Chapter 511 Ending

It was determined that the aboriginals in this cave were not really counted, because when Noshir had just entered the mine for a few minutes, he found many fragmentary animal stone statues in this cave.

These stone statues include petrified giant spiders, petrified underground los beasts, and even some petrified gray dwarves. There is no doubt that these poor guys were normal lives with flesh and blood when they were alive, but they were unlucky to encounter powerful beasts that could not be defeated by conventional means at all, a powerful monster that could turn them from flesh and blood into stone statues in the blink of an eye, and this ability to petrify creatures in an instant, only three races in the dark hell have this ability.

One is the eye demon, one is the petrified lizard, and the other is Medusa. Before we were sure what kind of monster lived here, he was still looking forward to widening his eyes, raising his vigilance, and being ready to guard against enemies rushing out of the dark at any time, because among these three monsters that have the ability to petrify others, there are two that may pose a threat to Noshir now, these two monsters are the eye demon and Medusa.

But after Noshiel carefully observed the state of the stone statues, he threw his little expectation to the wind, because he had already determined what was living in this abandoned mine. If nothing unexpected happened, it must be a group of petrified lizards.

The reason that supported Noshiel's judgment was very simple. There were only two simple judgment bases. One was the decoration style in this nest, and the other was the victims he found.

The area where powerful monsters live often shows their unique temperament and hobbies. For example, the nest of the eye demon often shows the weirdness and arrogance of its creator in a very intuitive way. They will decorate their caves with the spoils of previous battles. For example, the petrified adventurer, the eye demon often deliberately fixes his fearful expression, as well as the body parts of other eye demons or magic items confiscated from other powerful enemies.

The beholders would carve out their nests with disintegration rays and deliberately design a vertical passage leading to the various chambers of the cave, because this environment is conducive to the free movement of the beholders and can effectively prevent intruders from easily sneaking in. When someone invades, the high enough ceiling allows the beholders to float in the air to harass the opponent, and this architectural style can be said to be very obvious and can be recognized at a glance.

But in this nest, Noshier did not find any special environment worth noting. The entire cave maintained a very primitive style. This situation shows that the owner of this cave does not have any obvious habits, or it can be said that the creature living here is just a beast with ordinary IQ, not a powerful monster with extraordinary wisdom.

Because of this, Noshier is very confident that he can directly exclude powerful monsters with extraordinary wisdom such as Medusa and the beholder from the options. In addition, during the search, he also found that almost all the stone statues in this mine were incomplete due to external forces.

Because the prey petrified by the eye demon is often used by the eye demon as ornaments to decorate the nest, and the same is true for the petrified by Medusa, but these stones have completely turned into waste, either with large or small tooth marks, or simply broken into debris on the ground.

Among the three races, only the petrified lizards are monsters that feed on the species they petrified, and only when they gnaw on their prey will they turn the victims into such a scattered appearance.

After confirming the true identity of the opponent, Noshier also let down his guard. The opponent is not a beholder or Medusa, but just a group of petrified lizards, and this kind of thing is not a threat to him at all.

Although this creature is huge in size and has considerable power, it can also turn the target that is looking at each other into a stone statue in just a few seconds, but its movement speed is really average. The body of the petrified lizard is too fat. Even if it has six legs, Noshier can kill it five or six times before it turns its head.

The only difficulty in cleaning these guys up is their number. Judging from the traces in this mine, the petrified lizards living here are probably a whole group. Conservative estimates are that there should be 3 to 6 adult petrified lizards, and there may be varying numbers of young petrified lizards or petrified lizard eggs.

However, because petrified lizards do not have the habit of raising offspring, even if there are young petrified lizards here, Noshiel is unlikely to see this little guy in the nest of adult petrified lizards. Compared with seeing young bodies, the chance of picking up eggs directly in the nest is greater, and this is also the scene that Noshiel most hopes to see.

Because petrified lizards can be tamed, if this monster is tamed by professional trainers since childhood, there is a high probability that it will be successfully tamed. Tamed petrified lizards can understand some simple instructions, follow the instructions of their owners, avoid eye contact with specific creatures, and become controllable and reliable.

Even without its special skills, its own abilities still make it a formidable beast guard, and the eggs of the basilisk are therefore very valuable. If Noshir can find a nest of such eggs here, such a gift may be easier for the dwarves to accept than a green-footed dragon snake.

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An adult male petrified lizard quickly moved his six sturdy limbs and rushed towards the uninvited guest who dared to invade his nest. At the same time, he widened his gray and lifeless eyes and used the signature skill of their race, the petrifying gaze.

Unlike the ray spells that the eye demon can directly launch, the abilities of the petrified lizards and Medusa races must have a very direct eye contact with the victim in order to use their abilities. Only in this way can their petrification abilities take effect.

However, the brain capacity of the petrified lizards is not enough for them to understand how their abilities work on others. The only thing they know is that as long as they stare at their prey for a while, the prey itself will soon become a delicious stone meal.

But this time, it hit an iron plate.

Noshier did not hold any weapons, and stood there without dodging, quietly waiting for the moment when the petrified lizard was about to hit him. Then, when that moment was about to come, he quickly stretched out his hands, grabbed the huge, fat lizard head, and exerted force on the spot! With the help of the force generated by the petrified lizard itself when it rushed over, he threw the giant beast hard on the rocky ground behind him with a very exaggerated shoulder throw!

This fierce blow immediately made it completely lose its combat ability, but with the strong physique of the monster level, it still did not completely kill it, but this was what Noshier hoped for.

The dark region seems cruel and ruthless, but in fact it also has its own unique ecological chain. The petrified lizard in front of him is the fourth petrified lizard Noshier has encountered. It is also the largest and the only male petrified lizard.

The three petrified lizards that Noshier had encountered before were all female. When he encountered them, he only killed two of the weaker ones, and deliberately kept the strongest one and drove it out of the mine with force. If there were no accidents with the male in front of him, he would also drive it away with the female.

Noshier was not worried that these guys would come back after being driven away, because in a sense, this was the competition for territory in nature. If his territory was occupied and there was a visible gap in strength between the two sides, the original owner of the territory would often take the initiative to admit defeat after the challenge failed, completely abandon this area, and look for other predation sites instead.

At the same time, considering that if too many petrified lizards were released at once, there would be a great possibility of disrupting the local ecological balance, so Noshiel only released two lizards, one male and one female. This treatment method allows the petrified lizards to continue to reproduce in this area, but it will not cause the local ecological environment to collapse due to too many powerful predators coming out at once. Although this treatment cannot be said to be perfect, it can be regarded as minimizing the possible impact.

"This should be the last one."

Noshiel clapped his hands while looking at the big guy lying on the ground and gasping for breath, and a large handful of dust exploded between his hands in an instant.

Noshiel coughed because of the smoke and dust, and quickly waved his hands, trying to disperse the dust. As a result, the dust came out of the iron gloves like the smoke from firewood. He quickly took off his gloves, moved his fingers on the spot, and directly broke the small layer of stone on his arm that had been formed at some point into pieces of stone slabs.

"This is the feeling of being petrified... that's all."

Noshir glanced at the stone on the ground. At the moment of direct collision with the petrified lizard, he deliberately made eye contact with it for a moment, wanting to test the extent of this petrification effect, and now the result is very obvious.

Obviously, the petrifying gaze of this beast can't do anything to Noshir, and after experiencing the feeling of petrification himself, Noshir also figured out the working principle of this skill.

In general, this is a natural spell-like method of the petrified lizard race. By making eye contact with the prey, the petrified lizard can project the magic power attached to its eyes in that instant, transmit it to the whole body of the prey, and quickly produce a spell reaction on the prey that can penetrate into the prey's body and quickly transform the prey into stone, and this reaction is from the outside to the inside.

If the physical fitness of the petrified target is strong enough, most of the negative effects can be exempted directly through strong physical fitness. If the physical fitness is not strong enough, you can also use various means to strengthen your own magic resistance, so that you can still ignore the petrification effect caused by the gaze.

Not only does Noshier's physical fitness far exceed the standard, he also has the blessing of the Moon Goddess and has a very high magic resistance. With the cooperation of these two, he even ignored most of the abilities of the petrified lizard without even turning on the rage, and only generated a thin and crisp stone skin composed of external magic on the surface of his body.

Noshier slapped his arm again. Perhaps because of his own magic resistance or physical strength, even this layer of stone skin only appeared on his fists and forearms, which made it much easier for Noshier to clean up.

After cleaning the stone fragments on his body and driving away all the living petrified lizards, Noshier returned to the mine and began to deliberately look for the location of the petrified lizards' nest. After spending some time, Noshier successfully found a hidden cave dug by the petrified lizards in the mine.

He found a nest of seven petrified lizard eggs in this cave. After inspection, three of the seven eggs were diagnosed as stillborn, and the remaining four were all collected by Noshier.

"It's a good harvest. With these things, there are more options. Next, we just need to go back and contact King Snitik, and we can directly arrange for the spawns to move in."

Noshier tossed the space box in his hand, and sighed that this operation was so smooth. He successfully brought the spawns here, successfully established diplomatic relations with the underground dwarves, and successfully helped the spawns get a base for survival.

Next, after the vampires have gained a firm foothold here, Noshiel can plan the next trip to hell.

If everything goes well in hell, and if he is lucky enough, and if he really finds a way to turn the vampires back into humans in a short time, then the vampires don't even need to live here for too long, and they can fundamentally get rid of the dark days now.

"Although it is unlikely to be found soon, it is always a thought... Well, let's go back."

Hanging the space box back on his waist, Noshiel turned around and broke off a giant stalagmite next to him. He twisted his waist and threw the giant cone-shaped stone pillar to the corner of the mine. The giant stone cone brought a whistling wind and smashed through the stone wall at the corner at an extremely abrupt speed!

The rocks collided with each other, and at that moment, there was a loud shattering sound between the two! Large and small pieces of gravel flew across the sky, and the sound of crackling was endless. In this chaotic environment, a dazzling red light suddenly rose and occupied Noshiel's vision.

Relying on his extraordinary and powerful vision, he instantly saw the true face of the thing. It was a round shield made of red magic. This shield was very strong. No matter how big the gravel was, it could not break the defense of the shield. It would only cause a vibration like ripples. Inside the shield, there was a female dwarf who looked surprised and seemed to be unable to believe all the scenes in front of her.

'I was discovered! When? How did he find it...'

"I said why I always felt vaguely that there was a mouse running around me."

"!"

The female dwarf's thoughts, like a tangled mess in her heart, had not yet fully emerged, and Noshiel's words without a trace of emotion suddenly came from her side. Fear made the female dwarf's eyes shrink into a thin dot in an instant, and the whole person was involuntarily stiff at that moment, and was scared out of a cold sweat.

Before she could react, Noshir directly waved his palm and instantly tore the red shield apart, and placed his iron palm firmly on the dwarf's head.

"Who are you, little mouse?"