Chapter 2267: The Puppet King (18)

Explode?

But where did it come from*?

Arthur subconsciously looked back, only to find that the ranger Milan in the back row of the battle formation was holding a bow. That explosive arrow should have been Milan's masterpiece.

The principle of that explosion is the photon explosion engine...... Well, I guess that's impossible. In other words, the explosive arrow should have been made by people of this era*. As far as Arthur knew, the military power of this world was still stuck in smashing siege rams against city gates, fighting each other with steel weapons, throwing stones with catapults pulled by steel cables, and strengthening crossbows with crossbows that ejected crossbows with metal strings...... to the point of this. The people of this world* should have very few applications, and they may not even know what *is*. The fact that such an amount of explosives could be used in real combat under such circumstances is already a remarkable thing.

However------

The large ball of flesh that had been shattered by the powerful explosion had obviously been blown up and mutilated by one-eighth of it, but the pieces of flesh that were scattered on the ground were quickly pulled away by the blood-red nerves that extended out and re-covered the surface of the large ball. Now it was emitting the smoke caused by the high heat of the explosion just now, and even had a lot of burnt marks, but on top of this, it was still squirming, and countless pieces of charred and uncharred flesh were wriggling------ all of which made it look even more ugly and disgusting.

"Just kidding...... Even Milan, who shot the arrow just now, exclaimed in a low voice: "That's already the strongest dose of explosive water given by Nantes, and it doesn't work......?!"

Oh, Nantes again. Arthur snorted inwardly.

Enraged by the explosion, the big ball of flesh became even more violent, shooting blood streams in all directions at a higher frequency, and the rate of fire of the blood stream was quite fast, even like a high-pressure water blade, cutting one crater after another in the rocky ground close to the big ball. Although the lethality of this thing will be greatly attenuated at a distance, but a discerning person can clearly see how lethal it is at close range, if Mu Ran gets close to that big ball of meat, it will definitely be broken down into countless pieces of meat by the dense and dangerous high-pressure blood flow!

And most likely, that thing will immediately absorb the corpse of the victim and become part of that terrifying big ball of flesh. It's so miserable to die like that!

"No, boss. Seeing that he couldn't get close to the big ball of meat, Hanover turned to ask Arthur's opinion: "With the current equipment, we can't do anything about that monster." This is no longer the level of dealing with bandits or dealing with necromancy, it is beyond our reach. It's not a good place to stay for a long time, so let's escape!"

"Run, just like that, leave this guy behind?" Arthur thought for a moment, "Is it really okay? What if it catches up and chases all the way to the city and kills in the city......?"

"Look at its size! Can it get out of this cave?" Hanover advised, "This thing has gone mad, so leave it to fend for itself in this hellish place!"

What he said was not without reason. Arthur really had to admit that he had no way to take this big meat ball monster at present, it should be said that he couldn't connect it closely, let alone kill it. In this way, I can only escape, and it is not a way to spend endless time with this kind of monster in this kind of place!

"Good...... Retreat!" Arthur said, dodging two bloody attacks. The crowd began to run towards the exit of the cave hall.

[Don't run......!]

That big ball of meat seems to have completely lost its mind, but in fact it still has a trace of obsession.

[That's my ......!Don't want to take it!!]

Of course, Arthur knew what that monster meant, it was chasing the "Abyss Magic Book: Ten Thousand Dimensions" in Arthur's bag, and it was very likely that it would chase Arthur to the ends of the earth, just not letting him go.

"Is there any way to stop it from catching up?!" Arthur asked, as he ran to the mouth of the cave, turning his head to look at the big ball of meat that was slowly chasing after it, but would not give up.

"Humph......!" Nantes, the soothsayer, pulled out several bottles of potion from his pocket. Unlike the potions that had been given to Arthur before, this time the potion was not in a sturdy metal bottle, but in a glass bottle that was deliberately smashable. As soon as Arthur saw the bottles, he had a rough idea of what they were for. And just as Arthur had expected, Nantes threw the potions out, letting the glass bottles smash on the big ball of meat.

The fragile glass bottle shattered as soon as it touched something, and the ice-blue liquid inside immediately splattered everywhere, making a sizzling sound. There was a white mist all around, and it seemed to be very cold, and the place where the big meat ball monster was splashed with the potion began to freeze and freeze rapidly.

Those potions should be cryogenic. No, it shouldn't be that exaggerated, but in short, it's another refrigerant, a special agent that starts to cool down rapidly when it encounters air. However, can this kind of thing be made by people in this era when the photonic civilization is extremely backward? At least, normal people can't do it. If you can make this elixir close to magic, I guess it's some kind of witch or alchemist.

Nantes is not an easy person. Arthur thought to himself.

The cryogenic potion seemed to be working, and the frost began to spread rapidly, quickly freezing the big ball monster. Despite this, the large ball of flesh that had formed into ice was still floating in mid-air, moving more slowly but always moving towards Arthur and the others. It seems like it can't be stopped.

"Milan!" shouted Hanover as the group retreated into the hallway outside the hall door.

"Understood, all out of the way!" Ranger Milan set up his bow and arrows, firing the explosive arrows he had used before. The powerful blast landed on the doorway of the hall, instantly destroying the roughly constructed supporting structure of wood, causing the collapse of a small part of the area. The ceiling was covered with rocks that had collapsed along with sand and gravel, blocking that part of the hallway, completely cutting off Arthur from the hall on the other.

"Then it won't be able to catch up. Hanover said, "Let's go!

No one could be sure if the big ball monster would be confined to the cave forever, but the collapse would at least buy Arthur and them some time. The crowd ran in front, with Ranger Milan in the back row of the line, and every distance they ran was bound to pull out another explosive arrow, blowing up the corridor behind them. The cave has been blocked by many successive landslides, and Milan is really good enough to do things.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha. Arriving at the exit of the cottage, Arthur gasped and stopped to rest: "So, so what's wrong?

"I think so, and I plan to report it when I get back," replied Hanover, "after all, we have destroyed their cottages, and the people inside will be buried alive even if they are not dead." Whether it's the Guild or the Duke of Hillnant, they should be happy to accept this explanation, right?"

＂...... I thought I'd at least have to carry the bandit leader's head back to the errand. Arthur snorted, "Okay...... That guy has become like that, and he doesn't have any head left to take back to the business. ＂

Actually, there is, and that guy's "head" is so big that he can't even lift it.

In a word------

Arthur turned his head to look at the cave that had been blocked by continuous landslides, and it seemed that he had temporarily gotten rid of the big meat ball monster, right? It was hard to say whether the thing could get out of the cave with such a severe collapse, maybe it would have been crushed to death and suffocated inside?

Pound!!

The next second, Arthur realized that his idea was too naïve. It's impossible to get rid of it, and the obsession with that thing is very powerful. It used brute force to force its way through the cave, and turned into a whole bloody mass of flesh pouring out of the rocks that had collapsed from the cave! It might be a bit inappropriate to say that it was a large mass of flesh now, it had long since become something close to fluid, it could only be said to be a mixture of blood plasma and finer minced meat, and there were countless red nerves wriggling, waving, and intertwining in this disgusting pile, and from a distance it looked like a pile of blood-red insects crawling in some kind of bright red silt......

"Uh. A feeling of nausea rushed up Verne's throat, and he managed to hold back his breath.

"Damn, what a stubborn monster------" Hanover took a few steps back, pulled out a few more bottles from his bosom, and threw them over. The bottle contained what appeared to be a potion that began to burn violently when exposed to air, and it was probably prepared for him by Nantes. The bottle smashed into the bloody mud, and in an instant it burst into flames, illuminating the entire forest.

"Hey, be careful of causing wildfires!" Arthur snorted.

"Now is not the time to worry about this!" Hannover and the others were still backing away, as the burning blood-red sludge was still slowly flowing towards them. This monster really seems unstoppable.

If it continues like this, it will catch up with Arthur. If it goes on like this, it will cross the forest, cause a fire, and flood into the city, and God knows how much of a riot it will cause in Manchester, and how many civilians will be killed?!

But how to clean it up? Arthur was completely out of ideas.

This monster was frozen, exploded, crushed to pieces, and still alive, which no longer belongs to the category of living beings, is this thing itself a kind of necromancy? It must be because the necromancer himself has become an undead creature. The madness of the abyss made that guy transgender, so twisted, and half-dead.

Necromancy. If only there was a spell that could exorcise necromancy------

Arthur was thinking, but he didn't expect that in the alchemy glove in his left hand, a faint light began to show.

"Huh?" Arthur looked at the palm of his left hand.

There, a ball of light is gradually taking shape.