Chapter 121: The Human-Faced Spider Queen
"I'll come!" Moses took the initiative to invite Ryan to take on the responsibility of opening the way, Ryan hesitated for a while, and finally agreed, after all, Moses is the best martial arts in the whole team, and it is also the most suitable.
Since the combat effectiveness of his warriors could not meet Ryan's requirements, Ryan left most of them on the ground, bringing only Barbara, Priest Rocheld, the scout named Roger, and 4 Iron Fist Castle guards, and the team on the ground was naturally handed over to Commander Adra.
Moses walked at the front of the line with a torch, and several different colors appeared on his body, which were the auxiliary magic that Ryan had blessed him, the ones he had blessed during the Battle of Crimson Castle. In second place was Roger, the scout, because he had learned not only the skills of reconnaissance from Nancy, but also some things about the direction of traps, which happened to be used here.
Next up was Ryan with Barbara, while the priest Rocchild and the four Ironfist Castle guards walked last. Now Ryan will take Barbara with him wherever he goes, although her strength is the worst, and she will even help, but as a mage, experience is very important, and the strength can be slowly improved, and this kind of adventure is not something you want to have, not to mention that once you experience those adventures and see the fierce battle, it will naturally stimulate her to work hard to improve her strength, which is absolutely only good for Barbara.
The whole cavern twisted and weng, gradually going deeper into the ground, and Ryan stepped on the slippery ground, only to feel very uncomfortable on his feet. In the light of the torches, the surrounding walls were strewn with scratches, which Ryan guessed were most likely caused by the poisonous spiders. There was a faint fishy smell coming from the depths of the cavern, but Ryan had long been used to such smells, but the priest Rocland had covered his nose tightly all the way.
The passage wasn't particularly long, but it took a few minutes to reach the end. Moses was the first to step out of the passage, and soon he gave the signal of safety, and the people who waited behind him walked out one by one. At the end of the passage is a huge space, full of spider silk, and in the corner there are many things wrapped in spider silk, some of which are even slowly wriggling, which is creepy to watch.
"That's probably where the spiders live. Moses used the torch in his hand to burn away the dense spider silk around him, clearing a large space, while Barbara watched everything around her with curiosity, which was the first time she had seen it.
"It doesn't look like there will be any traps, but let's check it out just to be on the safe side. Ryan said to Roger, and the young scout immediately raised the torch and stood side by side with Moses, and when Moses cleared a space with the torch, Roger squatted on the ground with great difficulty, slowly discerning whether there was any unusual arrangement around him.
The cleanup went very well, and soon the central part of the entire huge space was cleared, and Roger didn't find any traps at all, but instead of dirt, there were thick stone slabs on the ground, and there were many cracks in these stone slabs, which were obviously not something that the spiders could do.
While Moses and Roger were busy, Ryan stood in the middle of the space and looked around, and suddenly felt that this place looked like a palace, so he said to Moses, "Have you noticed it, this place looks like a palace." ”
"yes. Moses straightened up to rest for a moment, and at the same time he replied to Ryan, "Maybe it's the legendary Temple of the Apocalypse of the Kyidrama Empire, which is said to be guarded by Templars, but I guess it's a side temple at best." ”
"Oh, by the way, I've heard that those damn spiders have a habit of wrapping their food in their webs, I wonder if anything will be found in those things in the corner?" Priest Rocland spoke, but his hand still covered his nose, so it made his voice seem rather weird, and Barbara thought it was amused, and laughed on the spot.
Ryan patted Barbara's head lightly and whispered to her: "What's so funny, there are so many races on the continent, and everyone speaks differently, you have to learn to be tolerant." ”
"Well, I see. Barbara nodded heavily, then said to Pastor Rocheld, "I'm sorry, Mr. Reverend, I shouldn't have laughed at you, I apologize to you." ”
How could Rocchild deal with a little girl, he waved his hand generously and said, "It's okay, but it really stinks here, and I've only smelled it once in the sewer." ”
"So, do you want me to go and get rid of those spider silks?" Maybe there's something good hidden inside. Moses spoke again: "To be honest, the few spiders on the ground are not of great use at all, they are all male spiders, and the silk they spit out is not much use, but the venom collected is not bad, and it can be used to give Nancy more poison." ”
Ryan looked at the entire space again, and he was sure that this was once a palace before, but it had been abandoned for many years, and then somehow it was taken over by this group of spiders and became their nest. Unlike dragons, spiders don't seem to have a habit of collecting rare treasures in their lair, so Ryan sighed a little disappointed.
"Be careful, this spider palace doesn't know what terrible things are hidden. Ryan said to Moses, "However, if you can confirm that this place is safe, you might as well gather some more people from above and clean it up when the time comes, and maybe it will be fruitful." ”
"Okay. Moses nodded, took a spear from the Castle guard of Ironfist, tied the torch to the tip of the spear, and then held the end of the spear in both hands and handed the torch to the cobwebs that were wrapped in something. Although the cobwebs were sticky, the flames were their nemesis, and under the burning of the torches, the first spider silk wrap gradually slipped open, revealing the contents inside.
Priest Rocheld, after glancing at what had fallen, spit it out on the spot, because he saw half of a human body, and from the blur of flesh and blood of the corpse, it was clear that it was probably only recently disappointed, and it was probably the companions of the two poisoned mercenaries.
"Damn! Damn!" said Priest Rocheld, spitting and muffled, "If the back one is something like this, get rid of you and don't open it again!"
Moses made an apologetic gesture at Ryan, but he didn't stop, and soon the spider silk that wrapped around the half of the human corpse was burned, and the human remains fell to the ground. Without the slightest pause in Moses' hand, he handed the torch on the tip of the gun to another spider silk wrap that was still slowly wriggling, and Roger, the scout standing beside him, drew his short sword nervously, and watched intently as the torch slowly burned the spider silk.
Soon, this mass of things also revealed its true face, but it was a living small lizard, its limbs seemed to have been broken, although it kept struggling, but it could only lie on the ground, unable to move, seeing that the little thing in front of him seemed to be in no danger, Moses's expression suddenly relaxed, but Ryan suddenly asked The fishy smell in the air became stronger.
"Be careful, everyone, there is ......" Before Ryan could finish his reminder, he heard a scream from the Iron Fist Castle guard behind him, Ryan turned his head suddenly, only to see the guard on the ground fall to the ground in pain, his whole body was covered with a layer of dark green juice, and all the skin stained with this juice immediately began to rot, and the stainless steel armor on his body, although it was blessed by Ryan's magic, still could not resist the corrosion of this dark green juice, and countless shallow pits appeared on the smooth surface, and these shallow pits continued to expand because of corrosion.
Just beside the attacked, the ground began to shake constantly, and soon, the original crack stone slab ground cracked a big hole, and a huge spider came out of the ground, after seeing the appearance of this spider clearly, Moses couldn't help but gasp, blurted out: "Black widow!"
"Black Widow? Isn't that the Human-Faced Spider Queen?" Ryan had seen the description of the Black Widow from the book Blair had given him, and he looked carefully at the giant spider in front of him, which was as tall as three adult men, and sure enough, he saw a clearly visible woman's face on the face of this spider, which was also the origin of the nickname of the Human-Faced Spider Queen.
The first thing the human-faced spider queen did when she came out of the ground was to tear the iron-fisted castle guard who was moaning loudly beside her in two, and then ate one of them one bite at a time, and the priest Rochel knew that it was a matter of life and death, but he still couldn't help the hibernation and bloody scene in front of him, and squatted on the ground and vomited again.
Moses' face was full of seriousness, he knew that he had encountered a terrible enemy today, this human-faced spider queen nicknamed "Black Widow" was one of the giant spiders, their bodies were all highly poisonous, any part of their body would immediately decay if they touched it, unless the poisoned limbs were immediately cut off, otherwise the whole body would quickly decay until death.
That alone isn't enough to say how terrifying Black Widow is, the giant spider is also very good at close combat, they are agile, and they can spit out sticky spider silk at any time to bind enemies, which is a nightmare for enemies. The Sea Breeze City Mercenary Guild has a bounty task, but unfortunately it has been placed there for several years and no one cares about it, which shows the strength of the Black Widow.
(If I'm not mistaken, the total number of words updated today is: 20294.) I'm sure it's a record that will be hard for me to break again. Hehe, I hope you are comfortable watching it. by: Infinite Vitality)