Chapter 589: Hornet's Nest
"He's been here. The shadow stepped out of the bushes and looked at the remaining sparks in the clearing in front of him.
"Look there. Another voice rang out, and the dark shadow cast its gaze to the entrance to an underground cavern not far away. "Looks like he's been here for a while, well, I think he's probably explored the depths. "The moonlight rarely came out of the clouds and shone on the earth, and at the same time made the face of the black shadow appear in the moonlight. Marcos swayed his body a little uneasily, while Camilli let out a silent sigh.
"I still don't know if we're doing the right thing. Camilli said with some embarrassment.
"We're not going to help Carl in the open, at least not if he finds out we're following. Marcos said uneasily.
"I know you're worried about him, but we shouldn't let him down. ”
"I know that, but I just can't put my mind at ease. It's not like any other place, and who knows what dangers will be on the road to the Dark City?" said Marcos helplessly.
Camilli looked at the dark entrance to the cavern, which looked like the bloody jaws of a demon devouring humanity, and once inside, there was no chance to come out. "Let's hope he's safe. ”
Marcos found a slightly cleaner place and sat down, "We can wait here for a while and observe the surroundings by the way." We need to make sure that Carl doesn't run into any danger when he comes out, knowing that there are only two things when he comes back here, first, he succeeds in clearing out the monsters in the lava cave. Second, all the bullets he was carrying were gone. Camilli knew there was a third possibility, of course, but Marcos was reluctant to bring it up. Besides, she herself didn't believe that could happen.
"Okay. ”
Karl refilled his revolver with bullets and charged towards the remaining crippled giant. Instead of facing the giant's raised fist head-on, he made a clever change of direction during the sprint that made the giant lose his goal. Its fist slammed into the ground, splashes of dirt on its fist and body, and Carl was where he wanted to be.
He lifted a revolver to aim and threw a few headshots, and immediately after the shot, he moved his body and jumped up with good bounce. That didn't jump directly over the giant's head, but it was enough for Carl to lift another revolver and blast all the bullets into the guy's head at close range. Before the giant could turn around, a round of bullets was sent to his head.
After this wave of attacks, the giant's movements slowed down. Karl briefly observed the Giant's condition after landing, and then made the decision to save ammo. Because the giant's appearance began to become very strange, he could not rashly attack with the small amount of ammunition without knowing the situation. The shreds of wire on its body snapped without warning, and the pieces of corpse fell off its body, revealing a large disgusting gap.
Karl's eyes widened in surprise as he saw the elemental spirit Yadyan in this creature's body. He had never imagined that these elemental spirits would hide in the giant's body, and now he had even more reason to believe that it was a disgusting creation. Compared to the golem and golem, the mutilated giant is simply a failure with no beauty.
The giant's body begins to detach and disintegrate, and Ardyan takes the giant's place. They poured out of the giant's body and surrounded Cal. This was their way of doing it, but Carl was surprised, but his mind didn't stop running. He quickly stepped back, widening the distance from Adyan. Karl, who had already fought the Elementals several times, quickly threw a G14 grenade to contain them, then reloaded his revolver.
The damage of the grenade's anti-personnel fragments to Aderyan is negligible, and Carl's original intention in using the grenades was only to contain them. Perhaps only Freya's frozen grenades would have worked on these guys, but alas, he didn't have one on him.
However, the G14 grenade had succeeded in keeping the Ardyan from opening the encirclement, and Carl lifted his two loaded revolvers, and fired at the Ardyan. Perhaps in order not to put himself in a disadvantageous position at any time, Karl moved his feet as he shot. Although doing so may result in a decrease in accuracy, Carl's superb marksmanship still allows most of the bullets fired to burrow into Yadyan's body.
Just like before, the number of Adrians decreased dramatically after one round of shots, and the remaining Ardyans, Karl's physical skills were enough to deal with them. The final encounter ended with the thud of the gun, and Karl was given a momentary respite. The monsters here aren't as tough to deal with as it thinks, but the point is that a single mistake can kill you, and that's a delicate situation, so Carl knows not to be taken lightly. Carl didn't stay on this level for long, and after a short rest, he headed to a deeper cave.
Although he had expected it before coming here, Carl didn't expect the monster's surprise attack to come so suddenly. The giant's fist that suddenly burst out of the lava pool almost smashed into Carl's head, and the splattered lava almost melted Carl's clothes. Luckily, Karl's reaction was quick enough that he cursed and rolled backwards in an awkward way to dodge the grey giant's surprise attack.
This kind of surprise is rare, and the appearance of two giants in a row also makes Carl realize that the end of the lava cave is not far away. He didn't deliberately calculate how many layers of caves he had passed, but it was a troublesome place for the Duchy. They don't know it, just like they do themselves. At the same time, their combat power cannot be the same as that of adventurers with rich combat experience. Karl could now understand the impatience of the Duchy, though that didn't mean he would trust them.
Annoying Corpse Raiders are as common in this area as Goblins, and different Corpse Raiders attack differently. Two dark green corpse raiders hiding behind the gray giant's massive body will pick up a skeleton from the ground and set it on fire with black oil and throw it at Carl. Although Carl didn't think it would be very lethal, it would be difficult if the flames reached him, so he was cautious about the attacks of the corpse robbers.
Behind Karl, red corpse thieves and flame zombies emerged from the lava pool, wriggling their rotting bodies towards him. He thought he might have stabbed a hornet's nest, and that there were so many monsters that Carl was a little helpless. Although this layer of relatively large activity space still gave him a little hope, so he temporarily dodged the monster's attack unilaterally, trying to find a way to break the deadlock.