Chapter 179: Lockthroat Monster
The hunched Lockthroat had long, flexible arms, like tentacles with five outstretched claws at the tip.
Lockthroats are predators of the Underworld, often inhabiting the shadows of underground ruins or the edges of nameless caves. Lockthroats lurk in the darkness, reaching out their long, rubbery arms to grab passers-by.
They will rarely attack multiple enemies at once, instead stalking their prey until the weaker target is left out of the group, or they have an outright numerical advantage.
The soft legs of the Lockthroat Monster walked with an unsettling, almost comical, gait. Weighing only 30 GK and standing no taller than a halfling, the Lockthroat can effortlessly jump over walls and ceilings, often lurking in dark corners, passageway crossings, walls, or stairs.
The Throatlocker will try to catch almost any mob, but prefers a single creature smaller than or equal to it.
It is said that the society formed before the curse was efficient and harmonious, and the culture was prosperous, making it the most advanced civilization system on the continent. However, after being cursed, the Lockthroats lost all of their culture, and they only gathered briefly when mating, and soon after that they were done, they went their separate ways again due to hunger and wandering.
Their remaining intelligence, which is slightly stronger than that of the beasts, makes them fascinated by the society they once had, though they don't really understand it.
As a result, the Lockthroat's dirty lair (often in hard-to-reach corners or crevices) will often contain valuables found from their victims, such as rings, brooches, cloak pins, or scattered coins.
This fascination occasionally forces the Lockthroat to abandon its hidden lair and instead approach and learn about the civilizations of the earthly world. Most of these Lockthroats make their home in the dark alleys of the Smart Creature City, squeezing themselves into sewers, forgotten alcoves, barrels, and similar cramped and neglected places.
Lockthroats like to hide during the day, and at night they emerge from their hideouts in search of food and satisfy their cruel interests. Their favorite tactics include using their long arms to drag their victims from the safety of the road to the roofs of nearby houses, squeezing into narrow chimneys to attack sleeping homes, or knocking on windows to get their curious prey within their reach.
In response to this, some scholars claim that the Lockthroat Monster chose to take refuge because of its fascination with the demon's social structure, and was willing to be driven by it, but not many people agree with this, and not many people care, and the moment the Lockthroat Monster is in company with the demon, it is doomed to its demise. - "One Hundred Years of Demon War"
Throatlocker Level 14
Health: 31 Mana: 15 Stamina: 62
Pachyderm Defense: 15 Muscle Defense: 6 Bone Defense: 10 Magic Resistance: -1
Base attributes
Strength: 4
Dexterity: 3.5
Constitution: 3.1
Spirit: 1.5
Intelligence: 0.7
Skill:
Small Creatures: The smaller size gives the Lockthroat more agility, +0.4 agility.
Cursed Skin: The power of the curse pervades the bodies of the Lockthroats, and the prolonged torment has worn down the skin of these monsters to an incomparably hard +5 Physical Defense.
Cursed Vulnerability: The attack of mana will resonate with the cursed power in the Throatlocker's body, giving +1 damage to any sorcery taken by it.
Grappling: Consumes 10 stamina, strength +0.4 to grab the target, the target is judged to fight the strength, and if it fails, it will deal 8 true damage per second, and if it succeeds, it will be controlled for 2 seconds, and it will deal 5 true damage per second.
Simulation: Consumes 5 mana, the Lockthroat's flexible body and powerful mimicry ability allow it to instantly learn the target's physical skills, and use similar physical skills with its own body structure, and can only duplicate one physical technique at a time.
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"Brother Hao, why are you using a whirlwind slash?" Tang Zijin looked at a bunch of lock-throated monsters that were spinning like spinning tops and had great power, and said speechlessly.
After Yang Hao used a whirlwind slash, a bunch of lockthroat monsters simulated his physical technique, and then they found that this was the most suitable physical technique for human beings, and the power was also the top, and they simulated each other.
Their innate agility makes the Lockthroats' whirlwind slashes as swift as the wind, and the power of their physical bonuses takes their terrifying power to the next level.
Since there were no weapons, they replaced them with their own misshapen palms.
Several players couldn't adapt to the sudden changes, and were slapped by several throat lockers in turns until their neck bones were fractured, and they died very aggrieved.
"Holy, can I be blamed for this?" Yang Hao didn't admit it, just now a lockthroat monster jumped into the air in front of him, how could he bear it, and the whirlwind slash immediately used it as if reflexively.
"Don't I blame you?" Xiao Xinyan complained with her hair scattered that her helmet was fanned away by a lockthroat monster that had learned to slash with a whirlwind, and she also had some concussions.
"Hey, accident, accident." Yang Hao's face was not thick enough to talk nonsense under the questioning of the bitter master.
"Okay, don't talk about these useless things, things are irreparable, let's think about what to do." Tang Zijin dodged a slap and said bitterly.
"What's the hurry, our captain is still calm, he must have already made a bamboo in his chest, it's not our turn to worry, just follow him, wait... I'll go! Yang Hao was saying that the three-headed lockthroat monster pounced from the top of his head at the same time, frightening him to roll and dodge.
Although the Lockthroat Monster's palm is humanoid, it is as soft as an octopus's tentacles, and not only its fingertips, but also the palm of its hand is covered with spiked barbs, which if you are caught, you have to tear off a piece of flesh to get out.
As for the Rael in Yang Hao's mouth, he was like a leisurely stroll in the encirclement of the Lockthroat Monster, although the two guards around him were not very old, but their strength was really good, Yang Hao was estimated to be a young genius in the Hurricane Knights, and those Lockthroat Monsters couldn't break through their defense line at all.
The knight's sword in the hands of these two is also extraordinary, and the chain throat monster has such a powerful physical resistance, and being slashed head-on is also the end of a broken tendon.
In the current situation, there are more and more lockthroat monsters, and there is an endless trend, and the people of the two small families have almost been wiped out, and only one or two masters of the family are guarding their young masters.
Rael's original plan to make these people cannon fodder was aborted before it even started, which made him quite depressed and secretly scolded these people for being useless.
Although the players recruited by his family all have wizard talents, they can't hold on to the attack of the Lockthroat Monster, and there are many battle losses.
"Damn, if it's not for.... so as not to waste magic to save them. Rael cursed in a low voice, a third of the magic power in his body surging into his eyes.
Suddenly, Yang Hao sensed that a strange force field appeared in the air, making him feel that his whole body was restless, very uncomfortable, and his movements were deformed.
Oh no, what the hell!
Yang Hao was ready to be injured, but found that all the Lockthroat Monsters fell to the ground softly, screaming and rolling in pain.
The inhuman screams were unusually piercing, and the cries of many Lockthroat Monsters were as close as a wide range of sonic sorcery.
But the next second they all fell silent, because they all lost their vocal organs, or all their organs.
Yang Hao saw a neck-locking monster's stomach crack open on its own, and a creature with deformed eyes and an exaggerated mouth that resembled intestines came out of the mouth.
Then all the internal organs of the lockthroat monster came to life, and the eyes grew hands and feet, crawling out of the eye sockets. The palm of the hand detached from the twisted alien creature that resembled a scorpion, and crawled away quickly.
For a while, a lockthroat monster actually separated and mutated into more than a dozen deformed monsters, and the first time they broke free from the main body, they either chose to flee or attack the rest of the aliens.
The intestines swallowed the eyeballs, and the internal organs bit together, and the scene was very bloody.
Countless Lockthroat Monsters split off more than a dozen times the number of aliens, and the entire library became their battlefield, and the plasma and broken tissue recolored the library.
"Vomit~" around the elite players who have been in the battle formation for a long time can't bear it in front of this Shura's hellish field, and they vomit a lot.
"Is this the Eye of Laxie?"
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