Chapter 101 Spider Cave
It is easy to find a hole that can accommodate the size of a spider scorpion, and there is only one main trunk. However, after finding it, Lu Chen didn't need to speak, and he was opposed by Lafitta's force. Even Parn no longer agreed with what he wanted to do this time.
Seeing that a possible good opportunity was about to be missed, Lu Chen could only throw out the remaining eight five-star scrolls and two six-star scrolls from the space ring, assuring the two of them that "there is as soon as the scroll is used up, they will exit the cave." He also analyzed the chances of huge gains for the two of them.
Although Rafitta and Parn are not greedy people, one always puts the interests of the group first in his heart, and the other is determined to establish his own power. Both of them are inseparable from a large amount of wealth. He also heard Lu Chen's full-blown words, and he couldn't help but feel moved.
Finally, after Parn also took out his two scrolls, the three of them immediately took a short rest. They first added some food, then put on enchantment armor that made Parn extremely jealous, then lit a torch and set out towards the inside of the cave.
As I imagined, most of the spider scorpions may have been killed and I didn't see one along the way. However, the journey of the three of them made Lafitta and Parn frown, and a tired expression appeared on their faces. Only Lu Chen had no idea of giving up.
The cave did not go around it. Calculated the length of the journey, it was almost time to reach the area where the five-star monsters appeared. In addition to doubting this distance, Lu Chen's expectation was getting higher and higher.
According to the knowledge classification of the earth, spider scorpions obviously belong to insects, which means that they may have a higher-level queen in group hunting, and the current distance reflects this point; coupled with the characteristics of insects at least a dozen or a thousand egg laying characteristics, no matter how bad the queen's eggs are, it should be worth the third-level. If they can find a way to take them back for manual hatching, the value will be immeasurable. If they can still feed and tame the little spider scorpions, it will be even more unimaginable.
Excited, Lu Chen's pace became faster and faster. Parn and Rafitta wanted to stop him, but they were afraid of disturbing the possible monsters, so they could only follow him quickly and pull him. But at this moment, Lu Chen suddenly stopped and pulled the bow and arrow in his hand. The two of them immediately nervously held their swords to protect him.
An arrow with flame shot out. After hearing the terrifying and strange "squeak", Lu Chen said to the two happily: "Haha, it's almost here. Don't worry so much. This spider scorpion easily killed it with one arrow, which means that their strength is very poor." But after saying that, he was stunned. It was not that a large number of monsters appeared, but that the eyes of the two temporary guards changed when they looked at him.
"Hey, why are you looking at me like this?" After saying this casually, Lu Chen figured out why by himself, and then smiled a little embarrassedly, "Now you know why I want to be an archer. This is my secret. If you dare to tell it, you will never think of following me to take risks again."
"Demon Bowman! You are actually a Demon Bowman! No wonder you are so bold. It turns out that you can sense whether there are monsters with your mental power like a mage. Haha, it's great. Don't worry, I will definitely not say it, but if you have fun in the future, you must take me with you, otherwise~hehe~ I will tell the beauty of the entire academy about you." After the original worries were explained reasonably, Parn relaxed and immediately started a joke.
Sweat beads hung on his forehead. Lu Chen never expected Paen to say this. Thinking about the rules of power supremacy in this world, he could imagine how crazy the girls in the academy would be when they knew his profession. Just like magic swordsman, magic archers are also popular professions on the continent. Because they are even rarer with the title of nemesis of the same level of mage, their status is a little higher than that of magic swordsman.
Compared to Paine's sudden surprise, Rafitta was just a little surprised. She didn't believe that Lu Chen would be a demon archer, but after we had experienced so much together, she wouldn't think about anything or ask anything.
"Lafitta has known it a long time ago. This is too unfair. There is really nothing between you~ what?" Parn glanced back and forth at the two of them in ambiguous manner.
With Lu Chen here, Rafitta could only walk forward silently with the torch. Sometimes she thought about what was going on with Lu Chen. She wanted to protect him because of his help in the group. She liked him a little but didn't know if it was love... Maybe she was just a friend of the opposite sex like a sister.
Seeing Raffita walking forward alone, Lu Chen punched Parn heavily in the arm, looked at him hatefully and followed. Although he didn't know what Raffita was thinking, his relationship with Sharon was public. Even if he had been with Verona for a while, the concept of monogamy could not be completely eliminated. Therefore, whether it was one party's unrequited love or mutual affection, Parn's words made it difficult for Lu Chen to answer.
"Uh~ Did I say something wrong? It's okay if two people don't hate each other when they are together, let alone you all have a good couple no matter how you look at it." As a person in this world, Parn can't understand Lu Chen's psychology at all, nor is he still able to fully understand the psychology of women. He can only walk behind and complain about his own experience, but it is this sentence that makes a smile of romance in the hearts of the two people who pretend not to hear it.
Anyway, it was exposed, so Lu Chen simply used the fire magic with the arrow.
The flame arrows were sent out to illuminate the entire passage. Not long after seeing a little spider scorpion shot to death, the three of them came to a huge crypt with many passages.
The expected spider-scorpion queen was lying in the center of the crypt, with a fat body no less than the Earth Dragon, a pair of huge claws, six big sword-like feet, and flat tails thicker than the human body. Unlike the spider-scorpion she killed before, there was also a huge abdomen under her body that was laying eggs.
The white jade-colored insect eggs around them were being moved by five spider scorpions with the same appearance, but their abdomen were many times smaller, and they should be moved next to the silk cocoons. They should be hunting back as various preys in the larva hatching bed.
Seeing all this clearly, Lu Chen suddenly realized that he had made a fatal mistake. Most of the insect communities have division of labor, and no matter how simple it is, there should be queens, males, guards and workworms. Of course, it is not ruled out that the queen is hermaphrodite, but the problem is not here. Since workworms are of the fourth level, then the guards should be of the fifth level, and the queen as the commander should be of the sixth level!
"Haha, that's great. There are only six in total. Our powerful magic archers, don't you take this opportunity to practice arrows?" Paine happily urged. He was not willing to waste the scroll like Lu Chen.
Seeing Paine re-replaced with the bow, Lu Chen grabbed him and whispered: "Don't disturb them, let's retreat, the opponent is beyond expectations."
"What? Isn't it just six? The largest one is obviously unable to move." Parn asked in confusion.
"Luxien is right. Look carefully at how they are different from what we encountered. These five are at least fifth-level, and the biggest one is probably sixth-level." After hearing Lu Chen say that, Rafitta observed carefully. After all, she is also a mortal and is unwilling to give up easily for the benefits that are within reach. However, the result made her a little helpless and could only explain to Parn and convince herself not to be impulsive.
Remindered, Paine discovered the difference. Although he did not have night vision ability, he still saw the shadows of the five spider scorpions' claws through the faint light reflected by the torches. While being frightened, he was also glad that Lu Chen grabbed him in time. However, the huge profit was right in front of him, and he still asked a little unwillingly: "Lu Xien~ your ~ two six-star scrolls?"
Rafitta gave Parn a blank look, afraid that Lu Chen would not be able to say, and replied to him: "So what about two six-star scrolls? Even if there are two more, it may not be useful. The actual combat is not theories in the classroom. The other party is a monster. The magic fluctuation when releasing the scroll will be easily noticed. Even if the first one hits it, as long as it does not die, it will be difficult for the subsequent scrolls to hit them ready for them, let alone the two are the water-based scrolls with the weakest attack power."
"Uh~ Sorry, I..."
"Don't worry, you and I have the same idea, but... there are only two six-star scrolls, so it's too unsafe. Let's go. The more we stay, the harder it will be to make a decision." Lu Chen interrupted Parn's embarrassment, and then quietly turned around and walked back.
Seeing that both of them left, Paine had no choice but to follow. She originally wanted to ask, "There were six six-star scrolls when she made a bet last time." But when she thought of his relationship with Red Thorn Flower, Paine could also guess a rough idea; and the scroll was not himself, so Lu Chen wasted by himself, but he followed the profits, so Paine didn't want to do it.
But just before the three of them walked ten steps, the cave vibrated slightly, and it was obvious that something was approaching.
Nothing was found in front of her left eye, but considering that these spider scorpions were all burrow digging masters living underground, Lu Chen immediately signaled the two of them to keep their breath and wait for the shock to pass. Because most of the creatures living in the darkness were distinguished by sounds and smells.
Although the vibration lasted for dozens of seconds and then stopped, the three of them could feel the danger was so close to them. Everyone did not take action immediately, fearing that something would pass by after being alarmed.
Looking back, Lu Chen found that another team of spider scorpions came back with food. The passage used was probably the next door, so there was a vibration. Fortunately, they were busy piled up their prey in the storage place, and they had no time to take care of anything else, and the number was not as large as they had encountered before, not even ten.
After not seeing the increase in the number of spider scorpions in the crypt, Lu Chen, who felt that it was almost the same, took the lead to continue leaving. However, when the three of them put down the torch and raised it again, a roar came from behind. A giant wolf, which looked very fierce, broke free from the bondage of the spider silk and ran towards the only flame in the dark crypt.
I don’t know which spider scorpion cut corners and didn’t tie the prey tightly. In short, the three of them had to escape desperately. However, it was easy to get down, and it was difficult to climb up the ground. Especially in a panic, the loose little stones made the three of them fall to the ground from time to time. They didn’t take many steps at all, and were caught up by the giant wolf first. Then the spider scorpion came, and the ones who led the lead were only fifth-level ones.
Perhaps it was another nature of the monster in despair. When Rafitta wanted to swing the sword and chop the giant wolf first, its eyes actually showed a pitiful look of asking for help. When Rafitta hesitated, it suddenly shrank to the size of a furry toy dog. She rubbed hard on her feet to make her move.
At this time, the three of them also understood how this guy escaped.
Lamenting the "catastrophe" in his heart, Lu Chen pulled out the ice gun scroll inserted between his waist and released it at the rushing spider scorpions. He cares if it is a waste. Life is more important than anything else, and it is more appropriate to make a straight line strike on this passage.
But the effect was not satisfactory. The ice gun failed to hit the leading fifth-level spider scorpion head-on. It just cut off its tail and penetrated the fourth-level spider scorpion that followed. But then Lafitta rushed up with his sword, hoping to take this opportunity to kill it.
Parn also reacted, and pulled the sword along the hole wall and attacked the three thin legs beside the spider scorpion, and then pounced on it.
Only Lu Chen stood up and didn't move because he was not sure that he could not shoot his companions in such a small space. As for close combat, with his current skills, it was even more trouble. Either he was killed first or buried everyone alive with one blow. And the little thing who didn't know was a wolf or a dog could only obediently lean against Lu Chen's feet and rub it.
Although the spider scorpion was injured and had no tail, it was very unaccustomed to making mistakes, but Lafitta had only entered the fifth level for a while. Even with Parn's cooperation, the battle was extremely difficult. In addition to the girls' desperate fighting style, they were often hit by counterattacks when hitting it. The only thing that was lucky was that this time she was wearing an enchantment armor made by Aubrig, which was not even a bit of scratch except for the impact force that had to withstand.
The two sides fought hard for more than five points very quickly. The spider scorpion was exhausted due to continuous bleeding from its tail. Parn took a gap and slashed a foot with all his strength. Taking advantage of the opportunity of its body temporarily losing balance, Rafitta was hit and stabbed the sword in his hand into one of its eyes, trying to penetrate its brain.
After a squeaking sound that made people's hair stand on, out of the instinct of the monster, a spider scorpion's claw clamped the sword that pierced the eyes, turned around and ran away.
Lafitta, who had no time to let go, was taken out for a long distance like a flag. When she reacted and let go, she was already on the ground covered with the frozen air of the ice gun. The weight of the armor made her, who had nothing to support, slid back into the crypt.
When Lu Chen saw Rafitta's sword being caught, he rushed over, but it was still much late, but then he slid into the crypt without thinking. He didn't know whether it was out of responsibility or something else, everything was just from the heart.
The two of them fell back in a row, which made Parn pause instinctively. He rarely came out to take risks. He really had no psychological experience in facing this matter. When the monster that pretended to be cute and asked for help came to his feet, he came to his senses.
Chapter completed!