34. The valley where the killing machine hides
"Big brother! I've found you! ”
"Who are you, where did you come from, confessing relatives." Fichte pushed the man away from his arms in disgust, and his long silky hair flew in the wind, touching Fichte's cheeks, which itched a little.
"Big brother, it's me!" The figure in the Great Thief Dragon suit ruffled the long hair all over his face, revealing a smiling face that was underwhelmed, "Sledgehammer!" ”
"Oh, yes!" Sha Lan ran to the corner, didn't know where to dig out a one-handed sword dotted with emerald green feathers, then scratched his head, and pulled out a small round shield from the other side, and ran back, "Big brother, your piece of sword!" ”
He blew on the shield in an exaggerated way, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Look! Intact and dust-free! ”
Ding~ Shalan's big teeth and metal shield flashed at the same time in the sun.
"It's really hard for you." Fichte didn't have a good air, this guy caused him to almost get hurt several times, and if he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been killed a long time ago.
"We have an urgent mission, I'll tell you when we get back...... By the way, hey, give you a hammer. ”
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The Great Ant Grave Wasteland at night seems to be plunged into a cold winter, which is completely different from the heat of the daytime, and the cold night wind blows through, which can freeze people's hairs.
The two hunters who landed from the pterosaur listened patiently to the editor, Kelly.
“... After being separated from the hunter in charge of the guards because of the encounter with the earth sand dragon, the scholar has not returned from the Great Ant Grave Wasteland, and we must look for it as soon as possible, and we should still be able to find some footprints..."
“... Fortunately, this situation was prevented at that time, and the investigation team recorded the breath of every scholar who went out to investigate with a guide worm, and the two partners only needed to follow the direction of the guide worm's reaction, and they would soon be able to find the scholar. ”
"I'm waiting for your good news at the camp!"
The two nodded to Kelly.
"Rest assured, since we have accepted the commission, it will be successfully completed." As a veteran hunter, Fichte felt that it was easy to find someone who had lost his way, and even if the target had already died in the dragon's belly, he was able to cut open the monster and rescue the other party's bones.
Well, that's too much, although I've been missing for most of the day, maybe I'm still alive.
"Then let's go at once."
Fichte and the others hung the insect guide cage on their waists, checked the preparation items on their bodies again, and then embarked on the second journey to the Great Ant Mound Wasteland.
At night, the Great Ant Grave Wasteland is unusually quiet.
The elven deer that were active in the field during the day have returned to their nests, and the sound of the roaring and trampling hooves of the yoyo deer has turned into a whistling evening breeze.
The deep chirping of the emperor's grasshopper could occasionally be heard on the side of the road, but there was no figure to be seen.
The hare had already fallen asleep under the burrow of weeds that they didn't know, and in the moonlight, only the crustacean herbivorous dragons were still in groups, and they walked aimlessly, like drunken pedestrians on the street at midnight, and a few coarse chickens jumped up and down on the back of the herbivorous dragon, so happy!
They seemed to be the only living beings living in the wasteland of this night.
"The big ant mound wasteland at night seems to be extra warm!"
Alyssa's soft voice seemed to thunder in the ears of the coarse coarse coulders, who screamed and jumped off the back of the carapace herbivorous dragon and shoved and shoved away into the grass.
"Ahh ”
He checked the route with the map and led Alyssa to the ramp to the south.
"The scholar's team is exploring the swampy area to the south, let's go over there."
"Uh-huh."
In the moonlight, the two figures walking together, one big and one small, got closer and closer.
...
Under the bright moonlight, lavender blooms all over the field, and the fragrance of flowers spreads throughout the valley field.
"Found it, it's the footprints of scholars!" Alyssa stood up from the lavender bushes that covered her waist and belly, and shhhed softly, "It's beautiful! I didn't expect the Great Ant Mound Wasteland to have such a beautiful view. The lavender everywhere is a little more elegant than the depth of the ancient tree forest! ”
Compared with the ancient tree forest full of mountains and vigorous vitality, on this barren ant mound wasteland, this lavender valley undoubtedly has more charm of life!
"Scholars are also attracted by this charming scenery, so they get lost?" Curious, Alyssa followed the trail of green fluorescence and walked step by step towards the depths of the valley.
"Wow~"
Alyssa was momentarily distracted and stepped into the stream, and the unusual sound of the water made Fichte, who was not far away, suddenly startled.
"Wait, don't move." He suddenly spoke up and stopped Alyssa, who was moving on.
Fichte walked quickly to the girl's side, crouched down and dug with his hands in the mud.
"What's wrong?" Alyssa didn't know why.
I just followed the guidance of the guide insect for a few steps, could it be that I accidentally broke into the trap of some monster?
The more I thought about it, the more panicked I became, and the more I thought about it, the more scared I became, and Alyssa's breathing couldn't help but become short.
"It's okay." Fichte raised his hand and carefully examined the mud in his hand against the moonlight before continuing, "The mud here is different from the others, and it seems to have been brought by something. ”
"Maybe the scholar brought it here? After all, he disappeared in this direction. Alyssa made a possible guess.
"Probably not, scholars don't sit idle and carry so much silt with them. It's more like a ...... from some kind of monster," Fichte crouched down again and fumbled.
In the middle of the night, the mud-covered hands held up a smooth scale like fish scales against the moonlight.
"It's not a soil sand dragon, it's more like an ichthyosaur"
Fichte could only come to this conclusion.
"Doesn't that mean that scholars may be in danger right now?!" Alyssa is a little anxious, a helpless scholar has lost in the wasteland, and there is a possibility of encountering large monsters at any time, is their search mission going to fail?
"Let's go quickly, in case we go late, the scholar will be in danger!"
Fichte hurriedly stopped the impulsive Alyssa, he pointed around, not far away on the dead trees, on the rock wall, on the rock, a few clusters of strange traces left by unknown creatures, flickering in the blue fluorescence of the guide insects.
"Be careful." Fichte whispered, "See the color of the guide worm?" Those strange traces, dangerous! ”
"Ancient Dragon?" Alyssa's pretty face was pale, she had just entered the hunting circle, and this encounter with Gu Long was a bit ...... It's so exciting!
The eyes were full of wonder and excitement, and the hunter's curiosity was perfectly displayed in Elisa's body.
"Be careful, we'll collect some and report them back, and the first priority is to find scholars."
The two of them passed through the blue trail and followed the trail all the way into the valley.
After a few miles, the water in the valley was waist-deep, and the environment in the water was gradually blurred in the moonlight.
"Be careful, there may be some unknown danger hidden in such deep water, let's go over there and take a look." Fichte saw a stone on the water not far ahead, slightly above the water, and he planned to take Elisa to see the situation first.
It didn't take much effort for the two of them to reach the rock, and when they climbed up, they found that the rock was neither big nor small, just enough for two people to stand side by side.
"Look, I think the color is the same as the stone, so I can't see you?" Fichte plucked a gray-white beetle from the rock face, an "immortal worm" that could be ground into a powder that could be used to make powdered medicines with a variety of herbs.
At this time, Alyssa, who was looking around, suddenly shouted: "Senior, look there, there are also scholar's footprints over there!" ”
Fichte followed the prestige, only to see that on another rock five meters away diagonally, the green fluorescence of the guide insects was flying, and two rows of green footprints could be faintly seen.
"Let's go, let's go."
"Wow" "Wow"
The two of them went into the water again and touched the stones not far away, the depth of the stream had reached Alyssa's chest, and it was even more difficult to wield the weapon at this time!
At this time, the surface of the stream has covered the entire valley, and only sparkling water can be seen on the wide water.
The water surface that reflects the moonlight is shiny silver, and the whole valley is silent and serene except for the sound of gurgling water.
Alyssa propped her hands and flipped over the boulder.
Fichte was about to go up in the same way, when his ears moved, and the sound of water behind him seemed to fluctuate.
He turned around suddenly, stood firmly against the boulder, and had already raised the small round shield of the sword in his hand, and the one-handed sword in his left hand was placed at his waist, the tip of the sword was slightly upward.
"Whoop——!
The surface of the water suddenly exploded with a wave of moonlight, and a large fish nearly two meters long jumped out of the water, opened its mouth bigger than a human face and attacked Fichte!
Fichte raised his shield to block, and at the same time twisted his waist and sent the one-handed sword in his left hand into the belly of the big fish, cutting a long gap directly from head to tail. The big fish fluttered in the water a few times, and the internal organs were scattered in the water, and soon fell silent.
The large fish has a brownish-green body, an orange-red membrane on its back and tail fin, yellowish-white markings on its body, and two long tentacles under its nostrils and on its chin.
Biting fish, a warlike fish that will swarm and besiege anyone if they find someone invading their territory.
That said, the danger is far from over!
Fichte looked around vigilantly, beware of biting the fish from jumping out from different directions.
Suddenly, his face changed, and the one-handed sword in his left hand stabbed downward, and the hand holding the shield reached into the water, and then he raised his hands up, and a mouthful of blood was raised above his head.
"Alyssa, do me a favor!"
Alyssa, who had just stood firm, drew her knife and slashed the bite fish in two, pouring blood and entrails all over Fichte's face.
Fichte immediately drew his one-handed sword stuck in the biting fish, and quickly climbed the stone with Elisa's help.
Fichte was wounded.
On the thighs, where the skin armor of the poisonous demon bird was not covered, several cuts were cut by the sharp teeth of the biting fish.
Fortunately, he brought the herb with him, and after a few more strokes of it and the previous undead worm, he applied the powder to the wound, and the blood was quickly stopped.
Both breathed a sigh of relief.
It's just that the crisis hasn't been lifted yet!
The two had their backs to each other.
Under the moonlight, the sparkling stream reflected the moonlight, and pairs of eyes appeared on the water.
That's the eye that bites the fish.
There are fourteen of them!