Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 130: Orson Muniper's Sprawling Monsters

"From the results, it seems that they not only dared to do it, but they were also able to do it," Sylvia said in silence. "Do those elves have such a powerful backer? Then why were they overthrown by the rebel allies?"

"It should be the elves of Green Swamp Town. Various signs show that the darkness under this land cannot extend outside." Ron closed the diary. "This diary is full. I guess there should be a sixth one, but he probably doesn't have the ability to finish it."

"The Copper Dragon was probably also threatened by the elves, but she was more cautious and ran away directly," Exuri flew up again, "That being may be much more terrifying than the Swampmaw! I don't know when it will come to us."

"It will take at least a hundred years," Sylvia calculated. "The ancient kingdom and Green Swamp Town in the Hailan Empire are not that dangerous to humans. By the time something happens, we won't know how many generations have passed."

"We can't leave it to our descendants to solve," Ron said with a smile, "and you won't still be alive by then? That will be a problem too."

"Let's find Ivy and the others. They must know about this."

As soon as Ron and the other two and the dragon stepped out of the cave of the library, Ivy and the others hurried over from the corner of the corridor: "Run, run! Hide!"

"Ah?" Ron was stunned. "What happened?"

"My question!" Ron's face turned pale with fear when he saw a goblin for the first time. "A huge vine ball! I just threw a gem at it and it woke up, and it kept chasing us!"

"How could there be a living thing in the green dragon's lair?" Victoria laughed bitterly. "Our attacks have almost no effect on it. Let's figure out how to get out first! It will be too late if we are caught up!"

"Luckily that thing moves very slowly," Ivy breathed a sigh of relief, "otherwise it would be hard for us to get back!"

"It's really infuriating!" Sera was sullen as she held the Blue Wave Grip. "I can't even cut the vines? How is this possible?"

"Vines?" Ron and Sylvia looked at each other. It was not surprising to see vines in the green dragon's lair, but what kind of vines could not be cut by the Grip of the Blue Wave?
As the heavy and slow footsteps came one after another from the darkness, Ron and the others were ready for battle.

Although Ivy and the others talked about mysterious things, it would be too humble to escape without a fight - at least we should see who they are.

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One after another, vines as thick as Ron's forearm clung to the corners of the wall. Under the illumination of the light spell, the huge body of the unknown creature cast a terrifying and twisted black shadow on the wall. Just by looking at the shadow, Ron and the others could not distinguish the difference between the head and body of the creature. It seemed to be a ball with long legs, slowly turning the corner with heavy steps.

It was a rotten pile of animated plants tangled together, covered with rotten leaves, vines, roots and other natural deposits of forests and swamps, and its upper part stood upright nearly a person tall, with its faceless "head" at the top. If it were encountered in the wild of Delusion Land, Ivy and others would probably be devoured before they even had a chance to discover it, because this creature would feed on all organisms, tirelessly eating plants on its way and animals that had not escaped. The only reason they have not yet destroyed the entire ecosystem is their rarity and slow speed. Despite this, their existence will continue to damage the natural environment on which plants and animals depend for survival, and this terrifying existence of constant hunger also makes the woodlands and swamps filled with uneasy silence.

"Shambling monsters, also known as shamblers," Exuri said the name of this creature before Ron and Sylvia. "Shambling monsters have many variants depending on their living environment and food. You obviously have offended a tough guy."

If it was the most common shambling monster, the most common of this rare species, its strength would not be stronger than that of an underage swampmaw monster. But the one in front of them was probably not one of them, because Ron and the others saw that in addition to the dead branches and leaves, there was also a small wooden sign hanging on the shambling monster, with the same warning in Dragon Language and Common Language:
Orson Muniper's creeper, no one is allowed to see it, no visitors are allowed.

"This is a guard the green dragon made for himself!" Exuri screamed. "He must have added a lot of magic to it to ensure its long-term vitality!"

The dragons occasionally leave their nests like elves, and start adventures that can last from a few years to centuries, so it is not surprising to leave some guards in the nest who can move around for a long time. But it was unexpected that Ron and his friends encountered it and woke it up!

"What are you doing? Put down the gem!" Sylvia hurriedly stopped Ron who was about to use the terrain to fire a lightning bolt at the shambling monsters. "Don't you know? Shambling monsters are ordinary swamp plants that are activated by lightning or fairy magic! Their heavy bodies can resist the effects of freezing and fire. Lightning will further activate the roots, thereby strengthening the shambling monsters and stimulating their feeding instincts - you definitely don't want to bury us all here, do you?!"

"Does it have no weaknesses?" Ron flipped his hand and caught a strong acid arrow and shot it at the face of the shambling monster, but it could only corrode the plants in a small area, which was useless to the shambling monster. "The scorching ray will not have much effect on it, right?"

"It has at least six different permanent spells attached to it. Although they are only used by green dragons to warn intruders, it will definitely be no problem for us to deal with it!" Exuri quickly switched to dragon language, "Recall the original book you just read! Try to remove the magic from it, so that we have a chance!"

As he said that, the young black dragon snapped his fingers for the first time, but it did nothing except emit six different colored magical auras from the Shamblers.

"The magic level above is far higher than ours," Exuri cast the dispel spell again, and this time the aquamarine aura on the shambling monster was instantly removed. "It would be great if we knew the wither spell, which would be very effective against this kind of creature!"

"What are you thinking about!" Victoria didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "It's better to be sober now - remove the magic!"

"Protective magic circle!"

A dim columnar twilight barrier rose in front of Ivy, and glittering runes appeared on the ground. When the shambling monster tried to attack the half-elf, its perception seemed to be refracted by the water surface, and the lashing tentacles fell far off the target, not even touching a strand of Ivy's hair.

"The protective array is not designed to defend against plants. It won't last an hour." Victoria quickly sprinkled the remaining iron powder on the ground. "Fight or flee, we'd better decide quickly!"

(End of this chapter)