The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 97 Both Sides Suffer Losses

The lightning at one end of the passage grew stronger and stronger, and the figure of a giant crocodile appeared in the darkness before the fishmen. It was a lightning crocodile, which had been hiding in the shadows around the corner until the fishmen arrived, when the lightning accumulated on its back revealed it.

"Quick! Swim back! It's about to discharge electricity!"

The fishmen turned around in alarm, but the water flowed downstream, and they couldn't easily get back.

Moreover, besides the Thunder Crocodiles they had arranged at the front, Klein had other arrangements behind them.

"What?! When did these vines appear?!"

The path the fishmen took back had been blocked by vines in the form of a large net at some point, and through the gaps in the vine net, the figure of a fishman appeared.

"Clark! What are you doing behind here! Hurry up and help me get the net open!"

The fishmen approached the vine net, shouting at Clark who appeared behind it, but Clark only smiled and used magic as the fishmen drew near.

"vortex!"

Splash...

The water was pushing backward, and the Thunder Crocodile behind them was also using a vortex to pull the fishmen backward.

"Clark! What are you doing?!"

All the fishmen stared at Clark in shock and disbelief, except for the patriarch, who seemed to see everything clearly.

"I'm sorry, clan leader, I didn't expect you to actually trust me."

"Clark, no, human, you really fooled me completely."

The chieftain's face was resolute. He finally let out a deep sigh, while the crackling sound of electricity behind him grew closer and closer. In this one-way passage, the fishmen had nowhere to hide.

Buzz...whoosh!

The Thunder Crocodile, covered in wounds, appeared before them. Immediately afterward, a massive electric net illuminating the underwater world rushed towards all the fishmen, who had no way to deal with it.

The electric grid exploded among the fish, who were enveloped by the current flowing through the water. Their bodies began to stiffen uncontrollably until the lightning dissipated, at which point they were completely still.

Even if there's a limit to the intensity, it won't kill me with a full electrocution, right?

Klein released Clark, who was near the electrocuted fish-men who had lost consciousness.

After Clark checked them one by one, he found that ten fishmen were still alive, only stunned by the electric shock. Unfortunately, the elderly chieftain was probably in poor health and couldn't withstand the shock.

Clark placed the seeds on each of the still-living fishmen. Since they were unconscious, they were easy to parasitize, with a success rate of over 80%. So Klein easily parasitized them all.

However, after parasitizing so many monsters and fishmen, Klein's magic power was almost depleted. He was able to parasitize so many only by absorbing the dragon's might effect from the other monsters, which sustained him until now.

Absorption grants approximately one hundred mana per instance, while parasitism also consumes one hundred. Therefore, it's barely possible to parasitize without consuming mana. However, the accelerated growth used to generate seeds and vines also requires mana.

After Klein parasitized all the fish-men, he led them from the underwater passage to the top of the cave. Yanami was still there diligently translating what Clark heard for Klein, with three winged serpent dragons acting as her bodyguards.

"Yanami, I've brought back your new bodyguard."

"Huh? What~?"

Yanami lay in the leather blanket and yawned, but then she saw ten fishmen, the creatures she had been fighting not long ago.

Wow, so many fishmen!

Seeing her surprised expression, Klein smiled gently.

"Is it over?"

"No, but it should be soon."

The sounds of battle that traveled from the lake to the cave had diminished considerably, suggesting that either the fish-men and dragons were on the verge of collapse, or the pterosaurs were almost all dead.

"Be careful up there, these mermen are at your command."

"Okay."

With Yanami's permission, Klein returned to the lake below.

Klein was in a corner, controlling an injured pterosaur and observing the situation.

After a period of fighting, only a few dozen Pteranodons remained, while only five murlocs were still putting up a fierce fight. Meanwhile, the bronze dragon Marion had stopped using magic and was once again engaged in a fierce battle with the Pteranodons in the lake.

Although there are still many pterosaurs left, no new pterosaurs are entering this area, which means that everything is coming to an end.

Klein opened the status bar of the bronze dragon Marion.

[Health Volume: 7460/67681]

[Magic Power: 31/35761]

With its magic depleted and health nearly gone, the bronze dragon was in grave danger.

However, dragons are truly terrifying monsters. Normally, monsters with less than half their health are basically unable to fight, but the bronze dragon Marion is now completely covered in scales, yet it is still fighting.

As the remaining murlocs dwindled one by one, and the bronze dragon Marion's health was also decreasing little by little, Klein prepared for the opportune moment to make his move.

When all the murlocs had fallen, the bronze dragon was exhausted and began to sink to the bottom of the lake, and only forty pterosaurs remained, Klein began his operation.

First, there were the more than thirty injured winged serpent dragons that Klein had parasitized. Because they had been playing dead and were the first winged serpent dragons that Klein had parasitized, they all had very abundant magic power.

All the pterosaurs attacked simultaneously, launching a assault on the pterosaurs in the air. There were about twenty of them in the air, and the sudden attack from their companions caught them off guard.

Klein ordered them to attack the pterosaurs' wings, and the pterosaurs were hit one after another. Moreover, due to the long battle, these pterosaurs had little magic left, and their venom was also running low.

Even Klein's thirty winged serpent dragons, missing limbs or legs, could be slowly worn down and killed by magic from a distance.

Meanwhile, the remaining twenty-odd intact Pteranodons of Klein had been feigning death and waiting on the shore. When the incomplete team began to move, they also entered the water and began to approach the bronze dragon that was sinking to the bottom.

The bronze dragon was powerless to resist and had become a lamb to the slaughter. The reason it had survived until now was because the dragon's body was too strong. Even though it was now covered with winged serpent dragons, it would not be easy for them to kill it.

Moreover, these twenty-odd winged serpent dinosaurs were not trying to kill him, but were instead frantically devouring his flesh.

The pterosaurs may have noticed the twenty-odd pterosaurs controlled by Klein, but they certainly didn't realize that these weren't their companions, so they left no room for suspicion.

As more than twenty pterosaurs approached the back of the pterosaur that was devouring the bronze dragon Mariens, Klein ordered them to launch an attack.

Klein's winged serpent dragon pounced on them from behind, then entangled them with its limbs, casting a spell at close range. The wind magic exploded directly inside the winged serpent dragon's body, blasting it apart.

After a well-planned attack, all the pterosaurs were wiped out.