Chapter 72: Beastmen

dark.

This is the strongest feeling felt by anyone who has entered the Underdark from the surface world.

The entire narrow passage is dark, the ground is a little slippery due to water stains, and there are many dark blue moss growing on the walls on both sides. Sauron's night vision ability can easily see the surroundings, but the little loli following him is a bit troublesome. The eyesight of giant dragons is far stronger than that of humans, but the effect on dark environments is very limited. At most, they have reached the level of 'dark vision', and it is very inconvenient to move in such a completely dark situation.

The Underdark isn't completely dark.

In fact, most of the entire Underdark region is in a state of 'dark vision'.

Because more or less there will be some light diffusion, it may be fluorescent plants that emit light, or it may come from other lights. The specific situation is different. It can be understood as a night full of dark clouds, no moon and no stars. In this case, the visible range of human beings is reduced to less than three meters. This is the case in many places in the Underdark, so adventurers from the ground must prepare torches, or find some extraordinary items that enhance night vision.

This is not difficult for wizards. The cost of an ordinary night vision helmet is about 3000-5000 Jindler.

Those who have the ability to venture into the Underdark will not be short of money!

"Oh! It's so dark!"

Little Loli lay on Sauron's back, put her head close to his ear, and whispered, "Haven't you reached the ground yet? Can I keep a light spell?"

Luminescence?

Are you planning to be a target in the Underdark?

"No!" Sauron refused without hesitation, and said in a deep voice, "About 1,000 meters further down, there will be fluorescent moss, and then you will be able to see things clearly."

light source.

In the Underdark, the light source is a living target, and Sauron is too aware of how much trouble lighting a light source will cause.

Direclaws, Goannas, Mind Flayers, and more.

Creatures in these dark regions are very sensitive to light sources, and rashly using the light technique is tantamount to starting the "monster spawning mode" that adventurers jokingly called back then.

With the gradual deepening of the underground world. Some stalactites began to appear on top of Sauron's head.

I don't know where there is an underground water source nearby. I can hear the sound of ticking. Any place near the water source in the dark area is a battle trigger area. You will definitely encounter monsters living underground near here.

"Hmm! There seems to be a swamp nearby!"

Little Loli lay on Sauron's shoulder, she seemed to dislike it a little, she wrinkled Xiao Qiong's nose and said, "I can feel that wet breath from a long distance away. There is also a rotten smell. No wonder those ugly and dirty Dirty black dragons like to stay underground."

Underground swamp.

Basically, where there are swamps in the Underdark, there will be obvious light sources.

as expected!

Light began to appear in Sauron's line of sight. It was a dark blue moss with faint fluorescence, a common mutant plant in the Underdark, and a special mushroom in the Underdark. The vitality of these two plants is quite tenacious. Grows near volcanoes. Sauron had seen fiery red moss near a volcano in the underground world. The ground became a little wet, Sauron gently put the little Loli down, and then made a silent gesture.

Underground swamp, basically such a terrain is prone to a kind of creature.

——"Marsh bear!"

simply put. They are mutant humans infected with a virus, belonging to a branch of lycanthropy, and for some unknown reason, have been bitten by other lycanthropes. Or they are born with lycanthropy disease, and finally have the ability to transform into a beast form or a lycanthropy form in a combat state. The Lulumeow brought back by Sauron is the "catman" in the lycanthropy branch. Looking at Lulu Meow's talent, one should understand the combat effectiveness of lycanthropes. Most adult lycanthropes are born with a natural level between 5-8.

About lycanthropes.

What Sauron knew best were werewolves, tigers, and bears. Among them, werewolves infected with the lycanthropy virus were the most common, and they could occasionally be encountered in the surface world. The rarer ones are the Tigers and Bears. Most of them live in very rare areas. As for cat people like Lulu, they are basically on the verge of extinction. Needless to say, werewolves and tigers, bear people's natural strength adjustment value is +16, that is to say, as long as they transform, their strength value will directly increase by 16 points. (Remarks: The strength value of bearmen in the dark region fluctuates between 27-36. The strength in human form is not much different from that of ordinary people, and most of them are between 9-14.)

Even the bear people who have just grown up have higher power after transformation than the strong brown bears!

Huge footprints began to appear on the ground.

About the size of a brown bear, these mutant bears are between humans and beasts. The beastification virus has affected their intelligence, making the bears' IQ not much different from that of wild people. Most of them live in tribes. There are rumors that the bear man is a failed product of druid transformation research experiments in a glorious arcane period, which eventually led to the appearance of lycanthropy, but unfortunately no one can confirm it. (Remarks: The lycanthropy disease appeared earlier than the Arcane Empire, and the Arcane Empire has also conducted research on this aspect.)

Think about the first time you met Lulu Meow, you can understand what kind of creatures these bears are.

She was wild and untamed then!

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"I'll go over and see what's going on."

Sauron glanced at the little loli behind him, and said softly: "Maybe we can find a guide from the bear man's territory. They like to capture other creatures as slaves and store food."

sneak.

Sauron's figure escaped into the shadows, and he seemed like a fish in water in the dark area, able to enter the stealth state at any time.

There are many footprints on the ground.

Sauron preliminarily judged that there were 3-6 bearmen living here. Even a patrolling drow guard of this size would not easily provoke them.

Swampy terrain is a bit of a hassle.

Fortunately, Sauron still had spells. As he gradually sneaked in, he soon saw a dilapidated and crude shack.

and a huge cage.

There are obvious skeletons on the ground, which can be preliminarily identified as creatures from drow, gray dwarves, and dwarves. There is no bonfire, which means that the bear man in front of him belongs to the most primitive level of ruthlessness and blood drinking. There is no way at all. The kind of communication. The lycanthropy disease may completely destroy the brain and turn them into beasts, and some even cannot master the ability to transform back into humans for a lifetime. There are very few lycanthropes in the entire Underdark who can possess civilized wisdom.

From this point of view, Lulumiao is a very smart kind of lycanthropy! (Strong fighting power, and very low IQ, it seems more like preparing for war.)

Some creatures are held in cages.

Sauron saw a wounded mutant bear, a dying gray dwarf, and a dead Dreadclaw.

All are tough creatures.

But to bearmen infected with lycanthropy, they are all just food.

boom.

Heavy footsteps came.

In Sauron's field of vision, a huge monster weighing more than 1,500 pounds appeared. It looked like a brown bear walking upright. The werewolves are very similar. No matter from which point of view, their bloodline level is much lower than that of Lulumiao, which also means that they are more primitive, wild and threatening.

"A bear who won't transform back into a human!"

Sauron judged the enemy's state at a glance, because after the opponent returned to his territory, he sniffed around with his nose up, as if he smelled something.

Wild Intuition!

In front of him is the lowest level, the cruelest, most vicious and most inhuman lycanthropy. They cannot be regarded as intelligent creatures at all, but can only be regarded as a kind of beast that walks upright.

"Bearman [Beastman] (Tier 3)."

"Challenge level 10, creature level 12+, has the ability to transform."

"The highest attribute is 36 points, the lowest attribute is 9 points, and the total attribute value is 85-100 points."

"Special feats: Strong, Powerful Attack, Powerful Slam, Rip, Claw, Roar, Shapeshifting, Berserk, Bloodlust, Charge, Feral Intuition."

"Challenge Difficulty: S+."

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Most of the bear people are creatures around the third level, but if you measure them according to ordinary third-level enemies, then they are basically looking for death.

Because their challenge difficulty at Tier 3 is 'S+'! (Note: A team of fully armed adventurers with a professional level of around 10, the possibility of exhausting all items to defeat it is less than one-tenth.)

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(PS: There is only one chapter today, please let Futu sort out his thoughts. Mmmm.) (to be continued ~^~)