Chapter 183: The Guard of the Labyrinth
Within a few minutes, Liqi fell into an unexpected dilemma, and almost at the same time, there was also a change in Curt.
While the spells sent by François to check the walls around the underground passage, Curt took a look at the direction he walked in. They had been following the paths marked by Liqi, but these paths seemed to have undergone strange changes.
At this moment when the magicians used their power to sense whether there was any strangeness around them, no one noticed that the interesting and weak magic was surging along the scratches on the wall. Curt slowly released the magic power and let them follow the traces left by Liqi through the underground passage that might have changed.
It was obviously not just a wall that was changed. The more magic power was extended to the surroundings, the more problems Curt discovered. Especially on the roads he participated in, the scratches of magic power were staggered, and several forks did not exist at that time.
When this underground passage was built has become unimportant, and Curt doesn't even care about what purpose they were built. Such a huge project was excavated underground at the Katris Academy and also given it a mechanical structure that changes the pattern... This investment alone is already prohibitive.
——Believe us, our strength is much greater than you think.
Curt remembered the line of words left on the threat letter - as they said, judging from the power shown by the "Eye of True Vision" now, they are not a simple organization. Even if it is just the tip of the iceberg, it is enough to destroy a small boat.
"ah!"
Just as Curt retracted all the magic power he had protruded, a strange and harsh scream suddenly came from the corridor where the magicians gathered behind him. It was as if he had compressed countless sounds of mouths together, and then released them in one breath at a very high frequency, making the person who heard them want to cover his ears.
"My God! What the hell is this!"
"These things jumped out of the wall. Everyone, hurry up and retreat from the wall! Prepare defense spells and don't let them get close!"
With the extremely harsh roar, there were also the silence of the magicians shouting. The silence in the passage was instantly broken by the chaotic voices. The glory of magic and the roar of spells were intertwined, making the underground passage as noisy as a bustling city.
There was no need for Curt to turn around and look, the culprit who caused this chaos had appeared in front of him. With a scream that seemed to make people's eardrums penetrated, a worm-like twisting body emerged from the wall beside Curt. The black and green body was covered with sharp barbs, and a pair of black blades that looked like military sickles extended out from the top. They quickly cut towards Curt's neck.
What the hell is this?
Before he could make a judgment in subjective consciousness, Curt's body had moved. A small dagger, which was about two fingers wide, was pulled out of his arms. The magic light poured into it drew a silver arc in the darkness, sweeping towards the rapidly rushing shadow like a moon shadow.
It was like cutting the paper that had been soaked in water. The sharp dagger easily cut the black and green body. The Curt stone could not feel any resistance. It was like a rag pocket. After the outer skin was torn, a dark green liquid suddenly ejected out of it.
"Buzz buzz buzz--"
The weird sound came from the mouthpart-like part of the "worm", and the high-frequency noise was like a dying cry. The "worm" that was cut into a big hole in the body by a dagger twitched greatly, and the dark green liquid spurted out from the wound splashed around with the twitching torso.
These odor-emitting liquids may be their blood. When they splash around, they have a thick phlegm-like texture and have a certain degree of corrosion. Most of the things that are stained by these dark green fluids are corroded almost instantly and have traces of stain.
When these corrosive liquids were sprayed out, Curt was unable to escape from the splashing liquid. He caught off guard. He had to quickly take off his jacket and swing it in the direction they sprayed out. The thin jacket he was wearing in summer was unable to withstand the power of the mucus. After a while, several holes were corroded.
However, before the fabric of the clothing was completely corroded, the black and green "worm" also stopped twitching. With one or two low "puff" sounds, more corrosive liquid flowed out of the wound, and finally a small sticky pond accumulated on the ground.
If these things are stained with flesh and blood, no matter how long it has been trained, it will easily turn into a pool of blood. Curt didn't know what kind of monster the "worm" turned out from the wall, but it was undoubtedly an assassin sent by the other party.
It's really a ruthless move...
The meaning of these monsters seems to be to launch a one-time suicide attack. Even if one hit is not hit, the bursting acid liquid will cause great trouble to the target. Curt looked at the "worm", which has shrunk to the size of his arm, and his head has also been buried in the acid liquid accumulated under his body.
"Koter, the passage here seems to be able to be controlled and changed, so I was locked up." Just as Curt was about to turn his attention to the end of the passage behind him, which became increasingly noisy, Liqi's contact also came, "How are you doing there? Has the wall problem been solved?"
Liqi's tone was like she was talking about her own business. Since she did not show any uneasiness about her situation, Curt was not worried about her safety - after all, Liqi could always find a way to get out of the predicament, and this "method" is sometimes full of destructive power.
However, the underground passages that can be changed at will are indeed a trouble. François claimed that he did not leave much information about the underground passages. The college knew about the existence of the underground passages, but after considering the safety, he chose to block them all. Now it seems that the lack of information has put them in an extremely troublesome situation, and the mobile passages make this underground facility more dangerous.
It is obvious that the spells could no longer spend their extra energy to study the stone wall. They were now surrounded by the "worms" that stretched out their heads from the wall. Two spells had become victims of the pair of sickle-like hook claws. Their upper body was cut with a deep bone-observing wound, and they fell tilted under the base of the wall. The blood spurted out from the wound dyed the black ground with dazzling colors.
"You can see it yourself... the other party obviously wants to solve all the people entering the underground passage." Curt replied casually, as if he heard a strange voice from Liqi. "Now, let alone the problem of the wall has not been solved, we are already in trouble."
In order to prevent the "worms" that stick out from the walls in all directions, the spells at the end of the passage had to form a round array back to back, and used defensive spells to erect a circle of translucent barriers around the perimeter. These glass-like defensive facilities blocked all the "worms". No matter how they waved their hook claws to attack it, the seemingly fragile magic barrier remained motionless.
It has to be said that these spells are elites, and they act in a very organized manner. They did not fall into chaos after being attacked. Some of them watched their companions' bodies be torn apart at a distance of within reach, but they still organized defenses in an orderly manner.
After the worms' offensive was blocked by the barrier, the spells standing behind the teammates who were maintaining the defense line launched a neat attack. In the blink of an eye, five or six red magic projectiles shot through the barrier to the body of the worms that were still twisting in front, and they were ignited in an instant.
It seems that these spells had seen the dilemma faced by Curt before, so they chose simpler and more crude spells to solve dangerous enemies. The worms ignited by the spell could not spew out corrosive liquid because they were already engulfed by the flame before they were sprayed out.
Four, three, two, one... Curt silently counted the worms that were still active. They could not maintain further offensives if one hit failed. Even the last little "effect" was not exerted, and it turned into a violently burning torch under the continuous bombardment of the spells' orderly spell arrays.
The blazing flames illuminated the corridor as daytime. As the flames burned, the bodies of the worms also emitted a strange odor. The materials of their bodies seemed to burn easily, and after a moment their blood had dried up and their bodies curled up into a gray-black fragment.
"Although these guys don't know how to look at the atmosphere, their combat capabilities are still remarkable. I don't know if you noticed that the moment the fire bomb passed through the barrier, the defensive barrier was temporarily cancelled - do you know, this is an act that requires long-term training."
Liqi is still using soul connections to peek at Curt's vision, and also evaluates the spells who are neatly facing the enemy's attack in a judgemental tone: "It seems that these spells should have just become Cruise François's subordinates recently, and this action may be a 'simple' test."
After hearing Liqi's judgment, Curt couldn't help but smile bitterly. If this action was just a "simple test" for them, then the spells who had fallen under the wall would have died too dramatically. They should have had a glorious future, but now they have become cold corpses here.
Is this "death to the point" or "meaningless"? Perhaps when he became the "elite among the elites" under François, these spells were ready to pay their lives for this work at any time.
Boom boom boom boom...
But now they probably need to lie on the ground for a while - just as the worms that emerged from the wall were cleaned up, the wall that blocked everyone from the front began to open slowly from the middle. What appeared from it was a group of strange chimeric creatures.
The person who comes is not good. (To be continued, please search Piaotianyi, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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