Chapter 4: The King of the Lizards

"Well done," Willy said to Tomahawk as she sat on the ground, breathing greedily for air, "and you've given us enough exercise before the meal, and I'm sure we'll all have an appetite at the meal—if we had dinner at all." ”

The swarm chased after the swarm, leaving the exhausted team with nothing to pack up, and they now had nothing but some supplies from the magic pocket that Rhaegar had given to the sub-giant.

"I just wanted to chop some firewood with my axe," muttered the self-conscious tomahawk, "they shouldn't have put their nest on such a low branch." ”

"That's right," said the usually gentle and honest sub-giants, who were unhappy with the dwarves' recklessness, "as the masters of this mountain forest, they should show full generosity to those who have destroyed their homes, and they should bring out their own honey to entertain us, instead of chasing and killing them with the same stinginess as they did just now." ”

The dwarf's face flushed as his companions' accusations widened, his eyes widened, his lips squirmed, but he finally said nothing.

"If you have enough energy," Rhaegar said suddenly, "I suggest you save it for a while, because we will have guests arriving soon." ”

He waved his hand, and several dazzling rays of light shot from his hands into the bodies of his companions, and in an instant, everyone regained their strength.

This spell, which helps people regain their energy in a short period of time, has a great side effect, in fact, it is a way to overdraw their life potential in advance, and Rhaegar is not prepared to cast such a spell on his companion unless necessary.

Almost as soon as the magic took effect, the battle-hardened squad had realized the impending danger and quickly rose from the ground, ready for battle.

Heavy footsteps could be heard faintly in the distance with the slight tremor of the earth—an effect that only the most massive beasts could have when walking, and the experienced members of the team knew this, and at this moment, all the explorers raised their guard.

A huge figure walked out of the woods with the approach of footsteps, and appeared in people's sight, it was a monitor lizard like a hill, its head was at least four meters high from the ground, the length of its entire body was more than fifteen meters, its dark scales covered its body, and its sharp claws shimmered in the light of the moon.

But that's not the monster's most striking feature, as two identical heads look down on the team on its thick neck, which splits into two, and the predator's glow in its four yellow eyes firmly obscures those it perceives as prey.

The two-headed lizard, one of the most terrifying native monsters in the mortal world.

"We're really lucky," Tomahawk muttered to himself as he looked at the slowly approaching monitor lizard in front of him, and pulled his double-edged greataxe from behind, "At least, I let us find our target." ”

"You said that the two-headed lizard is active during the day. Willy put her two-handed greatsword in the most suitable position to strike, and said to Rhaegar.

"But the Lizard King is not. Even the Archmage's geist couldn't help but feel nervous in the face of a terrifying and formidable foe, and his mind sank completely into the space around him, sending a signal to his companion for help, and countless primordial particles immediately rushed towards him like a tidal wave.

As a variant of the monitor lizard, the two-headed monitor lizard has intelligence and strength far beyond the former: they are agile and powerful, and because they have two heads, they can even make two movements at the same time that are not in the slightest connection, which makes their attacks unguardable, and with the fire of a dragon, a full-grown two-headed magic lizard is enough to easily destroy a town, and these large lizards are not a pleasant target for any opponent.

But compared to the Lizard King, the ordinary two-headed lizard is simply a goblin in front of the murderous orcs, and the king of these lizards completely overcomes all the shortcomings of their kind, in addition to greater strength and speed, they can even cast magic - not by instinct like the monsters, but by the same systematic and purposeful use as the mages. Normally, even a newborn Lizard King can compete with an Archmage.

The Lizard King was well aware of the strength of the squad, and the surging energy around Rhaegar's body was enough for the large lizard that had survived for thousands of years to know the identity and intentions of the other party, and after a short confrontation, the Lizard King decisively took the initiative to attack, and with a roar, its huge body rushed towards the team like a fast-moving chariot, and at the same time, two fireballs the size of at least an adult's head erupted from its two huge mouths, and flew like lightning towards the explorers who were waiting for them.

A transparent magic shield appeared in front of the team, and was wiped out of thin air along with two fireballs. In the face of his opponent's attack, Rhaegar had to give up half of the magic he had prepared.

The rest of the team had also moved at this time, and at the same time as the fireball disappeared, three long arrows that flashed green light slashed through the sky almost in no order, landing near the eye of one of the Lizard King's heads, and if it hadn't been for the large lizard closing its eyes and turning its head in time, it would probably have lost one or both eyes.

The sharp arrows that could penetrate the thick armor only left a few shallow holes in the skin of the Lizard King, and then they were bounced away, and before the Lizard King could open his eyes, the fastest Willy and the tall and long-legged Nack had already come to its feet from the side where it had temporarily lost its vision, and the next moment, the heavy hammer and the sharp two-handed greatsword patronized the same part one after another- The lessons learned from countless fights with such behemoths have taught them that these big guys usually have strong skins and that some specialized methods must be taken to inflict damage on them.

The sub-giant's strength made the impact of the hammer even more powerful than those siege engines, and in front of the mountain-like hammer, several deep cracks suddenly appeared in the extremely fast scales of the Lizard King's legs, and before it could react, Willy's greatsword had already deftly pierced through one of the cracks and pierced into its skin before her opponent could dodge.

Although the skin tougher than cowhide made it impossible for the greatsword to penetrate after only a few centimeters of advance, and although the small damage was at most comparable to a human being bitten by a mosquito compared to its massive size, the successive blows made the Lizard King feel angry, and it quickly turned around to dodge further attacks from Willy's greatsword, a head and a front paw sticking out at the same time, falling on Willy and Nack.

The sub-giant and the female warrior managed to attract the attention of their opponents by nimbly dodging the Lizard King's attacks, and just as the Lizard King was furious at the two pesky little things, the tomahawk finally approached the other side.

Roaring like a lion, the dwarf's double-edged axe, inherited from Kroll, was raised high and slashed at one of the dragon's toes, believing that the terrifying weapon crafted by the craftsman, combined with his far superior strength, would be enough to keep the toe in front of him, almost a third of his waist, separated from its owner forever.

When the double-bladed giant axe was less than two centimeters away from his target, a thick whip slammed into the back of the battle axe, and the huge momentum caused the dwarf's body to fly into the air, and then fell to the ground more than ten meters away from the opponent.

The Lizard King's eyes twinkled with a treacherous sparkle, and as always, his opponents had forgotten that it had two heads, and that they were actually stepping into a trap set by the monitor lizard just when they thought it was being drawn attention to something else.

The two-headed lizard moved its massive body, the wind rushing towards the falling tomahawk, and a fireball forming in the gaping mouth of one of its heads.

Before the monitor lizard could shoot a deadly fireball, a series of long green arrows flew towards its head like a storm, especially the open mouth, which became the focus of the arrow rain, and in the blink of an eye, at least four sharp arrows were nailed to its mouth.

Even a giant beast like the Lizard King was one of the most vulnerable parts of its mouth, and even though the arrows that shot into its mouth were almost all incinerated by the fireballs, the monitor lizard felt threatened, and it was forced to close its mouth while turning its head to the side to avoid the weakly protected parts of its head.

It all happened in a matter of seconds, and when the Lizard King turned his head, the battleaxe's stout body had just fallen to the ground, and his opponent's blow had taken a heavy toll on his internal organs, and if it weren't for the protective magic that Rhaegar had applied when he encountered the swarm, it would have been enough to kill him.

Compared to spells such as magic shields or magic shields, the defensive magic that mages cast on their warriors is much less effective, and they are at best an invisible and weightless piece of armor that can defend against a certain level of weapon and magic attacks, depending on the caster's ability. Under a heavy blow from the king of monitor lizards, a spell capable of subjecting a battle axe to hundreds of kilograms of heavy blows is not much stronger than the thin iron sheet under the blade.

The Lizard King, who had successfully eliminated an opponent, was extremely annoyed by Haim's continuous harassment, and the few sharp arrows still hanging on his lips reminded it of the danger of the weapon in the opponent's hand, but in its mind, the biggest threat still came from the mage standing behind the elf, although he had not made a move since the beginning of the war, Rhaegar's posture was enough to show that he was preparing a powerful spell.

In an instant, the Lizard King, who had no less intelligence than humans, made a quick decision, and decisively left Nack and Willy, who were constantly attacking his legs, and quickly rushed towards the direction where Haim and Rhaegar were, and at the same time, more than a dozen high-speed spinning wind blades appeared in front of its body without warning, and flew towards the target with the Lizard King's thoughts

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