Chapter 198: Murloc conspiracy
It seems to be a very trivial matter for the water dragon to pull the three powerful monsters out of sight with one tail. It didn't even look at the direction in which the beasts were rolled, and its eyes fell on the camp of the crusade.
It stuck out its reptile tongue, swiped twice in the air, and then retracted, as if to show its leisure with this action.
"What does this guy... want to do?"
"Is it despising us?"
"It's okay to be despised, get out of here!"
"Yeah, there is no prey for you to fill your stomach, let's go!"
In the face of this terrifying big guy, even the bravest knight, the most fanatical clergyman, and the most desperate adventurer are all heartbroken. The orc warriors were all whispering, saying nothing more than "you can't see me".
No way, if the previous monsters belonged to the "difficult" level of strong enemies, then the water dragon skipped the "expert", "hell" and other difficulties and directly reached the "unchallenged" level.
Want to deal with it? Half of the entire crusade may not be enough!
If the time goes back five or six hours, back to last night, when everyone was in a good state, maybe you could try a challenge. Now the crusaders are all exhausted, tired and hungry. If there is no strong enemy in front of them, they must be energized. Many people may even lie down on the ground and fall asleep.
Challenge the water dragon in this state?
There must be something wrong with the brain!
However, whether to fight or not, the Crusaders say it doesn't count, Water Dragon says it doesn't count...
So now, in addition to preparing for the battle, everyone can only pray silently, praying that the water dragon just passed by and found something strange, come and see what it is, there is no intention to sweep the cave and wipe them out completely.
Although... this possibility is really a little small.
At the same time, on the shore of Wolf's Den Lake, a group of murlocs were holding a ceremony.
In the center of a round and somewhat messy magic circle, at least a dozen demon beasts were killed, and the corpses piled up into a hill. The murloc high priest, who was so old with wrinkles on his scales, held a wand inlaid with the skull of the previous high priest, and circled around the magic circle, singing strange songs as he circled.
Its songs have no set rhythm or lyrics, and are full of freewheeling clutter with a disturbing overarching rhythm. It's like a bunch of goblins screaming and screaming - and still holding all kinds of weapons, blocking your door. It's like a group of flies, big and small, buzzing around you, sometimes expelling an S and sometimes a B in the air.
Around the magic circle, hundreds of murloc priests and shamans formed a circle, holding bone wands and singing prayer songs.
Their singing is much neater, obviously with clear lyrics and scores, although one by one is out of tone, it sounds like a cat - no, it's a group of cats scratching the frosted glass with their claws, but at least it's just unpleasant, It doesn't feel weird.
Well, it just makes people want to kill them all, or just stab their ears deaf.
Following the ritual of the fish people, a scene near the crusade camp gradually emerged over the magic circle. When he saw the water dragon lying lazily beside the camp and had no intention of attacking, the murloc high priest let out an angry scream.
It took a huge price to successfully lure the water dragon next to the terrestrial creature's camp. Of course, the purpose is not to let this guy go here, but to annihilate the group of terrestrial creatures that go to Wolf's Nest Lake every few years - it's better to kill them cleanly. , not even a piece of skin, a piece of meat, not a hair!
However, water dragons are powerful dragon species after all. Even if their minds are polluted, they still retain a high level of reason, and they have no intention of fighting with the crusade.
Of course there are fools among the dragon seeds, but most of them are wise ones. For example, the panda's mount, Qinglong, actually knows how to deceive and lure the enemy. In terms of tactics, it is likely to surpass many officers.
The water dragon is also smart, and it clearly feels that there are many powerful creatures in the crusade camp. Perhaps one or two is not enough to threaten itself, but if there are more, it may pose a great threat to it.
Although it doesn't think it's going to lose, why risk it when it can?
As the overlord at the top of the food chain in Wolf's Nest Lake, water dragons have never had the need to take risks.
Seeing that the water dragon did not intend to attack, and the crusade did not dare to act rashly, the murloc high priest became more and more impatient and angry.
As the overlord of this area, the water dragon is the enemy that they will challenge sooner or later. And those terrestrial creatures who come to toss once in a while have created huge trouble for them. Now it's hard to put the two together, and they don't fight very much. How can this be done!
After thinking for a while, the murloc high priest gritted his teeth and took out a golden-red scale.
This scale is not a special product of Wolf's Nest Lake, but comes from far, far away. The high priest bought it at a great cost through some secret channels.
It belonged to a water dragon—not a hybrid subspecies dragon of Wolf's Nest Lake, but a real dragon. As long as this thing is used as bait, there is no need to worry about the water dragon not doing it!
It threw this scale into the magic circle, and as the scarlet light rose, the scale gradually disappeared, and then appeared in the pile of monster corpses in front of the crusade's position.
If the magicians of the subjugation army are in good condition and can maintain the barrier, this approach will definitely not be able to hide from them. But now they are exhausted, they have no ability to monitor the situation around the camp, and the murloc high priest's spell system is completely different from what they usually come into contact with, so they missed this scene.
After all, what is worth noting that there is an extra scale in the corpses of monsters piled up like mountains?
But the water dragon noticed it at the first time, its eyes widened suddenly, and it stared at the scale.
The scales of real dragons have great appeal to subspecies dragons. As long as it is swallowed, absorbed and analyzed, it may be able to find a further path, purify its bloodline as soon as possible, and evolve into a true dragon.
For the water dragon that is already the overlord of Wolf's Den Lake, this is almost its only life goal.
So when this scale appeared, the chord of reason in its mind that had been tainted by chaotic magic and evil sacrifices was immediately broken, it let out a low roar, and rushed to the camp of the crusade without hesitation.
The Crusaders didn't know that it came for the scale that no one noticed. When they saw it rushed over, they didn't even think about it, and immediately used a backup method.
Several disposable bed crossbows that had never been used since they were built were cut off by the ropes that held the spring steel plates. An ordinary person's heavier arrow made a violent sound of breaking through the air, and shot towards the water dragon.
In the face of such an attack, the water dragon showed unimaginable agility, its somewhat bloated body twisted inconceivably while running, and even dodged most of the huge crossbow arrows, only one shot too much. Right, after all, can't hide, right in the middle of the chest.
The scales stronger than steel could not resist the huge bolts shot by the bed crossbow, and they were pierced at once. The bolts about one and a half meters long shot more than two-thirds of the water dragon's body, and blood spurted out immediately.
The water dragon let out an angry roar, and a pair of originally squinted eyes suddenly became round, and the crazy killing intent permeated from its body.
Affected by its breath, the magic circle by the wolf's den lake collapsed suddenly, and the murloc priests and shamans surrounding the magic circle spurted blood one by one, and the high priest vomited blood and was shaky.
But they all laughed smugly.
It was all worth it, despite the huge cost. Their plan has been successful!