Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 170
Sand Mage Of The Burnt Desert Chapter 170
Episode 170
Kieee!
It started with the roar of an unknown demonic beast.
Starting with its roar, demonic beasts resembling scorpions attacked.
Their shells had patterns that resembled ghosts.
“It’s a ghost scorpion.”
“Watch out for the sting in the tail. “If you get stabbed, you die instantly.”
The awakened members of the Pegasus attack team immediately recognized the identity of the demonic beast.
Ghost scorpions were beasts that lived in packs like twin-headed buffalo.
They build their own maze underground in the desert and gather in groups.
The ghost scorpion’s sting had the effect of hardening sand.
It hardens like concrete.
The ghost scorpion digs into the sand and sprays its saliva on the wall to strengthen it. In this way, it expands its territory and turns the entire underground into a maze.
Once such a maze-like nest is created, the number increases exponentially from then on.
It was a common belief that if you see one ghost scorpion, there are hundreds of them nearby.
Lee Ji-ryeong shouted, emitting thunderbolts.
“Gessling! What happened? “I didn’t say there was a ghost scorpion’s nest around here.”
“It definitely wasn’t there when I came to the dungeon.”
Gesling responded by killing the ghost scorpion.
Gesling was the leader of the exploration team.
The dungeon he was currently heading to was also discovered by the exploration team he led.
When I passed by here at that time, the ghost scorpion’s nest clearly did not exist. If I had seen a ghost scorpion, I would have led the group down a different path.
“Gessling is right. “At that time, I didn’t see a single ghost scorpion.”
MacNine, a member of the same exploration team, added weight to Gesling’s words.
Lee Ji-ryeong’s face hardened.
“Then did the ghost scorpion settle in after that?”
Several months have passed since the exploration team explored the dungeon.
It wouldn’t have been strange if a ghost scorpion had come in and built a nest in the meantime.
However, the problem is that there are too many ghost scorpions for that to be the case.
The number of ghost scorpions crawling out was over hundreds.
If it was this much, it belonged to the great army even among the demonic beasts.
“Could it be that a queen was born?”
Then it makes sense.
This is because a rare queen gives birth to dozens of ghost scorpions at once.
Lee Ji-ryeong shouted.
“Everyone be careful. “There must be a ghost scorpion queen around here.”
“yes!”
“okay! Leader.”
The awakened people formed a tight scrum and fought against the ghost scorpion. Still, there were victims.
“Kaaak!”
“Oops!”
Awakened people stung by the ghost scorpion’s poisonous sting rolled around on the floor screaming.
The spot where the poisonous needle had struck turned black and quickly spread throughout the body.
“Kwaaah!”
“Please save me!”
Those who were poisoned by the ghost scorpion’s venom struggled in pain.
“Fuck!”
“Does anyone have a potion?”
At that time, a girl wearing a cone hat came out.
It was Brielle.
She fed the potion little by little to the awakened people who were stung by the poisonous sting of the ghost scorpion. Then, the condition of the awakened people improved noticeably.
“ha! ha!”
“I…lived.”
The potion that Brielle took was a detox potion she had made herself.
It was a product that was still distributed only in slums and could not be obtained in Neo Seoul.
Those whose lives were saved thanks to Brielle expressed their gratitude.
“thanks. “Thanks to you, I survived.”
“Kid! “I will definitely repay this favor.”
“joy! “You don’t have to return the favor, so let’s fight again.”
Brielle drove them back to the battlefield.
At that time, Levin came to Brielle’s side.
“That’s a detox potion, right? “Did you get it from the goblin market too?”
“fool!”
“uh? Why again?”
“I made that.”
“what?”
“I made the detox potion.”
“really?”
Levin opened his eyes wide.
It looked quite stupid and funny, so Brielle burst out laughing.
“It’s true that I created the detox potion distributed in the goblin market.”
“I did not know. wow! “You are truly amazing.”
“Do you understand now? “I am such a great elf.”
The bridge of Brielle’s nose soared up into the sky.
At that time, Kelda approached Brielle.
I saw Brielle saving her minions with a detox potion.
“Do you have any detox potions available?”
“I have a few.”
“Please hand it all over to us. “I will pay you well.”
Even at this moment, injured people were pouring in one after another.
Those who are stung by a ghost scorpion will die if they are not treated quickly.
Currently, the only treatment available was the detox potion that Brielle brought.
Brielle willingly offered a detox potion.
“There are ten in all. “Each bottle can treat about five people.”
“thank you.”
Kelda quickly rushed to the fallen with the detox potion.
This is because there is a high chance of saving your life if you take the potion as soon as possible.
Fortunately, all those who took the detox potion in time were able to save their lives. However, the lives of those hit by the ghost scorpion’s pincers could not be saved.
This is because the entire bodies of those caught by the pincers were torn to pieces.
No matter how many times I killed it, the ghost scorpion crawled out endlessly.
It seemed like there would be no end to this.
Even then, Xeon did not move.
His gaze was directed to the hole where ghost scorpions were crawling out.
Kurrrr!
I felt a strong vibration that was on a different level than before.
‘It’s the queen.’
As her subordinates died, the queen could no longer bear it and stepped forward herself.
‘I can’t leave it like that.’
Zeon secretly moved the sand.
Sand from the area poured into the hole without a sound.
Sigh!
The sand that filled the hole rushed at an alarming speed and encountered the ghost scorpion queen.
Quagga-ga-ga!
High-pressure sand gnawed away the ghost scorpion queen’s carapace.
Kieee!
The ghost Scorpion Queen’s painful screams echoed throughout the cave.
He was a B-class magical beast.
Of course, it was wearing a force field.
It was a strong shield that did not flinch from any physical attack, but it was useless against the sand that filled the narrow cave.
Pow!
The Ghost Scorpion Queen’s eyes burst out. Sand penetrated through the burst eyes.
The sand attacked the ghost scorpion’s eyes, brain, esophagus, heart, etc. one after another.
The Ghost Scorpion Queen convulsed due to the sand attack coming from both inside and outside.
Zeon muttered.
‘Cremore.’
Quang!
At that moment, the sand outside the ghost scorpion queen’s body exploded all at once.
The ghost scorpion queen couldn’t even scream and exploded to death.
When the queen died, the ghost scorpions that had been attacking humans so violently became confused and scattered in all directions.
“what? Are you running away?”
“I lived.”
The awakened people cheered, not knowing why the ghost scorpions were running away.
Only a few people, including Lee Ji-ryeong and Cha Jin-cheol, realized that Zeon had killed the ghost scorpion queen.
‘The ability to freely manipulate sand in the desert. There really is no such thing as fraud.’
‘What is the grade that makes it so easy to eliminate the Ghost Scorpion Queen?’
The method of checking the level of an awakened person was simple.
Check the rank insignia engraved on your wrist.
Some people display their rank insignia as if to show off, but most thoughtful people completely hide their rank insignia.
Lee Ji-ryeong also covered his wrists with protectors, and Cha Jin-cheol also completely hid his rank insignia with long sleeves.
If you want to see the rank insignia of such an opponent, the only way to do so is to suppress it and check it yourself. However, there was no way Zeon would be easily defeated, and this was a desert that was his territory.
There was sand everywhere that he could use as a weapon.
It was an overwhelmingly favorable environment for Zeon.
Fighting Zeon in a place like this was tantamount to suicide.
Still, if they wanted to fight, they had to choose an environment that was much more favorable to them. At least it wasn’t a desert filled with nothing but sand.
Meanwhile, Zeon secretly looked to see if a magic stone had come from the ghost scorpion queen. However, no magic stones were detected anywhere.
‘It’s a pity, but it looks like it didn’t come out this time.’
Not all magical beasts have magic stones.
Even though they are high-grade demon beasts, there are many that do not produce magic stones.
Like in this case.
Zeon turned around without hesitation.
The Pegasus raiding party was cleaning up the battlefield that had become a mess.
“What a pity! “If we make armor out of their shells, good guys will come out.”
“There’s nowhere to put it. “It’s a pity, but I have no choice but to throw it away.”
Dozens of transport vehicles were brought in, but there was no space to load the corpse of the demonic beast.
Even if you load the corpse of a demonic beast, you have to load those who came out of the dungeon.
In my experience, the corpses of demonic beasts coming out of dungeons are more valuable.
Therefore, when raiding a dungeon, most of the corpses of demon beasts caught in the desert were discarded.
At that time, Ji-ryeong Lee approached Jeon.
“I owe you this time too.”
“I just did what I had to do.”
“Thank you for thinking that way.”
Ji-ryeong Lee’s gaze then turned to Brielle.
“You gave Kelda a detox potion?”
“huh!”
“That works great, but where did you get it?”
“You can go to the goblin market.”
Brielle naturally hid the fact that she had made it.
“You mean the goblin market in the slums?”
“huh!”
“What a pity! If we had known in advance, we would have prepared too. Anyway, thanks to this, many people’s lives were saved. “I will definitely repay you.”
“You can take care of that.”
Brielle said with a sour expression as if she had no interest in repaying the favor.
In reality, she had no interest in reciprocating.
I don’t think it’s a favor to give me a few detox potions.
Lee Ji-ryeong looked at Brielle blankly for a moment and then returned to where the Pegasus raiders were.
As he walked away, Brielle grumbled.
“I’m scared to death. “What kind of look are you giving me…”
“Are you scared of something too?”
“Then I have feelings too.”
“I thought you lost your fear again, right?”
“Oh really…”
Brielle glared at Levin.
Levin whistled, pretending not to notice her gaze.
Fortunately, it was resolved quickly as there were almost no deaths.
“Now, let’s go.”
“depart!”
The raiding party got back into the car and set off for the dungeon.
Zeon and the others also rode in a buggy and chased after them.
Shake!
How far did it go?
Suddenly, an unusual vibration was felt in the buggy.
Levin, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, frowned and said.
“It looks like there’s a problem with the drive shaft.”
“Do you think it will stop right now?”
“That’s not true, but if it stays like this, I think it will spread by evening.”
“Then just drive. “I will arrive at the dungeon by evening anyway.”
“all right. brother!”
Levin nodded.
Still, at this rate, it will last quite a long time.
Other vehicles had already stopped several times, so the base team led by Zelo A frequently fixed them.
In comparison, the buggy that Zeon is riding came this far without breaking down even once.
Levin knew it was thanks to Xeon.
Zeon used his dominance to protect it from the sand.
Nevertheless, the vehicle could not withstand the harsh environment of the desert and was damaged.
As the sun set on the desert, the buggy that Zeon and others were riding came to a complete stop. Still, the group was not disappointed.
This is because the place where the buggy stopped was near the place where the dungeon was presumed to be.
When Zeon got off the buggy, he felt a powerful energy beneath his feet.
“There is a real dungeon. There is also a very powerful guy…”