Chapter 810: A Dilemma
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Crawling out of the worm's belly along the narrow esophagus, Agatha covered her mouth and retched a few times, "I felt like someone was in a bag full of mucus and slammed against the wall dozens of times." β
"Accurate description," said Nightingale, shrugging as she looked at the wet crowd as she cleared her mist, "and if Fran hadn't crashed into the hole, we would all have suffered by now." "Because of her ability to move freely in the fog form, she doesn't have to burrow into the worm's stomach like everyone else, and naturally she doesn't have to be affected by impacts, foul odors, and putrefactive slime.
"Sorry...... Am I pushing too hard?" asked Fran cautiously, the strong smell causing Agatha to retch again.
"I think ...... It's not bad," Lightning wiped the liquid from his hair and sniffed it under his nose, "it's an experience like never before to be swallowed by a giant reptile and crawl out intact - no one among the explorers has ever tried anything like it." β
"Don't be content," Elena, rolling her eyes, "the stench and sliminess are enviable enough than being unconscious." β
These words aroused the unanimous approval of the witches of divine punishment.
"Okay...... Don't say anything," Agatha interrupted with a hoarse cough, "and the next question is, what are we going to do?"
Remembering the events of a quarter of an hour ago, the witches still had some lingering fears. Despite Fran's first warning, controlling her gaze was always faster than she realized, especially when more than one person couldn't help but raise their heads when an eerie humming sound sounded.
No one saw the monster's true form - the only thing they could see was the thousands of scarlet eyes.
Thinking of the black stone tower swallowed whole by worms, those dense eyes should belong to the vigilant eye demon entrenched on the top of the tower. Unlike the Eye Demon, it covers a much wider area, as if its body covered with strange eyes had been flattened.
After the buzzing sound, a large number of hybrid beasts sprung up from the depths of the ruins, swarming towards them. According to the nightingale, the cave suddenly lit up with countless points of magical energy, as if out of thin air, from the mountain wall, from the flowing water, from the darkness of the dome, from the monster's body...... Almost everywhere. The surging aura converged into a rushing stream, and the noisy and piercing roar overwhelmed the rumbling splash, and the entire snow-capped mountain seemed to wake up from its sleep and launched an attack on the unauthorized intruder.
At this critical juncture, Fran made a crucial decision.
She swallowed everyone but the nightingale, turned and burrowed into the cave wall, and when her whole body was submerged in the rocks, the beast also rushed to her and bit at her tail frantically. Even with the nightingale as cover, it would not be possible to drive away so many enemies.
Fran endured the severe pain and continued to drill for more than ten meters before she rolled her huge body vigorously and crushed all the evil beasts that followed her into meat patties. Then she arched her tail and slammed it to the top of the cave, causing the rock above her to collapse and seal the entrance to the cave before she could escape the enemy's pursuit.
As for the witches hiding in her womb, they experienced an unforgettable quarter of an hour, and the concussion caused by flipping in place and slamming the stone wall was enough to make them vomit. Not to mention that the storage chamber of the worm carrier is not far from the digestive chamber, and the smell of rotten food is almost suffocating.
Luckily, everyone was unharmed in the end.
"First we need to figure out what happened," Elena looked at Fran, "how did you get stuck here?"
"Probably because of the erosion of the flowing water, the moment I broke through the passage, the rock formation under me suddenly collapsed, and I didn't have time to react, I had already fallen into the air, and then I didn't know what I hit and lost consciousness directly. "When I woke up, I found myself being carried by a dozen invisible bugs and thrown to this place. β
"I see...... They're using you as an empty carrier," Elena raised an eyebrow, "Luck is not bad. β
"It's a good thing I didn't eat it on the spot," Gran muttered, "but I accidentally glanced at the top of the cave just as I was about to sneak away." β
"Is it really the Vigilant Eye?" asked Agatha in a deep voice.
"I don't know - though it saw me the moment I saw it, the monster was much bigger than the Magic Eye. The worm sighed, and a fishy wind suddenly rushed towards everyone, "Ah, I'm sorry...... They can't smell it, and I don't usually pay attention to it......"
"Ahem, it's okay," Ice Witch held her breath for a moment, "You've seen it in its entirety?"
"After I was tied up, it fell down for a while, and then soaked in the lake of this cave......" Fran paused for a moment, as if considering the words, "I don't know how to describe it, the monster looks like a crushed mass of internal organs, with a layer of the Eye Demon's body superimposed on it, and the two are not integrated, it is almost like a forced patchwork." I've also seen many tentacles wriggling between the two, and I don't know if they're living bugs or part of a monster's body. It's just that the organs underneath are much larger than those of the Eye Demon - even the Helldreads can't compare to it. β
"Could it be that it's absorbing the devil?" said Nightingale with a frown, "This can't be a pure hybrid beast, is it?"
"What the hell is it can be put aside, we have to find a way to get out of here now," Elena patted Fran's huge mouth, "Next time you encounter this situation, remember to shout attention first, and then talk about the content, understand?"
"Well......," the latter replied dejectedly.
"Can you still move?"
"I don't have the strength anymore...... "Fran shook her head, "I need to eat to keep this vehicle moving, and the time I've been stuck here has consumed all the food in my stomach." β
"Is it okay for us to put together dry food?" asked Lightning.
"I guess it's not enough for her to get a hundred paces away," Elena took a deep breath, "and now we can only wait for reinforcements, or take the risk of breaking through." β
"It's just as risky to wait where you are," said Agatha calmly, "and the space here is so cramped that we'll be suffocated in the hole in a day's time." Even if Sylvie could determine our location, the army would have to defeat the beasts before they could save us. She paused, "And don't forget, the enemy also devours worm vectors." β
"But rush out now, and you're likely to be swallowed up by the beasts," the Witch of Divine Punishment hesitated, "and...... What about Fran? She can't evacuate with us, and if she stays here, she won't even have a chance to resist if she is discovered by the enemy. β
"Anyway...... Let me go outside and find out," Nightingale turned, as if not wanting to get involved in the dilemma.
"If you can go, leave me alone," Fran said suddenly, "the Witch of Taqira has never been afraid of sacrifice, and even if I become like this, I will always be a part of Tachira." By the way, I still have something in my stomach that might help you. With that, she squirmed and slowly spat out several slimy iron boxes from her mouth.
"It's ......"
"The garrison supplies that the First Army asked me to carry," said Fran gasped, "and they said they were too heavy to carry, so I swallowed them all." β
Agatha opened the tin box in turnβand saw shovels, shovels, barbed wire, and other earthwork supplies inside, and when she reached the last box, she couldn't help but be stunned.
In addition to being stuffed with wheat straw for earthquake prevention, there are more than ten wooden boxes neatly stacked, and the boxes are marked with the words "No. 2 Chemical Plant, 64th batch of products, qualified".
If she remembers correctly, most of the decomposed nitrogen was sent to this factory.
It turned out to be a box of explosives.