Chapter 14: Hunting in the Dark
'Whoosh! β
In the dark underground space, the sound of sharp objects piercing through the air sounded.
"Quack!" With a scream, a white dragon was pierced through the chest by an arrow and fell to the ground, its blood flowing slowly on the seed-strewn ground......
"And three more, right? They're pretty good at dodging. "Next to the corpse of this white skeleton dragon, two white skeleton dragons armed with crossbow arrows and covered with various black leather objects approached.
"No, there are four more, one of them is a cub." A white dragon with a crossbow said, "We'll have to kill them all." β
"But I didn't expect that the king would store so much food here." Another white dragon said, "If this news gets out, the group of dragons outside who are dying of hunger will definitely rush up like crazy." β
"Why do they think we have to distribute food to them?" The two white dragons moved the corpse to a relatively empty corner and said, "Don't worry about it, our task is to deal with these stupid things. β
"Where are the other four?" After arranging the corpse, a white skeleton dragon reloaded the arrow coated with venom of the Vengeful Vine and said, "This is huge, there are too many places to hide. β
"That's right." Another white dragon also loaded the arrow and said: "But the hole where it fell has been sealed, and the door to walk out has been completely locked, and now, the whole place is in darkness, and if they want to get out, they can only take that only way." β
"That's it!" As it spoke, it suddenly raised its arrow and aimed it in one direction, only to hear 'Whoosh! ' Suddenly there was a scream in the darkness......
"There are only three left."
This is the underground storage room of the White Skeleton Dragon Castle. The square above is still in a relatively calm state. The White Dragons were still trapped in the city due to the blizzard, and they thought that the underground storage room was full of deadly brainwaves that they had encountered before, and although some of them were skeptical, they did not take any action or question the Crystal Maniac.
And what they don't know is...... In the underground storeroom, a battle takes place that affects all the dragons outside the city......
"Walk slowly...... Be careful. "In the darkness, three white dragons were moving slowly between the jars where the food was placed.
"Several dragons have already been killed, and hopefully we're not the last ones left." A white skeleton dragon walking at the back said, "I really didn't expect that the king would actually do such a thing. β
"I feel like we're the last. I counted the screams. The white dragon, who was at the front, said, "They may be looking for us now......"
The two dragons who came here to kill the White Skeleton Dragon can be called the 'special troops' of the Crystal Maniac, in fact, the Mountain King and the Sea King of the White Skeleton Dragon originally had this kind of force, which was composed of a special group of White Skeleton Dragons.
Lin was intrigued by this, as these dragons were probably the offspring of the 'Prophets' and the normal dragons, and although they didn't have the abilities of the Prophets, they did have some special abilities.
"Why do you want to ......" said a cub in the middle of the two white dragons, "I just accidentally fell in......"
"Don't speak!" Suddenly, the first white skeleton dragon stopped, and the next two stopped immediately.
"Where are they......" The first white dragon looked ahead and saw a large hole in the wall of the room in front of him. But there stood two dragons with crossbow arrows and black leather in the cave: "So we can't go over......"
"Where?" Finally, the white skeleton dragon said with some confusion: "I didn't see anything. It's too dark here. β
"Well, can't we go anywhere else?" The cub between them whispered.
"The doors are sealed, and we can only get out through the passage where the worms got in, but they're staying in this position so we can't escape......"
'Whoosh! Before he could finish his sentence, an arrow landed at his feet.
"Quack!" The white dragon behind it was startled when it heard the sound of the arrow, and it stood up and turned to flee, but another arrow flew at a rapid pace and pierced its head.
"Now there are only two left." The two white dragons standing at the entrance of the cave quickly replaced their arrows, and looked at the position of a pile of jars in the corner of the room and said, "Quack...... They're right there. β
These two white dragons are called 'assassins', and each 'assassin' has a stronger sense of perception than ordinary white dragons, some of them have a particularly developed sense of hearing, some have a very special eyesight, and in this completely dark underground space, they can also perfectly determine the location of their prey.
After knowing that some dragons have strong perception abilities, the king of the white bones dragon of a certain generation specially gathered this group of dragons and formed them into a team called 'assassins' to work for themselves, the number of assassins has become smaller and smaller over the generations, because if they breed with ordinary dragons, this special ability will also become weaker, and after the generation of crystal madness, coupled with the previous disasters, there are only a few assassins left, but they are still performing their duties.
'Whoosh! An arrow struck the jar of food, but it was not powerful enough to penetrate the jar, and the last two dragons remained in it, motionless.
"Outside, what's going on outside...... I can't see anything, are we going to die like this? Although this cub is already close to adulthood, it still seems to be more prone to panic and fear than an adult white skeleton dragon......
"Don't be afraid." The first white dragon looked much calmer, and said, "I will protect you and take all the food out here!" β
"Ga ......" the cub was stunned and said, "Did you see that?" β
"That's right, because I used to be one of them."
'Whoosh! At this moment, another arrow hit the jar, and the white skeleton dragon that was hiding poked its head out slightly, and it looked at the two assassins at the entrance of the cave not far away, and whispered, "Don't dare to come?" What a cowardly tactic, quack ......"
Because, the two assassins only have a keen sense of hearing, and they are not like the hiding white dragon, its eyes emit a faint light, which allows it to see clearly in this environment.
As he spoke, the white dragon took out something and put it in the cub's hand and said, "You take it well, you must keep it!" Don't throw it away until you're out! β
"Gah, I see."
"Now, get ready!" As he spoke, the White Skeleton Dragon picked up a handful of seeds and threw them on the ground in the distance......
"Gah?" The two assassins immediately looked in the direction where the seed had been sprinkled, and they gathered their crossbows to shoot at the same time, and when both arrows hit the ground sprinkled with seeds, the hiding white skeleton dragon immediately picked up the cub and stood up, and rushed towards the entrance of the cave at full speed!
'Whoosh! But before it could take two steps, an arrow landed in its chest.
"Gaga...... Why ......" It fell to its knees, and the cub it was holding in its hand also fell.
"Do you think we're as stupid as you are? Throwing a handful of seeds can fool us? The two assassins now had another crossbow in their hands, and one of the assassins said, "We just deliberately shot at the place where the seeds were thrown so that you would think we had shot the arrow, and then shot with the second crossbow while you were running out." β
Another assassin said, "Since you left, the current assassins are armed with more than three crossbows, gaha! I didn't expect it! β
The white dragon that had been shot fell to the ground, and the cub cried out beside it, "What's wrong with you?" Why quack! β
"It's dead, now it's your turn...... Wait, what's this sound like? β
'......Boom' Suddenly, there was a roar on the floor of the storage room, and the floor of the storage room exploded, and a huge worm rushed out!
"Quack?" The two assassins were taken aback, the white dragons had been ignoring the fact that they had never killed the scorpion worm, and that it had only been beaten away, but that didn't mean it wouldn't come back.
"Ga !!" At this moment, the white skeleton dragon with the piercing chest suddenly stood up with force, and with the last of its strength it picked up the cub, and then threw it towards the cave exit on the wall with all its might!
"Run! Don't come back! It shouted with the last of its strength.
"Gaga...... Quack! "The cub ran in a hurry in the burrow, and although it was completely invisible, it was running in the right direction.
"Don't want to run!" One of the assassins picked up a crossbow arrow and aimed it at the cave, but the next moment the worm's mouth was aimed at its head and bit it, and it could only immediately roll on the spot to dodge, and the worm's head hit the ground, while the other assassin immediately tried to crawl towards the cave, but the worm's impact caused the rock of the cave to collapse, and a large number of mud and stones buried the entrance to the cave.
And the cub is getting deeper and deeper into the burrow, and it is already safe.
"That's ...... All right. Seeing that the cub had run away, the pierced white dragon fell to the ground as if it had run out of strength, and although it was almost dead, its thoughts were very calm.
"Sue sΓΉ...... All Dragons ...... Our King...... Not them...... ...... as you imagined."
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"Gaga...... ......"In the twisting tunnel drilled by the worm, the cub kept trying to run forward, and even if it occasionally hit the wall of the hole, it immediately groped for the wall and continued to move forward.
Although it is still small, it seems to understand its 'mission'.
And, it's almost a success! After running for a while, light slowly began to appear in front of him, and he was able to see his surroundings clearly.
"Gaga...... It's coming, outside! The cub became more and more excited, but its vision was suddenly blocked by a figure.
"Those assassins are really useless." Jing Mad was standing at the entrance of the cave, looking at the cub in front of him and said, "You actually ran away for a small one?" (To be continued......)
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