The fortress is made of marble and has a simple atmosphere.
Relying on the magic of illusion and the guards leading the way, everyone arrived at the entrance of the wormhole unimpeded.
A huge stone gate blocked everyone's path.
The stone door is engraved with exquisite elven patterns, and the whole thing fits perfectly.
The captain of the guard saluted and said, "Your Majesty, the Kikimore cave is ahead.
"Open the door." Arwen said in a deep voice.
The guard captain stepped aside respectfully and motioned to the two guards in the team.
The two of them walked out of the team one after another and came to the stone wall on the right side of the stone gate. They pressed a mechanism with their palms and a mechanism winch slowly appeared.
The two of them worked together to turn the winch, and with a deafening sound, the thick stone door slowly lifted upwards.
A disgusting fishy smell and the pungent smell of acidic venom hit his face instantly.
There was also a faint rustling sound, like the sound of a poisonous snake spitting a message.
Arwen and Freyja remained calm, but these guards seemed to have seen something terrible, their bodies trembling faintly.
Arwen was the first to step into the cave, turned his head slightly, and glanced at the guards behind him.
Among them, the one with a horn around his waist whispered to the captain of the guard.
Its general meaning is that the opening of the Kikimore wormhole can only be done with the order of the bishop.
Now the door is opened by Insect Envoy. In any case, it needs to be reported to the bishop.
The captain of the guard thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed the case.
No matter how low their voices were, they could not escape the ears of the witcher.
"Come in, everyone."
When the guard captain heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then took a step forward and said with a serious face.
"Sir, we are not allowed to enter the wormhole without the permission of the bishop. According to the rules, what happens after the door is opened, so I have to trouble my Lord to come in person."
Arwen looked at him, and the latter's body trembled, as if he had been bitten by a poisonous insect, and his hair stood on end.
"Hey----don't you want to come in? Then there's no need to come in."
Arwen sighed.
The guard captain breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face.
"Thank you, sir, for your understanding. We will leave now."
As he said this, he half-ducked away and heard a cold voice.
"Wait a minute, did I tell you to leave?"
The guards and others opened their eyes wide, and saw the man in front of them, wearing a navy robe, put down the crutch in his hand, put his right hand over his shoulder, and held it in the air.
His legs were slightly bent, and his body swept out like a cheetah. The illusion dissipated in an instant, turning into a ferocious black-haired demon hunter.
"Hum!"
The giant sword swept out like a crescent moon as dark as ink.
Just a moment.
The heads of the six guards were chopped off, and red liquid spewed out from behind the crescent moon, and the dots of blood were like scarlet stars.
Fast, too fast.
The guards didn't even notice Arwen's move, their eyes were already spinning.
Not even a scream came out.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Six corpses fell to the ground one by one, making no sound.
Arwen flicked his wrist, blood slowly flowed down the groove of the giant sword, and the elven runes on the sword's spine shone brightly.
"Since you don't want to come in, then just stay."
He took a deep breath and savored the rich smell of blood.
In that sword slash just now, his giant sword only touched the first two guards. The four guards behind them all had their heads cut off by the Crescent Sword Qi wrapped in the giant sword.
The meteorite iron added to this giant sword, combined with its own swordsmanship and [Giant Bloodline], is enough to be able to ride a thousand swords among humans.
Thinking about it this way, the future elf queen, Francesca, is indeed generous.
The giant sword was sheathed, and the right hand passed through the six bodies in the air. Atamont Ring under the glove sucked the six bodies into the space.
After cleaning the battlefield, he turned around, and the snake eyes of the Hydra mask on his head flashed with a faint green color.
Ripples appeared around the body, and he transformed into a green-robed wizard again.
The hidden transformation function of this Hydra mask will still dissipate if it is subject to large movements.
Ms. Freyja looked at the oncoming demon hunter and sighed in her heart.
The opponent is really getting stronger and stronger. In her opinion, even the top wizards will probably be beheaded by the opponent at such a close distance.
Entering the wormhole again, Arwen and Freyja looked at each other.
With their backhands, they grabbed the machine winch on the stone wall beside them. The two of them just barely pulled the stone door, but with a careless swing, the stone door slammed into the ground, splattering dust all over the sky.
At the same time, Freyja whispered a spell in her mouth, and [Light Spell] flew out from her fingertips and slowly flew toward the depths of the wormhole, illuminating the dim cave. Wherever it went, there was corrosive mucus everywhere.
Arwen looked deep into the cave and saw a lot of dissolved armor and pale bones.
There are humans, elves, and dwarves——
Vesemir once said during Monster Bestiary's class that a single Kikimore Worker is not scary, just be careful of its tail sting.
If you encounter Kikimore Warrior, you should also be careful of its giant pincers and venom. Even if a demon hunter is stung by it, his body will become fester and rot.
The most terrifying one is Kikimore Queen.
Wherever it exists, everything nearby will be plundered, whether it is vegetation or animals, and will become its nutrients.
Just like the queen ant's position in the ant colony, she is not only a reproductive machine, but also a top killer, and is not affected by magic.
Thinking to this point, if you want to raise a Kikimore Queen, the amount of nutrients and blood consumed will definitely be unimaginable.
In this way, the harmonious scene outside the village is a joke at this moment.
Freyja frowned. As a medical doctor, he was used to seeing life and death, but he still felt nauseated by this horrific scene.
Arwen The silver sword was unsheathed, an oil can was taken out from the waist bag, and a mantra was silently recited in his mouth. The oak cork of the oil can opened by itself, and the insectoid sword oil was perfectly applied to the sword.
Freyja beside him is already a bit used to it. There are too many secrets in this demon hunter. If you are too curious, you will definitely get angry.
The only good thing is that they are companions, not enemies.
"Hisssss----"
The screams of monsters and the scraping of arthropods on the ground could be heard from deep within the cave, which was horrifying.
Arwen raised his head and put away the oil can.
"Be careful, Kikimore's sense of smell is very sensitive, he must have smelled the smell of blood in the air, they are coming.
Ms. Freyja felt like she was facing a formidable enemy, so she activated [Light Spell] and explored the depths of the cave.
In the darkness, more than a dozen Kikimore Worker, which were shaped like small ponies, crawled out from the cave roof and rock walls.
Behind them, there are three Kikimore Warrior with huge pincers and their bodies covered with thick carapace.
Arwen's eyes were sharp, especially when he saw the three Kikimore Warrior, the cat's eyes jumped for them.
As long as you kill one more, it will be enough to collect the mutants of Kikimore Warrior.
They neighed from their mouths and rushed toward the two of them crazily.
The black-haired demon hunter stepped forward and rushed into Kikimore Worker. Thor Ivy's sword light cut through the darkness.
Rotation shape, School of the Wolf Sword Dance[Whirling Blade] and School of the Cat Swordsmanship[Deadly Rhythm] are activated at the same time.
Broken limbs were flying in the air, and green blood splattered everywhere.
There is no need for Signs. With his own strength and exquisite swordsmanship, he has already been able to crush him.
The system panel constantly prompts the progress of obtaining Kikimore Worker's mutants.
"Hiss!"
The Kikimore Warrior in the distance made a sharp roar, waving their huge pincers, and the spikes on their carapace shone with a cold light.
The ferocious mouthparts contracted slightly, then suddenly expanded, and three green venom shot out like arrows towards the position of Arwen.
Freyja chanted the mantra high in the air, clapped his hands forward in the air, and a green barrier erected in front of Arwen.
"Zizzizi!"
The venom collided with the barrier, making a burning sound and billowing black smoke.
Arwen didn't even look back, his body swept out, his cloak rustling.
Relying on the superimposed attack speed of [Deadly Rhythm], the silver light waved out several phantoms, and the sword blade directly cut through the hard carapace of Kikimore Warrior.
The screams and screams sounded.
The huge pair of iron pliers slashed towards his waist, tearing the air and trying to cut him off at the waist.
The body moved sideways, cleverly avoiding their iron pincers, and those flexible tail spines, but could not touch him at all. He could only be nailed to the ground, leaving a pool of venom, which corroded the sound of "chichichichi".
With the experience of dealing with Kikimore Warrior last time, it was easy to kill these three.
In less than three breaths, the silver light fell, and the heads of the three Kikimore Warrior were chopped off or split open one by one.
Muddy green blood flowed all over the ground.
[Kill Kikimore Worker and get Kikimore Worker Mutagen 25%16!
[Kill Kikimore Warrior, get Kikimore Warrior Mutagen 25%]X3!
I glanced at the panel and synthesized it with one click.
[Kikimore Worker Mutagen 1025%, one-click synthesis, (white) → (green)!]
[Carapace Armor (green): Your skin will undergo a mutation, and your skin will gain a layer of hard carapace tissue. A small amount (3%) will reduce physical attacks → (5%)]
Seeing this, Arwen didn't expect that Kikimore Worker's mutants would also be upgraded.
It seems that this time when we went deep into the forest, we did kill a lot of Kikimore Worker.
Moving his eyes down, he came to the line Kikimore Warrior.
[Kikimore Warrior Mutagen (green) 1! Installing this mutation can enhance your own strength by 5%, as well as the green talent, Giant Limb Armor Break]
[Giant Limb Armor Break (green): The bones of your arms gain mutation. When charging an enemy hard, it temporarily weakens the target's physical defense by 10%, lasting 10 minutes.]
[Whether to install Kikimore Warrior Mutagen (green)!]
Install."
Immediately, there was an itching sensation in both arms, like thousands of ants gnawing at the bones. After the pain, there was an ultimate sense of relief.
He clenched his palms slightly, and the muscles in his arms were filled with explosive power.
With the addition of so many mutants, a punch now has at least three tons of power.
It can really be regarded as a humanoid dragon.
The palm of his hand subconsciously touched Kikimore Warrior's body.
[Corpse Feeding Feedback] is triggered, and a green light emerges from the carapace and pours into the palm, restoring the physical strength just lost.
Use it early and use CD early, and the next one you have to deal with is Kikimore Queen, so you can't take it lightly. It's best to keep it in full swing.
Shaking off the slime on the sword, Freyja had already walked to his side.
She whispered, "I can feel that there is a strong life force deep in the cave. It's not far away, right in front."
Arwen made a sound, took out [Tawny Owl] from the package around his waist, and drank it in one gulp.
Arwen twisted his neck slightly, black veins spread up one by one, and his breath became ferocious and violent.
The two took a short rest, and Arwen also triggered the effect of [Meditation Afterglow] and continued deep into the cave.
About four to five hundred steps away, we encountered several Kikimore Workers on the way, but they were all easily killed by Arwens with lightning speed.
Looking ahead, the narrow cave seems to become wider.
Freyja drove [Light Spell] to fly high into the sky, lighting up a huge underground hall.
The densely packed Kikimore did not notice this light, they have no eyes.
In the center of the underground hall, a huge monster lay.
Arwen When I first saw it, I just felt it was twisted and made me feel physically uncomfortable.
Its body was as big as three carriages side by side, its jointed limbs were like sharpened rockeries, and its abdomen was bulging high, with countless unhatched insect eggs crawling inside.
Its upper body is covered with a thick dark brown carapace, and it has no ears or eyes.
There were two dead tree-like tentacles on its head, vibrating wildly at high frequency in the air.
Around it, there are dense Kikimore Worker crawling.
They fed the food in their mouths bit by bit into the giant monster's mouth in an orderly manner.
After eating food, its bulging abdomen gently squeezes out a snow-white, crystal-clear insect egg.
Kikimore Worker, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately stepped forward to carry the eggs on his body and carefully placed them into the insect nest.
In that insect nest, every insect egg is a Kikimore that is about to hatch.
This is the monster produced by Conjunction of the Spheres, the king of insects, Kikimore Queen!
Outside the hall, corpses piled up like mountains, exuding a pungent smell that made people cry.
This scene is comparable to the cave of Old Spearhead.
In order to feed this monster, I don't know how many people's blood food was used.
The tentacles on the top of Kikimore Queen suddenly stopped trembling and pointed to the position of Arwen.
This breath felt very strange to him, not from the bishop who fed it.
Moreover, the other party still has the blood of his child.
This makes it angry.
In fact, it immediately sensed someone entering the cave and thought it was food sent to it by the bishop, so it sent some Kikimore to retrieve it.
Unexpectedly, his child died tragically.
It slowly raised its head and made a sharp sound, a harsh sound wave that could make one's eardrums burst.
The huge six-jointed limbs suddenly pushed up on the ground, and the mountain-like body quickly stood upright.
The Kikimore around them all looked at the position of the two Arwen with a sound.
Arwen said quickly, "Find a way to control that big guy. I'll deal with the remaining bugs first."
Freyja raised his hands with a solemn expression, "I understand.