A Mind Flayer, also known as a Mind Flayer, was a unique creature of the underground world. It was also one of the few highly intelligent species in the underground world, apart from the Dark Elves and Dark Dwarves.
Mind Flayers were naturally advanced creatures. From the moment they were born, they possessed the tremendous advantage of starting with levels, and they grew extremely quickly. As long as they developed normally, they could easily reach Iron or even Silver strength.
That was why, despite there being only one family of Mind Flayers in the Landen Territory, and one of them being merely a child, the difficulty of dealing with them still ranked second among all the creature races in the Landen Territory. Apart from the group of Flame Salamanders numbering more than a hundred, this family of Mind Flayers was the hardest to handle.
In other words, if they could be persuaded to join, they would provide Landen with tremendous help. Of course, this was something the previous Landen had never considered. If he could not even deal with a nest of goblins, how could he possibly set his sights on Mind Flayers? But now, the situation seemed to be somewhat different.
Early the next morning, a small party of several people quietly left the bunker, leaving poor Aila locked in the little dark room. However, perhaps because of his excellent performance the previous night, he had at least managed to keep his life and received slightly better treatment than before—Landen magnanimously removed the chains from his hands and left him an ample supply of food.
Whether they were called Mind Flayers or Mind Flayers, one could tell from their names alone that creatures of this race had an inseparable connection with matters of the mind. And in fact, that was exactly the case.
More than eighty percent of a Mind Flayer's combat methods were related to the mind. Among them, their most commonly used and most powerful skills were Mind Control and Mind Blast. The former could easily control another person's thoughts and make them serve the Mind Flayers, while the latter could inflict tremendous damage on an enemy's spirit, even directly shattering their mind and turning them into complete idiots.
Besides that, Mind Flayer feeding was also directly related to the mind. They had only one kind of food—the brain. Apart from brains, they would never eat anything else. An ordinary adult Mind Flayer's monthly food intake was exactly one ordinary adult human brain. Well, that calculation formula seemed somewhat inappropriate, but that was the truth. If the brains belonged to other creatures, the quantity would have to be adjusted as well.
And today was the feeding day for one of the young members of that Mind Flayer family.
The little one's age was not great, and it stood just over a meter tall. Its small body, like those of its parents, was completely covered by a hooded robe. This was mainly to conceal their faces. The enormous mouthparts that occupied more than half of their faces, along with the tentacles extending from their mouths like octopus arms, were enough to make any creature that saw such a face flee at once, causing them to lose many hunting opportunities.
As usual, the young Mind Flayer sneaked toward the Lizardfolk camp. Although Lizardfolk brains were not as nutritious as those of Dark Elves and Dark Dwarves, they were considered high-grade in this area. Given the young Mind Flayer's age, a single brain was enough to keep it from needing food for the entire following month.
Although it was still young, its predatory nature had already been deeply engraved in the depths of its body. It advanced at neither a fast nor slow pace, keeping itself concealed in various shadows at all times and easily avoiding all kinds of danger.
Suddenly, its heart tightened slightly. That was the danger signal sent out by its predatory instincts and extraordinarily powerful mental attributes. In the next moment, its body had already swiftly shrunk behind the shadow of a large rock.
The underground world was originally a dark world. Yet perhaps precisely because of that, the various ores, plants, and creatures here had developed the ability to glow. This gave the otherwise pitch-black world its own light. However, under the illumination of those disorderly lights, the terrain of this world became even more chaotic.
Especially the shadows, deep and shallow, were like stains on a canvas. Here and there, they created confusion and brought even more danger.
The young Mind Flayer was skillfully making use of those shadows. It darted through them, searching for the source of the danger it sensed.
Its body suddenly stiffened. It forcibly halted the body that had been preparing to move toward the next shadow. Its eyes glowed with a dark-red light, the effect of infrared vision. In the underground world, infrared vision was not exclusive to Dark Elves. Many of the creatures living here possessed this ability.
The young Mind Flayer's eyes had already locked firmly onto its target. It was someone like itself, with its entire body hidden within a hooded robe. Even its build was similar. However, instinct told it that this was not one of its own kind, but a Dark Elf—a creature with the most delicious and nutritious brains in the underground world.
Of course, its level of danger was directly proportional to the deliciousness of its brain. This made the young Mind Flayer completely calm itself. Its eyes remained fixed on the other party while its body quietly began to move.
Clearly, the other party had not noticed the young Mind Flayer. Judging by that figure's posture, he was probably resting. This gave the young Mind Flayer an excellent opportunity.
Just as it had during every previous hunt, it skillfully slipped through the shadows, inching closer to its prey. This time, however, it was even more careful and cautious than before. It had even prepared to flee immediately if its first strike failed. Nothing was more important than staying alive. That was a rule that was correct everywhere.
"Mi... mi... mi!"
In fact, the young Mind Flayer could have launched its attack long ago. However, to be safe, it still sneaked to an extremely close distance before gathering its concentration...
Mind Blast!
This was the young Mind Flayer's strongest attack. With its current strength, it could only unleash an attack like this once. Thus, at the same moment it launched this Mind Blast, it also pounced toward its prey like a cheetah!
Throughout the entire process, its prey did not move at all. It seemed to have been struck by the Mind Blast while still dreaming, then directly lost consciousness.
However, only after it pounced onto that body, tore off both its own hood and the other party's, and plunged the tentacles from its enormous mouthparts into the top of the other's head did it realize that all of its earlier judgments had been wrong.
It was not that it had subdued this prey. Rather, this prey had already been dead long before it launched its attack!
Based on its experience, it determined that the other party had died more than a day ago. The cause of death had likewise originated at the top of the head. The instant its tentacles pierced inside, it discovered the extremely fine wound that ran straight from the crown of the head through the brain!
Of course, none of that mattered. What mattered was that this provided it with an almost perfect dinner. The wound had not caused too much damage to the brain, and despite the corpse having been dead for more than a day, it had retained enough freshness. This was practically a pie falling from the sky.
Several tentacles quickly divided up and devoured the brain. In less than ten minutes, the handsome head had become an empty shell. After finishing a hearty meal, the young Mind Flayer swiftly rose and prepared to leave. A delicious meal had not made it forget that this was a dangerous underground world.
However, just as it was about to move toward another shadow, an intense, unbearable pain suddenly erupted in its brain. The poor young Mind Flayer only felt its vision go black before losing consciousness.
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