Calling again and again, the anxious Shell Man received no response, and the few faint fluctuations in consciousness quickly calmed down.

Everything seemed to be dead, and the once-flawless Ancient Will was now like a shattered mirror shattered into countless pieces, most of which were buried deep underground, and a few of which were located farther to the East, emitting intermittent soul sorrows.

"My companions, my people, wake up, wake up, danger is coming."

Echoing back from the depths of the Soul Link is an eternal dead silence, and the Shell Man is silent for a few seconds, singing the Crystal Song in the Soul Link.

This time, the Shell Man finally got a faint response.

"Skarna...... Rescue ...... We ......"

With the sound of response, Skarna saw how the first to awaken had been slaughtered by human steel and gunpowder, and then heard the faint voice of the Great Will.

"Skarna...... You should be a pioneer...... Calling for more shell people...... Save the ...... of the clansmen"

I finally have a goal in mind.

When the song of the crystal ends, the shell man named Skarna wields sharp crystal pincers and a quartz scorpion tail as hard as diamond to dig all the way up the soil, and in an all-out push, Scana finally leaves the dark underground and enters the surface world, where he collides with the Pheros crystal mining team that is planting explosives.

The eyes of the members of the mining team who witnessed this widened, they had never seen such a tall and ferocious crystal life.

"It's a living crystalline life! The mining team retreats in an orderly manner, the demoman prepares explosives, and the convoy fires freely! Free Fire! ”

The dust-masked captain of the convoy gave the order to attack without hesitation, and the two dozen or so convoy members armed with muskets and revolvers, pulled the trigger and fired crackling bullets that shattered the outermost lilac crystal shell of Skarna.

"You killed my people!"

The enraged Crystal Scorpion used its crystal energy to form a dark blue crystal shield, and used the shield to carry the attack of the musket in front of the members of the Guardian, and the crystal scorpion tail pierced down like a tight bowstring, piercing through the light leather armor of the Guardian members like a piece of paper.

"Ah!!h

The pierced Guardian died instantly, and the musket with its chamber falling to the ground, Skarna relentlessly flicked his scorpion tail and threw the body at the other Guards, knocking over several of the warriors.

With hatred for humanity, Skarna swiftly sprinted towards the panicked convoy warriors, the amethyst pincers easily crushing heads and shearing limbs.

Under the frenzied attack of Skarna, the soldiers of the convoy suffered heavy casualties, and the casualties quickly exceeded half, and they were simply unable to resist the attack of the shell people at any cost.

"Connie! What the are you doing! ”

Seeing that the scorpion was about to run over and rip off his skull, the captain of the escort scolded the Demoman behind him without looking back.

"When I invited you to dinner, I didn't see you chirp like a girl!"

The warrior named Connie yelled as he set up the ring explosives area.

"Boss! I'm ready! Hurry up and retreat, everyone! ”

With a happy face, the captain of the escort team did not hesitate to pick up the musket and run backwards, and the other members also deliberately retreated to Connie's side when they saw this.

"If you can't get those explosives, I'm going to die here! Connie, over to you! ”

"I'm going to detonate!"

Under the captain's abuse, Connie didn't bother to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and detonated the high-yield explosives at the moment when the crystal scorpion just broke into the blasting area.

"Boom !!"

The entire canyon trembled for several seconds, countless gravel smoke and dust stirred and filled, and the stone wall above the canyon collapsed several times in the tremor, almost sending away the miners hiding under the stone wall.

The remaining dozen or so convoy warriors looked in the direction of the crystal life, expecting that the monster had turned into a ground of shattered crystals like its past companions.

However, the reality is particularly cruel, and there are unexplained screams and roars coming from the smoke and dust that have not dissipated.

"You will all die!!"

With the sound of heavy footsteps, the crystal scorpion that had turned into dark blue crystals rushed out of the smoke and dust, and most of its shell was shattered, but it didn't seem to be fatally injured, but even more angry.

"It's opening its mouth! Look! It's about to unleash its magic! Come on! Come on! ”

"Retreat! Fall back!! ”

The warning sound of one after another could not change the reality of the complete fiasco, and the crystal scorpion, which had been stored for a long time, opened its mouth and spit out arrow-shaped energy pulses from its mouth, and the energy pulses instantly killed several people along the straight line, and the humans who were hit directly turned into minced flesh and inhuman shapes, and finally crashed into a large crater in the stone wall of the canyon.

No one can survive such an attack, seeing that things are out of control, the captain of the escort team does not hesitate to run away, as for which unlucky ghosts will die at the hands of the crystal scorpion, it can only depend on their luck, he is here to make money, not to die.

……

A week later, a report of an accident in the Audine Canyon appeared on Marz's desk, much to the annoyance of the head of the Philos family.

Seventy-eight casualties aside, since the crystal scorpion came out of the ground, the mining team of the Philos family has not returned to Odien Canyon, and has been in a state of suspension.

The reinforcements of the convoy were equipped with heavy infantry guns and launched several counter-attacks, all of which were repulsed by the Crystal Scorpions, but instead caused the private army of the Philos family to suffer heavy casualties, demoralize and develop a fear of the Crystal Monster, in this case, the mining team of the Philos family is the best reason to get paid leave.

The most important thing is that this shell race is completely different from the previous revival of the stupid shell people, this crystal scorpion is fierce and intelligent, and chose to hide underground under the attack of heavy artillery, and then launched an attack from the underground at night, and the escort team did not have any temper at all.

Many people in the family want Marz to seek support from the Emerald Collar, but if Marz really wants to do this, he won't drag things out for so long.

In the most important Primordial Crystal mining agreement, the Firos family did not play much of an important role.

Whether it is the development of the crystal process or the protection of the crystal factory, the Jade Leader is responsible for it, and the Philos family is only responsible for the trade channels and ore vein mining in the Twin Cities.

"A bunch of useless rubbish, how do you want me to explain it in front of Lord Leicester now! Rubbish! ”

Yolanda came to her husband's side worriedly and whispered.

"Why don't we try to get Lloyd to hire Andes' mercenaries? I heard that Andes's mercenaries have a squad equipped with magical equipment, and they may be able to defeat the crystal scorpion. ”

Marz turned his head, his red eyes gradually calmed down after seeing his eldest wife's face, and the man pinched his eyebrows, seriously considering his wife's suggestion.

Lloyd Philos is his own brother.

As the chief agent of the Philos family, Lloyd once had the privilege of learning the combat skills of the Night Blade at the Emerald Lord's Night Blade Training Base, and was a first-class master both in stealth and disguise.

Lloyd is the top assassin and killer of the Philos family's secret agents, who has assassinated countless hostile forces who want to attack members of the Philos family, and is also the patron saint of the Blue Smoke Manor and the shadows of the Philos family.

Including the single-family villa where Leicester is located, Lloyd is secretly responsible for security issues, if it weren't for the fact that Lloyd is Leicester's top fan brother, Marz has always been worried that his younger brother will be rude in front of Lester, and he would have taken Lloyd to meet Lester a long time ago.

"Andes's gang of robbers hiding in the desert of Dasai have treacherously and treacherously attacked their employers, and even among the notorious Shurima sand thieves, he is the most smelly and hardest rat, and often takes money and does not work, but kills the messengers sent by his employer.

Not to mention whether they really have a group of warriors equipped with magical equipment. ”

"With Lloyd's ability, it shouldn't be difficult to convince and suppress that group of robbers, right? If Andes was just lying, we could have thought of something else. ”

Marz sighed, he just didn't think well of Andes, he still had confidence in his brother.

"It's also a way to let those bastards who like tomb robbing try to deal with the shell people, and this matter has to be handed over to Lloyd to do before I can rest assured, but Lloyd still has to be in charge of the crystal trade business of the Blue Smoke Manor and the Philos family, so I'm still not at ease to let other spies take over."

"Marz, it's a good thing to plan ahead, but it's hard to get things done if you're too worried.

Judging from the power of our Firos family in the upper city, we don't have to fear anyone at all, we just need to reduce the number of times we go out during the days when Lloyd is out.

What's more, Lord Leicester and his favorite student live on the west side of the manor, and if you really get into trouble, I think Master Leicester wouldn't mind helping out based on your previous behavior. ”

"Yolanda, you're right, we can't be so timid."

When the decision was finally made, Marz hugged his wife and kept it warm.

His wife, Yolanda, can be said to be the other half of his dreams, gentle, intellectual, full of wisdom and empathy, the most perfect virtuous helper.

The only problem is that Yolanda was injured in a despicable commercial assassination and could not have offspring, otherwise he would not have found a second wife, and the Philos family must be in their own bloodline after all, and they cannot fake it to others.

"Yolanda, you said that if I prayed to Lord Lester, could I ask Lord Lester to find a way to help you heal your body?"

Yulanda shook her head at her distressed husband and said softly.

"Even if Lord Leicester has a way to heal my body, this is a great favor, the Philos family can't afford it, not to mention, if my body is healed and then conceived with your blood, how will Sister Vicky, who is already a month pregnant, deal with herself?"

These words made Marz calm down again, this is indeed a very serious problem, the slightest carelessness will cause chaos in the family, and it must be taken seriously.

It's just that if you say this, you will suffer for Yolanda herself, this woman always bears the suffering alone, and she refuses to say no matter how difficult it is.

Seeing her husband's hesitation and pity, Yolanda comforted in turn.

"Philos is a great family, and every great family must know how to dedicate themselves to their family, this is the most important motto of the Philos family."

"For my family, volunteer to ......"

"That's right, if the Philos family can continue steadily, it will all be worth it."

Looking at Yolanda's relieved look, Marz's heart was very uncomfortable, recalling the meeting between the two, the head of the Philos family still made an important decision.

"I see, thank you, Yolanda."

Knowing that her husband was relieved, Yolanda smiled.

"Okay, I won't bother you for the rest of the time, and when I'm done, remember to take a look at Sister Vicky, who is also your wife, pregnant and needs your company."

Seeing Yolanda leave, Marz sighed and ordered the spies to find his brother Lloyd.

In a few moments, a tall, lean and cold man jumped into the room through the window and appeared in the shadows, perfectly inheriting the preferences of the Night's Blade.

"Master of the Marz family, what are your orders?"

"Put aside what you're doing, I need you to go to the Great Sai Desert to do something......"

The taciturn Lloyd just listened quietly, took his brother's instructions to heart, and left.

Sitting on a luxurious leather bench, Marzmo held his emerald wrench, a little distressed.

"Does Lord Lester mind if I play some tricks? Yolanda and Miss Sindra have a good relationship, maybe they can use Miss Sindra's mouth to get Lord Leicester to do it, but in that case, Lord Lester will definitely not be unable to see what is going on, will he be disgusted by this euphemism? ”

Thinking about it, Marz still couldn't figure out anything useful, the two themselves were not of the same magnitude, and it was a bit overwhelming to figure out the idea of the legendary, and Marz, who was tormented by frustration, could only choose to give up the fantasy in a huff.

"I have to cure Yolanda no matter what, this is what I owe Yolanda, she has already given too much for this family, I can't let Yolanda be so sad, she is also qualified to be a mother.

Hey, why do you want to do so much, it's better for me to beg Miss Sindra directly, don't play this kind of cleverness, let Miss Sindra intercede for me, whether it succeeds or not, at least it seems that I am above board. ”

With a plan in mind, Marz began to move on to the next step.

"Evolution Day is still more than three months away, and it's just time to feast on Lord Lester and Miss Sindra on Evolution Day, there will always be a chance then."

(End of chapter)