Boom!!!!
Following a loud noise, a dazzling fire and violent explosion suddenly erupted near the southern entrance and exit of the beholder's lair.
A dozen beholders who relied on their natural magical abilities to float about one meter above the ground were swallowed up by shock waves, heat waves and flames on the spot.
Before they could figure out what was happening, the hard shell was instantly shattered and turned into large bloody balls falling to the ground.
Since the explosion took place in a narrow tunnel at the bottom of the sewer, the space is extremely limited and the lethality is far more terrifying than in open terrain.
In addition, there was no place to hide, so all the beholders in the center were blown to death on the spot.
And those who were affected were all spitting blood from their big mouths full of fangs. They looked dizzy. They would fall down immediately after flying up, unable to maintain their balance at all.
As for the Eye of the Elder following the queue, although it was also affected by the shock wave due to its relatively long distance, fortunately, its huge flesh ball-like body and the hard shell covering its surface successfully withstood and absorbed most of the shock wave.
It was partially damaged, so it was not dizzy like other beholders.
Quite the opposite!
After realizing that it was under attack, it immediately blessed itself with several protective magics including [Stoneskin] as quickly as possible, staring at the pitch-black tunnel ahead with vigilant eyes.p>
Suddenly!
In the silence, a pinging sound came from far and near, as if something was rolling down.
After about a few seconds, the Elder's Eye saw a huge metal can, as tall as a person and half a meter thick, rolling over.
Chi——
The valves at both ends of the tank suddenly began to spray out a large amount of unknown gas, quickly filling the surrounding environment.
Before the powerful beholder spellcaster could figure out what those gases were, a strange device on the top of the jar snapped and released a silver arc.
Next second!
Boom!!!!!
Another explosion, exactly the same as before, swept through every corner of the entire passage.
The metal that was blown into pieces was like rotating sharp blades, flying everywhere in the confined space.
Even the beholder's hard outer shell, which was strong enough to withstand ordinary swords, was easily torn open and inserted deeply into the fragile internal organs, causing horrific wounds with bloody flesh.
In an instant, both the dead beholder and the injured beholder were all cleaned up in the second explosion.
Their astonishing fleshy spherical bodies, which are two and a half to three meters in diameter and weigh more than two tons, are like tattered rag dolls. They were effortlessly thrown to the wall or ceiling during the explosion, and then hit hard again.
It fell down, completely losing its vitality.
Realizing that something was not going well, the Eyes of the Elders did not hesitate for even a second and immediately wanted to use teleportation magic to escape.
Unfortunately, at this critical moment, a green light directly hit its body.
【Dimensional Anchor】!
There was no accident, the teleportation magic failed on the spot.
Realizing that the enemy hiding in the dark was trying to kill him, the Elder's Eye immediately changed direction and fled back into the intricate lair.
As soon as its front legs got into the dark passage, Zuo Si and Irenekas came out of their hiding place with their back legs.
After the latter checked the injuries of the beholder corpses with great interest, he immediately asked in an uncertain tone: "What exactly was in the jars you just used? How could it produce such an amazingly powerful explosion?"
If the walls and ceilings nearby are not reinforced by magic, maybe even the passage will be blown down together."
"It's nothing, just some alchemical creations." Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders pretending to be casual.
In fact, what is contained in that jar is not anything created through magic at all, but high-purity hydrogen and oxygen obtained simply by electrolyzing water.
It is then turned into a liquid form by pressurization and stored.
When used, just like before, roll directly in front of the enemy, and then activate the closed valve through a simple trigger spell, allowing liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to quickly eject, vaporize, and fully mix in the air.
In the end, all it takes is a small arc of electricity, and a terrifying explosion will immediately occur.
Moreover, this explosion is different from the [Fireball Technique] and the seven-ring [Delayed Explosion Fireball], which only burn high-temperature flames. Its main damage comes from the shock wave and concussion generated by the expansion of air.
Therefore, whether it is energy absorption and resistance spells, or anti-magic force fields, they are almost ineffective.
Only force field protection magic such as force wall, shield, and Bigby's Palm can successfully weaken the power of the shock wave or even completely block it.
In fact, at the beginning, Zuo Siwei wanted to develop nitrostarch, a more portable solid explosive.
But the problem is, I don’t know if it’s because of the wrong process, or because the quality of nitric acid and sulfuric acid produced by the alchemists in Faerûn is not up to par, or because of the influence of ubiquitous magical energy.
In short, the power is a bit unsatisfactory, far from as amazing as imagined, it feels like a large firecracker.
After experiencing several failures, Zuo Si decisively chose to give up and turned to making a simpler and more crude hydrogen-oxygen hybrid bomb.
After all, there are transformation magics like [Shrinking Objects] that can shrink items to only one-sixteenth of their original size, which perfectly makes up for the shortcomings of large metal gas tanks that are not easy to carry.
However, even though he has developed this "big killer" that can be mass-produced, Zuo Si has no intention of promoting or selling it.
Because he knows very well that if this thing is really popular in Ferenc, it is estimated that apart from increasing the brutality of wars and battles and the number of casualties, it will not play any role in promoting the development of science and technology.
And the ones who have benefited the most from it are definitely the red-robed wizards.
When they invade other countries, they won't have to go through as much trouble as they do now, and they will have to coordinate the army with a large number of low-level mages and apprentices.
Just order the necromancers to control low-level zombies and skeletons, carry jars and rush towards the densest crowds.
What's more, in addition, there are direct threats from the gods.
It is true that the promotion of new technologies and new knowledge will be supported by gods like Ogma and Gond, but it will also attract the hostility of other gods.
For example, Tempus, the god of war, despises the use of "magic and cunning" things in war and battle.
In addition, there are many neutral and even good-aligned gods such as natural gods and elven gods, who will be strongly dissatisfied and even hostile to this.
As for those evil gods, there is no need to say more.
Therefore, in a world like Faerûn where gods are everywhere, if anyone wants to engage in "materialism" and imitate the earth's modern society in vigorously developing science and technology and popularizing education, if he wants to enclose his own land on a small island,
That's all.
If you still dare to spread it widely, you are definitely thinking that your death is not fast enough or tragic enough.
Therefore, Zuo Si is often very careful when using purely technological items, trying to ensure that they will not be seen by others and can be copied successfully.
"Does the force field hurt? It seems that the alchemy creation you made is a bit complicated." Irenekas said meaningfully.
"Do you still have time to care about this? If I were me, I would rush after the Eye of the Elder right now. Otherwise, if it runs away and comes back with more beholders to take revenge, you can't expect to feel at ease by then.
Do research." Zuo Si reminded him equally meaningfully.
When Irenekas heard these words, his eyes suddenly became sharp. He directly blessed himself with several protective magics, and then chased in with several golems.
Since he has the elect ability blessed by Zuo Si, he now does not have to worry about the deadly viruses, bacteria and toxins carried by the dead bodies in the lair.
As for Zuo Si himself, he followed behind to pick up those beholder corpses that were relatively well preserved, planning to go back and make them all into dead-eye tyrants, which would be used as an important force in the mage tower's defense against enemy invasion.
After all, waste is shameful!
Especially for monster corpses that are as powerful as beholders and can retain all their abilities after death, they must be fully utilized.
But just as Zuo Si was following behind to pick up the leak, Irenicas, who was rushing to the front, fell into a huge crisis.
When this powerful elf mage caught up with the enemy, he suddenly found that he was not facing one Elder Eye, but two.
Moreover, the main eye of the second Elder Eye has been blinded and can no longer release the terrifying ability of the anti-magic force field.
But what replaced it was a higher and more terrifying spellcasting level.
There is no doubt that this eye magician is the supreme leader of the entire eye cave.
The leader Irenekas initially thought of as the Eye of the Elder was nothing more than the latter's deputy.
"Damn! This is really troublesome..."
Irenekas carefully hid behind the huge steel golem, with strong fear in his eyes.
You must know that it is quite troublesome to deal with one Elder's Eye, let alone two together.
Just when he was trying to use Zero Ring Magic [Messaging Technique] to send a help signal to Zuo Si and Lei Yin and Badi who were at the other exit, a voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
"Mage! Are you here to look for artifacts too?"
To be continued...