Chapter 274: Psionic Ballista
The sudden vibration froze the expressions on everyone’s faces. It wouldn’t matter if this was just a common shaking underground, the earthquake would pass soon.
But the facts did not go in the direction that everyone expected. The frequency of vibrations was not only getting higher and higher, it was even getting closer.
It felt like some kind of behemoth was charging straight towards where everyone was.
They all drew out the weapons they had just withdrawn and stared at the direction of the sound.
Just four or five seconds later, Nemea suddenly shouted:
“Everyone get down!”
Almost at the same time as everyone bent down, the left wall of the captain's room was smashed, and a huge streamlined monster broke through the wall and smashed into the wall on the other side.
The sound of the chitin walls and the shell ship being torn apart filled everyone's ears, but no one could see what it was. They only felt a huge black shadow flying over their heads, and then everyone was dropped. Buried by debris.
"Did anyone see what it was?"
"No!"
"Pull me out!"
Draeger lifted up a piece of the chitin ceiling that hit him, and reached out to pull the halfling priest out of the collapsed debris.
The only one who was not buried was Aldai. The debris that fell on her was bounced away by the translucent shield.
She looked at the two large holes on the wall and thought: "This mark seems to be left by a shark-lizard beast."
"That thing is not easy to deal with."
The dwarf's hometown is also underground, and Derger is well aware of the horror of the shark-lizard beast.
This monster is simply a great white shark that can move on land. It is one of the top predators. They dig caves at high speeds as easily as fish swim in the water. Their huge heads have the same huge mouth. When they swoop out of the ground, they're big enough to eat a man in one bite.
Moreover, the shark lizard beast does not like the meat of elves and dwarves very much. It may be because these two races have long lifespans, and the shark lizard beast thinks their meat is too old.
In contrast, halfling flesh is their favorite.
It just so happens that there is a halfling in this team.
Palin immediately jumped to his feet and said:
"What are you waiting for! Run!"
"We can't outrun it. The shark lizard moves much faster than us."
Aldai knocked on the floor with her staff, and with the sound, a wave spread out.
"The Shark Lizard passed through the shell ship and went outside."
"So, it let us go?"
"No, he's just teasing us."
Shark lizards like to chase and play with their prey. When the prey is too exhausted to run away, it will eat it in one bite.
It is unwise to fight face to face with a shark lizard beast. Not only can its carapace be able to defend against attacks from many weapons, even magic is not very effective against it.
The huge size and their powerful limbs give the Shark-Lizard Beast its most powerful ability, the Death Leap.
To put it simply, if Mount Tai suddenly pops out and weighs several tons, who can withstand it?
And even if it can be hurt, the Shark-Lizard Beast will burrow into the ground and run away when the situation is not right. It is difficult to leave it behind with one blow. In this case, there will be a top predator who will pop out of the ground at any time during the rest of the journey. Eater followed.
In other words, the shark lizard beast must be killed using a method that can kill it with one blow.
Still saying the same thing, Master Fa's mind was spinning fast, and Aldai immediately said:
"Let's go on the deck."
The captain's room where everyone is located is connected to the bridge of the conch-shell ship, and outside the bridge is the front deck of the conch-shell ship.
Several people ran out quickly, and Delger smashed the glass of the bridge's floor-to-ceiling windows with an axe. Not long after, everyone was standing on the empty front deck.
Looking around at this time, you can vaguely see a moving bulge on the ground, which is left by the shark lizard beast moving underground. It looks very like a shark swimming around its prey.
"Found it, over there."
"What's that?"
It was in the shape of a nautilus, about as tall as a person, with a row of racks made of muscle tissue underneath, neatly placed on the front deck.
"The psychic crossbow of the conch shell ship is enough to destroy the shark lizard beast in one blow." Aldai quickly ran over to check it. When his fingers touched the pattern on the back of the conch shell, he lit up a square fist. The screen displays an image of the position where the ballista is facing, and there is even a crosshair.
This shows that the ballista still has energy, but I don’t know how many rounds it can fire.
Normally, the psionic ballistae is controlled by telekinesis by the illithid on the shell ship, but sometimes the illithid may not be able to take action, which requires the illithid's slave to also control the ballistae to participate in the battle.
That is to say, this thing can be controlled remotely or manually.
The Shark Lizard's perception is very keen. If Aldai wants to use magic to deal with it, she must use a strong spell.
Powerful spells require a little time to prepare, and will reveal a huge magic reaction when cast.
The shark-lizard beast is not stupid. He will definitely run away when he realizes that he may not be able to withstand it.
But the psychic ballista is different. This thing is motionless before it is fired. After it is fired, even if the shark lizard notices it, it will be too late.
After handing the psychic ballista over to Nemea, who had experience in using crossbows, Aldai turned around and said:
"Now we also need a bait that can attract the shark-lizard beast."
Dräger and Palin looked at each other, and finally Palin raised his hand helplessly.
"Okay, I'll go."
Shark lizards like halfling meat the most, so this is an excellent bait.
Delger patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Although the time is short, I will not forget you."
"I'm not dead yet!"
A rope was tied to Perrin, and he jumped off the deck and stood stamping his feet.
The shark lizard is very sensitive to ground vibrations, especially its favorite, the footsteps of halflings.
Establishing a visual connection with the arcane eye, Aldai, who was watching the movement around him, immediately saw that the shark lizard beast that was originally circling the shell ship suddenly changed its direction and came towards Perin.
"It's coming, get ready."
"I must pay more! Did you hear me? I want a raise!"
Perrin also felt the terrifying vibrations of the Shark-Lizard Beast approaching him quickly, and felt that his heart was shocked and skipped two beats.
"Pull me up quickly!"
"Wait a minute, it's not time yet."
Aldai watched the shark lizard beast getting closer and closer through the secret method, and had to wait for it to come out of the soil.
Seeing that the bulging soil was about to hit Palin, who was stomping on the spot, he heard a loud bang and the shark lizard beast emerged from the ground and opened its bloody mouth towards Palin.
"Now!"
Draeger immediately used all his strength to pull the rope up. You can see the shark-lizard jumping up like a fish jumping out of the water amidst Palin's screams, and its teeth were almost hooked on Palin's. Boots up.
Nemea, who had already taken aim, immediately pressed the button, and the psychic ballista made a sharp buzzing sound, followed by a burst of blue light waves that broke through the air and made a harsh noise.
The arrow-like psychic energy field hit the side of the Shark-Lizard Beast's head, and with the sound of broken bones, it penetrated the entire Shark-Lizard Beast's head.
With the roar of the heavy object falling to the ground, Perrin was pulled up. He was panting heavily due to nervousness. When he looked back, he saw that the Shark-Lizard was almost torn into two pieces and was completely dead.
"Haha! Let you bite me!"
But just as he was happy, the shell ship made a strange creaking sound, and the front deck under his feet also swayed back and forth, and the sound of earth and rock collapsing was heard from not far away from his feet.
"Let me get down! The shell ship is going to fall!"
The shell ship made an emergency landing on the edge of an underground abyss, and just now the shark lizard beast was circling around the shell ship digging holes, like earthworms, loosening the originally hard rock.
Everyone immediately crawled and jumped under the shell ship. When Derger, who was running at the back, jumped down, the broken shell ship rolled down the slope into the bottomless abyss. It took a while. Hear a loud crash and the flash of an explosion lighting up in the darkness.
"It's a pity. There are still many things of research value on it."
Aldai stood on the edge of the cliff, shaking her head in regret.
But when she looks back at this moment, she will see the aurora that disappeared just now reappear, guiding her in the direction...
(End of this chapter)