After Cosette and Ophelia arrived at the royal territory, they quickly figured out the situation here. There was an army of twenty people guarding the gate. The leader was a tall, fully armed knight with a silver armor.

It shines brightly even in the daytime.

However, the opponent was obviously just an ordinary knight and had no sense of magic, so the two of them successfully used magic to sneak in.

Along the way, Cosette talked about her experiences after leaving Emile, and finally they came to the basement of the tower.

Surrounded by the sound of gurgling water, in front of you is a road paved with bricks that leads to nowhere.

At this time, the road surface was filled with a hazy layer of water vapor, and the surrounding light was dim. Even if Ophelia took out the crystal ball for lighting, she could not see clearly ahead.

She couldn't help but hesitate a little. After all, this kind of place was too weird. Who knew what dangers were waiting for them next, but Cosette told her that there was only one road here and there would be no danger.

Ophelia naturally trusted her unconditionally, so the two of them walked forward confidently and boldly.

However, it didn't take long for Cosette to realize that something was wrong. There seemed to be something in the mist in front of her, and it was obviously a huge living creature.

Magic perception found nothing unusual, which meant it was just a large animal.

"It should be an underground creature. Anyway, we have plenty of time, so let's let it pass first."

Cosette stared at the black shadow in the mist and said casually.

"Yes." Ophelia nodded. After all, this is someone else's territory, and they are the intruders.

However, although they all had good intentions towards the mysterious creature, the creature seemed to have no intention of leaving. It used its huge body to block it there like a hill.

There is only one road here. If they go to the side of the river, they will lose the guidance of the road. Coupled with the dim environment, they may lose their way.

"Tsk, this is going to be difficult." Cosette scratched her head.

"Did this thing block your way last time you came here?"

"No, there is a door at the end of the road, which requires two keys to open." Cosette crossed her arms and said casually.

After a while, she suddenly remembered something and continued, "By the way, this thing is probably used by Cornes to prevent us from getting closer, right?"

"...Probably not. Since they are just ordinary animals, how can they stop us?"

"Oh, that's right." Cosette thought about it.

"Is there anything special about that door? If not, then there is no need for us to look at it."

"I didn't see the doorway, but I can sense that Cornes has been here, so I guess the things behind this door must be related to Cornes' conspiracy. In short, this is your human territory, you still go

It’s better to take a look, maybe you can see some clues.”

Ophelia thought it made sense and nodded.

However, they were hesitating whether to rush over directly. If the creature attacked, there was no need for them to be merciful. But the result was that the creature probably had a very sensitive sense of smell and immediately detected the intruder, and then let out a deafening sound.

roaring sound.

Although the other party had no magic power, the terrifying roar still made Ophelia instinctively feel scared. In comparison, Cosette was much calmer.

Perhaps this is a fear rooted deep in the human heart, so it is only effective for humans.

After a while, under the illumination of the crystal ball, the huge creature emerged from the mist. As a result, Ophelia recognized it at a glance. It turned out to be a large lizard. Perhaps because of the special growth environment, this lizard

The size of the lizard is already comparable to that of a giant dragon.

At this time, Cosette was also a little surprised, but in the next moment, the lizard swatted it down with a paw, and the two of them quickly retreated.

Fortunately, the big lizard moves slowly. Even if it attacks the enemy very quickly, it cannot be compared to the two people with quick reactions.

"Hmph, I wanted to let this guy go, but since he is going to do it, there is no other way. Let's go." Cosette smiled slightly and became more motivated.

"Yeah." Ophelia nodded silently.

Soon, the big lizard's attacks came one after another, but none of them hit. Ophelia went around behind it, pulled out her sword and stabbed it in the spine. As a result, she only heard a chirping sound and the sword bounced away.

Ophelia suddenly felt numb in the mouth of her hand.

"Wow, this is too hard."

However, as soon as she finished speaking, the big lizard noticed that she had come around behind him, but it did not immediately turn around to face her, but instead swung its tail directly in place and swept across.

Ophelia had been keeping a close eye on the lizard's movements, so she could easily avoid it, but Cosette failed to react immediately. She originally thought that the lizard's IQ was limited and she should be able to deal with it casually, so she was careless for a moment.

, was swept by the thick tail, instantly knocked away, and finally fell into the water.

"Your Highness!" Ophelia said anxiously.

She didn't have time to continue dealing with the lizard, so she followed the lizard's huge body and took a few steps to reach the top of her head.

She thought that since the lizard's body surface was so hard that even a sword could not penetrate it, she had to attack at the weakest point of the opponent, so her target was the big lizard's eyes.

However, her idea was still in vain. Under the illumination of the crystal ball, it can be seen that the place where the eyes used to be is flat. It is obvious that it relies on hearing and smell to survive.

And if you look closely, you will find that the lizard's body is covered with a layer of scales like a giant dragon.

Ophelia has indeed heard that this creature is called a dragon-scaled monitor lizard, but for some unknown reason, this monitor lizard has mutated and has no eyes, its only weakness.

"Damn it, there's really nothing we can do now." Ophelia cursed angrily and backed away immediately.

Only then did she realize that Cosette's guess just now was probably right, and this was what Cornes used to deal with them.

Because dragon-scale monitor lizards originally lived in the territory of giant dragons, and there are rumors that they are magical creations of giant dragons, with strength comparable to giant dragons, but they are different from human magical creations. They were originally just ordinary creatures. Later,

Mutation occurred under the induction of magic.

Therefore, it cannot come to human territory by itself. The only possibility is that someone brought it here.

Immediately afterwards, the monitor lizard waved its tail again, intending to sweep Ophelia into the water. It would be able to move more freely in the water, and then it would be able to swallow both of them directly.

Ophelia had no means to deal with it, so she could only avoid it blindly. She did think of using scarlet to pierce it just now, but when she thought that she would lose strength after using it, and she might still be unable to penetrate the monitor lizard's scales, then

But it's really dead.

But hiding was not an option. She suddenly noticed that the road under her feet had been smashed into a mess. Fortunately, the water level around her was not deep, otherwise she would not even have a place to stay.

After a while, Cosette came to her side.

"Ah, Your Highness, are you okay?"

"Haha, what can happen to me? If I really want to say it, I have already been angered by this guy, and the consequences will be serious."

Ophelia was relieved to hear that she could still speak harshly.

Immediately afterwards, the monitor lizard slapped it with its claws, directly interrupting the conversation between the two. This time they both successfully dodged, but Cosette suddenly showed a very painful look and knelt down in the water.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you? Get away!" Ophelia shouted hurriedly.

But it was too late, the giant lizard's big tail hit Cosette hard on the head.

However, as an elf princess and future elf queen, how could Cosette be killed by an inferior creature?

Because of this, the next moment, a dazzling white light suddenly burst out from under the monitor lizard's tail. The light seemed to be carrying great heat, and it actually turned the surrounding water into white mist, and the tail simply emitted the smell of barbecue.

of aroma.

The giant lizard suddenly let out a shrill cry. Ophelia on the side couldn't help covering her ears and stepped back. After arriving at a safer place, she looked over again and found that the light dissipated, and what appeared there was a huge one.

A deer-shaped creature with long and thin horns on its head.

This is the first time Ophelia has seen Cosette such a complete atavism. After all, last time she only grew horns and her body did not change. This may mean that Cosette has become increasingly uncontrollable.

"Your Highness..."

Ophelia felt worried, but she could not help at all at this time. If she went there rashly, she might be attacked indiscriminately by Cosette.

After the monitor lizard's tail was completely roasted, it decisively bit it off. Perhaps it knew that it was no match for Cosette and wanted to escape.

But since it was placed here by Cornes, it has already become familiar with the environment here. Where else can it go except here?

So, it had no choice but to dive into the water and swim toward the end of the road, thinking that maybe it could find shelter there.

Cosette followed it closely, and all the water in its path evaporated, filling the entire space with white mist.

Ophelia also hurriedly followed, and when she passed the place where Cosette was standing just now, she accidentally discovered the kettle that had fallen to the ground.

Fortunately, all the water had been evaporated, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to find the kettle, and in that case there would have been no way to bring Cosette back to her senses.

After not walking very far, the monitor lizard came to a gate. It stretched out its sharp claws and patted the dark place around it. It turned out that it was a stone wall of unknown thickness. That is to say

, except entering this door, it has nowhere else to escape.

So, it used all its strength and hit the door with its head. The surrounding stone walls instantly shook violently, but the door was still unaffected.

Just when the monitor lizard was in trouble, Cosette also arrived. It didn't know what to do for a moment, so it could only face the approaching Cosette and at the same time make a sharp and harsh sound to threaten her.

But this was just a fight between trapped beasts. The next moment, Cosette rushed over with the horn on her head and hit the giant lizard hard.

The power of this blow was greater than Ophelia's strongest sword skill, so it directly pushed the giant lizard into the door behind it.

Then there was only a roar, and the door was shaken. Even the lock on the door was broken and fell to the ground.

However, the force of Cosette's blow was not offset by this. Instead, she knocked the door open and continued to rush inside.

Finally, when Ophelia arrived, she found that the door was almost broken, and a big hole was opened in the monitor's belly. As for Cosette, the curled horns on her head were broken off.
Chapter completed!