"It must be around here, right?"

Sauron's figure slowly fell from the sky, he stared at the barren Gobi in front of him, and muttered, "I remember that the place where the Golem War broke out was in this area, and it only began to spread to other places after those golems went berserk. ”

"Huh?"

"Traces left by someone! The amount seems like a lot! Seems to be a team of adventurers! ”

- "Track down the [Priesthood]!" ”

As a deity in charge of tracking the priesthood, Sauron spotted the marks left on the ground at a glance.

It's been more than a day since this trace was left, and the wind and sand have buried most of the things, and even a Legendary-level Ranger may not be able to get much information. But none of this was a problem for Sauron, who was in charge of tracking the priesthood, and he could even tell the number of troops and the professional characteristics of some of them based on the marks that were almost buried in the dust.

"Sixteen people in total!"

"Looking at the depth of these footprints, the weight is probably more than 500 pounds, judging by the size of the footprints, the target should be small and medium-sized creatures, and it should be relatively tall humans. It is impossible for a human to leave such heavy footprints, and if it weren't for the fact that he was carrying a lot of luggage, this would have been a good heavy warrior. ”

The daily weight can reach such a high level, Sauron estimates that he is at least a high-level warrior or above.

"These traces are so shallow!?"

As the Tracking Priesthood was opened, Sauron also saw some tiny traces, and muttered, "It's not like the halflings left behind, and their steps can't be so light. ”

"Seems to be a warrior monk?"

"Looks like a team from the East!"

The strength is not bad.

There are quite a few people.

From the countries of the East.

Based on the information left behind by these traces, Sauron's memories gradually began to match, and he turned on the ability to track the priesthood. Look for the direction of the group in a way that resembles going back in time.

The Tracer Priesthood can retrace the trail they left behind based on their traces.

Even though most of the traces had been buried by the wind and sand, Sauron was able to catch up with them with ease.

Three hours later.

A dark passage came into Sauron's sight, with obvious signs of excavation, and a torch or two stuck in the wall.

"Looks like they're already in."

Sauron thought that this was not going to stay, and the figure disappeared into the shadows in an instant. Then continue deeper along the passage.

Broken stone pillars.

weathered walls.

Even after thousands of years of being buried, the Arcane Empire's buildings were still not completely damaged, and Sauron found some traces of battle, and it seemed that the team was in a little trouble.

"This is ?!!!"

Sauron stooped down and picked up a piece of carapace from the ground, surrounded by severed arthropods, about the size of an adult's arm, with strange patterns on the surface, which looked like they were born with magic patterns. It is almost impossible for such limbs to appear on normal creatures, and it seems that only a handful of striking creatures have such things in Sauron's memory.

A hint of magic light appeared in his palm. Then he said to himself: "Is it really a death knell beetle?!" ”

Knell beetle.

Challenge Level 10.

Challenge difficulty: S level.

Underground Zerg, the faction is neutral, mutant creatures.

The number of Zerg in the multiverse is very large, and traces of Zerg can be seen in almost all the planes that can survive, and there is even a Demon Lord of Zerg in the bottomless abyss. The proliferation of Zerg xenomorphs caused a lot of trouble even during the Arcane Empire and the Thorsilver period, but after several crises, many forces have wiped out the Zerg.

In the deepest part of the bottomless abyss, many demon lords are still on guard against the counterattack of the Zerg!

The Demon Hunter Spider is a creature created by the Demon Prince Demo Gogen extracting some of the Zerg's abilities. Zerg on the material plane are rare, but they are a relatively common encounter in the lower planes.

"It's really a death knell beetle, it's not so easy to deal with."

The ancient ruins of the Arcane Empire all have a very high level of energy radiation. Therefore, there are a lot of mutant creatures, and some very dangerous creatures are often born.

The death knell beetle is one of them!

The ten-legged beetle-like creature had a hard carapace of bright red, and two evil claws dangled in front of its four round black eyes and large, jagged jaws. Their huge mouthparts are very dangerous, communicating with each other through a kind of trill. The Knell Beetle is a variant of the giant beetle that was distorted long ago due to overexposure to transfiguration magic and sonic energy. From the day they were created, the twelve-limbed giant worm has been breeding in its underground nests. Build a huge, complex system of tunnels like an anthill.

They are creatures that mutate easily.

In areas with high energy radiation, new variants are likely to be born.

The reason Sauron knows more about this is that the Knell Beetle is not uncommon in the Dark Regions. They are mindless hunters, living to reproduce and expand their nests, when there are too many beetles in one nest. The death-knell beetle will then carve out a new nest. Known Knell Beetles are used as mounts by races in the Underworld. Goblins have domesticated them in the past, and several orc tribes have attempted the same. Cavalry riding the Knell Beetle in the Dark Regions can sometimes become an elite fighting unit in their clan or city.

A death knell beetle is usually about 9 feet long and weighs about 1,500 pounds.

………………

"There are no traces of goblins, and this place is not suitable for big goblins to live, and it seems that there is no passage to the dark region."

Sauron looked around and determined that it was just a wild zerg lair.

The Knell Beetle can be domesticated into a mount, and the creatures that can domesticate this Zerg are not easy to deal with, and there are some powerful tribes and cities in the Dark Regions that will control them, which is a rather difficult indigenous force to deal with.

"The wild ones are slightly better."

Sauron continued to move along the passage, but he was much more careful than at the beginning, the strength of the adult Knell Beetle was 26 points, and the constitution could reach more than 22 points, and the strength was comparable to that of a mid-level demon in the bottomless abyss. If this is a variant affected by energy radiation, then the danger level is even higher.

The Knell Beetle is extremely dangerous as a cavalry mount, and its impact is more terrifying than that of the Earth-Walking Dragon, and the Drow Elves have attempted to domesticate them.

But because it wasn't as easy as a petrified lizard, they finally chose to give up.

Airplanes!

An eerie tremor suddenly came from deeper down the passage, followed by a frenzied drop of sand.

Sonic Attack!

The Knell Beetle has the ability to attack with sound waves, which is a special attack that cannot be defended against by conventional means and can only rely on physical resistance, and it seems that those people have encountered a large number of Knell Beetles, otherwise it is impossible to even be affected here.

- "Acceleration Technique!" ”

Sauron's figure instantly turned into an afterimage and rushed out, the surrounding scenery was rapidly retreating, and some huge Zerg corpses appeared in front of him, and one or two human corpses could be vaguely seen.

The team of adventurers has already suffered casualties.

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"Whew! Call! Call! ”

With a quick gasp, Ty withdrew her hands, moved her wrists, and gently rubbed the position of her temples.

"These damn bugs!"

An Oriental Mai Ji with a dagger in her hand fell next to her, blood was oozing out of her arm, and she seemed to be a little embarrassed, and said, "There are too many of them!" We can't kill them all! ”

"We have to think of something else."

Nasty bugs.

Not only does it have an incomparably hard carapace, but it can also send out a weird sonic attack, and there is no means of defense at all, if it weren't for the strength of the adventurers present, I'm afraid it would be cleared directly by the sound wave.

Ti is not in very good shape right now, and although she has legendary level power as a master of boxing, it is still very difficult to deal with these death knell beetles by physical means.

They're just too hard to fight.

In addition, although the warrior monk has extremely strong magic resistance, it is not very effective in the face of sonic attacks. If it weren't for the fact that there were other strong people in the team, I'm afraid they would have been planted this time.

"Remember the hall you passed earlier?!"

At this time, one of the wanderers in the team suddenly spoke, dodging the attack of the Knell Beetle, and shouted, "There seem to be a lot of golems there!" ”

"Maybe they'll be able to start!"

"If we can activate them, we might be able to use them against these damn bugs."

They are getting closer to the heart of the hive.

Apparently there are still some things from the Arcane Empire period preserved here, and it is the intense energy radiation that has created such a large Zerg lair, and Ty even suspects that what they are looking for is in the deepest part of the hive.

"Who understands alchemy?"

At this time, another person in the team spoke up and shouted: "Try the past if you know alchemy, we will cover you and rush over!" ”

"These bugs can't be killed!"

"Keep dragging it out, we'll all be consumed by them!"

Zizizizi.

There was a trembling sound in the passage ahead, and I don't know how many Knell beetles there were, but there were already thirty or fifty of them killed now, and there seemed to be more bugs rushing over the passage.

"I'll go!"

The Oriental Maiden at the back of the team suddenly jumped out and shouted to Ti next to her, "Cover me over!" I still know a little bit about alchemy, maybe there's a way to activate those golems! ”

There aren't many casters in the team.

There aren't many spellcasters in the entire Eastern Realm, and the Oriental Dancing Girls also have a certain ability to cast spells, and many of them have inherited the bloodline of warlocks.

Because of the need to use alchemy potions and research puppetry, Dongfang Maiji is good at alchemy.

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In the Eastern Realms, the Golem has evolved into a different kind of puppetry. (To be continued.) )