Chapter Seventy-One: Tentacle Monsters
After taking out a few half-fishmen at the entrance, Wayne did not rush into the cave, but waited outside the cave for a few minutes.
After confirming that there were no more half-fish people rushing out to support, his heart was slightly relieved.
This was also because his sword speed was so fast, that the six half-fishmen had already been killed before they could call for backup, or even react much.
Otherwise, he would most likely face a siege of a dozen or even dozens of half-fishmen.
Wayne wiped the blood off the silver sword, went to the lake and washed off the stinking blood of the half-fishmen on his body before slowing down and entering the cave.
Sneaking all the way, his iron boots stomped on the ground, making a slight noise, a little harsh in the university.
Unfortunately, he hadn't learned real stealth skills, and he wasn't a professional assassin, and even if he sensed his own voice, he couldn't come up with a better solution.
The only thing you can do to avoid alerting the half-fishmen in the cave is to slow down and use your keen hearing to detect the enemy's movements in advance.
The cave was very damp, the walls and puddings were covered with various mosses, and there was no light, probably because of the proximity to the lake, and there were even traces of standing water on the ground.
Wayne cautiously advanced a few dozen meters, and before he could find any sign of the other fishermen, he suddenly found that the water on the ground had reached his ankles, and not far away was a downhill slope that had been submerged by the lake.
If you look at the depth of the lake, if you continue to move forward, there is a high probability that you will enter the lake directly.
Seeing this, Wayne did not choose to retreat, but gritted his teeth and held the Human-Faced Banshee Talisman given to him by Druid Elder Keynster in his hand, and a wave of chaos magic was injected into it, activating the talisman.
As a strange magic power was released from the talisman, a transparent magic shield appeared on the surface of his body, about six or seven centimeters away from the surface of his body, squeezing out all the lake water close to his body.
Leaving only the air that can breathe and circulate inside the shield.
Wayne took a breath of air inside the shield, there was no problem, this was the second time he had used the Human-Faced Demon Bird Talisman.
When I used it for the first time before, I only tested its function in the river water, and I didn't study it in depth, but I think that an elder as generous as Keyernst should not murder him, a life-saver.
With some trepidation, Wayne inserted the silver sword back into the scabbard at his waist, took off the chain mail and iron boots on his body, and stored it in a storage bag, leaving only a layer of leather armor.
Then he took out the crossbow he had won from O'Henry, as well as the Meteorite Dagger, and a dozen crossbow arrows from his storage bag.
Underwater combat is not as good as on land, because of the resistance of the current, the flexibility of many movements is greatly reduced, if you wear iron armor, even with the physical strength of a demon hunter, it is estimated that you can only sink to the bottom, and a long weapon like a silver sword will also be seriously weakened, but it is not as easy as a dagger, crossbow and the like.
After making all the preparations, Wayne no longer hesitated, took a deep breath, and dived into the icy water.
The underwater light was still dim, and the depth was about ten meters, but under the effect of the cat's eye drops, the surrounding environment could still be clearly reflected in his eyes.
Aquatic plants, rocks, all kinds of underwater creatures and fish swimming around make up a strange scenery.
Wayne swam into the depths of the cavern as he watched the enemy's movements intently, and unexpectedly, he found no trace of the enemy's activity, but the half-fishmen sleeping under the water.
There are quite a few of them, about a dozen of them.
They were casually resting on the rocks under the water, or on their backs, or with their backs exposed, probably not believing that an enemy could enter the waters to attack them, and from time to time they spat out a bubble or two, looking defenseless.
After thinking about it for a few seconds, Wayne didn't launch a surprise attack, but tried to get around them and move on.
Fighting these monsters underwater is obviously not a good option.
At this time, the benefits of the Human-Faced Demon Bird Talisman are manifested, this amulet can not only provide the ability to breathe underwater, but also enhance the holder's swimming speed.
Wayne was able to move his body underwater with just a small swimming position, and after a little careful maneuvering, he finally swam over the heads of the half-fish men unharmed.
Seven or eight minutes later, through the underwater area of hundreds of meters, as the water level continued to drop, a strange light appeared in front of Wayne.
He cautiously swam out of the water and found that a few dozen meters away was a more spacious cave space.
The cave was treated fairly flat, and there were torches hanging on the walls every few tens of meters, and some of the fish-man guards leaned against the walls, standing by the torches, I don't know if they were awake or asleep.
In the center of the cave, there is an altar dozens of centimeters above the ground, and the corpses of some underwater creatures are randomly piled on the altar, judging from the wounds on their bodies, they should have been drained of blood.
Wayne frowned when he saw this, and instead of acting rashly, he found a hidden position, re-ascended to the ground, and then tried to be as quiet as possible, putting back on the armor of the Wolf School.
After putting it on, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief, dealing with these half-fish people with rudimentary weapons, a chain mail with good defense can basically reach the point of dimensionality reduction strikes, and those bone spears, wooden sticks or rusty iron weapons and other weapons are difficult to break through the defense of metal chain mail.
Drawing his silver sword again, Wayne carefully observed the environment in the cave, and then walked cautiously against the wall, not making much movement.
The purpose of entering here this time is mainly to save Lala's brother, Xiao Di Ling Fitz, and if he can avoid fighting, he doesn't want to cause trouble.
The area of the cave is quite large, and the number of half-fishman guards is relatively scarce, and under the cover of the dark environment, Wayne successfully bypassed the observation range of many guards with his keen observation ability, and quietly touched the back of the cave altar.
Behind the altar was a smaller cavern, guarded by six strong half-fishmen guarding the exit, armed with iron weapons and some improvised metal armor, apparently the elite of the half-fishmen.
In the center of the cavern, eight huge braziers, which hold some kind of grease and fat, are arranged in a circle and are burning.
And in the center of these braziers, a terrifying picture made Wayne can't help but gasp.
I saw a circular pool about four or five meters wide, filled with black-red stinking blood, and in this blood, some ugly-looking, tentacled-like creatures were swimming in it.
In addition, in the center of this pool of blood, there were still six wooden pillars, on which six humanoid creatures were tied with hemp ropes.
These humanoid creatures were naked, tied to a pillar and unable to move, and one by one the octopus monsters the size of basins climbed up their bodies, and then like face-hugging insects, wrapped their heads with tentacles, slowly squirming, and did not know what evil rituals were performing, which looked very terrifying.
Judging from their bare skin and figures, there were dwarves, elves, and humans among the six, and one of them, with purple skin and a colorful conch around his neck, immediately caught Wayne's attention.
Don't think about it, this is probably Lala's brother, Xiao Di Ling Fizz.
But looking at his current state, it seems that he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and he has been touched by those tentacle monsters.
And it is obviously difficult to rescue him in full view of everyone.
Looking at the appearance of those tentacle monsters, Wayne guessed that it should be inseparable from the evil god Dagan.