chsdbacks Chapter 163 Flood
Chapter 163 Flood
Chapter 163 Flood
The underwater watchers' ability to regenerate caught Dui somewhat off guard.
He recalled that the Watcher in the water had not demonstrated this ability during the Fellowship of the Ring.
However, this is not hard to understand, since the conflict between the Fellowship of the Ring and the Watchers in the water was very brief. As soon as the Watchers extended their tentacles to attack, the Fellowship of the Ring immediately hid behind the Gates of Durin.
Therefore, from beginning to end, no one has ever truly seen the full picture and capabilities of the underwater observer.
He watched as the underwater watcher rapidly grew more tentacles and continued to attack him.
Dui remained completely unfazed.
So what if he has strong self-healing abilities? He just happened to learn a dark magic spell that targets self-healing.
This is a good opportunity to test its power.
He raised his hand, and an invisible spell shot out from his wand.
"The Divine Blade is Without a Shadow!"
This spell is different from other spells, which produce various strange phenomena and lights when cast. Instead, it is invisible, silent, and without any fluctuation.
The next second, one of the underwater monitor's tentacles was torn in two as if by an invisible blade.
Moreover, this time, the tentacle of the underwater watcher, which had been severed by the curse, failed to heal itself and regrow.
Because at the site of the spell's impact, a magical force is preventing the wound from healing itself, causing a continuous flow of bluish-black blood.
Upon seeing this, Dui was immediately invigorated and used the Divine Sharpness Shadowless Spell to attack the tentacles.
Soon, more than a dozen thick tentacles were severed.
The constantly bleeding tentacles stained the entire lake surface a bluish-black, carrying a strong, fishy stench.
"Well done, Duir!" Gandalf, having severed a tentacle, saw Duir's achievement and his eyes lit up as he praised him loudly.
The other dwarves also waved their weapons and cheered for Dui.
Meanwhile, Smaug, the giant dragon circling in the sky, swooped down and spewed scorching dragonfire into the lake.
The aquatic monitor, writhing in pain, watched as half of its tentacles were severed and its healing and regeneration abilities were rendered ineffective. A flicker of fear flashed in its enormous eyes.
Upon seeing the dragon's flames approaching, it quickly retracted all its tentacles, then sank directly into the lake and disappeared.
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
Have the underwater surveillance personnel retreated?
After waiting for a while, there was still no movement in the lake.
"Is it scared? Will it not come out to attack us again?" Balin asked warily and suspiciously, craning his neck to look into the lake.
Gandalf shook his head seriously, his eyes fixed on the lake.
"The Watchers in the water are creatures that are older and more evil than orcs. Even I know very little about them, but I don't think they will give up so easily."
"So what do we do now?" Balin asked.
A water monster lurks in the lake, ready to pounce and attack at any moment, making it difficult for them to even approach the Gate of Dulin.
But it's impossible to rush directly into the water and fight the water monster.
Gandalf was also somewhat troubled.
Duy's expression hardened, his eyes fixed on the lake's horizon, and he said in a low voice, "Gandalf, have you noticed the lake level is rising?"
Upon hearing this, Gandalf immediately followed Duy's gaze and discovered that the lake water was silently and rapidly spreading outwards.
His expression changed drastically, and he immediately turned and ran, shouting, "Run! The flood is coming!"
Then he ran toward the nearest big tree, his body so agile and nimble that he didn't look like an old man, and quickly climbed up the tree.
"Quick, climb the tree and hold on tight to the trunk!"
Upon hearing this, the dwarves did not hesitate and quickly climbed up the surrounding trees.
Dui immediately took out a flying broom from his spatial bag, mounted it, and flew into the air.
The next second, the water level in the huge lake rose rapidly, and then, like an overturned giant basin, the lake water directly stirred up towering waves, rushing towards the high ground on the lake shore.
The floodwaters surged in like a tidal wave, and some of the slower-climbing or lower-lying dwarfs were swept away.
Some trees couldn't withstand the impact of the giant waves, and the dwarfs on them were swept away into the flood.
Dui, perched on his flying broomstick, looked down at the scene below with a furrowed brow.
He shouted to the sky, "Smaug, Saurondo, come down and help!"
Upon hearing Dui's words, Solondo swooped down, his two eagle talons swiftly grabbing two dwarves struggling in the water, and then throwing them onto a large tree that had not yet fallen.
Smaug followed closely behind, his massive dragon claws easily hooking up several dwarves.
Dui also flew down to help, using a levitation spell to control the dwarves who were swept into the flood, allowing them to land on the nearest tree.
Gandalf, who had climbed high up in the tree, used his staff as a stick to hold back two dwarves who were about to be swept away. Then he remembered that he still had a flying broom, and with a look of annoyance, he quickly took out the broom from his storage bag and joined in the rescue of the dwarves.
But the underwater watchers who created this flood clearly didn't want things to go so smoothly for everyone.
It lurked in the water, its thick, powerful tentacles tearing trees apart and causing the dwarves to fall into the flood like dumplings.
Perhaps they knew that Dui, Smaug, and others were not to be trifled with.
The cunning water monster doesn't show itself, using the force of the flood to conceal its form, and then attacks the trees with dwarves climbing them from underwater.
This kept Dui and Gandalf busy with the rescue.
"Duir, the underwater monitor can manipulate the water flow. We need to find a way to force it out of the water, otherwise we won't be able to do anything to it."
Gandalf said with a hint of helplessness.
Dui thought for a moment and then took out the leather suitcase containing the basilisk.
"The basilisk Helbo can move in water; let's see if we can use it to threaten the underwater watchers?"
He patted the suitcase as he spoke, "It's your turn!"
He then opened the suitcase and threw it directly into the lake.
The box landed on the lake, and a tentacle emerged from the water, attempting to drag it back in.
The next second, a huge snake head rushed out of the box, bit down hard on the tentacle, and injected venom.
The tentacles, feeling the pain, immediately released the suitcase and retreated back into the water.
Dui, who saw this scene from above, immediately brightened up, his eyes filled with anticipation.
The basilisk's venom is extremely poisonous; even a single drop is enough to kill an elephant, and there is no antidote other than the tears of a phoenix.
Now that the underwater watcher has been bitten by the snake monster, it's unknown whether it can kill it with poison.
But the result disappointed him.
The underwater monitor was clearly very clever and cunning. It sensed something was wrong the moment it was injected with venom and bit off its own tentacles without hesitation, preventing the venom from spreading to its body.
Only a large section of the severed tentacle, several meters long, emerged from the lake.
"Heilbo, take down that guy in the water!" Dui hissed at the basilisk that had just emerged from the box.
The basilisk nodded with its eyes closed, then immediately plunged into the water, following the direction of the underwater watcher.
Soon, the lake water surged, as if a fierce battle was taking place underwater.
Suddenly, the lake water, which was already stained blue-black by the blood of the monitors in the water, turned pitch black as if ink had been poured on it, making it impossible to see anything clearly.
Dui had a bad feeling.
The basilisk's most powerful feature is its eyes. It was already limited in the water, and now that the lake water is so dark and visibility is low, can it still be effective in monitoring the underwater observer?
Sure enough, Helbo soon emerged from the water.
"Helpo, how's the situation?" Dui asked hurriedly.
The basilisk shook its head.
"That big guy was very perceptive. Before it even saw my eyes, it sensed the danger and sprayed ink at me. The ink made it impossible for me to open my eyes and kill it."
And it tried to coil around me, to tear me off, but after I bit its tentacle and injected venom, it controlled the water flow to keep me away. (Snake language)
Therefore, the Underwater Watchers are wary of Halbo's eyes and venom, while Halbo is unable to get close to attack because the Underwater Watchers can manipulate the water.
Neither side could gain the upper hand, and a stalemate ensued.
Upon receiving this result, Dui frowned deeply.
These underwater monitors are really hard to deal with in the water.
However, it is obviously not easy to force it out of the water.
After all, the underwater watchers were very cunning and cautious. When they sensed something was wrong, they immediately hid in the lake and started playing guerrilla warfare with them.
Suddenly, he looked downstream from the lake and his eyes lit up.
There was originally no lake in front of the gate of Dulin; there was only a stream called Xilan Nongxi that flowed past the gate.
However, as time went by, the downstream area became blocked, which led to the formation of the current landslide dam lake, which submerged the entire Ximen area.
Once the landslide dam is released, the water-monitors will no longer have the lake water to survive on, and there will be nothing to fear.
Dui immediately told Gandalf about this idea.
"You young people really do have sharper minds, unlike this old man whose brain is practically stuck!"
Gandalf nodded and praised him.
"However, we cannot directly damage the landslide dam. The lake water here has accumulated for thousands of years, and damaging it would cause flooding that inundates the entire downstream area, bringing disaster to the residents downstream!"
Dui hadn't considered this, and nodded seriously: "Then let's create a small opening first, release the water slowly, and avoid causing a flood!"
Let Helbo continue to entangle the underwater watcher in the lake, distracting it.
Dui flew to the dam of the landslide-dammed lake.
This area is constructed from piles of stones, dead wood, and soil, forming a massive dam that connects the mountains on both sides of the valley.
Such obvious human traces suggest that the barrier lake was created by those monitoring the water to expand their living space.
To avoid flooding caused by damage to the dam, Dui simply had Smaug use his tail to carve a channel on the side of the mountain to divert the lake water.
The lake water poured down the irrigation canal, causing the stream to swell rapidly and cover the riverbed, but without causing a flood.
As time passed, the lake's water level gradually decreased.
The watchers in the lake noticed the situation and became very anxious, attempting to sabotage the canals to stop the lake water from flowing out.
However, Smaug, the giant dragon guarding the floodgate, forced it back with his dragonfire.
In addition, a serpentine monster was constantly harassing the area, leaving the waterborne monitors preoccupied with their own problems.
As the lake level dropped, Dui finally unleashed a thunderous explosion spell, breaching the dam and causing the remaining lake water to pour out.
The full picture of the underwater surveillance agents was also completely revealed.
(End of this chapter)