Just after noon.

The sunlight that covered the wilderness reached its most unbearable level at this time.

The hike took a lot longer than expected, and luckily I was able to leave supplies aside for the time being.

The second lucky thing should be that there are teammates around.

No matter what time it is, it's scary to be alone.

Moreover, the meaning of the word teammate is becoming more and more heavy for the current Huang Taiyi.

There are too many teammates around who are sometimes reliable and sometimes cheating, and it is not easy to have a teammate like Merlin, who is perfect in every sense, to join.

Strong, responsible, and a kind of hot-blooded character and indomitable will of the protagonist of a juvenile comic, and what is more valuable is that the intelligence is above the horizontal line.

Intelligence is above the horizon!

Important things must be repeated.

It is no exaggeration that Huang Taiyi was even moved to tears silently in his heart.

If not then road idiots......

It's not just the map that's unreliable, but also the road idiot attribute.

Is this called an instant slap in the face?

"Wait, we were just passing through here a few days ago......"

Huang Taiyi stretched out his hand to stop the energetic Merlin.

"Huh? Have it? I can't see anything! Is there any place the same? ”

Merlin tugged his hood up slightly, looking left and right in confusion.

Of course, if you can see anything the same or different, you won't get lost, the road signs are still standing there, bearing the wind and sun every day.

"Hell, it's supposed to be in this direction......"

There is nothing the Emperor can do about the map in his hand, which is not much better than the doctor's prescription, so he knows that he is not qualified to blame Merlin's road idiot attribute.

It's a bit subtle to be able to get lost while guarding the map.,But it shouldn't be all your own pot.,After all, the map was originally drawn very magically.,And on the way, you have to correct Merlin's misconceptions all the time.,Busy and busy results in the situation where everyone gets lost together.。

Strange, how can there be a sense of disobedience? What's wrong?

"Total ...... In short, perseverance is enough! ”

"No, I think it's good to have perseverance, but perseverance alone is definitely not good, by the way, I really want to know how you survived before this, so it's better to fix the map first."

The Emperor directly drew a mark on the map with a pen, and he had done something like this more than once.

"Ahh......h Well, just live casually. ”

Merlin, however, scratched her hair happily as if she had been complimented, and smiled very straightly.

"Yes."

The emperor nodded in agreement.

It can indeed be seen that it is very casual in all senses, probably the so-called life of looking at the face.

Car?

Of course, there is a car, but the emperor does not trust his driving skills, he can drive away, and he is probably no problem on the road, and the next one is completely unguaranteed.

Because there is no road at all.

People in this world generally seem to invest too many skill points in drag racing, but the subtle thing is that Merlin basically has no skills in this area, and the combined driving skills of the two may not be as good as the children in the village.

Anyway, it probably doesn't matter if you hike, after all, you can get there quickly.

"Big brother, there's no need to be so cautious!"

"Of course it's necessary to be so cautious, and the unscrupulous ones have become corpses like it...... Ay? ”

As soon as the words blurted out, Huang Taiyi finally realized where the sense of disobedience just now came from.

"Big ...... Eldest brother? Stupid? ”

"Wait a minute, look at that!"

Huang Taiyi stretched out his hand and pointed to the body that had been half buried.

The last time I passed by, there wasn't such a thing, and it definitely only appeared in the past few days.

It shouldn't be a supernatural existence like resurrected zombies.

"It's a human?"

Merlin hurried over and poked with his scabbard very casually.

"I hope you can be a little better with your sword, so...... What is it? ”

Huang Taiyi squatted next to the corpse, his face full of solemnity.

"Lion?"

Merlin tilted his head in confusion and tried to continue poking with his scabbard, but was stopped by Huang Taiyi.

By the way, she carried a veritable "best sword in the village".

Because the corpses have been exposed to the wilderness, the corpses are naturally not very well preserved, but because there are no large beasts nearby, except for the traces of being pecked by birds, there is not much missing in general.

But the question is not whether it is intact or incomplete.

This thing doesn't look like a normal human at all.

Well, the human beings in this world are no longer normal, and there are many strong men with extraordinary development, but they basically still maintain the essence of human beings, even if some may be appropriate atavists, they basically stay at the level of more primitive appearance or more hair.

Huang Taiyi has never seen such an exaggerated example of mutation, it is already an orc or something, it is very fantastical.

Fangs, claws, lion-like mane and stiff back hair, if it weren't for the fact that he was still wearing some leather clothing, I guess I wouldn't have seen that it was a human-like thing.

"I remember that there seem to be people with this kind of ability, and there is one in the wild army who is particularly powerful."

"No, it's not a problem, I never underestimated the ability person, and I know that the types of ability people are ever-changing, but you see, do you think this corpse should be the ability person?"

Huang Taiyi found a wooden stick, swept the dust covering the corpse's arm, and cleaned its face.

"Generally, those who have mastered the ability to mutate their bodies are the most powerful in their own ...... Hey? ”

Suddenly, Merlin, who seemed to understand something, stopped talking.

"See?"

"This corpse...... The muscles and bones are completely invisible, and the structure of the entire body has not changed essentially, but the claws on the hands and the fangs in the mouth are indeed on the body, so this is an ordinary person who looks different? How could there be such a ...... It doesn't make sense. ”

Merlin's strength is based on perseverance, and as a swordsman, she certainly has a deep understanding of the structure of the human body, and even if the corpse has become a dried corpse, she can see a lot of information from it.

This puzzled her.

Because, this level of "reinforcement" does not mean much, or even side effects.

"Right? If you only have sharp fangs and no corresponding muscular and skeletal structure, even if you bite someone, it will not be very lethal, the nail part just becomes a claw, and the muscles of the arm are still the structure of a normal human...... Is it a custom of the Wild Army? ”

After Huang Taiyi investigated, the mystery in his heart did not disappear, but multiplied a little.

This is the world of humans after all, and this kind of creature is absolutely abnormal, and if there is any custom, it is really powerful.

"No, I know a little bit over there, those people just have more detached living habits from normal people, and they won't make themselves like this, and their combat effectiveness won't become stronger, big brother, do you want to investigate, if there are many of these monsters, maybe it will be very dangerous in the future, and it may eat people."

Merlin saw some remnants of flesh in the teeth of the monster's corpse, and there didn't seem to be any large creatures in the area that could be preyed on, which caused a bad association.

"Let's spend the night here, you see, a lot of places in the neighborhood are buried in earth, but there seem to be a few places where you can still see a little strange footprint, I think there will be other monsters infested, let's take a good look at what this thing is and where it came from."

Huang Taiyi found a relatively shady place and put down the tent he was carrying, and after dealing with it, he began to look for the direction of the footprints.

Unfortunately, there is no way to track it now, after all, it has been quite a while.

"I kept a vigil the night before."

The Emperor told Merlin to sleep in a tent, and he sat quietly by the campfire outside the tent.

In fact, except for a few poisonous insects along the way, there was no danger, not even a small group of bandits, probably because they were already in the war area, and if they started a war, the passing bandits would probably be killed as spies.

Unless cornered or have a real plan, smart people should actively avoid places where war is going on.

You can hear more than just the crackling of flames.

There are other voices as well.

"I'm afraid there really are monsters...... Could it have fallen from the sky? ”

Huang Taiyi's closed eyes slowly opened.

Just now, my ears caught a slight sound, it was supposed to be the howl of some kind of creature, of course, it could also be a human screaming in the middle of the night because of boredom.

It doesn't matter, what matters is that there are more suspicious voices a little further away.

The Imperial Lady glanced back at the tent, Merlin inside was sleeping soundly unsuspectingly, she did her duty every vigil, but when it was her turn to sleep, she basically fell asleep in three seconds, at least a little nervous, right?

As soon as he saw her like this, Huang Taiyi couldn't bear to wake her up, anyway, the matter should not be to the extent that he can't solve it.

Grabbing the real traveler's cane, he waited for the voice to approach.

The voice was already obvious, if it wasn't human, it was a creature about the size of a human, its steps were chaotic and vain, and it had no intention of concealing its whereabouts.

"Ordinary people...... Hey, are you in a hurry? ”

As soon as the emperor saw the shadow, the expectation in his heart immediately turned into nothing.

There was no monster at all, just a traveler who didn't look very good, a man with some luggage on his back, staggering to get there.

"I ...... Ah......h

The traveler also saw Huang Taiyi next to the bonfire, and his steps quickened a little, but the sound from his mouth seemed extremely difficult, as if he was blocked by something and could not speak.

"I've got water here."

Huang Taiyi just felt that this person's throat was dry and hoarse because of lack of water, and he didn't think too much about the rest.

"I ...... Save...... Ahh......hhh Woo...... Woo-ah-ah! ”

The tired-looking traveler seemed to be unable to hold on any longer, and fell to the ground, struggling to reach out and crawl forward.

"I said, are you okay? Feed! ”

As soon as the emperor stood up, he was about to go there.

"Ahhh......h Whining...... Woohoo hoo-"

Suddenly, the fallen traveler seemed to have a hidden strength, and landed on all fours with his hands and feet, leaping into the air in the air in the motion of a beast pounced, aiming at the unsuspecting Huang Taiyi.

One of its faces had almost lost its human form, two large, sharp fangs peeking out of its mouth.