Stryker the Mind Flayer entered his study, and the tentacles on his mouth began to spasm as he looked at the empty desk and the open compartment on the bookshelf next to him.

Normally, Mind Flayers don't show their emotions, but Stryker can't, as he escaped from the world of destruction due to the influence of Ragnorra's powers, which caused some distortion.

This is true for most of the deformers, and these aberrations are seen as a gift from Ragnora. Shapebreakers are almost exclusively people who have a natural resistance to the power of Ragnora, and they will be ecstatic even if they notice that a fingernail cover is distorted.

The aberrations weaken Stryker's mind control, but give him a stronger physical attack - in fact, most of the distortions increase physical attacks, and a small amount grant the ability to spread spores.

Stryker's tentacles twitched, agitated as if he were about to attack something.

"Abominable adventurers! Actually hit the west with a sound! He said through gritted teeth.

Yes, Stryker didn't know that it was the Salvation Squad who had invaded his fortress, and the information he had revealed was that the Salvation Squad was still heading towards Issonzo, preparing to uproot the Ragnora Order there.

In the dark regions, it is normal for surface information to lag.

Because of this, Stryker has no fear that the adventurer who stole the journal will crack his journal: it is written in the Mind Flayer script, a plane that can theoretically only be read by another Mind Flayer.

Stryker hasn't been "connected" to his own kind since he became a Mind Flayer, knowing that the powerful Mind Flayer Mastermind would strip him of his loyalty to the Mind Flayer and reintegrate him into the Mind Flayer's hive structure.

The worst-case scenario is for the journal to fall into the hands of another Mind Flayer, who then catches the Mastermind's attention.

In Stryker's opinion, even if this happens, it will be after a while, as long as the log is recovered before then.

What really distressed him was the staff of the dark grid.

It was the only souvenir he brought out of the destroyed world, a record of the hundred years he spent in that world.

The wand was taken with outrage that even surpassed the burning of the beacon, which was vital to the Shapeshifter.

No matter what, that staff must be reclaimed!

Stryker gives a general mobilization order to all the slaves. Except for the slaves who put out the fire in the training room, all the slaves, whether they were warriors or craftsmen, poured out!

Unfortunately, Stryker's psychic abilities have been weakened, and if he were to recover to the time he was before he was gifted by Ragnala, he would be able to locate intruders in his lair who had not taken counter-reconnaissance measures.

And now, he can't even accept the information transmitted by the slaves in real time, and has to establish a primitive and ridiculous intelligence feedback mechanism. His psychic abilities can only do it to give orders to the slaves in one direction!

Suddenly, Stryker receives a notification from the central guard room of the fortress that one of the mechanisms has "malfunctioned".

Stryker: "The enemy is there!" Induce them, persecute them! Push them to the throne of the gray dwarves! Face me! ”

**

The Salvation Squad was running wildly when suddenly the door to the passage ahead opened, and several gray dwarves with hammers and wrenches rushed out.

Marika, who was at the front, slid under the enemy's nose and slashed their necks before the first few could react.

The Drow threw a jar of fiery glue into the door with his backhand.

Screams came from inside the door.

Marika moved on.

The king and Elizabeth rode past the door and looked inside curiously, only to see a gray dwarf covered in fire rush out.

Xiaobai slapped the gray dwarf down and kicked him to the side.

Then the group passed through the doorway in turn.

There was a T-junction ahead, and Wang shouted to Marika who had arrived at the junction, "To the right!" ”

Marika: "It doesn't work! ”

The next moment, a mixed force of gray dwarves and kotao fishmen rushed out from the right.

Marika used her throwing knives to take down a few fishmen, but she didn't have the effect of delaying the enemy at all, and had to retreat to the left from the king's field of vision.

Wang patted Elizabeth's belly in his arms: "Fireball technique!" ”

This time Elizabeth didn't crush the dung ball, she threw the basin-sized fireball smoothly.

The explosion caused Xiaobai to brake again.

Elizabeth: "I don't have fireballs!" Throw it up! ”

Wang: "That's fine. I'll take care of the rest! ”

At this time, a shocking scene appeared: the gray dwarf with fire on his body let out a terrible scream while continuing to rush towards the salvation team!

Nini's arrow struck the gap in the gray dwarf's helmet, piercing their brains through their eye sockets.

The fiery gray dwarves then fell, turning into a raging fire.

Elizabeth: "Why are only the grey dwarves on fire?" ”

Wang: "The Kou Tao fishman is very afraid of fire, and he can't get up after he gets on fire. ”

After that, he slapped Xiaobai hard: "Hurry up!" Take advantage of the fact that the road is not blocked by new enemies! ”

Xiaobai ran again, his feet unceremoniously stepping on all kinds of minced meat.

Nini in the back lightly jumped forward in the large number of "fragments" created by the fireball technique.

As Franka floated, she played the rude, playing a light melody that didn't fit the occasion.

The last barbarian carried the dwarf on his shoulder, alerting him as he walked.

Marika, who had just been forced back, reappeared at the intersection: "I feel that there are still many enemies on the right!" Why don't we switch to the left! ”

Wang: "Okay, you can withdraw from the ruins on the left, we have a lot of spells now, let's quit and regroup and come back tomorrow!" ”

Marika immediately turned around.

Xiaobai also arrived at the intersection, and with a flick of the tail completed the turn, running to the left.

When Xiaobai shook his tail, the king hugged Elizabeth's waist. Her upper body was thrown out completely because of inertia, and even gave people the feeling that she was about to break through the shackles of the robe.

Marika, who led the way, had just walked a short distance when a group of Kou Tao fishmen appeared in front of her.

Marika's grumbling voice was heard in the wind: "How many slaves does this Mind Flayer have!" ”

Franca: "There's always a thousand! ”

Elizabeth: "Too many! ”

Marika judged that she couldn't be tough with the Kou Tao Fishman, and turned around and rushed into the fork in the road on the right.

Xiaobai followed her closely.

As soon as the group turned to the fork in the road, the fish-man blocked the intersection behind them, screaming and catching up.

Luckily, the Fishmen don't move fast.

After just a few steps, the gray dwarf also mixed in with the pursuit team, but because the gray dwarf moved at the same speed as the dwarf, the pursuit speed of the fish-man was also slowed down.

Wang frowned: "Something is wrong, why has no one been blocking us in front all the time?" It feels like they're seduceing us! Marika! Don't run next time, let's go in the direction of the enemy! ”

Elizabeth: "Marika is a wanderer!" You let him break through right in the middle of the enemy pack? ”

Wang: "He used to be a member of the royal guard of the Drow Elves, have you forgotten?" ”

The words fell, and Marika in front of her took out two long swords from the dimensional pouch and held them in her hands.

(End of chapter)