Chapter 265: Second Night
After a tumultuous day, night fell again and Dendra Fortress ushered in a second night.
A patrol of the fortress is now holding torches, patrolling the streets of the fortress city, although after the day's slaughter, the zombies in the city have been almost eliminated, but in view of the sporadic attack reports still coming, so this patrol team is still very vigilant.
However, because the little goblins have basically lost everything, so the patrol has to be carried out by the Naga snake demon and the archmages, the Naga snake demon is better, but the archmages are secretly distressed because of this, they mage masters, how can they have been patrolling back and forth all night like this in the past? But there is no way, to prevent zombies from happening this kind of thing, iron golems and gargoyles are not competent, those puppets who only know how to follow orders are iron-brained, and they do not have the ability to actively judge at all, they can't tell whether those zombies with the appearance of goblins are friends or foes......
Moreover, if these puppets are used to patrol, even if there are really zombies, they will not attack them, and they will not play the role of patrol at all.
The mages are used to being pampered, and when they walk a distance, they have to stop and rest because of their backache and leg pain, which causes the patrol process to become intermittent, although the Naga snake demons are very disdainful of these guys, but they can only stop and wait, who let them be teammates?
Naga snake demon,It is a special race living in the swamps of the Bradaka Kingdom,Amphibians,Because the upper body has multiple pairs of arms,And strong and powerful,So these Naga can be said to be born sword masters,The Bradaka Kingdom recruited them as the kingdom's army to make up for the lack of melee and water warfare,And also gave them the corresponding status,Only a little lower than the magesγ
During the patrol, these mages basically can't be counted on, so the Naga snake demons are responsible for the main vigilance task, and they are very sensitive to the vibration of the ground because their lower bodies are snake tails.
Just as the team was resting, a Naga snake demon suddenly noticed a slight movement from the ground, so he immediately became vigilant and beckoned the other Naga snake demons to come forward.
During this investigation, the Naga snake demons discovered that this subtle movement seemed to come from the sewers......
Due to the special geographical location of the Dandra Fortress, a large number of troops are stationed here all year round, so there are naturally corresponding dwellings in the fortress for the troops to live and live, and since it is necessary to carry out daily life, facilities such as sewers are indispensable.
In fact, there is a complete and complex network of underground waterways in the fortress of Dandra, these underground waterways are scattered all over the city, and after summing up, they lead to the large river that runs through the entire canyon outside the fortress, these underground waterways are very low, and they are basically maintained and dredged by the little goblins, not to mention the mages, even the Naga snake demons have never gone down in person.
So when they realized that the movement was coming from the underground waterways, the patrol team was a little confused, and hesitated whether to send someone down to take a look.
The sewers were smelly and dirty, and just opening the lid almost made the Naga snake demons faint, and the archmages avoided it, making the members of the patrol look at me and I look at you, but no one wanted to go down.
"Ahem!" When everyone was in a dilemma, an archmage coughed twice and said, "Actually, I don't think it's necessary, haven't you noticed that those guys who are infected with the plague and turn into zombies, they are actually not sane, they just rely on instinct to attack the living everywhere, how can such a guy be smart enough to hide in the sewers?" β
"yes, that makes sense!" These words immediately caused the rest of the archmages to suddenly realize, and they clapped their hands and praised: "You are still smarter and see thoroughly!" β
"Where, everyone's guess has thought of it, but it's just not as precise as I said!" The archmage was also proud, but he had to pretend to be humble and blow to the other archmages for a while.
The Naga snake demons secretly slandered themselves, of course they knew that these mages were just looking for an excuse not to go down, but ...... I have to say that this excuse really has a certain amount of truth, how can those zombies who have lost their intelligence think of hiding in the sewers to avoid searches?
Just as the Naga were thinking like this, the movement in the sewers also disappeared, and after waiting for a while without appearing, the Naga snake demons finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Maybe it's just some rats in the gutter, we think too much......"
Just as they were about to close the lid of the sewer and continue patrolling, all of a sudden, the ground exploded when the archmages behind them sat down to rest, and a black shadow rushed out at a very fast speed, and before everyone could react, the black shadow suddenly rushed into the group of mages!
A terrible scream came, and the archmage who was still blowing each other in business before was bitten by the black shadow and taken away!
And the rest of the archmages, because a few of them were right next to the mages who were taken away, so when the black shadow attacked, they were directly pushed down, leaving a bloody claw print on their chests, and the bones were visible......
The attack came so quickly that it was only after a while that the patrol came to their senses and hurriedly pursued in the direction of the screams.
"Damn, what the hell is that shit!?"
"I don't know, it's too fast! Didn't see it clearly at all! β
"There! It jumped on the roof! β
Although the patrol did not catch up with the black shadow, they saw the black shadow jumping from a distance, so a quick archmage immediately waved his staff and fired a magic bullet for lighting in the direction of the black shadow.
The blazing white magic bullet flew all the way out, and under the flickering white light, everyone finally saw the appearance of the black shadow.
It was a plague infected person with the appearance of a little goblin, but its appearance at the moment was very different from the normal goblin, it was lying on all fours on the height of a bell tower, the archmage who had just been taken away was stepping on its feet, its lips had been completely torn to the gills on both sides, revealing a sharp tooth, and on its face, there was a pair of gray-white eyes, two pairs of four eyes under the illumination of magic bullets, it looked so weird, the most outrageous thing is, There is even a pair of transparent elytra like insects on its back!
As it lay on its stomach on the bell tower, the elytra fluttered and hummed as if they were a threatening warning......
Although it was only a glimpse, the weird and hideous appearance of this little goblin still made everyone gasp, and the gray and crazy eyes made everyone's hair stand on end.
This monster can no longer be called a leprechaun, but the crowd can't find a suitable name to call it.
At the moment when the light of the magic bullet was about to disappear, everyone saw this monster bite down on the trampled archmage with one bite, and then slammed it!
The archmage's screams stopped abruptly, and a huge gap appeared in his neck, killing him instantly.
After biting off a piece of flesh, the monster on the bell tower raised its neck and swallowed it, and then when the darkness returned, it turned into a black shadow and disappeared......
After tossing and turning for a while, the patrol finally got the dead mage's body down, and after examining the body, everyone had a nervous and serious expression.
Amazing bite and mobility, the ability to jump, the ability to fly briefly, and most importantly, the monster seems to have a certain intelligence, it knows how to attack the weakest points of the patrol, and it can go with a single hit, using its speed so that its pursuers can't attack it at all......
"This ...... Is this still one of those zombies who are wobbly and only know how to pounce forward!? An archmage said in a trembling tone, "Why? Why such a monster!? β
No one could answer him, everyone looked at the dead mage's corpse in silence, and when they found that the corpse that had been cold had reappeared to tremble slightly, and there were signs of awakening, everyone finally sighed and said: "Burn him, this matter must be reported!" β
Before leaving, a Naga snake demon suddenly noticed a shiny thing on the ground, and couldn't help but pick it up and take a look, only to find that it was a small piece of broken transparent crystal.
"Strange, what is this? Did that monster fall from it just now? The Naga snake demon muttered to himself, and after looking at it for a long time, he couldn't find anything, so he could only drop this thing casually......
However, when the patrol returned to the interior hall to report the incident, they found that there was a mess in the hall.
Not only them, there were multiple patrols tonight, and they were attacked by monsters while patrolling!
Moreover, the monsters that attacked them are all different, at least from the accounts of eyewitnesses, almost every monster looks different, but these monsters have one thing in common, that is, they are all agile, powerful, and have a certain hunting instinct, compared to the previous zombies, these monsters are more like real ...... Beast!
The worst thing is that even though they are frequently attacked, none of the patrols have caught such monsters, and these monsters seem to disappear and hide after catching enough prey!
And there is only one place they are most likely to hide, and that is the underground tunnels that dot the entire fortress!
When they heard the news, Esquil and Soram were all annoyed...... sighed, it was a manifestation of wanting to get angry but couldn't.
Because they understand that it will be quite difficult to destroy these monsters......
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At the same time, Roy, who was dozens of kilometers away, was also a little surprised after witnessing these mutated creatures in the fortress throughout the whole process.
According to his calculations, the re-degenerated and inverted T virus, in addition to infectiousness, the original high variability should also be retained, as long as there are enough infected samples, and then a little time for mutation, it is absolutely possible for monsters such as "hunters" to appear, but what Roy didn't expect is that these mutant creatures don't know if it's the reason for the difference in genetic species, and the appearance after the mutation is completely different from what Roy imagined, and even, one of the mutants that Roy observed through the Demon Eye, It even inherited Roy's frost power, which can spit out a strong cold air to freeze its prey.
Under the attack of these more powerful mutants, there were huge casualties in the fortress again, and this time it was not only those archmages and Naga snake demons who were killed and injured, but even some green dragons and titan giants were attacked by mutants, although these high-level creatures did not suffer much damage, but in the sudden attack, they were stunned and could not leave those mutant monsters......
This situation made Roy scratch his head a little: if the T virus continues to mutate so constantly, maybe the high-level creatures will also be hit? And...... Will you be able to control this spreading infection when the time comes?