The members of the "Mountain Antelope Regiment" were caught off guard by the sudden attack of the monster. The members pulled the trigger in a panic, and the two dog-headed men that had condensed from black smoke into solid bodies were shot into a honeycomb.
There were flickering flames in the corridor and the intensive gunfire lasted for a long time before it stopped.
However, the crisis has not been resolved.
…
Just when everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief as they saw the ogre lying in a pool of blood and stopped moving.
Suddenly, a few wisps of black smoke overflowed from the cracks in the bricks of the corridor again, and then two ferocious dog-headed monsters silently condensed!
Captain Bart turned his head and shouted, "Brother Nicholas, be careful!"
When Ryan looked, he saw that everyone's eyes were on him, just like how they looked at Donnie just now.
"not good!"
He thought to himself that something was wrong, and instantly realized that there was also a monster behind him.
This instantly gave him a chilling sensation as if a poisonous snake was crawling up his back. His hair stood on end, and a thought flashed through his mind: "Except for the 'sixth sense' of crisis sensing, the 'five senses' didn't sense anything at all. What a strong concealment ability..."
At this time, Ryan also remembered the words in the rock carving: [Osiris, the messenger of the god of death, guards this tomb and will drink the blood of invaders. ]
The more critical the situation, the calmer he remained.
Thinking back to the previous situation where the musket did not hurt, Ryan immediately came to a conclusion in his mind: "Before sucking blood, it was a pure elemental body, and it was not physically hurt. But... if you want to bite people, you must condense into a solid body!"
Thinking of this, his mind became three points calmer.
Others might die if their blood was sucked out, but as a "combat doctor", he has enough means to save himself!
At this moment, the skin on his neck felt a stinging pain as if it was pierced by a hard object. At this moment, he finally sensed the existence of the monster!
It’s materialized!
"You actually ignored the body-protecting fighting spirit?!"
Ryan was surprised.
He also didn't expect that the monster's teeth could bite through his skin so easily.
His muscles are now strong and he has the protection of his fighting spirit. He is a hundred times stronger than Donnie who was bitten to death before. But he didn't expect that he was also like a piece of paper and was easily bitten by the sharp teeth...
Obviously, the dog-headed monster's fangs ignored his body-protecting fighting spirit.
Moreover, the weird situation is not over yet!
The moment the monster's fangs bit through the skin of his neck, Ryan was about to fight back...
But suddenly, he felt a strong sense of stiffness all over his body, as if his body was paralyzed, and even his heartbeat became slow.
"Eh... they also injected a neurotoxin? No wonder..."
Ryan clearly felt the strange sensation in his body, and his pupils shrank suddenly.
He finally understood why the person who was bitten did not resist at all and was bitten to death.
The paralyzing poison was so potent that even he, an awakened [Voodoo Master] with a high-level extraordinary body that possessed super poison resistance, felt a strong sense of paralysis, let alone others?
Ryan made a rough estimate and found that his current "toxin resistance" was much higher than that of the average fifth-level extraordinary person.
This means that almost any extraordinary person who has this poison injected into their body will feel severe paralysis.
For low-level transcendents, the toxin alone can be fatal (respiratory paralysis leading to death); for high-level transcendents, they will immediately fall into a state of stiffness and lose resistance to subsequent bloodsucking.
Moreover, the monster's teeth ignored the protective fighting spirit and appeared without any warning.
With all these abilities combined together, this "dog-headed man" is a monster that poses an equally deadly threat to both low-level and high-level extraordinary beings!
…
Ryan sighed in his heart: "It's so tricky, no wonder it's called 'The Messenger of Death'..."
However, although the paralysis was strong, it was not to such an extent that his extremely high poison resistance would completely cause him to lose his ability to react.
The moment the monster condensed into a physical form, just when everyone thought that Ryan would follow in the footsteps of Tony and the others and be bitten to death by the monster.
However, they did not see the expected scene of blood splattering, but saw another incredible scene.
The fangs did break through Ren's skin, injecting a paralyzing toxin.
But just as the monster was about to gulp down Ryan's blood, he calmly threw a punch.
Although the poison made his movements a little stiff, it was easy for him to deal with a dog-headed monster with a combat power of only the first level of extraordinary.
“Bang!”
It sounded like a sand sculpture being shattered. Before the kobold could suck blood, Ryan punched him in the head.
The rifles that Captain Bart and his men had just raised froze in place before they could pull the triggers.
"this……"
They were stunned, and at the same time, a strange thought popped up in their minds: Why was Dr. Nicholas not sucked blood, and was able to kill the monster ? Could it be that the monster this time was different?
But reality did not give them time to think, because almost at the same time, another scream was heard not far behind them.
"ah!"
It was another dog-headed monster, which had bitten another member of the group to death!
“Snap”, “Snap”, “Snap”…
Then, in the panic, there was another burst of dense gunfire, and the fourth dog-headed monster was also shot dead.
…
The crisis was temporarily resolved.
Captain Bart's face turned very ugly when he looked at the three dead members.
But at the same time, they also cast their suspicious and shocked eyes on Ryan, who was safe and sound.
Everyone then realized that the four monsters were the same.
There's something weird...it's this Doctor Nicholas!
Ryan knew that everyone was confused, but he didn't have time to explain.
He looked at the third three bodies, frowned, and without delay, walked straight to the last body that was "bitten to death".
"It can still be saved."
He examined it briefly, said something, then took out a medicine and injected it into the "corpse", and immediately began to sew up the nerves and blood vessels in his neck.
While stitching, Ryan said, "Ms. Pasha, please help me inject 1,500 milliliters of 'Primary Life Potion' into Adams..."
"ah?"
Hearing this, Sister Pasha was a little stunned. Could an injury of this degree be saved?
But she understood something in an instant and walked over quickly: "Okay!"
In order not to expose too much of his healing ability, Ryan used thread to suture the more important blood vessels and nerves, and then used surgical needles and thread to suture the less important epidermal tissues.
Meanwhile, Pasha injected life-saving potion into Adams, whose heart seemed to have stopped beating, to replenish the lost body fluids.
Ryan was busy rescuing the wounded, while the rest of the "Mountain Antelope Regiment" were on guard, guarding against any monsters suddenly appearing somewhere in the darkness.
Although they were heartbroken, they judged from experience that their companion Adams was dead.
A large piece of flesh was bitten off from his neck. It was impossible to survive with such an injury.
But at the same time, they were confused.
Dr. Nicholas's calm expression and smooth professional suturing techniques gave people the illusion that he could definitely save Adams.
But at the same time, I was confused and surprised.
Isn't the surgeon one of the auxiliary professions with the weakest combat power?
But why did the three combat extraordinary people in the group die just now, but Dr. Nicholas was not dead?
Not only did he not die, he also killed the horrible monster with a single punch. How did he do that?
When Bart saw the medicine that Ryan injected into Adams, he seemed to have guessed something and his expression became a little complicated.
…
After an antidote was injected and external pressure was applied, Adams' heart, which had stopped beating, started beating again.
Sister Pasha felt the pulse and exclaimed in disbelief, "She's alive!"
"real?"
"Oh my goodness! Adams survived!"
“…”
Combat-type extraordinary people like Bart don't know much about medicine, nor do they understand the sophistication of this operation, which would definitely make any medical-type extraordinary person dumbfounded.
All they knew was that their companions survived.
Finally some good news.
A collective sigh of relief was heard in the corridor.
At this time, everyone's eyes once again fell on the doctor who was concentrating on the operation, with deep gratitude and relief in their eyes.
They never imagined that a doctor they randomly invited could have the ability to "bring the dead back to life."
But no one dared to disturb Ryan, they just watched quietly from the side.
The suture operation lasted nearly a quarter of an hour, and Adams, whose half neck was bitten off, finally regained his vital signs.
After Ryan had finished the last stitch, he breathed a sigh of relief. This level of surgery was not too much trouble for him now. As long as the patient was not completely dead in the first place, he could still be saved.
Unfortunately, the two who were killed by the "dog-headed man" before had been dead for too long and could no longer be brought back to life.
…
After another injection of "awakening potion", Adams opened his eyes.
He looked weakly at the expectant faces staring at him, still a little dazed: "I... I'm not dead yet?"
Bart looked at him with relief, "Yes! You have to thank Dr. Nicholas. Without his superb medical skills, you would have died long ago."
Sister Pasha, who was standing by, was the only one who understood the ingenuity of Ryan's surgery. She said in a complicated tone, "With injuries like yours, even a senior doctor can't save you. You have to thank Mr. Nicholas."
When Adams heard his captain say this, he seemed to understand something.
He immediately turned to look at Ryan and thanked him sincerely: "Thank you for your generous help, Dr. Nicholas."
Ryan smiled and said indifferently, "It's just a piece of cake."
The team members were rescued, which is no small favor.
Others could pretend not to know, but Captain Bart could not. He recognized the potion that Ryan had just injected into Adams, and asked directly, "Mr. Nicholas, is the potion you just injected into Adams the [Strong Life-Sustaining Potion]?"
He no longer called him "brother" but used honorifics.
Even if he was slow, Bart guessed at this moment that the "old friend" in front of him must be no simple person.
Ryan didn't care and said calmly, "Yeah."
Without the life-saving medicine, no matter how advanced the suturing technique is, the patient will die.
“Ah… this…”
Hearing this, Bart showed an expression of expected but shocked realization.
[Strong Life-Extending Potion] One bottle costs more than 100,000 lizos. This is a luxury potion that ordinary hunters dare not afford.
Such advanced medicines are not found in small hunting groups. An average mid-level doctor might have one or two for life-saving purposes, but he would never use them so easily.
He didn't expect that the doctor in front of him would give it to his ordinary team members so easily.
Hearing that, Bart looked apologetic and said to Ryan, "I'm sorry for wasting such a precious potion of yours. The cost of your consumption of the potion will be charged to our 'Mountain Antelope Group'..."
Before he finished speaking, Ryan waved his hand and said, "It's just a potion. Don't take it so seriously."
Indeed, that kind of medicine is already a huge expense for an ordinary hunting group.
But for him...
There is a pile of stock in the package. This level of potions can only be considered regular equipment potions.
Hearing Ryan's casual tone, Bart didn't know what to say, so he just asked politely, "Mr. Nicholas, were you a doctor in the senior regiment?"
Ryan smiled as he packed up the surgical instruments: "That's about right."
He also knew that whether it was the killing of the "dog-headed man" with one punch or the act of saving people, it was not a simple act. Others could naturally guess that he was not an ordinary doctor.
But it is only a matter of time before it is discovered, so it doesn’t matter much.
He looked at everyone staring at him as if he were a "big boss" and felt a little strange. He explained, "You don't have to look at me like that. I came here to take a look because I'm interested in this relic. Just think of me as an ordinary doctor."
“…”
Seeing that Ryan didn't want to reveal his identity any more, Bart didn't ask any more questions.
After all, whatever the purpose of this "Doctor Nicholas" was, it no longer mattered.
They are willing to spend a potion worth more than 100,000 yuan to save people. What else can they want from a small group like the "Mountain Antelope Group"?
What's more, it seems that now that they have such a powerful "boss" in the team, their chances of survival are higher.
Ordinary doctor?
Of course it's impossible...
For a moment, everyone looked at Ryan with deep awe.
The strong will be respected everywhere.
…
The taciturn "temporary team member" next to him suddenly became a hidden boss, and the atmosphere in the team became a little awkward for a while.
At this moment, Ryan remembered something and picked up the syringe, trying to extract the paralyzing venom from the venom gland of the dog-headed monster on the ground.
As he did so, he looked at the people in the hunting group who were still a little overwhelmed, and took the initiative to say: "I think everyone should not just stand there, think about how we should deal with the current predicament..."
Yes, monsters, mazes!
After hearing this, a huge sense of crisis immediately came over me.
The people are now saved, but who knows if there will be more monsters.
It was a bad start as we went deep into the ruins but lost many people without finding any treasures.
And, to make matters worse, they now seemed to be trapped in a maze.
At this time, Ryan looked at the darkness of the corridor and added, "I think there will be a lot of dog-headed monsters in this ruins. It's best for everyone not to make too much noise..."
Seeing these monsters, he finally understood why those people from the Rosas family were so "kind" and wanted to recruit so many wasteland hunters to jointly explore the ruins.
It turns out that he just wanted to send people to their deaths.
This dog-headed monster is impossible to kill before it turns into a physical form and bites people.
And its abilities are deadly. Whether it is poison, bite, or bloodsucking, it can easily kill a transcendent.
Even high-level transcendents pose a huge threat.
With these "dog-headed monsters" in the underground palace, it is impossible for the nobles and official hunting groups to monopolize the ruins. Because they don't have so many lives to fill this "big pit".
Ryan guessed that those noble lords must have discovered that these dog-headed monsters became very fragile after sucking blood and could be easily killed.
In the underground palace, as long as the hunter is not alone, it means that if one person dies, a dog-headed monster can be killed.
So, they thought of recruiting idle scavengers to die.
The lives of tens of thousands of people would be equivalent to the loss of tens of thousands of dog-headed monsters.
It would be better if you could kill all the monsters. Even if you can't kill them all, at least the threat will drop sharply.
Moreover, tens of thousands of people rushing around in the maze have triggered all the mechanisms and monsters... This way, when those noble lords come in again, they can avoid 99% of the danger.
Haha, that’s a good plan.
Tens of thousands of lives were lost without any hesitation...
…
The hunters are not stupid.
After a few words, the members of the "Mountain Antelope Group" immediately agreed with Ryan's idea.
They also realized that the essence of this collective hunting was to trick them into dying, and they all became indignant.
"Damn it! We were tricked by those nobles..."
"Haha, they have been planning for us from the beginning. No wonder those people said before we entered the ruins that there are mazes and monsters in the ruins... Even if we tell others, they will still have a point, and others will only say that we are blinded by greed..."
"Those filthy nobles are such fucking bastards! They must have known how powerful this monster is, but they didn't say it earlier. If they had told them how powerful this monster is, who the hell would have dared to come in!"
"I'm afraid those nobles didn't expect us to get out alive. The bounty and commission were just a scam. They just wanted us to consume more monsters for them..."
“…”
The more the members talked, the more tense and pessimistic the mood became.
Being trapped in the maze now means that they may be attacked by monsters again at any time.
The team leader Bart's face also became very ugly.
If he could withdraw now, he would choose to lead the team members out of the underground palace without hesitation. Because, this kind of monster is simply not an enemy for their low-level supernatural abilities!
But now he also saw clearly that there was no way out.
This maze made it impossible for them to advance or retreat.
Every step you take could be a step towards death.
…
Just when everyone was at a loss, Bart set his eyes on Ryan, who had remained silent, and a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes.
He asked, "Mr. Nicholas, do you know what this monster is? And you seemed to have killed it easily just now?"
The situation is so dangerous now. If the "Mountain Antelope Regiment" relies on themselves alone, it seems that they are doomed to be wiped out.
They were almost helpless against the dog-headed monster. There was nothing they could do except watch it kill its companions.
If there are a few more waves of monster attacks, all ten of them will definitely be wiped out.
But now, there is an exception.
This "Doctor Nicholas" killed one of those dog-headed monsters all by himself!
This gave people hope that he might have some special method to kill monsters...
After Bart said this, everyone's eyes fell on Ryan.
"This monster is very tricky. Even high-level transcendents can't stop it from killing people..."
Ryan sighed and shook his head, throwing a bucket of cold water on him.
He also guessed what the hopeful looks in everyone's eyes meant, but only he could use the method of killing monsters.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Bart and the others' faces darkened, unable to hide their despair.
At this time, Ryan continued to talk about the clues he had analyzed, saying: "This dog-headed man should be a monster similar to the condensation of 'dead spirit'. They will only turn into entities when attacking. Their teeth ignore the protective fighting spirit of extraordinary people, and will inject powerful paralysis toxins at the moment of biting through the skin, and suck human blood at a fast speed. This is the most important reason for their fatality. The only weakness... I'm afraid it's easy to be killed after they turn into entities."
"Paralytic toxin?"
Bart Dao was not surprised that it could bite through the protective fighting spirit and suck blood, but he did not expect the "paralyzing toxin".
But when I think about it carefully, it makes sense. Otherwise, why didn’t the three members who died just now struggle after being bitten? So it was poison?
But, here comes the problem again.
Since there is a powerful paralyzing toxin, why does this "Dr. Nicholas" in front of him seem to be unaffected at all?
Not only did he smash the monster's head with one punch, but he also clearly stated the "feeling after the poison"?
Although he had doubts in his heart, Bart didn't dare to ask too much.
Turning around, everyone in the "Mountain Antelope Group" set their eyes on Adams who had just been rescued.
The young wizard was confused. He waved his hands and stammered, "I... I don't know anything... I was bitten just now and I lost consciousness."
“…”
When Bart heard this, his face twitched.
This is the difference...
When others are bitten, they can analyze everything; when you are bitten, you know nothing.
But this also shows that this mysterious Dr. Nicholas is incredibly strong.
Bart didn't dwell on the monster issue, because he wouldn't be able to defeat it anyway even if he asked.
He turned and asked, "Mr. Nicholas, how do you think we should deal with it now?"
Ryan expressed his guess and said, "If I'm not mistaken, it's useless for us to go back the same way now. This is a 'moving maze'. Some corridors and stone chambers can move and change their positions. So, we are trapped in the maze."
Bart was shocked when he heard this, but he also showed a hint of realization.
Only this explanation could explain why they encountered several stone chambers that they had passed by before.
But it also suggests that the situation is getting worse.
He was completely clueless, but when he looked at the calm and composed "Dr. Nicholas" in front of him, Bart had a hint of anticipation in his expression and asked again, "Mr. Nicholas, do you know how to get out of this maze?"
Ryan nodded, but his tone was still serious, and he said: "I have some ideas on how to crack the maze, but I still need to try. But now the maze is full of monsters, and wandering around is not a good option. I think we'd better find a place to wait..."
Although he was confident that he could handle the dog-headed monster, it was hard to say if there were more of them.
Moreover, if we really try to solve it now, there may be other dangers in this maze.
So, we can only wait.
"wait?"
When he said this, the others were stunned at first, but they understood it in a moment.
The best time to try is after other scavengers have cleared the mines for them and killed the monsters.
Although I heard that it is not very kind, it is the only way to protect yourself at present.
Bart looked at the corpse on the ground and said hesitantly, "But...if we wait here now, won't those monsters come?"
"No. Of course not here."
Hearing this, Ryan shook his head thoughtfully and said, "If I'm not mistaken, there are some stone chambers in this maze that should be 'safe houses'!"