The silver liquid looked like mercury in Brendel's eyes, but judging from the distribution of the Frost Giants' corpses and the sword that was stuck in it, he was almost certain that it was the corpse of some kind of creature, or perhaps a monster.
"Some kind of metal-type subspecies of Sludge Monster?"
"No, the body of a Sludge Monster obviously can't be preserved for tens of thousands of years or even longer. Besides, I've never heard of a Sludge Monster among the Dusk Monsters." Brando shook his head subconsciously. In his long experience in the game, he had seen most of the monsters in Wohnde, including their state before and after death. Beasts and humanoid monsters generally left behind corpses after death, elementals would fall apart and return to their origin, and demons would be expelled back to their original plane before death. Only freshly dead Sludge Monsters or water-type elementals (including their ice-type subspecies) would turn into a pool of water after death.
But obviously, the situation in front of him did not make sense. Brando slid down the ice wall and came to Metisha's side. He squatted down next to the pool of silver liquid and reached out his index finger to touch it.
But the moment his fingertips touched the liquid, he suddenly withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted. 'Mercury' was not sticky, and it did not feel like the body fluid of a creature. It was more like an inorganic substance. But that was not what made Brando alert, but the moment he put his hand into the liquid, he felt a slight loss of power.
Brando's hair stood on end. He could clearly feel that the liquid was absorbing his power, and it seemed to have a consciousness. "Be careful, this thing is weird. Stay away from it." Brando immediately pulled Metisha up and reminded her vigilantly.
"Ah —!"
At that moment, a scream suddenly came from the ice cave to their left. Brando turned around. It was the voice of Ms. Scholar. "Shido?" His face changed.
"Oh no, Ms. Shido said she was a little curious and took Scarlet to check the other corpses." Metisha replied anxiously.
"Damn it!" Brando immediately heard the sound of fighting, followed by the muffled sound of a human body hitting the ice wall. He didn't know if it was Scarlet or Miss Scholar who was hit. But Brando heard three consecutive footsteps on the ice. The footsteps were heavy and sounded more like the footsteps of a tall male creature, not Scarlet or Shido.
Brando frowned. Before Metisha could react, he turned around and pulled out his sword. As soon as the pitch-black Halran Gaia was unsheathed, a silver light flashed in the direction of the ice cave, and a strange creature came into view.
If Freya was here, she would have cried out in surprise, because the humanoid monster that appeared in front of Brando and Metisha was streamlined, silver-white, and oval-shaped with no eyes, nostrils, or ears on its oval head. There was only a big cracked mouth that seemed to be laughing silently all the time.
The monster stopped at the entrance of the cave, looking a little surprised. It probably didn't expect that there would be other people in this direction, but it suddenly opened its mouth and waved its right hand forward. Like flowing liquid metal, it stretched out five or six meters, forming a silver blade that slashed towards Brando and Metisha.
The silver blade was like a flashing belt of light, and in the blink of an eye, it was in front of Metisha. The Silver Fairy Princess was taken aback and subconsciously tried to block with her spear. But Brando shouted, "Be careful." He pulled her behind him, and at the same time, the Halran Gaia was raised up, and the power of resonance summoned a stalagmite from under the ice, which smashed the silver blade into pieces.
Brando saw with his own eyes that the silver blade in the monster's hand hit the stalagmite, and together with the hard rock, it scattered like a waterfall, scattering into countless tiny silver water droplets and gravel. But when the water droplets fell to the ground, they didn't soak into the ground, but converged on the monster like mercury, and in the blink of an eye, they merged into one, and the silver monster immediately grew a new arm.
"Be careful, this thing isn't so easy to deal with." Brando protected the Silver Fairy Princess with one hand, and only then did he have time to finish the second half of the sentence, "Don't have any contact with it, it may absorb energy to maintain its regeneration ability."
"Ah?" Metisha had never heard of such an ecology, and couldn't help but open her mouth slightly. But when the monster heard Brando's words, it turned its head. Although it didn't have eyes, Brando unexpectedly realized that the other party was looking at him.
He suddenly felt a vicious murderous intent in his heart.
The silver-white humanoid creature paused for a moment, and then pounced again. Its movements were astonishingly fast, and when its body moved, it was like a silver light. Not to mention Metisha, even Brando almost lost his target.
"… It has at least the physical quality of an Elemental Rank." Brando's heart tightened. The thing was actually out of his sight, but he didn't even look at it, and swung his sword back. With an angry scream, Brando felt that his blade had pierced something. He turned his head and saw that the monster was almost split in two from its ribs to its chest, but it was still rushing forward with one claw covering the wound, and was about to rush up the ice slope on the other side.
"Damn it!"
Brando didn't expect this thing to be able to escape with such a serious injury. Fortunately, Wohnde had similar monsters, and he reacted in an instant. His right foot stopped, and he raised Halran Gaia with his right hand and slammed it down on the ground. With a dull roar, a stone dragon was seen extending from the tip of Brando's sword towards the back of the monster in a straight line.
The silver-white humanoid monster was astonishingly fast, but the stone dragon that came out from the ground was faster. One after the other, they caught up to the monster's feet in the blink of an eye. The resonance effect of Halran Gaia was equivalent to the full damage of the attacker, which meant that this attack was equivalent to Brando's full strength attack. With a loud bang, the terrifying impact from the ground directly blasted the monster into the sky, and its right leg, which took the full brunt of the damage, turned into countless silver splashes.
The monster was still flipping in mid-air. Brando immediately let go of Halran Gaia and raised his right hand, and the Ring of the Wind Empress immediately began to charge. The Lord bared his teeth like a beast, raised his right hand high, and let out a low hiss from the depths of his throat.
The next moment.
The Wind Bullet spun and shot out, instantly hitting the monster in mid-air. The Wind Bullet almost pierced through the center of the silver liquid, piercing through the monster's heart, forming a bright ring.
From the moment the monster passed by Brando, to the moment it was sent flying, and then Brando released the wind bullet, the whole process was just a blink of an eye. The battle that broke out even stunned Metisha. This was the first time she saw Brando fully display his combat talent in the game. The Silver Elf Princess' reaction was a little slower, but she still saw the whole process of the battle, and her eyes could not help but shine brightly.
Brando was a human, and if one ignored the Earl's title, he was just a young man in his twenties. But the reaction speed he showed at this moment, in Metisha's eyes, was completely in line with the standard of an ordinary Silver Elf Warrior.
But if the Silver Elf Princess knew that in fact, the current Brando was far from his peak level, and even slightly regressed, who knows what she would think.
In fact, since the battle with Ebdon, Brando's enemies were either too weak or too strong. All along, he had been a little out of practice in the game.
The monster was completely smashed, and it fell to the ground like a pile of mud. Brando hoped that he could kill it in a few seconds, but things did not go as he wished. The silver liquid quickly wriggled, and almost in the blink of an eye, it turned back into a human form and slid up the ice slope at the same time.
Its movement speed was simply beyond common sense. Even when it was smashed, its speed was still faster than the rushing river under the glacier. When it turned back into a human form, it was already nearly a hundred meters away from Brando and Metisha. Even if Brando wanted to chase, he was a step too late. Not to mention that the quality of the monster's body was not worse than his, and the speed of the two was just about the same.
Brando saw that the monster had reached the top of the ice slope in a few seconds, and could not help but cry out in pity. Because he had already seen that the silver monster's skin had become gray, just like the silver liquid he saw before. It was no longer as bright, and this meant that the magic that maintained the monster's vitality might be on the verge of exhaustion.
"What a pity, if only there was one more!" He was annoyed, but it was at this time that he saw a figure appear at the top of the ice slope.
Brando was slightly startled before he realized that it was the eldest son of the king of the Cruz people – the young man who proudly declared to him that his name was Lenarette Aurelius. Lenarette apparently also discovered the monster rushing towards him at the same time. He reacted quickly and immediately pulled out his sword from his waist.
"Be careful, don't touch it!" Brando knew that the eldest son of the king was only at the level of a mid-Gold-rank, and his actual combat power might not even be as good as the lower Gold-rank. The royal family had always been used to using some extraordinary means to cultivate their descendants, but their actual combat experience might not be as good as expected, so he quickly reminded him.
However, the eldest son of the king of the Cruz people reacted with frightening calmness. Almost at the same time that he heard Brando's reminder, he took a step back and slashed down with his long sword. The power from the Gold rank poured down into the ground, and immediately cut off the ice that was nearly fifty meters wide in front of him. After the ice fell off, it caused a terrible landslide.
The disintegrated ice and snow pressed down on the monster head-on. The monster had no choice but to smash a huge icicle with one punch. This punch probably consumed a lot of its strength, and the color of its skin was even dimmer. It had no choice but to jump up and try to jump over the layer of ice that was rolling down.
But Lenarette seemed to have expected it to do so. He raised his head and stretched out his left hand. The ring on his left index finger flashed white, and a wind ball flew out and hit an icicle above the cave.
With a loud bang, the icicles smashed down with almost half a meter thick ice. This time, the silver monster could no longer avoid it. It was covered from the sky with a loud bang, and then fell into the ice that was collapsing. It rolled down and was pushed to Brando's feet.
This scene stunned Brando. He could not help but look up at Lenarette, wondering how this guy's fighting style was exactly the same as his. If he could use the environment, he would never do it himself, and he was so calm that it was frightening.
If this was the other party's first battle, then it was a little too scary.
"My Lord, his ring can also release wind balls." Metisha could not help but sigh in a low voice.
Brando nodded. He could not help but give the eldest son of the Cruz people a thumbs up. He had to say that the previous battle was really beautiful. If it were not for Lenarette's quick reaction, this thing would have run away.
But the eldest son of the Cruz people glanced at him and did not respond to his praise. The man checked the stability of the ice slope with a straight face, then turned and walked back.
"Damn … …" Brando was so angry that he almost died. He put down his hand and turned to Metisha and sighed, "That's why I hate the Cruz people. These guys seem to have the word arrogance written on their faces. Martha above, you simply don't know how their self-esteem grows?"
"In fact, the Silver Elves are similar, my Lord," Metisha replied with a smile, "The Cruz people are not worth mentioning in our eyes."
"Is that so, why don't I feel it at all?"
"Because we have to maintain the necessary elegance. You see the Silver Elves smiling and being polite to humans, but in fact, they are saying in their hearts, 'Ignorant guy, you don't know what you're talking about.'"
Brando suddenly turned his head.
He stared at Metisha and said, "Enough, Metisha, I understand … … Don't smile at me anymore."
The Silver Elf Princess could not help but cover her mouth and giggle until she bent over.
… …
(PS: I spent time doing a small experiment today and it feels pretty good. If nothing goes wrong, it should be able to basically solve the problem of Rune Block. But it will probably take some time to test it out, so I'll post a chapter first.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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