"Let's report this matter to the Pope as soon as possible, it involves the apostles, and it is not up to us to control it," the old priest lowered his eyelids, picked up a quill and wrote on a clean parchment, and asked, "Have there been any casualties among the rangers who went out on patrol?"

"Only one Ranger died outside the city, and we didn't have time to answer it. The middle-aged officer replied in a deep voice.

"Get back his bones," the old priest's eyes were cloudy, and Nan Nan said, "Dead warrior, if the body is not buried, then his soul will never find a home." ”

There was no need for a priest's reminder that no one would watch the bones of their companions being brutalized in the wilderness if conditions permitted.

"Do you have any other instructions?"

"Let the patrol soldiers of the city wall lift their spirits, pay close attention to the direction of the Shadow Mountains during this time, and if they notice any unusual movement, immediately ring the big bell at the head of the city to warn,"

"By the way, ask the surviving rangers if they have encountered any strange sights in the Shadow Mountains, such as pillars of light rising into the sky, or castles suspended in mid-air......"

"A castle suspended in mid-air?" the middle-aged officer was stunned for a moment, "Is it an illusion similar to some kind of illusion, an illusion created by the refraction of sunlight?"

"No," the old priest shook his head with a serious expression, "it's a real castle, a rumored building that came down with the Dragon Monarch, and that's its home base, a magical city known as Sky City." ”

......

"Floating city, yes, I did see a gray snowflake at the other end of the mountain, and above the clouds, a castle like a tower towered there," the Ranger leader hugged his shoulders around the brazier, recalling what he had seen in the Shadow Mountains: "It was a building I had never seen before, a tower jutting out of the clouds, covered with dense black windows, or a doorway, too far away for me to see the exact face......"

"But what I can confirm is that the height of the building is definitely more than a thousand feet, I can't see the top of it at all, it seems to stretch all the way to the highest point of the sky, it is definitely not something that human beings can make, and I can also see some strange birds hovering around it, we dare not approach, for fear of attracting the attention of unknown monsters. ”

The middle-aged officer's mood became heavier and heavier, and he learned from the priest that once this kind of construction appeared, it meant that the tense was developing in the worst direction.

In the Shadow Mountains, it seems that a Hell Monarch with terrifying powers has indeed descended.

"Specifically, how did you find it, and did you find a pillar of light or a firelight in the Shadow Mountains?" asked the middle-aged officer.

Several Rangers glanced at each other, obviously still having some fear of the patrol trip that had just ended, and coughed lightly, and the Ranger Leader said, "I'll talk about it." ”

"At six o'clock this morning, my brothers and I set off for the outskirts of the Shadow Mountains, at first, everything was normal, the Shadow Mountains were very calm, the temperature in the mountains was very low in the early morning, even the scavengers who picked up corpses could not be seen, we patrolled the eastern suburbs, and just as we were about to leave for the next location, we found a Green Goblin corpse in the snow not far away......"

"It's not surprising, the patrolling brothers have encountered the Green Goblin, and it's not uncommon to kill the enemy and dump them on the spot after a fight, and we initially thought it was a Green Goblin killed by a single Ranger, but when we looked closer, we realized that it wasn't that simple. ”

At this point, the Ranger Leader's face showed a look of fear, he took a sip of ale, took a few breaths, and continued: "At that time, it was lying face down in the snow, and after I went up and turned its corpse over, I found that the internal organs of this green goblin had been hollowed out, as if it had been attacked by some ferocious monster, and it was covered with claw marks and tooth marks, and even its head was full of wounds gnawed by canine teeth. ”

"The monster that killed it must have a very strong bite force, the Green Goblin's skull is so hard that even a broken hammer is difficult to break, and the Green Goblin's skull has a wound pierced by canine teeth, and the wound is ......."

The Ranger leader estimated and pointed to the spear next to the table, "It's about five centimeters." ”

The thickness of the canine teeth has reached five centimeters, so how big is this monster?

The middle-aged officer couldn't help but gasp, there was no shortage of huge trolls in the Shadow Mountains, but those sluggish fools didn't have canine teeth or claws at all, and they wouldn't attack their fellows.

"It's a little strange, but we don't pay much attention to it, after all, there are so many monsters in the Shadow Mountains that it wouldn't be strange if two mutated giant wolves pop up once in a while," the Ranger leader continued, "But what happened next was what really made us feel wrong. ”

"We buried the corpse of the Green Goblin with snow, although its blood has coagulated at this time, it is not excluded that there will be a monster with a particularly keen sense of smell to track it down, and when we have done all the aftermath work, we have not gone far before we found another corpse!"

"The Green Goblin died in the same way that it had been hollowed out, and its internal organs had been eaten, and we found some chewed meat on its corpse,"

"This monster still eats quite a lot. The ranger on the side interjected.

"When we encountered two strange dead green goblins in succession, we also raised our vigilance, for fear that the monster was still hiding nearby, but we had a mission to do, and we couldn't justify retreating, and if we fled back to the city without encountering danger, we would be ridiculed by others for the rest of our lives. ”

The middle-aged officer nodded, he knew very well that these Rangers valued honor over life, unlike the big heads, the selection method of the Rangers was very harsh, in addition to the top physical fitness, there was also an extremely strong psychological strength and calm when encountering danger.

The soldiers who were able to pass this level of assessment and finally join the Rangers were the most powerful people in the original team, and they were respected by everyone.

Under this aura, they had to force themselves to overcome their fears and move on.

"However, as we continued to move forward, we found more and more corpses, from a few hundred meters apart at the beginning, then every dozen meters, and at the end there was a Green Goblin corpse almost two or three meters apart. ”

"Undoubtedly exceptional, they all died with their entrails hollowed out, but I still found something different," the Ranger leader swallowed, "Although it was the same way to die, but the green goblins who died later, the entrails were thrown next to their corpses, and the monster that killed them didn't eat at all, maybe because it was full, or maybe because it found something more to their taste." ”

"What is certain is that from the first two Green Goblins that were killed, this monster no longer hunts prey because of hunger, so I think that the subsequent killing of the Green Goblin is a kind of exercise. ”

"Practice?" The middle-aged officer paused: "What are you practicing?"

"It should be said that killing, from the beginning, the monster's method of killing the Green Goblin was very rough and jerky, the Green Goblin's body was covered with claw marks and tooth marks, and there were traces of resistance, and the claw armor of both hands was broken, obviously broken in battle. ”

"But the further back it goes, the more skillful it becomes in killing those green goblins, some of them have a wound on the top and bottom of their bodies only in the heart, and those corpses don't even make a gesture to resist, and I can conclude that these green goblins must have been hunted in groups, otherwise it is impossible to explain the density of those corpses," the muscles in the ranger's cheeks quivered: " There are more than eighty Green Goblins, all of whom are armed with weapons, but when they are chased by the unknown monster, they choose to flee very bizarrely, and there is only one explanation for this behavior. ”

"That monster is definitely not something they can deal with, at least in their opinion. ”

What kind of monster can make the Green Goblin, who has always been famous for its ferocity, not even have the courage to resist?

The middle-aged officer unconsciously thought of what the old priest had said, if the apostle had said it, then all this could have been explained.

It's not practicing hunting and killing, it's adapting to its new body and its new environment.

"And then?"

"In this case, we didn't dare to continue to move forward, and just as we were about to leave, this kid screamed, as if he was frightened by something," the Ranger leader pointed to the young Ranger behind him, and at this time he smiled shyly at the middle-aged officer: "I was frightened, the castle floating in the sky, this is the first time I have seen it." ”

"Not only him, but everyone was stunned when we saw it," the Ranger leader described the scene, "It's like a mirage described in ancient books, but the difference is that I see its shadow, and it's not an illusion!"

"Because of the distance, I could only see from a distance that the whole building was gray and white, as if it could swallow the sun, and all sides seemed to be shrouded in a pale red mist, which revealed a strange aura no matter how you looked at it, and the strange birds hovering around were still making a sharp hiss, which made people panic. ”

"I saw something huddled in that window, like struggling to get out. The young Ranger's voice was a little dry, "I can't see what they look like, but I always feel very ominous." ”

The young Ranger's words made the middle-aged officer's scalp tingle, and if the things that were trying to squeeze out were the monster minions that accompanied the Apostle's arrival, then they would be heinously numerous.

"Immediately after, we found another corpse at the foot of the mountain, unlike the previous ones, this corpse still has body temperature, and the time to die will definitely not exceed five minutes!" said the Ranger Leader through gritted teeth, "When I realized this and was about to flee as fast as I could, I saw a large number of monsters with dragon heads pouring out from the other end of the valley!"