The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 123 Underground World (Part )

"Strange thing?" Richard asked in confusion, "How strange is it?"

"According to what Shadow Bat saw, there are quite a few insects with spider bodies in this settlement. These insects are not weak, and each one is at the level of a first-level creature."

Richard turned to look at Slymu: "What kind of bug is this?"

"I don't know either. I've been away from the settlement for more than half a month. There may be other bugs coming up from deeper underground caves."

Seeing that Slemu didn't know either, Richard could only put it in the slave's pocket to prevent it from being affected by the battle in the city.

"New bugs are new bugs, we are here to get rid of them."

Taking out the masking potion prepared by the headquarters from their pockets, the three of them sprinkled some on themselves. This potion is said to prevent the Black Crystal Zerg from smelling their scent, but according to Richard's observation, the insects in the underground nest are much more sensitive to sound vibrations than to smell, so masking the smell is better than nothing.

As dark wizards, the three of them all have their own ways of stealth.

Richard activated the Cloak of the Hider and cast a silencer on himself, quietly entering the settlement from the shadows. Ellie took out a necklace with the invisibility spell engraved on it, and after activating it, Ellie's figure instantly disappeared in the cave.

As the most experienced of the three, Lawrence's response was even simpler. He waved his staff and instantly turned his entire body into a shadow, flowing along the ground towards the settlement like water.

The three of them used their unique abilities and quickly sneaked into the settlement.

The black crystal worms in the settlement were very busy. They kept moving the previously stored food out of the warehouse. Large bundles of rod-shaped fungi were loaded onto specialized transport worms and then carried to other dungeons. It seemed that the black crystal worm's resistance forces had already contacted this settlement.

When the three wizards who had sneaked in saw this situation, they were not in a hurry to stop it. Instead, they used their own methods to leave their own tracking marks on these transport insects.

Soon after entering the settlement, Richard found the strange bug that Lawrence had mentioned.

These insects have completely different bodies from other black crystal insects. They have matte black carapaces on their upper bodies, four knife-like arms, no wings on their backs, and fine black hairs exposed in the gaps of the carapaces.

Their lower body is a very ferocious spider. The spider seems to have its own thoughts. Its eight eyes are constantly moving, and the sharp fangs in its mouth are constantly dripping purple venom.

These bugs gathered in the center of the settlement and were talking with the village chief.

“Village Chief, you must not stay here.” A half-spider black crystal worm said, “The methods of those monsters on the ground are far beyond your imagination. You will only become slaves if you stay here.”

Opposite him, an old plantworm stood up tremblingly.

He was already fifty years old, which was quite old for a plant insect. If he had not become the village chief, he would have gone to see the Queen Insect God long ago.

"Master Spider Knight, I am too old. I can't help you in any way if I go down there. Besides, I have lived in this crypt for fifty years. I hope I can return to the embrace of the Queen Insect God here."

"Village chief, don't be stubborn." Another spider knight advised, "Your experience is very helpful in managing the planted insects. Right now, the insect nest is in great need of insect talents like you.

And you want to return to the arms of the Queen Insect God, but if you stay here, you will never be able to return to the Queen Insect God.

Those monsters will enslave you with evil means, and then dig out all the information about the hive from you. By then, it won't just be a problem for you alone!"

The Spider Knight's voice was very harsh, and the high-frequency roar made Richard, who was not far away, feel his anger.

"It's not good to be so angry." Richard picked up the golden staff. "Anger is harmful to your health."

boom!
The three black wizards attacked in unison. Richard waved his staff and three black fireballs flew out instantly. With the blessing of the staff, the power of this fireball spell that was fused with the flame of annihilation increased by nearly one-fifth, from four hundred energy levels to nearly five hundred energy levels.

Ellie did the same as Richard. A purple fireball with terrifying temperature instantly hit a spider knight.

Lawrence's spell was a little weird. He appeared from the shadows and waved his staff. Black bugs crawled out from the shadows of the two spider knights and madly gnawed their bodies.

"Enemy attack! Those monsters have invaded the hive!"

A spider knight let out a sharp, high-frequency cry, instantly alerting the insects in the entire settlement. The planting insects and transport insects began to move along the tunnel to the lower dungeons, while the few remaining spider knights began to fight back.

"Monsters! Don't think you can act so arrogant just because you won a match on the ground!"

A spider knight roared at Richard, and the spider in its lower body rushed towards Richard at an astonishing speed.

On the other side, the remaining spider knights also began their attack.

Lawrence's magic fluctuations were the strongest among the three, so three spider knights rushed towards him. Ellie's magic power was so strong that she also attracted two spider knights.

The Spider Knight was extremely fast and rushed in front of Richard in the blink of an eye. He heard from the returning Black Crystal Worm that this group of monsters were divided into "warriors" and "priests" just like them.

The warrior's body is strong but not good at mobilizing elements, while the priest is good at mobilizing elements and has a slightly weaker body. Now that he sees these three monsters are attacking with spells, he feels that the ones he encounters are all "priests". As long as he fights them in hand-to-hand combat, he will surely win.

The Spider Knight's two pairs of blade arms were covered with a layer of black energy, and they slashed at Richard's body crosswise, leaving four black marks in the air.

"Die, monster!"

But the next moment, he realized something was wrong.

clang!
A metal stick with some gold patterns blocked his sword arm. The corrosive power attached to the sword arm corroded the stick, but not even a mark was left.

He wanted to draw his sword and chop again, but he found that the monster's mouthparts in front of him raised a subtle arc. It seemed to be mocking him for overestimating his own abilities.

"Monster, you're looking for death!"

The Spider Knight's vocal organs made a sharp explosion, and he retracted his two pairs of blade arms, just as he was about to chop again, but he saw the enemy's arm muscles suddenly bulge, and a terrible power seemed to be brewing inside.

boom!
The Spider Knight's four arms stopped in the air, then slid down powerlessly. A long metal stick fell from the air, smashing half of his body from the top.

Richard took back the wand. This wand was mixed with refined gold, which was considered a high-quality material for a melee weapon. Not to mention that Richard, an alchemist, had added a few rune arrays to it, which would increase the gravity when the stick was swung, further enhancing the power of the chopping stick.

After dealing with the Spider Knight in front of him, Richard was about to provide support, but he found that after the Spider Knight died, the spider in his lower body was still alive and tried to attack Richard.

The spider spit out a mouthful of purple venom from its mouthparts, which was blocked by Richard's magic barrier and fell to the ground, emitting bursts of white smoke. Richard looked and saw that the stone ground was corroded by the venom to form a deep pit.

"Interesting. The venom is mixed with dark energy."

Richard swung the wand in his hand, bringing with it the sound of a whistling wind.

puff.

Half of the spider's body was smashed to pieces, and it instantly lost its life.

Richard's side solved the problem easily, but the battle situation of the other two wizards was not so good.

Neither Lawrence nor Ellie are wizards who choose the physical route. Once they are approached, some powerful spells will be difficult to cast, and they can only look for opportunities to create distance.

Although this Spider Knight looks inflexible, he is actually as fast as lightning in action. Without skills like space teleportation, it is very difficult for him to create distance.

Lawrence's side is fine. This old wizard is experienced and his shadow spells are very useful in this cave. The three spider knights are being fooled by his shadows. If he is given more time, these three spider knights will definitely be dealt with.

But Ellie felt a little uncomfortable.

As a turret, her spells are quite powerful and basically deal group damage. If used at close range, she would probably die first if the Spider Knight isn't killed.

There were two spider knights on the left and right, and their eight blade arms created ripples on the magic barrier, which looked precarious.

呲!
The spiders on the lower bodies of the two Spider Knights spit out two mouthfuls of venom at the same time. The venom containing dark energy turned into purple poisonous mist in the air, which actually bypassed the protection of the magic barrier and entered Ellie's inner circle.

The magic barrier's defense against physical attacks has a lower speed limit, and objects below this speed can pass through the magic barrier.

This lower limit was originally designed to prevent wizards from suffocating when being besieged, but at this time, this design became Ellie's death warrant.

呲!
Two more mouthfuls of venom, and thick poisonous fog instantly enveloped Ellie, and the two Spider Knights followed Ellie closely, preventing her from escaping from the poisonous fog.

"Damn it!"

Ellie's face turned grim, and the staff in her hand began to gather elements.

If you continue to be timid, you will be poisoned to death!
"Ellie, stop."

A deep voice came from the poisonous fog.

With two buzzing sounds, two black spheres instantly swallowed up the upper bodies of the two spider knights.

Then a figure waved a magic wand, and the black flame instantly burned away the poisonous fog in the air.

"Richard!" Ellie said in surprise.

"Get rid of the spiders. They're not dead yet."

After saying this, Richard turned around and went to support Lawrence.

The staff burning with black flames came with a whistling sound and instantly knocked a spider knight away, and cracks appeared on both pairs of blade arms.

Lawrence also seized the opportunity. A shadow on the ground like flowing water suddenly rose up and drilled into the gap between the Spider Knight's shells. After a moment, dark purple blood flowed out from the gap between the Spider Knight's shells.

Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, the remaining two Spider Knights turned around and tried to escape.

But how could Ellie, who had recovered from her shock, let them go?

A purple fireball flew past Richard, instantly blowing the two Spider Knights to pieces.

"It's settled."

Richard clapped his hands and came to the body of a Spider Knight.

"Now, who among us will go to the floating city to report the appearance of new bugs?"

(End of this chapter)