After extinguishing the bonfire and eliminating traces, Ryan and others continued to move forward. Although flying in the sky would consume a lot of mana, compared to the ground full of deep pits, this effort was very worthwhile, but it was fragmented. The ground destroyed all the terrain that could be used as a reference, so Ryan and the others spent a lot of effort to lock the location of the entrance. However, I don't know if it was a coincidence or something, but this entrance to the underground mist cave, It was actually right where the tentacle demon vine emerged from the ground, but it was previously blocked by the tentacle demon vine's huge body.
Looking at the unfathomable huge pit under his feet, Ryan suddenly had an idea in his heart. Creatures like tentacle vines usually do not take the initiative to find prey. They often disguise themselves as vegetation close to the surface and hide in the ground. In the forest or relatively lush bushes, waiting for others to fall into the trap set, and now it seems that this domain-level monster regards the entrance of the misty cave that Ryan and the others are looking for as a good place to lay a trap. If you accidentally go down the mist cave, you will be walking into the belly of the tentacle demon vine.
If Ryan's conjecture is true, then the team of maids of Matron Herest should have died silently like this. They used the mouth of the tentacled magic vine as the entrance to the second level of the mist cave. They burrowed into the opponent's belly without realizing it, and naturally no bones were left. Of course, it is also possible that they really found the entrance to the second level, and the tentacled magic vine was waiting there last time.
As for the jewelry found from the remains of the Tentacle Demon Vine's body, it must have been given to her maid by Mistress Hester to mark her identity. There must be some way to preserve it in the Tentacle Demon Vine's belly. After a long time, of course, all this is just conjecture, the tentacle magic vine has died, and the team of maids of Matron Hester has been wiped out. Unless the power of demigod level is used to activate the prophetic magic, otherwise It is impossible to know the truth of the matter,
The leading dark elf maid casually picked up a fist-sized stone and threw it towards the entrance of the cave with a diameter of several hundred meters in front of her. The sound of the falling stone causing the air to flow immediately sounded, but it quickly disappeared away. Ryan and the others After standing on the surface and waiting for seven or eight minutes, he finally heard the inaudible echo coming from the underground. Ryan was slightly surprised, because by calculation, the first level of the foggy cave had already gone hundreds of kilometers underground. , this is no longer just a cave, it is a complete underground world.
With strong curiosity, Ryan condensed a fireball and threw it towards the entrance of the cave. Then Ryan locked the fireball with his spiritual power and felt it whistling and falling towards the depths of the cave. This process There was no obstacle at first, but when the fireball went deep into the ground for about tens of kilometers, Ryan suddenly felt an inexplicable force began to affect his mental strength and continued to penetrate deeper. Then Ryan's control over the fireball quickly decreased. In the end, the fireball magic disappeared without a trace from Ryan's mental perception.
"Here, what's going on?" Ryan couldn't help but ask the question he discovered to Mother Hester.
Mother Hester didn't seem to be surprised by Ryan's experience. She said, "This is why the place below is called the Mist Cave, because the underground world is shrouded in a strange mist-like existence all year round." After arriving here, Matron Herister gave an example to explain this phenomenon more conveniently: "Ryan, with your strength, if you use magic eyes and other spells at full power, I believe that even if you cover an area of hundreds of kilometers, It’s not surprising that everything is covered in it, but it’s not possible in the fog cave. Under this indescribable fog image, our perception will be limited to a very short distance, such as hundreds of meters to several kilometers. "
"Hundreds of meters." After hearing what Mother Herest said, Faras couldn't help but interrupt and said: "Don't talk about encountering domain-level monsters like the Tentacle Demonic Vine, even slightly more powerful legendary-level monsters. I'm afraid the volume is nearly a hundred meters. Such a short distance is completely meaningless. What on earth is this mist? It's so powerful."
Mother Hester explained: "Alchemists once went deep into it and conducted a detailed study of the first layer of fog. They found that the magic energy filled by this fog far exceeded the surface. Because the energy density was too high, we... It is very difficult to sense the surroundings through this kind of fog. Of course, everything has disadvantages and advantages. Casting spells in the foggy cave will save mana. You can gather a large amount of magic energy without spending much effort. This should probably be the reason why the Mist Cave is filled with all kinds of powerful monsters."
After gaining a new understanding of the Mist Cave, Ryan and the others began to prepare to delve into this mysterious and unknown underground world. Going from the surface to the ground hundreds of kilometers deep is a very difficult thing for ordinary people, because there is no There may be such a long rope for climbing, and there is not enough physical strength to persist in such a climb, but this kind of problem does not exist for Ryan and the others. A simple flying technique can solve all the troubles.
Although he already knew that the mist cave would suppress his perception of the outside world, Ryan still tried his best to maximize the effect of the magic eye. He followed Matron Herest and slowly moved toward the dark and lightless place below. Falling slowly, because he does not have the talent of dark elves to see things in the dark, Ryan can't see the things around him at all, even the back of Matron Herest who is very close at hand. Fortunately, he still has the detection ability of the magic eye. Spells can be relied upon,
However, the scope of the magic eye spell began to shrink as Ryan went deeper into the cave. Ryan could clearly realize that the scope of his perception of the outside world had been limited to about two kilometers from the beginning. Within a three-kilometer area, there seemed to be a hazy mist in the air that hindered the dispersion of Ryan's mental power. When Ryan strengthened his mental power, his range of perception expanded again, but it took a lot of effort to maintain the magic eye spell. But it suddenly increased several times. As a means of replacing vision in dark dungeons, if Ryan wants to maintain a longer perception distance for such a long time, he must pay a heavier price, often without When encountering a powerful monster, he will consume all his mana first.
Ryan slowed down the release of his spiritual power, allowing the effect of the magic eye spell to naturally remain within an area of about two kilometers. If this was a surface world full of light, I am afraid that Ryan would not be able to see any distance with just his eyesight. With this number, now they can only choose to take turns monitoring the surroundings with several other companions. At least based on the mana of strong men in the field such as Ryan, one person will definitely not affect the combat effectiveness too much if he persists for a long time, although the surroundings The high-intensity magical energy in the environment will make the magician's spellcasting much easier, but this ease is far from being able to offset the hindering effect brought by the high-intensity magical energy. If you don't experience it personally, I'm afraid even if Mother Herest explains repeatedly , it is difficult for Ryan to fully understand the current situation, just as it is difficult for creatures that live in the desert all year round with almost no water sources to understand the vast sea and the buoyancy of sea water.
Ryan and his party would fall much slower than the stones dropped. After all, they had to pay attention to possible accidents around them, so by the time Ryan's feet stepped on the ground again, they had spent almost two hours. , although the sky in the other world is dim, there is still some light at least, but it is completely dark inside this misty cave. Even if you put your finger in front of you, you can't even think of seeing it clearly.
Ryan stood on the ground on the first floor of the mist cave, slowly sensing the surrounding situation. The magical energy floating in the air was unusually active. Apart from that, there seemed to be nothing special about him. He casually released a lighting spell. , sealing this spell in a ball of light and letting it float above his head. This can not only help Ryan observe the surrounding situation through light, but also prevent it from shining directly on Ryan's eyes and blurring his vision.
Everything you can see is fine gravel, as if you are in a desert. Looking further away, the light emitted by the illumination technique slowly disappears into the air, as if it is absorbed by something. Because of this, Ryan could only see an area of a few hundred meters with himself as the center. Except for gravel, there were no obstacles, and there were no traces left by any monsters.
Ryan raised his hand and released a ball of fire, letting it roll up the blazing flames and roar towards the distance. As a result, the fireball slowly disappeared from Ryan's field of vision after flying hundreds of meters, and continued to fly for a short distance. After a while, it got rid of Ryan's mental power. Only the obvious explosion sound that came back a moment later showed that the fireball did not really disappear, but was only invisible because Ryan's vision was blocked.
After identifying the direction, Ryan and Faras walked side by side in a certain direction behind Mistress Herest. The maid adventure team used to explore the path only left a general direction. The specific direction still needs to be on the spot. Searching slowly will definitely take a lot of time, and after continuing to walk, Ryan also extinguished the lighting magic suspended above his head, because all creatures in this underground world have become accustomed to darkness. If there is light here, Ryan will Knowingly makes oneself the target of attack by other monsters,