Chapter 51: An Accident Approaching the End
"Mind Flayer?"
Hearing Little Doug's question, Ye Qi explained in a way that the other party could understand and understand at this time: "It is an extremely evil existence, more brutal than the dark-skinned humanoids of their neighbors; At the very least, the latter will kill, fight, and enslave others; But it will never suck human brains! β
"Sucking human brains?"
Not only Doug Jr., but even Xsol was surprised.
"It's not about sucking whole, it's about seeking a certain part of the brain...... Well, the Mind Flayer devours the brain, more for the consciousness in the gray matter than for the nutrients that the body needs! Ye Qi looked at the two young people who were a little confused, and immediately said in simpler language: "For the Mind Flayer, the supernatural power of the spiritual essence is far more nutritious than the flesh of eating living beings; They use the most active part of the brain to release the spiritual essence in it, which boosts their metabolism! It's like eating tofu, then sucking, chewing, entering your stomach pouch, and then, entering your intestines! β
"Oh, I don't think I want to go back to touching tofu or anything like that for the next few months!"
Faced with such an analogy, little Doug immediately protested with some disgust.
"This is what you have to go through as a witcher! Even if you are in a 100-year-old tomb, there is a point where you can sleep peacefully like the dead; Otherwise, you will not be able to cope with the dangers that may arise at any time in the future! Looking at Little Doug's slightly pale face, Ye Qi comforted the other party with the words that his teacher had told him at the beginning - of course, the example at that time was not that the Mind Flayer was basically extinct in Lorante. It can only be found in the Dark Regions. And want to learn about these dark creatures. It is also possible to find the corresponding materials only through some powerful secret libraries.
"The Witcher is a profession full of dangers at all times, not a job that you see as simply paying for your work!" As he spoke, Ye Qi pointed to the 'wizard' who was covered by countless bullets and flames, and said, "It's like this Mind Snatcher in front of you; While a healthy Mind Flayer only needs to consume one brain per month to meet its nutritional needs; But you, as a witcher, can't pray that it has just finished eating! After all, in order to replenish the consumed supplies in time. Mind Flayer sometimes eats a lot of brains in a month! And, when they're full, they don't mind having a sweet treat or a change of taste! β
Little Doug and Xsol who were stunned for a moment in Ye Qi's words were dumbfounded, obviously the two young people's knowledge of witchers was not up to the level that Ye Qi said; For the two young men, becoming a witcher, undergoing training, and then gaining the capital to take revenge on the Holy See was the original purpose.
And obviously. Ye Qi saw the thoughts of the two young people at a glance, and immediately. He jumped off the rock, looked at the two stunned young men, and said with a serious expression: "If you pay, you will definitely be rewarded; And the famous saying of the demon hunter corresponding to this sentence is, if you have a title, you must have a responsibility! No matter what your past or dream is, once you become a witcher, then the darkness will follow you like a shadow, and all kinds of legendary creatures in the eyes of ordinary people will become your opponents, prey, or companions; And with this comes endless dangers, and the absence of bones is the truest portrayal of the witcher! After all......"
Glancing at the two young men who had come back to their senses, Ye Qi continued: "Most of those dark creatures are guys with good appetites! β
"I feel like I'm going to reject even meat!" After the little Doug who came back to his senses heard the last sentence, he immediately smiled bitterly, he jumped off the rock, rubbed the tip of his nose, looked at Ye Qi and asked, "However, I think I am more suitable to be a witcher than an antique collector!" Although being an antique collector was what my father always expected of me, I ......"
Speaking of this, little Doug suddenly took a deep breath and yelledβ
"But I still want to be a witcher; After all, this is the only time I've been making my own decisions since I grew up! β
Dreams, Witcher?!
Ye Qi looked at the young man in front of him in surprise because of the loud roar, and his face and neck were swollen red, and then, he sighed silently in his heart - young people's dreams are always so fierce and unpredictable, they seek excitement and thrills, ignoring the preciousness of life; In this way, the witcher is definitely for them; It's just that after experiencing the real parting of life and death, I don't know if you can still yell like now?
"I hope you can remember today's dream!"
Ye Qi looked at Little Doug with a smile on his face, and then turned his gaze to the young man from the Thousand Pond District.
"If you want to get the necessary effort and skills, you must complete the corresponding tasks!"
Compared to his friend, the young man from Sennuma said it much more simply; And this answer made Ye Qi secretly shake his head - although it seems that the other party's words are not wrong, but the relationship between hiring and being hired to look at the life of a demon hunter is probably troublesome, and even far beyond the so-called 'dream' of little Doug;
Stof, you really got your cousin in two troubles!
I hope that Spedu can still live comfortably in the days to come!
With such an exclamation, Ye Qi shook off the thoughts in his heart, and set his eyes on the two young people again-
"Since you have the idea of becoming a demon hunter, then I will temporarily replace your future teacher and teach you how to deal with such a monster as a demon hunter!"
"What is the weakness of this monster?"
Little Doug asked eagerly, and Xsol waited quietly for Ye Qi's answer - obviously, the two young people liked this topic more than the previous topic.
"Before understanding the opponent's weaknesses, it is important to understand what the opponent's strengths are! After all, no state of affairs can be smooth sailing. You must be prepared to avoid the most critical moments. to be able to take the weakness of the other party again. Fight back! From the normal perspective of a witcher, Ye Qi said slowly; Then, he once again set his eyes on the battle that was about to come to an end, and continued-
"Mind Flayers are hermaphroditic monsters that reproduce parthenophonos, produce eggs, and then hatch into tadpole-like creatures; In these two periods, the Mind Flayer is not any threat to the outside world, and a child can easily crush the Mind Flayer in this period; And after this comes the period of degeneration and adulthood. But it's the moment when the Mind Flayer reveals his hideous face! β
"During metamorphosis, an adult Mind Flayer implants a fully developed, tadpole-like Mind Flayer into the ear of a helpless humanoid; And when this process begins, the existence of being treated as a host is already finished; These tadpole-filled Mind Flayers will quickly eat their gray matter and replace it with their own filthy tissues in a matter of minutes. Under its influence, the tadpole will merge with the victim's uneaten lower brain stem, obliterating all remnants of personality and soul, and when these things completely disappear from the body, the Mind Flayer Tadpole will use it as its own body until it completes the process of creating an adult Mind Flayer! β
"This process lasts about a week. After that, the Mind Flayer will enter adulthood and possess various powerful psychic abilities; It's not just the kind of large-scale shock just now. They can also control the other person's thoughts, making you completely helpless; And because of their deliberate physique, they have extremely high resistance to damage from all kinds of energy; However, the Mind Flayer is a warm-blooded creature that can be harmed by extreme heat, cold, and other harsh environments! β
"Of course, many Mind Flayers can mitigate or completely avoid the effects of such uncomfortable or deadly harsh environments through mental power; However, this requires considerable consumption; The only way to replenish the Mind Flayer is to suck the brains of humanoids; If there is no suitable 'food', they will quickly fall into weakness or even death after consumption! β
"It's like the Mind Flayer in front of him who is in the process of transforming into adulthood, and after it uses the Mind Shock Explosion again, it begins to instinctively look for targets to prey and restore its consumption; However, the adult Mind Flayer has a very high level of wisdom that is not weaker than that of a human; When fighting them, it's best to distinguish what the real weaknesses are, and what are the traps that they expose for you! β
"I think in the face of such a monster, it's better not to talk to it and kill it directly!"
After thinking for a while, Little Doug gave such a conclusion, and the young man from the Qiannuma District on the side also nodded in agreement - Ye Qi shrugged his shoulders and did not express his opinion; And in the bottom of his heart, Ye Qi also very much agrees with the approach of the two young people, the best enemy is naturally the enemy who is dead.
"Can you take care of these two young men for me?"
Ye Qi grabbed a member of the Norsd clan who was still in the midst of the shock, and asked with a smile - the people of the Norsd family acted as a 'porter' in this sudden battle;
And it was precisely because of the general scope of this spiritual explosion that Ye Qi was able to affirm that this Mind Flayer was just an existence in the stage of transformation to adulthood; After all, an adult Mind Flayer will not hide its octopus-like head, and the Mind Detonation it casts will also become within a cone of sixty feet, and there will be no limit to the number of times or time, as long as the consumption can keep up, it will basically always exist.
You never know what a terrible scene it will be when you are faced with a mind snatcher who owns a group of slaves; All you can do is watch it shock you and then push its tentacles deep into your skull, feeling the pain of your brain being sucked! β
This is what Ye Qi once flipped through the book about the introduction of "Dark Regions. Strange Creatures", the author of the book added a note next to it - although I don't know if the author really understands that feeling, but the description of the other party is very good; Ye Qi had to wonder if the other party had really gone deep into the Dark Realm, a place independent of Lorante; Even if the passage to the legendary dark region has long been blocked.
However, the Mind Flayer that appeared today means that the so-called 'blocked'. There's also a lot of moisture, or holes, in it β of course. This is just a guess. And even if there really is such a passage, Ye Qi will not go there out of curiosity; After all, the book "Dark Regions. The various examples in "Strange Creatures" have long shown that it is a completely forbidden place for the humans of Lorante, and any creature there has only two concepts for the humans of Lorante: food, and reserve food.
"Sir. Absolutely! β
The caretaker of the Nosd family was a man of about thirty years of age, dressed in a costume similar to that of his leader, Regus, with a long sword and a revolver in a holster at his waist; After hearing Ye Qi's request, he immediately bowed down and agreedβon such occasions, each Nosd family had obviously been warned by their own patriarch on how to get along with any of them; Otherwise, the Enosrid family's usual faint arrogance, even if they would agree to Ye Qi's 'Finger' dressed up at the moment, who is an ordinary witcher at first glance, would not be so polite.
"Lord Finger's ......"
"Don't ask to come along! Stay by this gentleman's side honestly, or not. I'll be in touch with Stophil in advance! Before Little Doug could finish speaking, Ye Qi interrupted and said; After seeing little Doug and Xsol nodding together. Only then did he smile and touch the top of the two people's heads and said, "After all, I just went to watch the battle, and it is difficult to take care of you!" β
"Stay here and wait for me to come back!"
After another instruction, Ye Qi walked straight towards the battle that had come to an end and was about to end - Ye Qi naturally had a certain curiosity about the strange evil creature of the Mind Flayer; If he was allowed to go deep into the dark region to study, Ye Qi, who did not have any potential as a scholar, would certainly not spend that kind of time, but if he just came to observe by the way, Ye Qi would still be very happy.
Well, the range of influence is far beyond that of ordinary people, basically reaching the level of moonlight......
After reaching the effective range of [Blind Fighting Perception], Ye Qi sensed a set of very peculiar fluctuations, far more drastic than humans at the same level, and after thinking of the other party's own racial psychic ability, Ye Qi couldn't help but nod secretly - only in this way can fluctuations that far surpass humans in the same class be able to produce such psychic abilities; However, according to the degree of performance of this Mind Flayer Demon who was still in the Transformation Stage to the Maturity Stage at this moment, Ye Qi could be sure that once this Mind Flayer Demon completely entered the maturity stage, it would naturally enter the Solar level.
And as the years go by, there may be a Mind Flayer who has entered the realm of legends; Ye Qi guessed.
After all, according to the book "Dark Regions. Strange Creatures depicts the Mind Flayer entering adulthood, where it can live for 115 to 135 years in any environment; And during this time, its psychic power will continue to grow and grow; Of course, this will require a plan to conquer all other races, gather countless slaves, and devour their brains.
Hey?!
Just when Ye Qi was secretly guessing, suddenly the fluctuations belonging to the Mind Flayer began to change sharply, becoming more and more violent and irritable, and when Ye Qi was secretly surprised by such fluctuations, he moved his steps slightly, wanting to see through the layers of flames what kind of changes had happened to this Heart Flayer.
Damn surface slaves!
I failed, I failed......
However, just after Ye Qicai moved a few steps, a stream of information appeared in his mind!
Is this sending a message?
Still is......
Airplanes!
Just when Ye Qi was guessing, the Mind Flayer Demon trapped in the divine art once again released a spiritual explosion on the Holy See's side; Although it is covered by the divine magic [Blessed Shield], the penetrating power of the soul explosion is obviously very weird; The Shield of Blessing still exists, but the two Priests and Bishop Vallejo, who controls the Judgment of Evil, are affected by it; The two priests were stunned for a moment, and even the [Blessed Shield] could not be maintained, and although Bishop Vallejo was much stronger, he was affected by the sudden increase in the spiritual explosion at the moment when the [Blessed Shield] disappeared.
The brilliance of [Evil Judgment] was slightly restricted, even if it returned to normal under Vallejo's austerity in the next moment, it was enough for the Mind Flayer to do something-
Bang!
The parasitic wizard's skull burst open in an instant, like a rotten watermelon crushed by a truck, and at this moment, a creature with red blood like an octopus with half of its body cut off flew out of it and catapulted straight in the direction where Ye Qi was standing.
Undoubtedly, this creature that looks like a purple octopus is the Mind Flayer in the middle of the metamorphosis and the maturity stage.
Airplanes!
After flying to an effective distance, this semi-mature Mind Flayer once again sent out a psychic blast, causing most of the people who chased Ye Qi to prepare for the siege to enter the shock.
"Be careful!"
After watching the half-mature Mind Flayer give up on the others and rush towards Ye Qi instead, the big man who knew in the distance, Reynx, and Jacob shouted in unison, while the other witchers instinctively reminded them of the existence of the same camp as themselves.
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