Chapter 589: Atavism
Walking on a cliff covered with black-gray rocks, Locke and Dardanic make their way to the Steel-Armored Beast tribe.
This tribe is a low-level tribe located in the middle and lower regions of the Dark Tornado Mountains, marked by the Hall of Knights, a tribe that can be exterminated by any team of knights, and somehow, this task fell into the hands of this group of bloodline warlocks.
"According to the intelligence, there are no second-level Digimon in the Steel-Armored Beast Tribe, only a first-level peak Steelmon leader, and you will need to contain Locke and Bruken together when the time comes, is it okay?" asked Dardane.
The knights have always been responsible for frontal resistance, while the magicians are responsible for long-range output, and Locke has no objection to the assignment of Dardane's tasks.
The bloodline warlock named Bruken was also beside him, and said in a muffled voice, "Don't worry!"
Unlike Dardane's shortness, Bruken is a burly man two meters tall, and his left arm is not much better than the claws of a real monster, and Locke has a feeling that light is better than strength, and he should not be as strong as Bruken's left arm.
Speaking of which, the practice of the knights in melting the bloodlines of powerful creatures is very similar to that of the bloodline warlocks, they all borrow the power of others and turn them into their own bodies.
It's just that the specific difference between this is not something that Locke can tell a small first-class knight.
Which of the two is better or worse still needs specific events and specific analysis.
It was a bit reluctant for the seven of them to wipe out an entire tribe of ironclad beasts, because the Dardanes and the bloodline warlocks were outsiders, and the headquarters of the Knights of the Howling Wind Land did not assign them any slave creatures.
And Dardani and the others obviously didn't look like they were carrying slave creatures themselves.
The fight must have been beaten, and the only thing that worried Locke was that if the ironclad beasts were going to run, they might not be able to stop them.
When Locke voiced his doubts, Dardani looked at him, then pointed at Harvigni and said, "She's a rare mutant of our Nidro monitor lizard family, just give her the fish that slipped through the net." ”
Following Dardani's fingers, Locke looked over, if Harvigni was different from the other warlocks present, the most conspicuous thing was that the beast parts of Dardani and others were all on the arms or legs, and one brother even had a beast tail, and Harviny's beast was an extra pair of flesh wings.
"Mutant of the Nedro dragon family......" Locke glanced at Harviny, who was walking in front.
The battle fluctuations of the Dark Tornado Mountain Range often appeared not far from Locke and the others, and in the absence of a clear signal for help, the group did not delay much time on the way.
The tribe of ironclad beasts described in the quest arrived quickly.
Ironcladmon, with only one level of strength in the maturity stage, belongs to the middle and lower Digimon of the Dark Tornado Mountains, and is a vassal of the upper race Mahriomon.
And Mahriomon is the first high-ranking Digimon to be defeated by the Knight's Hall in the Dark Dragon Mountains, and it is difficult to protect themselves even if they have lost their breeding ground, so how can they protect these low-level Digimon of Ironclad.
"The defense of the ironclad beast is very high, and when the time comes, you will be responsible for dragging that leader, and I will be responsible for attacking. The burly Brooken said to Locke.
The wind fighting spirit was already a little weaker in terms of lethality, and Locke, who was willing to test the ability and means of the bloodline warlock, naturally agreed with Bruken's suggestion.
It's a dark and deep mine.
The Ironclad Clan has a strong penchandise, and there are gray clumps of sticky gel everywhere on the ground, which are all the feces pulled off by the Ironclads.
Being able to digest metal to this extent, looking at the gelatinous mass in front of him, Locke felt the need to reassess the Digimon's actual level.
But before Locke could think too much about it, the first ironclad beast appeared in front of them.
The ironclad beast in the growth period has the strength of the ordinary level, and when it saw Locke's group of invaders, the first thing this ironclad beast thought about was not to attack, but to turn around and run.
The intelligence of first-level creatures is generally not bad, this guy should want to run back to report the news.
The pitch-black pit seriously affected Locke's vision, and the strong metallic magnetism around him also interfered with Locke's mental power exploration.
In a trance, the ironclad beast disappeared, and just when Locke thought that this guy had escaped, it was Harvinie who reacted first and chased after him.
I saw its wings flutter, and a powerful air current blew through the cave, chasing in the direction of the ironclad beast's escape.
Dardani and the others were also not slow, and the pitch-black environment did not seem to have much impact on their vision, and they rushed forward one after another.
Although Locke was the most affected by the environment among their group, although he couldn't see the ironclad beast, he could sense the aura of Dardani and Harvinie, so he also chased after him.
The users of the Wind Fighting Qi still had their advantages, and Locke, who was at the back of the group, quickly surpassed Dardane, Bruken and the others, and went straight to Harvigny and the ironclad beast that was on the run.
"Still want to run?!" Locke scolded in a low voice, gradually getting used to the darkness in the mine, a vindictive spear condensed out of his hand, carrying the momentum of a quasi-second-class knight, like a silver light in the night, shooting towards the ironclad beast.
"Whine~" There was a howl of pain, and the ironclad beast drew a long line of blood, and finally stopped.
Locke succeeded in one blow and showed strength, which surprised Dardane and others, and they somewhat agreed with Locke.
"Not bad, Locke. Dardani praised.
"It's stronger than those first-tier peak knights I know. Wadesai in the team said.
"No, no, thanks to Harvinie for injuring the ironclad first, I had a chance to hit it. Locke said modestly.
The fluorite used for lighting was taken out, and sure enough, on the half-dead ironclad beast, Dadani and the others found a wound the size of a finger hole in the horn of the beast.
This wound was not as huge as the penetrating wound caused by Locke's fighting spear, but it was the head that won the blow, which slowed down the speed of the ironclad beast and allowed Locke to successfully hit.
"Then this ironclad beast is considered a trophy for Harvigny and Locke, do you have no opinion?" said Dardani to the crowd around him.
Dardane's prestige in this bloodline warlock team is very high, including Bruken, who put a lot of pressure on Locke, everyone listens to Dardane's command, and naturally has no dissent about Dardani's distribution.
Harvinie didn't seem to have much interest in the value of a growing ironclad beast, she glanced at Locke, and then continued to walk at the front of the group.
The loot was collected by Dardani and distributed at the end of the mission.
Locke finally discovered why these bloodline warlocks could see things clearly in the dark, a layer of retina that glowed with a pale green fluorescence, covering the epidermis of Dardani and the others.
This is definitely not magic, nor is it born to humans, it should be their special organ that inherits the bloodline of the Nedro monitor lizard.
I don't know what effect that retina has besides photosensitivity.
Could it be that after following Ashar's magician for a long time, Locke suddenly wanted to start exploring.
The ironclad beast that was killed by Locke in front was the sentry of this ironclad tribe, and its howl before dying did not alarm the other ironclad beasts in the cave.
Just in case, Dardane decided to use Harvigny and Bruken as the pioneers, and Locke responded by speeding into the heart of the ironclad cavern.
"Boom, boom, boom!" After three huge blue and white elemental energy exploded, Locke and the others broke through the fractured rock wall and broke into a stalactite cave.
The brilliant elemental ore on top of the head illuminates the general scene of the cave, and there are about twelve Digimon, including six in the juvenile stage, five in the growth stage, and one in the mature stage.
In addition to this, behind the leader of the mature ironclad beast, Locke saw rows of Digi Eggs with pitch-black patterns.
The Digimon were surrounding their leader, looking at the intruders, and from their intelligent and spiritual expressions, Locke could see the panic in the Digimon.
"A little less than expected, did you go out to forage for food, or was you recruited by a full-bodied Digimon?" said Dudani, a little strange.
His current appearance is not what he was when he first entered the cave, in order to speed up his progress, and also to be able to exert his full strength at the first time, the six bloodline warlocks, including Dardani, all burned their blood, and the Anitistic Nidro monitor lizard is now half human and half lizard.
The change in appearance was so great that Locke was amazed.
He also found one difference from the atavism of these bloodline warlocks and the transformation of the earth knights, that is, the thoroughness of the transformation is different.
Of course, with the nature of the Nidro monitor lizard's demigod-level creatures, if Dadani and the others were to completely transform successfully, they would not only have meagre strength.
"Crush them!" Dardani, whose physique skyrocketed from 1.5 meters to 2.5 meters after the leaseback, also had the temper of a Nidro monitor lizard.
The fastest rush this time was not Harvinie, who had fleshy wings, but Bruken, whose physique skyrocketed to four meters.
With thick lizard legs and a whirring tail behind his butt, Bruken rushed to the mature ironclad beast.
If before the atavism, Dardani and the others still had different beast parts, then after the atavism, they all looked like half-humans and half-lizards, which really surprised Locke.
This surprise is not only their appearance, but also their strength.
After the knights transform into the bloodline, they have limited bloodline creature abilities, especially elemental attack methods, and only a few natural abilities can be copied, but these bloodline warlocks are different.
Don't forget, their primary class is spellcaster.
One after another, blue ice balls burst out of the mouths of this group of half-humans, half-lizards, and after the atavism, they seemed to have abandoned the amplification of their magic wands and turned to the most primitive attacks like magical beasts.
And the most conspicuous among the bloodline warlocks is the mutant Harviny, who has a pair of fleshy wings, and instead of skyrocketing in size like other companions, she has become slender and streamlined, which makes it easier for her to fly.
Flying in this cavern, the small but deadly ice elemental magic orb runs a trajectory of death, hitting every trembling ironclad beast.