……

The corridor was long, but it gradually came to an end with the attraction of the singing.

In the darkness ahead, a dark red glow lit up, and Matthew lit a magical fire that illuminated the outline of that corner.

He saw a large door, about the same width as the one at the entrance.

It's just that the door itself has been completely removed by some kind of force, and the top of the door frame is fused with a rock-like substance, and by the door there is a hall symmetrical to the front door, and the hall is empty.

The red light and the singing were coming from outside the gate.

The two of them slowly approached the door, looking out—

It was an extremely open and wide underground space.

The dark red light shone upwards from below, reflecting layers of light on the rocks about twenty or thirty meters above the horizon.

Not far from the door is a cliff.

Seven or eight meters below the cliff is hot magma.

There is a ten-meter-long suspension bridge above the magma, and at the end of the suspension bridge there is a platform that stands tall and raised over the magma.

The view behind the platform is blocked by the terrain, making it difficult to see.

But Matthew was sure that the deceptive singing came from there.

Matthew gestured to Clegg not to be impulsive, and the two craned their necks along the doorline to look at the vicinity of the magma pool.

Soon.

Matthew was just east of the lava pool and could see the remains of some buildings.

He turned into a raven, stuck on the ceiling and looked out as best he could, and finally saw only two rooms on the wreckage.

According to the distribution of the buildings, more of the rooms are supposed to be submerged in lava.

……

"Hint: You've discovered the Antu Empire's psionic laboratory!"

……

Matthew realized that the wreckage of the building was the real laboratory.

But what's going on with this magma pool in front of you?

This is the Moonhazy Glade, even if it is hit by the starships of the Antu Empire, it will not form this kind of terrain and landform.

A strong sense of uneasiness welled up in his heart.

However, at this time, Clegg was a little impatient:

"I'll go find the source of the song, kill Queen Mad Those, and it's over."

"The Queen of the Wild Snake can only be the fifth order at the highest, because once she is promoted to the Legend, she will transform into the ultimate weapon of the Wild Zerg - the brood. The Brood is one of the most feared units in space, but with the number of bugs here, it's impossible to afford a Brood, so you don't have to worry too much. ”

"I'm very experienced in killing insects!"

However, Matthew still stopped her:

"Wait a minute, okay?"

Clegg glared at him with thick nostrils, and she looked like she wanted to save Samantha from her seductive state as soon as possible, but in the face of Matthew's sincere request, she nodded in agreement.

At that moment, Matthew took half a step back, got down on one knee, and gently touched the ground with his hands.

"Balanced Perception"!

Matthew's eyes changed in an instant.

He saw that the energy field in front of him was like a newspaper that had been torn apart and pasted hard, the outline was complete, and the inside was already fragmented!

"I see."

"Inside the gate, it is still the scope of the moon hazy woodland, and beyond the gate, there is a derivative space formed by the collision of the material world and outer space."

"There are a lot of fragments from the outer plane that have been sucked here by the gravitational pull formed by the impact, and this is how the magma pool came from, probably some of the nearby fragments of the plane that connected to the purgatory were sucked over."

Two seconds later.

Matthew opened his eyes, a slightly tired look on his face.

The Moonhazy Glade is a projection of the Kingdom of the Gods of Athea, a half-plane attached to the main material realm.

Fighting in the woodlands, no matter how bad the conditions, has a home field advantage.

But once you go outside, you can't tell!

Meanwhile.

He was also aware of an extremely unusual energy field in the faintly visible laboratory.

Although the space outside the gate is in a state of fracture everywhere, their material form is still relatively stable, except for a huge gap in the laboratory, whether it is the element layer or the material layer.

This made Matthew inevitably curious.

He jumped up and glanced down a few times, and through a blurred glass wall in the laboratory, Matthew vaguely saw the outline of a cuboid.

It was a huge cement box.

It is described as large because it occupies nearly two-thirds of the space in the center of the laboratory.

There are some operating tables lying horizontally around the cement box.

"Cement sealing?!"

Memories from past lives poured out.

Matthew's heartbeat began to pound and accelerate.

As far as he knew, the first step of the Antu Empire when dealing with failed experimental organisms was to pour a large amount of black technology cement into the laboratory.

The effect of this cement is almost as good as magic, and most creatures are not immune to it.

Of course, once this mechanism, ostensibly used to prevent the spread of the disaster, is actually to prevent technology leakage, most of the people in the laboratory will not be able to escape.

What is sealed in this cement box?

Wild Zerg?

Could it be that the Zerg didn't invade this starship named Dawn by accident, but in fact, the people of the Imperial Laboratory did their own work and released the bugs, and in the end even the blocking mechanism failed, and finally the entire starship became a worm nest, causing the tragedy of the ship's destruction and death?

Matthew didn't know.

He stared at the platform in front of him, and the song grew more and more mournful, like a girl asking for help.

Clegg's patience was close to the limit.

Matthew said suddenly:

"Let me go over and have a look."

A few minutes later.

Matthew and Bing walked out of the gate, and they looked around the edge of the cliff, and from this angle, they could see the real condition of this underground space more clearly.

There are more than a dozen laboratory rooms standing next to the magma pool, half of which are swallowed by magma, and most of the rest are filled with a large amount of cement, only the first few rooms can find some items in addition to the cement box.

On the platform at the end of the drawbridge, an oval-shaped rock rises high and the song comes from behind the rock.

Matthew is constantly walking around the edge of the cliff, but there is always a blind spot.

On the other side of the platform was a smooth ground, and Matthew saw wisps of golden sand, like an open-pit gold mine.

He stepped forward and crossed the drawbridge with Bing to the platform.

Follow the direction of the song.

They went around to the back of the rock.

The next second.

A black shadow suddenly pounced!

It's just that before he could get closer, Ah Bing slashed twice and killed him!

Braving the corpse of the larvae to the ground.

It was a Berserk Infected.

Matthew stared intently.

The source of the song is a crystal ball that has been placed on the ground, presumably from the infected person just now.

The next second.

The ground beneath his feet began to shake violently!

"Hiss!"

A shrill sound came from beneath the lava pool.

The drawbridge that had been connecting the two opposite banks suddenly shrank, turning into two thick tentacles, and at the same time, the platform collapsed violently, and the stones disappeared layer by layer, followed by a circular mouthpiece with fangs and barbs on the edge!

At the critical moment, Ah Bing jumped to the side, and his figure disappeared directly.

Leaving "Matthew" alone, he quickly fell into the round mouthparts.

Accompany this process.

The terrifying monster disguised as a platform finally slowly floated up from the lava.

Above the mouthparts, the half of a delicate-looking woman rolled forward, and behind her were countless tentacles and spider-like arthropods.

One after another, pitch-black and red, and incomparably slender arthropods rose from the magma, lining the monster's body to be extremely bloated.

She was like an outrageous deformed creature with long legs and a mixed upper body.

Two tentacles more than ten meters long also looked out of place in a bunch of insect-type organs.

……

"Hint: Your "mirror" has been destroyed!

You have encountered the highly distorted Queen of Madness (LV17/Mutant Template)!

Queen Madness is angry because of your play!"

……

"The 'Mirror Technique' is really one of the best spells to use, and it took me more than ten days to study it in vain."

This spell was also the only spell that Matthew practiced diligently in early May.

I didn't expect this to come in handy.

near the gate.

Matthew and Clegg walked out from both sides.

The latter looked at the fat, long-legged monster in amazement:

"I've never seen a mad queen like this!"

"There's a frenzy in her!"

Matthew just glanced at it a few times, and then immediately said:

"Withdraw!"

Clegg didn't question, she followed a few steps back, and held the double knives tightly:

"You go and inform them, take Samantha away, and I'll follow!"

Matthew was not pretentious, and flew away as a raven.

"Zizizi!"

Queen Madness opened her mouth suddenly, and dozens of tongues with edges as sharp as the tip of a knife shot towards Clegg!

Clegg was in danger, and fought and retreated, and the two knives in his hands were woven into a mess.

Whoosh!

Between the flickering white lights, pieces of blurry flesh fell to the ground.

Queen Madser was pained and hurriedly withdrew her remaining tongue.

Clegg struck a blow, but he didn't like to fight, and turned around and chased in the direction Matthew had left.

She fought and retreated, taking Juggernaut's high mobility to the extreme.

Soon, she caught up with Matthew and his party.

The crowd quickly retreated in the direction of the gate, with Lyra rushing first with Samantha on her back, Matthew following closely behind, and Clegg and the soldiers covering each other.

It didn't take long.

They were 1/3 of the way down the hallway.

It's not far from the gate.

However, at this time, an extremely strange sound suddenly came from the depths of the corridor:

"Grunt! Mumble! ”

A violent sense of crisis came from behind.

"Matthew!"

Clegg abruptly raised his voice.

In a flash.

A fiery red glow flashed from the depths of the hallway, and a stream of fiery lava large enough to cover 1/3 of the hallway erupted from Queen Madser's body.

This lava is clearly not something Clegg can resist.

Moment of truth.

Matthew pushed Clegg away, and with a flick of his right hand, he grabbed the handle of the magic umbrella that had grown larger!

"Hide from me......

The last word hasn't been shouted yet.

The scorching lava stream washed into the shield of the magic umbrella.

Matthew felt a tremendous force crash against his shoulder.

He was forced to fall backwards, but a strong shoulder resisted his back, and he looked back to see that it was Clegg who was holding his own!

Before he could say thank you, Matthew grabbed the end of the handle hard, his attention highly focused.

Above the magic umbrella, there is a small umbrella-like pattern.

With the continuous erosion of magma.

The pattern gradually shone brightly, at first a translucent gray, then a pale yellow, and finally an orange-red!

Now is the time!

An extremely magnetic syllable suddenly erupted from Matthew's throat—

……

"Roderick's Magic Umbrella (High Imitation): After the hit is charged, do you activate the "Spell Recoil?"

Spell Recoil: When the magic umbrella takes a certain amount of energy shock or physical damage, the user can return the damage taken (below legendary)!

Counts remaining: 4/5;

Note: After the number of "Spell Recoil" is depleted, you can perform a second enchantment at any of Roderick's Spell Workshops for a fair price (1000 gold/5 times)!"

……

The tip of the magic umbrella suddenly spun at high speed.

Followed by.

The magma flow was suddenly reversed by 180 degrees.

How strong the power of rushing at the magic umbrella was, how fierce the energy was to turn back this time!

Whew!

The magma that was returned to the Queen of Madness retreated.

Take this opportunity.

The crowd fled with all their might.

Finally rushed out of the gate before Queen Berserk caught up with her!

"Let's go, you take Samantha to the shrine!"

Matthew said Commanding Lyra.

Leila didn't say a word, and ran away with the person on her shoulder.

"What about us?"

Before he knew it, Clegg would already take the initiative to consult Matthew.

"We'll send her to the west."

Matthew stared unkindly at Queen Madser, who was squirming out of the door.

I didn't choose to retreat because I couldn't beat it.

It's that Matthew feels that the edge of the half-plane is too unstable, and if he penetrates the edge of the plane, he may have to bond with the big demons in the outer layer in advance.

"It's almost stable enough to retreat here."

"You like to chase, don't you?"

Matthew raised his staff and aimed it at Queen Madser, who was about to rush out of the gate!

"Necromantic Summoner: Bone Dragon"!

The negative energy circle flashed clearly.

I don't know if it's because of the proximity to the outer plane, but the bone dragon trio came faster than before.

Almost as soon as Matthew raised his hand, they all slammed it down.

"Ability: Fixed-Point Fall"!

In a flash.

Xiao Boiling took two of his men and pressed on the body of Queen Madser.

The weight of the three-headed skullsaur is no joke.

At the same time as the latter screamed, her bloated body also collapsed visibly, and a large number of cysts were squeezed out, and the juice exploded all over the ground in an instant!

"Hold her!"

Matthew put away his staff and threw a dissociation spell at her.

The gray light shone on her upper body, instantly dissolving most of Queen Madser's "innate armor".

Matthew immediately put away his staff, concentrating on unprecedented condensation, and then he grabbed the void with his left hand—

Estro's Claw!

Then he shook off the sheepskin glove on his right hand, and it was the same void move—

Pale Hands!

The next moment.

Matthew shoots left and right.

The pale hand turned into a white iron fist and slammed into Queen Madser's head;

Estro's claws are more like a giant dexterous hand, and it grabs the tentacles or arthropods of the queen's body with a jerk!

Held down by the three-headed bone dragon.

Queen Berserk didn't move.

Matthew's hands were dexterous in controlling two virtual hands at the same time, and a whole new combat experience pounded his nerves.

He was obviously fighting from a distance, but he seemed to be experiencing the thrill of punching to the flesh.

In a few moments, he plucked out the limbs of Queen Madser, and she herself looked dying.

But Matthew wasn't careless.

He used Estro's claws to screw off Queen Berser's head.

After that, the pale hand frantically hammered the remaining body like a whack-a-mole.

This scene lasted for a minute and a half.

Until there was only a puddle of mud left near the gate.

Matthew wouldn't stop.

"You're right, Queen Madness isn't very good."

Matthew said to Clegg beside him.

The latter didn't say anything, but there was still a hint of shock in his gaze when he looked at Matthew.

"Was that scene too bloody and violent, sorry, I couldn't hold back for a while."

"And I'm a necromancer, you know."

Matthew tentatively explained.

Clegg's face immediately became very serious:

"Are all the necromancers in Aindor like you?"

Matthew just wanted to salvage the necromancer's reputation.

That's when it happened.

He felt a sudden wave of vertigo in his brain.

Followed by.

The world in front of him seemed to begin to distort, and a violent feeling of nausea welled up in his heart.

In the afterglow, Matthew saw that Clegg was just like himself.

He barely managed to hold his senses, and an unprecedented sense of oppression came from the depths of the hallway behind the door.

Matthew saw a piece of rotten meat on top of the mud, and the rotten meat jumped up and made a "hehehe" sound.

His brain seemed to explode with a thud - but only half of it, and under the action of a powerful force, the irascible force was forced back!

A little nosebleed gushed out of Matthew's nostrils.

In a flash.

He saw a silhouette in the darkness.

It was a mess of flesh and blood!

Only as soon as I approach.

Countless whispers poured into Matthew's mind, twisted forces trying to tamper with his thoughts.

Matthew immediately took out the godhead and put it under his tongue.

For a while, he sobered up a lot.

At this moment.

He finally understood what kind of monster he had encountered.

If he guessed correctly.

The monster that creeps slowly in the darkness is the creation of the god mentioned in the diary of the deputy director of the laboratory!

No.

It wasn't a divine creation at all.

That's a ......

Iniquity!

……

"Warning: You've encountered a divine creature!

You've done some of your immunity with the help of a demigod person."

……

Iniquity.

A terrifying creature that exists in the astral plane.

He represents the twisting and suffering of the gods, who are usually born in only one of two ways—

When a god is born, a wisp of pain or distortion separated from his body and mind, if not dissolved, often gives birth to a disembodied god.

When the god dies, a wisp of resentment born from his corpse merges with the god's body and other creatures, and a jumble of flesh and blood with divine nature is born.

That is, the god that Matthew bumped into in front of his eyes.

The level of the god is very high, but the most terrifying thing is his ability to interfere with the will and heart, the kind of powerful power that comes from the divine nature, only the strong people above the legend or the existence of the demigod or above can be exempted!

Matthew and Clegg join forces and have the confidence to kill all the monsters below the legend.

But the legend above can't.

Legend is a great chasm that separates mortals from saints.

Anyone who tries to challenge this chasm ends up in a bleak end.

So at the first time when consciousness returns.

Matthew was ready to escape.

But before escaping.

He suddenly realized that the originally cool Divine Badge had become hot.

Matthew's heart moved, and he tapped the badge.

Moonshine!

A large white moonlight shone near the gate.

The moment the moonlight fell, time seemed to stand still, and even the movements of the gods became extremely slow.

Matthew saw that the moonlight flowed slowly like a waterfall, and they washed down from top to bottom, finally forming a human figure on the wall.

The goddess of the moonlight, the projection of Althea, has descended!

With a flick of the projection's right hand, infinite moonlight spread out.

A part of the moonlight fell on Matthew and Clegg, and all discomfort in them disappeared, replaced by abundant strength and high-pitched emotions.

"You're doing a great job, and I'll reward you enough."

There was joy in Athea's voice like finding her prey.

As he spoke, the projection head walked in the direction of the gate without looking back.

Matthew saw the god trying to shrink back into the lab, but his already slow movements became even more sluggish under the influence of the Moonlight Goddess's realm.

Althea grabbed the void.

The rotten meat was ingested near the gate.

The next second.

Althea opened her mouth with joy, and a bright white light extended from the god's body and slowly poured into the mouth of the moon goddess.

The latter twitched incessantly, and he was just a mess of meat, and with constant trembling, pieces of flesh fell off the edge.

And that bright white light always connected between Althea's mouth and the gods.

His eyes narrowed crookedly.

It's like sucking on a delicious dessert drink.

The goddess of the moonlight at this time.

There was a holy white light all over his body.

The ugly and evil god seems to be the root of all original sin and ugliness in the universe.

Just this scene.

But it made Matthew feel unusually absurd and evil.

Althea's suck lasted more than ten minutes.

until all the rotten flesh of the iniquity of the gods was sprinkled on the ground.

He was satisfied with the action.

The goddess of moonlight turned her head with a smile on her face, and she subconsciously licked her lips, her movements were full of temptation, and she looked charming and cute.

Matthew smiled reluctantly.

The hairs on the back stand on the back.

"Why are you so nervous? You don't have divinity or divine power in you, and I won't suck you. ”

"Or do you want me to suck you?"

Althea seemed to be in a good mood and actually took the initiative to joke with Matthew.

There was some dissatisfaction in Matthew's eyes:

"So you had a way to come early, right?"

"You knew there was a god in it......"

His words were bluntly interrupted by Althea:

"Don't think I'm so bad, necromancer! I have no idea what's behind the gate, and I'm not strong enough to sustain the projection for long, so I'll just keep an eye on you, the people who do things for me, and I won't let them die easily. Even if you don't end up spilling that piece of moonlight, I have another way to get here. ”

As she spoke, she lightly pointed to Matthew's shoulder.

Matthew looked back and saw that at some point, Ella had fallen asleep.

"You can possess Ella?"

Matthew asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, while doing so will put the Soul of Nature into a deep sleep for a long time, I can't die without help."

The Moonlight Goddess finished this sentence in a relaxed tone.

Then he winked at Matthew:

"Next up, bonus time."

A flash of white light sank into Matthew's mouth, quickly merging into the demigod person.

……

"Hint: You have completed the side quest "Kill the Maniac!"

You have been rewarded with the bonus "Ability: Battle Spellcasting"!

You have received the reward "Moonlight Goddess's Reward"!

The Moonlight Goddess's Reward –

1. Your demigod personality is infused with the "Moonlight Realm" with a large number of moonlight elements!

2. The demigod person has obtained the ability bestowed by the Moonlight Goddess: the Demon Seal!

Demon Seal: With this ability, you can try to seal some demons from the outer planes.

Each time you successfully seal a demon, you have a chance to earn a random attribute point.

As the demon is sealed, you'll gain a small but steady stream of XP!"

……

(End of chapter)