Chapter 16: Miscalculation

The magic pool is not a pool, but a room, and there are a large number of spider sacs of various sizes erected on the floor of the room, which is where burrowing spiders store food, most of which have dried up, only a few are still relatively full, and the victims in them have not yet been transformed into good meals.

In addition, there are quite a few large spider sacs hanging in the air, each of which is four or five meters in diameter, swaying slightly in the windless room.

On the ground in the center of the room, a huge energy storage circle is engraved, and the circle is almost as big as the room. This circle is actually the so-called mana pool, and the mana extracted from the leyline nodes will be stored in the circle for the mage tower to use.

When the magic tower was still working, the energy storage circle would flicker with white light from time to time, similar to the kind of light everyone saw before, but now, the magic circle was gray and cold, as if it was dead.

In the center of the circle, there is a huge black shadow, the black shadow exudes a coercion that touches the soul, as long as you get close to it, the mercenaries' hearts will involuntarily have fear.

The black shadow suddenly writhed a few times, and eight red dots lit up above his head, which were obviously the eyes of burrowing spiders, and there was no trace of biological emotion in the scarlet eyes, only coldness and cruelty.

"Sa, Fra, Tran. Under the control of the incantation, the cold air roared and swept through the entire mana pool, and the spider silk floating in the air quickly froze, and then broke one after another under its own weight, falling to the ground and shattering.

"The Fire Streak. The thumb pinched the ring on the middle finger, and the winged man Yuri did not dare to fly, but stood on the ground with his feet on the ground, and the ring on the middle finger suddenly lit up, shining like a dazzling light like the rising sun.

"Flame Blast. At the sound of the order, the flames formed an arc-shaped wall of fire, spreading outward with Yuri as the center, and where the flames passed, the broken ice on the ground quickly melted, and the frozen spider silk lost its protection and turned into ashes in the flames, and the threatening spider silk was almost wiped out with the cooperation of the two.

However, Mia was not happy at all, because she realized that she had miscalculated this time.

There is no problem with tactics, the problem is with the enemy. Everyone has overlooked a problem, with such a large size, this mutant monster is likely to be a female spider, and a female spider can produce.

After freezing and burning, the spider sacs hanging in the air lost the support of spider silk and fell to the ground one by one.

At the same time, there were countless black shadows, which were the children of burrowing spiders. The bodies of these demon-like little demonic beasts were more than ten centimeters in size, and as soon as they landed, they surged around like a tide, quickly covering every part of the ground.

The giant spider was always lying firmly in the middle of the magic pool, coldly observing the intruders, while the young children, after a few laps back and forth, quickly adapted to the new world in front of them, rubbing their hard toes against the rocky floor, making a tooth-aching sound, and spreading towards the mercenaries like a carnival.

Mia knew that she had really miscalculated, and as soon as the little spider appeared, she figured out the cause and effect.

This spider may be the mother of the burrowing spiders underground, a very powerful female spider.

A long time ago, when the city had just been destroyed and the magic tower still had energy left, the mother, who had already conceived a large number of young spiders, entered the magic tower in search of food, and was attracted by the magic power and lived in the magic pool.

Perhaps not long after it entered, the surrounding terrain changed, presumably due to a natural disaster such as an earthquake, causing the magic tower to sink to the ground, the door of the magic pool was blocked by mud, and it was not strong enough to destroy the walls reinforced by multiple magic, so it was trapped in the magic pool for more than four thousand years.

By the time time time time the gate of the mana pool was destroyed, the energy-type mutation had been completed, and its body had become countless times larger, and it could no longer go out of the gate at all, so it could only continue to stay dormant in the mana pool.

"Be careful, these monsters are all silver-tiered. The little spider crawled very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already close to Dark, the shield turned into a spear, the blood-colored spear drew an arc in front of him, and a blood-colored energy blade came out of the tip of the spear, slashing through the spider group, and directly cut many small spiders in half. However, Duck was not happy, because the attack effect was at least ten times weaker than he expected, and the shells of these spiders were simply as hard as steel, at least with silver-level defense, "Their bodies are very hard, don't miscalculate the strength." ”

Silver Tier? It won't be long before this is a nest of gold-rank monsters. The faces of the people behind Darker changed drastically, this is not a joke, there are thousands of people in front of them, if they are all silver rank, their strength is enough to overwhelm the mercenary team of ten people.

"Fight as hard as you can, there's no point in retreating. Mia completely understood that it was not only the mother spider that had undergone energy-type mutations, but also the young spiders that had already formed in her abdomen had mutated together by coincidence.

Mother's love is great, and so is the spider, due to the lack of food, even if you donate your own body, it may not be enough, so after the mother spider gives birth, she does not let the spider eggs hatch, but let the children fall into a deep sleep with herself in the form of eggs. Until now, the magic tower has been reopened, and the breath of the living has awakened the mother spider from its slumber.

Miridy was not mistaken, it was true that it had never moved, but that didn't mean it hadn't woken up. Although it seems to be motionless on the surface, in fact, I am afraid that it has woken up from the opening of the magic tower, and it is just incubating spiders in other unknown methods.

In its opinion, there are more than a hundred creatures around, enough for the children to get through the juvenile period, and after the children get through the most difficult period, the vast world outside is their hunting ground, with enough food, they can easily form a new population, the group formed by tens of thousands of gold-level demonic beasts is enough to sweep Pavadiga.

As for the mother spider, I'm afraid it didn't think about coming out again, and it was enough for it to let the children spread out.

"Don't try to run away, no one can escape. Mia was very blunt and seemed alarmist, but everyone knew that she was not wrong at all.

These little demons are so nimble and incredibly fast that it is completely impractical to try to escape in front of them. Looking at the current speed, it is estimated that he will be caught up by the little spider as soon as he runs up two or three floors, and there is no possibility of surviving at all. Even if he betrayed his teammates and escaped by himself, the more than 100 people in the camp would not be able to escape the pursuit of the spiders.

Rather than being under great pressure and being eaten away by a little bit, it is better to fight to the death, and maybe there is still a chance to live.

"Sa, cool, Raqqa. Under Mia's control, a raging wall of fire was lit around everyone, dividing the little spider and everyone into two areas, and Mia's face was cloudy and uncertain in the reflection of the flames, "Taking advantage of the opportunity to be isolated, the last pre-battle preparation, everyone must complete it before the wall of fire is breached." ”

In fact, even she didn't believe it, what she released was just the simplest fire wall technique, and I am afraid that it would not be able to limit how long the little spider would last.

Sure enough, it didn't even work for a minute, and the little spider found a way to break through the wall of fire.

No one commanded them, but they seemed to have made an agreement, and a large number of small spiders gathered together to form a spider ball. Individual spiders may not be surprising, but when they come together, they are enough to change everything.

At least the wall of fire can be changed.

The hard shell allows them to roll in the flames for a short time without collapsing at the touch of a button, which gives them the opportunity to constantly exchange inside and outside, and before they can be burned to death, all the spiders on the outer layer are switched back to the inner layer, which is a safe resting area.

Under the spider ball's repeated attacks, the flames ignited by the wall of fire were quickly extinguished, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of burning, but only a dozen or so spider corpses were left.

"Damn, it didn't work so badly. Mia had a cold face and lit a few more walls of fire in vain, but the little spiders had become more and more proficient, and this time the wall of fire had been completely extinguished after lasting less than two-thirds of the time last time.

"Try it for me. The rings on Yuri's two hands flickered at the same time, and the energy of magic quickly gathered in his fingertips. This is the convenience of magic guides, although each magic guide can only be engraved with a few kinds of magic, and the universality is not good, but it does not need to be chanted for a long time when it is released, as long as the magic power is abundant, it can be cast quickly.

"Bang", before Yuri could activate the magic guide, several little spiders had already broken away from the spider ball, broke through Dark's defense from the flank, and pounced directly on Yuri's face. The fangs of the little spider are filled with paralyzing venom, and if bitten, the consequences are unimaginable.

"Up. Shul poked Saf, giving a hint in a voice that was not heard by Mia.

Saf didn't suspect Shuer's order at all, and in an instant, he appeared beside Yuri, picked up his big sword and slapped it at the spider in the air. The effect of the big sword attack with the afterimage was very good, and several spiders jumped far away like leather balls, and several of them had their shells cracked, and disgusting green bodily fluids oozed out along the gaps.

"Thank you. Yuri didn't pay attention to the little spider that pounced on her from the beginning, and the action of activating the magic guide did not stop from beginning to end, and at this time, she flapped her wings and smiled at Saf, her hands were shining, and thousands of pale green wind blades appeared around her, staggering, spinning, cutting the body of the little spider like a meat grinder, and the outer layer of small spiders was constantly cut into pieces by the wind blade.

Magic does work, but unfortunately, given the sheer number of spiders, it's almost negligible.

Mia's tactics have been completely messed up, and almost all of the mercenaries have joined the battle, and they can't care about the original tasks at all, so they can only passively protect the safety of a few spellcasters.

"Don't use fire, fire is useless. Only Shure, who had been leisurely watching everyone fight, finally suddenly shouted, "Mia, according to the idea of cobwebs, you use ice, and then Yuri uses fire. ”