Chapter 256: Heart of the Swarm

"Heart?" Everyone present couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when they heard this word, Antonio glanced at the great shaman suspiciously, and asked Rogge, "What heart does he want?"

"He wants the heart of the insect queen Xia De. Rogge said with a grim face.

"Bug Queen?" Antonio looked at him blankly, not knowing anything about the Bug Queen, but Lisa and Murphy behind him gasped, Lisa exclaimed, "How is this possible?

The Great Shaman said that since the exact composition of the poison in Tali's body was no longer known, it was impossible to prescribe the right medicine, and that the Bug Queen's heart was encased in a variety of poisonous liquids, which was extremely resistant to poison and could be used as an antidote to many toxins. ”

Rogge said and glanced back at the Great Shaman, and continued, "He also said that Tali's condition is already very serious, and if it weren't for Monica helping her remove some of the toxins, she would be dead by now, and if we don't bring back the antidote before dawn, she will be hopeless." ”

Hearing this last sentence, Antonio made up his mind and decided to set off immediately to find the Bug Queen, and Rog told Catherine, Lisa, and Lilith to stay in the Great Shaman's hut to take care of Tali, telling them, especially Lilith, not to let any gnomes enter the hut.

Little Lori agreed, standing at the door of the grass shed with a big stick bone in her hand, looking at the door menacingly, Rogge and Antonio and Murphy settled everything, took off the magic lamp on Tali's body and brought it with him, summoned the light god to open the dimensional channel, and teleported them to the lair of the Zerg.

When the Lamp God opened the dimensional exit for them in the Zerg habitat according to the coordinates guided by Murphy, the figures of the three flashed in the light, and in front of them was a high hill, and a huge hole appeared in front of them.

The mountain walls and ground were covered in moss, broken bones were scattered everywhere, and a downward ramp snaked through the rocks behind him, leading to a swamp shrouded in mist, and the air was suffocating.

"This is the Zerg's lair. Murphy looked up at the mountain wall above the cave entrance with a solemn expression.

"Let's go in," Antonio waved his hand to summon the Divine Spear, and said to Murphy, "On the way, you'd better tell us about the Zerg, I think the queen we're going to assassinate won't be so easy to kill?"

"You're right," Murphy pulled out his lightning sword and followed Antonio into the cave on the left and right sides of Rog, walking down a winding passage, whispering as he went, "The Zerg are a powerful force controlling the northwest of the Death Swamp, which is equivalent to the Snake Clan's power range on the Ice and Snow Island. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, the Snake Clan's power on the Ice Isle is second only to the Titans. Antonio looked back and said in surprise.

"That's right, the three major races of the Death Swamp: the Zerg, the Crocodile and the Lizardmen are the three major forces that have divided the swamp for many years, and the crocodile and lizardmen are more inhabited in the depths of the swamp, so there is almost no strength to compete with the Zerg on the periphery of the swamp, and neither the Amazons nor the dwarfs dare to provoke these murderous Zermen. ”

"So, we're in a lot of trouble. Rogge, who was walking in front, turned back to them and raised his eyebrows and said, "I heard that these guys have been raiding towns and fortresses on the border of the empire a lot lately, and have taken many unlucky people back to the caves and eaten them. ”

"In that case, let's count the revenge of those who died," Antonio said through gritted teeth, "No matter how powerful these bugs are, no one can stop me for the sake of Tali!"

Rogge and Murphy glanced at each other, nodded approvingly, and the three of them came to the bottom of the passage lightly, and a large cave appeared in front of them, and Rogge, who was walking in front, saw that there were five openings around the cave, which led to different directions.

"Do you know which way we should go?" Rogge turned back to Murphy, and the adventurer shrugged his shoulders and said, "I haven't been here, and the last time I came to the swamp, I just passed near the mouth of this cave and didn't dare to come up at all." ”

"Luckily, we have a more reliable guide!" Rogge smiled and teased, and lowered his head to wipe the magic lamp on his waist, and the lamp god floated out of the mouth of the oil lamp, like a flowing blue gas appeared beside the three of them.

"Hey, Lamp God, I think you already know what we're here for, in order to save your master, Miss Tali, we need to find the residence of the Worm Queen Xia De as soon as possible, but now there are five holes in front of us, and we need to know how to go to find Xia De. ”

Listening to Rogge's words, the lamp god supported his fat double chin with his huge hands, tilted his head and thought for a moment and nodded: "Don't worry, guys, I will help you!"

He twisted his waist, and his sturdy upper body turned into a square blue energy plate, and the rest of his body floated like smoke to the five holes at the same time, and the three of them stood next to the energy plate and saw that five lines leading to different directions began to emerge on its surface, extending outward with the smoke emitted by the body of the god of lights.

Moments later, a complete map of the cave appeared on the energy board, and the three of them looked at each other in surprise and admiration, smiling in surprise and admiration, fixing their eyes on the largest cave in the upper right corner of the map, and Rog asked the lamp god if anything special had been found there.

"I seem to have seen a huge bug, but it doesn't look like a normal bug, it looks strange, it's different from the other bugs I saw on the way!" said the lamp god back to his original form.

"Well, I guess we're not mistaken, it's probably her!" Rogge pointed to the hole on the far right and said, "Come on, Lamp God, lead the way for us, find the queen, and use her heart to save our priestess!"

The god of lights flew away first, followed by Rog, Antonio, and Murphy, who followed the god of lights and galloped towards the cave, turning a few corners along the winding and rugged cavern, and the god of lights floating in front of him suddenly crashed headlong into a patrolling insect soldier, and his body passed through the body of the insect soldier with a snort.

The insect soldier only saw a stream of blue gas whistling by, as if a gust of wind was blowing in his face, and the whole person couldn't help but be stunned, looking at Rogge and the other three people who followed him blankly, and the three of them couldn't help but be taken aback, and subconsciously stopped, staring at the insect soldier in front of him in a daze.

At this moment, the god of lights suddenly retreated again, and returned to the front of the insect soldier with a "whew" again, the soldier's eyes widened in surprise, and he thought he was dreaming, only to see the god of lights beckoning to him and smiling: "I'm sorry, I was in too much of a hurry just now, and I forgot to kill you!"

Before he could finish speaking, the lamp god swung a huge fist and hit the insect soldier in the face, and the soldier's head was instantly smashed into the wall, and his exposed body twitched twice, hanging on the wall and not moving.

"Alright gentlemen, let's move on!" the lantern god turned around and raised his eyebrows at the three of them, and the three of them stood stunned and looked at the worm soldiers whose heads were embedded in the wall, Murphy asked softly, "Are you sure our guide is really reliable?"

"At least more reliable than the three of us for now!" Rogge shrugged at the two of them self-deprecatingly, and stepped along.

The three of them followed the lamp god all the way forward, and they eliminated a few lone insect patrols without blood, and came to a cave, where they hid at the entrance of the cave and looked inside, and saw that the walls of the cave were covered with sour slime, mixed with green moss, which looked extremely disgusting.

More than a dozen insect men were entrenched in the cave, and the three of them observed for a while, and found that they acted in small teams, each of them tall and tall with four pairs of winged leaders on their backs, followed by three men who were slightly shorter but also one tall, each of them was covered with hard scales, with knife-like claws and fangs, and their faces were hideous and terrifying.

"Okay, they have four teams now, we have four of them, will we divide and conquer, or will we concentrate on eliminating the gang?" Rogge said back to Antonio, Murphy, and the Lamp God.

"I can handle them all by myself!" said the lantern god confidently.

"I know, but we have limited time, and we have to beware of them calling the police, if we attract other reinforcements, we will be in trouble!" Rogge glanced back at the cave, looked up and asked the lantern god, "Do you have a way to set up an enchantment to block their retreat and communication routes?"

"It's easy!!The Dimensional Barrier will block everything!" the Lantern God said with a wave of his large hand that radiated blue energy.

"Good, but remember to leave the key for the lock!" Rogge smiled at him half-jokingly, and then said to Antonio and Murphy, "How about we work as a team, deal with the big guy first, and then clean up the trash fish, and see who gets it first?"

"Action!" The three of them agreed, and Rogge immediately let the god of lights move, and the god of lights turned into a cloud of blue smoke and drifted into the cave, and the three of them rushed into the cave after him, and the god of lights immediately set up dimensional enchantments at several entrances of the cave, completely sealing the entrances and exits of the cave.

"Kill, brothers!" Rog flew towards one of the insect leaders, who bared their claws, roared, and pounced on Rog with massive wings.

Rogge's figure flashed, allowing the leader of the insects who flew over, and the winged light blade of his left hand drew a red arc, leaving a crack on the right side of the leader of the insects, and the wound with open skin and flesh suddenly splashed a large amount of mucus, and the leader of the insects screamed in pain and fell to the ground.

Rog stopped, glanced back at the fallen insect leader, and turned to look at the other three, before he could see the battle situation clearly, the fallen insect leader suddenly moved, and three insect soldiers flew to his side and stretched out their hands to him.

"What are they going to do?" Rog looked at the wounded insect leader in amazement, only to see that he grabbed a worm soldier with his huge claws, opened his fanged mouth and bit off half of his body, swallowing him in two bites.

The wound on the insect leader who had eaten the soldier healed in an instant, and he rose from the ground, his body suddenly enlarged by a quarter, and turned back to Rogue with a deafening roar.

"This ...... I understand why I can't mess with you now, isn't it too late?" Rog muttered as he looked up at the enraged Zerg leader.

(The 2015 update is all done here, we'll see you in 2016, and I wish you all a happy new year!)