Chapter 350: Nigon, Tracking, Siege
"The wolf newt, a kind of low-level abyssal beast, has a wolf's head and a lizard body, is sexually gluttonous, is good at swimming and sneaking on walls, and hunts in groups..."
Looking at the monster on the ground, which was completely dead, a piece of old knowledge that he had learned from the "Abyss of the Magical Creature Classics" flowed through his heart again.
It seems that this is the case. After the time and space transfer of the Tower of Babel, it turned out that he had fallen into the abyss of loss. And if I remember correctly, this dark world that is hundreds or thousands of kilometers away from the surface of the earth is ruled by one strange and terrifying dungeon after another. In fact, the inhabitants of the earth have coined an exclusive term to name this dark, bloody, and unknowable underground world, and that is: Nigon!
For creatures living on the surface, "Nigon" has always represented danger and hostility.
Even as early as 10,000 years ago, during the collapse of the Ancient Elven Empire, some of the defeated diehard elves retreated to the abyss, and since then they have been planning to counterattack the ground all the time. Unlike the surface elves who stay on the ground and gradually learn to "coexist" with other races, the elves in the abyss maintain a long-term hatred while constantly fighting against countless terrifying underground indigenous creatures to grab living space. Slowly, it evolved into a new branch of the Elves that were highly military-military, brutal, and ruthless. Moreover, the long-term dark life has also completely changed the complexion of these underground elves, from the original white and flawless to pitch black, so they are also called dark elves.
Almost every few decades before the Ice Apocalypse, an army of terrifying creatures led by the Dark Elves and mixed with countless sun-hungry creatures emerge from a random location on the land of Antagrich. Embark on a "map-wide" attack and capture of the local surface inhabitants, and strive to build their fortified fortified fulcrums in the hope of holding the land for a long time. This is fundamentally different from the current all-kill mode of demons.
Of course, the terrestrial creatures of the continent will not allow such a shameful act of aggression as Nigon attempts to occupy Nestle. Although it has not yet reached the official goal of uniting all of them to fight against Nigon, among the people, every time there is an invasion of underground organisms, many strong and elite warriors from various countries will go to the country of the incident to fight against Nigon in the name of volunteers, and it has even become a practice and tradition. So, even if the army of Nigon is unusually strong. But in the face of the elite combination of the whole continent and the continent. Often, they can only abandon the brilliant results achieved in the early sneak attack battles, and finally have to retreat back to the dark underground world.
However, in the five hundred years since the Ice Apocalypse, I don't know if something has happened, or if the Abyss World has also been attacked by a terrifying energy storm. There has never been a battle to attack the surface through underground passages. And gradually. The vicissitudes of life and time flies. Generations of new surface dwellers have slowly forgotten the terrifying abyssal monsters that still live at their feet and want to steal the sun from them, and only in some of the off-the-beaten-path historical or biological texts can you find references to Nigon.
"Alas, it seems that a way back will be found. It's not that easy anymore. ”
In a moment, countless pieces of knowledge about the underworld crossed Moriarty's mind, only to merge into a low sigh.
If it is before the Ice Apocalypse, if you follow the path of the Nigon's invasion of the surface, then it should not be difficult to return to the surface. However, five hundred years have passed, and the traces of Chen are no longer easy to find, and I don't know what the situation in the abyss is now, so I can only take one step at a time to explore.
Thinking of this, Moriarty temporarily put his mind at ease, and at the same time quickly summoned the second-level spell "Magic Camouflage".
The abyssal world, the lack of light, and the obstruction of vision, so almost all underground creatures have a sensitive sense of hearing, smell, and infrared heat detection. Therefore, any life organism that does not hide its body temperature and naturally emits it, no matter how well it is physically disguised, is a steaming, conspicuous and hot "self-propelled free takeaway" in the eyes of underground creatures.
The "magic disguise" released by Moriarty can choose to shield his body temperature and disperse, so that it is no different from the cold cave environment around him. However, the duration of this spell is only about half an hour, and you need to re-summon it once you reach the point.
At the same time, there is another point that makes Moriarty vigilant, since the classics introduce wolf newts as "hunting in many groups", then the abyss beast killed by the gargoyle in front of him may be a lone person who deviates from the large army, and the main force of the wolf newt group should be not far from here.
As soon as he thought of this, Moriarty, who had finished casting the spell and had a full body temperature, looked up at the stone wall above him, and at the same time, the "secret eye" turned, and immediately, a faint gray-white imprint appeared along the cold and smooth cave wall in his left eye.
Sure enough, although the wolf newt is a native of the abyss and is good at hiding ambushes, it is not a powerful magical creature that can completely hide its traces, so it will still leave clues in the area it travels through. And that thin gray line is the mark left by the newt's body temperature on the rock, although it is very dim, and it will disappear completely after a long time, but at this moment, there is still nothing to hide under the peep of the powerful "secret eye".
"Well, let's go check it out."
Smiling slightly, Moriarty, who had found some kind of "signpost" in the underground world for the first time, walked along it and explored the front of the cave.
The greatest danger to him now is not the creatures of the terrifying abyss, known or unknown, but the fact that they have not been able to find their way in the right direction, that they have been lost in the labyrinth of underground passages, and that they have not been able to get out of the way. After such a long time, the supplies in Moriarty's pocket are not endless, and he is naturally in danger of dying of starvation. At the same time, he was deeply concerned about the situation at Olympus and Rheinberg on the ground. Although the current war situation in Kent County has improved, especially the super demons like Yahyadul have also been imprisoned, and the demons should no longer be able to organize an effective counterattack, considering the turbulent military and political situation in the county and the entire Erathia Kingdom, Moriarty still feels worried, so he very much hopes to rush back as much as possible.
Now, with the opportunity to make contact with the natives of Nigon, Moriarty can find a way to get in touch with the "civilized world" of the abyss, whether benign or malicious, to obtain the necessary information, to find local allies, and to find possible ways to return home.
Following the gray line on the cave wall, he walked forward for twenty minutes, and after two more forks, Moriarty finally came out of a low passage and came to a high platform on a stone wall. What appeared before him was a vast cavern with almost no zenith in sight, and at the same time as wide as a small plain. It was a bit inappropriate to even call such a space a cave moriarty, for the vastness of the world, which seemed to be indistinguishable from the earthly world, could not be seen at a glance, except that no sun had set, and it was still dim.
And on this small plain, I saw more than 100 abyssal wolf newts surrounding a humanoid underground natives with about thirty or so legs standing upright, attacking in groups.
"That's..."
Seeing the besieged humanoids, Moriarty's eyes immediately lit up. If memory serves, these abyssal natives, who are just over half a man tall, covered in red and green stripes, and even have exposed bone spurs on their backs, are one of the largest intelligent races in the Underworld, but never dominated by the Nigon: the cavemen.
However, if you look at the current situation, you can understand why the cavemen have always had a huge population base but can only be at the bottom of the "civilized world" with the most unsuccessful status:
However, there are more than a hundred wolf newts, which are similar to the wolves on the ground, and any human mid-level knight with an elite warrior company can defeat or even kill them all; But on the other hand, the cavemen on the small plains, although the leader of the team is also a fifth-level warrior, who is called a fifth-level "cave hunter" according to the tribe of the cavemen, and there are many helpers by his side, but he has been suppressed by the wolf newt, and even has little power to fight back, so that the fifth-level cave hunter himself is injured again and again, and is on the verge of exhaustion.
We can't let these cavemen be killed and eaten like this!
No matter how weak the cavemen are, they are still one of the "civilized races" of Nigon, and Moriarty will naturally not let the newts kill all their precious clues.
Silently, twelve red crystal gargoyles were all summoned. Except for the two arch guards left behind, the other ten gargoyles formed a red whirlwind and swept towards the newt group. Moreover, this time Moriarty does not intend to use the armor-piercing series of arrows. Due to logistical disruptions, every alchemy item is now a consumable that is difficult to replenish, and can only be used at a critical moment.
The red crystal gargoyles were made entirely of icy hedroids, had no temperature, and glided down in silence, so it wasn't until they were almost overhead that the cavemen and the newts spotted the uninvited guests almost simultaneously.
At the first time, a sharp roar sounded in the group of wolf newts, "sizzling and rustling", like a snake roaring and a wolf howling.
Immediately, dozens of newts rose up when they heard the sound, leaving the cavemen behind, and swarmed towards the ten gargoyles that pounced. Look at the posture, it is similar to the uniformity of a strict army, and the order is forbidden. It is no wonder that there is a fifth-level cave hunter on the troglodyte side and still fighting unfavorably, it seems that there is a powerful head newt in the wolf newt group that is constantly commanding, so that the opponent is overwhelmed and unsustainable.
However, when the large group of wolf newts turned around and gathered up, a red light suddenly flashed on a high platform on the mountain wall in the distance. Immediately after, a fireball roared and exploded right in the middle of the pack of newts.
Immediately, more than a dozen abyssal beasts closest to the bullet point were either killed or injured, wailing, while the wolf newts on the outermost periphery were panicked and dodged, and their originally dense formations were immediately broken up. (To be continued......)