Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Black Cauldron of the Academy
Through the Eagle Eye Technique, things in the distance suddenly became much clearer, and Leo could confirm what it was.
It wasn't a worm, to be exact, but a caterpillar-like creature.
It has a bright red appearance, with white rings on it, three pairs of thoracic feet, three pairs of gastropods and five pairs of tail feet, and it walks quite strangely. It is also covered with bristles, and it has a green glow on it, and it is highly poisonous at first glance. And although the other spider demons and mothmen gathered around it, no one dared to get too close, which is the best proof of this. Apparently, they are also afraid of this creature.
"Mothman...... Could it be that they are larvae?" Leo couldn't help but make this guess, but soon felt unreliable, how could the larva be so much larger than the main body.
On the other hand, Charlene didn't know Leo's thoughts, otherwise he would definitely want to slap him, when would he not hurry up to find a way, and still have the time to study these.
After waiting for a while, seeing that Leo still didn't move, Charlene had to ask, "What should I do?"
"Let's try it first. Leo replied.
From the current situation, it is completely impossible to see whether the caterpillar has any other abilities than being huge. And so many spider demons and mothmen were able to pass through the boundary river defense line, things must be unusual, unless the academy deliberately let them over in order to test the contestants, but Leo felt that this possibility was not too great.
Charlene also thought it would be better to try it first, so she put her hand on the joystick of the magic cannon.
"Boom!"
The dazzling ball of electricity was instantly launched, flying towards the entrance of the canyon at an extremely fast speed.
When the spider demons and mothmen saw the electric ball, they didn't panic and continued to keep the team going.
Seeing this scene, Leo suddenly felt that they must have a way to deal with the electric ball.
Sure enough, two seconds later, the ball flew to the target. The huge caterpillar suddenly opened its huge mouth, and the electric ball flew directly into it, as if affected by some kind of force.
"This ...... This ......" Charlene was taken aback, completely unexpected.
Leo was also stunned, he knew the power of the electric ball very well, ordinary spider demons and mothmen could not resist it at all, but the caterpillar could not only control the flight path of the electric ball, but also be able to digest it thoroughly! At least for now, the electric ball did not cause any damage to it.
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A few minutes ago, in a room in the fortress of Khost. Catherine, the supreme commander of the Mage Regiment, who was beautiful and had a mature temperament, sat high in the center of the round table, listening to the report of the adjutant of the Mage Regiment below.
"Due to the serious injury of the Queen of Blades, those resistance nests in the north have dispatched demon butterfly larvae, and you know, that thing is still difficult to listen to, and the students can't handle it at all, and I'm afraid there will be holes in the defense line. ”
Catherine sighed noncommittally and asked, "What does the academy say?"
The adjutant replied: "There is no clear answer yet. Just give a notice that leaves you solely responsible. ”
Hearing her subordinates say this, Catherine couldn't help frowning: "What? I want to be fully responsible, those guys want me to carry the black cauldron?"
The adjutant smiled bitterly: "You're right, I think so too." The academy will do a good job of selection. As a result, it has to get us, and now there is an accident, and we don't care about it, I think if this matter is not handled well. I'm afraid it will inevitably give them a handle. ”
Catherine slammed the table and said loudly, "Fran, this old thing, she hid in the academy and wanted me to take on this responsibility." I'm going to kill that disgusting bug now, and there's no room for failure!"
"Don't ...... Don't ......" The adjutant was startled and waved his hand repeatedly, "Don't be impulsive! It's easy for you to kill bugs, but in this way, it means that we are intervening, and the outcome of the game will definitely be affected." The importance of this selection is self-evident, and I think we should be a little more cautious. ”
Catherine snorted coldly and said, "Then what do you say to do?"
The adjutant had obviously been prepared for a long time, and hurriedly said: "Why don't we prepare first, and see how far the students can go, if they can't do it, they will go over with the teaching office." Even if something happens, it can't all be blamed on us. ”
Catherine's eyes lit up: "You mean, pull Siriman up?"
The adjutant nodded, "That's right, but I don't think you would be willing to do it with the cunning level of Your Excellency the Teaching Director, so you have to come forward in person." ”
Five minutes later, under Catherine's coercion and temptation, and at the risk of the student's life, Boss Silliman, who had been stationed in the Spider Demon Plane to coordinate the tryouts, reluctantly left the fortress with her.
On the way, Silriman complained: "Catherine, didn't you arrange this thing a long time ago, how could you still make a demon butterfly larva?"
Catherine kept flying at a high speed as she replied, "Dean, you're not right. Those guys in the north have never surrendered to us, and all I can do is try to cooperate with you as much as possible, and the appearance of demon butterfly larvae is something that no one can predict in advance, so I can only say that I am unlucky. ”
Silriman touched his goatee, shook his head, and said, "It's difficult, it's hard to do." It's easy for us to meddle, but the selection process has to be reported to the Magi's Council and Lordaeron, and if the fairness is questioned, not to mention that other students don't agree, they will definitely be caught by other colleges, and even disqualified from the competition. ”
Catherine asked rhetorically, "But what else can we do? Shall we let the students have an accident?"
"That's not possible. Silriman pondered for a moment, then asked, "Who's that location?"
Catherine replied, "It's Charlene Ecke and Leo Minethiel." ”
"Why is he ...... again," Siliman laughed dumbly.
"What?" Charlene clearly didn't understand the change in the other party's attitude.
"Nothing, I'm just talking. The Dean shook his head, but in his heart he had labeled Leo a troublemaker.
The speed of the two was very fast, but it took a few minutes to arrive at the location where the demon butterfly larvae appeared in the report, but the next scene in front of them surprised both of them.
Six balls of electricity were flying out of the magic tower in a row, like a nail rake, flying towards countless spider demons and mothmen.
Sensing the threat, the butterfly larvae opened its mouth again, but only managed to absorb two orbs, while the other four balls escaped the team of spider demons and mothmen without hindrance. (To be continued.) )