Chapter 197: The Butcher and the Dog
After a thud, the five wooden pillars supporting the top were all visibly displaced, and even debris continued to fall from the cracks in the stone bricks on the top, and all kinds of antiquated wooden tables and chairs in the hall were reduced to splinters, not to mention the edge of the staircase that occurred at the center of the explosion.
"Ahem, the movement seems to be a little too big, more powerful than expected, could it be because of the campfire? It seems that in the future, unless it is absolutely necessary, you can no longer risk burying yourself alive and use this kind of thing underground. Yulia waved her palm to drive away the dust from the air.
"Well, be careful, there may be living corpses that aren't quite dead." Ciri nodded.
The two returned to the staircase, and although they succeeded in eliminating a large number of living corpses at once, the resulting scene can only be described as horrific. You must know that although the living corpse is close to the state of a dry corpse, and there is not much water left in the body, at least the blood is not completely dried up into lumps, and there are still brains, internal organs, bones, and other things that should be there.
So these filthy and rancid things paint almost the entire space, and no one can ignore this kind of scene, especially for women who love cleanliness.
Julia now completely regrets using the Flame Pot to deal with the living corpses, as she must always be careful not to fall on her head with flesh that sticks to the top. In the end, she even had to use a "hockey puck" to "freeze" the surface of the objects around her, so as not to stick a thick layer of indescribable sticky matter under her feet.
Therefore, this quick-resolution battle can only be a losing battle to make ends meet, and the remaining soul crystals of the living corpses are almost negligible, and what they put in is the alchemy worth of one-fifth of the sheep-headed demon soul.
Passing through the space that can be called a "hall" is a staircase leading to the lower floor. At this time, the two had not yet approached, and they could already hear the barking of more than one dog under their feet.
Dead dogs are much more difficult to deal with than living corpses, but now they can only rush up from the staircase, so guarding the stairs in front of them can avoid the danger of being entrapped.
But Yulia knew that she couldn't give this task to Ciri completely, and if she rushed up to more than two corpse dogs, Ciri, would have to retreat. So she threw a small orb from her hand and landed at the top of the stairs, but this time it was not a flame pot or a flame pot, but a weakened version of the frozen trap similar to the one used against the sheep-headed demon.
The freeze trap that had just touched the ground was activated, as two rotting corpse dogs had already rushed up. The corpse dogs that were originally in good shape were stumbling and tumbling one after another. Their limbs were covered with a layer of white frost, supporting their bodies and shivering in disobedience, while a disgusting fanged jaw continued to bite and bark at the two of them.
Although Ciri's blade did not ignite flames, it had a faint crimson color, and it slashed at the neck of the corpse dog with great skill and swiftness, and suddenly burst into flames that completely engulfed it, turning into charred corpses in a terrible howl.
Two followed by three, I really don't know how many dead dogs are hidden underneath, could it be that this was once a pet shop? But fortunately, they haven't found a living cat since they came to the Divine Domain.
Yulia used a crossbow to kill two, and Ciri cut off three heads in total, and the noisy barking finally came to an abrupt end. But then it seemed that there were new enemies waiting for them, and the sound was like the sound of meat chopping and chopping bones at a market meat stall.
The two of them slowly descended the stairs and turned the corner, only to see a tall humanoid creature wielding a machete in his hand in the dim light, slowly and rhythmically handling the pieces of meat on the cutting board.
If the two guessed correctly, those broken flesh and bones probably came from some living immortals, after all, the flesh of the dried corpse was not so "fresh", and it would not exude such a strong bloody aura.
Bang...... Bang...... bang
The sound of chopping and chopping hit the hearts of the two of them, and the sound was interrupted for a moment, and the humanoid monster like a "butcher" suddenly raised its head, if I guessed correctly, it was a sack with two eyes opened, and then used as a hood. Only two bright red glowing eyes can be seen.
The butcher was still wearing a blood-stained girdle, and its muscular body and skin were almost a dark purple color, not knowing if it was due to the accumulation of blood stains, or because of the fact that it had lived underground for many years.
It departed from behind the chopping board, rubbing its iron cleaver towards Yulia and Ciri. Yulia flew a crossbow bolt to the center of its brow, only to see it sway and rush at them in anger. Pulling the trigger again, the second bolt of the two-shot crossbow flew over, but was knocked away by the broad machete in the butcher's hand.
Yulia needed to reload her bolts, and Ciri raised her sword to meet her, staggering past the moment she was slashed by the machete, but the sword cut a flaming hole in the butcher's body.
As the crackling sound of the charred flesh sounded, the butcher didn't care at all, only to stir up its anger even more. It pinched the back of the knife in its left hand and used the machete as a slash knife to cut through Ciri, who was dodging and retreating beside it.
However, with his vigorous reach, Ciri completely dodged all the attacks, and also gave the opponent a continuous accumulation of wounds on his body. By the time Julia aimed her crossbow at the butcher again, the butcher had completely lost his vitality and had fallen to the ground like a pile of burning fat.
Yulia raised her crossbow, indicating that the butcher's skin was too thick, and she was helpless.
The two of them looked around briefly, only to see a magical square tin box next to the butcher's cutting board, which contained some ashes that seemed to have not been extinguished. Maybe it's something that will be useful in the future, so bring it with you first.
At this moment, there was a faint cry for help from a distance, although it was small, it continued to echo in the quiet underground space.
"It seems that we are really the material of the savior, and there are people to save wherever we go. So go check it out? Maybe it happened to be the sewer merchant. Yulia spread her hands helplessly.
"Good idea." Ciri was likewise unopposed.
In front of them was a pool of water, and at the end there seemed to be a gap in the broken wall, from which it was certain that the sound was coming from. It seems that he has to wade through this pool, and although it doesn't look too muddy, there is no guarantee that there are any strange toxins.
The two of them bravely stepped into the water after taking the purple poison flower potion, perhaps because the two of them were too careful, the pool water was just a little cold. ()
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