Chapter 41: The Slime Corridor
The merchants who were busy moving goods and arguing prices on the streets not far away would not know what was going on in House 37.
The young people who had spoken on Rowe Square and the crowd of onlookers would not have known what was happening here.
Even if they could understand it, they probably wouldn't be too willing to understand it.
After all, the big-eared goblins devoured by the shapeshifters are not as important as their own lives.
This is true of most beings with wisdom, emotions, and desires, and Shuge himself is no exception.
If he could, he would rather continue to use his strengths to write new "works" to improve his life, rather than stand in such a gloomy place and watch the phantom canteens and toilets.
For a moment, it even felt that the big-eared goblins suspended and floating in viscous fluids were still alive, their faces so vivid that they looked like specially treated statues and specimens.
The thought of having almost been treated in a similar way and being replaced by such a strange magical creature made Shug feel a pang of toothache, and the image before him was so terrifying that he was now desperate to release his magic or shoot to ease the tension.
Of course, Shuge must also admit that he suddenly remembered the "Shapeworm Body Fluid Essence" that he had not yet redeemed in the Dream Shelter.
There is a lot in front of you, no matter how you look at it, it is enough.
It's just that at the moment, there is no way for Xiuge to get excited about such a large mass of amorphous monsters and those corpses floating in slime.
The shapeshifters have moved.
Sensing the scent of the living creatures, they began to crawl slowly towards the door of the storage room, causing the corpses and debris to roll around their bodies, as if the eared goblins were dancing among the clothes and jewelry......
There was already a magical light coming from the side, so Xiuge took a step back very consciously and gave up the space to Wei Lin, but before he could stand firm, the magic disc in the spirit world suddenly began to spin faster, and the running rat lying on Xiuge's shoulder immediately let out a warning hissing towards the wall on one side.
"What?"
Xiuge instinctively turned around, only to see a muffled sound in the caravan member's bedroom on the side of the corridor, and then the closed door was slammed open, and a crooked and short figure was already holding a sharp dagger and rushing towards him, judging from the twisted and extremely unnatural shape, this was another big-eared goblin transformed from a shapeshifter!
As a result, the long-awaited Claron Touch spewed out of Xiuge's palm mercilessly, and a wave composed of several black tentacles slammed into the body of the giant-eared goblin, and the sharp ends of the two tentacles pierced the transformed goblin body like sharp swords.
However, there was not a single drop of blood in the corridor.
The big-eared goblin that had been subjected to the impact of magic revealed its most primitive physical characteristics in an instant, and the transformed short body was severely stretched and stretched in the impact, like a wax figure that had been rolled in a hot furnace, and in the blink of an eye, it distorted into a disgusting and strange appearance.
But even so, there were still indistinct voices coming from the crooked and distorted mouth.
"Good...... It hurts! ”
But before it could finish speaking, another black tentacle pierced, and under the manipulation of Xiuge, it pierced mercilessly into the mouth that screamed in pain, and tore the head of the giant-eared goblin in half on the spot.
Strange to say, Shuge found that he did not hate the feeling of fighting, on the contrary, after a series of thrilling experiences, he became a little obsessed with the restlessness in his spiritual world and the wild heartbeat.
Especially when he inflicted the pain he had suffered when he obtained these spells on other targets, he faintly developed a pleasure that bordered on catharsis.
The shapeshifter was finally unable to maintain its changed form, and the color of its victim's skin began to fade, and its translucent slime body reappeared, and with its fluid-like physical properties, it managed to break free from the puncture of Charon's touch, and began to climb quickly down the ground towards Shug.
It was not the first time Xiuge had seen a similar scene, so he was already ready to deal with it in his heart.
The trigger of the crystallized gun was decisively pulled by Xiuge, and in the violent vibration, the crystalline bullet loaded in the metal wheel burst out under the explosive impetus of the precision miniature magic ritual, and the glittering bullet dragged a straight trail through the mansion corridor, and finally pierced the soft body of the shapeshifter.
The abundant magic power in the crystal bullet was instantly released, so the complete crystal bullet burst in the body of the shapeling insect in an instant, and the flying crystal fragments created countless holes and tunnels in the body of the creeping magical creature, such a wound caused its speed to move forward immediately, and before the shapeling could recover from the pain, a new round of merciless whipping from the touch of Charon had arrived.
This time, that terrifying dark green poisonous mist also descended on the shapeling worm's body.
Behind Xiuge, there is a different kind of situation.
In the face of the huge slime mass composed of an unknown number of shapeshifters, Wei Lin showed extraordinary calmness.
Instead of directly using violent lethal magic to solve the problem, as Xiuge had expected, she pressed her palm firmly against the door frame of the collectible warehouse, and with the mobilization of her magic power, a magic engraved by Wei Lin began to work quickly.
All casters who have been tested and evaluated by the Laws Committee and have successfully acquired the title of "Lake" or "River Valley" are allowed to modify and create their own magic within a certain range, and for Verin, this is the greatest charm of magic.
Under the universal rules and laws of magic, borrow the authority of the goddess Mel to bring magnificent magical miracles to the mortal world.
Thus, after combining the characteristics of the stream-level magic "Frozen Bone Touch" and "Cryogenic Diffusion", Wei Lin created her first magic in the third month after successfully advancing to the lake-level spellcaster.
She named the magic "Pool of Cold".
"If you only think about how to tear apart or destroy any enemy with magic, that is the greatest abuse of magic...... Relentless destruction is always a last resort, and until then, the caster should use more ingenious methods to deal with the puzzle. ”
As a result, the cold ice mist began to spread rapidly from under Verin's white and slender fingers, and they were like the paint under the brushstrokes of an invisible painter, outlining one cold hoar frost after another on the walls of the mansion, and the textures on the walls were all visible under the influence of these hoarfrost, but then they were quickly covered under the new cold color, and in just a few breaths, the astonishing low temperature had completely spread into the closed collection warehouse, and naturally, it also included the shapeshifters.
Shapeshifters are not afraid of the cold.
They spent their juvenile years in the cold and glacial lakes of the far north, but Wei Lin knew very well that once the magical creatures of the shapeshifters reached adulthood, their habits would also change dramatically, and they would begin to crave warmth, thirst for everything that other intelligent beings pursued, and on the contrary, the cold places that used to raise them would be decisively abandoned by them.
It is for this reason that when changelings return to the cold environment, their nature will also change to their young selves.
They can become timid and cautious, even forgetting that they are adults and have the ability to hunt prey.
And that's exactly what Verin is going to do now.
Although Xiuge didn't know what was going on with the astonishing low temperature coming from behind, he knew very well that he couldn't let any external force interfere with Wei Lin at this time, so the black tentacles that pierced the body of the phantasmagoral insect were torn apart in different directions, and in the constantly spreading corrosive poisonous mist, those viscous liquids with strong vitality were completely torn into pieces of different sizes, and the running rat that had been staying on Xiuge's shoulder to watch the play finally found an opportunity.
It jumped happily to the ground, its nimble tail scooping up a few smaller fragments, and feasted on it in front of Xiuge.
It's very much in line with Huge's imagination of a creature like a mouse.
"Be careful, there could be more."
Virin's voice came, and Shug looked up, only to see more doors open in the corridor, and several new, full-eared goblin figures staggered out, either naked or haphazardly clothed, holding candlesticks, butter knives, and even cups and plates......
And behind these giant-eared goblins, there is also a relatively familiar figure of Xiuge.
That's Sergey.
As the first of these changelings to complete devouring and digestion, his movements were awkward, but they were much smoother than those of his own kind, and in his hands, he even held something that made Xiuge have to be more vigilant.
It was a long-roded crystallized gun shaped like an old-fashioned shotgun.
It is not very accurate to say that it is a crystalline gun, because this thing is simply a substitute made by some wild mages or alchemists with reference to the basic principle of crystallized guns, using some miscellaneous materials, although the cost is low, but its power and stability are a mystery.
After being transformed by the Giant-Eared Goblin Craftsmen, this weapon has taken on a strange characteristic of "I should be able to use it".
No one knows if after pulling the trigger, it will be the person in front or the person behind who will die.
It seems that after absorbing the memories of their victims, the changelings have also understood how to use this high-powered weapon—this creature is so strange that given them enough time, they can even walk onto the academy's podium with a tome in their hand.
But Xiuge didn't intend to give old Sergei the opportunity to gamble with that firearm, the metal disc in his spiritual world had already rotated with all its might at this moment, and all the magic power that had been absorbed and precipitated from the magic crystals before also began to stir under the influence of the disk, at this moment, Xiuge felt that his heartbeat and breathing became extremely rapid, and the speed of everything around him seemed to slow down.
He let out a sigh of relief, and as he gave the order to raid the Rat Run, he quickly raised the crystallized firearm in his hand, and after a brief aim, the trigger was pulled again.
The powerful crystallized bullet flew forward in the glow of the magic lamp, and in the blink of an eye, it overtook the grinning rat and swept over the shoulders of a crooked goblin, smashing the side of the other goblin before burrowing into the arm of old Sergei.
The terrifying impact caused the old goblin's arm to snap on the spot, and viscous translucent liquid dripped from the broken arm, and the long-rod crystallized gun fell to the ground.
"Hoo ......"
Shug broke away from that state of preoccupation, he gasped forcefully twice, and then stepped forward, the black tentacles from the ancient sea gods began to sweep forward with the wave of his left arm, and the dark green corrosive poisonous mist began to spread forward.
The poisonous mist was deadly to all living beings, and the shapelings were no exception, their bodies should have continued to maintain their vitality after shattering, but under the influence of the poisonous mist, these fragments quickly withered, deteriorated, and turned into pools of thick water.
With the rapid consumption of mana, the distance between Shug and the old Sergei was also rapidly shortening, and finally, after the Rat used one of his broken tails to force a passage, Shug's muzzle was aimed at the old goblin's forehead.
Surprisingly, the old goblin, impersonated by the shapeshifter, didn't dodge, he stood stunned, looking at the torn body of his own kind, and then at his arm, which had fallen to his feet, turning back into slime, and then suddenly opened his mouth.
"Sir...... Miss, I would like to talk to you. ”
Xiuge was about to pull the trigger, but such a sentence made him hesitate slightly.
At this time, the collectibles warehouse in the rear had also been completely covered by Wei Lin with cold hoarfrost, and the large group of phantom insects inside that were still digesting their prey had fallen into a state of almost dormancy, and they would continue to fall asleep before the temperature rose.
After dealing with the matter in hand, the female mage bypassed the wreckage of that place, she came to Xiuge's side, raised her hand and gently pressed the crystallized gun in Xiuge's hand, and then, she said to the miserable old goblin in front of her, "You want to talk to us? Yes, but you need to tell me, in whose capacity are you going to talk to us? ”
"Shapeshifters? Or the goblin merchant Sergei? ”