My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills

Chapter 526 - 282: Ocular Ray!

Raine did not take Meredith’s hand and walk forward until he could no longer see the Figure of the Observer Beholder.

However, after less than three steps, suddenly, Raine stopped again!

This made Meredith a little puzzled, and just as she was about to ask, she suddenly turned her head to look at the passage on the left, because at this moment, she also felt the dense and slight vibrations of the ground.

She immediately understood why Raine stopped, yet did not avoid it.

"It doesn’t seem to be heading in our direction." Meredith whispered.

Raine nodded, pointed to the passage on the left and said: "It seems to be in the opposite direction from us."

"Is there an invader in the beholder’s lair?"

"Is there an invader in the beholder’s lair?"

The two spoke almost in unison, glancing at each other, seeing surprise in each other’s eyes.

Because just a moment ago, they discussed the power of the quasi-legendary beholder Zergelos, and they were careful and cautious all the way, trying to avoid disturbing the beholder’s minions, yet didn’t expect someone to be so brave to head straight towards the lair?

On the way, Raine already knew the entire structure of the hidden path.

The hidden path is not just a single passage; in fact, the path itself is like a horizontally laid tree root, with several hidden entrances gathered around as tendrils, or branches.

Some were discovered by the Drow, while others, even the Drow, didn’t know where they lead.

And in the very center of the hidden path, a beholder named Zergelos had been entrenched for over a hundred years, although it directly halted trade routes, it wasn’t completely impassable, just the detour was challenging, and filled with the beholder’s minions.

Apparently, some creature had invaded a branch ahead, not sure if intentional or accidental.

Though it wasn’t clear if the beholder itself was disturbed, the previous dense footsteps easily indicated that it wasn’t a Kobold but a much larger creature.

"Roar!!!"

A visible shockwave surged fiercely from the left tunnel, containing the roar of some creature at the top of the food chain, sweeping in like a tsunami.

"The beholder itself is alarmed!"

Meredith’s eyes widened in surprise, murmuring.

Raine was surprised in his heart, with an uncontrollable astonishment in his expression!

He was extremely curious to know who or which force had attracted the beholder’s attention, were they really planning to kill the beholder?

"Shall we take a look?"

"Sure!" Meredith nodded.

Under the cover of the Invisibility Spell, the two slightly adjusted their direction and cautiously proceeded towards the left passage.

...

Meanwhile.

On the other side, the clashing sound of metal and the cries of humans intertwined!

"Chop!"

The solemn-looking Quasi-General Laird sliced his Longsword across the neck of a three-meter-tall Ogre, its large and ugly head dropping to the ground with a flash of silver arc.

Yet, strangely, not a drop of blood spurted out.

Upon closer inspection, this Ogre, over three meters tall, had noticeably more shriveled skin compared to the Ogres seen on the surface.

"This is a zombie!"

"Is there a Necromancer here?"

"Or a Lich?"

This made Quasi-General Laird wary, his eyes narrowing, gazing further down the dim passage.

Though he didn’t have Dark Vision, with the aid of Magic Equipment, he could vaguely see a fork in the passage not far ahead, and along the way, more and more Stone-blind Barbarians and Ogres were charging over.

The Stone-blind Barbarian Race, similar in stature to humans, was rumored to have devolved from humans who migrated to the Underdark in ancient times, with extremely poor vision but extremely keen hearing and smell, looking like primitive men wielding bone clubs.

Though their power wasn’t strong, Quasi-General Laird wasn’t worried about these low-level Stone-blind Barbarian zombies in front of him.

Just a few minutes earlier.

The tracking team he led, while tracking the Hernet Family’s Drow team, quickly encountered a small group of Stone-blind Barbarian attacks, which then rapidly increased in number.

Since this secret passage was very close to the ancient Moray Tunnel, Laird considered if there were Drow secrets hidden here; failure to investigate could pose a significant threat to the Empire’s ensuing legion advances and logistical transport.

Therefore, he didn’t retreat immediately but chose to investigate further.

Of course, if they encountered insurmountable danger, retreat would certainly be considered.

And he didn’t engage in combat immediately, always watching the surroundings, wary of the Drow potentially lurking around, ready to strike at any moment.

But just a few minutes in, he found the number of the monsters in front was somewhat beyond imagination, and the types, even more, their strength escalating geometrically!

From Stone-blind Barbarian zombies, initially not threatening them at all, transitioning to somewhat threatening Ogre zombies, giving him a subtle sense of foreboding.

Suddenly! Laird’s expression tensed!

As heavy footsteps emanated from the slanting passage below.

"A Two-headed Giant?"

"Also in zombie form?"

Seeing the giant creature nearly double the height of an Ogre, made Quasi-General Laird consider retreating.