A fireball broke through the blockade of the mist and flew into the narrow entrance to the tunnel, and with a loud rumbling sound that even the ground shook, three or four broken lizardmen corpses were thrown out by the fire and air waves of the explosion, and then turned into darkness and silence, and the hazy fog began to block the entrance to the tunnel again. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Looking at the gloomy and mist-filled tunnel, Stephanie groaned. The rest of the lizardmen all retreated to this, and in this case, she had to adopt the kind of brutal method of using arcane as an alchemy potion that she had always despised, but looking at the current authentic appearance, she could not afford to do another rough bombardment of fireball.

If she was just going to destroy these lizardmen, she could have done this, and it would have been better if she could blow up the crypt and bury all the cold-blooded subhumans. But now it seems that the cave behind this tunnel is most likely the most valuable part of the Bart family's ruins. In fact, the fireball she just fired was a little reckless, if the space in it wasn't that large, and there were any fragile arcane items or precious artifacts stored, if she didn't get this fireball, she would be able to make this exploration a chicken.

"This... What should I do? I still can't get rid of this magic mist......" Mercenary Mage Thompson looked at the entrance of the tunnel with a sad face, and several mercenary probes around him poked their heads inside.

There are no unusual decorations or features at this entrance to the tunnel, and if it weren't for the obvious signs of arcane reinforcement, it would look like a random hole entrance. But now that they were coming out of the deepest and most central part of the lizard's lair, all the lizardmen had all retreated into the central cavern after realizing that they were invincible, all of which meant that there would never be a warehouse down there.

At this time, the fat man Stanley came over with a few of his subordinates, and in the face of Stephen's inquiring eyes, he shook his head with his hands spread out, and there was a rare smile on his fat face: "I didn't find anything of value, these buildings seem to be warehouses for living and placing things." Lizardfolk are used entirely as nests, and even if there was anything at one point, it has been broken or thrown away by the reptiles over the decades. Is this just a temporary place to stay?"

Behind them, there was a mess and corpses strewn across the field, with the corpses of several sloths and dozens of lizardmen scattered across the area. The bodies of the mercenaries were only a few people, and a few wounded ones were being bandaged and treated. With a surprise attack and the shields of these lured earth lazies, they were able to crush the lizardmen with minimal casualties. After dropping the corpses of most of the clansmen, the remaining lizardmen all retreated into the tunnel in front of them.

It looks like a big win, but the search for the lizardman's nest yields nothing. This made the mercenaries feel very bad, and the fat man Stanley stared at the female mage, his face looked a little gloomy and vicious when he was not smiling, and there was some unclear meaning in his eyes: "I think you have to explain to us, if this is just an abandoned temporary residence, then what is the point of the previous agreement?"

"I found some pickled human flesh over there. It seems that these long-legged lizards are still going outside to sneak up on people and catch people as dry food, are they not used to eating fish and animal meat here? Hahahaha..."A bearded strong man who looked a little stupid could still smile and carry half of the human corpse without heart or lungs. I don't know what method those lizardmen used, but they could still make people into dried corpses and bacon in such a humid environment. The big man carried the smoked corpse and flung it at Stephanie, as if to show off his discovery: "Mage chick, do you want to go and see it? ”

"Impossible. It can't just be an abandoned temporary settlement. Glancing at the disgusting loot and the stupid man, Stephanie shook her head confidently at Stanley. "What did Earl Bart do when he hid so many people and spent all his efforts in the depths of the marsh just to build a foothold? Is it just for hunting? I have every reason to believe that they must have left a way out for themselves to have the confidence to resist the difficulties of the church. At most, they didn't take advantage of this back road. ”

"Yes, yes!" the mercenary mage Thompson also waved his hands in response, pointing to the entrance to the cave here like a monkey inspired by countless bananas. "Look at this place, where these lizardmen last hid! The buildings on this ground are only attached to the dwellings, just by looking at the location of the entrance to this tunnel, you can see that this is the real treasure trove they have painstakingly built. You don't know how much work it takes to build an underground cavern in a swamp, do you?"

"I see, that's really the truth......" Stanley and a few mercenaries around him nodded their heads one after another, and their morale immediately recovered, and they all refocused on the hole in front of them.

"But... Those lizardmen have all shrunk in, how the hell are they going to get in? Mage Motri, can you use arcane magic to solve them?"

Back to the most realistic question, for a while, everyone's eyes were on Stephanie again. In such an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack place, everyone hopes to solve the problem with magical arcane.

It's a pity that the blonde female mage slowly shook her head after pondering for a while: "Probably not." The explosion fireball just now has already caused considerable damage to the tunnel, and if it collapses all the underneath, it may damage the arcane equipment and facilities inside, so it will not be worth much. ”

"Then use poison gas, acid, lightning or something. Those should be fine. ”

"Don't you see that there's magic mist protection there? it's quite a weakening effect on the arcane, and it's hard to sustain poison gas acid or something. Stephanie pointed to the thick fog surrounding the entrance to the tunnel. All the while, she hadn't found the second magician among the lizardmen, but the water elemental magic had been causing trouble for their attacks from time to time, giving her an indescribably strange feeling.

"Captain Stanley, the best thing to do now is to send a few of the best fighters to the front and rush in. I've been observing for a long time, and that magic mist has a strong interference with the law, but it doesn't have any direct lethality. As long as I can punch in and hold off those lizardmen and force that sorcerer to die, I can take him out with targeted arcane. ”

Fat Stanley thought about it, but shook his head: "...... But in such terrain, it's dangerous to rush in with a hard head, right? Even if you can add arcane support to Mage Motri, there are still so many lizardmen and dangerous magicians inside......"

"Two thousand dollars each. No matter what the harvest is this time, it will come out of my share. Stephanie directly said the simplest and should be the most effective conditions. Two thousand okin, which is a lot of money that many people can't earn in a lifetime, including these mercenaries, of course. Under normal circumstances, a few hundred Ogin would have bought a veteran mercenary to fight hard.

But this seemingly powerful condition did not get the response it deserved, and of course there were slightly moved among the mercenaries around, and their eyes were shining, but they didn't say anything, just looked at the fat man Stanley. And the mercenary leader still shook his head, looking embarrassed: "But this is still too dangerous after all." Anyway, we have an absolute advantage now, so why take such a big risk? Master Motri, think about it, is there any other way? For example, that Golem of yours can ......"

"It's just a transport golem for logistics. Stephanie sighed helplessly as she looked at the six-legged crab-like water golem not far behind her. It was a special transport golem in the swamp land and water that she had managed to get from the Southern Legion, one of the simplest and cheapest golems, with a simple structure, enough to cope with most of the visible terrain from the swamp to the desert, except for the crystalline gems that cost to drive are relatively expensive, but they are much easier to use than ordinary camel beasts. For a high-level mage who travels alone, it is a good assistant on the way to the expedition.

"So be it, four thousand Aukin. Stephanie had to double this simple but powerful condition once again. The mercenaries around him still all looked at Fat Stanley, their eyes and expressions were very strange, and they were all kinds of weird, greedy, excited, and still all silent.

"Ahem. Fat Stanley coughed, the smile on his face became more and more kind, but his mouth still refused: "It's not a question of money or not, Master Motri." Money is important, but life is also important, isn't it? If you don't have a life, no amount of money is useless. So... Why don't you think about it again? After all, you're a powerful arcanist, and you'll have a way. ”

The female mage's gaze swept over each mercenary who deliberately restrained his expression, from the fat face of Stanley who was about to laugh, and then evolved into a furiousness, and she said angrily: "So this is the professional mercenary recommended to me by the Fernandez family? What about the professionalism you promised before? I understand, okay, I'll do it myself, but the conditions promised before must be modified! You can only take one-third!"

"Ahh Forehead... This—" Fat Stanley scratched his ears and cheeks, as if he was hesitating again. Stephanie ignored them and beckoned the Golem to come over, removing some of the vials and scrolls from them, apparently intending to go into battle herself.

"Regardless of whether you get it or not, if you give an extra 10,000 gold coins, I can accompany you on a trip. But I don't guarantee anything. A voice came from above, and then the figure of Phil, the forest patrolman, jumped from a large tree.

This proposal made everyone stunned, not only Stephanie was surprised, but the other mercenaries also looked at each other, and then set their eyes on Stanley the Fat Man. The smile on Stanley's fat face only stiffened for a short moment, and then continued to be bright and enthusiastic: "Look, I didn't lie to you, our professionalism is absolutely enough." Phil is our strongest and most experienced ranger, and you'll be safe to go with him. ”

"Ten thousand...?" Stephanie looked down and pondered for a moment, then finally gritted her teeth. "Okay, 10,000 is 10,000, but you have to know that if something happens to me, you won't get anything. My golem is thrown outside, and don't mess with your brains. The vigilance arcane above is available for the four-ring arcane. Whoever wants to move his hands and feet triggers the explosion and the bones are gone, no wonder I am. ”

"Ah, of course, of course. Mercenary Mage Thompson smiled dryly, apparently for him.

The figures of the female mage and the forest patrol soldier sank into the mist at the entrance of the tunnel one after another, and it looked as if they had been swallowed silently. At this time, the smile on Fat Stanley's face finally stopped.

"What does that guy Phil want to do?" Thompson scratched his hairless head. "He didn't mean to kill that chick with his own hands, did he?

“...... I don't know. Fat Stanley said gloomily. When he wasn't smiling at all, the fat that had been piled up in the middle of his facial features only looked unusually gloomy and cold, like a pig hidden in the shadows and eating people. "This guy has been a little weird for the past two days...... I hope he's a smart guy and doesn't do anything stupid. ”

"It's okay, Phil is a good guy, maybe he wants to have fun with that chick in a place where no one sees. The bearded man raised the half-dried corpse in his hand and stabbed it in his back as an itch. "That chick is good, if it weren't for the order, I would have wanted to spare her life. ”

"Don't be cranky. The family's order is to let this chick die in this operation without a trace, and pushing it to the lizardman is the best way. And everything that is on this chick belongs to us. Now we can add this thing from the family ruins, if we are lucky, it will be enough for us to squander for a lifetime. Fat Stanley shook the fat between his features, and his eyes were full of greedy light. "The most important thing now is to let this Arcanist chick expend enough power, high-level Arcanists are very dangerous. And since she has a golem, maybe she also has a high-level scroll. ”

"Yes, high-level mages who dare to come out and wander alone generally have trigger spells or something, and sneak attacks are not necessarily useful, so it is safest to let her consume arcane items and spirits as much as possible. Thompson looked at the motionless logistics golem next to him, and reached out as if he wanted to touch it, but he still didn't dare to actually put his hand on it. "What an idiot, even if this logistics golem is mainly used for transportation, it is also a good meat shield and cover puppet, and she actually left it here without use. ”

The mist swept across her body, and Stephanie could feel the mage armor around her dissolve rapidly. The force field constructed by the magic web can be forcefully disturbed at the fundamental level, and it can no longer maintain its own complete deconstruction. This is the interference effect of the law of divine power on the arcane. After all, the arcane arts below the six rings are only distorted and borrowed laws to produce effects, and even low-level divine arts are essentially connected to the laws of the origin of the world. Therefore, when it comes to direct confrontation at the lower level, the divine arts are overwhelmingly dominant.

But other than that, there is nothing out of the ordinary. This layer of water mist, which could quickly disintegrate the low-ring arcane, could not even erode a single hair of the female mage, and could only make her feel a chill.

With the faint light from outside the cave entrance, even if she had entered the tunnel entrance for more than ten meters, Stephanie could still see her surroundings clearly. There were also some charred lizardman stumps on the ground, the slightest trace of the exploding fireball in the air, the smell of dust and charred flesh blended together, except for the slight sound of dust falling from the outer walls of some passages as it peeled off, there was no sound of lizardmen breathing. Stephanie could feel that although the mage's armor had dissipated, the five-ring arcane 'Extreme Insight' that was also used on her body before had not been disturbed, which meant that the legality behind this layer of mist was actually not high, or that the magician who drove this mist might not be able to fully control this mist at all.

"It's ...... The dissipation of the origin of divine power, it seems that there is really an altar of the god of elements here. Phil, the Forest-Patrolling Sharp, heard from behind him, and even his senses, which were sensitive to the limits of the arcane blessing, did not notice any signs of his movement or presence before he could speak.

Stephanie was not surprised or surprised, she was not even interested in looking back, but lowered her voice and asked lightly: "Can you really answer me now? What are you doing with me? Is it really for 10,000 Okin?"

There was no answer, no sound, as if there was really just a hollow behind it. Stephanie still didn't look back, but cautiously continued to walk deeper into the tunnel.

After a while, the voice of Phil, the forest patrolman, sounded faintly: "So what are you doing here, is it really just to explore the remains of this Bart family?" )