Chapter 196: Tomb Swarm (Thanks to Book Friends 20170214135030192 Reward)
The sudden change caught Fitandila off guard.
Why did the Light Mage go? Where is he going? What did he mean by that? And, most importantly, why is he doing this?
A series of questions took root in the girl's heart like weeds, although there were many doubts, but the sharp turn of the situation did not leave her time to think, and more importantly, she could not catch up with Egrim to understand.
Because the way back has been blocked by a black torrent.
Regardless of the skeletal warriors rushing from the distant pyramids, it was said that in front of them, black swarms were pouring out of the cave, like a lump of ink dripping onto white paper, spreading at a very fast speed, and the beetles rushing to the front seemed to have smelled the breath of flesh and blood and were ready to feast.
At the moment when everyone was stunned, a human cavalryman who fell behind the team suddenly let out an exclamation, and then shouted:
"Bugs! Bugs are biting me! ”
There was an indescribable horror in his voice, and it was clear that, out of his natural aversion to insect creatures, no one wanted a worm the size of a mouse to swim around him.
Because of Egrim's suggestion before the departure, all the cavalry of Fetanburg left their horses outside the cave, and the former at the time said that the cave was narrow and difficult to walk, and now it seems that there must be ulterior motives.
Not only them, but also the greenskins, and the stone chariot and the big spider didn't bring with them.
"It's a swarm of the Tomb Swarm! Pat them off your body and be careful, they're poisonous! ”
Fitandila finally recovered from her shock, pulling out her scimitar and striding forward as she reminded herself.
The Tomb Swarm is a carnivorous insect that lives in the tomb kings' burial grounds, and is responsible for protecting the corpses of these former kings from outsiders, especially greedy tomb robbers.
It stands to reason that these bugs should be inside the pyramid, and Fitandila doesn't know why they came out of the cave, and why they don't attack the light mages who pass by?
There were so many questions in her mind that the girl had to leave them all behind her and concentrate on solving the crisis in front of her.
She walked quickly to the cavalry who had just exclaimed, but fortunately, as the elite unit of Fetenburg, most of his body was covered with armor, and he did not lose his combat effectiveness immediately, and he could still slap his body vigorously to knock out some insects that were crawling up his legs and feet.
Fitandila rushed forward and used a very sharp knife to slash off several beetles on his body with precision, but at the same time, the other shrimps in the team also began to be attacked by the swarm, and the screams were heard one after another.
"Don't be afraid! These bugs are weak, calm down! Get close to each other and help each other to kill the bugs on each other's bodies! Again, they are poisonous and cannot be bitten too many times! ”
The girl shouted to cheer up her men and quickly swam through the crowd, helping the cavalry deal with the growing number of bugs.
But this is not a long-term solution, as the swarm grows, no matter how strong Fitandila is, he can't save everyone.
Fortunately, they are not alone, on the other side, some of the greenskinned "allies" also found that the situation was not right, and without saying a word, they directly released magic.
"my brother and cut him!"
"brother and cut him again!"
"Brother still cuts him!"
This time, the fastest reaction was not a stone, but an old rotten tooth.
Seeing that his boss was still in a daze for some reason, the experienced old goblin was in danger, and immediately stretched out his skinny withered hand, pointing at the insect swarm and releasing three spells in a row, with remarkable results.
The effect of this spell is to reduce the opponent's movement speed and charging power, as long as the speed slows down, the threat of these insects is not so great.
"Don't be in a daze, rush over and trample these bugs to a pulp!"
Seeing that the leader still didn't speak, the old rotten tooth took the lead and commanded loudly.
The orc boys who were still standing stupidly heard his voice, and then they reacted, it was the first time they had encountered this kind of opponent, and at first they still had a feeling of not knowing where to start, listening to the old shaman say this, they woke up like a dream, and one or two rushed forward with an excited expression, screaming.
It turns out that Jiang is still old and spicy, and the old guy is still reliable at the critical moment.
More than 200 fierce orc men rushed up like a flock of crazy bison, stepping on a messy pace, and wherever they passed, the beetles under their feet crackled like lit firecrackers, accompanied by splashes of green juice, and were trampled to pieces by a pair of big-footed girls.
This kind of ingenious combat method is very efficient, at least much faster than those human shrimp standing in place, bending over and clumsily slashing at the insects on the ground one by one, and once they run, the speed of the insect swarm cannot keep up with the orcs, and they cannot effectively attack them.
It's a pity that when Fitandila found out this good solution, more than a dozen cavalrymen had lost their resistance and fell to the ground because they had been bitten too much and had too much venom in their bodies.
Almost as soon as the cavalry fell to the ground, they were covered with beetles, as if they were wearing a black armor.
Two minutes later, when the swarm dispersed like quicksand, the corpses of the original cavalrymen, including flesh, bones, skin, and even clothing, were all gone, and had been eaten clean by these terrible carnivorous insects.
Seeing that there were no bones left under her hands, but she couldn't do anything about it, Fitandila angrily slashed forward a dozen times, her attack was sandwiched with a sound of breaking the air, and the power was amazing, bringing out more than a dozen knife marks on the ground at once, and a large piece was chopped into pieces.
Fortunately, the orc boys are different from the shrimp, they don't eat the tomb swarm very much, although the armor on their bodies is very rough, and many places are exposed, but it may be because of their rough skin and thick flesh, even if they are occasionally bitten by insects, a small dose of venom does not seem to affect their combat effectiveness.
After rampage for a long time, leaving countless corpses of insect swarms on the ground, only seven or eight boys stopped because they were too deeply poisoned and had to be devoured by the insect swarm.
In general, the situation is under control, although there are many insect swarms, but after all, they are just a group of creatures at the bottom of the food chain, and they have been hit by the magic of the old rotten teeth, and their combat effectiveness has been further weakened, of course, they are not the opponents of the big guys.
At this time, the stone, who had been silent, finally spoke, and he was a little distracted after hearing Fitandila call out the name of the light mage just now.
The name "Egrem" sounded very familiar to him, and he didn't care about what this shrimp mage was called before, and he didn't pay attention to it, but now it's different, this Squiggler is obviously prepared, and he actually yin us, and he must settle accounts with him after he goes out!
After thinking about it for a few seconds and searching through the memories in his mind, the stone still couldn't come up with a reason, but he was sure that he had definitely heard the words "Egrim" somewhere.
Reluctantly returning his attention to reality, seeing that the swarm in front of him had been almost wiped out by the boys, the stone did not mean to relax at all, because he had already seen another group of more powerful undead creatures behind him approaching.
"Get out first!"
"Rush back!"
The Orc Lord and Fitandila shouted in unison.
But just as they stepped on the corpses of the insect swarm and rushed to the entrance of the cave with their men, the ground under their feet suddenly trembled, and before they could react, a huge figure broke through the ground and stopped in front of the only way to retreat.
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