lizard lord

Chapter 140 Beholder (Combined)

When it comes to representative monsters, many people in this world will immediately think of giant dragons, but this does not mean that there are only giant dragons in the world. A variety of monsters have provided countless inspirations and inspirations for legends. Materials, beholders are one of the most representative ones.

Now, in front of Tang Zhao’s eyes is a beholder—a spherical body over two meters suspended in mid-air. In the center of the body is a big eye that leans slightly forward. The eye stalks are distributed unevenly around the body, with a small eye growing at each end, looking at Tang Zhao with vigilance and scrutiny.

His skin is reddish-brown, with scales with metallic luster. It looks like he has good defensive power. In fact, it is true. The body of an adult beholder is as hard as steel. Cannons can't do effective damage.

【Compared to spellcasting ability, hand-to-hand combat is not as important.】

The two sides didn't speak for a while, and they were all looking at each other with scrutiny. Tang Zhao thought that the other party was an opponent who couldn't fight head-on.

The beholder's huge main eye can project an anti-magic stance, making the caster lose the ability to cast spells, and his ten small eyes are not just for decoration, each can project a kind of magic ray, no matter which one is very practical - Charm , slowness, fear, weakness, mind power, hypnosis, petrification, dissociation, death.

If there are only one or two abilities, then Tang Zhao can try to target them, but there are too many abilities, and it is almost impossible to target them one by one. Instead, he will be targeted by the opponent with various magic rays. He still dares to try the third-level magic. The lowest level of spellcasting ability of adult beholders is also the fourth level, and some outstanding individuals can reach the fifth level or even higher. The demon had no intention of attacking yet, so Tang Zhao could only calm down and observe the situation until he had to make a move.

All beholders are quite arrogant, thinking that they are the "great mistress", that is, the perfect life created by the mother of beholders. This kind of blind arrogance will also have some additional effects, such as strong paranoia of persecution , the beholder has been in a state of "there are always people who want to harm me" all his life, or it can also be called a battle of wits and courage with the air, and he is always on guard against various possible threats.

Any move may be full of deep meaning. If the other party dares to directly invite Andrea to his lair, he must think that he has a sure chance of winning. Tang Zhao does not want to risk his own life, betting that the other party is not prepared enough .

After waiting for half a minute, the beholder finally spoke: "I think open and honest dialogue is the premise of everything. In this country where human beings rule, it is already a great respect for me to meet you with my body. , you should feel honored and terrified, instead of hiding and hiding like this."

The voice is loud, the words are clear, and there is even an upper-class accent of the royal capital of Oran nobles. If you cover your eyes, it is not surprising that the creature in front of you can be recognized as a decent nobleman.

Between the words, he completely ignored Andrea. It was obvious that Tang Zhao's deception had been seen through by him long ago. It fell to the ground and quickly returned to its original size.

While Tang Zhao's body grew bigger, an eye stalk on the beholder moved and opened his eyes to Tang Zhao and the two of them. Tang Zhao immediately felt sleepy, but not too deep, and he shook slightly. The head also suppressed the drowsiness, but Andrea in the back was different, she collapsed on the ground and fell asleep.

The same magic ray has different effects on different people. Tang Zhao himself has magic resistance, is large in size, and has exaggerated physical fitness. The magic rays fired by the beholder have limited effects on him. He didn't want to know what the launch would do to him.

In fact, this is exactly what Tang Zhao wanted. Multiple people on the field would be a hindrance, and there would be disadvantages in caring or not, so he simply didn't ask any more questions, raised his head, and fixed his pupils on the beholder in mid-air.

Relying on the huge advantage of his size, he still had the upper hand in terms of momentum. The beholder flew a little higher intentionally or unintentionally, so as to achieve a complete overlooking. Tang Zhao didn't support his limbs, but remained as he was. In this kind of silent confrontation, you can't completely fall into the disadvantaged, and you can't show too much offensiveness. This is just right now.

[Now we should be able to go a step further. Out of respect for the host and powerful creatures, you can ask three questions first, and then we will continue to negotiate. 】

The slightly flattering words represented a retreat. After the beholder heard it, his expression softened obviously. He stretched out his huge tongue and licked the corner of his mouth, ready to continue speaking.

"Don't even try to escape my eyes about what happened in the port area. I dare not say that I know 100% of what you plan secretly. I know at least 90.00% of the five things. You found them from a few unlucky humans. I got clues about the demon scroll, and what kind of deal did I make with the Church of Helm, and I don’t need to ask anything if I want to find clues from my subordinates. Because what I should know has already been known.”

[Very insightful, unique among the beholders I have seen in my life, what do you think of our actions? 】

Tang Zhao tried his best to follow the other party's words, and at the same time asked straight to the point what was in his heart. This beholder is obviously the mastermind behind the Cyclops Gang. Is he doing things with money, or is he one of the initiators of the entire demon scroll incident? It's easy to say, but judging from the current reaction of the beholder, the possibility of the latter is not very high.

"What do I think? As far as I am concerned, I would actually like to see the Church of Haim fail and then see you being torn to pieces by demons, but the reality does not allow me to do so. There are still many troublesome people in this city. It is not in my interest to plunge the city into chaos, commerce and smuggling, everything must be carried out by people, and all goods must be sold to people, without people I cannot continue to make money."

This beholder is the same on the outside, it doesn't care about the life and death of Lu Fude and even human beings, but it cares about its own interests, and the power that has been operating in the human world for many years cannot be cut off like this.

Beholders are blood-eating and brutal in many cases, but they are nothing compared to demons. At least beholders will try to create or abide by rules in many cases. Demons are purely destroying and killing. It's in their genes.

[So, can I understand that you want to help us? 】

"Haha, then you are thinking too much. This is a human war. I will not help human beings as a beholder."

[In other words, I believe that gold coins and silver coins can be exchanged for help. 】

Tang Zhao understood what the other party meant. He could consider helping humans as a mercenary. Of course, there must be a suitable price.

The beholder was satisfied with Tang Zhao's righteous behavior: "I will provide you with some necessary information. In return for my generosity, you must promise to help me block the pursuit from the Church of Heim. Every normal person hates it. Mad Dog, I have already taken advantage of others, a shrewd businessman should have his own bottom line, not to make money from Mad Dog, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble for himself."

Between the words, the beholder disliked the Church of Heim very much. He thought he was well-behaved, but the people of the Church of Heim would still affect his business, but he had to admit that overall, the existence of the Church of Heim For him, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. As a member of the vested interests, he certainly hopes for stability, which is consistent with the idea of ​​the Haim Church.

It is undeniable that this proposal is quite tempting to Tang Zhao, besides, the current situation is stronger than others, and he does not want to risk his life to provoke a beholder in a beholder's lair.

[No problem, as long as you tell me about the demon scroll, I will never do anything unnecessary. As for the Church of Heim, their goal has never been the Cyclops gang or any beholder, their goal is only the demon scroll , as long as this goal is achieved and the clues are obtained, I am sure that they will not do anything wrong. 】

"No problem, I'll talk next, you listen quietly, don't ask extra words, wait until the end is over, understand?"

Tang Zhao didn't speak, but nodded lightly to express his understanding.

The beholder's expression was a little more satisfied: "First of all, the hobgoblin had some small deals with me. You don't need to know if there are too many. The result is that I helped sell the demon scrolls. So far, the sales are not very good. I only sell them. Forty copies."

Forty copies made Tang Zhao twitch the corners of his mouth—this number is probably more than the number of scrolls in the south of Insula. He originally thought that only a few scrolls escaped to the human world. Now it seems that two At least it is evenly matched.

"Of course, there are not as many buyers as 40 people, only ten people. These ten people all had scrolls in their hands before. From the information I have obtained so far, eight of them are from the east of Oran, and It’s not the west near here, although I’m too lazy to study it, but the overwhelming data can explain the problem, I’m afraid there will be more demons infiltrating in the east.”

Now things seem to be much more serious. I thought the forest was a smoke bomb, and the main attack direction might be Luford in the west. Now it seems that the entire west may be a smoke bomb. The real target of the demons and hobgoblins is actually the east, and this means It is even more concealed, otherwise Tang Zhao and Bo Ke would not be able to hear any news now.

"You don't have to worry about human beings. There is no need for that. As long as a few Balor demons don't come in, they can solve the devil's affairs perfectly. At most, some people will die. There is no shortage of people in Oran, and tens of thousands of people will die. It doesn't have much of an impact on the country."

Tang Zhao's world view is of course different from the other party's. He doesn't care what the beholder says and doesn't go into it. He just listens to the information and facts.

Of course, these analyzes are not useless. At least Tang Zhao knows that Lu Fude is not as simple as it seems, and there is no shortage of super powerful people in Oran. His previous impression of Oran was limited to the Guards and Griffon Knights. In fact, that's just Oran's regular power, and the part about extraordinary power needs to be watched and evaluated again.

"I can provide you with the information of these two people. They are both in Luford, and I don't need any special rewards, as long as you do me a small favor."

[If you have anything to say, just say it, I will do my best, provided that it does not violate my principles and beliefs. 】

"Don't worry, things are easy to handle. Do you still remember the person in charge of the chamber of commerce? In fact, he is the president of the Cyclops gang. You have learned a lot from this visit. All the information comes from him. It has nothing to do with demons or other great creatures, get it?
There is no need to consider your weird sense of guilt. This person deserves what he deserves. Go to the port area and ask, who doesn't know Christian's evil deeds, you are doing harm to the people.And you don't have to worry about the hobgoblin's affairs. Those idiots who only have steel and swords in their minds have been negotiating with Christian all the time. They can't imagine that only great beholders can have such a tolerant heart. Ignore their stupidity and do business with them. "

Beholders' arrogance and desire to express are sometimes beneficial. They always want to show their intelligence and intelligence, and will share their plans with others, which allows Tang Zhao to understand their intentions.

There is nothing wrong with this trick. Introducing a scapegoat can not only quell the hobgoblin's suspicion, but also prevent further investigation by the Church of Heim. He has not lost anything himself.

[However, in this case, will he cooperate?This thing is bound to die. 】

"Just don't worry. You need to have a basic understanding of the beholder's ability. As long as I think about it, Christian can go to the gate of the Heim Order to commit suicide. Don't worry."

Tang Zhao thought about whether he should follow suit and join forces with the beholder, and then found that he could only do so, because this beholder must have some kind of support behind him, otherwise it would be impossible to take root in a traditional human city. It's not those commercial city-states. People's fear and resistance to alien species are very obvious. Once discovered, it will be troublesome for beholders. No matter how powerful they are, they are not truly extraordinary. Warriors are still bound to die, and they can be consumed alive by consuming mana.

To be able to live until now, and still be able to do so with ease, he must have something to rely on behind him.

[Judging from the confrontation with the Church of Helm, it should not be the royal family, maybe it is a faction with the supporters behind Earl Luford. 】

Tang Zhao felt that there was a great mystery behind this city, but it was not the time for him to intervene in it. Now that he entered rashly, he could only be used as cannon fodder.

It's like an African lion and a Nile crocodile fighting for food in shallow water. Whoever loses won't be able to turn to an opportunistic wild dog. At most, he enters the arena behind them and eats a little residue.

Before Tang Zhao has the ability to influence the city, it is better to let him remain as it is and not to disturb the water. This beholder is an indispensable part of the balance of underground forces.

With this in mind, Tang Zhao reached a deal with the beholder, the scapegoat was pushed out, and the beholder was still quietly lurking underground in Lu Fude, waiting for the next good opportunity to grab benefits.

(End of this chapter)