Chapter 2531 Rust Monster

Today, even though the Kou Tao Yuren are ridiculed by other ethnic groups in the underground world as "family slaves of the three surnames", they are still doing well and gaining a firm foothold in the area around the Triangular Lake.

The Kou Tao murlocs entrenched in the Triangle Lake area should be very clear that the lakeside pier is Mitra's property, and they also know that the kobolds are her servants, and they will not provoke a beholder noble for no reason, unless they have the backing support—maybe A mind flayer lord from Odys, or perhaps one of the giant-eyed tyrants from Udinos.

There is too little information available, and Qiao An still can't guess who is behind the scenes.

In fact, any mind flayer or beholder would have good reason to target her.

To mind flayers, she is the enemy; to other beholders, her disability and otherness are sins.

Suppressing doubts for now, Joan asked Tisitea: "What happened to the mine?"

"In the depths of a newly excavated mine, traces of the rust monster's activities were found, and there may be a lair of this strange monster nearby." Tisitea continued, "Last night, the mine warehouse was attacked by the rust monster, and there were no personnel at first. Casualties, but severe damage to mining tools."

Joan hasn't seen the Rust Monster in person yet, but he has seen illustrations and introductions in the literature.

The most prominent feature of this strange creature living in the underground world is a pair of long and dexterous feather-like tentacles on its forehead. Any metal product that touches the rust monster's skin or tentacles will quickly rust and decay.

Rust monsters feed on metal. Just like a spider injects venom into its prey before eating, breaking down the flesh and blood into a more digestible liquid before absorbing it with its mouthparts, rust monsters always use their tentacles to rust metal first, and then eat the softened and fluffy food.

Rust monsters are not evil in nature, and their combat effectiveness is not outstanding, but they will become restless when they are hungry, and they will immediately launch a violent attack when they encounter any creature carrying metal products!

In Mitra's memory, rust monsters often appeared in the magic crystal mining area of ​​Udinos, and the tauren miners were enough to expel these large reptiles.

It stands to reason that the Rust Monster is not a big problem. Wouldn't it be a big deal for Tisitea and Valak to report this matter to her?

Tishitea has been observing the changes in her master's expression, guessing her thoughts, and hastily winked at her partner.

Valak coughed dryly and opened his mouth reluctantly.

"Master Mitra, if there are only rust monsters making trouble in the mine, your subordinates will be able to handle it without your trouble, but... there are signs that the situation is not as simple as we thought at first."

"Tell me, what are the abnormal signs?" Joan looked at Valak.

"On the night of the incident, a total of ten tauren miners were on the night shift. When they heard abnormal movements from the warehouse, they went to check and found that the door was damaged. A group of rust monsters were eating the mining picks and rushed in."

"Three rust monsters were killed on the spot by the angry miners, and the other two fled out of the warehouse in fright, and got into the depths of the tunnel."

"Two miners stayed in the warehouse and counted the losses, while the other eight tauren went after the rust monster with sticks."

"The two people who stayed behind waited until dawn to start work, but they didn't see their companions coming back. They were worried that something might happen to them, so they came to report to me."

"After receiving the news, I rushed to the mining area and led the team to follow the tunnel where the rust monsters escaped last night. I found a hidden umbilical cord in the depths of the mine, which seemed to be dug out by the rust monsters."

"I ordered the giant scorpion mounts to explore the road ahead, leading the team deep into the navel, and finally arrived at an empty cave. On the smooth and wet rock walls around, the faint blue light reflected by the magic crystal veins can be seen faintly."

"I was secretly happy that my master had obtained a new source of income, when suddenly there was an exclamation beside me."

Having said that, Valak's main eyes became cloudy, as if recalling the tragic events, and his tone became low.

"I quickly followed the prestige and found two tauren laborers running over like crazy, with terrified expressions, as if they had seen a ghost."

"I told them to calm down and find out what happened."

"Those two idiots with long horns were overly frightened, stuttered and couldn't speak clearly, and kept pointing to the corner of the wall."

"I floated to the area they pointed out, and immediately smelled a strong smell of blood. In the dark corner of the cave, there were two corpses scattered, and blood dripped all over the ground."

"The deceased was a tauren. According to the accompanying miners, the corpse was one of the companions who chased and killed the rust monster last night."

"This unlucky guy died in a terrible state. His body was broken in two, and the torso above the waist and below the chest disappeared mysteriously."

"Master Mitra, of course you know that the rust monster only eats metal and is not interested in flesh and blood. The murderer who killed the miners is obviously someone else."

"With my mind full of doubts, I looked closely at the corpse and found no traces of gnawing and gnawing. The cross-section of the wound was very smooth, and it didn't look like it was cut by a knife or an axe. Because the wound was arc-shaped, the upper and lower corpses Putting it together, you will find that... the entire wound is a perfect cylinder, as if a well was drilled in the chest and abdomen of the tauren, and the flesh and blood viscera corresponding to the well... were all decomposed into dust."

"Dissociation rays?" Joan blurted out.

Valak nodded heavily: "I guessed so too, Lord Mitra."

"What about the rest of the missing miners?"

"I haven't found their whereabouts yet, and I don't know if they were killed or defected." Valak said truthfully, "When I found that strange corpse, I had a premonition that if I continued to track it down, I would lead the team. Withdrew from the mine, suspended construction, and came to report to you."

If the miners die from the dissociation ray, doesn't it mean that there is a beholder hiding in the depths of the mine, killing the tauren miners who accidentally broke in in order to monopolize the magic crystal veins?

This seems to be the most reasonable explanation, but Joan suddenly thought that there might be other possibilities.

"Valak, is the mine we just dug connected to the rust monster's lair?"

"That's right, Mitra-sama."

"Then have you heard of a mutant that is occasionally born in the rust monster group, called the 'advanced rust monster'?" Joan continued to inquire.

Valak looked bewildered, and turned his head to Tishitea for help.

"Eye of Gauss" raised a stalk of his eyes and scratched his head, with a wry smile to help his partner out of the siege.

"Dear master, we are not as knowledgeable as you. Can you tell me in detail what the 'High Rust Monster' looks like and what special abilities it has?"

"A high-level rust monster looks similar to an ordinary rust monster, but its skin is darker, usually blue, and there are two long tentacles on the top of its head, which contain amazing destructive magic power and can decompose everything it touches. , similar to dissociation rays."

Joan described it according to the records in the literature.

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