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Chapter 108 Fierce Battle Against the Brain-Eating Monster

Richard took out several bottles of Fire Dance Star, then several steel arrows, and firmly tied the Fire Dance Star to the arrows. This way, when the arrows hit an object, the Fire Dance Star would naturally shatter, causing a violent explosion.

The various stilt houses of the fishman tribe are all built of wood and thatch, making them very flammable.

Richard chose the nine o'clock position, centered on the current location of the hall, as his breakthrough point.

According to his observation, firstly, there were relatively few patrol teams in this area, and secondly, Richard vaguely saw a path leading out of the fishman tribe.

Running around in the dark in an unfamiliar environment is obviously very unwise. If there is a path, it at least proves that it is a passageway, which is certainly safer than the unknown wilderness.

Therefore, if you need to find a place to hide temporarily, finding a secluded spot near the path would be a better choice.

Once everything was ready, Richard tiptoed out of the back door of the hall.

With a swift movement, he vanished into the shadow of a stilt house ahead.

Just then, a patrol team of five merfolk passed by in the shadows a dozen meters ahead.

Seconds later, two arrows with red bindings suddenly shot out from the shadows into the sky at six o'clock and twelve o'clock.

Many of the patrolling merman warriors were still wondering why there was a sharp, piercing sound.

Immediately afterwards, two loud explosions rang out!

Instantly, two stilt houses burst into flames at the twelve o'clock and six o'clock positions respectively.

Accompanied by the screams and shouts of the merfolk, the entire merfolk village instantly boiled over, as if hot water had been poured into boiling oil!

The fastest to react, of course, were the merman patrols!

In an instant, almost all the merfolk patrols rushed toward the fire, shouting in the merfolk language, "Guji Guji."

Without even guessing, Richard knew it meant something like shouting for enemy attack or firefighting.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the merfolk tribe, Richard immediately gulped down the Elegance of Wind potion. Two pale blue streams of energy instantly surrounded his legs, and he shot off like an arrow towards the nine o'clock position.

At the nine o'clock position, the fish people in the many stilt houses had just been awakened by the noise. When they opened the door, they saw a gust of wind blowing by, and the dust that was raised got into their eyes. After wiping their eyes, they looked again but could not see anything. They saw two flames shooting into the sky not far from the village and quickly called their families to go and put out the fire.

By this time, Richard had already crossed the short distance of just over a hundred meters and arrived at the heavily guarded gate.

Even though the sudden fire had reduced the number of murloc warriors to a considerable number due to the firefighting efforts, there were still four or five murloc warriors, plus two dual-wielding warriors, guarding the area.

Clearly, a direct confrontation is not a good idea, and Richard would not choose to run out through the main gate, as this would only lead to the fish-man tribe sending people to chase or search along the path, which would be detrimental to his subsequent concealment.

Richard, hiding in the shadows, summoned a sword and shield skeleton and immediately used a secret technique to possess it.

Immediately, the sword-and-shield skeleton strode directly towards the gate, drawing the attention of all the merfolk there. Richard was about to climb over the fence.

Seeing that all the guards had been transferred away, Richard calmly climbed over the wall at the gate and left. Before leaving, he didn't forget to send the sword and shield skeletons that were surrounded back to the underworld.

The few murloc guards left behind stared blankly at the spot where the sword and shield skeleton had suddenly disappeared.

After walking along the path for a short while, Richard summoned the sword and shield skeleton again and placed it in front to clear the way.

Looking at the chaotic fishman tribe camp, Richard smiled slightly and continued walking along the path without turning his head.

As Richard walked, he observed his surroundings. The path was surrounded by rolling hills and dense ferns, making it easy to hide.

Before long, Richard could vaguely see several caves. Due to the continuous battles and the unfamiliar territory, he really wanted to find a place to rest and sort out his next steps.

Suddenly, he felt the Soul-Devouring Spider egg in his arms twitch, a sign that the Soul-Devouring Spider was about to hatch.

This made Richard a little anxious. It seemed he needed to find a place quickly, because once the Soul-Devouring Spider hatched, Richard would have to hurry up and sign the blood pact, so he had to find a relatively safe place to do so.

After quickly comparing the several caves I had just discovered, I found one that was just big enough to accommodate one person.

Richard quickly possessed the skeleton and stormed in, killing an unknown beast before taking over its territory.

Meanwhile, Richard ordered the sword-and-shield skeleton to throw the beast's carcass far away. After the skeleton returned, he arranged for it to guard the cave entrance, while he himself took the opportunity to rest.

Just then, a cracking sound came from my arms, and a white, fist-sized, eight-legged spider crawled out of the broken egg.

Richard was overjoyed. After waiting for so long, he had finally hatched the Soul-Eating Spider.

The newly emerged Soul-Eating Spider seemed a little dazed, paused for a moment, and then, guided by the familiar aura, began to crawl from Richard's palm, up his forearm, and down his body.

Richard carefully and gently removed it, placing it in the middle of his palm. At the same time, he bit his index finger, squeezing out three drops of blood, and began chanting the incantation for the blood oath.

With a deep incantation, three drops of blood essence floated in the air, forming an equilateral triangle. Suddenly, a blood-red vertical pupil appeared abruptly in the middle of the triangle.

The moment the vertical pupils opened, a strange pressure descended, and like a living thing, it looked back and forth between Richard and the young Soul-Devouring Spider. In an instant, Richard felt a blood connection between himself and the Soul-Devouring Spider.

The next second, the blood-red vertical pupils vanished instantly!

At this point, the blood oath contract is basically complete. Going forward, as long as Richard feeds the Soul-Devouring Spider with a drop of his own blood every ten to fifteen days, he can continue to control this demon. Even if the Soul-Devouring Spider dies, there will be no backlash.

Before Richard could even get a good look at the juvenile Soul-Eating Spider and enjoy the joy of having his first contracted creature, the sword-and-shield skeleton guarding the cave entrance suddenly issued a sharp warning, as if something was moving at high speed toward the cave.

The next second, the sounds of sword-and-shield skeletons clashing with unknown creatures could be heard.

What incredible speed! Richard knew that the sword and shield skeleton's warning range was at least tens of meters, but from hearing the warning to hearing the sounds of combat, only about two seconds had passed, which showed just how fast the opponent was!

That's right! It must be because of the essence blood I used when I signed the blood pact with the Soul-Devouring Spider!

This unknown creature was most likely attracted by the aura of its own essence and blood.

Richard quickly grabbed the juvenile Soul-Eating Spider and stuffed it into his clothes before heading towards the cave entrance to investigate the enemy's situation.

What came into view was an extremely ugly monster, shaped like a dog, headless, neckless, and skinless, with exposed, blood-red muscle tissue, intertwined and tangled. What should have been the neck was now replaced by a naked brain, with the crevices and wrinkles of the brain clearly visible.

"Oh no! A brain-eating monster! It's actually this kind of monster!" Richard exclaimed in shock.

Since his last encounter with the Man-Faced Spider, Richard had learned his lesson and consciously researched books related to the Underdark in the library, such as "An Introduction to Species of the Underdark." Therefore, he recognized the monster in front of him at a glance as a Brain Eater.

Brain-eating monsters love to eat the brains of intelligent beings, especially the more intelligent the being. Therefore, the brains of human wizard apprentices are a rare and exquisite delicacy for them.

The most deadly thing is that the brain-eating monster has an abnormally high resistance to witchcraft, even higher than that of the iron-striped lizard, and it moves very quickly, making it extremely difficult for wizard apprentices to deal with. Generally speaking, witchcraft attacks are completely ineffective against the brain-eating monster.

If an ordinary level two wizard apprentice were to encounter a brain-eating monster and choose to directly cast spells to attack it, it would surely lead to defeat and death!

But Richard devised a strategy immediately: a master-level level zero sorcery spell to summon skeletons, combined with the advanced sorcery item, the Staff of Bone Summoning, and he completed the spell in a second.

In an instant, a skeleton warrior and two skeleton soldiers swiftly crawled out of the summoning circle!

At that moment, the soul fire of the sword-and-shield skeleton at the cave entrance suddenly went out.

It turned out that one brain-eating monster in front had attracted the sword and shield skeleton's attention, while another brain-eating monster suddenly attacked from the side and rear, causing the sword and shield skeleton guarding the door to die instantly!

Two brain-eating monsters! This set off alarm bells in Richard's mind.

Fortunately, the death of a summoned creature does not cause a backlash of mental energy, unlike some contracted creatures.

The two brain-eating monsters thought that after killing the skeleton at the cave entrance, they could go in and enjoy their "delicious meal." However, just as they were about to rush into the cave, they were slashed and driven back by three fully armed skeletons.

Given the unknown number of brain-eating monsters, staying in the cave would be a dead end, like being trapped in a jar, which would be quite disadvantageous.

Richard quickly cast Dark Element Shield and Bone Armor on himself, then formed a triangular formation with the Skeleton Warrior in front and two Sword and Shield Skeletons behind, firmly protecting himself in the middle, and slowly walked out of the cave.

Richard had thought it through very clearly. Against a monster like the Brain Eater, which had extremely high resistance to witchcraft, ordinary witchcraft was basically ineffective. Casting witchcraft was a waste of mental energy, and it would be more effective to use physical attacks. So at this moment, the giant bow was already in his hand.

Multi-shot activated!

Richard fired three arrows in quick succession, hoping that even if he couldn't kill them, he could at least severely injure them. But to his surprise, the two brain-eating monsters quickly dodged them all.

It seems that this is the first time my master-level archery skills have failed!

Richard finally understood the true meaning of the words "extremely swift" used to describe the brain-eating monster in the book!

This is like in a past life, one person asked, "How fast can Bolt run?" and another person replied, "Extremely fast!"

Vague descriptions can be very harmful!

(End of this chapter)