The Death List Novel - Chapter 624
Chapter 624 Dragonfly Nest
“Bring the wrong way? You brought the wrong way!” Winnie danced like a cat with its tail stepped on. However, looking at her expression, it was clear that she was more happy than angry.
“What kind of big trouble is it?” Rick wisely stretched out his hand to suppress the female mage. At this time, he couldn’t be distracted by her companion’s thoughts.
“Just now, I was absent-minded and brought you to a fork in the road.” Mastasia generously admitted her mistake and frowned, “As for the trouble, look at the giant banyan tree in front of you …”
Qin Lun and the others looked closely. The place Mastasia was pointing at was about a hundred meters away from them. Because of the dense fog, they could only see a blurry shadow. It looked like a swamp banyan tree with a swollen trunk.
“Isn’t the swamp banyan trees all like this, just a little fat?” The thief shrugged his shoulders and asked curiously.
“Air-rooted swamp banyans don’t grow into spindle-shaped trunks.” Mastasia sighed and said carefully, “I think there is a dragon fly nest on that tree …”
“Dragon fly?” Everyone looked back at Mastasia in surprise. They had heard of this famous swamp creature, but they had never seen it with their own eyes. They were not very clear about its habits and dangers.
“The dragon fly is a colony of insect-type magical beasts!” Highland Elves shook her head and smiled bitterly. She could tell from the expressions of these curious babies that they lacked understanding of dragon flies. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be in such a relaxed state right now.
“Dragonflies are Second to Third Grade creatures. A few of the elites of the female vault guard worms are likely to reach Fourth Grade. They do not have hard shells like many insect-type magical beasts, but they are quick-witted and aggressive.” Mastasia lowered her voice. The army had yet to face the enemy, so she hurriedly taught everyone a lesson.
“Most of them are only low-grade magical beasts. Even if they live in groups, they won’t have much of an impact on our team, right?” Rick raised his eyebrows and said confidently. He was the least afraid of insects in the entire team. Not to mention the heavy armor he wore, even a Tier 7 or Tier 8 Earth Digger would have to devour it for a long time.
“You’d better remain in awe of things you don’t know.” A trace of anger was evident on Mustacha’s face. As a master harpist, she hated this overconfident attitude the most. Countless times, her companion harpist had died because of her neglect of her enemies.
“Sorry!” Rick was stunned and quickly bowed to apologize.
“The aggressiveness I’m talking about is not the physical attack of the dragon fly, but its innate magic.” Mastasia looked ahead and said worriedly, “The dragonfly is not lethal by relying on the poisonous needles on its tail, but it has a paralyzing effect. Low-level warriors will faint after a single bite, and mid-and high-level warriors won’t be able to withstand much of it.”
But the most terrifying thing was still its innate magic. The dragon fly had two types of domain magic, one was dispersal, the other was weakness. Dispel Domain will affect the effects of our gain-type magic and attack spells. Weak Domains will accumulate negative effects on us, continuously weakening our physical abilities. If we fight for too long, high-level experts will be weakened to low-level. Ordinary people will even gasp for breath when they walk. ”
“So powerful?” Everyone was slightly surprised, but they still didn’t think so. Since the enemy’s attack ability was strong, then at most, it would be fine if they attacked until they could. No matter how agile the low-grade bugs were, as long as this team remained vigilant, most people were confident that they could dodge the attack.
“Master Masta Xia, did you just say that these two spells are domain abilities?” Hill suddenly asked with a frown. The other spellcaster in the group, Winnie, did not oppose the Highland Elves this time. She lowered her head and frowned silently.
“Domain ability? Is that the meaning of the Legendary Domain?” Qin Lun rubbed his nose. The others quickly reacted, “How is that possible? It’s just a low-grade insect. Even if it has a certain casting range, it won’t be able to match up to the Legendary Domain, right?”
Mastasia smiled bitterly and shook her head. “That’s why I said you should remain in awe of things you don’t understand. Most dragonflies are indeed low-level creatures, but they can become one of the overlords of the territory in the harsh swamp environment. How can they be easily dealt with?”
Single dragon flies didn’t have domain abilities, but once they were in large numbers, they would have a chain effect on each other, and their innate abilities would become truly large-scale domain magic. It’s not a Legendary Domain, but there’s no limit to how terrifying it is. It’s all up to the number of them. ”
“This” Everyone was a little speechless. Seaver’s face was filled with fear. This couldn’t be blamed on him. If other people were to provoke the dragon flies, they would still have a chance to escape. If he didn’t have the ability to bring him back in the end, he would definitely have to wait for death.
“Can you turn around?” Rand calmly gave his two companions a glance. Qin Lun frowned and nodded slightly.
Although their stay was short and had already taken nearly a week, they were still in the heart of the Land of Death. As long as he could avoid the fatal danger, it wouldn’t matter if he took another half a day to make a detour.
“Of course I can take a detour. As long as I walk through it once, I won’t forget it.” Mastasia smiled and said, “However, I do not recommend that the team take a detour now. Although it was my mistake to take the wrong path this time, I also had similar troubles along the way to my destination last time, and one of them was a blood poppy, which is more dangerous than a dragonfly nest.”
I estimated the territory of the Dragonfly Nest just now. Even if the nest is only medium-sized, after bypassing it, I have largely avoided the two dangers along the original route, including the territory of the Blood Poppy Flower. However, it is up to you to decide which way to go. ”
All of a sudden, no one spoke, and their hearts were in a dilemma.
“Since we can’t go around it, then let’s continue!” A weak voice came from the crowd. Everyone looked at it in surprise, only to discover that it was Siv Hulan, who was clenching his teeth and persisting with a bitter face.
“Haha, since the employer has already said so, what else is there to discuss?” Rick grinned and smiled brightly. He carried his sword and walked in front. The others looked at each other and smiled as they followed.
As an ordinary person, Schiffer wasn’t afraid. What was there to be afraid of?
However, as they approached the nest, everyone still held their breath and tried their best to lighten their footsteps, lest they alert the ferocious and irritable flies.
The surrounding swamp was somewhat complicated. The giant banyan tree in the dragonfly nest was sandwiched between two small lakes. There was only a winding and winding mud road that was no more than five meters wide.
To avoid it, they first approached within fifty meters of the Dragonfly Nest, and then the mud road would begin to bypass the banyan tree and extend into the distance.
At Hill’s request, a Yin Yang Fish pattern silently appeared in Qin Lun’s left eye. His gaze flickered as he fed back the information he had observed to the guild channel, allowing his two companions to see the true colors of the dragon and fly.
“Why do you look like a large dragonfly?” Seeing the timely appearance of the party channel, Rand and Hill were somewhat surprised.
According to the ratio, the dragon flies were worthy of being called magical beasts. Each of them was about half a meter long, and some of the dragon flies with long beards under their flanks were even a meter long. Their compound eyes were tall and protruding, their bodies were slender and long, and they had two pairs of translucent feathered wings on their backs. They were indeed very similar to dragonflies.
However, apart from their eyes, their protruding triangular heads were no longer as gentle as dragonflies. They were more like cobras.
In addition, their tail tips were also very strange, like sharp claws that were branched into four blades, or like mouthparts that grew into flowers, and a tail needle that flickered with a faint blue light could be clearly seen in the center.
“Being stung by this thing will definitely hurt!” Rand teased with a bitter smile.
After approaching fifty meters, the dragon-fly nest could be clearly seen. The entire dragonfly nest was like a giant spindle attached to the trunk of a banyan tree. The surface of the nest was filled with dense holes, causing one to feel terrified at a glance.
At this time, more than ten dragon flies were busy outside the nest, flying back and forth. For strangers like Qin Lun who came to visit the territory, they only used light bulbs to look at it, stuck out their tongue and no longer paid attention to it.
Dragonfly is an omnivorous magical beast. Its main diet is rotting corpses and small insects, as well as nectar and other plant juices. They have no real teeth and cannot bite fresh meat, so they are not interested in large animals, including humans.
Of course, this was only if the big animals didn’t disturb them. If someone alerted them within the territory, they would be considered invaders by the dragonfly.
At this time, regardless of whether they could be eaten or not, these animals would be attacked by the dragon-fly swarm until they retreated from their territory.
“This is a large nest of dragons and flies. Everyone, be careful and try not to make unnecessary noises. This way, the dragons and flies will treat us as passers-by and will not take the initiative to attack.” Mastasia lowered her voice and reminded everyone.
Everyone lined up and subconsciously walked close to the left side of the mud road. At this time, even Qin Lun no longer stared at the dragon-fly nest, so as to avoid alarming these sensitive insect-type magical beasts.
The two spellcasters in the team, Hill and Winnie, had dispersed the magic they had amplified to avoid attracting attention from the magical fluctuations. Everyone hoped that the last few hundred meters would pass safely. As long as they were out of sight of the dragon flies, even if they were still in their territory, the most dangerous moment would have passed.
“Swoosh!” Unfortunately, sometimes, the more he was afraid of something happening, the more things would come knocking on his door inadvertently.
Winnie slipped! She leaned as carefully as she could on the left side of the mud road. However, she didn’t know if she was too nervous, but her feet actually slipped and half of her body slipped towards the swamp lake on the left.
The female mage’s face turned pale and her eyes widened. Fortunately, she was an experienced adventurer after all. Even under such circumstances, she did not shout loudly. She bit her lips tightly and cast her gaze towards her companion who was not far away from her when she was about to fall into the water.