Deep in the mist-shrouded alley, Lance walked carefully and quickly along the cobbled path.

Although he knew the location of the puppet palace, he didn't go there directly. The reason is also very simple, after all, most of the people who dare to fight the idea of magic dolls are high-level apprentices. Their mana is strong, their wealth is rich, and there will be no shortage of powerful demonized items in their hands. For example, the forbidden spell mage Wesley he had seen before, if he was there, Lance wouldn't have dared to fight the idea of hooknose.

To be able to unleash that terrifying spell and suppress a powerful puppet beast like the Thunder Beast is too powerful for Lance. Although he had also used the powerful piercing ability of the Scorching Ray to kill the High Apprentice Zac before, the situation was a bit special. Zac had just been awakened from the control of the undead puppeteer, and was in a very weak state of mind himself. In addition, his mood was a little close to collapse at that time, and he didn't cast any defensive spells.

Otherwise, with his strong Blood Mage ability, a simple [Blood Curtain Immortal] would be able to eclipse the scorching rays.

The mana level is too low, and in the end it is Lance's sore foot. As a junior apprentice, he only mastered a few level 0 spells, and if he could learn some level 1 spells, he would only consider whether to take the magic doll. Now, he decisively gave up the only sexual task that was very covetous.

"Although I made a small profit from Hooknose, plus the harvest from the previous hut, I have almost gathered about 100 magic stones for this trip to the puppet city. Lance thought to himself as he walked briskly, "But I finally came in at such a big risk, and if I didn't take some more things, I really couldn't say anything." ”

Lance knew that even if he was a junior apprentice, he was considered a relatively poor qualification, and if he couldn't take advantage of the opportunity of the opening of the puppet city to earn a little more wealth, it would inevitably become extremely difficult to advance on the road of magic in the future.

In all fairness, Lance is one of the luckier people, and in the process of entering the puppet city, Elijie's intelligence and his perception skills have provided a great help. Of course, if it weren't for the phosphorus potion provided by Master Regis, they would have fallen into that murderous mansion. The spells and archery skills in his hands are relatively restrained from the monsters of the puppet city, which Lance knows very well. That's why he didn't choose to find a safe place to hide, until he returned to Ferendor two weeks later.

......

"Of the three treasure spots that Regis gave me, one is around here. ”

He crossed a cramped alley, and a huge rat suddenly jumped out of the sewer. Its eyes glowed with a terrifying red, and its claws were as sharp as knives.

"Tier 0 monsters are just ......"

Lance didn't panic in the slightest, he raised his hand and it was an arrow. The sharp arrows pierced the rat's head as always, nailing it deep into the dirt beside it.

This is the benefit of Eagle Eye, after turning on Eagle Eye, the fox can use his vision system to make automatic warnings. Lance doesn't even need to be careful at all times, the main chip can also predict the danger that may appear at any time, he just needs to react quickly.

This is already the third demonized rat to appear in this small alley. This rat has roughly absorbed a little bit of the black rain that is common in Puppet City, and has produced a slight mutation. They became huge and aggressive, but their defense was mediocre, and Lance could easily kill them with just a normal bow and arrow.

A monster with no oil and water. Rans stingily pulled the arrow out of the mouse's forehead, the demonized rat was worthless, and he was not willing to waste precious arrows on such an enemy.

However, the appearance of more and more demonized giant rats is a good sign.

Generally speaking, where the spell factor converges, there will always be mutated creatures. The presence of these rats proves that the location of the treasure that Regis told him could not be wrong, and that it was nearby.

"Fox, how far are we from the target location on the map?" Lance stopped at a fork in an alley and looked around.

The fog thinned out, and he could see farther away.

"It's about a hundred meters ahead. The fox replied, "Hawkeye has detected more than 6 demonized rat-like creatures ahead of it." Based on the trails along the way, I deduced that there was a demonized rat's nest ahead. ”

"Did you accidentally get into the rat nest?" Lance asked with a deep breath, "Can you figure out how many rats are in the rat nest?"

"There is not enough information to extrapolate. If you estimate according to the approximate [Philip Highland Mouse], it is about a dozen. ”

Lance nodded. He picked up his bow and arrows, and hurried into the mist.

There was a low sound in the secluded alley, like the sound of claws rubbing against the ground. Lance concentrated, he put an arrow on the string and slowly moved forward.

"Zizizi!"

At the end of the alley, two sharp-headed giant rats let out a violent alarm sound, and they spotted the stranger entering the territory, and immediately chose the most brutal way. The huge body ran on the ground and pounced on Lance fiercely.

In the corner, a huge nest spreads from the corner of the first floor to the height of the third floor. It was a wooden hut that had been completely overrun by demonized rats. The whole hut made a sizzling sound, and huge figures emerged from inside.

Lance had no intention of hiding his form. He doesn't know stealth spells, so of course it's impossible to sneak into the target location without letting these monsters sneak in. In this case, he can only go on a killing spree and kill all these rats!

Sou!

The arrow was off the string, and a giant rat fell to death.

Call!

The fire flickered, and a scorching ray of two and three seconds of preparation time shot out mercilessly, instantly piercing the neck of the giant rat.

However, the death of his companion did not prevent the giant rats from retreating, but only aroused the blood of these monsters. They scrambled to pounce, but to their dismay, each giant rat was almost the size of a piglet. And this alley is so cramped, several rats are clumsily huddled together, stuck on the stone walls on both sides.

The rats behind them made a chirping sound and tried to roll over their companions in front of them, but as soon as they put their paws on them, they raised their heads and were met with cold bows and arrows!

Lance stood there, not even moving, just simply and quickly repeating the process of taking arrows, setting up arrows, and shooting them!

In an instant, he seemed to be transformed into a killing machine, his blood cold and his mind calm.

The crisp sound of bowstrings and the miserable cries of the giant rats fused together, and he didn't hear it.

Just three minutes later, the cramped alley was littered with giant rat corpses.

"Sixteen demonized rats in all. The fox reported: "You have 39 points of mana left, and your stamina has decreased slightly. ”

Lance let out a slow breath of air, waved his stiff arm, and quickly stepped past the obstructing creatures. Fishy blood flowed all over the ground, and these demonized rats didn't create too many obstacles for Lance until they died. The cabin next to it suddenly became quiet.

Lance thought for a moment, and jumped up and down the hut with great dexterity, and he walked up and down the giant rat's nest. Nothing was found except for a litter of rat cubs with their eyes still closed.

"It turns out that those demonized giant rats outside attacked me when they saw me because of these rat cubs. Lance looked at these little guys who were still pressing their eyes, and a trace of unbearability suddenly flashed in his heart.

But this unbearable only lasted for a moment, and his eyes became cold again. To survive in this world, he has no extra sympathy to sympathize with species other than humans.

These rats certainly have a family side, but if they can kill Lance, they will not hesitate to do so. This is evidenced by the tattered human clothes and half of the bones that Lance had previously found in the rat nest. What's more, the reason why he found only half of the bones was that according to Lance, the rest should have been eaten alive by these demonized giant rats.

Just thinking about that was enough to harden Lance's slightly soft heart again.

He took out the short sword that the viscount had given him, rubbed it a few times, and killed all the rat cubs neatly.

He got up and prepared to leave the cabin, but just as he was taking his first step, something suddenly occurred to him.

"These rat cubs seem to be rubbing something before......"

He crouched down again and threw the carcass of the ratcub away. Gently peeling away the dirt and grass beneath the nest, a small bottle appeared in front of Lance's eyes.

A strong aura of spell factors is coming!

To Lance's surprise, the aura of the spell factor emanating from this small bottle was exactly the same as the one on the Arcane Ring!