79 Smell the strings
Marlan opened the map and checked the labels. "This is where I last met the Swallower, right."
Thea looked around curiously. In front of him was a street that could accommodate two horse-drawn carriages in parallel, flanked by dilapidated old houses. The streets are long and winding, and there is no end in sight.
"Strange ......," said Thea, who always felt that something was wrong after looking around. Marlan, why is there no sound, so quiet! Not even ordinary Scourge soldiers! ”
"yes, there's something really wrong, let's go ahead and see." Erigor agrees with Shia.
"Well, to be cautious, let's walk over." "We are not familiar with the road ahead, so we can only refer to the map. It is inconvenient to bring a horse. ”
Bruce muttered impatiently. "Why do I think so much? Just go up and him! Think so much! You humans are so complex. ”
"Alright, I said Bruce, you'll fight in a minute! Save your energy first, okay? Erigor glanced apologetically at Marlan.
"Okay...... Well, you're the boss, you have the final say...... Hum. For the sake of the bag of tobacco, Bruce surprisingly did not refute Erigor's words.
The group abandoned their horses and walked in the dead alleys, the doors and windows of some abandoned houses were gone, and they looked into the black holes in the houses, like toothless old women grinning ugly. There was a deathly silence all around, and only the sound of his own footsteps could be heard softly.
"Oops!" Thea suddenly twisted her foot and fell to the ground. "How can there be a crack in the ground!" She rubbed her ankle and looked at the gap quizzically.
"No......" Marlan's brow tightened, and her gaze moved to the ground, the crack on the dark brown street was not obvious at all if you didn't look closely. The three knights were wearing standard iron boots, so they didn't feel it at all. And Xia is wearing cloth boots, otherwise she may not be able to find out. She crouched down and measured the crack with her hands.
"Isn't it normal for this dilapidated place to be in disrepair and the road surface to be full of potholes?" Bruce said disapprovingly.
"Marlan, what's wrong?" Xia rubbed her feet for a while, feeling much better, and seeing that Marlan was still thinking, she couldn't help but ask.
"It's the scratches left by the swallower's tomahawk, strange, this direction...... Falling to the ground, it is impossible to have only such light marks. Let's go ahead, something must be wrong! Keep up with me! Marlan made a judgment.
The four of them began to quicken their pace. As we progressed, the corpses of the Scourge soldiers began to appear on the road. Some were visibly cut in two by a huge weapon, while others could barely see where the wound was.
"Hey~! Will the Scourge also kill each other? Ha ha! Bruce gloated.
"Don't talk nonsense, Abomination kills all living things in front of them when they fight, so they don't care if it's their companions or enemies. Isn't the one who swallows just an abomination? This shows that we are not wrong in the direction we are heading. Xia said with a solemn face. She'd seen this so-called war machine creature when she was in the Undercity.
Each abomination is a cobbled together behemoth from dozens of corpses, and in addition to the obvious feature of their large bodies, another distinguishing feature is that they have three huge arms, and an extra third hand grows on their backs to deal with the enemies behind them. The huge body of the abomination is a collection of dozens of ** powers, so the power is infinite, because it has no will and mind of its own, so it will simply obey the order to kill, purely for the sake of war and the loss of goods.
It was clear that the corpses were broken in two because the Swallower was fighting someone, and when the battle was rising, he wielded his sword indiscriminately against the natural disaster soldiers around him.
So, to know who his opponent is......
Marlan's gaze quickly flipped through the corpses of unknown causes, and soon found the cause—a fatal wound in the throat and between the eyebrows. She couldn't forget the wound! This is exactly the same as the fatal wound on the corpse of Demytia.
Marlan clenched his fists, his knuckles white. It's that guy! That guy actually dared to appear in Stratholme!! This time, she must kill him!
She stood up and held the hammer at her waist in her hand. "Let's go." Her voice seemed to come out of her teeth.
The group quickened their pace, and as they walked forward, the number of corpses increased more and more. It seems that all the Scourge soldiers from the previous area are here.
"Listen! There's a voice! Thea said suddenly, her hearing far more sensitive than the other three.
The dying roar of a scourge soldier.
As we got closer, I could clearly feel the tremors of the earth beneath my feet—the aftermath of the tremors caused by the massive movement of the swallower. The dull whine of tomahawks piercing the air, and the popping of arrows piercing flesh became clearer.
Arrows! Hearing the plucking of the bowstring, the flame of hatred in Marlan's eyes burned even more, and she bit her lower lip so hard that she didn't realize that her red lips had been bitten by her.
"It's close. Be careful, pay attention! We can't be sure if the other is friend or foe. Eregor reminded.
They cautiously peeked around the corner of the street and saw the back of the Devourer's massive body, with the Scourge Foot Soldiers left beside him. He seemed to be chasing a figure. Because the distance was too far to see the man's face, I could only see him running forward, and he kept turning around and shooting.
"Well, good boy, you actually singled out the swallower!" Bruce whispered.
"Kiteing!" The well-informed Erigor and Bruce didn't think at all. "A technique that only a highly skilled and experienced ranged person would use - taking advantage of the long-range attack range to keep attacking while always keeping a distance from the opponent. From where we came in all the way to here, there is still enough strength to clear out the miscellaneous soldiers of the natural disaster. That guy, awesome! ”
Thea's face turned pale, and she could almost tell who the man was. She subconsciously glanced at Marlan and found that Marlan was staring at the man intently and hatefully.
Marlan also knew......
What to do?
What should she do?
She didn't want Marlan to die, but she didn't want North to die either.
"I want them all dead!" Just as she was still thinking in a hurry, Marlan's low voice sounded in her ears.
"Huh?" Before Xia and the others could react, Marlan had already rushed out unexpectedly.
"Wrath of Justice! Trial! Marlan raised his hand as the Holy Light attack, and slammed into the Devourer's body.