The Boss King actually disguised himself as a novice village chief?!
Chapter 239 - 207: Cave World, Human-faced Worm

Chapter 239: Chapter 207: Cave World, Human-faced Worm

Lind led Lance, riding on the Flying Dragon Flame Tumor Alex, across the mountain range and arrived at the cave where the Cyclops had once appeared.

The first time, only one Cyclops appeared, but then a whole Cyclops family appeared one after another, which sparked Lind’s curiosity about what was inside the cave.

At this stage, his strongest combat force was the Flying Dragon beneath him, followed by Lind himself, a man and a dragon, Star Dragon City’s strongest duo, capable of both fighting and running.

He brought Lance along to ensure endurance, constantly cooling down the Flying Dragon.

Lind could not afford to be frozen, fire and frost were filled with conflict.

Alex clearly expressed strong dissatisfaction toward Lance, even though its past identity was just a dragon pulling carts, its status as a "third-ring beast" definitely did not allow any weaker creature to dominate it.

If not for the bow emitting frost, Alex would have rather died than submit, but indeed, when the chilly arrow lodged into its body, it actually felt rather comfortable.

Descending into the cave, the Flying Dragon folded its wings and switched to crawling.

This was a winding passage that descended deep down, the air was pregnant with intense unease from deep underground.

A path that could accommodate a Cyclops was certainly easy for a Flying Dragon to pass through; it seemed the Undead had not explored this place too much.

Occasionally, some abandoned Magic Circles were passed by the roadside, Lind couldn’t memorize those complex magic circle patterns, but he still recognized at a glance that these were the Teleportation Arrays Dome had once mentioned, with several "cross" patterns overlapping, easy to identify, but the magic circles were always broken somewhere, all abandoned.

He and Lance had already eaten five meals on the back of the dragon, yet the road still had no end.

Perhaps this was why the Undead gave up exploring, wasting time on a never-ending road would make them miss too many interesting things, and just so Star Dragon City was constantly "launching events", the Undead who didn’t want to miss those key benefits could only wait tied up in Star Dragon City.

Lind, disguised as an Official NPC, had no thoughts of enduring game operation and didn’t plan to dish out goodies bit by bit.

If the game could be run no longer, and then all the Undead disappeared and never came back, that would definitely be the best return.

Instead of the current situation where every day he woke up, he would worry about the Undead saying "Update over, I’m online now", feeling the rope tightening around his neck day by day.

Finally, a vertical pit tunnel appeared ahead, and Alex climbed down the rock wall like a big gecko.

There were winds blowing from below, indicating that there was more than one entrance.

The gusty wind was blowing Lind’s hair, which he hadn’t had the chance to trim for a while, across his face.

The direction of the wind was unpredictable, and his hair swayed left and right with it.

His vision was filled with patchy light, the source coming from afar, and some from the ores embedded in the rock walls.

The ground was uneven, and the earth was covered with iron rust sand.

A little further ahead was a prairie.

The grass was lush and broad, covered sporadically by spots of light, with very long stems that could easily engulf an adult’s figure.

This was star pasture grass, but its growth here underground was even more fearsome than on the surface.

They swayed in the surrounding Gale, and because of the overlong grass stems, they would tilt and tangle, like bent spears probing around.

At times, the wind would straighten the grass stems of the star pasture, shooting towards the sky.

The Flying Dragon moved into the prairie of star pasture grass, its shaky body disturbing the grassland, and a multitude of firefly-like sparkles flew around. When they looked up, it was as if they were momentarily in the midst of a galaxy.

The green space at the Cross of Faith could sustain the growth of the Calamity Warhorses, but because the Undead often rode their warhorses all over, causing destructive mining, the growth of star pasture grass had slowly started to fall short of demand, so discovering a vast field of star pasture grass in the underground world was a good thing.

Though the Undead had vanished, their Calamity Warhorses still needed to be fed, and Lind, as a false official, having provided a service, had to also offer continuing support.

Actually, he wasn’t losing out, for those Calamity Warhorses had long since become laborers, whether for grinding or hauling, what they consumed was always less than what they earned.

"My lord," Lance’s voice suddenly rose, "Look at this!"

They had just crossed the star pasture grassland, and Lance’s Archer’s eyes caught sight of something.

Bugs, to be precise, a bug with a face resembling that of a human.

Lind casually unhooked the crossbow from his waist, and with one arrow, he effortlessly burst the Human-faced Worm. Beyond its spine-chilling appearance, the bug didn’t seem to pose any threat.

He bent down and gently tapped the back of the Flying Dragon, and Alex opened his mouth to spit out Flames, which quickly scorched the area ahead into charred earth, reducing the Human-faced Worms to cinders as well.

After realizing that these bugs were not much of a threat, Lind chose to ignore them.

There were too many of them, and dealing with these bugs would hinder their pace of exploration.

The underground world was filled with bizarre landscapes, and as they delved deeper, the scenery changed once again.

The messy spiky stone pillars grew crooked like forests, far surpassing the size of the Flying Dragon, which resembled a little lizard that had strayed into a field.

In fact, after entering underground, Lind had discovered many hollows leading to the surface. The Cyclops could access the ground above through one of these openings, a matter of chance.

This place might be teeming with countless creatures.

Soon they encountered something filled with hostility, but it wasn’t a Cyclops—it was a giant bug that looked like a mix of a scorpion, a crab, and a spider, with eight legs, multiple eyes, and a tail as thick as a mace.

Short-sword-like sensory hairs grew on its limbs.

It crawled quickly, its body strong, and compared to ordinary insects, its parts seemed more compact and robust. Its flattened wedge-shaped head bore eight faceted eyes, and it was wrapped in a layer of thick armor as if wearing Heavy Helm.

The moment of collision sparked a conflict. Although the eight-legged weird bug might have been a bit larger than a human, it was still a small creature in front of the Flying Dragon.

The Flying Dragon slapped its hand down, and the seemingly sturdy body was instantly crushed, and strange, foul-smelling liquid oozed out from the dried husk.

But their actions undoubtedly ignited the fuse for battle, as rustling sounds began to emerge. More and more bugs charged from all directions.

They not only walked on their feet but could also jump and run. Such bulky bodies could move in nimble leaps, possessing extraordinary strength. Lind started firing with his crossbows, embedding flame-infused arrows into the bugs’ bodies, barely wedging them into their shells, only causing the bugs to stumble until another arrow pierced through a gap in the shell and exploded internally, blasting it into a mess of flesh.

Lance too grabbed his bow to counterattack. High-frequency arrow shots found it difficult to affect the heavily armored bugs, and it was getting worse as more of them swarmed in.

He had no choice but to increase the draw weight of the bow, but the more force used, the stronger the backlash damage to himself.

They were overwhelmed with continuous assaults, and at this moment, Flying Dragon Alex’s massive body came into play. It twisted its body, and its slender dragon tail swept across, clearing the nearby bugs.

Lind put away the crossbows, held a short sword in his hand, and leaped down from the dragon’s back, the weighty slash sinking the blade into the thick armor of the bugs, forcibly splitting them in two on impact.

He stepped on the bugs, indifferent to their violent struggle under the strength of their powerful vitality.

Another gust of wind struck, and the bug’s scorpion tail hammered on the sword, releasing a screeching roar and a wave of heat. Lind stood his ground, but the assaulting bug, along with the upturned earth and shattered rocks, was sent flying into the sky.

The bugs that engaged in combat with Lind were hardly left intact—the unrestrained Flames didn’t leave them any chance for their juices to flow.

Sometimes his motions with the Broken Sword resembled swinging a hammer.

One bug got hit in the head, its wedge-shaped head burst open, but the body was still alive, its damaged head crazily spewing liquid as its uncontrollable legs ran wildly, eventually crashing into a stone, overturning and falling motionless.

The clash ended quickly with a resounding victory for Lind, evidenced by the heaps of bug carcasses strewn about, telling of the battle’s brutality.

"This is an unnatural creature," Lind said, holding onto the limb of a bug that resembled a scorpion and a spider, and was extremely sturdy: "It’s as if they were specifically engineered for combat."

Severe patchwork traces could be seen on their bodies.

"Let’s halt the exploration here," Lind proposed, "We’ll take one of the bug corpses back."

They definitely shouldn’t proceed any further down.

Both men and the dragon departed, and even before leaving, they had the Flying Dragon burn the bug corpses with Flames.

However, some residual bug limbs remained, and those Human-faced Worms swarmed over, feasting on the carcasses, voraciously drawing the nutrients.

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