411 Strike (2/2)
Three days later, Lucien had become familiar with the daily routine of the Kuo-toans. This day, he secretly knocked out a Kuo-toan and cast Transfiguration to disguise himself. Dragging a demonized sea serpent, Lucien walked straightforward into the cave where Invisibility did not work.
As soon as he turned around the corner, Lucien threw the serpent away into an empty nest and slightly changed his Kuo-toan look. Grabbing his sword, Frose, Lucien carefully approached the Altar.
The Altar for Amboula, the Lord of Ocean, was decorated with a great number of Wave Stones. They looked crystal clear and shined with dreamlike gloss. In front of the altar, there was a grey Kuo-toan whose entire body was wrapped with grease. Its scales had tarnished.
All of a sudden, on the altar, the Murloc statue burst out in blue light. And the light quickly attracted the Kuo-toans who were left here to safeguard the place.
”A stranger is here… The imperial family hasn't given up? Are they still trying to pry into the secret of the Lord of Ocean?” Murmured Branhit, the chief priest with a strong dislike.
Branhit told the Blue Guardians to get prepared.
”When the stranger comes in, catch him using the magic circle. I'll use him to figure out what the imperial family's intention is!”
”Be careful. Although his speed is only that of a level two ocean warrior, he has many magic items around level five.”
”Yes, chief priest!” The Blue Guardians answered together. The stupidity of the Murloc sent by the imperial family amused them. How came he picked the time period when the chief priest does daily praying to sneak in!
As soon as the Murloc snuck into the cave, the ocean water suddenly turned dark green. The dark green water could numb the invader and extract his power. Meanwhile, more than ten Blue Guardians, together with hundreds of shadow ocean warriors created by the power of the magic circle, blocked all the possible entrances and exits.
”How dare you!” said the chief priest coldly to the furtive Murloc, ”You think you can just walk in with your little toys for slinking?”
Branhit did not take actions. There was no need for him to do anything at all when facing merely a level two Murloc warrior.
However, a glittering halo spread out from the invader all of a sudden, and the cave was instantly filled with a heavy snowstorm.
The Blue Guardians were directly frozen to the ground. If it were not for the fact that Murlocs were good at bearing freezing cold, half of them would have already been dead.
The frost halo spread out very quickly. Under its power, the shadow ocean warriors broke into fine pieces after freezing into ice statues. Even the chief priest, Branhit, was also slowed down for two seconds.
”Damn!”
At this moment, Branhit's heart was filled with fear and hatred. He never expected that the imperial family would directly send a powerful Murloc mage here to kill them all!
The Murloc mages beside Branhit had been turned into ice sculptures, but the magic robe that Branhit was wearing protected him from the frost.
Branhit knew that he must activate the Altar right now!
He was also a senior-rank!
However, the magic staff inlaid with a big Sunstone that appeared in Lucien's hand shocked Branhit.
The light of the magic staff was dazzling. Dark night covered Branhit and a starry sky was summoned!
”Maze… He's of the ninth circle?!” Branhit panicked.
Maze spells usually did not pose an immediate threat to one's life, so Branhit's defense spells were not activated.
In the end, Branhit thought to himself,
”The altar will be ruined…”
”The Lord of Ocean will never forgive me…”
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Lucien exposed himself to the Murlocs to lower Branhit's alert. When Branhit was slowed down by the frost halo, Lucien trapped him with Thanos' Maze.
Although the maze would only last for five minutes, it was more than sufficient for Lucien to activate the magic circle and leave safely.