A group of uninvited guests arrived on the second floor of the ruins.
This was a detachment of the former large hunting group "Iron Hammer Hunting Group", and now it is an official hunting group of aristocratic knights under the command of the "Black Wind Leader" Grand Duke Valentine.
The leaders were two third-level masters, a heavy-armored ax warrior, and a white-robed mage.
They discovered the stone door at the end of the corridor and were very excited.
"Hahaha... We have found the entrance to the second floor!"
"Don't tell me, the young master of the 'Sequoia Chamber of Commerce' is really useful. Tsk, tsk, those symbols that even archaeologists have not figured out, this guy can easily decipher them..."
"Hehe, you are right not to kill. Without this boy, it would not be easy for our team to take the lead in excavating the ruins. After all, 'Prince Harper's team has Magister Burrage, who is out of this world." Famous polymath..."
"However, there are very strong toxins here. Quickly notify the logistics team outside to send an extra batch of 'antidote potions'..."
"..."
The group of people were injected with antidote and carefully walked into the stone door.
Gannix listened to the conversations of the guys around him, his expression numb.
He was chained around his neck by the forbidden demon chain, and he couldn't bring up any fighting spirit in his body. He was led like a slave and followed through the stone gate.
Then, they encountered a flood of various bugs.
... .
"Hey...it seems like a lot of people are here."
At this moment, Ren, who was meditating among the insects, slowly opened his eyes while listening to the intensive gunfire in the distance.
In this sealed underground palace, the sound of gunfire was very loud.
Then, this movement naturally attracted the poisonous people's attention.
The guys at the door sounded like they were outnumbered, so naturally they didn't need to be as cautious as a lone traveler like Ren.
They seemed to have expected that they would encounter poisonous insects, and had prepared a large amount of targeted equipment. Use the flamethrower directly to burn the insects in large areas.
Listening to the movement, it seems that the advancement speed is not slow.
At this time, they felt the breath of living people, and the "Insect Kings" and "Insect Emperors" puffing away next to the "Colorful Holy Grail" also began to become restless.
As if being awakened from a dream, some big insects crawled towards the movement one after another.
“What a great opportunity”
Seeing the large group of bugs leaving, Renn felt happy.
The system estimated the toxin concentration, and his current toxin resistance was barely enough to touch the "Colorful Holy Grail".
With such a group of people helping him attract the firepower of most insects, his first reaction was naturally to get the Holy Grail and run away in the chaos.
But at this moment, before he could take action, he suddenly sensed something. When he looked up, his expression suddenly changed!
Because when the flare was at its highest altitude, it flashed brightly and illuminated the entire hall.
He suddenly saw clearly that in the darkness that he thought was the ceiling, a pair of pale and luminous snake eyes with vertical pupils suddenly lit up, making his scalp tingle instantly.
Taking a closer look, the sculpture-like thing entwined on the stalactite was actually a two-headed black snake with a body length of more than a hundred meters. Its whole body was as black as ink, and the light gave off a luster like ink jade, which was almost exactly the same as the stone pillars in the palace.
Stimulated by the bright light, it opened its eyes and then closed them again.
It was this small movement that made Ren realize that it was not a sculpture.
Seeing this, Ren swallowed his saliva and was horrified: "This is... [Double-Headed Blind Snake] Babaru? This thing actually exists?!"
He had seen the image of this two-headed snake on the wall of the underground palace before.
This creature is a small pet that is always at the feet of the "God of Death" in myths and legends. Legend has it that it possesses deadly toxins that can poison the god.
Along with the "dog-headed monster" in the previous maze, it is one of the two ambassadors of the "god of death".
This mythical beast worshiped by the ancient country of Munkel is a creature from myths and legends!
Like the giant dragon, it has the bloodline of a sacred beast!
Although this world restricts the highest level of creatures to no more than fifth level, the poison of this two-headed snake will not be strong enough to poison the gods.
But it is estimated that casually poisoning a fifth-level powerhouse is not a big problem.
"Fortunately, I didn't do it rashly, otherwise I would have been tricked by this big snake..."
Renn also felt a little lucky.
However, the good news is that this is a "blind snake" that cannot see and can only sense its prey through smell. I have stayed here for so long without disturbing it. It seems that the plaster given by Elder Yimuyu can indeed hide this kind of guy.
"Sure enough, not using the 'repellent powder' was the right choice. Otherwise, if I had disturbed this thing, I would have burped long ago..."
When Renn thought of this, he was also in trouble.
As long as this big snake is here, how can he dare to touch the "Colorful Holy Grail"
Don't look at the big snake lazily as if hibernating. The stone carving describes that this thing is as fast as lightning!
Then, as soon as the idea came to him, as if to demonstrate it to him, a dark shadow suddenly flashed in his eyes.
"Just now... it seemed like something flashed past?"
There was a flash of light in front of Ren's eyes, and the thing disappeared.
This speed is faster than his limit speed, at least the explosive speed of a fourth-level full-sensitivity assassin!
Looking at the playback of Zhinao's captured footage, it turned out to be a slightly smaller [Double-Headed Blind Snake].
Sure enough, there is more than one.
At this moment, Lei discovered the real threat in this underground palace.
Whether toxins or bugs are just appetizers, these pythons are the real threat.
And just a moment after the black shadow flashed in his eyes, suddenly there was a violent fighting sound in the distance.
"Three high-level extraordinary?!"
Renn easily sensed the mighty momentum of the third-level transcendent, and when it exploded, the entire underground palace trembled.
In the distance of the field of vision, three douqi groups lit up like light bulbs, and they were three third-level extraordinary ones.
But at that moment, one of the three light bulbs suddenly went out and became two.
Then listen to the roar.
"Go back quickly!"
"Return to the corridor!"
"..."
After a period of screams like howling ghosts and howling wolves, the underground palace returned to calm again.
After a while, Ren heard no movement and walked over to take a look at the battle scene.
There was a burnt smell in the air, the smell of insects burned by the flamethrower.
Several of the huge stone pillars they were hugging were broken by something, leaving no bodies on the ground. Almost all human corpses were eaten clean by the bugs.
Then, he actually saw a hunter lying in a pool of blood in an open space, but the bug automatically avoided it.
"Insect repellent powder?"
When Ren saw the signs that the bugs were avoiding him, he immediately realized that this person must have powerful insect repellent powder on his body, so the bugs did not dare to approach.
With doubts, he walked over, turned around and looked at the hunter, and suddenly saw a pretty face like gold.
very familiar.
Ren was surprised: "Mrs. Catherine?"
... .
a few minutes ago.
Nearly five hundred people from the "Iron Hammer Hunting Group" poured into the underground palace. They planned to explore the situation in the underground palace before the large force came.
After walking not far, we naturally found the map of the underground palace on the obelisk.
Someone in the hunting group shouted: "Hey, Master Gannix, it's your turn to work again... Let's see if there are no mechanisms in the underground palace, how should we go next!"
Gannicus looked reluctant, but his life was in someone else's hands and he had no choice. He could only look at the map and analyze the layout of the palace.
However, at this time, because they had penetrated deep into the palace, a flood of poisonous insects had already attacked.
The battle begins.
Gannix, the "tool man", is still valuable and cannot die. Therefore, he was placed in the logistics team of doctors.
More and more insects were killed, and almost everyone in the hunting group participated in the battle.
The two third-level powerhouses were fighting at a distance and couldn't care about him at all.
Gannix knew that this was his best chance to escape.
However, the "magic-forbidden collar" around his neck made him give up this idea. Without the key, he couldn't go anywhere.
At this moment, he suddenly found a bearded man next to him quietly approaching him, then took out a key and poked it in the keyhole.
"Mother!"
As if he had a telepathic connection, Ganix instantly understood that the bearded man in front of him was the skin transformed by the [Illusionist]!
Only then did he realize that his mother had been lurking in the hunting team and had never given up on saving him.
Catherine smiled slightly, glanced at her son, and signaled him not to alarm others.
Previously, they were surrounded and suppressed, Amarys died in battle, Gannicus was captured, and Catherine disappeared.
But she didn't escape, but relied on her superb illusion skills to sneak into the hunting team of the "Sunflower Merchant Guild", looking for opportunities to save people.
The corridor before was too narrow, and even if there was a chance, people would not be able to escape even if they saved them. The hall is spacious enough and chaotic enough that no one is paying attention to them now. This is the best chance to escape.
However, just when she opened the "Forbidden Demon Ring", an accident happened.
A ghostly assassin suddenly appeared behind Catherine and hit her in the back of the head with a [Gouge].
It turned out that the enemy had been prepared.
Phoebe of the "Sunflower Merchant Guild" was not a fuel saver. She had expected that Catherine would not give up her son. Keep your back and wait for the prey to take the bait.
Probably because he wanted to capture him alive, the assassin did not kill him directly.
It was also because of this that Catherine had a chance to survive after she was discovered.
The dignified president of the "Sequoia Chamber of Commerce" naturally has some life-saving means.
After being exposed, she was extremely decisive and used all her methods to rush directly into the insect swarm.
... ..
Catherine wakes up slowly from a coma and tells what happened before.
"Then, the assassin came after me. I didn't know what happened in the panic, but it seemed like some long monster suddenly jumped out of the darkness. Its tail swept my abdomen, and I lost consciousness... . ”
She looked at the man in front of her who was operating on her, her eyes full of surprise.
I thought I was dead, but I never expected that I would meet Ren here.
After telling her experience, Catherine asked again: "Mr. Lane, why are you here?"
"It's a long story. I also came in with a hunting group, intending to see what was in the ruins..."
As Ren spoke, the movements of his hands did not slow down at all.
Fortunately, he discovered it in time, otherwise Catherine would definitely die.
He said: "Madam, I have taken care of the toxins and other injuries for you. But the bones in your upper body are almost broken. You can't do any strenuous movements for a short time... "
"Um."
Catherine naturally knew that her situation was terrible, she couldn't even raise her hands. The extraordinary mental system's body is already weak, so he is lucky to be able to save a life.
She also heard from Ren that the most important reason why she could survive the insect wave was the "insect repellent bag" she carried. The pungent smell made the insects not interested in the "stinking" food, so she was not eaten.
But... in the blink of an eye, what's going on with these bugs crawling around me now
During the surgery, her clothes would be cut off, and Catherine didn't feel any embarrassment. But leaving this one out made her a little confused.
I injured my upper body, why are you taking off my pants
She didn't maliciously speculate that Ren would take advantage of her, she was just confused.
With her intelligence, she could naturally imagine that Ren's actions were probably related to the cool plaster on her body.
However, the close contact with the bugs made her feel bad.
But Catherine is a strong woman who can remain calm even when a mountain collapses before her eyes. But some things can also make her scalp numb.
For example, these bugs crawl on the body from time to time.
Not everyone can be like Ren, who can meditate among the insects without being disturbed at all.
Even though her body was under local anesthesia, Catherine could still "feel" goosebumps when she saw those bugs passing by on her body.
Although the operation was not completed yet, she didn't want to disturb Ren, but as she waited, there were more and more bugs.
She couldn't bear it any longer and said, "Mr. Lane, can you not let those bugs get so close to me? I... I feel a little uncomfortable."
"I'm afraid not."
Renn didn't even raise his eyelids, focusing on dealing with the injury.
After a pause, he explained: "There are very strong poisons in this temple, including the big snake that attacked you before. The smell of 'repellent powder' is too strong and may irritate them. So I gave it to you. It's a kind of 'assimilation ointment'. The bugs think that we are the same kind, so they won't attack us."
"That's it"
Catherine was not too surprised when she heard this statement.
If the "repellent powder" worked, I wouldn't have been attacked by the big snake just now.
Thinking of this, although she was still confused, she didn't say anything more.
At this time, Ren thought of something and explained seriously: "Besides, I have already seen that among the bugs in this hall, only these centipedes are the most 'friendly'. They will not take the initiative to bite people, so they are not dangerous. . Other worms, scorpions, etc., will be poisoned by ordinary people's bodies even if they are touched... "
"..."
Catherine's face jumped sharply when she heard this, and she looked into the darkness with an increasingly resentful look on her face.
If she really had to choose, even if she might die, she would still choose "insect repellent powder" instead of having close contact with these bugs.
However, Ren also saw that Catherine was afraid of bugs, and he was still very considerate. Occasionally, when he could free his hands between operations, he would help her catch bugs that went the wrong way.
... ..
Bones heal much more slowly than other tissues in the body.
Ren saved Catherine's life. After injecting the healing potion, he could only wait for her to heal on her own.
Although this failed rescue revealed her purpose, Catherine did not worry too much about her son's life.
If it is valuable, Gannix will definitely not be killed.
On the third floor of the ruins, Renn went to see it and came back.
Catherine didn't like bugs, so he left the lady there to recover.
There is a bronze door that is "the same style" as the temple in the black hole of the tribe in Coleman's Atrium, and there are eight familiar gargoyles.
Of course, there is also a layout map of the entire underground ruins.
Seeing those things, Ren knew that some guys were going to be unlucky.
However, the third floor of the ruins is not a temple, and there is no "divine power crystal". Except for the coffins of the kings of the ancient Monkel Kingdom, there are no special treasures inside.
Of course he didn't dare to move the coffin.
But there seems to be a fourth level.
There appeared a magic passage that required a special method to open, and it read: [The inheritance place of the Royal Family of Pallas].
However, the method of entry is too creepy.
Renn did not dare to try easily.
Then, he returned to the second level.
... .
An hour later, the stone door at the entrance to the maze opened again.
This time, the official hunting group of the Rosas family brought heavy mechas and various equipment.
For hunters, dealing with monsters and poisonous insects is simply a matter of eating.
Although these visible monsters are threatening, they are much easier to deal with than the ghostly "dog-headed monsters" before.
The [Double-headed Blind Snake] that can instantly kill the third-level extraordinary is very powerful, and the hunters have too much experience in dealing with snake-like creatures.
After all, humans are superior in wisdom. By setting up traps and working together to round them up, they can easily kill monsters of a higher level than them.
Ren has been hiding in the dark, quietly watching those guys using equipment and traps to push away the poisonous insects in the underground palace.
He wants to wait for those guys to kill all the big guys near the "Colorful Holy Grail", then become a fisherman and get the "Colorful Holy Grail".