Chapter 2594 Brain Eater

The spacious hall on the first floor, which was cleaned by the gnome slaves, looks like a reception room.

On both sides of the entrance of the hall stood a giant with fangs crossed on his chest. It was the three-armed giant that Joan had seen before.

These two big men are obviously Gnostic guards, and they are usually responsible for guarding the gate of the stone tower.

Joan switched the viewing angle to the second floor, and found that there were bookshelves full of books and scrolls against the wall, and a large desk with all kinds of stationery neatly placed on the desk. It should be the Gnostic study .

The space on the third floor is relatively small, with beds and a small desk. It is obviously the bedroom of the Gnostics. It is empty and there is no one.

Joan searched the three-story tower carefully, but still couldn't find the figure of the "Faster" Gnostic, so he applied the psionic version of "perspective" through the mirror to see if there was a hidden secret room in the stone tower.

As expected, there is a hidden staircase leading to the basement in the stairwell of the hall on the first floor.

Joan immediately switched her viewing angle to the basement floor, and she was quite surprised by the spacious underground palace.

"Immortal flames" are blessed on the walls and ceiling, making the underground hall extremely bright.

Various experimental devices and alchemy instruments are placed in the hall, which is clearly a well-equipped laboratory.

Joan soon noticed that there were a group of little monsters in the underground laboratory, whose body resembled a purple brain wrapped in a hard shell, with four stubby big feet with sharp claws growing out from below, running nimbly run away.

According to Isaac's memory, Joan learned that this group of "legged brains" were called "brain eaters", and they were also the product of the evil experiments of the mind flayers.

There are only a few highly skilled mind flayers in Odis who are good at creating brain devourers. The experimental process is simply to pry open the skull of a humanoid creature, cut out the brain tissue completely, and then use a series of weird spiritual rituals to remove the brain tissue. The brain is activated, and eventually it evolves into a "brain eater".

Making brain devourers has high requirements on "raw materials". Experiments that contribute brain tissue must be healthy and smart enough, and their intelligence attributes must not be lower than 10 points.

Out of curiosity, Joan randomly chose a Brain Eater, and cast a spell to check the physical attributes of this little monster.

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Reconnaissance target: Brain Eater × 12 (ultra-small strange monster)

Life Level: Level 6

Attributes: Strength 6, Dexterity 14, Constitution 13, Intelligence 12, Wisdom 11, Charisma 10

Special Abilities: Blindsight, telepathy, immunity to blindness, immunity to non-magical physical attacks, detect intelligence, devour intelligence, seize; other (unspecified)

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The purple hard shell on the surface of the Brain Devourer is protected by the Gnostic who created them, immune to all non-magical physical damage, and can sense any creature with an intelligence of no less than 3 points within 300 feet around it.

Once a prey with high enough intelligence is found, the Brain Devourers will follow in groups, and when they get close to the prey, they will use their unique supernatural abilities to try to devour the intelligence of the prey.

If the other party can't resist the mental invasion of the Brain Eater, his mind will be lost quickly, and his intelligence will return to zero in less than two minutes, and he will collapse to the ground and become an unconscious living dead.

At this time, the Brain Eater will take the opportunity to pounce on the unconscious prey, use the ability of "seize the body" to occupy the opponent's body, replace its brain, retain its own spiritual attributes, and inherit the host's physical attributes and memory, the effect is similar to the 4th ring Magic "parasitism".

Joan adjusted the mirror and found a closed stone door in the corner of the hall, and a "secret lock" was applied.

Out of curiosity, Joan projected the "myth remote viewing technique" to the inside of the door, and found an operating room filled with the smell of disinfectant.

With his back to the door, a slender figure was concentrating on busy work in front of the operating table.

If it weren't for the jet-black moisturizing suit he was wearing, he would have looked like a thin and elegant elf from the back.

It is conceivable that this person must be the owner of the stone tower—the "Faster" Gnostic!

Joan activates "Advanced Internal Vision" and quietly detects the mind flayer arcanist who is turning his back on him.

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Scouting target: mind flayer/variety 7/mage 5/arcanist 9 (medium-sized strange monster)

Life Level: Level 21

Attributes: Strength 20, Dexterity 18, Constitution 20, Intelligence 33, Wisdom 21, Charisma 22

Special Abilities: Darkvision, telepathy, spell resistance, brain drain, 60-foot mind blast, psionic powers (manifestation level 16; powers known—undiscovered), arcane spells (caster level 14; spells prepared) -unidentified); other (unidentified)

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"Gnostic, it really is you!"

A sneer appeared on the corner of Joan's lips, taking advantage of Gnosti's defenselessness, a psychic version of "Dimensional Killing Field" appeared through the mirror.

"Come in, little boy, I have a surprise for you!"

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In the underground laboratory of the Stone Tower, in front of the operating table, "Faster" Gnostic was concentrating on dissecting the corpse of a dwarf, intending to take his brain out of the skull and refine it into a brain devourer. , the "trigger technique" blessed on his body in advance is automatically activated, and the "elastic ball" is chained, instantly forming a force field shield that wraps him from head to toe.

Seeing this scene, Qiao An was glad that he had made the right choice just now, and did not try to use offensive magic like "Finger of Death" to attack Gnostic, otherwise he would definitely be "triggered" + "elastic ball" If you stop him, you will not only waste the chance of a sneak attack, but also startle the enemy, and it will be difficult to kill him later.

The "Bouncy Ball" couldn't stop the "Dimensional Killing Field". Gnosti, together with the spherical shield, was wrapped up by the golden light curtain, and was forcibly transported to the burial place that Joan had chosen for him in an instant.

The mind flayer arcanist shook his head, tried his best to overcome the dizziness caused by the teleportation, looked around vigilantly, and soon found a tyrant with pale and godless eyes floating not far from him, with two stalks Gently stroking the snow-white handkerchief, his seemingly leisurely demeanor deepened his confusion.

"Why is it you again, Mitra! Isn't the lesson I taught you enough last time?" Gnosti recognized his old opponent, and his face darkened, "You can break the protective barrier and drag me into this weird world. It seems that your spellcasting ability has improved a lot!"

"My gem!" Joan interrupted him coldly.

"Your jewel?" Gnostic shook his head and sneered, "Don't be stupid, Mitra, the main eye jewel of the beholder crown never belonged to you!"

Joan was too lazy to talk to him, so he raised his eyes and shot out the "dissociation ray". With a flash of green light, the "elastic ball" that Gnostic relied on to protect his body disintegrated.

The snow-white handkerchief woven with phase spider silk fluttered to the ground, the "portable dimension hole" opened its door, and the "mythical crystal steel golem" Nightingale flew out in response to the master's call.