Amber Sword-Chapter 617 - 57 Scene King of the Underground (8)(2nd update)_2
The attacker must be much stronger than the one attacked for this to work.
This indicates that there are more powerful monsters here.
Not only Brando, but Qian also noticed this; she said nothing, but her face grew serious.
As for the miner, he collapsed to the ground trembling like a leaf when he saw the body of the overseer. He was terrified. In his mind, these foremen were high and mighty beings, yet they had turned into cold corpses just like that, instilling in him the feeling that his own life could be claimed at any moment.
He almost immediately lost control of his emotions and couldn’t help but scream and shout. Brando, helplessly, used the Secondary Snake Ring to paralyze him to prevent him from attracting more monsters.
Only when the miner had calmed down could they continue moving forward. Brando surveyed the surroundings and decisively chose a northern tunnel. If his memory served right, this was where he had parted ways with Kevan and others before.
But this time, not long after the trio had started moving, they were surrounded by two packs of Rock Leopards from all directions. These stone beasts moved silently in the shadows, seeming to grow in number. Brando had already broken two swords, but he was beginning to realize—these Rock Leopards were seemingly endless.
Qian noticed this almost at the same time, and she whispered from behind, "We need to break through, Lord. We need to find a way out of here."
Brando nodded, though he had a slightly different plan than the mercenary girl. He knew that an ordinary person would likely resign themselves to their fate here, and a somewhat capable mercenary would probably make a choice similar to Qian’s.
But he was different; he was a player.
Continuous ’monster farming’ like this was extremely abnormal in the game. He calmed himself and relied on his experience to find the leader hidden among the lower-level monsters.
Sure enough, he soon spotted a cat-like creature, shiny like black jade, flashing through the darkness. Even though it was just a glimpse, Brando had identified the creature—it possessed at least mid-level Black Iron strength.
That was not black jade, but obsidian—
That was the guy he was looking for. The young man immediately cleaved through the minions blocking his path and charged forward.
But to Brando’s surprise, just as he showed his hostility—the creature’s reaction was astonishingly swift. He hadn’t yet swung his sword when the Black Panther had already turned and disappeared into the darkness.
The obsidian Rock Leopard was incredibly fast, far exceeding what its strength should allow. Brando’s Charge Skill hadn’t even begun to gather but the creature had vanished around a corner.
Not only the leader beast, but Brando immediately noticed that the surrounding lower-level Rock Leopards were retreating like a tidal wave. He had just stopped in amazement, but all the monsters vanished without a trace.
What’s going on?
Brando did not believe it was his domineering aura that scared the creatures away. Elemental creatures have no emotions; they only possess basic logical reasoning.
The tunnel became desolate—
"What was that?" Qian and the miner both saw the fleeting monster. As Brando stopped, they immediately caught up and asked.
"The leader." Brando replied, "The leader refers to the head of the beast herd, but here it certainly means the summoner’s eyes. Whether Elf Masters, Beast Summoners, or Undead Wizards, no matter how powerful the caster is, they cannot control a large army alone. They need subordinate scouts to control those summons with minimal intelligence—"
"For example, lower-level Corpse Witches and skeletons."
"It’s the same here," he pointed deeper into the tunnel and continued, "I just don’t know how vast this summoning network is. If that black jade-like leopard is the highest level of this network, then it’s manageable."
"What if it is not?"
"Then it’s trouble."
Brando continued walking deeper into the tunnel as he spoke.
But Qian seemed a bit worried. She felt everything underground was eerie. Although it seemed the Lord knew what was going on, she did not enjoy being enveloped by the unknown.
She thought for a moment and couldn’t help but say, "Lord, we should go back to the third layer. Our objective was to find the guard captain and take control of the Silver Mine, why bother with these monsters here?"
Brando shook his head, "It was indeed like that at first, but Qian, things are different now."
"Different now?" Qian was puzzled.
Brando nodded, a Silver Heritage’s value far surpassed that of the entire Silver Mine. It’s like trading a Gold Mine for the Golden Apple in Brando’s hand, a deal he would never make.
But he didn’t explain much and continued walking deeper, but he barely took two steps before he let out a light ’Huh.’
"What’s the matter?" Qian asked from behind.
"Come look at this." Brando replied from a corner.
The red-haired girl hobbled forward with her Thunder Gun, but as she rounded the corner, she froze. The space beyond the corner was vast, but at the moment, it looked like it had undergone a terrible storm.
Indeed, under the dim lighting crystal’s radiance, the mine was littered with fragments of Rock Leopards, and among the grey stones were pieces of black jade-like fragments glowing faintly.
Needless to say, it was the remains of another monster.
Brando raised his head and looked deep into the cave, "Seems like someone got here before us."
"A formidable individual," he said.
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(PS. Please forgive and soothe, the ambition for 4 updates is wrecked. Only managed to complete 2 updates for now.)(To be continued. For more Chapters, visit www.qidian.com, support the author, support genuine reading!)
