Chapter 26: Hunting and Magic

The scene in front of him was completely different from before. Compared with the previous scorching heat, it was darker and colder.

It was as open as a small world inside, with rugged and steep terrain, and various unique plants growing on the rocks.

Cassius could recognize a few of them, spore mushrooms, algae green dust, and the horns of the crazy frogs, which were plants that only grew very deep underground.

Glowing rocks, luminous crystals, and phosphorescent mosses, lichens, and fungi dimly illuminated some places.

There were also unknown crystals growing in piles on the cliffs, flashing blue fluorescence, and setting off the nearby rocks into navy blue.

"Is this... the Underdark?"

"No."

The depth here has obviously exceeded the scope of the cave, but has reached a deeper range.

That is, the dark and unknown world under the feet of the surface residents-commonly known as the Underdark.

It's just that this area of ​​the bottomless cave seems to be closed and not connected to the outside world. It's more like an unnatural underground world.

The red dragon extended its forked tongue, and using his extremely sharp sense of smell, tasted the various pheromones in the air, and finally found a familiar smell - the blood of the green-footed dragon snake.

He looked at a corner of the rock wall. Under the illumination of the luminous crystal, the color there was obviously different from the surroundings. There were blue-green bloodstains. As long as he followed these bloodstains, he could easily find the escaped thing.

"I found you."

"Green-footed dragon snake."

He would not let this enemy escape again, so he had to ensure that he would kill it with one blow.

Cassius had just experienced a hearty battle, and his spells had been exhausted, so he used the power of the magic tide to restore his own spell slots.

The majestic magic power poured into his body.

"Invisibility"

He silently chanted the spell.

Suddenly, the seven-meter-long body merged into the darkness again.

In a corner, the green-footed dragon snake was licking its wound weakly.

Its huge body, which was originally 17 meters long, is now less than 10 meters long. The rear end of its body is not the tail, but a huge, terrible cross-section fracture.

Torn muscles, broken organs, and blue blood oozing out.

It is enough to see how seriously the green-footed dragon snake is injured.

If nothing unexpected happens, its lower body may never be fully restored in its lifetime. It can only slowly let the wound heal and become a "disabled" green-footed dragon snake, although it still has seven pairs of legs.

"Damn dragon." It muttered in its mouth.

Thinking of the culprit who caused all this - the strange dragon sorcerer, the green-footed dragon snake's blue eyes revealed unstoppable hatred, the hatred from the blood, and the hatred that caused the wound.

The green-footed dragon snake never builds a nest in the area where dragons live.

If a dragon tries to build a nest within dozens of miles of the green-footed dragon snake's nest, it will have to go and kill or expel it.

Only when the dragon is too powerful to fight, the green-footed dragon snake will give up and go far away to find a new nesting place.

The last time it left its nest was for this reason.

An inexplicable wind blew on the dark rock wall, making the green-footed dragon snake tremble a little.

"This feeling."

For some reason, the green-footed dragon snake suddenly felt a palpitation from the depths of its blood. It suddenly became alert and stood up involuntarily, clinging to the rock wall with seven pairs of legs.

But it was too late.

"I caught you."

The red dragon fell from the sky, appeared out of thin air, and directly grabbed the green-footed dragon snake with its claws.

And this time it was not the torso that was grabbed, but the neck.

Cassius learned from his previous experience, and he didn't believe that the green-footed dragon snake could still escape with its head cut off.

"Ahhh——"

The green-footed dragon snake looked at the red dragon in disbelief.

The huge body struggled frantically, and the seven pairs of legs rubbed against the rock wall frantically, and the body smashed, trying to break free from the red dragon's throat.

"Crash!"

The rock wall was smashed by its body, and the broken rocks fell to the ground.

But the red dragon did not loosen its claws at all, and opened its mouth to bite its neck, with its sharp teeth piercing deep into the flesh.

And its long, powerful and sturdy tail was constantly slapping the wound of the green-footed dragon snake, causing its blood to splash out.

The green-footed dragon snake whimpered weakly.

The struggle became less and less.

The red dragon still did not let go, and even increased its strength, even to the point of exhaustion.

Until a crisp "crack" sound was heard, and the hard bones of the green-footed dragon snake broke.

Cassius let go of his mouth with relief, and the huge body of the green-footed dragon snake fell from the rock wall and landed on the ground with a bang.

"Roar——"

The red dragon stood on the top of the cliff and spread its wings, letting out a long and happy roar.

[Kill [Green-footed Dragon Snake - Man'a], get 7200xp]

[Your class level is upgraded to level 5]

The dense spell list appears again, and Cassius is extremely happy.

There is nothing more refreshing than getting rewards after a hearty battle.

After reaching level 5, the Warlock class gets two additional third-level spells.

In terms of spell selection, Cassius did not choose the famous Fireball, but preferred to choose auxiliary spells.

His Dragon Specialty [Extreme Breath Weapon] has enough damage, so Fireball is not the first choice.

After thinking for a while, Cassius made a choice.

[You gain additional third-level spells [Blink] [Protection from Energy Damage]]

[Blink]

3rd-level transformation spell

During the duration of the spell, there is a 50% chance that you will disappear from the plane you are in and appear in the Ethereal Plane. When you are in the Ethereal Plane, you can hear and see the original plane, but everything is in black and white. Other creatures can only affect you or be affected by you when they are in the Ethereal Plane.

[Protection from Energy Damage]

3rd-level protection spell

For up to 1 hour, a willing creature touched by you will be resistant to one of the following damage types you specify during the duration of the spell: acid, frost, fire, lightning, thunder.

If the red dragon had these two spells when fighting the green-footed dragon snake, it would not be so afraid of its lightning breath that it had to go forward for close combat.

These two spells appeared in Cassius' mind out of thin air.

This is far more sophisticated and complex than the previous spells-so much so that when these two spells appeared in his mind, he was still a little confused.

After standing there and thinking for a long time, he finally understood the two magics and was able to cast spells unskillfully.

The complexity and difficulty of understanding between each layer of the magic network are several times more than before.

Fortunately, Cassius is a warlock who casts "artistic" spells.

He only needs to control its basic operating logic and distort reality with his own will, without having to calculate and construct models in detail.

In any case, Cassius finally went a step further and touched the third layer of the magic network.