When Cosette and Ophelia arrived at the royal domain, they quickly figured out what was going on, and the gate was guarded by an army of twenty men, led by a tall, heavily armed knight, whose silver armor shone even in daytime.

However, the other party was obviously just an ordinary knight and did not have a sense of magic, so the two of them successfully used magic to sneak in.

Along the way, Cosette recounts his experiences after leaving the Emir, and they eventually reach the basement of the tower.

All around is the sound of gurgling water, and in front of you is an avenue that leads to no known direction, paved with bricks.

At this time, a layer of hazy water vapor was filled with the surface of the road, and the surrounding light was dim, even if Ophelia took out the crystal ball for lighting, she could not see clearly for a while.

She couldn't help but hesitate, after all, this kind of place was too weird, who knew what danger awaited them next, but Cosette told her that there was only one road here, and there would be no danger.

Ophelia naturally trusted her unconditionally, so the two of them walked forward boldly and confidently.

However, it didn't take long for Cosette to realize that something was wrong, there seemed to be something in the mist in front of her, and it was clearly a large living being.

The magic perception didn't find anything unusual, which meant that it was just a large animal.

"It's supposed to be an underground creature, anyway, we have plenty of time, let's let it pass first."

Cosette stared at the dark shadow in the mist and said casually.

"Hmm." Ophelia nodded, after all, this is someone's territory, and they are the invaders.

However, although they all had good intentions for the mysterious creature, the creature did not seem to have any intention of leaving, and it used its massive body to block it like a small mountain.

There was only one road here, and if they were to go to the side of the water, they would have no guidance on the road, and in the dim environment, they might lose their way.

"Tsk, that's going to be hard." Cosette scratched her head.

"Did this thing get in the way the last time you came?"

"No, at the end of the road is a gate that requires two keys to open." Cosette crossed her arms and said casually.

After a while, she suddenly remembered something, and continued, "By the way, this thing must have been used by Cornes to keep us from getting closer, right?" ”

“…… Probably not, since it's just an ordinary animal, how can it stop us. ”

"Oh, too." Cosette figured it out.

"Is there anything special about that door? If not, then there's no need for us to see it. ”

"I didn't see the doorway, but I could sense that Cornes had been here, so I guess the things behind this door must have something to do with Cornes' conspiracy, anyway, this is your human territory, it's better for you to go and have a look, maybe you can see some clues."

Ophelia thought it made sense and nodded.

However, they were hesitant to rush straight at it, and if the creature attacked, they wouldn't have to show mercy, but it turned out that the creature was likely to have a very keen sense of smell, and immediately detected the intruder, and let out a deafening roar.

Although the other party had no magical powers, Ophelia was instinctively frightened by the terrifying roar, and Cosette was much calmer in comparison.

Perhaps this is a fear rooted in the hearts of human beings, so it only works for human beings.

After a while, under the light of the crystal ball, the behemoth appeared from the mist, and Ophelia recognized it at a glance, it was actually a large lizard, perhaps because of the special growth environment, this lizard was already the size of a giant dragon.

At this time, Cosette was also a little surprised, but in the next moment, the lizard slapped it down with one paw, and the two quickly retreated.

Fortunately, the big lizard moves slowly, and even if it is quick to attack the enemy, it is impossible to compare to the two of them who are very responsive.

"Hmph, I wanted to let this guy go, but since it's going to do it, there's no way, let's get on." Cosette smiled and became scrappy.

"Hmm." Ophelia nodded silently.

Soon, the lizard's attacks followed, but they didn't hit, Ophelia went around behind it, pulled out her long sword and stabbed it in the spine, only to hear a snort, the long sword was bounced away, Ophelia suddenly felt the tiger mouth of the hand numb.

"Wow, that's too hard."

However, as soon as she finished speaking, the big lizard noticed that she had circled behind her, but instead of immediately turning to face her, he just swung his tail in place and swept it.

Ophelia has been keeping an eye on the lizard's movements, so she can easily dodge it, but Cosette didn't react immediately, she thought that the lizard's IQ was limited and should be able to clean it up casually, so she was careless for a while, and was swept away by the thick tail, instantly knocked away, and finally fell into the water.

"Your Highness!" Ophelia was in a hurry.

She didn't have time to continue to wrestle with the lizard, so she followed the other party's huge body and took a few steps to the top of her head.

She thought that since the lizard's body surface was so hard that even a sword could not penetrate it, she had to attack the weakest point of the other party, so her target was the eyes of the big lizard.

However, her idea was still in vain, and under the light of the crystal ball, she could see that the place where the eyes had originally grown was flat, and it was obvious that it survived by hearing and smelling.

And if you look closely, you can see that the lizard's body is covered with a layer of scales like a giant dragon.

Ophelia had indeed heard of the creature called the dragon-scale monitor lizard, but for some reason, the monitor lizard had mutated and did not have the only weakness of the eyes.

"Damn, there's really no way to do it now." Ophelia scolded angrily and immediately backed away.

It was then that she realized that Cosette's guess was probably right, and that this was what Cornes had used against them.

Because dragon-scale monitor lizards originally lived in the territory of dragons, and it is rumored that they are magical creations of dragons, and have the strength to rival dragons, but unlike human magical creations, they were originally just ordinary creatures, and later mutated under the inducement of magic.

So it can't come to human territory on its own, the only possibility is that someone brought it here.

Immediately afterward, the monitor lizard waved its tail again, intending to sweep Ophelia into the water as well, where it would be able to move more freely and swallow both of them when the time came.

Ophelia had no means to deal with it, so she could only dodge it, she did think about piercing it with scarlet just now, but when she thought that she would lose her strength after using it, and it was possible that she would still not be able to penetrate the scales of the monitor lizard, then she would really die.

But it was not a way to hide all the time, she suddenly noticed that the road under her feet had been smashed into a mess, fortunately the water level around her was not deep, otherwise she would not even have a place to land.

After a few more moments, Cosette came to her.

"Ah, Your Highness, are you alright?"

"Hehe, what can I do, if I really want to say it, I've been by this guy now, and the consequences are serious."

Hearing that she could still speak harshly, Ophelia was relieved.

Immediately afterwards, the monitor lizard slapped another paw, directly interrupting the conversation between the two, and this time both of them successfully dodged, but Cosette suddenly showed a very painful look and knelt in the water.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you? Get out of the way! Ophelia hurriedly shouted.

But it was too late, and the dragon's tail slammed into Cosette's head.

However, how could Cosette, as an elven princess and future elven queen, be killed by a lowly creature?

Because of this, in the next moment, a dazzling white light suddenly burst out from under the tail of the monitor lizard, and the light seemed to carry great heat, and turned the surrounding water into white mist, and the tail simply emitted the aroma of roasted meat.

The monitor lizard suddenly let out a terrible cry, and Ophelia on the side couldn't help but cover her ears and retreat, and when she came to a safer place, she looked over again, and found that the light had dissipated, and there was a huge deer-shaped creature with thin and long horns on the top of its head.

This is the first time Ophelia has seen Cosette so completely atavistic, after all, she only grew horns last time, and her body has not changed, which may indicate that Cosette has become more and more uncontrollable.

"Your Highness......"

Ophelia was worried, but she couldn't help at all, and if she rushed, she might be attacked indiscriminately by Cosette.

After the monitor lizard's tail was thoroughly cooked, it decisively bit it off, perhaps realizing that it was no match for Cosette, and that it wanted to escape.

But since it was placed here by Cornes, it has long been familiar with the environment here, and where else can it go except here?

So, it had to dive headlong into the water and swim towards the end of the road, where it thought it might find shelter.

Cosette followed it closely, and all the water in her path evaporated, filling the entire space with a white mist.

Ophelia hastened to follow, and as she passed where Cosette had been standing, she stumbled upon a dropped kettle.

Luckily, the water had been steamed, otherwise she wouldn't have found the kettle, and there would have been no way to bring Cosette back to her senses.

It didn't go far before the monitor lizard came to a large gate, and it stretched out its claws to pat the dark place around it, only to find that it was a stone wall that was unknown how thick it was, that is, it had nowhere else to escape except to enter the door.

So, it slammed its head into the door, and the surrounding stone wall instantly shook violently, but the door remained untouched.

Just as the monitor lizard was in trouble, Cosette arrived, and for a moment it did not know what to do, so it could only confront Cosette as it approached, and at the same time let out a high-pitched and piercing voice threatening her.

But it was just a battle of trapped beasts, and in the next moment, Cosette rushed over with the horns on his head and slammed into the monitor lizard.

The power of this blow was greater than Ophelia's strongest sword skill, so he directly slammed the monitor lizard into the gate behind it.

Immediately afterwards, I heard a bang, and the door was shaken, and even the lock on the door was broken and fell to the ground.

However, the force of Cosette's blow was not neutralized, and he slammed the door open and continued to rush inside.

Eventually, when Ophelia arrived, she found that the gate had been almost shattered, and a large hole had been cut in the dragon's stomach, and as for Cosette, the curly horns on her head had been broken, and she had regained her human form.