"Wrong path? You are leading the wrong path!" Winnie danced like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. However, judging by her expression, she was obviously more happy than angry.
"What kind of trouble?" Rick wisely stretched out his hand to hold down the female mage. At this time, he couldn't be disturbed by the small thoughts of his female companion.
"Just now, I was distracted for a moment and took you to a side road." Mustasia admitted her mistake generously, and said with a frown, "As for the trouble, look at the huge banyan tree in front of you..."
Qin Lun and the others took a closer look and found that the place Mastasha pointed to was about a hundred meters away from them. Because of the thick fog, they could only see a blurry black shadow, which indeed looked like a tree trunk. Some bloated swamp ficus.
"Aren't all the banyan trees in the swamp like this, just a little fatter?" The thief shrugged and asked curiously.
"Swamp banyan trees with aerial roots don't grow into spindle-shaped trunks." Mastacia sighed, and said cautiously, "I guess there is a dragonfly nest on that tree..."
"Dragonfly?" A group of people looked back at Mustaxia in surprise. They had heard of this famous swamp creature, but they had never seen it with their own eyes, and they were not very clear about their living habits and hazards. .
"Dragonfly is a kind of insect monster that lives in groups!" The highland elf shook her head and smiled wryly. Looking at the expressions of these curious babies, she knew that they didn't know much about dragonfly, otherwise they wouldn't be in such a relaxed state now.
"The biological level of the dragonfly is from the second to the third level, and a few elite guarding female insects may reach the fourth level. They don't have hard carapaces like many insect monsters, but they are sensitive and aggressive." Ma said. Stasha lowered his voice, and the team has not really faced the enemy's situation, so he hastened to make up lessons for everyone.
"Most of them are only low-level monsters. Even if they are social creatures, they won't have much impact on our team, right?" Rick raised his eyebrows and said confidently. In the whole team, he is the least afraid of bugs. Let alone low-level bugs with the heavy armor on his body, even the first seven or eight level diggers will have to eat it for a long time.
"For things you don't understand, you'd better stay in awe." Mustasia clearly showed a trace of anger on her face. As a harp master, she hated this kind of overconfident attitude the most. The Harper companion died on his neglect of his enemies.
"Sorry!" Rick was stunned for a moment, and quickly leaned over to apologize.
"The aggressiveness I'm talking about doesn't refer to the dragon fly's physical attack, but its innate magic." Mastacia glanced ahead and said worriedly, "The dragon fly attacks with the poisonous needle on its tail, killing it." The sex is not strong, but it has special effects of paralysis. Low-level fighters will be stunned after being stung, and mid-level and high-level fighters will not be able to withstand many hits.
But the most terrifying thing is still its innate magic. Dragonfly has two kinds of domain magic, one is dispelling, and the other is weakening. The dispelling domain will affect the effect of our buff magic and attack spells. The field of weakness will accumulate negative effects on our side and continue to weaken our physical abilities. If the fighting time is too long, the high-level strong will be weakened into low-level ones, and ordinary people will even pant when they walk. "
"So powerful?" Everyone was slightly surprised, but they still didn't take it seriously. Since the enemy's attack ability is strong, at most, they can't attack enough. No matter how sensitive the low-level bugs are, as long as the team stays vigilant, most people have the confidence to avoid the attack.
"Master Mustasia, did you just say that these two magics are domain abilities?" Hill suddenly frowned and asked. Another spellcaster in the team, the female mage Winnie, also rarely contradicted the highland elves this time. He frowned and said nothing.
"Ability in domain? Does it mean legendary domain?" Qin Lun touched his nose, and the others quickly realized, "How is it possible? It's just a low-level bug. Even if it has a certain range of magic, it can't match the legendary domain. Bar."
Mustaxia smiled wryly and shook her head, "That's why I said that you should be in awe of things you don't understand. Most dragonflies are indeed low-level creatures, but they can become one of the overlords of the territory in the harsh swamp environment. Why? Might be easy to deal with.
A single dragon fly has no domain ability, but when there are too many of them, they will have a chain effect with each other, and the natural ability will become a real large-scale domain magic. It's not a legendary realm, but there is no limit to the level of horror, which is completely determined by their number. "
"This..." Everyone was a little speechless, and Xi Fu showed timidity on his face. He can't be blamed for this, if other people provoke Dragon Fly, they still have a chance to escape. If he was unable to take him with him in the end, then he would have to wait to die.
"Can you turn back?" Rand calmly gave his two companions a wink. Qin Lun frowned, then nodded slightly.
Although their stay was tight, and it had taken nearly a week until now, they were already in the center of the Land of the Dead after all. As long as you can avoid fatal danger, it's okay to spend half a day detour.
"Of course you can take a detour. As long as I have traveled the distance once, I will basically never forget it." Mustaxia said with a smile, "However, I do not recommend that the team take a detour now. Although it was my mistake to take the wrong route this time , but I also had similar troubles along the way to the destination last time, and one of them was a blood poppy, which was more dangerous than a dragonfly nest.
I just estimated the territory of the dragonfly nest. Even if the nest is only medium-sized, after bypassing it, I can generally avoid the two dangers of the original route, including the territory of the blood poppies. However, how to go in the end is up to you to decide. "
For a while, everyone didn't speak, and they fell into a dilemma with contradictions in their hearts.
"Since we can't get around, let's keep going!" A weak voice came from the crowd, and everyone looked in surprise, but found that it was Xifu Hulan who gritted his teeth with a bitter face.
"Hehe, since the employer has said so, then there is nothing to discuss." Rick grinned and smiled brightly. He raised his sword and walked in front. The rest of the people smiled at each other and followed one after another.
Xi Fu, who is an ordinary person, is not afraid. They have nothing to be afraid of.
However, as they approached the nest of dragon flies, everyone still held their breath and tried to keep their footsteps as light as possible, so as not to disturb the ferocious dragon fly swarm.
The terrain of the surrounding swamp is somewhat complicated. The giant banyan tree where the Dragonfly nest is located is sandwiched between two small lakes, and there is only one winding dirt road that is no more than five meters wide.
If you want to bypass it, you must first approach within 50 meters of the dragon fly nest, and then the dirt road will start to bypass the big banyan tree and extend far away.
At Hill's request, Qin Lun's left eye quietly revealed the pattern of a yin-yang fish. His eyes flickered and he fed back the observed information to the team channel, so that the two killer companions could get a glimpse of the true face of the dragon fly.
"Why does it look like a large dragonfly?" Rand and Hill were a little surprised when they saw the timely images on the team channel.
In terms of proportion, the dragon flies are worthy of the name of monsters, each of which is more than half a meter long, and some dragon flies with long beards under the collar are even as long as one meter. Their compound eyes protrude high, their bodies are slender, and there are two pairs of crystal clear wings on their backs. They really look like dragonflies.
Except for the eyes, though, their protruding triangular heads are less gentle than dragonflies and more like cobras.
In addition, the tips of their tails are also very strange, like a sharp claw that is forked into four blades, and it also looks like a mouthpart that grows into a flower. In the center, a tail with a faint blue light can be clearly seen Needle.
"Being stung by this thing will definitely hurt!" Rand joked with a wry smile.
After approaching fifty meters, the dragon fly nest was already clearly discernible. The entire dragon fly nest is attached to the trunk of the banyan tree like a huge spindle, and the surface is full of dense holes, which makes people feel frightened when they look at it.
At this time, more than ten dragonflies were busy outside the nest, flying back and forth. For strangers like Qin Lun who came to visit the territory, they just looked at it with compound eyes like light bulbs, spit out their forked tongues, and stopped paying attention.
The dragonfly is an omnivorous monster whose main diet is rotting corpses and small insects, as well as nectar and other plant juices. They have no real teeth and cannot bite fresh meat, so they are not interested in large animals, including humans.
Of course, this is as long as the big animals don't disturb them. If someone disturbs them within the territory, they will be regarded as intruders by dragonflies.
At this time, whether they can eat or not, these animals will be attacked by dragonfly swarms until they withdraw from their territory.
"This is a large dragonfly nest. Be careful, everyone, and try not to make unnecessary noises. Then the dragonflies will regard us as passers-by and will not take the initiative to attack." Mustaxia lowered her voice and gently reminded everyone .
Everyone lined up, subconsciously walking close to the left side of the dirt road. At this time, even Qin Lun no longer stared at the Dragon Fly's Nest, so as not to disturb these sensitive insect monsters.
The two spellcasters in the team, Hill and Winnie, both dissipated the magic that buffed themselves, so as not to attract attention to the fluctuation of magic. We all hope that the last few hundred meters can pass safely. As long as they leave the sight of the dragonfly, even if they are still within their territory, the most dangerous moment is almost over.
"Shua!" It's a pity that sometimes the more afraid of accidents, the more accidents will always come to the door inadvertently.
Winnie has lost her footing! She walked as carefully as she could, keeping to the left of the dirt road. But I don't know if she was too nervous, her feet slipped, and half of her body slid towards the swamp and lake on the left.
The face of the female mage turned pale, and her beautiful eyes widened instantly. Fortunately, she was an experienced adventurer after all. , turning his eyes for help to his companion not far behind.