The reconnaissance team was engrossed in watching the few uninvited guests in front of them, because Lockmodan belonged to the dwarves' sphere of influence, so Xu Mo proposed to hurry on foot today to relieve the physical and mental exhaustion caused by continuous flights. This suggestion was supported by the crowd, and the griffons were released into the air to feed on their own, waiting for the evening to rest, when they could use the sentry to call the griffons back.

The fog and the obscuration of the trees made it difficult for everyone to see what was ahead. It wasn't until the stumbling short figures came closer that they were surprised to find that they were several dwarves wearing steel hats, carrying duckbills and hoes, and carrying baskets.

Bridget, who was at the forefront, breathed a sigh of relief and put down the one-handed axe and knight's shield, but Xu Mo's warning immediately sounded in her ears, "Don't let your guard down, the enemy is behind them!" ”

There were five of them in this group of dwarves, and the baskets they were carrying behind were full of large and small ores, and when they saw Xu Mo and the others, they immediately shouted at them with a panicked face, and ran towards them at a faster speed.

"They said that they were miners of the Copperbeard Tribe, so let's run away, there is a 'stone monster' behind them. That one...... My dwarven language is not very good, they say 'stone monsters', I don't quite understand what kind of creatures are? Ronin lived up to his reputation as a nerd, poking his head out from behind a large tree and translating what the dwarf had said to everyone.

Xu Mo frowned, what the dwarf said, he also got a hint of the soul mark, but the translation of the word "stone monster" was also vague, this should be the dwarf's slang name for the enemy behind him.

However, Xu Mo and the others were not confused for long, two huge figures appeared behind the dwarf in the mist, and they could clearly see that this creature was huge, and it seemed that there were several pairs of tentacles on the side of the body.

"It's like ...... Dreadclaw Stone! Ronin's eyes widened suddenly, "Cole, Bridget, run!" ”

"What to run! It's so big, trapped in the woods, isn't it just a living target? Wen Lisha looked at the panicked retreating mage, pursed her lips, and said dissatisfied.

When Xu Mo and the others were discussing slowly, the two monsters known as the Dreadclaw Stone Monster had already approached a lot, and their hideous appearance appeared in everyone's eyes for the first time.

The size of the Dreadclaw Stone Monster is about four meters tall, and it looks a bit like Xu Mo's praying mantis in the real world. They have a large abdomen and three pairs of arthropods on the sides, the front of which is sharp as a knife, but the surface of the body is not an insect carapace, but a layer of crystalline rock, which is probably why they are called stone monsters.

Its chest is elongated, erect at a 90-degree angle to its fat abdomen, and topped by a triangular head. It has a pair of dark compound eyes on its head and a sharp beak like a bird's beak. The most frightening thing is its pair of forefeet, which are long and wide, sickle-like and have sharp serrations on the inside, which are probably its dreaded claws.

The Dreadclaw Stonecube was agile, and the three pairs of arthropods on its abdomen could leap far away with just a flick, shortening the distance between itself and the dwarves by a large margin. The dreadclaw stone on the right was very close to a dwarf, and the dwarven miner was so frightened that he suddenly became anxious and began to run in a zigzag pattern, always using the cover of the trees to block the dreadclaw stone's approach.

"Chirp!" After being blocked twice by the tall trees, the Dreadclaw Stonecube finally went berserk, let out a shrill roar, and slashed at the tree that blocked its path for the third time.

In the incredulous eyes of everyone, the dreadclaw with crystalline rocks attached to it slashed deep into the body of the tree, almost cutting off the waist of the tall oak tree, which was almost two meters in diameter. The dreadclaw stone monster screamed and pulled its sickle-shaped forefeet out of the tree, and the tall oak tree staggered and collapsed like a drunken drunk.

The dwarf who was running behind the tree took a few steps again with a blank gaze, blood surged out of his mouth, his upper body slowly slipped from his waist, his whole body was broken in two, and the ore in the basket behind him was scattered all over the ground. The blow of the Dreadclaw Stone Monster just now, the tip of the "Scythe" slashed right past his waist, cutting him in half.

"Oh...... Come on! The elven ranger, who had just finished saying that he was going to use the dreadclaw stone monster as a target for arrows, saw this scene, and immediately changed his attention, and jumped like a rabbit with a bow and arrow, chasing after the mage and the dwarf girl.

"Bridget, let's go, take everyone back into the lake! This thing is not something that can be carried by a shield. Xu Mo instructed the beautiful knight beside him with a solemn face.

"That'...... What about you! Bridget hesitated and asked with concern.

"I'm a stalker, it can't catch me, I'm going to make some trouble for these monsters and slow them down a bit!" Xu Mo smiled faintly.

Looking at Bridget's distant back, Xu Mo turned his head and observed the movement of the two dreadclaw stone monsters with an expressionless face. By this time, the dwarven miner who was running at the front had already come to him, and shouted a dwarven voice to the effect that he should run quickly, and there was no need to stop the dreadclaw stone monsters for them.

Xu Mo sighed secretly, he chose to stay, not to worry about these dwarves. Their current position was about a few hundred meters from the lake, and if no one stopped them, it was very likely that at the current speed of the Dreadclaw Stone, they would be able to catch up with the others.

Once caught up by the Dreadclaw Stone Monster, unless Xu Mo gave up the team and fled alone, he would have to fight these two monsters to the death. Xu Mo smiled and waved his hand at the dwarven miners, pretending that he couldn't understand the dwarven language, and his figure slowly faded away with the wind, hiding to the side.

When the dwarven miner saw Xu Mo's invisibility, he was slightly stunned, and immediately realized that this was a stalker, so he stopped caring about Xu Mo and ran towards the lake with his little short legs.

Two dreadclaw stone monsters swept over the big tree where Xu Mo was hiding like a whirlwind, carrying a large stream of grass clippings and debris behind them. Xu Mo's eyes narrowed slightly, and a bright point of light suddenly lit up on his shoulder, and then the muzzle of the pea cannon was like blowing bubbles, puffing up a blazing ball of light, with a light blue tail flame slamming into the rear arthropod of a dreadclaw stone monster.

"Bang!" A large pit burst into the thick chelicera of the dread-clawed stone, and crystall-shaped rubble scattered in all directions, and the dreadclaw's flying body also tilted and fell to the ground.

"Chirp!" The fallen Dreadclaw Stonecube roared twice and regained its body, and the other, slightly smaller Stone, stopped its pursuit because of this change. The two dreadclaw stonecubes swirled their dark compound eyes and looked around, tilting their triangular heads from time to time, as if listening to something.

Xu Mo was hidden on the side, not daring to breathe, and then his heart moved, remembering the strange behavior of those dwarven miners. In the process of fleeing for their lives, they still carried a basket full of ore and refused to give up, even if the dwarves regarded the mine as their life, this is a bit outrageous. Then there is only one possibility, these ores are so precious that these dwarven miners would rather trade their lives for them.

At the beginning, due to the urgency of the situation, the only mage who knew about the Dreadclaw Stone Monster had already run away, and Xu Mo couldn't find anyone to consult about this kind of monster. However, Xu Mo now had a guess that the Dreadclaw Stone Monster should not be a surface creature, I am afraid that those dwarves were inadvertently disturbed from the mine.

According to this judgment, the compound eyes of the Dreadclaw Stoner probably have night vision, and their hearing should be very good. Correspondingly, they should not be very comfortable with bright light and loud noise.

Looking at the dreadclaw stone monster that was bombarded by the pea cannon, Xu Mo couldn't help but be frightened. With the powerful power of the pea cannon, it only caused the chelicerae to shed some crystalline rocks on the surface, but failed to hurt the inside of the chelicera, and it also had a limited impact on the dreadclaw stone's ability to move.

Xu Mo secretly felt a mistake, he originally wanted to break a chelicera, but he didn't expect the defense of the Dreadclaw Stone Monster to be so high. If he had known this, he should have aimed for its compound eyes or enlarged abdomen.

The two dreadclaw stone monsters wandered around for a while, unable to find the person behind the sneak attack, and they couldn't help but roar in annoyance, and turned their heads back to chase after the group, their excellent hearing was enough for them to catch the panicked footsteps of their prey in the jungle.

Xu Mo turned out of his hiding place, his eyes flashed, and he looked up at the dwarf who had been beheaded in half, and next to the two bodies of the dwarf miner there was a large overturned basket and blood-stained ore. To Xu Mo's surprise, there were only three pieces of ore, and the surface of this ore flashed with a faint green fluorescence, which looked very good.

A moment later, Xu Mo quickly chased after everyone, the pea cannon had a cooldown, and there was no other way for him to continue to stop the Dreadclaw Stone Monster.

However, after a brief period of obstruction, the rest of the party should be able to run into the lake before the Dreadclaw Stonecube catches up. With the dreadclaw stone monster covered in crystalline rocks, it is impossible to chase into the lake.

The distance of hundreds of meters passed in a flash, in fact, Xu Mo reached the lake faster than the dreadclaw stone monster, and from a distance, he saw that everyone had already entered the lake, anxiously waiting for his arrival.

Seeing that everyone was just standing on the shallow edge of the lake, not far from the lakeshore, Xu Mo's heart warmed, and he knew that everyone was worried about their safety. Looking at the distance between himself and the Dreadclaw Stone Monster, Xu Mo lifted his stealth while running, so that everyone could see him.

However, on another section of the embankment by the lake, Xu Mo was surprised to find that the dwarven miners carrying ore baskets on their backs did not enter the lake, but just stood on the shore helplessly, looking at the two dreadclaw stone monsters that were getting closer and closer.

The scouts also seemed to notice the dwarves' strange behavior, and anxiously shouted at several dwarves to drop the ore baskets and hide in the lake. However, the dwarven miners rejected the advice of the crowd in a resolute manner, and turned around and ran in the other direction.

Seeing this scene, Xu Mo's heart couldn't help but sink, and he had a very bad premonition.