Chapter 409: Something The direction from which the screams came from, it was pitch black, Lan Lan's movements were not slow, and when she rushed over a few steps, she suddenly saw a figure around her and swept past "Tacitus" Lan Lan shouted, and in the darkness, Tacitus's majestic voice came: "Go back and order everyone not to panic and maintain order, and the Knights form a defensive line" Lan Lan, who was still anxiously preparing to rush over, immediately stopped when she heard this She knew very well that in the current team, Tacitus was the leader, but apart from him, he was the highest status There was a sudden emergency at night, and if there was no one with weight in the camp, if something big happened, I was afraid that it would really be uncontrollable Lan Lan immediately turned and rushed back to the camp, and in the midst of the chaos, she heard her slightly shrill voice shouting orders.
"Everyone, don't panic, the crew line up, move closer to the campfire, the knights form a temporary line of defense, form a circle, the magician prepares the magic scroll, pick up your weapons, raise the shield, don't crowd, don't panic, it's just that the beasts are sneaking up, what are you panicking about" Although Lan Lan's voice is shrill and thin, but in the dark, this saint with a high status is in charge, and since the Roland Continent went to sea, all the way to the sea, and after landing, Lan Lan's calmness and rationality have accumulated a lot of prestige little by little, plus the dragons are leaderless in the night, and Lan Lan suddenly shouted an order, and suddenly many people felt that they had the backbone.
Soon order in the camp was brought under control.
Although those crew sailors are still a little confused, I have to say that the church personnel who were selected to go to sea this time are all elite people who have been selected by thousands of people, especially those members of the Holy Knights, who almost include most of the current elite of the Holy Knights of the Temple of Light, and once these people take action, they will be quick and decisive.
Soon, a circular array was organized, and the knights raised their shields, picked up their swords, and took the initiative to block the sailors behind them, which more or less increased everyone's sense of security.
Lan Lan held a sword in her hand, standing beside the Knights, her face was indifferent, hiding the nervousness in her heart, of course she knew that this could not be a sneak attack by some beast.
Not to mention that these people have been gone for two days, and they haven't even found a mouse, where did the beasts come from, they only say that the people who keep vigil are all powerful church personnel, where can ordinary beasts hurt them Nervously staring in the direction where the screams were emanating Finally, a few whistles sounded in the darkness.
This is a signal for communication dedicated to the Holy Knights.
Two long and one short whistles represent "temporary security".
This voice suddenly made the expressions of the members of the Knights who were like a great enemy relax a little.
Soon, in the distance, there was an attaché of Tacitus who ran back, this is a deputy among the knights brought by Tacitus this time, the strength of a middle-level samurai, and the surname is cautious and steady.
He walked over to Lan Lan's side, his eyes flickering, but he couldn't see much from the expression on his face.
"Lord Lanlan," the knight said in a deep voice, "Lord Tacitus, please come over, and leave it to me for the time being." ” Lan Lan nodded and lowered her voice: "Something big has happened ahead" The knight frowned, and then he stopped talking, and then shook his head and said, "You will know it by looking at it yourself." ” As he spoke, the knight had already shouted to the knights in the camp: "The crew group will go back to the tent to rest, and the knights will divide into three groups and take turns to guard the second group, and regenerate a bonfire."
Lan Lan had already run towards Tacitus as fast as she could.
The night guard on duty was only more than ten meters away from the camp, and when Lan Lan ran over, he saw Tacitus and the three holy knights standing in a circle under a large half-withered tree.
"What happened to Lord Tacitus?"
In the darkness, with the torch in his hand, Lan Lan could see Tacitus's face clearly, his expression was ugly "See for yourself."
Lan Lan noticed that when Tacitus said this, the fingers holding the long sword were a little white, obviously extremely angry in his heart.
Lan Lan walked up to them and saw an amazing scene.
Under the big tree, not far from the root of the tree, a hole appeared in the ground, as if it was a sinkhole, but Lan Lan knew that when she chose the camp before nightfall, she herself had followed these night guards to explore the surrounding conditions, and next to this tree, there was no such sinkhole at all The pit didn't look like it had been dug with a tool, it was oval-shaped, deep in the bottomless red earth, and the fine sand was still flowing slowly, refilling the bottom of the sinkhole little by little.
And at the edge of this pit, there are still some blood stains on the ground, crimson bloodstains, similar to the color of red clay, if you don't look carefully in the dark night, I'm afraid you really can't see clearly.
Lan Lan looked at Tacitus and the three companions beside him, and her face immediately turned gloomy "Emre" Tacitus gritted his teeth and pointed to the pit.
Lan Lan's body shook "It must have been attacked by something, and then dragged down" Tacitus's voice seemed to drop ice slag, he took a breath, and said in a deep voice: "There is no trace of drag on the ground around him, even if Emre is dead, and the body is not found, then there is only one possibility, something has attacked him, and it has sneaked up from under the surface, and then dragged him to the ground." ” Lan Lan raised her eyebrows: "Then what are you waiting for to dig him out quickly" As she spoke, she raised the sword in her hand and plunged it into the pit.
"Slow" Tacitus grabbed Lan Lan's arm, and his fingers were like iron hooks, grabbing Lan Lan's arm in severe pain, and his face turned white.
The Holy Knight Captain shook his head: "It's useless, his breath can't be felt anymore." ” As he spoke, he looked at one of his companions and said in a low voice, "Coren's mental induction is very strong, and he just made some discoveries. ” "Discovery" Beside Tacitus, a knight with a somewhat thin figure and brown hair nodded and said to Lan Lan, "Yes, Lord Lan Lan."
I just sensed that there is something underground, and the volume should not be small, and it is moving quite fast underground."
"You mean some kind of magical beast" Lan Lan immediately said quickly, "similar to the kind of evil face spider queen" The Evil Face Spider Queen is a high-level magical beast that grows in the frozen forest in the north of the Roland Continent, not to mention its strength, but more importantly, it has the ability to shuttle underground at will, and it is one of the special magical beasts in the frozen forest that is recognized by all adventurers as the most headache and danger.
Lan Lan, who had been cultivating in the frozen forest for many years, was naturally very familiar with this terrifying demonic beast.
Thinking that maybe that unknown existence could sneak out of the ground and sneak attack people, Lan Lan's first thought was something like "Evil Face Spider Queen".
Moreover, the missing Emre is very strong, if it is an ordinary demonic beast, he will never have the ability to kill him.
But this Coren had a strange expression, and he hesitated: "It shouldn't be the kind of thing that is the queen of evil face spiders." ” The knight pondered for a moment and said in a low voice: "Although I have never been to the Frozen Forest, I have seen that kind of thing in the Warcraft Farm of the Academy of Magic, although the Evil Spider Queen has the ability to travel underground, but the speed of its movement is by no means as fast as the thing I sensed just now." fast Lan Lan took a cool breath The speed at which the evil face spider travels through the underground is not slow, and if you want to make a comparison, this kind of thing, the speed at which it travels through the underground, can reach the speed of a normal person's running This Coren said that it was actually faster than the Evil Spider Queen Isn't that?
"Some kind of earth-based monster."
Tacitus said slowly: "When we arrived here, Emre was already gone, Coren sensed that there was something moving underground, the speed was very fast, almost before we could react, this thing had already moved to see Cologne's sense, and we chased a few steps and chased about fifty meters, but that thing was so fast that we lost its trace."
And Emre" Hearing this, Lan Lan stopped talking.
Obviously, if Emre had been dragged down the ground by that "thing", he would have been unable to dig into the pit under his feet at the speed at which that thing was moving.
Seeing that several people were a little silent, Tacitus suddenly waved his arm vigorously, and he shouted in a deep voice, full of anger: "Okay, cheer up, we know from before we set off, this trip is very dangerous, we have come to a world that we Roland people have never known, we should have been mentally prepared for a long time, we will encounter all kinds of dangers and challenges here, and now this kind of thing happens, it is not beyond our expectations, you cheer up your spirit, the believers of the goddess, should be fearless" The leader of the strong surname worked hard to boost the morale of his companions with his words, and with the prestige of Tacitus, the faces of the holy knights soon became resolute.
After all, being selected for this dangerous "expedition" was originally ready to sacrifice when everyone came out When Tacitus and Lan Lan returned to the camp, Tacitus expressed satisfaction with the order of the camp.
Then he began to give orders to gather the members of the church together for counseling.
Tacitus announced that the Holy Knight named Emre had been attacked and plundered, which caused some uproar, but soon everyone regained their composure after an accident under Tacitus' strong hand.
I have to say that the characters sent by the church this time are indeed elite, not to mention that everyone has been floating at sea for nearly half a year, experienced countless storms and dangers, and they are already very strong.
"Don't sleep tonight, everyone is ready to fight at any time.
Everyone should gather together as much as possible, and even if it is convenient, at least three people should go together.
Tacitus quickly made arrangements: "I suspect that since that thing only sneaks up at night, it may only be active at night."
It's not too long until dawn, we wait until after dawn."
Speaking of this, Tacitus paused slightly and made a decision: "After dawn, we walked back to where we had logged in, and then got on the boat" After a pause, Tacitus said solemnly: "I am not afraid, nor am I cowardly.
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It's just that all of us are here, and we have an important mission and mission, and we don't need to fight that thing, so I decided to go back to the ship and go around this area by land and sea.
We are not afraid of death, but there is no need to risk our lives needlessly. ” At the end, Tacitus took a deep breath and whispered, "Long live the goddess" "Long live the goddess," all the church members shouted.
Luckily, it wasn't until it was dark that there was no night attack.
The tension of the middle of the night, when the sun rose, the expressions of the holy knights relaxed a little.
However, to the sailors and sailors, the people of the church had reservations about the truth, and they simply informed everyone that there was a knight on duty who had been killed by a wild beast during the night.
For the rest, I won't explain a word more.
This news barely coaxed most of the sailors and crew, although there were also smart people among them who noticed that there were too many loopholes in this statement, such as their own people who didn't find any creatures along the way, where the beast came from, and for example, what powerful beast could kill a powerful holy knight But the wise don't ask too much, and the people of the church don't intend to explain the truth in detail.
And since the order has been given to turn around and return to the ship, this is also what many people can't ask forCompared to this strange and strange land, for the crew and sailors, it is still the familiar sea and the ship is safer.
I walked back for a whole day during the day, and even passed the river we had passed the day before.
Fortunately, everything seemed to be peaceful along the way, and no more accidents happened.
The smooth journey of the day made many people who were worried temporarily let go of their worries.
On the way, Tacitus even ordered everyone to stay by the river for a while, and replenish some fresh water again.
In the evening, Tacitus called Lan Lan from the group to his side.
Lan Lan came to Tacitus and saw Tacitus and several holy knights around him, and the one with the ability to telepathize was also there.
Lan Lan immediately sensed something from the expressions of several people.
"There is a case" "Hmm" Tacitus whispered to Lan Lan, "Coren sensed that thing, it had approached our team, and in a moment, there was a very large thing in the ground that quickly reached a distance of about twenty meters behind our team, and then quickly ran away from us.
Then this process is repeated three more times, once later, twice laterally. ” Lan Lan's face was a little solemn: "It's in" "If you're not mistaken, it's probably tracking us, and this posture, don't you think, like the surname of a wild beast that is hunting?"
Lan Lan was silent.
"I don't care what it is, since it's chasing after it, if it dares to come forward, I'll kill it and avenge Emre."
That night, Tacitus chose a highland camp to make.
It is the top of a large piece of dried red rock, which has a slope to the ground, with a direct drop of more than 10 meters from the ground at the highest point.
There is a large flat area at the top of the rock, and it is enough to camp.
It's just that many people don't understand the choice of such a high ground and windy place to camp, but under the authority of Tacitus, those crew sailors still obediently carried it out.
This night, the Holy Knights once again stayed up all night.
In particular, Cologne, who had followed Tacitus and walked around the camp many times in the name of patrolling the vigil, always aware of the movements coming from underground.
On this night, there was indeed some movement.
Coren reported that he sensed movement underground, and at nightfall, the thing approached once, but before it got too close, it quickly left.
Then, throughout the night, it approached three more times, especially in the second half of the night, about early in the morning, and every hour or so, it appeared, no more, no less, just as close as it was ten meters below the rock, and then stopped, and then disappeared.
After dawn, the Holy Knight Chief, who had not rested for two nights, looked worriedly at the direction of the rising sun with bloodshot eyes.
"That thing doesn't seem to attack us during the day, maybe, it's afraid of the sun, of course, that's just my guess, and it's not necessarily accurate."
Tacitus waved his hand: "Let's go ahead and maybe it can only walk through the dirt, but not through the rocks, so it should be the right choice for us to camp on the rocks last night." ” As he spoke, Tacitus gave another order: "During the day, the men of the Knights are still the same as yesterday, divide into three groups, keep on guard around them, hold your sword, and keep your eyes open."
Lan Lan glanced at Tacitus, and she seemed to see through something in Tacitus's eyes.
After the team was on the road, Lan Lan quietly walked to Tacitus's side and whispered, "My lord, did you notice something?"
Tacitus gave Lan Lan a deep look and made a low gesture.
"I don't want to panic, but I have a feeling that maybe it's just a feeling, and there should be a lot of wisdom."
"Oh" "It followed us all the way, approached a few times during the day, and then left, clearly spying on us.
And then at night it approached again, but it didn't attack me, and I had a guess, maybe this underground thing, it was wise, it knew that we could sense its approach, it knew that we were on guard, so" "So" "So, I think it approached a few times last night and didn't attack, but it was actually deliberate."
Tacitus gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "It chooses to approach several times at night, especially in the second half of the night, this kind of disturbing approach is to prevent our prey from resting well, and when we are tired and relaxed, it is when it comes out to deliver a fatal blow, don't you think that there are many wild beasts that will do this when they hunt?"
Lan Lan didn't speak, and Tacitus looked in the direction of the sea in the distance: "It's going to strike soon, maybe tonight, maybe but, we're not far from the sea, now we're racing against it, before our energy is dragged down, we just need to rush back to the beach and back to the boat, it should be safe, I don't think there is a kind of monster that can be mastered at the same time, both in the land and in the sea, and have the ability to walk."
After a pause, Tacitus added: "Thank you Goddess for the blessing, we are at least not too far into this land, if we encounter this thing in a few days, even if we want to escape back to the sea, I am afraid that we will be completely dragged down by it along the way."
Lan Lan's eyes narrowed: "Do you think that thing is very powerful and terrifying?"
The corners of Tacitus' eyes jumped: "Coren said he felt that thing was big, very big" "How big" "If Coren didn't feel wrong, he thought that thing was the size of a Sea Soul-class ship." “” To be continued.
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