Volume I: The Vanishing Land, Chapter 10
"It's damn weather. "The sky is getting dark, it is already difficult, then the sky began to rain, after a while, it became a downpour, the weather in the mountains has always been capricious, but once it rains, the wind bamboo plank road becomes extremely slippery, it is even more difficult to move forward, after a day's journey, Taylor has long been sleepy and tired, the long-term nervous tension makes him feel dizzy, the rope in his hand is soaked by the rain and difficult to control, all rely on the people around him to support him step by step forward. This is probably the farthest mountain road he has walked in his life, and it also made him understand one thing, he has been pampered in the sacrificial church for a long time, even though his cultivation is hard, but his physical cultivation has been neglected, this is just an investigation mission, and he has not been allowed to go to the battlefield, but he is already so embarrassed, it seems that he has to think about it when he goes back.
Compared with the people of the Red Sacrifice Church, although they are not as good as the soldiers of the army, but they are in a harsh environment all the year round, so that their physique has become very strong, not to mention Kule, none of the several sacrifices accompanying him is panting like him, on the contrary, each is full of physical strength, in Brett, there is always a misunderstanding between the sacrifices, they only need to pay attention to the cultivation of breath concentration and skills, and only need to provide recovery and treatment on the battlefield, and there will be someone to protect their safety, so the cultivation of the body has become dispensable, but on the battlefield, how can there be a certain safetyEveryone is still too busy to take care of themselves, counting on others, it is better to improve themselves.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the use that was originally a little more open is now shrouded in rain and fog, everyone is wearing rain robes, and the vision is even more obstructed, and the advance soldier who walks in the front is groping little by little, once he loses his direction, then the whole team will be trapped here.
"High Priest Kule, it's raining too much, and a little further down is the next trim field, should we wait there for the rain to light down before moving on!" the soldier shouted at Kule behind him, the torrential rain was pouring down, and the loud sound of hitting the rocks and the plank path made it difficult for them to talk to each other, even if they were face to face, they had to yell to hear what the other person was saying.
"Okay!" Kule lowered the brim of his hat and watched closely at the footsteps of the soldiers in front of him, lowering his body as low as possible to reduce the resistance of the wind and rain to his body.
When the last shimmer of light in the valley faded, they finally came to the man-made platform, not large, but large enough to rest, and Taylor was pale and severely dehydrated, and was almost dragged here by Kule.
"Your Excellency Taylor, can you still bear it?" Kule was a little worried about him, his weak body had already overloaded Taylor, and he had no strength to speak at this time. Kule while replenishing him with water and food, while supporting his back to inject him with recovery breath, the thick breath rushed into Taylor's body, he felt that he was tightly wrapped in a huge net, Taylor hurriedly moved the little remaining breath in his body to his back, to echo Kule, and suddenly the abundant energy began to fill his body, although this breath could not be completely absorbed by himself, but it was enough for him to quickly recover his strength.
"Lord Taylor, how do you feel?" After a while of treatment, Taylor's face improved significantly, and he was able to sit up barely by leaning on the rocks of the cliff.
"Thank you, High Priest Kule, I'm fine, but my body is seriously damaged, and you have to take care of me. Taylor felt guilty.
"Stop talking, recover well. Kule said and looked around, it was not safe here, they still had to find a way to get out of the plank road quickly, and there was a place to hide when they entered the mountain, so it was too dangerous to be exposed.
"Advance troops. Kule shouted.
"Here, High Priest of Kule, what are your commands?" said the soldier who had walked in front of him.
"How far is it from Saldo?" asked Culler.
"About a third of the way to go, and you can already see the peak of Saldo in front of you. Following the direction he pointed, Kule looked up, and in the torrential rain, he could dimly see black peaks standing not far away.
"In this case, you lead the party to Saldo first, find a hiding place and set up camp, Bedo, you stay, and wait for Lord Taylor to recover some and escort him with me. ”
"But—" The advance soldier was about to speak, but was interrupted by Kule.
"It's nothing, it's not like I haven't walked this plank road, I have walked more than once in the sneak attack on Sacmend, it is important to complete the task, if all of us are here, once we encounter a sneak attack, we can only be helpless, you enter Saldo first, and then send someone back to pick us up." Kule said to the advance soldiers, he has always felt the breath of Blat, but he has never shown up, he used to encounter sneak attacks when passing through the strange plank road, Blatter is no better than humans, their claws can easily climb rocks, and they are more adapted to the harsh environment than humans, so even if the plank road is so difficult, it is not worth mentioning for them at all, and this time they can smell their breath along the way, but it seems that they are afraid of something, and they have never attacked them.
"Alright, then we'll set off first, get to the peak of Saldo as soon as possible, and then come back to pick you up. With that, he commanded the team to hit the road again, and watched the last soldier disappear into the rain before Kule returned to Taylor's side.
"Your Excellency Taylor, do you still have the strength?" Taylor wanted to answer, but his legs were already shaking unobeyedly, and it was difficult to stand up, let alone leave.
"Don't force it, Bedo, you go to the back corners and put a few weakened magic circles, and then when we get on the road, we will set up magic circles every other nail, Lord Taylor, don't save the condensation beads in your hand, the road behind is still long, wait for Saldo, I will ask the accompanying pharmacist to make you some condensing crystals, which should be enough to support you into the Santo Tomar Mountains." "As long as you leave the boardwalk, Kule has a way to keep Taylor safe.
"Thank you for the trouble. Taylor expressed his gratitude to Kule, and now he no longer thinks about face, if there is any accident, he will die here, life is still more important than face.
The rain is weakening, after Taylor has recovered some of his strength here, under the protection of Kule and Bedo, he set off again, after the rain, the plank road and the rock wall are very slippery, Kule took the searchlight and carefully led them forward, in the silent valley, in addition to their footsteps, from time to time there will be the cry of wild beasts, the low and manic cry makes people shudder, the cold in the air is getting thicker and thicker, the wet clothes are blowing against the body by the cold wind to make Taylor shiver, he tightly wrapped the soaked robe, with the breath to protect his heart, Kule also blessed him with a shield to prevent the cold from invading, just like this in the middle of the night, The three of them moved towards the peak of Saldo Mountain step by step, stopping and stopping along the way, Taylor kept gritting his teeth and insisting, at first he didn't want Kule and the Red people to look down on him, and then he was competing with himself, he found that every time the breath was exhausted, the concentration of the dark blue aura in his body would increase, compared to the cultivation day after day in the Brett Sacrifice Church, this desperate situation could stimulate his potential more.
The black peaks in the distance are getting closer and closer, and after slowly turning a few corners, the whole picture of the mountain peaks gradually emerges in front of them, and the whole plank road is about to come to an end, he can feel that the plank road is getting wider and wider, and there are obvious traces of artificial polishing on the rock walls around him, which means that he is not far from the destination.
"Wait!" Kule suddenly stopped, the smell of blood wafted in the air, his brows were tightly locked, his eyes were staring at the front, at this moment, a huge howl came from in front of them, and then several black shadows rushed towards them, Kule hurriedly raised his hands forward, a black shield with white light was horizontal in front of them, and the black shadows were rigidly mounted on the shield, and let out a low roar.
It was Blat, different from what they had seen in the boulder outpost before, these Blats were stronger and faster, Kule had one hand, and the shield instantly enveloped the three of them, and at this time, there were black shadows above their heads and behind them, constantly colliding.
"Let's go!" Culle began to move forward with his breath shield, Taylor followed him closely, and some armor fragments were found on the plank path under his feet.
These Blats hit a few times without breaking the shield, so they changed to attack with weapons and kept attacking, holding two-person high serrated swords in their hands, and kept slashing at them, and by the glimmer of light, Taylor saw that these Blats were wearing armor, obviously not those low-level Blats, but Blatter legionnaires with human intelligence.
Kule struggled to support the shield, and Bedo behind Taylor was also constantly counterattacking the attacking Blatter, to Taylor's surprise, his breath was red, and the sacrifice of red breath was the first time he had seen it. Bedo kept conjuring red and black corrosive arrows in his hand, the furious red aura was mixed with the black corrosive aura, and every arrow thrown could easily penetrate the armor and carapace on Blat's body, and the Blatter who was hit by the arrow almost without exception turned into a pool of blood, leaving only a piece of armor emitting white smoke.
"High Priest Kule!" Finally, they heard the voice of the advance soldier, and Kule looked up, and a portal appeared not far from them, and Kule hurriedly quickened his pace.
"Bedo, open the door!" Culle shouted to them. Bedo stepped past the two of them, his hands pressed to the ground, and the door that Taylor had seen before reappeared.
"Lord Taylor, you and Bedo go in first!" With that, Bedo stepped into the door with Taylor's shoulder, and the moment they entered, Kule removed his shield and turned to enter, blocked by the shield that Blat, who was isolated, did not have, and all rushed towards Kule, but the portal disappeared before they rushed over, and the charging Blats crashed into a ball, and the sound of bones shattering could be heard.