More and more Imps appeared in the warehouse. These creatures were around 1.2 meters tall, and the stronger ones could reach 1.5 meters. Don't underestimate this height. Imps were actually a type of creature from the Abyssal Plane, but these creatures had already spread to many planes. They were even more adaptable than magic insects.
At least the demon insects could not leave the Demonic Plane, and imps were said to exist in the Divine Kingdom.
Unfortunately, they could not hide. If they left the underground warehouse, the imps would drill out of the 16-meter long hole and occupy the entire Goddess Space. They might even enter the Purgatory Desert to reproduce. According to the attributes of imps, they could survive in extremely harsh environments like sand scorpions.
Although the Goddess did not ask them to protect the temple, for the temple to fully expand and absorb believers, there had to be a place for believers to live. If these imps were not killed, with their reproduction ability, they would quickly occupy the entire Goddess Space.
Even the creatures of the Abyss Plane would treat imps like locusts. The Abyss Army did not even have imps, because they ate a lot and reproduced quickly. If you take in the Imps for deployment, your logistics will soon be finished.
Rex flew up too. Shika released the skeleton of a magical beast and stood on it. They flew into the air. Fortunately, the underground palace was also very spacious. This warehouse was about 50 meters tall, so it should be close to 60 meters.
Only Trish and Byrne were left. These two could also fly, but they hid and did not want to make a move.
"What do we do?" Rex and Salin discussed. More and more imps gathered outside the door. Many imps started to look at the big hole in the ceiling. Imps did not have many long-range attacks, except for throwing stones.
"If we escape, we need to fill this hole. But imps can dig, this hole …"
Rex also knew that it would not be easy to fill this hole. The imps already knew that they could leave and would keep digging.
"I am very curious. What do these imps rely on to survive?" Shika looked at the densely packed imps in the warehouse. There were more than a thousand imps now.
"Damn, the Goddess must have left a lot of food in the warehouse. They must have eaten it all!" Salin said angrily.
On the upper floor, they had only gotten some seeds, but the warehouse below was likely to have a lot of food. These imps could reproduce in large numbers, so no matter how much food the Goddess left behind, it would be useless. The food left behind by the goddess could definitely be stored for a long time. If Salin and Rex obtained this food, they wouldn't have to worry about Metatlin City's food purchase problem in the short term.
How hateful, these Imps ate everything. Perhaps there wasn't much food left in the warehouse. Although the Goddess had the means of space, and there was plenty of Clear Cloud Rice that could fill one's stomach in one bite, it was impossible for the Imps to consume it endlessly.
If he didn't open this palace, then these Imps would starve to death sooner or later.
"It must be some Imps left behind by the Goddess. The Goddess doesn't like killing for no reason. The Imps can dig holes and build huge palaces. They are the best foundation. After using them, the Goddess couldn't bear to kill them, but after the Goddess fell, these guys who were locked up … "Rex didn't continue. Salin also understood. Without the Goddess around, no one could restrict their reproduction.
Rex might not be right, but it wasn't too far off. Back then, the species of creatures that humans captured were too complicated. Some of them were gifted to the Goddess, including the Imps. These surviving Imps relied on the food stored in the underground palace to survive. Without much intelligence, the Imps didn't know how to restrict their reproduction. Instead, just like in the Abyss, they desperately multiplied and armed themselves.
In the underground palace, the metal materials, food, and medicine that the Goddess left behind for Salin and the others were all ruined by these Imps. If Salin and the others hadn't come, these Imps wouldn't have lasted more than three to five years if they killed each other.
The Goddess left behind a lot of resources. Of course, it was to let those who signed a contract with her spread the faith as soon as possible and unify the continent. But the gods also made mistakes. The Goddess' mistake was to keep these Imps. Not only was the food ruined, but some of the species left behind by the Goddess, including the eggs of the magical creatures that could sign contracts with humans, were also eaten by the Imps.
With these, Salin could even support an army of more than a million people. He wouldn't have to worry about the logistics of food for hundreds of years.
Just as the astrologer said, you can't know everything about the future. The Goddess knew that the God of Light would spread the faith at this time. She even predicted the division of the Myers Continent and the disintegration of the Fourth Dynasty. But she didn't expect that a tiny creature would destroy her resources.
"Shika, test it." Salin first wanted to determine the defense of these Imps. Shika nodded and took out her boomerang. Her boomerang had completely changed. It was a transparent metal weapon in the shape of a half-moon. This transparent metal weapon was extremely thin, but it was much heavier than the original boomerang. Salin was reluctant to use the metal materials that were added to it.
Because Shika didn't have any long-range attack methods, Salin didn't hesitate to refine this boomerang according to the blueprint that Shika gave him.
Salin had tested it. Shika's boomerang could easily cut through a fully armored Battle Puppet. Although the Battle Puppet itself wasn't made of metal, its bones were from low-level magic beasts. The reason why a small boomerang could cut through a Battle Puppet was because the power released by the boomerang was equivalent to the sword energy of a Sword Saint.
To achieve this effect, in addition to the mysterious totem patterns inside the boomerang, Salin also added dragon crystal particles. Otherwise, with Shika's ability, it would be impossible for her to release the same attack as a Sword Saint.
Shika didn't need to be reminded of Salin's hint. Her boomerang suddenly disappeared from her hand, and the next moment it slid through the waist of an Imp.
The Imp screamed and fell down. Salin's cold vision could clearly see that the armor around the Imp's waist had been completely broken, and the boomerang had cut a huge wound in its abdomen. But this wound only cut through the Imp's fat, and didn't expose its internal organs.
"I hate fat people." Shika's fingers turned, and the boomerang didn't fly back to her hand like before. Instead, it flew towards the second Imp. The second Imp had already noticed this strange weapon. He waved his warhammer and smashed it. The boomerang vibrated in the air like a butterfly, strangely bypassing the warhammer and cutting through the Imp's neck.
With a cracking sound, the Imp's neck didn't break, but blood wildly sprayed out. The Imp issued a hissing sound, and the blood quickly stopped.
"Unkillable cockroach!" Shika muttered. Her fingers changed again, and the boomerang quickly swiped across the face of another Imp. There seemed to be an invisible barrier in front of the Imp's face. The boomerang trembled as it slid across it, cutting off the Imp's nose, but it didn't penetrate deep into the skull.
"How is it?" Salin asked as he saw Shika recall the boomerang.
"It's difficult. With the defensive power of this armor, only intermediate spells can deal with it. Moreover, it has to be a single target attack spell, otherwise the effect will be terrible. " Shika knew how powerful her boomerang was. Even elemental spells might not be stronger than her boomerang. If she controlled the rhythm of the attack and slowed it down, then Shika's boomerang could seriously injure the Imp.
The problem was that the Imp recovered too quickly. The Imp that had been injured in the neck and abdomen had already crawled up, and was waving his warhammer and roaring into the air.
Salin was a bit annoyed as he heard Shika's reply. If it was only an intermediate spell, then the Cone of Cold that he was most familiar with would be useless. The Cone of Cold was only a level-one spell. Salin constantly strengthened it, and finally reached the attack power of a level-three spell. But this was also the limit.
If the attack power of the Cone of Cold was raised to the level of a level-four spell, then it would become a completely different spell, and the consumption of magic strings would not be limited to that of a level-one spell.
Before Salin could figure out how to deal with the problem in front of him, the Imps below had already started attacking. Their metal warhammers flew out of their hands, smashing towards the three people in the air.
Shika was the most relaxed. She was standing on the skeleton of a magical beast. The hardness of the skeleton was unimaginable. Salin scanned it with his mental power, but even with a few dozen kilograms of metal warhammers, he didn't find any damage.
Salin's defense was also simple. The Water Pattern Shield formed a huge bubble that wrapped around his body. The war hammers flew over aimlessly, but Salin himself was covered in a cloud and couldn't aim at them at all. Even if they hit the Water Pattern Shield, the nature of the Water Pattern Shield made blunt weapons like the metal war hammers helpless.
Salin could calculate the attack points of the metal warhammers, and the Water Pattern Shield easily avoided the most powerful attack points, sliding the metal warhammers to the side.
Rex completely relied on her skills. She released the level-0 spell Wind Dance, but the warhammers were affected by the wind elements in the air, and couldn't aim at her at all. When a level-six Magician released a level-0 spell, they wouldn't care about the consumption of magic strings. Even if it consumed mental power, with Rex's powerful equipment, she didn't have to worry about this problem at all.
"Rex, use a scroll to seal the door." Salin saw that wasting time like this wasn't a solution. They had to attack to solve the problem. As he spoke, he had already taken out a level-six magic scroll. Area of effect spells were indeed less destructive, but the single-target damage of a level-six spell was no less than a level-four spell. Since the defense of these imps could be effectively attacked by level-four spells, they might as well experiment with area of effect spells. If they killed them one by one, they would probably have to kill them all by next year.
If only Rex's metal Titan had recovered from its injuries. If he threw it down, no matter how many imps there were, they wouldn't be enough. Even if the three Lords were here, the attack power of these imps was too strong. Only those at the level of the three Lords could kill to their heart's content in such an environment. Forget about the physical qualities of a Magician.
"Alright." Rex took out a level-seven magic scroll without hesitation. Only someone like her could take out the corresponding scroll at any time to deal with trouble.
Crystal Guard!
A transparent wall instantly sealed the entrance to the door. Salin took a deep breath, and gently opened the level-six magic scroll in his hand.
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