Chapter 26: Tentacles

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"Looks young," Ben recalled, "I can't see it too clearly, I don't think I'm twenty years old?

"Age?" Andy used hypnotism at close range, and under the light of the magic aura, the other party's age was indeed not very old: "I think you're right, Ben." I'm sure he's young, at least ten years younger than me. ”

He thought for a moment and said with some frustration: "Are all young people so good nowadays? I was only an apprentice at his age, and if it weren't for your help, Ben would still be an apprentice until now." ”

Ben patted him on the shoulder as a sign of comfort, "Don't underestimate yourself, Andy. I think he must have had a great teacher to teach him carefully, a smart brain is only the first step on the path of a mage, no one can become a great mage without a teacher. ”

Andy nodded, "You're right, Ben. Money, knowledge, and the teachings of masters, which most gifted mages lack. It's a pity, the world is so unfair. He indignantly poured a large sip of mead, which ran down the corners of his mouth and wetted a large collar.

Ben smiled and shook his head, this little brother always said something wrong. He is no longer a fledgling young man, does the so-called fairness really exist? Of course it does not exist! Otherwise, the meaning of the existence of those holy warriors has not disappeared by at least half of it? He clearly knows this truth, but he is still complaining, this is probably a side effect of fine wine.

"Who do you think he would be?" asked Andy. The sudden encounter made him care a lot, and he was supposed to get out of the battlefield easily, but he almost capsized in the gutter. If it weren't for the two of them who have partnered for many years and cooperated tacitly, maybe they would really not be able to run away this time.

"Young, very rich," Ben groaned, and with a constructed creature like the Bronze Serpent, he was certainly very rich. Although I don't know how much it costs to make this serpentine structure, even if the labor cost is removed, it will at least cost tens of thousands of gold coins, right? If Ban knew that Tang Mo had five bronze giant snakes, he wouldn't know what he would be surprised about, probably except for envy or jealousy.

"The spells are very powerful, the skills are very clever, but the field experience is not rich enough. Well, the lack of experience is very much in line with his age, it's not talent that can make up for it......" Ben guessed Tang Mo's identity, "The timing of entering the sewer is such a coincidence, obviously he knows everything about what has happened recently." If it weren't for an alien mage, then I would only think of one person......"

"You mean......" Andy thought of someone as well.

Tang Mo, who was worried about the two of them, was facing new troubles at the moment. He crouched on the ground, carefully examining the puddle of blood beneath his feet. Cracked leather armor remained in the bloodstains, and small wooden round shields and long swords were discarded. There was no sign of a fierce struggle at the scene, and it appears that the deceased was killed by a single blow, and should have been killed without resistance while fleeing.

But why are there no corpses?, like the Iris mercenaries and a handful of Assassins who were killed on the way, the Count's guards didn't have time to clean up the battlefield, they were busy chasing the invaders of Afterglow. So where did the bodies of these dead people go?

Tang Mo stood up and continued to walk forward, but he didn't go far, and there was another pool of blood. This time, there were some small parts left on the ground, Tang Mo could see clearly, it was clearly a palm, a human palm, and the fracture was very strange, but he was very sure that it was not a wound caused by a sword, as if it was bitten off by something. That said, the mercenary's body was eaten by some unknown monster.

But is there such a monster in the sewers? If the corpses of these mercenaries stand up on their own after they die, in that case, Tang Mo will not be the slightest surprised. This situation is too common in Deathstroke City, and it won't be long before these undead who get back on their feet will fall back anyway.

But what is the situation now? Is it a scavenger? Or is it cold and cold, as long as it is meat, it doesn't matter? Tang Mo is sure that he has never heard of such a monster in the sewers. Wait! He suddenly remembered that there was another possibility, ruins!

Since it doesn't come in from the outside, it runs out from the inside. The path to the ruins of the Temple of the Spinners of Destiny has been opened, and at least two groups of people have entered it, and no one knows what it is like inside, and if something strange is running out of it, it is simply normal.

Tang Mo, who was contemplative, didn't notice that there were two black shadows on the ground approaching silently, and it was too late for him to find out. Long, thorny, rope-like tentacles wrapped around his waist and legs at once, and the numbness quickly spread from both places.

The bronze giant snake finally found the enemy at this time, and it didn't have time to react more, a large number of electric sparks burst out of its mouth, biting on the tentacles. But these strange tentacles didn't seem to be afraid of electricity, and still tried to drag Tang Mo back into the darkness.

Enraged, the bronze serpent shook its head sharply, its tentacles pulling at its body hiding in the darkness. Obviously, the monster was far less powerful than the bronze serpent, and in the darkness a huge floating object rumbled and smashed into the ground, and the ground paved with hard stones was overwhelmed and broken.

The monster was hit hard, letting out a painful and angry scream, and the tentacles involuntarily let go, Tang Mo seized the opportunity to quickly take a few steps back. At this time, in the darkness ahead, another bronze giant snake also discovered its enemies, and it sounded like it had a large number of enemies, and the sound of the giant snake flying and the roar of the monster were entangled, bringing a huge impact from time to time. It seems that the special abilities of both sides have no effect on the other, this is hand-to-hand combat!

Tang Mo gasped twice, just now he felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat, which felt no different from the scenes he saw in horror movies in his previous life. From being a bystander to being immersive, Tang Mo felt that he still needed a lot of time to get used to it.

Relieving his paralyzed body, Tang Mo tried to calm down, first quickly replenished himself with a few additional protective spells, and then continued to cast a level 0 spell. The level 0 trick was not difficult for Tang Mo now, and after a few syllables quickly and clearly, 4 lantern-shaped light clusters flew out of his hand, this was the dance light technique.

This spell has no other effect, just for lighting. The consumption is small, the spell is cast, and it is easy to "carry", whether it is the flashlight of the previous life or the current magic torch, it is not as convenient, especially in an emergency. For humans, a race that does not have dark vision and is adapted to living in the sun, "seeing" is an important condition for winning the battle.

Four magic lanterns flew out, illuminating a large area around them. The Dancing Light Dance doesn't last long, and each class class only lasts for one minute. Tang Mo was already on the verge of promotion, and after fighting with the "white" and "red" mages, he had a new understanding of magic, and he naturally became a second-level mage, so the dance light technique could maintain the effect for two minutes.

However, second-level mages can only learn level 1 spells, because there are only nine levels of magic, and the mage level is far more than that, and every two mage class levels can be increased to learn one magic level. Tang Mo could only study second-level spells if he reached the realm of a third-level mage.

With the light brought by the Dancing Light Technique, Tang Mo could clearly see the monsters that were fighting the Bronze Giant Serpent, which were some deformed and disgusting creatures. They float in mid-air, their large heads like bare, unprotected human brains, covered in light gray wrinkles and muscles.

There is a huge beak-like "beak" on the front of the "head", which is undoubtedly used to tear the prey, and the palm that remains on the ground before must have been torn off by its beak and fell to the ground. The tentacles of more than a dozen long, slender thorns hung down under their bodies like ropes, and if you looked closely, they were lined with hook-like thorns. Excluding the huge beak, Tang Mo felt that this kind of thing looked a bit like the octopus he had heard of before, but compared to them, the disgusting mollusk of the octopus seemed much more normal, just as cute as a little white rabbit, at least the octopus would not run to the shore and swallow the corpse casually.

Tang Mo recalled the monster catalogue he once knew, and in the days of studying in the mage tower, as a pastime outside of studying, just like the teachers used to say, "When you are tired of linguistics, take a break from doing a few math problems," Tang Mo regarded this additional learning of expanding knowledge as a kind of entertainment.

This is indeed a kind of entertainment, for those who can clearly feel at every moment that they are becoming stronger bit by bit, learning is not a burden, and practicing brings a drug-like pleasure. It's like playing an online game, carrying an "experience bar" with you, and you can "see" your own clear progress.

As its name suggests, this monster is called a tentacle monster. They usually live in underground passages, remote caves, or other places where the sun does not shine, and they like to prey on humanoids. Not just humans, but all humanoids, including dwarves, elves, orcs, trolls, and even goblins, are all on the Tentacle recipe.

The Tentacle likes to ambush its prey, and when it finds a suitable target, it will try to paralyze its prey with its tentacles and drag them back to their lair. Tentacles are very intelligent, and they will be cunning enough to avoid enemies that are strong enough, especially when fighting head-on with dangerous teams that can fight together.

For those teams that are difficult to attack head-on, they will use their hidden skills to stealthily hide out of the team's line of sight, until someone falls behind, or the team is distracted by other dangers, waiting for an opportunity to attack the lone person, trying to quietly drag their "food" away.

Tentacles are adept at hiding, stealth, listening, and scouting, and as predators, they have evolved so successfully that they have even escaped the eyes and ears of the Bronze Serpent. These predators, whose challenge level is only level 3, are of course far inferior to the bronze giant snake with a challenge level 10. But there are a lot of them, usually in groups, although there are occasionally lone ones, but Tang Mo's luck is obviously not so good.

There were six tentacle monsters in front of them, and monsters of this level could have been easily slaughtered by the Bronze Giant Serpent. Unfortunately, the tentacles are immune to electroshock and paralysis, making the Bronze Serpent's most powerful weapon an ornament.