Synthesis Wizard.

Chapter 98: Hundred-armed Monster
Brad is very efficient.

The next day, the results of the investigation were presented to Key.

According to the investigation, the most likely attackers of the village were a group of beasts, and a lot of beast skins, broken claws and fangs were found at the scene.

After confirming this, Brad immediately spread out to search around the village, looking for any traces of the herd.

Soon he found a mess of footprints and then blood.

Finally, following these traces, he found a cave deep in the forest.

However, when they were investigating the situation inside the cave, they were attacked by monsters and had to withdraw temporarily.

After leaving some people to seal the cave, Brad immediately rushed back to report the results of the investigation.

"This is the monster that Braid and his friends encountered in the cave."

Key pointed to some portraits on the table.

Su Nan picked up the top portrait and looked at it, his eyebrows raised.

Isn't this a dire rat?

Dire rats are a mutant species of dire beasts. They are extremely ferocious and relatively fast when attacking, and are good at biting and chewing their opponents with their sharp incisors.

But in reality, the strength of the dire rats is about the same as that of ordinary people, and if you are careful, an ordinary adult man can deal with it.

A single dire rat is nothing, the key is that dire rats usually appear in groups, with hundreds of them appearing at a time.

In addition, they carry a variety of pathogens, and there is a certain chance that they can infect people with diseases such as rot fever and plague.

Therefore, even if a knight encounters a group of ferocious rats, he often has to avoid their attack.

The second portrait showed a monster with a toad's head and thick limbs.

"Underground Toad Monster!"

This time Sunan was really surprised.

If it was just a dire rat, he was not sure. After all, dire rats could appear in many places, but underground toad monsters could only be found in the underground world. Could it be that the cave was connected to the underground world?

Sunan couldn't help but be stunned.

Not long ago, he was still thinking about where to find the entrance to the underground world, but before he could take any action, the goal was right in front of him.

Is his luck good or bad?
"Do you know this monster?" Key asked.

Sunan nodded: "This is an underground toad monster, a monster that lives in the underground world. I suspect that the depth of the cave is likely connected to the underground world."

"The underground world?" Key was even more confused.

"A vast but dangerous place, inhabited by many powerful and terrifying monsters."

After hearing this, Key's face suddenly became very solemn.

"Will that threaten the Glitter City?"

Su Nan pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Probably not."

"The creatures in the underground world live in darkness all year round and cannot adapt to the surface environment. At most, they come to the surface occasionally to rob, but they will never attack towns or anything like that."

Key's expression suddenly relaxed a lot, but his brows were still furrowed. "In other words, those monsters may continue to attack other villages?"

"It's possible."

"What should we do? Block the cave?"

"No, leave this matter to me." Su Nan waved his hand.

He had finally found the entrance to the underground world, and he was reluctant to just block it.

At least explore it first.

"Send people to seal off the forest and the cave to prevent the monsters inside from coming out and hurting people. Don't let irrelevant people in. As for the cave, leave it to me."

Seeing that Sunan said so, Keyi agreed.

Half an hour later.

The army of Flash City went out to block the forest in the north and prohibited anyone from entering or leaving.

Sunan also arrived in the forest with the army.

"Sir, this is the cave where the monster appeared."

Deep in the forest, Brad pointed to the dark cave at the bottom of the mountain wall and said.

"Have someone watch outside, and kill any monster that comes out immediately."

After leaving a message, Sunan walked into the cave alone.

There are torches hanging on both sides of the cave, left by soldiers who explored previously.

However, there is only a section of road near the cave entrance, and it is dark ahead.

Sunan picked up a stone and cast the [Light Spell]. The gray stone suddenly emitted a torch-like light, dispelling the surrounding darkness.

As he moved forward, Sunan observed the traces around him.

It can be seen that the caves were not formed naturally, but were artificially excavated.

If nothing unexpected happens, it was most likely done by the residents of the underground world.

The dire rats and underground toad monsters obviously do not have this ability. They should be some kind of humanoid creatures, such as kobolds, gray dwarves, or fungus people.

Going further, Sunan soon discovered a silver mine.

Now the speculation that the cave is connected to the underground world has become more certain.

After all, the most abundant resources in the underground world are undoubtedly various mineral veins.

"Squeak!"

At this moment, a group of ferocious rats rushed out from the darkness ahead and attacked Sunan like a tide.

The number is estimated to be no less than a hundred.

Sunan was not flustered at all. He stretched out his hand with his palm facing the rats.

Burning hands!

Wow!
A raging wave of flames gushed out in an instant, almost covering the entire cave passage.

The swarm of rats that rushed over were hit head-on by the blazing flames and instantly turned into fireballs, rolling on the ground and wailing miserably.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of ferocious rats were wiped out.

Several underground toad monsters that were driving the rats in the back stood there in a daze, as if they had not expected the newcomer to be so brutal.

By the time they reacted, what they saw were six fist-sized missiles.

Puff puff!
The missiles pierced through the heads of the three underground toad monsters one after another, then pierced through their hearts and exited from their backs, leaving only two shocking holes.

After just one encounter, the three-headed underground toad monster fell to the ground and turned into corpses.

Su Nan slowly withdrew his hand.

The underground toad monsters are not particularly powerful creatures. The strength level of adult underground toad monsters is generally between primary knights and intermediate knights, and a few elite ones can reach advanced knights.

In a dark environment, if you are suddenly attacked by multiple underground toad monsters, even a great knight may suffer.

However, for Sunan, who relies on his mind to perceive his surroundings rather than observing with his eyes, the power of the underground toad monster is not enough.

Without even looking at the corpse on the ground, Su Nan continued walking forward.

The deeper you go, the more spacious the cave becomes, and more dull silver is revealed on the rock walls on both sides.

Su Nan was slightly delighted

It seems that the silver reserves here are not low. If all of them are mined, it will also be a considerable income.

Moreover, many silver mines are accompanied by gold mines. If you can find the gold mines, you will make a fortune.

Along the way, underground toad monsters and ferocious rats kept jumping out to attack Sunan, but he easily dealt with them all.

In the end, Sunan became impatient and released more than ten black rock leopards to deal with the monsters.

As a puppet creature, the Black Rock Leopard is born with dark vision. It thrives in dim caves and is good at coordinating pincer attacks, which is perfect for dealing with underground toad monsters and ferocious rats.

After the previous experience of sneaking into the Storm Army camp, Sunan is now accustomed to putting dozens of black rock leopards and stone golems into the Rubik's Cube in case of emergency.

Not long after, Sunan found some bones with blood stains on the floor of the cave.

It is not difficult to identify that these are human bones. Judging from the traces, they are still very fresh. Most of them are those of the missing villagers.

Su Nan sighed, it seemed that the people who were captured were in great danger. After walking another 300 meters, a sound came faintly from the front.

It sounds a bit like a puppy barking.

Su Nan's expression changed, and he cast a language proficiency spell on himself.

The moment the spell took effect, the strange sound in front turned into a clearly recognizable strange language.

"Don't be lazy, you idiots! Dig faster!"

"The food is all gone. If I can't dig up enough ore to exchange for food today, I will use you to fill my master's stomach!"

This is Kobold language.

Su Nan looked down and found many plum blossom-shaped footprints on the ground.

"I see."

Su Nan understood vaguely in his heart.

He had previously thought that omnivorous creatures such as underground toad monsters and dire rats should not be short of food in the underground world, and there was no need for them to risk running to the surface to hunt. Now, when he saw the kobolds, he suddenly realized.

Kobolds are common humanoid creatures in the underworld, and they thrive like rats.

They are natural miners and are often used as slaves by other races.

It seems that there may be other masterminds behind this incident.

Su Nan's mind raced and he had an idea.

At the end of the passage, there is a steeply open basin.

A group of kobolds were waving pickaxes and digging ore with a grunt.

They have dog-like heads, two small light-colored horns, bright eyes, and straight, rat-like tails.

There was a bonfire burning not far away, and next to it were their simple tents. Some mushrooms and unknown meat were scattered on the ground, and the air was filled with the smell of feces. It seemed that these dog-headed people had been eating, drinking, defecating and urinating here for a long time.

There were some mined ores piled up in the corner, with silver scattered with bits of gold.

"It seems that this silver mine is indeed accompanied by gold mines."

Sunan was delighted and gave the order decisively.

More than ten black rock leopards beside him immediately rushed out of the cave and pounced on the dog-headed men.

"There's an intruder!"

"Black panther!"

"Can I eat it?"

Gnolls have very low intelligence and are often driven by instinct.

When they saw the Black Rock Leopards attacking, their first reaction was to rush forward and try to kill these suddenly appearing monsters to see if they could eat them.

It was not until the Black Rock Leopard killed more than a dozen of their companions in one encounter that they became terrified and fled screaming.

"Don't run away!"

"Kill the intruder!"

A larger kobold leader with dark brown scales stood up and whipped the fleeing kobolds, forcing them to fight.

But the next second, he was knocked down by the black rock leopard that rushed over and torn into pieces.

The fighting power of the kobolds is much weaker than that of the underground toad monsters.

Even the kobold leader is only at the level of an apprentice knight.

He is no match for the Black Rock Leopard at all.

Most of the hundreds of gnolls were quickly killed.

Just then, a thunderous roar suddenly sounded.

It sounded like many people were yelling at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, a hideous monster suddenly rushed out from a cave deep in the basin.

The monster looked like a big tree with many branches protruding from its surface, or like a centipede with long limbs. It was extremely large, with an upright height of more than 10 meters, and was covered with densely packed arms and heads.

Each of its arms held a sword or a heavy hammer, and its lower body, or rather torso, was covered in half armor.

Judging from the enchanted runes on the surface of the armor, it is actually a magical item.

"What kind of monster is this?"

In the shadows behind the cave entrance, Su Nan's eyes widened in surprise.

I don't think I've ever seen a monster like this!

"A giant with a hundred arms? No, that's not right. A giant with a hundred arms is at least humanoid. This monster has a lot of arms, but no legs. It's just roots."

Just as Su Nan was wondering, the monster had already moved its dense limbs like tree roots and rushed quickly to a black rock leopard. Countless huge swords and hammers struck down at the same time, smashing the black rock leopard to pieces.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
The strength of the hundred-armed monster was clearly much greater than that of the Black Rock Leopard, and it could kill the latter instantly with one strike.

In just a blink of an eye, more than a dozen black rock leopards were chopped or smashed into pieces, covering the ground with rubble.

Sunan couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"What a terrifying power!"

The real hundred-armed giant has combat power levels roughly equivalent to those of a second-ring legendary knight.

The physical strength of the monster in front of him is no worse than that of the giant with a hundred arms, and the number of arms is even more. The key is that he can also use weapons and wear armor. His combat power is probably even stronger than that of the giant with a hundred arms.

Even if he is not as good as the Three-Ring Legendary Knight, he is probably not much worse.

A monster comparable to the three-ring legendary knight!

Sunan never imagined that there was such a terrifying creature hidden in the cave near the Flashing City.

If this monster were to make it to the surface and start killing people, the consequences would be disastrous.

Sunan suddenly felt that it was a wise decision not to show up rashly but to send the Black Rock Leopard to test the waters first.

Otherwise, he would probably have fled now.

Even if he had five high-level rune gems on him, he could not guarantee that he could defeat this monster with a hundred arms.

Taking a deep breath, Su Nan retreated quietly, backing up the way he came.

Fortunately, after the hundred-armed monster dealt with the black rock leopard, it looked around and found no one, so it grabbed the corpses of a few dog-headed men, and went back to the original cave while chewing them, without noticing that there were other people nearby.

After a while, Sunan walked out of the cave safely.

"Your Mightiness."

Brad, who was guarding outside, came over immediately.

Su Nan said in a deep voice: "Seal off the cave and don't let anyone in. If anything comes out of it, tell me immediately!"

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Brad agreed immediately without asking any more questions.

After returning to the Glittering City, Sunan found Keyi and briefly explained the situation in the cave.

Upon hearing that there was a monster inside that was comparable to the Three-Ring Legendary Knight, Key's face suddenly became very solemn, and he immediately decided to dispatch troops into the cave to kill the monster.

After all, he couldn't sleep well if he left such a powerful monster next to the Flashing City.

But he was stopped by Sunan right after that: "That monster has hundreds of arms. It is most afraid of human wave tactics. Besides, the cave has limited space, and the army can't move freely inside."

"What should we do then?" Key was worried.

"We have to think long and hard about this."

Sunan also wanted to kill the monster with a hundred arms so that he could develop the silver and gold mines inside.

The same is true for finding the entrance to the underground world. If you don’t kill the hundred-armed monster blocking the way first, you won’t be able to go deeper inside.

But acting rashly is not advisable.

The two discussed for a while and finally decided to send more troops to garrison near the forest and never let the monster get close to the Flashing City.

As for the rest, I’ll figure it out slowly.

(End of this chapter)