Broad World

Vaughn glanced at Henry, who was focused on casting spells, and sighed. He whispered to the ranger next to him, "Be careful when you go in later, there may be deadly spell traps and invulnerable golems everywhere."

Zuvossa gave him a blank look. "I grew up in the arena since I was a child, and I have fought countless battles there. If I didn't understand how dangerous magic is, I would have been killed by those mages long ago."

"Arena?" Vaughn looked at Ranger in surprise. "No wonder you reacted so quickly. I participated in it a few times when I was wandering around. It was really a place to hone my will." He subconsciously touched several scars on his face as he spoke.

"I was sold as a slave when I was very young, and after several years of training there, I became a gladiator, performing and fighting for countless audiences. Until something happened later, I escaped from the arena and became a free ranger." After speaking, Zuwosa showed a sad expression on his face, and it was obvious that this incident must have a very happy ending.

The half-orc warrior was very smart and didn't make any further follow-up, he walked over and patted the ranger on the shoulder. "Don't think about the previous things. The important thing is that you escaped, right?" Zuwosa nodded, and did not speak again. She silently came to the steps at the entrance and sat down.

Henry quickly completed the spell, and an invisible magic eye was created. He controlled the eyeball to quickly enter the tunnel, and began to observe the specific situation inside. It didn't take long to see a pair of blood-red eyes pounced in the shadows, and Henry immediately cut off the connection with the eyeballs.

He frowned and said to the other two people: "I did some investigation just now, and the Mage's Eye was discovered within a short distance. It is estimated that the entire dungeon is full of all kinds of weird magic monsters, and there may be some magic guards left over from the time of Netheril. In short, we are in big trouble this time. I really don't know how these bird demons got through here."

Vaughan sighed. "Head, don't think so much. Even if there is a dragon living in it, you have to go in. Amy and Bamber are still waiting for us to save it."

"Going down to save people is not the same as rushing in without thinking. We have to plan, otherwise we are going to die if we go in." Zuwosa glared at the half-orc warrior, and it was obvious that she was very disgusted with this kind of behavior that did not consider the consequences.

Henry waved his hand to stop the quarrel between the two. "There is nothing more to say now, let's go down and have a look first. Fortunately, the passage below is spacious enough, so you can stay with Ares." After speaking, he stood up and blessed everyone with a low-light vision, and took the lead into the dark underground.

As soon as he walked into the entrance, Henry smelled a foul smell. Looking down, I found a large number of corpses piled up in the corner near the door, most of which were the bones of beasts, and a small part belonged to humanoid creatures. He took a closer look at the bones and saw the dense tooth marks on them. They vary in size, some are as small as mice, while others are so large that they bite off bones as thick as arms.

"Judging from the bite strength of the broken bones, this guy's mouth is at least one meter long. The bite force is astonishing. I think these bird monsters are probably feeding a giant beast, otherwise they would have eaten so many fresh bones." Zuwosa gave full play to her advantages as a ranger, carefully analyzing the information on the tooth marks.

The half-orc warrior touched his magic weapon, and asked nervously, "Could it be another giant dragon? The black dragon we met last time in the lower mountain city almost killed us."

Henry looked carefully at the bones in his hand, then shook his head. "Giant dragons don't have such a strong bite force. Generally speaking, they don't eat too often, and they basically swallow them alive. There are too many bones here, and it's obvious that this monster eats a lot. We need to move faster. Amy is likely to be caught as a food reserve."

"I can't imagine how big this guy is! Calculated according to its food intake, it must eat at least 200 kilograms of meat every day." Zuwosa gave an exaggerated statistic with a serious expression.

"I hate monsters that are too big. These rough-skinned and thick-skinned guys are very difficult to kill." Vaughan drew his weapon and walked inside with a grimace. The ranger carefully followed behind with a short bow in hand. Henry blessed himself with an "Iron Skin Art" and an "Invisibility Art" and led Ares to the end.

There was no light in the dark passage, and even with low-light vision, he could only see objects within ten meters. The half-orc warrior walking in the front carefully observed the surrounding environment, and soon he discovered some abnormal situations.

"Head! There are some strange statues in front of them, and their eyes are always glowing red." Vaughn pointed to a dozen statues with weird shapes not far away. Their bodies are covered by a pair of large wings and they sit tightly curled up on the ground. There are sharp claws on the hands and feet, and a pair of eyes emit a red light from time to time.

Henry observed carefully for a while, and rubbed his forehead. "So many of them are gargoyles!" He turned around and explained to the other two. "This is a kind of alchemy creature. As long as you get closer, these guys will all come alive and attack us. Since they are immune to many mental spells, they are mostly used by mages as guards."

Vaughan scratched his head. "Then let's fight. It's just some stone statues, so it shouldn't be difficult to deal with."

"You underestimate the gargoyles. Not only are they immune to attacks from ordinary weapons, but the most important thing is that they can fly." Henry closed his eyes and began to chant spells. After a while, he used the fourth-level spell "Enchanted Weapon" to create forty arrows and handed them to Zuvotha. "Here are some magic arrows. You can use them first. If they fly into the sky, I will shoot them down."

The ranger nodded and inserted them into the quiver one by one. Although these things can only exist for one day, they are enough to deal with the immediate crisis. Henry blessed Ares with a "bark technique", signaling the orc warrior to move forward slowly. As soon as Vaughan stepped through the front door with the magic sword in hand, a light flashed in the eyes of several gargoyles, and then they began to shake off the dust on their bodies and came back to life.

"Pay attention to attacking the head, there is their control center." Henry reminded loudly.

The half-orc warrior rushed over with the speed of the magic boots, and launched an attack before these guys took off. The giant sword slashed at the gargoyle's body, and the gravel flew all of a sudden, and soon one of them was chopped into pieces. Zuvotha drew a magical arrow and shot it at the sky. The sharp arrow easily pierced one of the wings. The gargoyle lost his balance and fell from mid-air, breaking his feet. Vaughn strode over and beheaded it.

Henry was hiding behind Ares and chanting a spell in a low voice. Suddenly a guy in the sky swooped down. Just as it was about to approach, the big brown bear stood up and threw him to the ground. Then it kept beating it with its sharp claws, which were comparable to magic weapons. After a while, there was another pool of gravel on the ground.

Soon Henry also completed his magic preparations, a spell matrix was cast, and Shadrik's killing arrow x2. I saw two gorgeous magic flashes across the air, and the two gargoyles in the sky were directly pierced through their bodies and fell down. The half-orc warrior who had been waiting for a long time rushed over to chop them up.

Just when everyone thought that this battle should be easily resolved, the figures of several gargoyles in the sky began to become blurred, and disappeared completely after a few seconds. "Be careful! The creator has blessed these guys with invisibility!" Henry loudly reminded the other two companions, but it was already too late.

A flash of red light suddenly flashed behind Zuwosa, and suddenly a sharp claw appeared out of thin air, scratched through her leather armor, and tore off a large piece of flesh. With a scream, the female ranger dropped the short bow in her hand, rolled a few times on the spot and fell a short distance, and then immediately drew out the long knife behind her to block. But the gargoyle didn't intend to fight her in close combat. It flew into the sky and soon activated the invisibility technique again.

"Bastard! These damned stones are so smart." Zuwosa cursed loudly. She didn't dare to bandage the wound now, and could only stare nervously at the surrounding air.

"Hold on for a while, and I'll let these damn things take effect." As Henry began to prepare the spell, Ares guarded him tightly.

Vaughn kicked away a guy who was just about to sneak attack, and quickly ran to Ranger and handed her a bottle of healing potion. The latter immediately opened the bottle and drank it, and the wound stopped bleeding as quickly as the naked eye could see. The two stood back to back with weapons in hand, desperately fending off the gargoyle that suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

After more than ten seconds, Henry finally completed the preparations for this magic spell "eliminate invisibility", and he released it at several invisible gargoyles who were besieging. In an instant, both Vaughan and Zuwosa clearly saw the enemy not far from them. They rushed out to attack these guys, and with the cooperation of spells, it didn't take long for all the gargoyles to be turned into rubble.

After the battle, Henry walked over to pick up the eyes made of red gemstones on the ground, these are the core parts of the gargoyle. It carries the energy driven by the whole body, and most of the tactics set by the maker. At that time, as long as the structure inside is simply modified, you can create your own gargoyle guard. (To be continued.)