Chapter 17: The Lurkers
Mu Yan saw it in his eyes, but he felt something in his heart.
Rorschach is undoubtedly a man of considerable ability, on the one hand, he has been able to resolve a crisis that a priest has failed to solve with his experience alone, and more importantly, it takes courage to stabilize the mood of the team members at this juncture and persist in taking risks.
He checked it with his senses, and there was a faint curse aura on Beep's body, the so-called low temperature and frostbite were just the outward manifestations of the curse, in addition to it, it would be sluggish for a while, and communication with Bill would also be very problematic, but these would not be revealed for the time being.
Rorschach is not a mage, so naturally he will not notice these at a glance, but that doesn't mean that he can't detect the trickiness in them.
In his mind, it was not difficult to think that if the bird was really just frozen, how did it fly out of the sky? Take 10,000 steps back, if you are really attacked by low temperatures at high altitude, someone must have done something to do it, and the target is still in the air. In this case, with a group of people like them, they are bound to be at a disadvantage if they break in rashly, after all, they can't fly...... If these possibilities were to be confronted, would the minds of the people still be as unified as they are now? I'm afraid not.
So he didn't say anything, but quietly urged everyone to go in after resolving the problem, and prepared a way back to dispel everyone's concerns.
The leader's job is ultimately to drive others to work for him, while also considering their emotions and safety, which is exactly what Rorschach is doing.
The group set up a hollow campfire outside the plantation, and threw in a few foul-smelling dry cakes from below when the fire was at its highest. After a few minutes, the firewood was extinguished because it could not fully touch the air, and was replaced by a wisp of green smoke that went straight into the sky.
This is a kind of wolf smoke cake, which is dried wolf dung.
Because the wolf feeds on sheep that eat fluorescent grass, the droppings also glow, especially at night, when the smoke looks like beacons from a distance.
After this, the people lit torches and slowly walked into the plantation.
……
As a few people stepped in, a vague fog gradually lingered. At first, it was faint, but gradually it began to interfere with the view. Everyone seemed to be stuck in the water, and while pushing away the water in front of them, they quickly gathered behind them, and gradually felt entangled in a thick fog.
As he walked forward, Rorschach frequently turned back to make sure that the wolf smoke outside the garden could be seen, and when he reached the limit as far as the eye could see, he stopped the team's progress and began to explore in a circle with this distance as a radius.
There were signs of lifelessness in the plantations, with crumbling, low fences, uninhabited abandoned shacks, and shriveled, blackened grape trellises...... It is not difficult to guess what the garden was like when it was prosperous through the existence of these ruins, but now these are the only things left, so strange and terrifying, that there is not a single living thing that exists.
"Damn, I always have the illusion of being stared at by something......"
Someone slandered.
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and others also agreed.
"Me too!"
"The same ...... I feel this way. ”
"Probably in the sky?"
"But there's nothing in the sky."
……
For a while, there were many people who responded to the peace, and the problem was a bit big.
Of course, this is not the feeling that Mu Yan had at the beginning, but it is really quietly stared at. There is no doubt that the enemy is not strong, after all, any mercenary with a little experience can feel it, and it is not much stronger. It's undoubtedly tricky, especially when hidden in the shadows.
Mu Yan glanced at his feet without a trace, and the vines were buried deep in the fluffy soil, distributed in rows and rows, completely different from the thick soil that everyone stepped on.
"Excuse me......" he raised his hand suddenly in embarrassment, "I want to make it easier...... Is that possible......"
The team was silent for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Haha, Master Mu Yan, do you want to raise your hand to report when your mage is peeing in the tower?"
"Don't say it, this fog is cold, and Lao Tzu also wants to pee a little, so it's better to ...... on the spot Hey hey ......"
"If any of you dare to take out your bird, the old lady will be the first to chop it!" When he heard that, it was Farol.
"That's Bill's done, hide the beep."
"Haha......"
Rorschach couldn't help but laugh, he glanced at Regg, the bearded man came over and put his arm around Mu Yan's shoulder, and squeezed his eyebrows at him.
The two of them walked five or six meters away from the crowd and came under a grape trellis.
"Oh, pee."
"Huh? Big Brother Regg...... You...... Can you turn it around......"
"Okay, I understand, I understand. Actually, I won't laugh at you when I see it, hahaha......"
Reg turned around in amusement. At the moment when he turned around, Mu Yan's fingers flicked slightly, one after the other, one fast and one slow, two warm water arrows were sent out one after another, and the first "snort" pierced into the soil, and the speed was as fast as lightning.
The moment the water arrow sank into the soil, the remaining column of water flowed to the ground with a bang.
At that moment, there was a sudden sharp hiss in the dirt, and then the dirt shook as if something was arching upward, and then suddenly a brown worm with a bowl mouth and more than a meter long suddenly came out, and it smelled all over its body! At the same time, the trellis was overwhelmed and collapsed.
It was too late to say that it was fast, even if he was facing away, Regg's reaction was also very fast, almost the moment he heard the "squeak" sound, he grabbed Mu Yan who was tying his trouser belt and quickly escaped from the grape trellis.
Boom –
The shocking change reached the team, and the distance of five or six meters was crossed in an instant, and everyone regrouped.
"What's going on?"
"As soon as Master Mu Yan peed, something came out of the urine......"
"No, no, no, it's not me who pees, it's in the soil......"
At this time, the dust settled, and the contents of the collapsed grape trellis appeared in front of everyone.
This monster resembles a snake rather than a snake, like an insect rather than a worm, but it is far from being comparable to ordinary insects and snakes, it is bare and slippery all over its body, only the top has ugly and disgusting mouthparts, which are full of fine teeth.
It appeared to have wounds on its body, and earthy yellow pus was gushing out.
"That wound...... Was it urinated? ”
"No kidding, it could have been injured in the first place...... I kind of know what's staring at us, it's in the dirt. ”
"It's worthy of a mage, it's so good at peeing......"
Rorschach stopped the crowd from quipping, "Prepare for battle, there may be more than one enemy." Watch out for the soft dirt underneath the shelves. ”
"Yes!"
Hearing this, Nevira pulled out three red arrows from the quiver, bit her finger, smeared the blood on the end, drew the bowstring into a full moon, and then the three arrows flew in unison, flying to three different places.
"Bang bang bang-"
Three slight explosions rang out in a row, small but extraordinary, and a half-meter-sized crater exploded wherever the arrows hit, and then the earth flew and a painful roar came from it.
The voices are connected, as if they are calling for friends.
"The enemy is much more than just these ......"
Rorschach muttered.
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Soon, as if stabbing a worm's nest, in the blink of an eye, the surrounding grape trellises collapsed one after another, and more than a dozen insects came out of it one after another, supporting the upper body one by one, like snakes.