Chapter 250: Survivors of the Docklands
"Huh~Huh~~"
The wind howled in the docks, and it was as fishy as ever, except that it used to smell fishy, but now it smelled of rotting corpses.
By the time Lawson came out of the underground waters, it was already dark outside. The temperature by the river was very low, the air was frosty, there was not a single cloud in the sky, and the cold cold star looked at the desolate ruins on the earth in a blink of an eye.
"Click~"
Rosen pulled the pistol out of the holster on the side of his leg, reached into his waist bag with his left hand, took out a piece of magic potato from it, put it in his mouth and chewed it gently.
As he ate, he carefully observed the situation around the exit until he confirmed that the entrance to the cave was not dangerous. He stepped out of the sewer and began to wander around the docks, hoping to try his luck and bump into a puppet.
Last time, in order to catch the tree demon puppet, I almost fell into the puppet's trap. This time Lawson learned to be obedient, and he was very low-key all the way, trying not to make a sound.
His luck is not bad, but in ten minutes, he heard a very obvious sound of breathing and heartbeat not far away, which sounded exactly like ordinary people, but in this kind of ghost place, especially in the middle of the night, it is impossible for ordinary people to appear outside, so it can only be a tree demon puppet.
Lawson crouched behind an overturned carriage on the side of the street and listened attentively: "There is only one breathing, it is a lone tree golem, which is very good." ”
This guy is about 30 meters away from me, and the location should be in a wooden house next to the road, probably hiding behind the door....... The core of this monster is in the head, I quietly touched it, cut off the head and left, there shouldn't be any big movement. ’
With a rough rehearsal of action in mind, Lawson lightly touched in the direction where the puppet was.
More than 30 meters away, Lawson reached the corner of the street in a breathing room, then held his breath, activated his magic power, and used his magic power to detect the situation on the other side of the corner below.
The results showed that the opposite side was empty and very safe.
He leaned against the wall and touched more than 10 meters along the foot of the wall, and he reached the outside of the wall of the wooden house.
At this point, there was only a thin plank of wood between him and the Dryad golem.
Lawson held his breath without making a sound, and then activated the magic again, and the tentacles of the magic gently passed through the gap in the planks to the other side of the wooden wall.
In Rosen's vision, he would first use his magic tentacles to confirm the position of the puppet's neck, and then through the template, he would make a delicate burst of energy against the puppet's neck, as if using a scalpel, silently slicing the opponent's neck.
The magic tentacles groped forward little by little, and after a while, Lawson felt that the air molecules became very active: "Hmm~ It's an abnormal change caused by the other party's body temperature, and it should be a puppet in front of it." ’
The mana tentacles continued to probe forward, and after a few moments, Lawson was able to determine the precise location of the tree golem.
The guy was leaning against the wooden wall, half of his head poking out of the wooden door, and he was looking out. The clothes on his body were very thick, and the chest and back were inlaid with thick metal plates.
Seeing this, Rosen had a trace of doubt in his heart: "The target seems to be wearing metal armor...... In his right hand he also holds a sword with a blade that is one meter four long and more than 15 centimeters wide. The two-handed heavy sword was held in one hand, and in his left hand he held a thick metal shield...... Wait, this guy doesn't seem to be a tree golem! ’
He'd dealt with the Dryad golem several times, the kind of monster that was stiff and never used a weapon!
However, there may be exceptions.
Lawson thought for a moment, and reached out slightly with his magic tentacles, approaching about 10 centimeters behind the target's neck, and then, Lawson's mind moved slightly, and the magic pushed the nearby air to the target's neck.
His movements are so light that the effect is similar to blowing into the neck.
Think about it, at a time like this, in a place like this, if someone blows on the back of your neck, it might scare the heart out of it. If the other party is human, the reaction will definitely be very violent.
At the moment when the 'blowing' was completed, there was a muffled sound of 'coo' in the wooden house, followed by the sound of breathing, only the sound of 'bang bang bang' and the beating of the drum heartbeat remained.
With the help of the magic tentacles, Rosen clearly 'saw' that the people in the wooden house turned their heads sharply to look behind them, their necks twisted to the extreme, and their cervical vertebrae even made a crisp 'click' sound. Because of this abrupt movement, he couldn't control his balance and leaned heavily against the wooden wall.
'Well, this guy isn't a Tree Demon puppet, he's a surviving warrior. This probably frightened him. Rosen was a little regretful and a little curious.
Unfortunately, he still has to keep looking for the puppet. It is curious how this warrior survives to this day in such a dangerous environment.
Thinking of this, Rosen whispered through the wooden wall: "Man, don't be afraid, it's ......."
Before he could finish speaking, there was a 'bang' on the wooden wall, and the tip of a heavy sword peeked through the crack in the wooden plank, if it wasn't for Rosen's quick dodge, he would definitely be able to pierce his head in this blow.
'Huh~ Decisive shot, extremely strong, this warrior is quite strong! Rosen kind of understood why this guy had survived to this day, and he took two steps back and continued, "Man, I'm not a monster. ”
This time, the warriors in the wooden house did not continue to attack, and a deep voice came out: "Who are you?" ”
"I'm a magician."
"You got the wind on the back of my neck?"
"Sorry, I just wanted to make a joke."
"Whew~~" There was a relieved exhalation sound from the wooden house, and after a few seconds, a warrior in steel armor appeared at the door of the wooden house, he saw Rosen, and looked him up and down a few times: "You look a little familiar, I seem to have seen you somewhere...... Forget it, it's not the place to talk outside, you come in. ”
As he spoke, he stepped out of the way.
Lawson nodded and walked into the cabin.
'Squeak~~'
The wooden door was closed, and the Steel-Armored Warrior walked past Lawson, and when he reached the inside of the wooden house, he pushed his hand on the wooden floor, and a hole half a meter square appeared in the ground.
The Steel-Armored Warrior jumped in first, and after a few seconds, a dim candlelight lit up in the hole. The warrior's deep voice came from inside: "Come in, it's safe in here." ”
Lawson jumped through the hole.
The Steel-Armored Warrior waited by the door, and as soon as Lawson entered, he immediately closed the wooden door of the cellar, and then buckled the large iron shield with a length of 60 centimeters in his hand against the wooden door, and then tightened it with the heavy sword of astonishing size, and then said, "Okay, it should be fine now." ”
During this time, Lawson looked at the layout of the cellar.
The cellar was small, less than 4 meters long and wide, less than two meters high, and almost empty except for a candlestick on the wall. Soon, his attention turned to the Steelclad Warrior.
This guy is quite tall, about 1.9 meters, and he is also very strong, with a body of steel armor, it looks like a lump of steel, very strong, as for his face...... When Lawson took one look, he was taken aback.
"You're not human?" He subconsciously took two steps back.
The face of the steel-armored warrior is gray-white, without a trace of blood, and the pupils are silvery-white, and the dividing line between the eyes and the whites of the eyes is very blurred, and it looks like a pure white eyeball, which is a little terrifying.
The Steel-Armored Warrior stood leaning against the cellar wall, his eyes fixed on Lawson's pocket, and asked without answering, "Man, do you have anything to eat, how about giving me a bite?" ”
"What do you want to eat?" Rosen asked vigilantly, and at the same time, he quietly mobilized the energy pool, as long as the other party moved, he would do it.
The steel-armored warrior licked his dry lips and said in a dumb voice, "Potatoes, corn, bread, it's all fine." If you had air-dried human flesh...... I can eat it too. In such a world, it is estimated that you will not be able to survive without eating human flesh. ”
Rosen breathed a sigh of relief, took out 3 magic potatoes from his waist bag and threw them over: "That's all I have." Take it. ”
The Steel-Armored Warrior took the potato, sniffed it, his eyes lit up, and he immediately began to gobble it up. He looked really hungry, and he could eat three fist-sized potatoes in two bites. 3 potatoes, in less than a minute, all eaten.
After eating, the Steel-Armored Warrior licked all the food crumbs in his hands again, and then sighed contentedly: "It's been a long time since I've eaten something so delicious, thank you very much, buddy." ”
Rosen's heart was wary for a moment: "Man, my name is Rosen." What is your name? ”
"Fehrman." The Steel-Armored Warrior reported his name, and then he suddenly glanced at Lawson carefully, and after a few seconds of silence, he suddenly said, "Wait, I remember, I've seen you!" It was on the bridge that you said you were a squire of a beautiful lady! ”
Rosen was stunned by what he said, and he couldn't remember what was going on.
The steel-armored warrior became very excited, and said with a gesture: "At that time, I was the captain of the bridgehead garrison, and I was in charge of the garrison of the bridge. By the way, you gave me a lot of money at the time, so I can help you get through! By the way, I found a couple of iron rods in your carriage at the time, which are a bit like the one you are holding in your hand. At that time, you said it was a handicraft! ”
Speaking of this, Rosen finally remembered, he looked at the Steel-Armored Warrior carefully, and finally recognized this guy, but he was even more strange: "Man, your face looks bad." Also, you seem to have gotten a lot stronger. ”
Fehrman shrugged: "I'm very strange about this. On the night of Tenjin's Day, I was attacked by a monster and was bitten by him on the neck, and I passed out at that time. By the time I woke up, the whole of Nilogaard was ruined. In the days that followed, I had to hide in Tibet, and finally found this place. Just now, I was hungry and faint, and I wanted to go out to find something to eat, but I met you. Seriously, you almost scared me to death just now. ”
He pulled open his collar, revealing the wound on his neck that had healed, and judging by the shape of the wound, the bite was so heavy that it almost bit his head off his neck.
"You're in good luck." Rosen couldn't figure out why there was such a change.
Perhaps because of the acquaintance, Fairman's mood became very high: "Man, it's great to see you alive too." Do you still serve that beautiful lady now? Hmm~ You're the lady's attendant. You're alive and you're in pretty good shape, and the lady is definitely alive too. If so, can you introduce me? I also have a bit of strength now, and I'm very willing to work for my wife. ”
Lawson couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, and he quickly raised his hand to stop Fairman's words: "Okay, okay, stop." ”
Fellman immediately stopped, but still looked at Rosen expectantly.
Seeing him like this, Lawson couldn't bear to hit him, so he said, "I'll take you to the survivor camp first." As for the future, I'll talk about that later. ”
"Oh~ It's amazing that there is a survivor camp! I always thought I was the only one in the city who survived! These days, I wish I could meet a living person every day, but all I encounter are monsters! I'm almost in despair! Oh, so nice to run into you! Oh~~~ What a blessing from the gods! Fairman danced like a child.
Lawson was still thinking about getting a tree demon puppet, so he said, "You stay here and wait for me first, I still have some business." I'll come back to you when I'm done. ”
Fellman immediately said, "I'll go with you, I'm a pretty good fighter now." I've killed a lot of monsters these days. ”
"Help?"
"That's right. It's safer for two people to walk than one person in such a ghost place, isn't it? Fellman was busy, he had finally found a living person who could talk, and he didn't want to be separated like that.
Rosen thought about it, but still shook his head: "No, it's not good for me to take you, it's not good for me......"
"Pop !!"
Before he finished speaking, a terrible explosion sound came into the cellar from the outside, and the sound was extremely penetrating, as if a big bomb had exploded in his ears, and both of them subconsciously reached out to protect their heads.
"What's going on?!" Shocked, Fellman immediately walked to the cellar door and removed the shield and heavy sword.
Lawson was a little unsure: "It sounds like someone is out there releasing magic...... Let's go out and have a look. ”