Faerun: The arcane mage is still too imprisoned.

Suddenly, Dulak remembered, "Wait, wasn't the kobold leader a sorcerer? Where is that sorcerer?"

Finn walked over and shook his head: "I didn't see it, it must have run away."

"They ran away?" Durak frowned. "They ran fast, though."

Logan, eager to try, said, "Then I'll go find the clues. My eyes are my ruler! A mere sorcerer can't escape my notice!"

Lance turned to Logan: "No need for that. I know where Skala is... that kobold warlock is almost at the Eye of the Beholder."

"Come with me!"

He paused, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Moreover—it thought that by releasing the Eye Demon, it could use someone else to do its dirty work."

"However, the Eye Demon doesn't care whether it released its benefactor or not."

"If it doesn't have any special methods, then..."

……

Deep within the mine where the Eye Demon is imprisoned.

Scala was lying face down beside the entrance to the passage, trembling.

It had just rushed here and then quickly unlocked the chains binding the Eye Demon.

This chain, left by someone unknown, was specifically used to seal this juvenile bewitching demon.

After discovering the eye demon, it kept it untouched, thinking that it could be released as a trump card in case of a catastrophic disaster.

Scala crouched beside the air vent, peeking down furtively—

The round, eye-filled monster was floating in the center of the cave.

Its body is like a ball of flesh, about two meters in diameter, with wrinkles covering its grayish-brown skin.

At the center is a huge main eye, which is currently squinting, seemingly not fully awake yet.

Ten eye stalks extended from the surrounding area, each as thick as an arm, with a small eye at the end, all of which were closed at the moment.

But it is moving.

The infarcts slowly relaxed, and the small eyes opened one after another.

When Scala looked into those eyes, his legs went weak and he couldn't even stand up.

It had witnessed the Eye Demon unleash its power—when it had just conquered the mine and accidentally disturbed the sealed monster.

In that instant, all ten eye sockets shot out beams of light simultaneously, and the more than twenty tribesmen who rushed in to scout the way died before they could even scream.

Some were petrified, some were burned to ash, and some exploded into a bloody mist.

Skala hid behind many of his tribesmen and witnessed the whole thing.

From then on, it knew that this thing was not to be trifled with, and kept its distance from it, only occasionally checking to see if it had escaped its predicament.

But now, under such circumstances, it has been released by its own hands.

"Hiss..." Skala lay prone at the vent, her tail tucked tightly between her legs. "I saved you... Hurry... Hurry and kill that human mage outside... Kill him and I'll run..."

It imagined the image of that hateful silver-haired mage being riddled with holes by the eye demon, and a ferocious smile appeared on its face.

Then it heard a voice behind it.

"What are you thinking about?"

Scala turned around abruptly.

Lance stood three meters behind it, watching it with a smile.

The Iron Fist Squad and Cielsa stood behind him, each with their weapons drawn and their eyes hostile.

"Hiss—!!!" Scarla was so frightened that she instinctively wanted to run away.

But Lance had already raised his hand.

[A spell to freeze humans!]

Scala's body froze instantly, remaining in a half-squatting position, completely still.

Only his eyeballs could still move, and they were filled with terror.

Lance walked over, squatted down, and looked at it at eye level.

"That's pretty fast," he said. "But have you thought about this?"

Scala was speechless.

"The Eye Demon doesn't care about your kindness." Lance pointed down. "Once it comes out, the first person it'll kill might not be me."

Before the words were finished, a piercing hiss came from deep within the cave.

Immediately afterwards, a huge shockwave surged from below, sending debris flying around the ventilation shaft.

Skala's body was thrown over by the shockwave and rolled several times on the ground.

But the effect of the "Human Freeze Spell" was still there; it could only roll around stiffly, in a ridiculously comical way.

Lance stood up and glanced down at the ventilation vent.

The eye demon has fully awakened.

All ten eye stalks opened wide, their small eyes all staring upwards—in the direction of the vent.

The central main eye slowly rotated, finally locking onto...

On Scala.

"Jie jie jie jie jie jie jie jie jie"

The Eye Demon let out a mocking and strange laugh.

A dozen or so eyes revealed a mocking intent.

"hiss--!!!"

Scala's pupils instantly contracted to a slit.

It wanted to run, but couldn't move.

It wanted to shout, but couldn't.

It could only watch helplessly as the nearest eye stalk aimed at it, its eye tip glowing a dark red light.

"call out--!"

A beam of light shot out from the end of the eye socket and struck Scala precisely in the chest.

There are no dazzling color effects.

Skala's body seemed to have been drained of moisture, instantly shriveling up.

The scales lost their luster, the skin wrinkled up, and the eyes became sunken.

In less than two seconds, it turned into a dried-up corpse.

Before it lost all signs of life, Lance fired a [Fire Arrow] at it, turning it to ashes.

[Slayed a level 4 Kobold Warlock x1, gained 400 experience points!]

Current experience: 2500/4000

Lance glanced at the panel, then at the dried corpse, and curled his lip.

"See, what did I tell you?"

The beam of light that the Eye Demon launched a sneak attack was blocked by Lance's [Protection Against Good and Evil] which he had released in advance.

He jumped back and turned to look at the Iron Fist team: "Get ready for battle. That thing is coming."

As soon as he finished speaking, a muffled rumble came from below the ventilation vent.

Immediately afterwards, a huge ball of flesh slowly rose from the depths of the passage.

The Eye Demon, with its central eye larger than a human head and a dark red pupil, is currently staring at Lance and his group.

Ten eye stalks extend from the perimeter, each as thick as an arm, with small eyes at their ends all open, flashing with multicolored light.

Drucker swallowed hard: "Goodness... this thing looks creepy..."

Greta gripped her sword tightly, her face grave: "I've heard of the Eye Demon. Its eye sockets can release different rays simultaneously. Be careful not to get hit directly in the light."

Logan was already backing away: "Lord Lance, perhaps we should retreat first..."

Finn remained silent, only nocking an arrow from his bow.

Cielsa stood beside Lance, her scimitar drawn, her purple eyes filled with vigilance.

With a clear target in mind, the Eye Demon aimed all ten of its eye sockets at Lance simultaneously, with various lights flashing at their ends.

The next second—

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!"

Lance's [Secondary Spirit Bomb] and the Eye Demon's ten rays were fired simultaneously!

Red, green, yellow, purple... beams of light of various colors intertwined almost into a net, enveloping Lance.

Lance didn't even try to dodge.

Of course, he couldn't dodge the ray spell either.

He stood still, and the four defensive spells he wore—[Shield], [Mage Armor], [Protection Against Good and Evil], and [Secondary Protective Energy]—simultaneously glowed faintly.