"How's the situation around here?"
The person who spoke was Kael, and the person he asked was Doakes.
After Benson finished describing the situation in the cave, Doakes volunteered to test Benson's words. So he closed his eyes and used his mental power to explore the surroundings.
"As Benson said, there is indeed a large maze around." Doakes: "My mental power cannot penetrate the wall, and there is no way to penetrate upward. It should be what Benson calls a space trap."
"There is indeed an area of ​​collapse on the road behind. I think it was the road Benson took when he came here before."
"Turn right ahead three times in a row, then walk straight for about a hundred meters, and then you enter the poisonous spore mist. Spiritual power cannot penetrate into the poisonous mist, so I don't know the specific conditions inside."
Doakes explored with his eyes closed while feeding back what he discovered.
"If you turn right twice in front of you, then go straight for thirty meters, and then turn left four times in a row, it will be a quagmire..."
At this point, Doakes suddenly paused, and unconsciously let out an "eh" sound in his nasal cavity.
Not long after, Doakes opened his eyes amid everyone's confused expressions.
"Why did you stop when you got to the swamp? Did something happen in the swamp?" Kael looked at Doakes curiously.
Doakes pondered for a moment and said: "I saw a mud puppet monster in the swamp..."
What's so surprising about seeing a clay puppet monster? Kael didn't understand.
Aren't spore poisonous fog and mud puppet monsters the mainstream obstacles when exploring the maze?
Doakes: "Moreover, hundreds of clay puppet monsters appeared at one time."
Kael was stunned for a moment, but he still felt that it was not a big deal. Benson had said before that these clay puppet monsters were group activities. A hundred clay puppet monsters was a bit too much, but it was still bearable.
Kael once encountered nearly a thousand gregarious monsters near the sandworm market. They were a special kind of desert army ant that ate whatever they saw. It was one of the three major insect plagues in the Principality of Laxum.
; The strength of these army ants is also at the level of junior and intermediate apprentices.
So comparing the two, the clay puppet monster is just like that.
"The important thing is not the type of monsters, nor the number, but... they seem to have sensed my mental power, and are now rushing towards us with great force." Doakes sighed softly.
Hearing the monsters coming toward them, Kael finally lost his composure.
Although gregarious monsters are not very lethal individually, if they gather together, their power is terrifying.
In the Principality of Laxum, even official wizards are unwilling to face the ant plague alone.
Besides, if they encounter army ants, they can fly into the air to avoid them; but in this semi-enclosed maze, they encounter a rolling tide of monsters, and it is difficult for them to even find a place to hide.
At this time, Angel said: "This sounds a bit wrong."
After a pause, Angel looked at the frightened Benson and asked, "When you met the mud puppet monsters before, did they take the initiative to chase you?"
Benson shook his head: "No...no."
Benson's answer made Kael's expression change suddenly.
He had thought before that even Benson could avoid the clay puppet monster, so they should be able to do the same. But now Benson told them that the clay puppet monster had never chased him?!
So what's going on here at Dox?
Doakes didn't take action against the clay puppet monsters, he just used his mental power to detect them, and the clay puppet monsters rolled into the formation in large numbers. Did this trigger some game rules?
Although Benson's answer made Kael turn pale, when Doakes heard his words, he showed an expression of "It's true."
Angel: "Should we avoid it? Or should we fight it?"
Angel is not too afraid of clay puppet monsters. As an illusion wizard, the thing he is least afraid of is this kind of gregarious monster that is not very strong individually. After an illusion is thrown, whether it is thrown on one's own side or on the enemy,
Everyone in the camp can be guaranteed to be safe and sound.
However, the abnormal behavior of the clay puppet monster made Angel a little confused.
Benson also used his mental power to detect the clay puppet monster. Otherwise, if he had discovered the clay puppet monster with his naked eyes, he might not have had the time to avoid it.
It's okay for Benson to use his mental power to detect the mud puppet monsters, but why does Doakes have problems with his detection?
Because Doakes is officially a wizard?
But mental strength is not the standard for judging a formal wizard.
Moreover, Doakes is not a wizard who specializes in mental power; many apprentices specialize in mental power, and their mental strength is not much weaker than Doakes.
If he met an apprentice who was good at mental power and a wizard who was not good at mental power, it would be difficult for Angel to judge who was the apprentice and who was the official wizard based solely on the intensity of the fluctuations emitted by their mental power.
That's why Angel felt something was wrong. The mud puppet monster's behavior was too abnormal.
However, what is equally abnormal is...Doakes.
It's not his style to ask Doakes to explore the surrounding area and then take action himself. Doakes can completely leave this kind of investigation work to Su Ling.
Besides, is it really necessary to explore the surroundings?
Their goal is very clear, which is Su Ling's clone.
The way to find the clone is very simple, just let Su Ling lead the way. Even if the clone of Su Ling is not in the mud doll maze, it doesn't matter. At worst, just go through a few space barriers.
This is the anomaly of Doakes.
In addition, Angel also saw something fishy in Doakes' expression.
He went to explore the road. Maybe it was not just the road exploration, but also had other profound meanings?
Therefore, Angel did not raise any objection, but asked Doakes about his next plan.
Doakes: "No need to avoid it... wait until those clay puppet monsters come over and take a closer look."
After a pause, Doakes said in a meaningful tone: "I have a feeling that these clay puppet monsters will bring us surprises."
"What surprise?" Angel asked directly.
Doakes said mysteriously: "When the time comes, you will..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, before Doakes could finish his words, Angel interrupted directly: "The Riddler's end is usually very miserable. And, you are not
Have you been complaining about Vai's death divination? Why, now you have followed suit and started talking about it?"
Doakes' expression froze, he turned away his face unnaturally, and said in a slightly embarrassed tone: "Actually, I cough... I don't know what will happen, it's just a vague feeling."
Angel glanced at Doakes, nodded and said, "I accept this answer."
Angel also knew the characteristics of Doakes' abilities. After all, he was not a prophetic wizard and could not see the real future. His abnormal behaviors were obviously dominated by inspiration.
And inspiration is more mysterious than prophecy. He doesn't know what will happen, which is normal.
If you don’t know, don’t know, just tell me.
Since Doakes' inspiration guided them to face this group of clay puppet monsters, it was time to face them. Angel didn't say anything more, but silently arranged the illusion nodes.
Kael thought the conversation between Angel and Doakes was normal. But Benson on the other side had a face full of surprise.
He recognized Doakes, but he didn't know Angel...or rather, he didn't recognize Angel after his face changed.
In Benson's mind, Doakes should be the center of this group of people. But now it seems that this red-haired and golden-eyed wizard is the backbone? But who is he?
When Benson looked at Angel in surprise, bursts of roaring could be heard in the distance.
Along with the roar, the ground began to tremble.
Obviously, the swarm of clay puppet monsters was approaching them.
Seeing this, Benson gave up thinking about Angel's identity. Instead, he took a deep breath and hid back in fear: "I, I..."
Benson's idea was to leave here first, but he was also worried that his departure would offend the two official wizards, so he stuttered for a long time without uttering a complete sentence.
Angel glanced at Benson, threw an illusion to him, and said: "The duration of the illusion is half an hour. Within the illusion, normal clay puppet monsters will not find you. You can choose to stay here.
, or you can leave.”
Benson didn't know whether what Angel said was true or not. He couldn't believe everything the wizard said.
However, Benson still showed gratitude on his face, and then backed away while saying words of gratitude.
After retreating more than ten meters, Benson still hadn't figured out how to leave.
Angel said calmly: "Go."
Benson was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and thanked Angel, then quickly turned around and left. It is worth mentioning that this time his thanks were much more sincere than before.
There was no one to stop Benson from leaving, and no one to blame.
To be continued...