuff falling in front of his eyes, and he was sure it wasn't water.

He raised the oil lamp high and looked up at the top of the cave. He found several drop-shaped bluish-gray sacs hanging sparsely on the tentacles of the black tree roots above.

The pouch is covered with wrinkles and is about the size of a clay pot half the height of a person.

His movement attracted the attention of others, and Nick looked up: "What the hell is this?"

"I don't know."

Jason came over and said: "After the gray fog came, the creatures in the wild have mutated to a great extent, and many new species have been formed. Now even the most knowledgeable monster experts cannot recognize many kinds of monsters." .

Now this kind of mutation occurs very quickly. It is said that it will take as short as four to five years and as long as more than ten years before the form of the creature becomes stable.Our knowledge system is facing reconstruction, and the success rate of pharmacists' medicines has been greatly reduced, because the medicinal properties of plants have also undergone significant changes, making them more effective and producing mysterious and unknown ingredients. "

Nelson asked curiously: "What are the medicines we are distributing now?"

"Most of them are previous reserves. Three months after the gray fog came, this mutation began to explode on a large scale."

Liya came over and asked: "What should we do now? There seems to be no point in continuing to explore. This is probably just a nest of mutated creatures."

Nick asked uncertainly: "Will this kind of cave have a way to the ground?"

"It may or may not be."

At this moment, the bag above the cave burst, and a large amount of green mucus fell down.

Everyone looked up and saw a football-sized monster emerging from the bag.

It has gray wing membranes like a bat, but has the body of a human baby. It is purple-black all over, has no hair, and has a pointed head.

The five fingers have sharp and curved nails. The open and closed mouth is full of triangular sharp teeth. There are two knuckle-long fangs on the upper and lower gums.

"ho"

The monster appears to be photophobic, covering its head with small claws and wing membranes.

"I'll shoot it down and have a look." Crown took off his longbow and shot an ordinary arrow.

The monster was shot without any resistance and fell straight down. The arrow shot from the wing membrane, passed through its lower jaw, and exited from the top of its forehead.

This thing has a very strong vitality. After it fell to the ground, it was still twitching violently, like a convulsing epileptic patient.

A full 2 ​​minutes passed before the little monster gradually stopped moving.

Crown handed the oil lamp to the priest, pulled out a scalpel made of Valyrian steel, and began to decompose it on the spot.

This knife was given to him by the priest as a reward for making armor. The sharp scalpel was very easy to use and he was very satisfied.

He was so efficient that the little monster quickly turned into a pile of bits and pieces.

A complete skeleton appeared in front of everyone. If the wing bones on the back were ignored, this was the skeleton of a baby.

Seeing that the demon scholar's proficiency increased by three points again, Crown smiled silently. No matter how small a mosquito's legs were, they were just meat.

Liya looked at the pile of flesh and blood on the ground with disinterest and asked: "Captain Nick, let's make a decision. Should we turn back or explore for a while?"

Unconsciously, she had placed herself in the position of a subordinate, and the scene of Nick confronting the troll head-on shocked her greatly.

Nick rubbed his chin and thought for a while and said: "Continue to search for half an hour to see if there is any change in the terrain here. It will take too long just for us to go back and dig a passage back to the ground."

Everyone rested for a while, ate some dry food, and continued to set off.

They hadn't walked long when they heard screams from ahead.The voice sounded very human.

"Be vigilant," Nick ordered everyone to slow down and move forward.

A faint light came from the front, and the screams gradually disappeared from the high pitch.

Everyone turned off the oil lamps and tiptoed to the edge of a very smooth cave. They saw that there were densely hanging bluish-gray drop-shaped bags at the top of the cave, and dozens of small monsters with long wings were flying in the air. Fighting for food, it was a bloody human corpse.

(End of this chapter)