Chapter 2602 Insect Spirit

The man was about three and a half feet tall. If he hadn't noticed the spiritual fluctuations emanating from him, Joan would have thought it was a dark-skinned dwarf.

Out of curiosity, I took a second look, only to find that the person had the characteristics of an insect. The big and protruding pupils were clearly a pair of compound eyes, and there were two tentacles that trembled from time to time on the forehead. There was no hair or skin. It is the smooth stratum corneum that wraps the whole body.

Joan stared at this half-human, half-beetle little guy, and the first thing he thought of was "insectoid", but insectoids don't have any spiritual talents.

After consulting Gnostic's memory, he revised his initial judgment and guessed that it was a "worm spirit".

"Insect Spirit" is an aborigine in the Underdark region. It is a half-human, half-insect creature like Cosette, a moth girl in Huayuan Township, but there is no genetic relationship, and it is not classified as "fairy" in terms of species classification. It's a "humanoid monster".

Compared with the characteristics of insects, insect spirits actually have more human characteristics, and the biggest difference from humanoids is that they have androgynous physiological structures.

The society of insect spirits is similar to a bee colony. Except for the queen and a very small number of queen's spouses, other insect spirits have no gender distinction, and there is no obvious tendency of good and evil. They are typical neutral creatures.

As a kind of psionic creature that nests and lives in groups in the underground world, the origin of insect spirits is still an unsolved mystery.

Some mind flayers claim that their ancestors created the race of "worm spirits" by incorporating insect genes into gnomes through psionic surgery, just as similar means were used to create githyanki, githzerai, Dilro dwarves and stone blind barbarians.

However, Joan searched the memories of Isaac and the Gnostics, but found no conclusive evidence that the mind flayer created the worm spirit. The worm spirits are more likely to be native to the underworld, who just happen to be gifted with psychic powers, and are unfortunately neighbors of the mind flayers.

The mind flayers of Odis often send out "slave hunters" to attack the lairs of nearby insect spirits and capture these clever little guys to serve as slaves.

In the slave market that Joan visited before, there were also insect spirits for sale. It is said that the transaction price of one insect spirit was worth five underground gnomes or seven dwarves.

The reason why insect spirits are particularly popular in slave auctions is that apart from being smart and well-behaved, their brains are particularly delicious, and another advantage is that they have psionic talents.

The vast majority of adult insect spirits can spontaneously open up a "psychic energy pool", and can also awaken a first-level psionic ability called "energy ray".

"Energy Ray" is similar to the "Frozen Ray" in Arcane, but it is not limited to the ice attribute, and can also be switched to other attributes such as fire, electricity, and sound waves. The power is also stronger.

The little bug spirit on the opposite side seemed to have sensed Joan's gaze, deftly passed through the crowd, and ran over with a smile to strike up a conversation with him.

"My dear master, the younger one is named Bobo, and he is a waiter on the first floor of the arena. What's your name?"

"Gnostic." Joan replied calmly.

"Oh! Master Gnostic, I've heard of your name!" Bobo slapped his forehead, and the tentacles on his forehead also trembled, "It's rare that you have the pleasure to come to the arena to watch the game today, do you want to place a bet? ?”

"Not interested." Joan refused expressionlessly.

Still not reconciled, Bobo persuaded Qiao An to place a bet with a big smile on his face. When he noticed that he was showing an impatient look, he put away his smile as if by magic, and put on a cute and pitiful look.

"Master Gnostic, to tell you the truth, my master, Lord Metatron, intends to promote a shrewd, capable and caring servant from among the second- and third-class servants to fill in the lack of followers around him. Whoever can earn the most casino rake within a month will be promoted."

"When I was young, I really wanted to seize this opportunity to change my destiny, but unfortunately my performance was not good, so I had to work harder!"

"Master Nuo Siti, by placing a bet, not only will you have a chance to win money, but you will also help me. If I can succeed, I will definitely repay your kindness in the future!"

"You are ambitious and want to climb up, and you want to hug the thigh of the 'Spiritual Princess'. What does it matter to me?"

Joan imitated the Gnostic accent, sneered at this little bug spirit who dreamed of becoming a "first-class follower".

"Your chance of being promoted by Master Metatron is as low as that poor little dwarf's chance of defeating an ogre in the duel arena. Is it worth investing in you? Besides, even if you really can get ahead, you may not necessarily Keep your promises and repay your kindness.”

"Oh! My dear master! If you ask anyone in the arena, who won't praise me for being true to my word!"

The insect spirit danced excitedly, and its tentacles kept shaking, as if its reputation had been tarnished.

"Master Gnostic, please forgive my offense. If I remember correctly, you should still be a 'vagrant' right now?"

Bobo approached Qiao An, lowered his voice, and his pair of twinkling compound eyes showed a secretive and flattering expression.

"Sir, of course you know that if I can become Lord Metatron's entourage, I will have the opportunity to say a few good words for you in front of the master. If I can win the appreciation of an elder cardinal, I will restore you Citizenship of Theth is good, my lord!"

This sounds reasonable, but Joan has not forgotten that he is playing the role of the eccentric "fasting" Gnostic.

Gnosti, this guy, was born with a poisonous tongue, with a sharp and mean mouth, and every good thing he said was ridiculed, and he had the standard "barbarian" character. Even if you admit that you are right, your mouth You have to slap a few sentences on it, which is very annoying.

"Stop scheming with me!" Joan waved his hand angrily, "Your name is Bobo, right? You are very proficient in what you said to me just now, and you used this kind of words to attract business, right? Hmph, do you think Will I be fooled!"

"No, no! Master Gnostic, I swear I'm telling the truth!" Bobo jumped anxiously.

"Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense, I have something to ask you, I heard that the tentacles of your insect spirit clan are very flexible, is this true?"

According to the memories of Isaac and the Gnostics, Joan learned that the tentacles of the insect spirits are like the tentacles of the mind flayers, and the eye stems of the beholders can replace fingers for precise operations.

As a young scholar with considerable achievements in the field of insect research, he was very interested in this rumor, and couldn't help wondering whether the two ring-shaped tentacles on the top of Bobo's head were really as flexible as his own eye stems...

Wait, I don't seem to have eye stalks now? !

Qiao An caressed the four long beard-like tentacles under his chin, remembering the ten eye stalks lost after the transformation, just like a young man who was bald at a young age misses the hair he once had, and it is a bit sad.

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