Chapter 71: Tentacle Monster

After killing the Drowners at the entrance, Wayne did not rush into the cave, but waited outside for a few minutes.

After confirming that no more Drowners rushed out to support, he felt a little relieved in his heart.

This was also because his sword speed was too fast; those six Drowners hadn't had time to call for support, and hadn't even made much reaction, before they were killed.

Otherwise, he would likely have to face the siege of a dozen or even dozens of Drowners.

Wayne wiped the blood off the silver sword and washed away the foul-smelling blood of the Drowners on his body by the lake before slowing down his pace and entering the cave.

Sneaking all the way, his iron boots stepped on the ground, making a slight sound, which was a bit harsh in the cave.

Unfortunately, he hadn't learned real stealth techniques and was not a professional assassin. Even if he noticed his own sound, he couldn't think of a better way.

The only thing he could do to avoid alerting the Drowners in the cave was to slow down his pace and use his keen hearing to detect the enemy's movements in advance.

The cave was very damp, the walls and roof were covered with all kinds of moss, and there was no light. Perhaps because it was close to the lake, there were even traces of water accumulation on the ground.

Wayne moved forward cautiously for dozens of meters. Before he found traces of other Drowners, he suddenly found that the water on the ground had already submerged his ankles, and not far away was a downhill slope submerged by lake water.

Looking at the depth of the lake water, if he continued to move forward, he would likely enter the lake water directly.

Seeing this, Wayne did not choose to retreat, but gritted his teeth, held the Harpy amulet given to him by the Druid Elder Kaenster in his hand, injected a burst of chaos magic into it, and activated this amulet.

With a strange magic power released from the amulet, a transparent magic shield appeared on the surface of his body, about six or seven centimeters from his body surface, squeezing all the lake water close to his body away.

Leaving only the air that could be breathed to circulate inside the shield.

Wayne took a breath of the air inside the shield, and there was no problem. This was the second time he had used the Harpy amulet.

When he used it for the first time before, he just tested its function in the river and didn't study it deeply. However, thinking about it, a generous elder like Kaenster shouldn't harm his savior.

With a somewhat uneasy mood, Wayne inserted the silver sword back into the scabbard at his waist, took off the chainmail and iron boots on his body, stored them in the storage bag, and left only a layer of leather armor.

Then he took out the crossbow he won from Master O'Henry from the storage bag, as well as the meteorite dagger and more than a dozen crossbow bolts.

Underwater combat is not like on land. Because of the resistance of the water flow, the flexibility of many movements is greatly reduced. If he wore iron armor down, even with a witcher's physical strength, he would probably only sink to the bottom, and long weapons like silver swords would also be severely weakened, which would be less handy than daggers and crossbows.

After making all preparations, Wayne didn't hesitate anymore, took a deep breath, and dived into the cold lake water.

The underwater light was still dim, and the depth was about ten meters, but under the effect of the Cat potion, the surrounding environment could still be clearly reflected in his eyes.

Water grass, rocks, all kinds of underwater creatures, and fish swimming around constituted a bizarre underwater landscape.

While swimming toward the depths of the cave, Wayne observed the enemy's movements with full concentration. Unexpectedly, he didn't find any traces of enemy activity, but found those Drowners sleeping at the bottom of the water.

There were quite a few of them, and looking around, there were about a dozen.

They were lying on the rocks at the bottom of the water at will, either with their bellies up or their backs exposed. It was clear that they didn't believe that enemies could enter this water area to attack them, and from time to time, they spat out one or two bubbles from their mouths, appearing completely defenseless.

After considering for a few seconds, Wayne didn't launch a surprise attack, but tried to see if he could bypass them and continue moving forward. Fighting these monsters underwater was obviously not a good choice.

At this time, the benefits of the Harpy amulet were reflected. This amulet not only provides the ability to breathe underwater but also strengthens the holder's swimming speed.

Wayne just maintained a small-scale swimming posture and could move his body underwater. After a series of careful operations, he finally passed over the heads of those Drowners safely.

Seven or eight minutes later, after passing through an underwater area more than a hundred meters long, as the water level continued to drop, a strange light appeared in front of Wayne.

He carefully swam out of the water and found that a few dozen meters away was a more spacious cave space.

The cave was handled quite flatly. Every few dozen meters on the wall, a torch was hung. Some Drowner guards leaned against the wall and guarded by the torch, not knowing whether they were awake or asleep.

And in the center of the cave, there was a sacrificial altar that was a few dozen centimeters higher than the ground. Some corpses of underwater creatures were randomly placed on the altar. Judging from the wounds on their bodies, they should have been drained of blood.

Seeing this, Wayne frowned and didn't act rashly, but found a hidden position, landed on the ground again, and tried his best to put on the Wolf School armor again as quietly as possible.

After wearing it, he breathed a sigh of relief. Dealing with these Drowners with simple weapons, a chainmail with good defense basically achieved the effect of dimensionality reduction strike. Weapons like bone spears, wooden sticks, or rusty iron tools were difficult to break through the defense of metal chainmail.

Re-drawing the silver sword, Wayne carefully observed the environment in the cave, and then walked carefully against the wall without making too much noise.

The purpose of entering here this time was mainly to save Lara's brother, the godling Fiss. If he could avoid fighting, he didn't want to cause extra trouble.

The area of the cave was quite large, and the number of Drowner guards was relatively small. With the cover of the dark environment, Wayne relied on his keen observation skills to successfully bypass the observation range of many guards and quietly touched the back of the cave altar.

Behind the altar, there was a smaller cave. Six strong Drowner guards guarded near the exit. They not only held iron weapons in their hands but also equipped themselves with some simple metal armor, clearly the elites among the Drowners.

In the center of the cave, eight huge fire basins containing some kind of grease were arranged in a circle, burning.

And in the center surrounded by these fire basins, a horrific scene made Wayne gasp.

I saw a circular pool about four or five meters wide, filled with black-red foul-smelling blood, and in this blood, some ugly creatures covered in tentacles, like octopuses, were swimming.

Besides that, in the center of this blood pool, there were six wooden pillars standing, and some humanoid creatures were tied to the pillars with hemp ropes.

These humanoid creatures were naked, tied to the pillars and unable to move. Octopus monsters the size of a basin climbed onto their bodies, and then like face-huggers, wrapped their heads with tentacles, slowly wriggling, not knowing what evil ritual they were performing, which looked very horrific.

Judging from their exposed skin and figure, there were dwarves, elves, and humans among these six people, and one of them, a purple-skinned figure with a seven-colored conch hanging around his neck, immediately caught Wayne's attention.

No need to think, this was most likely Lara's brother, the godling Fiss.

However, looking at his current state, it seemed that he was already dead or alive, and something had been done to him by those tentacle monsters.

And wanting to save him under the eyes of everyone, it was clearly a bit difficult.

Looking at the appearance of those tentacle monsters, Wayne guessed that it should have something to do with the evil god Dagon.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 72 =====