Ten minutes ago, the sound of the cave collapsing came from the entrance of the cave, waking up the Lich who was immersed in the coffin.
He did not step out of the carriage. Fen took some time to use magic to investigate the situation outside. After a while, she found the place where the loud noise came from. It was the entrance of a cave that had been blocked by gravel and sand. Judging from the stones that were still falling, the collapse had happened not long ago.
She vaguely heard that the man and his two apprentices were about to enter a cave. Was it that cave?
She opened the instant messaging app and sent a message to the two girls. After a while, she got a long reply. It was very Kaya's style, describing the situation in detail. Fen did not read the whole message, she only knew that the three apprentices were fine and were temporarily trapped inside. Because something more urgent was happening.
That group of villagers was currently surrounding the carriage, and from their expressions, they didn't seem to be friendly.
Are they going to turn hostile?
Fen grinned.
… Hmm, why is a skeleton grinning?
Let's not talk about that for now. Fen never knew how to deal with people who were filled with killing intent in a friendly manner, and retreating was not an option. In her life, in the world she grew up in, the enemies she faced, if she retreated easily, they would die without a burial place. Therefore, she always used her strongest strength to fiercely counterattack.
Then, he took out two magic guns. In the skeleton state, the legs could not be equipped with magic guns, so at most, she could only hold two guns. Even so, the attack power was strong enough for a normal person. But after thinking about it, Fen put down the magic guns.
The characteristics of magic energy bullets were different from real bullets or laser beams, the biggest characteristic was that they did not cause penetrating damage. They would affect the target according to the characteristics of the energy. Most of the time, they would destroy the insides of the body and make a mess.
Unfortunately, she had some insights from her recent research. She happened to have experimental materials delivered to her door, it was shameful to waste them, wasn't it? That was what the girl said.
So under the shocked gaze of the villagers, Fen opened the curtain covering the back of the carriage, walked down, and stood still.
Under the guidance of the old man, the gathered villagers were stunned to see a skeleton come out of the carriage. But soon, the astonishment in his eyes was replaced by greed. A skeleton made entirely of gold. No matter what, it should be worth a lot of money. The old man shouted at the crowd, "Everyone, don't be afraid. A magic puppet that has lost its controller will be unable to withstand a single blow. The Magician had died in the tunnel, and this skeleton-like magic puppet had no weapon. The most it could do was wave its arms. If we break it down and melt it down, we should be able to sell it for quite a bit of money. "
The greed of humans always made them say things that made them not know whether to laugh or cry. What was even more interesting was that these words could actually convince people. Fen did not open her mouth to explain. She had picked up that person's bad habit and suddenly wanted to play a prank. She walked forward unsteadily. His every movement was like a rusty puppet whose joints were not lubricated, moving with great difficulty.
This kind of performance made the villagers who came here couldn't help but laugh mockingly, and the contempt in their hearts increased a bit. At first, some people were worried when they saw a moving skeleton. She was worried that a magician might have added some kind of curse to his belongings and would curse anyone who touched the magician's personal belongings. But the skeleton's miserable performance made them no longer worry.
Putting aside unnecessary worries, the old man wanted to send a few young people to stop the skeleton so that the others could enter the carriage and loot it. But the thought stopped there … … He couldn't move. Not to mention moving, he couldn't even turn his neck.
Demon King Fen Tikal's ultimate move – a low-level version of Eternal Imprisonment. This was a magic born from another magic. It used a principle similar to Fear to oppress people who were far inferior to oneself on the spiritual and spiritual level, thus making the other party's whole body stiff and unable to move. People with strong willpower could break free from the restraint. But there didn't seem to be such people here.
Fen dragged her feet and came in front of the old man. Her wrinkled cheeks that had experienced many years couldn't even change her expression at this time. She could only watch as the skeleton approached, its five fingers closed together, and the right arm bone that was raised paused. When it was raised to the highest point, it swung down with lightning speed, like a sharp blade cutting through the neck without any hindrance.
"Keke, keke." Fen, who was laughing strangely, looked at the cut on the neck that was sealed by ice. She turned her eyes that were gradually burning with red flames to look at everyone present. Everyone's scalp tingled, but they couldn't move. They wanted to escape, but they couldn't.
Should she leave some people behind to let the master and disciples vent their anger? Fen calculated in her heart.
Inside the mine, Lin and the other master and disciples had just dragged the gold-digging worm's body out of the hole that it had dug. Of course, their purpose was to salvage some losses.
Although the gold-digging worm's whole body could be used, it was impossible for people on the journey to take the whole thing away. They could only find the most valuable part … … That part seemed to have been thrown into another dimension by someone, so now they could only find the more valuable part.
They dragged the worm's body out and not only circled the mine a few times, but they also put the tail into the tunnel before they finally got the whole gold-digging worm out.
The first thing they needed to find was the location of the magical beast crystal. Normally, a magical beast would only form one crystal, and most of them would be in the head. But this was not absolute, so the master and disciples still held on to a faint hope that they could find the non-existent crystal.
If the magical beast was alive, although it would be troublesome, there were still some detection methods that wouldn't hurt the magical beast. But since it was dead, they would use the simplest method: digging.
At this step, the only obstruction left was probably the smell, especially since the location of the operation was an airless mine. But the master and disciples had already cast a supplementary spell to purify their breathing before entering the tunnel.
Lin, who came from Earth, knew very well that in this kind of semi-enclosed environment, the appearance of deadly gases and viruses would not give any warning. As a detection method, the miners on Earth would bring along fragile birds. As long as there was gas, the birds' small bodies would definitely die before humans, and this would serve as a warning.
There were similar methods in the Mystic Land, but Lin was more used to taking precautions from the beginning. Of course, it was impossible to completely eliminate the toxins. But at least it would give people enough time to escape when they discovered it, and they would not be killed immediately. As for some unpleasant smells, this magic could more or less reduce the effect of the stench.
The two girls seemed to be venting their anger as they dug around the insect's body, looking for things that they didn't know where they were. This allowed them to find some unknown hard objects, and they would yell and ask their master to identify them. This also allowed him to understand one of the Gold Digging Beetles' ecological characteristics. They were creatures that ate minerals as food, and as expected, there were many stones in their bodies … the useless kind.
But compared to the two girls who were digging around aimlessly, Lin's first priority was to identify the Gold Digging Beetle's body structure. Then, he followed the organs of the digestive system and found the stomach. And once he found the stomach, he could determine what the Gold Digging Beetle had been eating recently.
In order to know what the Gold Digging Beetle had been eating recently, there was one thing he wanted to confirm. That was, before he was tricked into entering, the villagers had said that they encountered magical beasts and suffered heavy casualties. Were they telling the truth?
Regardless of whether the method of sealing the entrance was proper or not, there was no doubt that there was a magical beast in the cave. In other words, the villagers' actions could be understood as forcing the mage into a corner and forcing him to fight the magical beast before they considered releasing it.
This kind of thing had been heard of in some remote places with strong folk customs, and Lin had scoffed when he read the relevant records. If the folk customs were so strong, why would they not fight the magical beasts or humans that threatened the safety of the villagers? Instead, they would force the equally deadly warriors to fight the magical beasts. Were they not afraid that after they came out alive, they would take care of the entire village?
And to confirm the true intentions of the villagers who tricked him into entering the mine, the answer lay in the Gold Digging Beetle's stomach. Although it could digest ores and magic crystals, it sounded like the Gold Digging Beetle's digestive system was very strong, and it should be easier for it to digest human bodies. But in reality, this was wrong.
Take the creatures on Earth for example. Other than stomach acid, their digestive system also had digestive enzymes to help them digest food. Digestive enzymes mainly targeted carbohydrates, proteins, and fats in starch. These were all molecules made up of carbon, which was why the creatures on Earth were called carbon-based creatures.
However, neither stomach acid nor digestive enzymes had any effect on minerals. In the human body, these things would form into stones and wait for nature to remove them. Of course, it was also possible that the stones would be eroded by acidic substances over a long period of time, and eventually disappear. But this process would take a long time.
On the contrary, if the Gold Digging Beetle's digestive system specialized in minerals, then the human body that it accidentally swallowed could be preserved. In other words, it would not be digested so quickly. This meant that if the Gold Digging Beetle had eaten humans recently, it was possible to find a human body in its stomach.
In order to prove that Marco Lin had used Bocamoso's Giant Palm Technique to replace his own hands, he had thoroughly searched the Gold Digging Beetle's digestive system, but he could not find any evidence of a human body.
This meant that the villagers' excuse of a magical beast was really just an excuse. Coincidentally, there really was a Gold Digging Beetle in the mine. Fortunately, the villagers did not provoke the Gold Digging Beetle during the mining process, causing it to go on a rampage and attack them. Instead, it was a certain someone who used a spell to map the mine that awakened the Gold Digging Beetle.
'It must be that spell,' Lin Li thought.
What an inexplicable coincidence it was. Someone's face twitched. He wanted to laugh, but he could not.
"Teacher, teacher." The lively wild girl seemed to have forgotten her lesson and called out impolitely.
She was holding a stone covered in mucus in her hands. Although he couldn't see it clearly, there was a deep blue light under the green mucus, and there was also a faint hint of purple.
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