Chapter 015: The Unsurprising Massacre (Seeking Votes and Bookmarks)
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"Hello." Li Junshan beamed with a smile and walked up to greet him.
"What are you people? What brings you to our clan's land?" A big-bearded dwarf eyed them warily, with dozens of dwarves forming a circle behind him, surrounding Li Junshan and the others.
Li Junshan originally wanted to exchange a few more pleasantries, but seeing the dwarves' unpleasant expressions and even several of them gazing at Sally with greedy eyes, he suddenly felt displeased.
"We're here to find someone, got lost in the desert. Do you know where the giant Groteus lives?" Li Junshan stared at the big-bearded dwarf and asked gruffly.
"Haha." The big-bearded man threw his head back and let out a loud laugh, his beard almost reaching the sky.
"Are you thinking of going to the Black Dragon's lair?" The big-bearded man paused in his laughter, a hint of disdain in his eyes as he said, "Humans are always so arrogant and self-important. Don't even mention going to our giant friends' place to find the Black Dragon, you can't even get out of here."
"Ah!" Li Junshan's face was filled with terror, his body slightly trembling as he stammered: "Y-you... what do you want to do?"
"What's the use of you?" A dwarf warrior chuckled and said, "You still have some use value, the skull can be made into a cup, the skin can be made into a ritual drum to get the favor of the gods, the rest is just garbage. Human flesh, except for the despicable earth spirit, no race looks up to it. But this woman, hehe..."
The dwarves next to him burst out laughing lewdly, and a few of them even wanted to reach out and grab Sally.
Li Junshan held back Xilu, who was furious and wanted to rush forward, and blocked Sally behind him. He sneered, "You will pay the price for your own irrationality."
As he spoke, he was about to summon the alien creature when suddenly a clear and loud whistle pierced through the air. Li Junshan saw the dwarf in front of him look eastward with a frightened face, and he couldn't help but turn around and look up, instantly stunned.
On the eastern horizon, about 300-400 meters above the ground, a gigantic black demon beast appeared. Its body was nearly 50-60 meters long, with arrow-like feathers covering its massive torso. A pair of wings, each spanning over 100 meters, flapped wildly, emitting a sharp screech. Faintly visible was a figure in white robes sitting on the back of the demon beast, his long cloak billowing in the fierce gusts of wind, yet he sat as still as a rock, unmoving.
" Ninth-level demonic beast, Golden-eyed Demonic Eagle." The big-bearded man muttered, unable to restrain his violently trembling voice.
"A ninth-level demon beast!" Li Junshan felt a bit oxygen-deprived.
That's a ninth-level demon beast! Li Junshan had only seen sixth-level demon beasts before, and being able to subdue a ninth-level demon beast meant that he was at least close to the level of a saint.
Li Junshan was both surprised and envious of the person on Jinyinmo's back.
"When can I be so cool?" Li Junshan fantasized about riding on the back of that Golden-Eyed Demon Eagle.
The golden-eyed demon eagle flew over their heads in an instant, and as it flew over, the eagle's wings flapped violently, causing a strong gust of wind to blow, and an irresistible aura of majesty and killing intent was emitted. Li Junshan and the others, as well as the dwarves, felt that they couldn't even breathe for a moment, and Fati, who had a weaker body, fell to the ground.
After a few moments of time, the enormous body of the Golden Eyed Demon Eagle disappeared behind the mountain range. Everyone present let out a sigh of relief, and their breathing finally became smooth again.
Li Junshan withdrew his gaze and saw the big-bearded man staring at the golden-eyed demon carving disappearing into the mountains, with an exceptionally vivid expression on his face, as if joyful, yet also fearful. Li Junshan's heart stirred, asking: "Is that person going to find the Black Dragon?"
"It's probably so." The big bearded man nodded unconsciously, suddenly reacted and looked at Li Junshan who was furious, shouting: "Get rid of them, we'll go back to the cave first."
Those dwarf warriors yelled and raised their iron hammers, ready to charge out.
"Kill." Li Junshan's mind stirred, and four deformed creatures suddenly appeared in front of him. The dwarves who had been excitedly rushing over just a second before were now like chickens with their necks pinched shut, making strange cries as they retreated in terror.
The deformed Li Junshan who could cast magic did not summon, these four deformed were the ones that fused with Jumping Rabbit and Flame Chicken genes, they had been fighting against the magical beasts all along, Li Junshan had never commanded the deformed and humans to fight together before, now he wanted to see the power of the deformed, so he gave them the order to attack freely.
Whoosh...
Four deformed creatures, like a stormy wind rushing into the flock of sheep, quickly harvested lives with their claws, tail bones, mouths and tongues like scythe of death god. Those sturdy dwarves who could rival mid-to-high-level warriors were as helpless as children in front of the deformed creatures, their fresh blood splashing everywhere turning them into broken corpses.
"Strike, strike!" The big-bearded one yelled at the top of his lungs as he chased after the fleeing dwarf warriors, himself running towards the cave entrance faster than they were.
Can it go faster than an alien?
Four deformed creatures drew out a trail of residual shadows, killing all the scattered dwarf warriors. One of the deformed creatures, under Li Junshan's command, used its tailbone to encircle Big Beard and threw him in front of him with a thud.
"Respected dwarf friend, can you now tell me where those ugly big fellows live?" Li Junshan said with a smile.
The big beard perhaps was frightened out of his wits, and actually dug his head into the sand on the ground, making a terrifying scream that made people's hair stand on end.
No wonder he was so fearful, the basin inside was quiet at this time, except for the more than 20 dwarf warriors just now, other dwarves saw that things were not right and ran back to the cave early. The ground was littered with limbs and bones, a terrible sight.
"Gahba." The grotesque creatures tore at the dwarf's corpse, their jaws open wide as they chewed slowly.
"Wow..." Sally's face turned pale, and she finally couldn't help but bend over and start vomiting. Fate and Ciro were a bit better off, the former with a pale face, the latter with an earthy complexion.
Li Junshan was also a straightforward and brutal killer, but he had never killed humans before. He had always fought against monsters, not people. The smell of blood filled his nostrils, and Li Junshan used all his willpower to control himself from vomiting.
"Ah!" The big beard let out a mournful cry, his thigh was pierced by the deformed tailbone and lifted into the air.
"My time is limited." Li Junshan stared with his eyes wide open, saying: "The mountain range where the Golden Eyed Demon Eagle disappeared earlier, isn't that the giant's habitat? Is the Black Dragon there?"
Severe pain brought the almost hysterical bearded man back to his senses, with beads of sweat the size of beans continuously dripping from his forehead. The teenager in front of him at this moment was like a demon from the legendary deep swamp in his eyes. He was hung upside down and hastily shouted: "That's right, those ugly giants and black dragons are in that mountain range to the west."
"Huh?" Li Junshan chuckled and said, "I heard that dwarves and giants are born to be good friends, how did they become ugly giants in the blink of an eye?"
"You don't know, those giants rely on their bodies being bigger and stronger than us dwarves, often bullying us. On the surface they say we're friends, but in reality it's more like we're slaves to the giants." Big Beard's body shook violently as he said: "You see that meat? The giants' food isn't enough for the black dragon, so they force us to hunt for them instead. We're not really their good friends at all."
"Is that black dragon really seriously injured?" Li Junshan didn't have the time to listen to his nonsense, and asked about what he was most concerned about.
"Yes, noble Summoner." The big-bearded man racked his brains and finally came up with a respectful title, saying: "The black dragon was heavily injured, its abdomen had a huge hole, and it didn't know who had inflicted the wound. The stench was unbearable, and it had become festering."
"I heard it's about to lay eggs quickly, is that true?"
"The Summoner's information is indeed accurate, I heard those ugly giants say it's likely to be this month." The big beard gritted his teeth and forced out a flattering smile.
"Oh." Li Junshan thought for a moment before speaking, "I am a magnanimous person. I can forgive you all for your previous irrational behavior."
"Thank you, Summoner-sama." The big-bearded man was overjoyed, he was lifted into the air like a child by the grotesque creature and put his hands together in front of his chest as if to give thanks.
"Don't be happy yet." Li Junshan's face sank, and he said: "Sally is the kindest and purest treasure in my heart. You have offended her, which is a hundred times more serious than insulting me personally. What do you use to make up for it?"
Sally vomited for half a day and was somewhat weak, standing on the side. Originally, with her intermediate warrior strength, she shouldn't be so unwell, but since she had never seen such a scene before, she couldn't bear it at all. When she heard Li Junshan's words, Sally's pale face flushed red, and she secretly scolded him.
"Armor and weapons, our dwarven-forged armor and weapons are renowned across the continent of Arlan. I can compensate five hundred sets of armor and weapons to the Summoner Lord." Big Beard stretched out five fingers, biting his teeth to save his life, but after saying it, he felt that five hundred was too many, a wave of regret and physical pain washed over him.
"The shame you've brought me can't be redeemed with 500 sets of armor and weapons." Li Junshan's face was gloomy, the deformed creature sensed its master's anger, "Gaba" gnawed on a bone as it circled around.
The big-bearded man was so frightened that he nearly lost control of his bladder, and after hastily tightening the back door, he shouted: "One thousand sets, Honorable Summoner, I really can't take out any more. There are plenty of inferior goods, but you certainly wouldn't be interested."
"Congratulations." Li Junshan chuckled and let the alien put down his beard, then said: "Your sincerity has earned my forgiveness."
"This way, please." The big-bearded man limped and led several people towards the cave.
"This is what it feels like to be strong." Li Junshan was both delighted and moved. If not for the abnormal shape behind him, he had no doubt that the consequences of welcoming them would have been unimaginably dire.
Most of the dwarves who ran back to the cave were old, weak, women and children. At this time, they hid in the cave and saw the tribe leader leading those humans in, like seeing a devil, shrinking in the corner and trembling constantly.
The big beard led them into a cave, reached out and pressed on the stone wall, a loud rumble sounded, and a mountain cave suddenly appeared on the stone wall.
Li Junshan was not afraid of deceit, with a deformed tailbone standing upright and floating behind the big beard's occipital bone, he was not afraid that the big beard had ulterior motives.
"We're rich!"
As the stone door opened completely, Fate's eyes widened in shock, staring at the glittering armor piled up like mountains inside the cave, and the weapons placed next to it, shining with a cold light. His mouth was stretched open indefinitely.
Li Junshan also felt he had struck it rich.