Chapter Thirty-Seven: What Reaches Into the Flesh?
Lotta's face was confused, he didn't understand how he was exposed. The three praying mantis insects suddenly spotted him and attacked.
However, the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides, it is quite easy for Lotta to solve them.
A pan in one hand and a machete in the other, open the bow left and right, and dance wildly.
While attacking, Lotta also insidiously used a tentacle attack, while he grasped the weapon with both hands, split out the tentacles, turned into blades, and attacked the enemy at a strange angle. Two of them were hacked to death, and the last one was smashed with a frying pan and fainted. The movement here attracted the attention of the mantis insects in the nest over there.
He used his personal space to pretend to be the corpses of two praying mantis, and then rolled up the unconscious mantis insect with his tentacles and ran away.
When the mantis worms in the nest arrived, there was only purple blood spurting out of the nest.
Grabbed the prisoners of war and went to the grove.
Lotta tied it tightly with vines, and then studied the mantis's body structure on her own.
Lotta called these things praying mantis insects because they had two forelegs, and they were big scythes like praying mantises. But up close, this bug doesn't have anything to do with praying mantis.
Unlike arthropods, which have segmented bodies. The bodies of these bugs are all together, like ham. The outside of the body is covered with a hard carapace. There were six legs, four slender for walking, and the other two were the two pairs of scythes. There are elytra on the back like insects, which are usually protected under the carapace, and when they are used, they shake out to help them move at high speeds.
This bug is particularly capable of acceleration, and sharp turns.
Lotta studied their anatomy, looking for weaknesses. Similar to ordinary insects, their weakness lies in the joints, and the joints of the six legs are very fragile.
Besides, the thing he wanted to figure out the most was why these three guys had suddenly spotted him just now.
Two slaps woke up the mantis insect in front of him.
In the midst of the other man's roar, Lotta retreated into the shadows.
So as his figure disappeared, the mantis insect's expression became confused. But Lotta stood right in front of it.
Lotta confirmed that after his Shadow Cloak was activated, the other party was fully aware of him.
"It's really strange, why was it suddenly exposed?"
Lotta simulated the scene, and as soon as he reached out his tentacles, he finally understood what was wrong. The tree had said that these praying mantis insects were very sensitive to magic, and when he used his shadow tentacles, he activated the magic. The other party immediately spotted him, such as the mantis insect in front of him.
At first, it was confused, but Lotta had activated the magic, and it spotted Lotta immediately.
"I see."
The tragic mantis worm had been wasted by a single slash, and now he needed to hurry to save the elf. He wasn't sure what these mantis insects were doing with the elves. In case it's really like in some Harmony cartoons, a long, black tube grows out of the body, stabs the elves, and then squirts a lot of oval-shaped things.
The thought of Lotta shuddered.
Although he was worried about Nadona's safety, he didn't know why some small excitement rose in his heart.
"After all, there is still a difference between this cartoon and the actual scene, and as an old gentleman, I will naturally have some expectations. Ahem! ”
Excused herself, Lotta quickened her pace.
The moon rises again to help.
Lotta took a deep breath, he had just grabbed the mantis insect and studied it, he could confirm it. Your own shadow cloak, the opponent can't see through it, that is to say, as long as your passive skills are activated, then you will not be visually exposed. However, these things are very sensitive to magic, and as soon as he unleashes the skill that drives the magic, it will be caught instantly.
Looking at the one-on-one opening, Lotta took a deep breath.
He looked down at the scythe in his hand, which had been plucked from the mantis insect. Using the shadow tentacles, he was exposed, so he could only use these things for self-defense.
After all, those bug-green exoskeletons, no matter how he looked at his little teeth, he couldn't seem to bite them.
These scythes are glowing blue and metallic to the touch.
Sharp and tough, it couldn't be better as a weapon now. With everything ready, Lotta curled her tail around her scythe and headed towards the cave.
As he expected, as long as his Shadow Cloak was activated, the mantis insects would not be able to see him.
And he doesn't use magic, and those praying mantis insects can't perceive it.
Slipped through the hole and bumped into several mantis insects head-on, Lotta was startled and hurriedly clinged to the fleshy wall.
And those praying mantis insects walked directly in front of him, and they didn't notice him at all.
"Whew~ It's okay......"
If he looked deeper into the cave, the walls around him were fleshy and wriggling, and he felt as if he had been swallowed by some monster.
Lotta swallowed and kept going.
After walking some distance, she came across a fork, and Lotta thought about it and walked towards the fork that went up.
The creature structure is about ten meters tall, and theoretically the bugs don't live underground, but somewhere in the creature. His purpose is to find a place to store his prey, after all, elves are the prey of these things. Most likely, it was placed in a place where the prey was stored, and several praying mantis insects were encountered on the way, but none of them found Lotta.
"It's very likely that in the place where the prey is stored, there should be a nursery or something like that, to carry out their evil breeding behavior. Mom, why am I a little bit expectant? I shouldn't be nervous right now, right? If it's found, it's going to be pulled and put in a tube or something......"
Just now Lotta was trembling, and she didn't dare to think about it and continued to move forward.
Walking aimlessly for a while, there was nothing here except the flesh wall where the meat whirring would move.
At this time, he suddenly remembered something.
"Wait, I'll just follow a mantis insect with prey!"
Knowing this, he returned the way he came, and came to the entrance of the cave to wait for the rabbit, and in a short time, there was a praying mantis insect returning with its prey. Lotta followed quietly behind, and walked a long distance in a twist and turn, until he finally came to a spacious place.
As soon as he entered, he could clearly feel the difference.
The purple-red flesh wall suddenly had a lot of shiny things, and there were translucent blisters, if I guessed correctly, it should be eggs. In the middle of the cavern was a mountain of corpses and bones, and there was a terrible smell in the air, like a corpse soaked in formalin for more than a month.
Just as he was looking around, he suddenly heard a squeak.
When I turned my head, I saw some palm-sized translucent mantis insect larvae, running around on the ground, biting at the prey on the ground.
"This is it!"
His eyes lit up at the sight of the larvae, and he knew he had found the right place. Immediately follow the direction where the larvae came from, and walk inside, trying to find the place where these little ones were born. The translucent blisters on the ground are arranged in a regular pattern, and the closer you get to the inside, the denser they become. If you look closely, you can see the small worms that keep wriggling in each blister.
I turned a corner forward and came to another empty hall.
Lotta finally arrives at the nursery.
After seeing the scene in front of him, his small black eyes slowly widened.