Release that Witch - Chapter 1124

Chapter 1124
Chapter 1124: A Lair




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"I think . . . we should go," Simbady mumbled under his breath after a moment of silence .

This cave was gruesome and suffocating, thus he would rather stay undersea than here .

The glow of the tablets mingled with the light of the oil lamp could only illuminate a small area around them . They were surrounded by an impenetrable and dangerous darkness, facing the unknown .

Neither of them had seen the edge of the cave yet .

"Go?" Rex croaked, a note of quaver in his voice . "What are you talking about? I'm sure that even Sir Thunder has not seen a scene like this before . Are they relics? No . . . this is definitely a ruin!"

"The ruin won't go anywhere . We can come back later," Simbady racked his brain, trying to find a way to persuade Rex to leave . "Your assistants and the Society of Wondrous Crafts are all waiting for your good news outside . "

Hearing the name of his Society, Rex instantly calmed down . "You, you're right . We need to tell them this good news first . "

"So let's go . "

"Hang, hang on . I need to take something from here to show them proof," Rex said as he took out a dagger from his sack and started to chisel a tablet . "Don't worry, it won't take me long . You should also gather some evidence . "

Simbady had no choice but to obey . After all, Rex was his employer, and since he had already accepted this job, he had to take some risks for those 20 gold royals .

He tried to convince himself that the cave might not be as eerie as it appeared to be . It was just a little bit dark, and there might not be anything at all .

"Clink, clink, clink . . . "

Every time Rex wrung his knife, a clink that was amplified tenfold in the crisp, chilly air rang off the wall of the cave .

Simbady also noticed that the moment the dagger cut through the tablet, the light would become brighter and even blinding .





He shook his head, trying to put these thoughts away .

He really was not in the mood for cutting tablets at the moment . Several strange stonewares lay around the tottering wall, which Simbady judged were the tools used by the workers who had initially shipped the tablets here . Nevertheless, these tools were all rotten now after years of water erosion . He picked a few and crammed them into his bag as Rex had instructed .

"Clink, clink, clink . . . "

Rex was still focused on cutting the tablet and he already had five to six chipped stones the size of a nail littering next to him .

"Hey, I think that's enough . . . " Simbady urged when suddenly, he captured a discordant note .

It was also a clink but more squeaky and sharp, as if many Rexes had been chiseling the tablet .

"Is this . . . an echo?" Simbady wondered .

Then he realized this was impossible because both of them were still standing in the same positions . How could an echo suddenly appear from nowhere?

"Rex . "

"Just a moment . This is the last one . "

"Stop for a second . . . "

"Give me seven more minutes — "

"I said STOP!" he bellowed .

Rex was stunned, his dagger suspended in the air . The piercing clink immediately stopped .





However, that screeching sound still existed and was now slowly approaching them .

This time, Rex also noticed something wrong . He crammed his pocket with the stones, looking around, and said, "What's that?"

Just at that moment, there was a blinding flash in the distance .

In the dazzling light, Simbady saw the intruder . It was a full-grown desert scorpion, its clamps as thick as a man's arm, its tail high up in the air, leveling their waists . The tail was filled with green venom which, once someone was stung by, they would only have seven minutes to take the antidote .

"Damn . The sound of our knives must have startled it!" Simbady drew out his knife and said, "Step back slowly and fix your eyes on the scorpion . Don't look away . "

For a first-rate Mojin warrior, a desert scorpion was not difficult to deal with, for scorpions were unintelligent and slow creatures . The only thing that might pose a threat was their venomous tail; however, this was also their weak point . If the scorpion failed to hit its target, Simbady would have a chance to slash its tail in half .

The problem was that Simbady was not an excellent warrior by any means .

Although he had received training since he was a kid, he had never participated in any hunting events, nor had he ever fought a desert scorpion .

He had no choice but to attempt it .

After Rex hid behind Simbady, Simbady said in a hushed voice, "Now, look down . Don't move no matter what happens . "

"I . . . I see . "

Then Simbady turned around .

The moment his eyes met the scorpion's, the scorpion lunged at him . Although Simbady could not see the scorpion in the darkness, he could clearly hear its clamp scraping the ground .

This was how desert scorpions generally attacked people: they tended to bide their time, waiting for the moment their opponent was distracted to launch their strike .

"Stay put!"





Simbady slightly bent forward, his right hand resting on the handle of his knife on the left, which was a standard fighting stance for Sand Nationals . In this way, he would be able to monitor both the area on his right-hand side and his enemy in front of him .

When the scorpion started to move, Simbady strode far forward and drew out his knife .

There was a flash of light .

He felt his knife hit something .

The blade cut through the scorpion like a sword through a suet .

With a crunch, the tail of the desert scorpion was slashed in half .

Simbady then stabbed the scorpion in the shell at the back of its head .

The scorpion soon stopped moving after a weak struggle .

"Impressive . . . " Rex remarked while heaving a sigh . "Now I see how strong a Sand National is . . . "

"Not yet!" Simbady interrupted him . "Based on the sound, there must be more than one desert scorpion!" He surveyed the cave, fully alarmed, wondering where his enemy was hiding . The cave was filled with illuminating stone tablets, so he should be able to see it clearly when it appeared!

But it was pitch-black .

Except for the area above .

Damn! Simbady suddenly realized what he had missed . He had forgotten to pay attention to any new light sources other than the glowing tablets .

As he looked up, a dark shadow dived to the ground .

It was aiming at Rex behind him!

With no time to react properly, he powerfully kicked Rex and sent him flying into the air .

The desert scorpion brushed past Rex and landed .

Simbady flailed his knife at the scorpion almost instinctively and cut the head of the scorpion in half .

"Whooo," he breathed out a sigh of relief . "That was a narrow escape . . . Hey, are you OK?"

"Aargh . . . I, I think . . . "

No sooner than Rex had finished, more clinks sounded from behind the wall . At first, there were just a few, but soon the sound became louder and more frequent . In the end, the whole cave started to rock, as though a giant monster was shuffling in their direction .

Simbady and Rex exchanged looks, pale-faced .

"Run! Hurry up!" Simbady yelled as he grasped Rex by the arm and dashed toward the exit .

A moment later, dazzling light erupted from behind, and the cave was as bright as day!

Simbady then saw a colossal desert scorpion, its eyes as big as a dinner plate and its shell as hard as coral reefs . Without a doubt, this was one of the legendary sacrificial offerings to Three Gods — the Giant Armored Scorpion that dominated the continent .

The light emanated by the wall of tablets now became blinding .

He now understood the reason .

He knew why grass would grow here in this dark cave and where the light he had seen earlier came from .

The cave was actually the nest of the Giant Armored Scorpion .

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