The open-air platform on the second floor of the temple is very large, one-third of the area of the central square of Silver Eagle City, and can accommodate thousands of people. There were no railings at the edge of the platform, and the snow covered the surface of the platform with falling snowflakes from the sky, and the snow showed very clear traces of battle, but no elves or dwarves would pay attention to the footprints left by the human expedition. They all stared blankly at the corner of the south side of the platform.

There lay a giant monster like a hill, or rather, a collection of turtles, beetles, and rocks. Its back shell is made of jagged rocks, covered with black moss, and a bush of thorny dwarf trees, with a head like the head of an eagle-billed turtle that has been magnified thousands of times, a dark blue hooked beak that glows with a metallic sheen, and six long legs that resemble beetle arthropods on its belly.

The super-giant creature is inherently capable of oppressing the minds of other creatures, and it is grotesque and deformed, and the combination of rock and flesh defends the common perception of elven warriors and dwarven guards. The moss and thorns on the rock's dorsal armor depict the vicissitudes of time for its massive body.

These characteristics all show that the monster in front of you has transcended the boundaries of normal life, giving the audience an unimaginably terrifying impression.

However, it died.

The heavy body flipped on its side on the south side of the platform against the outer wall of the temple, six sharp arthropods and long legs curled up in the middle, the fragile abdomen had two terrifying gaps that crossed, and the thick black blood wrapped in the internal organs in the abdominal cavity flowed to the ground, the scene was extremely tragic.

“...... This is the Abyss Demon. The dark elf Sahiltana was the first to regain consciousness, and her soft voice revealed a trace of pitiful helplessness and embarrassment. She paused, then continued in a flat tone, "Abyssal demons are chaotic and disordered beings, and their forms are strange. Once you enter the underworld, the life form of the demon will always tend to stabilize, but you can still see the combination of the elemental state and the flesh and blood form, just like the demon in front of you, half rock and half flesh and blood. ”

The giant dwarf Jukonos Greyflame swept the Hammer of Fire in his hand and said in a loud voice, "None of the demons I stoned to death near Elanta were like this. ”

The glamorous Dark Elf Priestess chuckled, "The demons that have infiltrated the surface world are no longer the Abyssal Species, but the Black Blood Species. They are weak and strong. It's just that the power of the Black Blood Demon is manifested in the race, not the individual. Elanta shouldn't sit idly by and watch the Black Blood Demon Race thrive, this is the experience of the dungeon. ”

The elven prince withdrew his gaze from the demon corpse, turned his head and asked in a deep voice, "Ma'am, what kind of demon does the Mother of Plague Beetles belong to in the Underground Realm?"

Sahiltana thought about it for a moment, nodded and said, "Judging from its size and degree of elementalization, it should be a sixth-order demon leader, and it needs to mobilize half of the standing army of a dungeon to destroy it. ”

Holymion's eyes flickered, and he waved his golden-armored guards to scout the battlefield.

Moments later? One with short hair? The sharp-eyed Wild Elf War Dancer came back and reported, "Your Royal Highness, the human expedition should have passed through here two days ago?" They mistakenly thought that the mother of plague beetles, lying dormant on the ground, was a giant rock? Didn't care at first, when you passed by it? The alarmed Mother of Plague Beetles suddenly attacked them from behind the human expedition. ”

"Humans reacted quickly, and there was no damage despite a surprise attack? Fierce fighting ensued between the two sides. The mother beetle mainly adopts a charging stance? Twenty-two straight crash marks were left on the ground. The human expedition adopted the tactics of fighting and besieging, but the mother beetle's defense was very strong, and the human attack failed to achieve any damage except for chopping down a few rocks. ”

"Am I judging by the traces of the charge on the ground? Mother of Beetles steering is not flexible enough? The straight-line charge was so fast that it forced the humans back to avoid the attack. Probably because they couldn't find a way around the Mother of Beetles, they returned to the platform again, changed their tactics, and confronted the Mother of Beetles. ”

"A second battle? Humanity lost one dragon lizard and five warriors. They were all killed by the Mother Beetle on the slope wall on the south side of the platform. The crater crack in the slope wall proves that humans deliberately lured the Mother Beetle into hitting the stone wall on the south side, when the Mother Beetle hit the target for the sixth time? The human expedition seized the opportunity, and one of their warriors used a giant sword to slash the second arthropod on the right side of the mother beetle? Let the angle at which it hit the wall change, and the body tilts and rolls over? Expose a relatively fragile abdomen. Followed by? Another strong man slices open the belly of the mother beetle with a huge battle axe? Crush its internal organs. ”

The Sun Tree is endless, and the elven civilization has a long history, and although the famous dynasties of the Elven Empire will naturally change like the Sun Tree, any elven nobleman has the right to look arrogantly at the short-lived alien civilization. Prince Horimion despised human exploration from the bottom of his heart, but he trusted the adjutant's combat experience and keen insight, and nodded and said, "I must admit that I underestimated the strength of the human expedition before. ”

The elven lieutenant reminded again: "Prince Holymion, apart from the paw prints of the dragon lizard, we have never found the footprints of the large dragon beast. There are no traces of battle left on the platform that belong to the large dragon beasts. In fact, it was two humans who killed the mother beetle, a male and a female, both of whom were strong beings with the heart of the realm. ”

"No trace of the dragon beast?" The elven prince frowned in thought, glanced at the giant dwarf who was examining the demon's corpse, shook his head and said, "General Jukonos's intuition can't be wrong...... Human expeditions certainly have means that we don't know. Let's put aside the dragon beast matter for a moment, Quitoni, you evaluate the strength of the ordinary warriors of the human expedition. ”

"Yes. The elven adjutant nodded and said, "The ordinary human warriors who participated in this battle have the agility of a third-order war dancer and the strength of a third-order dwarven ridge guard. They are skilled in combat, have a simple and practical fighting style, and are able to exert both agility and strength, and their personal strength has not weakened, but has improved. I evaluate them as fourth-order median human warriors. ”

"As for the realm powerhouses, their actual combat effectiveness is often higher than the combat rank. Based on the traces of the battle on the scene, I evaluated that the human male warrior's life level had reached the middle of the fifth order, and the female warrior had reached the sixth rank of the upper rank. ”

"Fifth Order, Sixth Order, Isn't the Human Life Rank First Order?" asked the young Third Princess of Silver Eagle City curiously.

The elven prince tugged at the corners of his mouth and smiled reluctantly, explaining, "Proto-species humans don't have bloodline power, so they are classified as first-order intelligent species. However, among them, there are law affinity wizards who can refer to the battle rank, and elemental affinities who can refer to the life level...... The lives of those who are elemental affinities gradually become perfect, and they are born with the heart of the realm. In ancient times, they were called elemental envoys, and now they are called knights. The fifth-order high-ranking male human should be a silver knight, and the sixth-order high-ranking is a powerful golden knight. ”

"Prince Horimion, you know a lot about the human realm...... Please see, what's going on?" said Anglish Wind Song and handed the elven prince a piece of torn armor in her hand.

"Hey, it's composite leather armor. The old dwarf prophet unceremoniously snatched the tattered armor, and while holding it in his hand to look through it, he commented: "Doesn't it mean that the manufacturing process of composite leather armor in the human kingdom has long been lost? The outer skin seems to be some kind of crocodile skin, and the tanning technique is inferior...... Am I right? The inner layer is a silver vine, and the inner layer is a silver python skin...... It's no wonder that the armor can be restored to its basic form after a severe impact. It's strange, when did the human kingdom master the silver smelting process again?"

Elanta's Dwarven Prophet accidentally slipped his mouth, revealing Vile's knowledge of the level of human technology. Angris Wind Song didn't care about this, and looked at the elven prince with a cold expression.

Horimion coughed, turned his gaze to his lieutenant, and asked, "No flesh on the equipment?"

War Dancer Quetoni nodded and said, "Yes, we didn't find the remains of the human warriors, they didn't even leave blood, hair, skin fragments, and no flesh and blood left of the dragon lizard war beasts. Based on the broken equipment at the site and the shape of the crater where Mother Beetle hit the wall, I speculated that it had flattened several human warriors and a dragon lizard. However, the sacrificed human warriors inexplicably disappeared......"

An eerie and eerie atmosphere unconsciously envelops the psyche of every elven warrior and dwarven guard. The high-ranking fighters are determined to resist the negative emotions in the group consciousness, but they cannot explain this strange phenomenon.

"I guess the flesh and blood of the human victims were eaten by demons. The purple-haired, purple-eyed Dark Elf priestess walked her long legs towards the corpse of the Mother of the Plague Beetle and said, "The form of the Abyss Demon is chaotic, but there is a unique insect-shaped demon. They are known as the Gross Abyssal Zerg. ”

"The ancestor of the Abyssal Zerg is a powerful primordial, so the Gros Zerg is contaminated by the black blood of the Abyss, and can still maintain the basic characteristics of the bug. However, their psionic authority was stripped by the Great Spider Lady and bestowed upon the dungeon's dark elves. The Gros Abyss Zerg has since been completely reduced to demons. ”

"I know the mother of plague beetles...... It's the Gross Abyss Zerg, you can't go wrong!"

The tall and stout body of the giant dwarf Jukonos stood in front of the corpse of the insect mother, looked down at the beautiful and enchanting dark elf, and said in a deep voice, "Madam, stop. ”

Sahiltana just smiled, stopped, and turned to the others and said, "The Gros Abyss Zerg has lost its ruling spirit and has become a plate of scattered sand. But they still win by numbers......" She asked, "Don't you think this Mother of Plague Beetles is too weak, and as an independent demon leader, what about its bloodline power?"

The third princess was surprised and said, "The plague beetle hatchery? it's the mother worm, and it hatches many plague beetles?"

The Dark Elf Priestess nodded, and said in a deep voice, "When a demon gains a stable life form, it will develop wisdom commensurate with it...... The intelligence of bugs is the lowest, and they are not terrible without a strong bloodline ability. The mother of plague beetles should be the most powerful means of the plague beetle. ”

"I still have a question, this demon leader can't live for more than 10,000 years, I need to know its specific life cycle and determine if the Azorean Tower Temple has intelligence species in action. ”

The giant dwarf general shook his head and said loudly, "You can observe the corpse of the mother beetle, but don't make superfluous movements. It has been marked by the dragon, and if you touch it, the dragon will see you. ”

Ignoring the advice of the giant dwarf, Sahiltana turned her gaze to the elven prince and said with a smile: "Handsome little prince, according to our agreement, the elven empire will assist me in recovering the power of the law of black blood. I'll tell you the truth, this Mother of Plague Beetles has what I want, what do you think?"

Horimion thought for a moment, nodded and said, "The agreement between the Dark Elves and the Supreme Council is valid. Ma'am, please...... General Grey Flame, let the lady cast the spell, and we will be in charge of the vigilance. ”

“...... I'm for your good. Juknos muttered to the side.

Sahiltana walked up to the giant insect corpse, took out a fist-sized gray crystal from her black robe, held it in her white and graceful palm, and recited the dark elf incantation. Her long purple hair flew back like a spider's web, adding a strange charm to her delicate face. Black mist of light emanated from the corpse of the Mother Beetle, surging like water towards the gray crystals held by the dark elves' hands.

At this moment, Angelis Wind Song reminded aloud: "Watch out for something coming out of your feet!"

A small pile of snow protruded from the snow on the terrace, and a black beetle, about the size of a dwarf's head, emerged and flapped its wings and chirped at the nearest elven warrior.

"Oops, what a big beetle, watch me smash you into a worm cake!"

The dwarven guard next to him picked up the bone crusher in his hand and smashed it at the black beetle. The black beetle vibrated its elytra and nimbly dodged the dwarven guard's bone crusher stick, but while it was still in mid-air, it was slashed by the arc sword of the elven warrior and flew out in an instant.

The elven warrior looked at the curved sword in his hand, shook his head and said, "I didn't hurt it, it's very hard, everyone be careful." ”

The black beetle was not good at flying, and landed directly at the feet of another elven warrior, and she lifted her beautifully shaped metal combat boots and stepped on it hard, but was staggered by the black beetle.

"Haha, the strength is not small, look at my iron feet!" A red-bearded dwarf guard ran over and used his natural skills to trample the black beetle to pieces.

The elven prince's expression was solemn, and he resolutely ordered: "Gather the team, assemble here, adopt a defensive formation, and buy time for Lady Sahirtana!"

Snow bags bulged out of the snow, dense black beetles came out of the ground, and as far as the eye could see, there were thousands of them, and there were more black beetles awakening underground. With their elytra vibrating, they leap quickly and lunge at a lagging heavily armed dwarven guard, their sharp mouthparts tearing through the dwarven's armor and skin. After a few breaths, the dwarven guard stopped screaming, completely covered in a dense mass of black beetles. Two of his companions, who were trying to help him, were also attacked by beetles, but fortunately they ran back to the defensive circle in time to avoid the bad luck of death. But their faces turned blue and black, their hands and feet were weak, and they were obviously poisoned.

Dozens of sharp arrows shot elven fury at the dense swarm, the raging air whistling and whistling, rolling up beetles, snow, and humus of hatching eggs. But the killing effect was minimal, and few plague beetles were shot through, and most of them were unharmed, and the neighing of the elytra vibrated in a single unit, fiercely pounced on the defensive circles of the elves and dwarves.

Corona Moonmist and the two princesses of Elanta looked at each other, each took out a large handful of seeds from their purses, and the surging wind scattered the seeds all over the platform. The moon priests raised their staffs and chanted elven incantations, and the seeds grew wildly, sticking out of the fine, tough vines that bound the plague beetles to the ground.

"The vines won't trap them for long, we can't sit still, there are more plague beetles coming out, let's hurry up and kill these!Lord Angelis, be careful...... Dragon. ”

The giant dwarf general was the first to jump out of the defensive circle, and his huge body fell like a rock in the middle of a swarm of insects, and with a loud bang, the snow did not fly upwards abnormally, but was squeezed to the ground by an invisible force, and hundreds of plague beetles were crushed into powder.

Hill Guardian's Thunder Strike instantly triggers the power of the Earth, creating a downward Earth Elemental Force Field in an area that lasts for several seconds, dealing Concussive damage and slowing it down.

The Earth Realm of the Extraordinary Knight has a similar effect, and lasts longer, with variable force field directions, but is not as powerful as Thunder Shock.

There weren't too many dwarves who could master the Thunder Shock, and most of the Ridge Guards could only use their Iron Foot Skill to trample on the plague beetles one by one. The Wind Dancer, on the other hand, embodies the Void Wind element, cutting through the large beetle with a hard back shell, which seems to be easy, but in fact consumes a lot of energy. Because there are so many plague beetles, there is a steady stream of new beetles coming up from the ground.

After clearing an area, the troops of the Elven Empire once again contracted their defenses,

Prince Horimion performed a secret technique, the Storm Blade, the pale blue blade layered like a blooming flower, and after sweeping away hundreds of black beetles in one fell swoop, he also retreated into the defensive circle to regain his strength. Only the giant dwarf general remained outside, wielding his fiery hammer tirelessly to smash the beetles into worm cakes, and every now and then with a thunderbolt shock, stole all the beetles that crawled to the ground and died.

The vine spells of the three moon gods were ready, and the elves and dwarves used the same tactics, but the plague beetles seemed endless, and the warriors of the elven empire could not kill them all.

"Damn, I don't believe that the human expedition has the strength to break through the Plague Beetle Hatching Area, unless these Plague Beetles don't attack them at all!" said the Elven Prince, grim

Unanisy Wind Song did not respond to the elven prince's complaints, and more than a dozen warriors had already died under the mouthparts of the plague beetles, not counting the elves and dwarves who had been injured and treated. The seventh-order wind dancer finally couldn't hold back the storm in his heart, and called for the ubiquitous wind element, turning into sharp wind arrows that pierced dozens of plague beetles in one fell swoop.

Angelis's subtle manipulation of the wind element has become so subtle that the elven prince can only marvel. However, the first powerhouse of Silver Eagle City was not satisfied with the results he had achieved, and his delicate and beautiful face showed an impatient look, and once again mobilized the wind element, turning into a stream of endless air that blew the swarms of black beetles to the bottom of the cliff.

Plague beetles are strong, tough, and able to jump but not good at flying, and it may take a long time for them to fall into a cliff and climb again.

Angelis glanced at the Dark Elf Priestess and couldn't help but be a little annoyed when she saw that she was still absorbing the Black Blood Law of the Mother of the Plague Beetles, and didn't care about the casualties of the Elven Empire's warriors at all.

The temper of the high-ranking warriors of the Moon Elves is actually worse than that of the dwarves. Angelis and the three moon priestesses were upset, but they could only pour out their stormy fury on the heads of the plague beetles.

The giant dwarf general, who had been beating the plague beetle, suddenly stopped and looked up at the top of the temple's beveled walls. Angelis was alarmed, and when she looked around, she saw a slender figure standing at the edge of the fifth floor.

She wore corseted breastplate, a knee-length skirt, and high boots, revealing a large area of snow-white and smooth skin, a horned helmet on her head, a grid armor covering her eyes, a half of her face curved in a thrilling beauty, and a large half-moon axe blade in her hand.

Angelis finally knew what weapon the Mother of Plague Beetles had been killed. But she didn't have any extra thoughts at the moment, just being watched by the other party, she could feel the heavy pressure, which was called fear, as if the other party's slender and well-proportioned body hid a terrifying beast.

Seeing the moon elf take a deep breath, gas swirling around her, and the human woman with the horned helmet tilted her head, her delicate red lips outlining a smile of interest, as if admiring Angelis's strength.

The ferocious turbulence of the air on the platform collectively changed direction, from south to north, from violent to soothing, gently brushing across the entire platform, and countless plague beetles all trembled, curled up on their arthropods, barely struggled a few times, and then turned their bellies and stopped moving.

Elves and dwarves watched in bewilderment as the plague beetles suddenly lost their lives, while the mysterious human woman disappeared at the edge of the fifth level of the temple.

Several of the high-ranking warriors were all lost in thought, and it wasn't until Sahiltana had finished the ritual that they had gathered to discuss what had just happened.

"It was a pure-blood dragonborn, I saw it. The royal family of Horimion was the first to speak.

Angelis bowed slightly, and said, "It should be the bloodline of the ancient blue dragon...... Just like in Silver Eagle City, He showed kindness to the elves. Now, He has helped us again. ”

The giant dwarf general who carried the sledgehammer shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Good deeds may not be good intentions, but he affirms our strength. ”

Horimion looked at Jukonos Greyflame suspiciously, and tried to say, "My lord, what do you mean......"

The giant dwarf interrupted the elven prince and said to the dark elf priestess, "Ma'am, you are being targeted by him. From now on, you have to be careful what you say. ”

He paused, then added, "You can say nothing, but honesty is the most important thing." ”