Synthetic Wizard - Chapter 126 - 103: Human-Faced Lion (2)

Chapter 126: Chapter 103: Human-Faced Lion (2)

After a round of torment, the human-faced lion finally couldn’t endure and obediently answered Sunan’s questions.

After obtaining the desired information, Sunan knocked out the human-faced lion, then woke another one and repeated the interrogation from earlier.

It’s no wonder he was so cautious; the human-faced lions were notorious for their deceitfulness, wickedness, and untrustworthiness.

Without some precautionary measures, there’s no telling if they would lead him into a trap.

Unfortunately, the Charm Humans only works on humanoid or bipedal creatures similar to humans; it has no effect on the half-human, half-lion human-faced lions, otherwise, it wouldn’t have been so troublesome.

Having obtained the information he wanted, Sunan decisively eliminated the two human-faced lions.

After burning the corpses to ashes, he stared at the scorch marks on the ground, lost in thought.

According to the two human-faced lions’ responses, the island in the center of the lake was a subterranean city-state ruled by human-faced lions, with a population of about four to five thousand people.

The human-faced lions only made up about two-fifths of the population, with the rest being various slaves.

“A city-state ruled by human-faced lions, now that’s troublesome.”

Sunan secretly frowned.

Although most residents of the underground world were inherently evil and had a terrible reputation,

there were also not a few races like the fire dwarves and gold dwarves who weren’t as evil and could be communicated with.

Sunan had originally hoped that if he encountered a communicable race, the two parties could sit down and chat, developing friendly trade relations.

But it had to be human-faced lions!

They were completely uncommunicable and even untrustworthy.

Sunan was certain that once the human-faced lions discovered the entrance to the surface, they would surely invade, plundering the people and resources.

Or perhaps they had already found the entrance and were sharpening their blades.

In any case, as long as the entrance to the surface remained, a battle with the human-faced lions was inevitable.

“Brother should prepare early.”

The defensive force of the human-faced lion city-state was giving even Sunan a headache.

After all, it’s nearly two thousand in knight-level combat power.

Moreover, among them were plenty of elite human-faced lions and human-faced lion nobility.

Legendary level combat power was probably not in short supply.

“Better infiltrate the city and investigate first.”

Sunan left the cave and flew toward the island.

Safely crossing the lake, he slowly landed on the edge of the island.

The entire city-state occupied about four-fifths of the island’s area, with the remaining one-fifth being a barren lakeshore.

Whether swimming from the lake or flying from the sky, any creature would be observed by guards on the city walls the moment they landed on the island.

Precisely because of this, Sunan prioritized learning the Invisibility Skill.

Boldly crossing the lakeshore, Sunan soon arrived near the city-state.

The towering city walls were about twenty meters high, entirely constructed from square greenstone, with surprisingly good craftsmanship, looking more solid and sturdy than the walls of many human towns on the surface.

Sunan wasn’t surprised at all.

After all, a significant portion of the underground world’s residents were dwarves.

Including gray dwarves, fire dwarves, Diluo dwarves, shield dwarves, gold dwarves, and so on.

It was well known that dwarves excelled in forging and construction.

Thus, the weapons and buildings in the underground world weren’t inferior to those on the surface.

Looking over, there were plenty of human-faced lion warriors patrolling the city walls, bare-chested.

On both sides of the city gate, there was a group of human-faced lions wielding scimitars questioning the residents entering the city.

But what attracted Sunan’s gaze more was a black lion crouching beside the city gate.

Its entire body was pitch black, even the eyeballs were a deep black, perfectly blending into the shadows, if not for Sunan’s sharp senses, he might have missed it.

After watching for a while, Sunan couldn’t recognize what creature it was.

Shaking his head, he didn’t dwell on it; due to the earth’s radiation in the underground world, all sorts of mutant creatures often appeared, and even the most knowledgeable people couldn’t possibly recognize them all; encountering unknown creatures was quite normal.

He turned his gaze toward the queue preparing to enter the city in front of the gate.

There were all sorts of creatures inside, including lizardmen, kobolds, minotaurs, and even ogres.

Under the human-faced lions’ deterrence, these bizarre creatures, of different species, quietly stood together, forming a long line waiting to enter the city.

“Lucky day.”

Sunan’s expression lit up with joy.

Magic disguise and Charm Humans are similar; they can only disguise as humans, humanoids, or other bipedal creatures that look like humans, but cannot transform into a human-faced lion.

Sunan originally planned to use the Invisibility Skill to see if he could sneak into the city. Now, discovering the existence of Lizardmen as a sub-human species made things much simpler.

Just as Sunan was about to find a place to disguise himself as a Lizardman and return, a situation suddenly arose at the city gate.

The pitch-black lion, which had been quietly staying by the city gate, suddenly stood up, its dark eyes staring straight at a Lizardman in the group, then opened its mouth wide and let out a deafening roar.

Even from over two hundred meters away, the sound reached Sunan’s ears, causing a sudden pang of pain in his head, as if someone had struck him hard.

At the same time, the Lizardman in the group in front of the city gate, who was being stared at by the pitch-black lion, let out a muffled groan and staggered a few steps back.

As soon as the pitch-black lion stood up, the surrounding human-faced lions noticed something was wrong. Seeing the Lizardman staggering, their gazes instantly became particularly sharp.

“That guy is suspicious!”

“Catch him!”

Amidst the shouts, more than a dozen human-faced lions drew their scimitars, letting out deep growls as they charged at the Lizardman.

The crowd in front of the city gate erupted into chaos, with various creatures retreating to reveal the Lizardman.

Seeing his identity exposed, the Lizardman no longer hid. His figure instantly twisted and blurred, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a person clad in a gray robe and wearing a gray mask.

The next moment, a massive fireball shot from his hand, hitting one of the human-faced lions with a roaring impact. The latter instantly turned into a torch, writhing and wailing on the ground.

“Blazing Flame Orb!”

Sunan’s eyes narrowed.

This gray-robed man is still a Wizard Apprentice!

Whoosh!

Six Magic Missiles tore through the darkness, blasting the heads of four or five human-faced lions to pieces.

Even as several of their comrades fell tragically, the human-faced lions were not deterred; instead, their ferocity was aroused. Each wielded a scimitar in both hands, and they roared as they converged on the gray-robed man from all directions.

The gray-robed man drew a Magic Staff, waving it to continuously release Magic Missiles, while his other hand rapidly cast magic.

Scorching Beam!

Blazing Flame Orb!

Scorching heat waves swept across, causing the air to rise in temperature sharply.

Despite the human-faced lions having the numbers, they were being driven back repeatedly by the gray-robed man’s storm of magic.

However, at this moment, a robust figure silently emerged from behind the gray-robed man.

He wielded his two swords in a crisscross motion, hacking ferociously, launching seven or eight heavy strikes almost simultaneously on the gray-robed man’s back.

Thud thud thud!

Sounds like blades striking leather erupted continuously.

The invisible shield behind the gray-robed man shattered almost instantly. The powerful blade shadows then plunged deep but were intercepted by an invisible force field just a few centimeters from the gray-robed man’s body, unable to advance further.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the gray-robed man’s body flashed red, and he swiftly turned around, kicking the human-faced lion twenty meters away.

Barbaric Strength Skill!

The surrounding human-faced lions were taken aback by the surprising strength of this seemingly frail human, and their attacks faltered.

Seizing this chance, the gray-robed man leaped upwards, pausing slightly in mid-air, before soaring swiftly into the distance.

The human-faced lions quickly recovered, chasing after him, only to be blocked by a lake.

By the time some human-faced lions on manta rays arrived, the gray-robed man had long disappeared.

“Damn it!”

The human-faced lion wielding dual blades stood up from the ground, cursed with a livid face, and fiercely swung his sword, slicing a trembling Kobold next to him in two.

…

Within the passageway of a hollow stalactite hanging from the cave ceiling, the gray-robed man paused and looked behind him.

“Come out.”

Sunan stepped out from the darkness.

He made no attempt to conceal his presence, making it easy for the gray-robed man to detect him.

“Who are you, and why are you following me?” the gray-robed man said coldly.

The voice beneath the mask had a neutral tone.

Sunan smiled slightly.

“Long time no see, Rose.”