The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 146 Trap
"Wizard monster, didn't expect that."

A sacrificial insect dressed in white silk walked out from behind the statue, with the antennae on its head twitching, and it looked extremely happy.

"How does it feel to be plotted against by the indigenous bugs you look down upon?" The sacrificial bug walked to the puppet wizard and controlled the starlight web to shrink continuously.

The puppet wizard suddenly looked at his puppet, only to find that his puppet was also sealed by the starlight at this moment.

"Is it strange? How did I find out that this bug has become your puppet?"

The sacrificial insect walked to the golden-armored warrior insect and used its upper limbs to pick off the black crystals of the warrior insect bit by bit. Every time a bit of black crystal was pulled out, the warrior insect would howl miserably, and its tentacles would constantly wave in the air like whips, making gusts of wind sounds.

But when all the black crystals were taken out, a ray of light suddenly emerged from its body and was grabbed and crushed by the sacrificial insect.

The warrior bug suddenly became peaceful.

A low intermittent hum came from his mouth:
"Thank you... High Priest."

Then he lowered his head.

The high priest held the black crystal in his palm, knelt down and prayed:

"Poor child, I will take you back to the arms of the Mother Insect God.

Praise the Queen Goddess!"

The black crystal turned into a stream of light and penetrated into the void. The high priest stood up and walked to the side of the puppet wizard.

At this moment, the starlight net was fighting fiercely with the puppet wizard's magic barrier. The magic barrier was almost deformed by the starlight net and could break at any time.

A ray of starlight shot out from the black crystal between the high priest's eyebrows and was injected into the starlight net. The net's contraction force suddenly increased, and the magic barrier was shattered in an instant.

"Wizard monster, accept your judgment."

……

In the Temple of the Mother Goddess, Richard followed Ulysses and continued to move forward in the crooked corridor.

On the walls on both sides of the aisle, insects painted murals with mineral pigments. The contents were mostly about the great achievements of the Queen Insect God. If a wizard who studies the history of indigenous society saw this kind of thing, he would be so surprised that he would even dig up the walls.

But unfortunately Richard was not interested in this and could only walk past them quickly.

The rescue operation time is calculated in minutes. If they don’t hurry up, they may not be able to catch up with the wizards’ retreat and be surrounded and killed by insects.

Ulysses turned in front and entered a sloping upward path. Insects are born with wings. This kind of sloping path without stairs is very common in the Mother Temple.

"Ulises, how far is it?"

Richard calculated the time in his mind. He and Ulysses had been in the temple for nearly three minutes. If they couldn't find it, they would have to go back.

No matter how slow the rescue operation is, it will not take more than ten minutes.

If this time is exceeded, the support from the insects will overwhelm the wizards, and they will not be able to rescue the people, and they themselves will also have to die.

"Gah, it's right in front, we'll be there soon."

Ulises disappeared down the ramp, and Richard followed him into a wide avenue.

Ulysses had already flown to the end of the avenue, still holding two golden heads in his claws. Next to him were two headless corpses of queen insect guards that still maintained their postures in life.

The two queen guards were killed by Ulysses as soon as they met.

Richard quickly followed and took the bodies of the two queen guards.

At the end of the road was a stone chamber, the door of which had been melted by Ulises' fire.

This seems to be a quiet room. In addition to a silk mat, the most eye-catching thing inside is a golden statue of the mother insect god that is the size of a human head.

"Is this the place you said where a lot of power of faith is hidden?" Richard asked doubtfully.

Ulises was also a little dumbfounded:
"Gah, this is the most recent one, but it's indeed a little different from what I thought."

He glanced at the statue, then went up and covered its eyes with two balls of dirty blood.

As a god, he was clear about the methods of his peers. Gods can observe the world through statues. Even an indigenous god can use this basic method.

"Gah, the power of faith should all be in this statue."

Richard went over to pick up the statue, but there was a loud bang. Richard's hand shook and the statue fell to the ground.

He looked at the statue in some disbelief, then looked at his own hands.

With his current physical condition, even if the statue weighed a thousand pounds, he would not be unable to hold it steady.

Suddenly, Richard seemed to have thought of something. He touched the statue with his hand, and a piece of information instantly appeared in front of him.

[Material: Pure Gold Statue]

[Substances that can be refined: Power of Faith]

[Refining consumption: 300 mental power]

"Sure enough!" Richard said in surprise. Then his magic power surged, and his bloodline was instantly opened. With the blessing of his bloodline, he easily picked up the statue.

"This entire statue is made of pure gold!"

If such a large piece of refined gold were to be sold in the wizarding world, the price would only be described as astronomical!

"Ga, what about your furnace? Can it extract it?" Ulysses asked anxiously via mental message.

"Yes, but it will take some effort. If the statue is melted, will it affect the power of faith inside?" Richard put the statue into his magic pocket. The mental energy consumed to extract the power of faith contained in the statue at one time was too terrifying, so he had to refine it separately.

"Gah, it melts, but it doesn't cut."

Richard nodded: "That's fine."

After saying that, he immediately left the stone chamber and prepared to leave the quiet room and head to the outskirts of the Mother Goddess Temple to prepare for retreat. But just as he was about to leave, he heard a "boom" and a violent wave of magic power passed through the wall, shaking the thick and hard walls of the Mother Goddess Temple to crack a little.

"Ok?"

Richard was shocked. Such violent fluctuations of magic power could not be produced by an ordinary wizard.

He looked through the gap to the other side of the wall and saw a familiar figure struggling in a web of starlight.

All kinds of energy-shaping magic rained down on the Starlight Net, causing it to vibrate continuously.

But anyone with a discerning eye could see that although the Starlight Net was constantly shaking, it showed no sign of being damaged. On the contrary, the energy fluctuations of the wizard who cast the spell were rapidly decreasing as the spell was released.

"Puppet wizard, why is he here? Shouldn't he be rescuing the wizard?"

Richard looked at the wizard struggling in the Starlight Web and felt a little confused.

But then he understood.

This is probably what the Puppet Wizard really wants to do.

Looking to the other side through the gap, he saw four golden platforms in the space where the puppet wizard was. The things on the platforms made Richard's heart skip a beat.

"Is that... the blood of the Insect God? Those are the relics of the Mother Insect God!"

Richard swallowed hard when he saw that there was a treasure left by the Mother Insect God on each of the four platforms.

This puppet wizard is so fucking greedy!

He deserves to be trapped now because of the four treasures left by the Queen Insect God!

Ulises suddenly spoke at this moment:
"Gah, your fellow tribesman has probably been tricked. None of those four items are real. They are all fakes made with the power of faith."

"Huh? All fake?"

Richard was shocked when he heard this, and a bad premonition instantly came to his mind.

"Gah, that thing may fool you but not me." Ulises said with some disdain, "But that thing is very crudely made. I don't know if it's because the craftsmanship of these bugs is too poor, or if they made these things in a hurry."

Ulises' words were like a thunderbolt, instantly blasting Richard's thoughts into a mess.

Considering the current miserable condition of the puppet wizard, if these things were made temporarily by insects, then these wizards might have fallen into the trap of insects.

These bugs took advantage of the puppet wizard's arrogance and plotted against the wizard himself!
Thinking of this, Richard didn't care whether this idea was correct or not, and immediately took out the communication crystal ball from his magic pocket.

"Ellie, Lawrence, this is a trap, retreat quickly!"

……

"Stop struggling, wizard monster."

The high priest stood outside the Starlight Net, continuously injecting star power into it.

The strength of the wizard monster in front of him was beyond his imagination. Even though he was plotting against it, it could still burst out with such powerful force.

Just now he tried to seal it with the Starlight Net, but saw its body suddenly explode, and the violent fluctuation of magic power almost broke the Starlight Net.

If he really broke it, his plan would suffer a great loss.

But this wizard monster was still a little short in the end, and he was unable to break free from the constraints of the Starlight Web.

The puppet wizard's current struggle is nothing more than a desperate struggle of a trapped beast.

Looking at the struggling puppet wizard, the high priest felt pleasure for the first time in a long time.

Since the war began, the Black Crystal Zerg had never gained an advantage on the front battlefield, and the Zerg countries fell one after another. In the rear, the wizard monsters that infiltrated continued to cause destruction, and almost every Zerg country suffered varying degrees of damage.

The Black Mushroom Insect Kingdom where he lived was attacked by these wizard monsters and its large hatching pool was attacked.

This made the high priest unable to sleep or eat. Apart from handling affairs every day, he spent the rest of his time in the quiet room, praying and meditating in front of the statue.

Now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Just a day ago, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with his food while eating.

The blessing given to him by the Queen Insect God strengthened his senses, greatly enhancing his vision, hearing, smell, and even touch. This has always been a secret.

His sense of smell told him that the plate of sacrificial mushrooms in front of him was mixed with something else. Although that thing had almost no taste, it still couldn't escape his sense of smell.

After inspection, it was found that the plate of sacrificial mushrooms he was going to eat was mixed with a highly toxic substance. The poison was so horrific that even if he ate it, it would take him a long time to detoxify it.

During the detoxification period, his strength will be greatly weakened, almost equivalent to a two-star priest.

Following this plate of sacrificial fungi, he followed the clues and soon found the puppet worm hiding among them.

And by calculating the time when the poison would take effect, he keenly deduced that the wizard monster would soon attack the Mother Temple, and made deployment adjustments in the shortest time possible.

He wanted to capture all the attacking wizards in one fell swoop.

"Ugh!"

The high priest suddenly screamed, "It would have been better if you had acted a little later. My plan would have been deployed by then."

There was some error in his calculation of the time when the poison would take effect, and there were some loopholes in his plan before the wizard took action.

If the wizards had reacted, many of them would have probably run away.

"Ok?"

The high priest suddenly turned his head and looked at a crack in the wall of the hall. A faint energy wave suddenly passed through his perception.

That's not the energy used by the black crystal worms!
“Who is there!”

(End of this chapter)