The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 93: In the Lair (Part 11) ()

The horned lizard's intelligence is obviously higher than that of the other lizards, and it realizes the danger posed by Serena.

After dodging the attack, he distanced himself, remained in the dark, and never showed up again.

Although the remaining lizards continued to attack, they had completely changed their style.

Relying on the cover of the poisonous fog, they constantly roam and attack, like some killers hiding in the shadows!
At this time, Selena also roughly figured out the species of these lizards. They should be a mutant of a magical beast called the thief lizard in the Green Shadow Forest.

This kind of monster is not actually very powerful individually, and its qualities in all aspects are not outstanding. Apart from its thick skin and sharp teeth, it has no special abilities.

But when they gather together, they are like wolves in the wilderness or hyenas in the grasslands. They can defeat enemies much stronger than themselves and should not be underestimated.

Although Serena seized the opportunity and killed several ordinary intermediate-level 0 lizards at the beginning, the remaining lizards still appeared in an endless stream and were not affected at all.

Considering that there is a high-level level 0 lizard in the dark, Serena has to save her magic power and can only order everyone to hold on.

Teng!
Lynn shot a fireball at a lizard that rushed out of the poisonous fog!
The secondary fireball hit its neck right on target, but other than knocking off a few scales, the damage caused by this inferior 0-ring sorcery was minimal.

Holding the silver wrist sword, Lin En was about to continue attacking, but the lizard quickly retreated and disappeared in the poisonous fog.

“We can’t go on like this…” Lin En’s face was gloomy.

As soon as Serena discovered the lizard attack, she issued a call for help.

Now all six of them were outside defending themselves against the thieving lizards.

Swish!
Another thief lizard rushed out, and Lin En also shot out a secondary fireball.

This time, after being hit, the thief lizard did not choose to retreat, but continued to move forward.

Lin En gripped the silver wrist sword tightly, his eyes brightening slightly.

boom!
But the next moment, a black light shot out from Leah's hand beside him and hit the thief lizard's head, creating an obvious bloody hole on its head!
This is a 0-level intermediate witchcraft archery technique that can shoot metal arrows!
The advantage is that it is quite powerful and consumes little magic power, but the disadvantage is that it requires the consumption of specific arrows and its applicable attack targets are relatively narrow.

After Leia launched the attack, her little face was slightly excited. She glanced at Lin En subconsciously, thinking that at least in terms of witchcraft, she was not inferior to this peer.

"Be careful!" But Lin En shouted in a low voice, pulled Leah, and then swung his sword!

The severely injured lizard was not dead. It continued to move forward and came in front of the two people!

The White Crow sword energy wrapped around the Silver Wrist sword blade, and with Lin En's powerful strength, it pierced directly into the lizard's head along the blood hole shot by Leah.

The thief lizard howled and knew it was going to die, but in the last moment of its life, it still opened its bloody mouth and bit towards Lin En and the other man.

At the critical moment, Lin En didn't care too much. He picked up the petite Leah and retreated suddenly, successfully avoiding the attack of the thief lizard!

Serena, who was about to come to support, saw this scene, breathed a sigh of relief, and dispersed the witchcraft brewing in her hands.

"When you are fighting, you must concentrate fully. Any time you get distracted, you may lose your life!" Serena warned her solemnly, "The school is short of manpower right now. We don't have time for you to grow up slowly. You must adapt as soon as possible."

"I'm sorry, Master Serena, Master Lynn."

In fact, Leah had already cast defensive magic on herself in advance. This lizard was just an ordinary intermediate level 0 lizard, so even if it was bitten, it could withstand it for a few times.

But she didn't refute, she just apologized quietly.

After all, in Leah's heart, Lin En did not master the intermediate level 0 defensive magic like her, and the defensive magic mastered by the rest of them was not the type that could bless others.

So the situation just now was actually very dangerous for Lin En who lacked defense...

In other words, she almost harmed her companion.

Thinking of this, Leah was very scared, her face turned pale, and she couldn't help but apologize to Lin En again.

Lin En didn't care. After all, even if he couldn't avoid it, he still had the Golden Shadow Pendant.

He pulled Leah closer to Serena and was about to speak when he heard Rosa's shout from the front:

"Ms. Serena!"

As a physical wizard, Rosa's long-range attack ability is also unsatisfactory.

However, since she was able to move in the poisonous fog for a short period of time and her own defensive capabilities far exceeded Lin En's, she did not retreat to the back, but instead roamed around and fought alone.

This would also free up Serena's mobility, allowing her to support everyone.

But after a while, Rosa reached her limit and could no longer breathe the poisonous mist. This was the time she told Serena that she wanted to go back and rest for a while.

At this moment, Serena's eyes lit up.

She vaguely saw the figure of the horned lizard in the poisonous fog behind Rosa!
It was obvious that this horned lizard wanted to take advantage of Rosa's return to launch an attack!
Serena understood this was an opportunity and continued to move towards Rosa.

However, until the two men stood together, the horned lizard still did not launch an attack.

Serena suddenly felt something was wrong and turned around quickly.

She couldn't see anything in the poisonous fog.

But Rosa next to him changed her expression and shouted:
"Be careful, Leah, Lynn, the horned lizard is in front of you!"

The horned lizard had arrived in front of Lin En and Leah at some point, and was preparing to attack.

As soon as she finished speaking, the horned monitor lizard opened its bloody mouth and rushed towards Lin En and the others to bite!

It was so fast that it was in front of me in the blink of an eye!

"careful!"

This time, Leia reacted quickly. She first used arrow shooting skills, and then stood in front of Lin En without hesitation!

In a critical moment, Leah didn't really think too much, she just did it.

Selena and the other person in the distance suddenly changed their expressions!

Swish! !

But the next moment, a golden mist shadow appeared beside Leia. He carried Leia and quickly retreated, narrowly avoiding the attack of the horned monitor lizard!

Chi chi chi——

Iron vines grew out of the ground. The horned monitor lizard roared angrily, kicked its legs hard, and retreated quickly without continuing to chase.

Serena and Rosa rushed over, and Leah grabbed the corner of Lynn's clothes, still a little frightened.

Although they didn't ask, Lin En took the initiative to explain:

"This is a life-saving magic tool given to me by the Golden Shadow Wizard. I'm sorry I didn't tell you about it in advance."

"It doesn't matter. Even though we are all members of the school, it is right and proper to be reserved... Besides, I didn't ask you to go into too much detail."

Selena shook her head and continued to be alert to her surroundings in case the horned lizard attacked again.

"Sir Serena, this won't work." Lin En said, "The power module can't be repaired in a short time, but I might be able to try to restore power to Lu Xingzhou's defense module first."

"How long will it take you?" Serena asked.

Theodore next to him repelled another wave of lizard attacks.

"I don't know." Lynn said frankly. Serena thought for a moment and said,
"Okay, we'll buy you as much time as possible."

In order to maintain protection in the poisonous fog, they were consuming magic power every moment, and at the same time they had to deal with the attacks of the thief lizards.

The longer they delay, the worse it will be for their situation.

Lin En nodded, lifted the golden mist shadow spell, and returned to Lu Xingzhou with Leah beside him.

"Ms. Serena, do you think Lin En can succeed?" Joel, with a pale face, stared at Lin En's back as he walked in and murmured.

Although he was injured, his fighting ability was not affected too much and was still stronger than Leah, so he stayed outside to fight the enemy.

If you can't hold on any longer after a while, go in and take turns with Leah.

"I don't know." Serena said after a moment of silence.

Simply anchoring in the poisonous fog depression is dangerous in itself, and now with the bandit lizards surrounding it, it is even more desperate.

If they continue like this, they might only be able to hold out for a few hours at most.

Rosa and Theodore, who were fighting nearby, heard the conversation between the two and their expressions became slightly silent.

A feeling of despair began to spread among the crowd, and the atmosphere became extremely depressing.

Everyone knows that the level of wizardry required to control the Octopus Land Boat and to repair the Octopus Land Boat are two completely different concepts.

The Octopus Land Boat is a creation that can only be created by a first-class apprentice who specializes in this field, and Lin En is just a second-class wizard apprentice.

“I do have confidence in Mr. Lin En.

"After all, there must be a reason why Mr. Lin En was able to become the student of the Golden Shadow Wizard."

Leah drove away an attacking lizard and spoke in a low voice, breaking the dull atmosphere.

Serena turned her head and looked at the young girl, suddenly smiling.

Once upon a time, she was as young as Leah, full of hope and trust in everything...

At this point, they had no choice. Serena took a breath and said in a deep voice:

"Shrink the battle line and pay attention to the consumption of mana.

“We tried to buy Lynn as much time as possible.

"As for the rest, leave it to him!"

In the following time, Serena and others further compressed the defense range and reduced the defense burden.

Fortunately, the horned lizard seemed to have chosen to continue waiting patiently because of the failure of its previous attack.

In fact, for this group of lizard bandits that have mutated due to the poisonous fog.

They had experienced waiting in the poisonous fog like this many times, and each time they waited for the weakness and collapse of their prey.

So the horned lizard is particularly patient.

The battle reached a stalemate.

But as time went on, Joel and the others' magic power was gradually exhausted.

Fortunately, under the command of the horned lizard, the lizards actually slowed down the pace of their attacks.

This is the last counterattack before the prey dies.

If the apprentices had no countermeasures, the group of lizard robbers would indeed be as successful as before.

But more than an hour later, the octopus land boat suddenly made a buzzing sound.

Then, a layer of light silver light flashed across the surface of Lu Xingzhou.

"Great, Lu Xingzhou's defense shield has been activated!" Joel exclaimed, and the others were obviously relieved.

"Mr. Lin En, you are really amazing..."

Leah breathed out tiredly.

But this time, she did not relax, but continued to observe her surroundings vigilantly.

The group of thief lizards seemed to have noticed something was wrong and became visibly anxious, with green mist constantly surging around them.

"Don't just stand there, hurry back to Lu Xingzhou!"

Serena gave the order. She stood alone at the front, her eyes as sharp as an eagle!
"Yes!" The other apprentices responded and began to retreat quickly. The next moment, the thief lizards launched a fierce attack.

A large number of common lizards attacked Leah and others!

Serena did not move, even until Rosa was about to return to Lu Xingzhou, she did not move, just waited patiently.

Next to the hatch, Rosa tried hard to observe the poisonous fog around her. After a moment, she looked at Serena and shook her head.

"Isn't it attracted?" Serena sighed.

She originally thought that the horned lizard would take advantage of the current opportunity to attack the remaining apprentices, so she communicated with Rosa in advance, asking her, who was good at reconnaissance, to pay attention to the surroundings and tell her the approximate location of the horned lizard.

But no one expected the horned lizard to be so cautious and never show its head.

After waiting for a while and still not finding the horned lizard, Selena returned to the octopus land boat.

After failing to attack the protective shield of the Octopus Land Boat, those ordinary lizard-thieves decisively chose to evacuate.

Rosa and others worked together to kill a few of them, but most of them still escaped back into the poisonous fog.

'Fortunately, the defense shield has been opened now. Unless the horned lizard takes action, ordinary level 0 intermediate lizards will not be able to break the defense.

"And if the horned lizard dares to take action..."

Selena snorted coldly, took one last look at the poisonous fog behind her, and returned to the Octopus Land Boat.

……

……

"Mr. Lin En's witchcraft skills are truly superb."

"I'm afraid there won't be another second-class wizard apprentice in the entire Hosens Wizard Territory who can possess this level of wizard formation!"

"That's right. I don't think that Silver Ring Academy can necessarily find a few second-class wizard apprentices who can have this level of wizard formation!"

At the bottom of the cargo hold, everyone praised Lin En generously.

Lin En smiled and shook his head: "I just happen to be good at this type of vehicle."

This is not a lie. He has already achieved great success in the production of the Lanbir shuttle, but his knowledge of basic wizard arrays is only at a proficient level.

Serena was still on guard on the upper level of Lu Xingzhou at this moment. She talked with everyone for a while through the badge.

Taking energy consumption into consideration, it was decided to let Lin En continue to repair the power module and try to leave the poisonous fog area as soon as possible.

The rest of the people, except Joel, took turns to be on guard.

Joel was unlucky. Not only did his leg break, but it was also chewed into pieces by the lizard and could not be recovered.

Otherwise, maybe he could go back to the school and spend some contribution points to ask a formal wizard to help him continue.

But now, he could only consider regrowing his severed limbs, which would not only require a lot more contribution points, but would also most likely consume part of his lifespan.

Lin En had no objection, he thought the same way.

If you keep the protective shield open in the poisonous fog, you can only last for 12 hours at most even if you are not attacked.

If you leave the poisonous fog, this time will increase by at least 5%. Without the poisonous fog, you can save more time by waiting until the attack comes before opening the shield.

In this way, the duration of the shield can at least double or triple, which is enough for them to wait for support to arrive.

And what happened next was just as Lin En and others had imagined.

About four hours later, the power module was also repaired by Lynn.

Amid the cheers of the crowd, the Octopus Land Boat started moving forward again.

The group of lizard robbers continued to pursue them. In order to keep them, the one-horned lizard appeared several times, but was repelled by Selena every time. It even almost lost its life once.

However, even so, the horned lizard refused to give up the chase.

They refused to give up until Lin En and others left the poisonous fog depression.

However, sometimes, persistence may not necessarily bring good results.

Half an hour after leaving the poisonous fog depression, reinforcements for Lin En and others arrived.

It was not the Octopus Lu Xingzhou, but a first-level female wizard!

The horned lizard finally realized that something was wrong, but it was too late.

In just a moment, it completely lost its life under the attack of the first-level wizard, and the remaining thief lizards were not spared either, and were caught in one fell swoop by the first-level wizard who flew over at a high speed!
"Thank you, Teacher Grace, for your help."

Selena led them out of the Octopus Land Boat and thanked the first-level wizard who was observing the horned lizard with great interest.

Grace nodded and suddenly asked:

"Where did you first encounter this group of lizards? Was that the location where the rescue formation was first sent?"

"Yes, it's in the poison fog depression." Selena replied.

Grace nodded, and suddenly looked at Leah and asked:
"Liya, can you tell that this is a magical beast with rare dragon blood?"

"I can see that, Teacher Grace." Leah answered a little awkwardly.

Grace is quite old and has no potential for advancement. What she enjoys most is teaching young people.

It can be said that at least 70% to 80% of the wizard apprentices of the Horsens School have taken her courses.

The apprentices in front of her, except Lin En, had all taken her classes.

In fact, if the school had not been short of people recently, she would not have come to the outpost.

"Tell me the basis for your judgment." Grace continued to ask.

"Dragon-like horns... and vertical pupils..." Leah was a little stuck.

Grace did not embarrass her. After all, she was just testing her out of habit. She smiled and added:
“The dragon horns and vertical pupils can only be used as references. The most obvious feature of this thief lizard that reflects the dragon bloodline in its body is actually its ability to suppress other lizards of its kind.

“An ordinary group of lizard robbers would have already fled after suffering such heavy casualties.

"And if you can feel it carefully, you should be able to detect a faint sense of oppression from this thief lizard, which is the most obvious manifestation of the dragon bloodline."

"I understand, Teacher Grace." Leah nodded quickly.

Grace thought for a moment, looked at the apprentices, and asked again:
"Do you know why I bring this up?"

With a kind smile on her face, she glanced at the apprentices one by one.

Leah shook her head, a little confused, while Joel and Theodore beside her frowned and pretended to be in deep thought.

Grace's gaze paused for a moment on the unfamiliar Lynn, who shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't know.

"What about Serena, do you know?" Grace asked again.

Serena thought carefully for a moment, then said suddenly:

"Lair, magical beasts with dragon blood usually inherit the dragon's hoarding habit.

"Besides, Teacher Grace, you just asked us where we first encountered the robber lizards... I think we were going to find their nests!"

"That's right." Grace nodded with satisfaction and continued to teach earnestly,
“So, in addition to the dragon’s might, if we find that a monster’s lair is stockpiling a large amount of treasures, we can also infer that the owner of the lair may have dragon blood.

"Do you remember it?"

"Remember, Teacher Grace." The apprentices answered in unison.

Lin En was no exception. After all, Grace taught him knowledge, so it was not an exaggeration to call her a teacher.

"Well... by the way, I see that your land boat can still move. As long as we can get to the next outpost, these bandit lizards won't be a problem to worry about. Why are you sending out a call for help?" Grace suddenly asked.

Serena briefly explained what happened to her. She nodded, looked at Lin with a little surprise, and then said with a smile:

"Since your land-traveling boat can still move, then come with me. I will lead you to clear out the nest of these thief lizards. This is the reward you deserve."

"Really? Thank you Teacher Grace!" Leah was the first to cheer.

The other apprentices could not hide their joy and excitement.

The lair of a level 0 advanced magical beast with dragon blood must contain many treasures!

……

Half an hour later, under the leadership of Grace, everyone found the nest of the group of lizard robbers.

It was an underground cave located in a poisonous fog depression with many exits leading to the outside world.

The main nest is an oval hall, and above the hall there is a slightly smaller cave, which is the horned lizard's separate nest.

After easily exterminating the remaining horned lizards, everyone came to the nest of the horned lizard.

As soon as they walked in, they were dazzled by the gold, gems and crystals piled on the ground.

Although these things are not expensive, it is still very impactful to see a pile of them in front of you.

Going further inside, there are some more precious materials, including monster bones, special minerals, and some magical plants.

The most conspicuous one was a thick spine, which was covered with bite marks and was almost rotten.

Grace recognized at a glance that it was the spine of some kind of dragon-like monster.

Dragon-type magical beasts and magical beasts with dragon blood are two different concepts. The blood concentration of the former is far greater than that of the latter.

"It seems that this should be the source of the dragon blood in the horned lizard... Unfortunately, it has been rotten and is of no use."

Grace retracted her gaze, turned her head and thought for a moment, then smiled and said:
"You six people... well, the materials here are worth about 2,000 magic stones. I will only take 40% of it. You can divide the rest among yourselves."

In fact, she was the one who killed most of the lizard-robber groups, and she was also the one who discovered this nest.

Now he is willing to give 60% of the profits to the apprentice in front of him, which can be said to be extremely generous.

The apprentices also understood this and expressed their gratitude repeatedly.

But at this moment, Grace suddenly let out a light exclamation and quickly walked to the spine.

Next to the spine, there is a relatively fresh body of a monster.

She suddenly reached out and grabbed it.

Above the wreckage of the monster, a ball of black hair suddenly appeared in the empty air.

"I didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain." Grace smiled.
"A cat-like magical beast with dragon blood... It seems that the profits you can share have increased by 500 magic stones."

She glanced at the corpse of a cat-like monster on the ground, and carefully observed the bite marks on the spine, and roughly deduced the reason.

This spine was originally discovered by this unknown cat-like monster, but was later taken away by a thief lizard, and the cat-like monster died as a result.

However, its cubs survived due to their special talent for hiding.

"Do you want me to share the magic stones with you after I sell this monster, or do you want me to do something else with it?" Grace asked.

Lin En looked at the flickering magic beast in Grace's hand, and suddenly his heart moved, and he asked curiously:

"Sir Grace, is there anything special about this monster? Why has it been able to survive in this nest for so long?"

This monster has been able to survive in this dangerous nest for so long, and it has the blood of a dragon. It is obviously extraordinary!

If she had the right talent, she might be just right to be his first follower!
(End of this chapter)