The diameter of this cave is about 2 meters, the height is enough for human beings to pass smoothly, the four walls of the cave are neat digging marks, at a glance you know that it is the masterpiece of the "old friend" of the spirit sucking monster, the air flow keeps blowing outward from the depths of the cave, if you walk into the cave at night, it must be eerie and terrible, but fortunately the sunlight at the entrance of the cave can still vaguely penetrate in, so that the atmosphere is not so terrifying.

Adrian lit the torch and walked in the first place, as easily as if he were taking two guests into his own house, "When we came to this cave, the cave walls were still a little damp, and our beautiful mage lady, Grace, who had learned the skills of thieves and later transferred to the mage, she had a basic understanding of secret doors and traps, and she didn't find any traps along the way. ”

Speaking of Grace, Mark thought that the other members of Adrian's team hadn't shown up for a long time, and Mark wanted to try his swordsmanship with Garfield again, so he asked with concern: "Adrian, where did Garfield go, they haven't shown up for almost a week, they won't leave you to go back to China, haha." ”

Adrian didn't know what to ask for an unanswerable question, and he continued to walk on, Garfield's whereabouts had been worrying him for days. Tarrant didn't know what was going on here, and then asked, "Garfield, will they find any other clues about the psionic monsters, and follow them, and they don't have time to explain it to you." ”

"If there is something important, they will definitely tell me, maybe there is some small thing delayed on the way", Adrian's eyes dimmed, and it seemed that he was only comforting himself with this conjecture. If something happens, the situation will be strict, and they have been gone for a few days...... That day, Garfield just said that he wanted to make some extra money and help a local resident solve a small problem, and the three of them didn't appear in Watt Town after that, does this little problem need to be solved far away? Or, did they really have an accident? It is unlikely that something will happen, Grace is a fine-minded adventurer, and she can think of a way out for herself at any time, even if there is an ambush, she will not even have a chance to escape, not to mention, Grace still has the protection of the green forest cloak, why did they go.

However, Mark was very optimistic about this matter, and continued to smile: "Adrian, why don't you stay here and be the deputy captain of the security of Watt Town." ”

Adrian smiled slightly, did not answer, and continued to walk.

After walking in the pitch-black cavern for about ten minutes, the three of them came to a large "room", the four walls were all black and purple, which was the usual "decoration style" of the spirit suckers The interior of their dwellings is all black and purple, the same color as their skin color, and the walls are painted with the facial portrait signs of the Psivac, and those who have studied the culture of the Psivac will know that this is similar to their totem, so the utensils used by the Psivacus basically have their own portraits on them, and there are three doors connected to the other end of the room, each with their own portraits.

Adrian stood in the middle of the room: "When we touched in, there were five spirit suckers here, they were doing psychic links, they didn't realize our raid, Garfield directly cut off the heads of the spirit suckers standing in these two positions", he pointed to the two positions near the door, Tarrant squatted down and checked the ground there, it was jet black, it was the purple blood gushing out after the spirit sucking monster was cut down, it had turned black after a few days, Adrian pointed to three more positions," The remaining three immediately cast a psychic shock on us, and before the raid we had already cast the spirit realm to completely nullify their attacks, Grace used an ice arrow to pierce the psionic monster on the left, and the two on the right were frozen to pieces by me using frost. ”

The wound of the spirit sucker that was pierced by the ice arrow was frozen, its ground did not change much, only a faint layer of dirt, and there was nothing in the other two positions, they were frozen into ice cubes, and they would not bleed, Tarrant looked at it carefully and said, "They should be able to send out the alarm signal in time." ”

"Yes, about a moment after they died, the earth spirits poured out from the doors on the right and left, there are not many of them, about ten, you can see that there are spirit sucking monsters behind them", Adrian walked to the door on the left, this door is relatively narrow, only the width of a soil spirit, he gestured: "Garfield blocked this doorway, slashed with his sword, the earth spirits couldn't rush into the room, I put the frost spell inside and solved it all, and the other door was sprayed by Grace's rainbow light, and Casper solved it all." ”

Tarrant carefully surveyed the entire room, knocked the part with the portrait a few times with the hilt of his sword, but there was no response, and then he lay on the ground and slowly knocked it, the ground was also very solid, there was no secret passage, this room should be fine. He walked into the room on the left, another passage that was not too long, Adrian followed behind and continued: "This room should be used to hold their food, to be precise, it is intended to be a place to hold their food, we didn't have anyone here when we came, only the earth spirits and the three spirit sucking monsters that were guarded, and we also solved them." ”

The room on the left was larger than the previous one, with iron cages set up on all sides, and Adrian's guess was correct, this room was prepared for "food" later. This also explains why there are not many soil spirits here, they have not yet begun to imprison food, and the passage is set so narrow to prevent the "food" from fighting back.

After inspecting the cell, the trio went to the middle room, a large pool with black water in it, and a disgusting smell filled the room. The first time Mark saw the nest of the spirit-absorbing monsters, but he was already feeling the filth and horror of these evil creatures, he was very depressed, he walked to the edge of the pool, the black pool was very calm, there was nothing to be seen in it, he turned back and asked, "What is this, are they polluting the groundwater?"

Adrian shook his head: "We are also puzzled, maybe you are right, polluting the groundwater, or poisoning. ”

The two cast inquiring glances at Tarrant, hoping for some explanation. Tarrant did know something about this pool, and said, "No, this is a breeding pool. The spirit suckers are asexual creatures, they reproduce by dividing themselves, and when the main body gets enough brain marrow, they will come here to divide and reproduce, and the split is often a small part of the main body, and the split individuals begin to be a bit like the frog larvae on the continent, and they absorb nutrients in this pool before they gain the ability to hunt minds. These black waters are the brain marrow and blood that the spirit suckers plunder from other creatures underground, and when the larvae get enough nutrients, they will slowly gain psychic abilities, which is a long process, taking about two years, after which they hunt for food with their own herd. Due to their physique, it was difficult to hunt at first, and their survival rate was low, so creatures like psisuckers could not breed on a large scale."

Hearing Tarrant's detailed explanation, Mark almost threw up, he leaned against the wall, looked at the dark pool surface, and felt more and more stomach acid gushing out, and the churning of his stomach made him inhale more of the disgusting smell.

A corner of the pool rippled, several concentric circles, something was in the pool, but it was too dark to see anything, and then the pool made a swimming trajectory, and some kind of creature swam in it.

"That...... It's ......" Mark is reaching the limit of his patience.

"Psychic hatchlings?" Adrian asked.

Taran nodded in agreement, "Well, they've already started raising hatchlings inside. Mark, tell your guards to sprinkle some poison powder later, this pool is a hidden danger, let them be safe." With that, Tarrant walked out, and Mark let out a "hmm" and spit out.

The third room is connected to more rooms.

The first passage after entering is used to house the slaves of the spirit-absorbing monsters, that is, the creatures that are controlled by their minds. The walls inside were rough and gnawed, and there was no doubt that it was a "room" set up by the Spirit Suction Monster for the Earth Spirits.

The second passage, which was connected to a large room, was empty, with nothing and no trace of anything ever placed. The three of them groped around inside but found nothing, much to Tarrant's annoyance.

The third passage leads to a small room, neatly set up, with stones resembling human recliners placed on either side of the wall. Tarrant explained, "This is the 'bedroom' of the psionic monsters, and their cartilage allows them to lie on leaning objects, and they can't get up if they lie flat, so hopefully there's some clue here." He leaned over and began to examine the stones. Adrian walked over to the nearest stone and tapped the portrait of the Psicoon on it, and with a "click", a dark grid appeared. Tarrant ran over excitedly, only to be disappointed again, the inside was still empty.

Adrian laughed, "We already searched this place when we first came, and Grace found that the black edge of this head was thicker than the portrait outside, which is usually used to hide the side seams of the dark grid, so we found this dark grid, there was nothing on every stone. ”

The dark grids on the other stones were opened one by one, and there was nothing, the only difference was that the shape of the dark grids was not consistent, some were rectangular, some were triangular or trapezoidal, since the psionic monsters were also humanoids, of course, they also had their preferences, it may be that the preferences of each psychic monster were different, Grant thought.

The fourth passage is longer than the others, and at the end is a strange room, surrounded by iron rods on all sides, with a small black hole on it, and it is impossible to see what it is, and the whole room is surrounded by painted portraits of psychic monsters, with a layer of black ash pasted on them, which is particularly terrifying, and the ground is black and there are traces of burning. Adrian said, "There are quite a few soul-absorbing monsters in this room, and instead of attacking us with the earth spirits, they have prepared a powerful ambush here. They gathered together and launched one of the strongest psychic attacks on us as we entered, the first round of attacks instantly depleted the energy protection of the spiritual realm, but fortunately, Grace managed to cast a fire blast, and my lightning strike, burned them out. ”

Flame explosion and lightning strike, two strong magical energies, no wonder there is black ash in the room, but if you cast these two ranges of magic in such a small space, you will also suffer the same damage. Tarrant admired the adventuring party and was able to make such a sacrifice to win in the event of a surprise attack, "Then you should all be injured, right?"

"As a last resort, if we don't do it quickly, we'll be their dinner after losing the protection of the realm. After the surgery, we were all injured at different stages, and Casper did group therapy for us. That's when I was wounded, and a group of psions came in through the door, and we didn't have time to prepare, Grace and Casper were so frightened by their minds that they lost their ability to think, and when Garfield resisted, one of the psions tried to suck Grace, and I grabbed its tentacles, and the tentacles got wrapped around me. ”

So, Adrian was a lucky man, and very few people survived the tentacles of the Psionic Monsters.

As usual, Tarrant meticulously tapped the room around and on the floor, and found no exceptions, only the remains of the psionic monsters that left a mark on the fierce battle of the past.

The rest of the rooms also left no clue until the last room.

In the last room of this passage, a round table with eight chaise longues around it is a place similar to a conference room, on which are placed some exotic metals, made into various basic shapes. Tarrant picked up these strange metals, heavy, heavier than gold, jet-black, metal never seen before. The metal props were finely polished and smooth all around, so they must have had some effect, and Tarrant asked Adrian, "Have you noticed these?"

The mage stepped forward, picked up a piece of metal, and said, "It's strange, isn't it, it's very dense, and it has the ability to store magic, we haven't seen it, and Casper thinks that the people who come to investigate will definitely know, so we didn't take it." ”

These could be important clues, and Tarrant took out the spirit pattern bag, put away a piece of metal, and explained to Mark, "I'll take one back and study it first, hoping that someone will recognize what it is." Mark nodded in agreement.

Out of this "conference room", the three of them have completed all the searches. Only some exotic metals were found, and Tarrant was not satisfied with the discovery of this trip, and now he has to return to his country to find someone to identify this metal.

When I walked out of the nest of the Spirit Sucker, it was already evening, and the sun was completely denied in the mountains. Soldiers outside the cave were nervously guarding the entrance of the cave and looking inside.

One of them shouted, "Captain, you have finally come out, and when it gets dark, we should go in to find you." ”

Mark smiled, "What are you afraid of, I'm still the strongest swordsman in Watt Town." ”

"Captain, have you found anything, this cave is not dangerous, is it?" asked the team leader again

Speaking of danger, it reminded Mark of that blackpool, this cave will be in danger in two years, he stepped forward and patted the squad leader on the shoulder, "There is an important mission for you." ”

The squad leader gave a military salute and shouted, "For Selenso!"

Mark gestured, "There are three rooms in this cave, one room in the middle, and there is a black pool in it, tomorrow you go and get two packets of poison powder to sprinkle in it, clear?"

"A dark pool?"

If you tell them about the role of the pool, it may cause unnecessary panic, Marx thought, there is no need to tell the truth, "Yes, in the middle room, there is a big pool in it, and it is full of black water, you will find it when you go in, just sprinkle the poison powder into it, and we will do the rest." ”

"Understood!" the squad leader straightened up.

Then, the three of them left the cave.

At night, a cool breeze blew in the mountains, blowing through the gaps in Tarrant's armor, which made him feel a little cold, and suddenly remembered that he hadn't eaten lunch today. Mark thought of the same question and extended an invitation to the two companions, "How about a drink with Nightshade, I should have a drink for this discovery, I'm in for a treat." ”

There are always a lot of people in the night shadow, and when the three of them returned to Watt Town and went straight to the night shadow, there were still a lot of people gathered here.

One of the townsfolk saw the sheriff enter the door and shouted, "Our chief is here, let's have a toast!" and all the townsfolk in the bar raised their glasses together, "For Mark!" and there was the sound of cups clashing and laughing.

Mark was excited by the townspeople's welcome, and he raised his hands and shouted to the townspeople, "Cheers to our heroes, too!" Adrian, and his team have cleared us of the psionic monsters, this is Tarrant, the knight of the Sheltered Light, who has come to keep the town of Watt safe, toast to them!"

The atmosphere became even more enthusiastic, and the townspeople poured their glasses full of wine, raised their glasses to the three people at the door, and cheered together, "For the heroes!"

Such a warm welcome made Tarrant and Adrian a little embarrassed, and Sheryl ran over and took Adrian's hand without hesitation, "Adrian, go, there is still a seat over there." ”

After the three of them sat down, Sherrill served three glasses of beer, and began to forget her duties again, and sat down next to Adrian, "I heard that you went to the cave of the Spirit Sucking Monster today?"

The town is so well informed that even the maid at the bar already knows about it. Mark patted Sherill's shoulder and laughed loudly: "Sheryl, this is an official secret, we won't sue you, hahaha." ”

Adrian nodded cooperatively, and Sheryl had no choice but to stop talking, and she found another topic, "How is your injury, are you still dizzy?"

Adrian was honored that three people were concerned about his injuries in one day, and he smiled and said, "It's fine, in fact, I wasn't hurt at the time, so don't worry so much." ”

Mark raised his glass: "Cheers to today's discovery!" The three glasses slammed into each other in the air, spilling a large splash of wine, and the three of them drank it all, and Sheryl picked up the glass and trotted to fill it.

Adrian asked, "Tarrant, what are you going to investigate next?"

"Well," Tarrant pondered for a moment, "start with this stone, first go back to Siant to find out what this stone does, where it came from, and then make plans." ”

"Why, are you leaving soon?" Mark, surprised, he wanted more opportunities to do his landlord's friendship.

"If nothing else, I'll be back tomorrow, the Spirit Suckers have begun to breed on the ground, which means that they have a certain amount of power on the ground, and I need to tell the Light of Shelter about this. ”

Sherrill returned to the table with the refilled cup in his hand, and whispered, "Look, the troubadour is here again, he knows a lot of stories, and yesterday he told me the story of his adventures in Komohe. Tarrant looked at the troubadour that Sherrill had spoken of, and the one from last night looked like a down-and-out traveler, and he asked, "Is that troubadour from Watttown?"

Mark also looked over, shook his head, and said, "No, I have only come recently, I have noticed him, he does not seem to be an ordinary troubadour, his gaze makes people feel cold, although he is always smiling. ”

Sherrill giggled, "He's very welcoming, he's been to a lot of places, and yesterday he said he had half-orc friends in Komohe." ”

Orcs don't like humans much, and this might just be a joke, but Tarrant didn't think so, picked up the cup and took another big sip.

"That sword, can you show me", the troubadour walked over, staring at Mark's sword.