Almost at the same time, the whole "skin" also curled up. A reptile crawled out of the stone wall and quickly climbed up to the top of the cave, dragging its mucus-dripping skin bag.
But Nightingale moved faster than it.
She suddenly appeared from the mist and hung upside down on the ceiling of the cave as if she was walking on flat ground. She stood in front of the reptile. Before her body fell, a silver dagger had already pierced the reptile's head and pinned it to the stone wall.
After struggling for a while, the reptile's six slender legs all drooped down and it was no longer breathing.
At this time, Lightning noticed that the so-called "egg" was just the reptile's torso. It was just that its head and legs were buried in the stone before, so it was covered by its huge abdomen.
The size of the insect was out of proportion. The front half of its body was like an enlarged ant, no more than half a meter long. However, the back half, which was the "skin" that wrapped around the Mad Demon, was so big that it could fit three large wine barrels. Even though half of the mucus had spilled out and the entire stomach was deflated, the surface area was still shockingly large.
"The demon was born from this thing's stomach?" the little girl asked in surprise.
"I've never heard of such a thing." Agatha squatted down and carefully looked at the demon with the light from the Magic Stone. "This Mad Demon... is already a fully mature individual. Look at its arm. Not only are there scars from the Magic Stone, but its arm is also much thicker than the other one, which means it has used magic power to throw spears more than once. "
"But where's the Magic Stone?"
"I don't know. Maybe someone took it away."
"So it was this reptile?" Elena said impatiently, "It swallowed the demon and hung it on the wall to digest the food. Then it happened to meet us. The Magic Stone was lost in the battle, or it was directly digested. Does this make any sense? Don't worry about this disgusting reptile. Finding Fran is the most important thing. "
"Swallowed?" Lightning thought to itself. Its mouth could barely swallow an adult human, not to mention a Mad Demon that was nearly three meters tall and had a burly physique.
"That's strange …" Nightingale's voice suddenly came from the void. "It's already dead. Why is its magic power only dissipating now?"
"What?" Agatha was stunned. "You mean this demon?"
"That's right. Its magic power is very thin, like mist. I only noticed it when it rolled out of the worm's stomach. But it was indeed lifeless at that time. Judging from the degree of decay of its skin, it was at least one or two days old. "Nightingale was puzzled." Isn't it impossible for magic to gather on dead things? "
"If you're not mistaken, it's indeed very strange …" Zoey nodded and stabbed the long sword in her hand into the stone wall. "Maybe we should take these two corpses back and study them. Let's leave a mark first and come back to deal with them after setting up camp. "
However, the group did not go far before they found several "egg worms" one after another. They were not all buried in the cave walls. Some were directly standing on the riverbank or in the mushroom bushes.
This time, they were experienced. Every attack was aimed at the vital parts and the heads of the worms buried in the soil were cut off one by one. When they cut open the worms' stomachs, they found Fearsome Demons and human corpses in addition to Mad Demons.
This made the witches' faces very pale.
There were no human settlements outside the Border Area. How did they catch these prey?
Or had the enemy secretly extended its tentacles into the territory of Neverwinter?
At this moment, Nightingale suddenly warned, "There's magic reaction in front! Wait, no … Is that Fran? "
"Where?" Elena did not rush over immediately. Instead, she spread out with the other God's Punishment Witches, holding their swords and guarding the surroundings.
Lightning knew that in the Misty World, there were only two colors, black and white. Most objects were made of intuitive and distorted outlines, but only magic power had bright colors. Therefore, the gloomy underground did not affect Nightingale at all.
"Two hundred meters ahead on the left … about 400 steps — She seems to be entangled by something." Her voice was a little farther away and became blurred by the noise of the water. "I can't see anything around … I'll go first … Wait …"
Not long after, two gunshots were heard —
"Bang, bang!"
The roar of the flintlock sounded particularly loud in the cave. The God's Punishment Witches looked at each other and kept advancing in formation. Lightning was one step faster. She flew over the crowd and headed straight for the source of the gunshots while holding the revolver in her hand.
Fortunately, what she was worried about did not happen. Nightingale quickly raised the Stone of Lighting to guide them.
At the latter's feet lay two monsters with scythe-like front claws. There was a big hole in their heads and blue blood was dripping on the ground.
"Are these the demonic beasts that can hide themselves?" Lightning asked while floating in the air.
"Yes, but no matter how good their skills are, they can't escape my eyes." Nightingale proudly put the revolver into her belt and patted Fran who was firmly trapped beside her. "Am I right?"
Fran wriggled a few times and made a few stuttering sounds. It seemed that her mouth was sealed.
At this moment, the little girl noticed that both sides of the worm carrier were wrapped with a white gelatinous substance, which firmly fixed it in place. Even its giant mouth was sealed. Apart from that, her strong body was covered with scars. Apparently, she had fallen hard into the deep pit.
What surprised her was that there was more than one giant worm like Fran. Right beside her, there were two other devouring worms lying quietly as if they were asleep.
"This is …" An idea suddenly occurred to Lightning. She jumped down and pushed away the moss on the ground. A mottled stone slab suddenly appeared in front of her.
"Oh?" Nightingale whistled. "Good, it seems that we've found —"
"The legendary snow mountain ruins!" She said excitedly.
"What the hell happened?" The rest of the God's Punishment Witches had just arrived. In order not to stray too far from each other, the God's Punishment Witches maintained the same speed. Elena was always in the front, which made Lightning's opinion of her change a little.
"We've found Fran and two monsters that seemed to want to eat her," Nightingale explained briefly. "She's fine. She's just tied up and can't move. This is already part of the underground ruins. The enemy is probably nearby. We should leave here as soon as possible after rescuing her. We'll summon the First Army and set up a sentry post first. "
Elena nodded and pulled out the heavy sword on her back. She quickly cut open the extremely elastic gelatinous substance. When Fran's big mouth was freed, everyone heard her growl.
"Don't look up!"
However, when Lightning heard this, she subconsciously raised her head.
It was pitch-black above her head. At first glance, there was nothing. The pit here expanded upward again, forming a huge space like the dome of a hall. The Stone of Lighting could only illuminate the ground within an inch of the surrounding area. She could not see anything above her head at all. But the next moment, she felt goosebumps all over her body.
A scarlet eye appeared in the darkness, then a second, a third...
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