Chapter 303: Guardian of the Swarm
The houses where the mantis demon lives are strange, almost all of them are made of amber, and it always feels like the orange is shaking so much that people are blind.
Even if it is a mantis demon, it is not the kind of life that lives like a hairy and blood-drinking, Karakxi is a relatively civilized organization, and in fact, the life is no different from that of ordinary people.
In addition to having an unusual paranoia about amber.
The mantis demon's meal is not so unacceptable, isn't it a whole insect feast, and it's not eaten raw like Bei Ye, it's still acceptable when it's cooked, at least that's what Louis thinks, after all, he has a lot of convenient fast food.
Roasted scorpions, rich in nutrients, sufficient protein, roasted and eaten old fragrant, but everyone here only wishes the head of the family to be fearless and dare to try.
But it seems that Zhu Talan is also strong, he doesn't want to fall into the name in front of the mantis demon.
Death is a matter of life, and it is yes to live and suffer.
Seeing the painful look on his face as he chewed, Kruck laughed, and held up the scorpion in his hand and said, "Panda Man...... Uh, young man, if you don't like this kind of thing, don't force yourself, isn't it good to eat the same thing as your companions? β
"Who says I don't like it? Of course I do! Zhu Talan immediately said without hesitation, he picked up the pincers of the other scorpion, lifted it, and stuffed it neatly into his mouth, chewing until the juice splashed.
"Delicious!" After swallowing his stomach, Zhu Talan gave a thumbs up.
"What a guts!" Kruck gave a thumbs up: "It's the first time I've seen a scorpion like you eat it raw, oh my God, your stomach and intestines may have to suffer ......"
This kid is also very bad, he actually came to deceive and sneak attack Zhu Talan to eat scorpions raw......
Mantis Demon isn't a good person...... Ron muttered in his heart, and warned himself that he would not suffer this kind of sin in the future because of a little face.
Lao Chen shook his head, saying that Zhu Talan's child was no longer saved.
The Floo Network can also be connected to Karaksi, and Louis weighed it up and set up a permission for the Floo Network, at least not allowing the Mantis Demon to cross the dragon crest at will.
There is a good saying, knowing people and knowing faces do not know hearts, maybe these mantis demons are very friendly with Louis for the time being, but he can't guarantee that the mantis demons are just as friendly to panda people.
After all, it is a rival for tens of thousands of years, and he can't guarantee that the mantis demon will suddenly accept his temperament.
"Hurry up and eat, after eating, we will go and wake up the other heroes." Kruck put down the amber glass and narrowed his compound eyes pleasantly: "Ah, the long-lost amber drink, speaking of which, I have been feeling extremely hungry since the seal was lifted, if it weren't for the Awakened One here, I would definitely eat you fat pandaman......"
When Kerruk said this, his eyes were on Zhu Talan.
"You really didn't have any good intentions!" Zhu Talan was furious, pointed at Krruk with thick bear paws, and said angrily.
Lao Chen hurriedly pressed him down and patted him on the back of the head: "Okay, people are just joking with you, and you actually take it seriously...... If he wanted to be hostile to us, he would have done so a long time ago, would he have waited until now? β
Zhu Talan snorted very arrogantly, and no longer looked at Kruck, but savored the mantis demon's specialty, amber tea.
What kind of abstract figure does it have to be able to consume such an abstract drink? But looking at Zhu Talan's appearance, he seems to like it quite a bit.
"Have you eaten enough?" Louis asked the three little ones.
"I'm full." The three little ones nodded in unison, although they didn't really want to drink the amber tea, but they were still more interested in roasting scorpions, and even tried it.
Well...... Anyway, it's true that people from the dark cuisine realm have a high acceptance of such strange things.
After the meal, the Calaksi Council also sent information, which was about the next Hero to be sealed.
"'Guardian of the Swarm' Hisek......" Kruck tapped the table with his claws, "Ha, old friend ...... long gone," he said here, looked left and right, and whispered to Louis, "He's sealed in the Dusk Swamp not far from Karaksives, where we might be able to find him." β
"The swamp is so big, how should we find it?" Louis raised an eyebrow and asked the question of soulfulness.
Kruck was stunned for a moment, and reached out to play with his four tentacles: "See this thing, it can locate any position, and it can also feel the presence of its companions, especially between Karaksi Yingjie, there is a bond that ordinary people can't imagine." β
"I understand, to put it bluntly, there is a positioning system." Louis Le, this tentacle is really convenient, which is equivalent to the innate installation of a Tomtom pathfinding plug-in.
"I don't really understand what a positioning system is, but I can understand what you mean, Awakener." The tentacles on Kruck's mouth moved twice, making an expression that represented a smile in the mantis demon.
But to others, it doesn't seem like it's laughing, it's like eating children.
Still riding the Amber Scorpion, he went out through the gate of Karaxives. The sky of the Feared Wasteland was extremely dark, and when you looked up, there was a strange black and white cloud, with a bright white in the center, and the gray and black evil energy cloud spread out in all directions, which looked a little strange and terrifying.
"What's that? Why is that tree that color? Hermione asked Kruck curiously, pointing to a towering tree in the distance.
"That's Kepa Arrizabalaga Tree Yink, corrupted by the Evil Spirit." Kruck glanced at the tree and said with a sigh, "When chaos first opened, the first Kepa Sacred Trees bloomed. The amber that flows from those trees feeds us mantis, which we call Kepa Amber, which means the blood of the earth. β
"Kepa Amber has many functions, it heals our wounds, strengthens our bodies, amber is the cornerstone of the Mantis Demon Society, we use this material in architecture, art, technology and other fields, the Empress and our Council of Calaksi guard the great tree on the Mantis Plateau - what we call the "Kepa Sacred Tree", which is the only source of precious amber. β
With that, Kruck looked in the direction of Beaulieu Crest.
"Legend has it that on the eastern side of the Great Wall, the Kepa Sacred Tree also grew luxuriantly. But the Mogu have cut them down in the endless war with the Mantis, which is why we have always been unfriendly with the Mogus. β
"What about this tree now...... Has it been completely corrupted? Hermione stared in a daze at the giant black and white tree in the distance, and for some reason, she always felt sorry.
Such a beautiful tree actually suffered such a fate.
"Corrupted by the Evil Spirit, we need to stay away from it, there is a group of fallen hive guards around it, and I don't want to have any conflict with them." Kruk said with a click.
"Haha, you're scared." Zhu Talan pointed at Kruk, his expression as if he had discovered a new world.
Kruck snorted and stroked his tentacles: "There are tens of thousands of people on the other side, and there are only six of us, do you want to deliver food?" β
Zhu Talan immediately shut up.
Bypassing the big tree, there was a towering tree in front of you.
"Kepa Sacred Tree Zhal," Kerruk inhaled, "it doesn't look like it's corrupted, or it's not very deep, but it's not optimistic, you see, there's a corrupted mire underneath the roots......"
Following the direction Krruk pointed, he saw a muddy swamp, the top of which was shrouded in dim smoke, and all kinds of strange shapes and bright colors of large mushrooms grew around the swamp.
"It looks like it's still buzzing here." Zhu Talan said meaningfully, he should be talking about the swamp lurks that staggered through the swamp.
Ron glanced at the monsters and hissed for air. The monster as a whole looked like a humanoid, its head was not large, a large one-eyed took up most of its head, and under the eyes, there was a sharp mouth full of withered yellow fangs.
The body of the swamp lurk also seems to be made of the corrupted poisonous gas above the swamp, and the smoky body condenses into substance, which is very terrifying.
βstupefyοΌ Hermione pulled out her wand and flunted at a dark swamp lurk, and the swamp lurk was knocked out more than ten meters away by the spell, and was thrown heavily on the swamp, and then slowly swallowed by the swamp.
"This magic is new, I haven't seen it, and it doesn't seem to belong to Azeroth's system." Kruck looked at Hermione with interest, raving about her spell.
"It's a stun spell." Hermione replied honestly, "It's a spell that is unique to our wizarding world. β
"Looks interesting," Krruk complimented again, looking back at Louis, "The Awakened, the 'Guardian of the Swarm' Hisek, is buried under this swamp, and if my position is correct, he is buried in the swamp in front of us." β
"How should I dig him out?" Louis asked, kicking the dirt off the ground.
"Dig with your hands." Kruck said with a holy face: "How did you dig me out in the first place, you can dig him out in the same way." β
Louis choked, there is no backup plan for you to wake up your good brother, all pointing at me, right?
He glanced at Kruck and beckoned, the purple mage's hand condensed, and the left and right flicked apart the rotting dirt, revealing the orange-yellow crystals hidden inside.
"Sure enough, it's inside." Kruck said happily: "My induction is really not wrong, Hisek's buried underneath, quick, awakener, with more effort, I feel like he's about to come out......"
Louis rolled his eyes, it's not that you are affected by co-authoring, right, why didn't you find that this wind sweeper also has this trait of standing and talking without backache.
As Louis dug deeper, the whole piece of amber was pulled out, and in the dim light, it was still possible to see the heseks wrapped inside.
Unlike Kruck, Hiseks wore only an inverted triangle of visor, and the armor was a patchwork of orange-red and gray-black diamonds. When Kruck saw that the amber had been dug up, he immediately stepped forward and touched it left and right, trying to wake up Hisek, but he couldn't do it.
"How do you wake up?" Kruck scratched the back of his head and was not ashamed to ask questions.
Zhu Talan can be regarded as finding a reason to tease him, and immediately sarcastically said: "Hey, as a Karakxi hero, don't you know how to wake up your companions?" β
"I forgot." Kruck didn't feel ashamed, after all, he had been sealed for too long, and it was normal to forget something. He reached out and pressed Louis on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "Please, Awakener!" β
Louis sighed and reached out to touch the amber.
Under Krrook's almost pilgrimage gaze, the amber melted, and Hisek's body was exposed to the air.
In the same script, Hisek, who had lost his support, fell to the ground with a pop, and it took a long time before he slowly opened his eyes and asked a little weakly: "Who woke me up?" Yes...... I feel the presence of my Awakener, let me see, my dear Awakener......"
Listening to the voice, the swarm guards are quite young.
It's just a bit of a given.
Kruck kicked him and said with a look of disgust, "Patronizing the awakened one who is looking for you, so many old friends have forgotten you, you guy." β
"Hah, I'm feeling a little hungry." Hisekle said, "Do you have amber syrup to drink?" Haven't drunk it in years? β
As he spoke, he straightened up and saw three panda people.
"Hey, what did you say you were polite, come on, and bring me three rations......" The swarm guard Hisek's eyes lit up as he looked at the three panda people, and his saliva flowed out.
"Bastard! Who do you say is rations? Zhu Talan exploded again, and he shouted angrily: "You murderous guy, I should have known about it a long time ago......"
"What do you know?" Hisaka stroked his mouthparts, narrowed his compound eyes and said, "It's just a joke with you, aren't the current panda people so can't afford to joke?" I think that your emperor Shaohao was a very good joker. β
Shao Hao is a legendary figure, and it has been a full 10,000 years since he turned into a mist to protect Pandaria from the Burning Legion. No one knew his whereabouts, so Zhu Talan asked hesitantly, "You...... Meet our Emperor? β
"Of course I know ......" Xisaike pouted his mouth: "That was many years ago, when I was still a larva, in fact, I still admire Emperor Shaohao, he is a really great person." β
Hisek's expression was very formal, and it could be seen that he admired Emperor Shaohao from the bottom of his heart.
Speaking of which, very few people have this kind of awareness, especially as an emperor at the top of the food chain, there are very few emperors who can sacrifice themselves to fulfill the people, so even the mantis demon in a hostile state respects this Shaohao Emperor from the bottom of his heart.