Chapter 44: Wurm and the Gem Mine

Wurm's claws and teeth are innate magical weapons, and every grasp and bite can inflict damage on the Shadow Golem. In addition, the wurm also has a body of hard scales, and the shadow golem is not very effective whether it is whipped with tentacles or twisted with its body.

Swallowed the wurm directly?

I'm sorry, but although the strong body of the wurm is coveted by the shadow puppets, the dragon scales and dragon skins overflowing with magical energy are really difficult to digest, at least not the current shadow puppets have this ability.

If no one else intervenes, the Shadow Golem will probably only be able to hold out for a few more minutes before fleeing. Thankfully, Griffith had his hands free.

The purple gaze that was like a substance fell on the wurm, making the face of this demonic beast whose wisdom was not inferior to that of a human show a look of panic, although it was not scared to death, but its body couldn't help but stiffen.

At this time, Griffith was not as easy as it seemed, Wulong's will was much stronger than expected, and the purple fire in his body began to be a little difficult to maintain this magic technique.

Griffith didn't dare to delay, and walked forward quickly, the purple fire in his right hand condensed into the shape of a dagger.

Taking advantage of the wurm's shock, the shadow puppet was already tightly wrapped around like a python, and for the first time, the power of the shadow creature prevailed, and the wurm's head was violently pushed back, and the soft scales under the neck were completely exposed in front of Griffith.

The dagger condensed by the purple fire slashed through the carotid artery of the wurm, and the stinky blood gushed out, but it was caught by the shadow puppet and swallowed into its stomach.

A few minutes later, the bloodied wurm turned into a corpse, and a relieved Griffith fell to the ground with his feet limp.

The excessive use of purple fire not only made his body weak, but also made his head ach faintly.

Griffith hurriedly took out a small flat wooden box from the inner layer of the robe and opened it, only to see several slender glass bottles side by side, and in order to prevent them from breaking, they were also stuffed with soft silk cloth in the middle.

Griffith took out a pale blue potion, uncorked it with trembling fingers, and poured it into his mouth. After a while, the cool sensation rushed to his head, and Griffithton felt much clearer, and the sleepiness caused by the tiredness disappeared.

Then he drank another bottle of red potion, and as the stomach wall absorbed the potion, the warm sensation spread throughout his limbs, and his muscles no longer trembled.

After drinking two expensive potions, Griffith got back to his feet.

Because he had drunk too much dragon's blood, the shadow puppet that was excitedly changing its shape indiscriminately, felt the will of its master, and immediately obediently re-disappeared into Griffith's shadow.

Griffith walked along the pit where the wurm had appeared, and after a few minutes he came to one of the largest chambers, and saw a pile of completely unpolished gems on the ground, about a hundred, the largest of which was about the size of a pigeon's egg, and the smallest one the size of a peanut.

At the innermost part of the cavern is a tunnel that leads deeper into the earth - to prevent kobolds from mining gems without permission, the money-hungry wurm has set up its lair at the only entrance to the gem vein.

Griffith picked the largest gems and put them away, and then on his orders, the Shadow Golem swallowed the rest of the gems.

In the entire kingdom of Brittanya, there are only a few high-level alchemists who can make storage bags, and Griffith naturally can't afford them and has no way to get them. However, an indigestible object like a gemstone can be temporarily stored in the body of a shadow golem. Just go back to Hydra in two days and let it spit out.

After exploring around, Griffith didn't find anything else valuable, and returned to the cave where the wurm lived, and Griffith didn't hesitate to smash a fireball directly into the wall of the tunnel that led to the gem vein.

Gravel and mud fell to the ground, but it was still far from burying the entire passage.

Ever since he learned about the existence of the gem vein from the kobold captive, Griffith had no intention of letting others know that the cake was too big for him to eat, and he didn't even dare to think about it, for fear that he would choke to death.

Gems are precious, especially for the manufacture of magical equipment, and in the Kingdom of Brittany, the Sorcery League, the sole mage organization, has a monopoly on the domestic gem trade.

Griffith could have imagined that as long as the news of the gem vein spread, it would not take two or three days for the messenger of the Sorcery Alliance to arrive. If this becomes a stronghold of the Sorcering Alliance, not only will it not be good for Hydra Village, but even Griffith will not be able to account for it on the Griffonheart side.

He insisted on killing all the kobolds in this big nest, because he was afraid that these trouble-loving little monsters would provoke others and leak the news of the gem mine.

Now that the kobolds and wurms have been cleaned up, all that's left is to destroy the corpses.

Griffith's remaining magic was not enough to use the fireball spell again. Although he still had a few fireball scrolls in the pocket of his mage robe, it seemed that it was really difficult to collapse the entire passage with the fireball technique. In this case, the level 6 magic "Earth Movement Technique" would have been the most suitable, but unfortunately Griffith did not have this ability.

In desperation, Griffith had to pull out a scroll that "summons a small earth elemental".

This is the only level 4 magic scroll on Griffith's body, and like that "Dead Cloud Technique", it is produced by the high-level mage of the Shadow Mage Society, Sario, and the price is naturally not cheap, costing Griffith 500 gold dragons.

A scroll summons a meat shield and a group attack, which was originally Griffith's killer weapon for future large-scale battles, but he didn't expect to use one for a somewhat ridiculous reason, if it weren't for the hundreds of gems he had just looted, Griffith would have lost money this time.

Accompanied by Griffith's chanting spell, a small earth elemental appeared in front of him - although it was "small", it was also close to two meters tall, and it was a high-quality summoned creature with strong combat power, the only drawback was that the summoning time was relatively short, and it could only exist for 5 minutes.

Griffith quickly commanded the small earth elemental to smash it continuously, and finally completely destroyed the entire tunnel.

Although traces can still be seen from the outside, it will take a lot of effort to re-excavate it, and even if someone passes by and finds this cave in such a barren mountain and wilderness far from people, I believe that they will not dig a collapsed tunnel for no reason.

"Hansen, Lily, come over and help. After destroying all the traces he wanted to hide, Griffith emerged from the kobold's lair and greeted his companion with a grin.

"Lord Griffith, you killed this wurm yourself?" When Hansen was led by Griffith to the place where the wurm's corpse was, he couldn't help but be stunned by Griffith's results. He carefully touched the scales on the wurm with his hand, and judging from its hardness, this wurm had extremely high defense.