Walking into the passage, Liang Ke found that the stone steps were not built straight, but slowly ascended in a spiral shape. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is like a round conch, and the space of the upward passage is wider. Compared to the stone cave just now, the air here is much drier, but it is also much more stuffy than the passage outside, and looking at the gradually dimming torches, Liang Ke began to worry.

"Master, I don't know how far it will be, if we continue like this, we may all suffocate to death. Liang Ke walked a few steps briskly and whispered to Megan, who was lagging behind.

Megan stopped with her staff on her hand, took a hard breath, licked her dry lips and said, "Yes, but I think the people who built this passage will never suffocate themselves." Megan paused, smiled and continued: "Just now, thank you!"

Liang Ke smiled and shook his head. "I should thank the master, otherwise I would have become blind. ”

Megan stroked the wall and diverted the conversation. "Mr. Aragorn, you are also a mage, look at these intricate carvings, do you know what they are?"

"This should be some kind of magic array, and I, an amateur mage, can only see so much. Liang Ke is modest this time.

"Yes, you're right. This should be a kind of seal, I can't read much, but at least these circles have two functions, one is to imprison the creatures in this passage, not to let them out at will, and the other is to prevent outside creatures from easily entering. Because it's so old, the magic has completely disappeared, so we can easily walk in. Just ......"

Before Meghan could finish speaking, she heard a scream from ahead, followed by a loud roar from Bayer. "Enemy attack! Protect Master!" was followed by a chaotic shout and a dense clash of gold and iron.

"Tucker, Piedro, stay behind to protect Master Megan and Cocoba! Pragart, come with me to the front. After Liang Ke finished speaking, he pulled out the giant blade and rushed forward.

The expedition team was less than 100 meters away, and Liang Ke came to the front of the team in a few breaths, a few torches were scattered on the ground more than ten meters in front of him, several violent bear berserkers struggled to wave the weapons in their hands, and fought with the enemy in the dark, and several other orc warriors dragged the screaming mongoose scouts while fighting and retreating, Liang Ke pounced on him, grabbed a dying scout and asked loudly, "What's the matter?"

"Magic ...... Warcraft, Scorpion...... It's all scorpions...... They...... A lot...... Yes...... Can make us ...... Weakened...... poor Skunk Warrior died with a crooked head.

"Damn!" Liang Ke squatted down and picked up a torch from the ground and threw it in front of the orcs fighting, the torch caused a rustling sound after it landed, through the light of the fire, Liang Ke saw the scene on the road ahead, even if he went through the cycle of life and death, he couldn't help but be so frightened that his hands and feet broke out in a cold sweat, and his scalp was numb.

The wide walls of the cave were covered with a strange looking scorpion, the size of a millstone and the small one larger than a basin, covered in a thick carapace, two huge crows as sharp as scissors, six gastropods covered with fine bristles, and a long scorpion tail that was constantly spewing black smoke.

"Beye, let everyone cover their mouths and noses, that smoke is poisonous. ”

Liang Ke once saw the description of this kind of monster in the Book of Jonah, "Demon Cloud Scorpion" is a kind of ancient monster, although they are not strong in individual combat, but it is a rare group of monsters, the most difficult thing to deal with is the smoke that is constantly spewed at the tail end, these stinky smoke will make the enemy gradually become weak, until they lose the ability to resist, they can share the prey without scruples.

Liang Ke and Braggett tore off the corners of their clothes, wet them with their water bladders, tied them to their faces, covered their mouths and noses, and jumped into the group of scorpions and slashed them. With the addition of these two killing machines, the pressure on the Storm Bear Warrior was suddenly much less, those warriors who inhaled poisonous smoke and were injured were replaced by their companions, where would the berserker in a veil put these stinky scorpions in his eyes, and the hybrid weapon went all the way up the stone steps, turning this passage into a graveyard for the Demon Cloud Scorpion, and the battle was resolved in a few minutes.

Bayer wiped the blood on his face with his big hand, looked at Liang Ke, who was also covered in blood next to him, and opened his mouth, he wanted to say a few words of thanks, but he couldn't say anything, so he nodded heavily to Liang Ke and walked to the wounded soldier on the side.

Liang Ke inserted the big knife into a demon cloud scorpion, stepped on a few scorpion legs with his foot, wiped the blood stains on the knife with those bristles, handed the knife into Pidero's hands, turned around and walked up to the stone platform behind him, and looked at the dense scorpion eggs in front of him in a daze. This was the first platform they had come across where they could stop and rest, on a platform the size of a basketball court, there were thousands of scorpion eggs, large and small, and Liang Ke could hear the occasional cracking of eggshells, as well as the childish hissing scream.

"Aren't we cruel?" Megan's hoarse voice came from behind him, and Liang Ke didn't look back or speak, still stunned.

For many years, they could hunt fish and shrimp through the waterways to feed their children, but here we are. In order to get in, we cut off their food sources from the lake, and they had to be killed in order to welcome back our relics. You see, in fact, as long as humans brought them here, they were already doomed to today's end. ”

Liang Ke slowly turned around, stared into Megan's eyes and asked, "Who are you talking about humans?"

"I don't know. ”

"Master Megan! Lying is not in keeping with the status of a wise man. You know that there is such a passage under the Lake of Tears, and you even know the specific location of this passage blocked by the illusion, how can you not know who created this dungeon?"

"Young people, knowing a lot, sometimes it's a burden, just like the old man me, there are always people who ask me questions that I don't know, like now. ”

"Well, then you know the dangers ahead. ”

"Yes, as I said before I came in. ”

"Then what will they do?" Liang Ke pointed to the wounded soldiers who were lying weakly on the ground.

"I've given everyone a choice, haven't I?"

"They are all your people! is it worth it for the holy things in your mouth?" Liang Ke's voice twisted with anger.

"If we have to die, it's just our fate, and that includes me, an old man. Megan was not affected by Liang Ke's anger in the slightest, and her voice was still so flat.

"You ......"

"High Priest!" Just as Liang Ke was about to continue arguing, Baier walked over.

"Our scouts killed one and seriously wounded two, Berserkers killed two and seriously wounded two, and in addition, one scout is missing. Bayer briefly reported the damage to Meghan.

"What's going on?" asked Megan.

"Delhi, you talk about it. Bair said to the meerkat warrior limping behind him.

The meerkat warrior's left leg was torn off a piece of flesh by the Demon Cloud Scorpion, and although it was bandaged, it was still in unbearable pain, and his voice trembled slightly when he spoke.

"High Priest, according to General Beyer's arrangement, we took turns to explore the way forward at intervals of ten paces, and when we saw this platform, Bieber, who was walking in the front, spotted the demon scorpions, and he gave an early warning, and quickly withdrew. At first, we thought that such a big scorpion would not live in groups, but when we saw those guys rushing like a tide, we had to turn around and run away. Originally, with our speed, those scorpions could not catch up with us, who knew that suddenly a white tentacle flew out of the scorpion group, and that thing instantly sucked Bieber, who ran at the end, we reflexively went to save him, but we were surrounded by the scorpion group, fortunately, General Baier came in time, and we were rescued. When we looked for Bieber again, we couldn't find him. ”

Derry's brief description left Megan in thought, and Liang Ke was well aware of the horror of the thing.

"Master Megan! I've seen that thing, and although I don't know what it is, I can guess that it's definitely a terrifying beast, it has a lot of that flexible tentacles, and its attack speed is amazing, I think you need to warn your soldiers. ”

Liang Ke told Megan about the last time he was in distress at the Lake of Tears, but from Megan's expression, Liang Ke could see that he was not surprised. After a short rest, the orc warriors gathered the scorpion eggs together and set them on fire, listening to the terrible screams behind them, and the adventuring team stepped up the stone steps that swirled upwards on the other side of the platform.

Because of the loss of their comrades, the orcs seemed even more silent, barely hearing half of the conversation along the way. The oxygen levels in the air are lower, and the temperature is getting hotter, so everyone has taken off their winter clothes and put their armor on the outside of their underwear to feel more comfortable. As a result of the encounter, the team moved more cautiously, and the scouts were closer to the team, trying to stay within each other's line of sight.

Most of the grease that the warriors carried with them had already burned, and in order to save money, Bayer asked for the number of torches to be cut in half, which made visibility much lower. Everyone fumbled and walked for a while, and suddenly there was a cheer of joy in front of them.

"Oh! Praise the beast god, you're not dead?"

"Bieber, it's Bieber, he's a lucky guy, he's not dead. ”

"General Beyer, it's Bieber back. ”

Several orc warriors gathered around a mongoose scout and walked over happily.

"High Priest, General, Bieber is back. The scout broke free from his comrade's arm, stroked his chest and knees, and saluted Meghan and Bayer.

"Just come back, Bieber, tell me what's going on?" asked Beyer nervously as he picked up the mongoose warrior.

"General, we were about to escape the scorpions, but suddenly something like a snake sprang out from behind me and sucked me on the shoulder. It was so powerful that it lifted my whole body up and pulled me backwards. At first I was very panicked, and when I calmed down, I pulled out the dagger on my leg, trying to cut off the thing, but I didn't know what the monster's skin was made of, and I couldn't cut it no matter how hard I tried, and I was pulled farther and farther away, and I knew that I would not be able to escape death in the end, so I was ruthless, and used the dagger to cut off the flesh on the shoulder that was sucked by the monster, and then fell to the ground and escaped. With that, Bieber showed her bloody shoulders to Meghan and Bayer.

While instructing the soldiers to bandage him, Baier asked, "Do you see what that thing looks like?"

"No! I kept my face facing outward, I never had a chance to turn my head to look, and when I got out of trouble, I didn't dare to look back, and I ran for a while and I didn't have the strength, so I kept hiding here and waiting for you. "This mongoose warrior is very strong, and when his comrades help him with his wounds, he doesn't even frown.