153 - Swamp leaping fish
"You've just come back, so you might as well take a break." The elder sat aside and looked at the three as they prepared to leave. "The High Priest looked a little weak."
"I'm okay...... We're going to hurry up and get Will. Borris shook his head.
Ver glanced at Boris and said to the Elder, "Elder, the matter is urgent, and the sooner the better. ”
"Hmm." The elder nodded, "Then you prepare first, I'll go find a clansman who is familiar with distinguishing the swamp, and ask him to take you to the marked location, if it goes well, you may be able to avoid the dangers in the swamp." With that, the Fish-Man Elder walked out with his cane.
"The elder is such a good man." Wille looked at the Fishman Elder who was going out and said with gratitude.
Boris agreed, "If it weren't for the Elder, Ollie might not have been able to hold us back to save it, and we all owe the Elder a favor." Without its help, it may be a long time before we find our way to the town of the Starlings. ”
"Okay guys, thank you until we sail beyond the whirlpool. We're going to pack up our stuff and go. Hierro put the key back in his pocket and turned and walked out.
Borris and Vere looked at the two maps on the table, then smiled at each other.
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The swamp is the most typical part of the wetland, it is barren, poisonous and dangerous, and it is a breeding ground for poisonous insects, ticks and snakes.
This is especially true of the swamps on Fish-Man Island, where the reeds are lush enough to hide the traces of walking, and the sticky dirt paved ground gives the bog traps a natural camouflage. If you accidentally walk on it, I am afraid that even the bones will be buried in this dark land.
There are strange trees with a few spikes scattered around, and colorful reptiles are hidden in the spiky bushes.
This is where Veel and his party are walking.
"The Star Spirit has lived in such a place before? Can't you just renovate this place? Wiel pulled his foot out of the mud, "Just remember, can't this place be reached by boat?" Why did we choose this place? ”
"If you don't care about going around the far edge of the archipelago, you can take a boat." Hierro followed the fish-man. "Then it will take at least two days to walk, I can't wait, not to mention, there is still no interference from the enchantment."
It was getting late, and the surroundings were slowly darkening, "Guide, when will you arrive?" The fish-man in front of him turned his head to look at Will, and his eyes turned in different directions, tilting his head, as if to understand what Wille meant, "Wow...... Arrive...... Fast...... All ...... Half. ”
A few people followed the guide across a puddle, the surrounding land seemed to have become less, everywhere there were potholes, floating on the fallen leaves, many potholes were connected into a stream of water, from time to time there were bubbles tumbling up.
"Wow...... Keeping up with the ......" The fish-man guide stepped over a few rocks, the only place around that was a little drier, the rest of the space was either obscured by bushes or empty, the reeds in the distance, reflecting the dimness of the setting sun, made the whole swamp look old, the surrounding atmosphere was depressing, Hierro patted his head, he always felt as drunk as if he had drunk.
"Back...... Dangerous...... Wow...... Watch out! When the back-seated Wille leaped into the clearing, and the men tightened a little, the fish-man guide scratched the scales on his head as if thinking about the route, and then pointed ahead and walked towards the indistinguishable yellow green.
"How do I feel like there are more bubbles on the ground?" Ver looked around as he walked, muttering to Boris in a low voice. The bubbles that originally looked like ** biogas turned into bones that seemed to rise from deep water. They were connected in a string all around, and it seemed to get denser as they passed.
Boris in front of him was already on guard, "Something is coming from below...... Be prepared. ”
In a flash of light, a spear appeared in Veel's hand. "There's really something...... What could it be? ”
The fishman who was walking in front suddenly said, "Wow~...... Bullet Fish ...... Fish...... Come and ...... dodge," said the fish-man, picking up his speed, and the crowd began to run after it.
"Why run?" As soon as Weir finished asking this question, he saw a shadow catapult out of the swamp dirt like a tongue, "Click! He looked at where Ver had just run. Then, a balloon-like fish flew out of the mire with its tongue out of the mire pool. A reed was growing on the side, its leaves thick and thick, and it was growing just right, but it was broken into pieces by this small tongue.
This was just the beginning, as Wiel's other foot landed on the ground, and from the bubbling place around it, a dense black shadow suddenly ejected, as if Ver and his party had stepped on a mechanism, and countless fish with their tongues stuck out of the swamp.
"Oh my God, run!" Ver shouted, picking up speed and running forward.
Behind him, the fish were like there was a dragon gate to cross, from left to right, right to left, wave after wave, wave after wave, catapulting, "Da! "Fall into the water, eject, "da", and re-enter the water.
Behind Will, the click of the tongue breaking through the air, like a machine gun, accompanied by the sound of breaking water, continued to sound behind Will. There is no doubt that if you can't avoid these attacks, you will be beaten into a sieve.
"Temade!" Captain Hierro cursed in front of him, "Lao Tzu has stepped on a mud puddle!" ”
At this time, Boris, who looked back at the school of bullets getting closer and closer, suddenly stopped, and made a mistake, causing the surprised Weir to run past him, "Boris...... You ......"
"Hurry up and pull Hierro out of the mire!"
I saw Boris raise his hands, and the two slender sleeves rose with a white light, and from the water around him, a light shrouded both sides. The tongues of those bullet fish catapulted on the light curtain, as if hitting bulletproof glass, making a "knock knock" sound.
The light curtain trembled, constantly shattering and reshaping, slightly blocking the fish, but as the fish came after them, the attack became more and more intensive, and Boris did not expect that the seemingly inconspicuous small fish would have such great power.
After only supporting it for a while, Boris's light curtain was already a little unsupportable, and the speed of remodeling gradually couldn't keep up with the speed of destruction, and the gaps in the light curtain continued to expand.
Suddenly, a tongue clicked out of the broken light curtain on the side, and before Boris could turn his head, a black shadow crossed Borris's cheek, and the droplets of water that rose with his tongue shattered and popped out on the tip of his tongue like a sharp arrow, and the blade-like tongue cut a cut in Boris's face.
Boris took two steps back, and there was a brief gap in the loss of mana, and the light curtain shattered with the immediate attack, and countless black shadows followed.
"Oops!" Boris didn't expect this to happen, originally he just wanted to block the fish, but he didn't expect that this kind of little thing would break his defenses.
Just when the tip of the tongue was about to attack Boris, his waist tightened, and a force dragged Boris back, which was able to dodge countless attacks, and those fish that came out on both sides of each other saw the objects that lost the attack, and they all radiated their strength to the bullet fish on the opposite side.
The tip of the tongue easily pierced the body of the fish, and many bullet fish turned into corpses, falling in pairs, smashing the water.
Boris could see clearly, and the bullet fish opened their mouths, lined up with sharp teeth, and tore at the nearest fish carcass.
Wiel carried Boris on his back, "I've already dragged Hierro out, and it was so dangerous. Boris, who was on Wiel's back, listened to Wiel's voice, and at first breathed a sigh of relief, then blushed slightly, and then calmed down. I'm going to try to block them. As he spoke, he continued to release a barrier of magic power in the path of the fish. But in the fierce and endless attack, the barrier was easily broken. All Boris did was to make the chase longer.
The crowd walked through the crevices of the swamp, which was zigzag, not exactly straight. And the schools of fish that were constantly jumping in the mire and waterhole were indeed rushing straight towards them. And now there is no effective way to stop the advance of the fish, and if they are overtaken, no one present will be able to survive such a dense attack.
"We've got to figure out something, Veel, these fish are moving too fast!" Boris looked at the fish that were getting closer and closer, and said to the running Ver as he tried his best to maintain the magic barrier.
“…… I don't know if it's going to work, but I can't think of anything else for a while...... Boris, you've got to buy me three seconds, no, two seconds. May I?! Ver thought for a moment and said to Boris.
"I do my best! Put me down! Boris fell to the ground, and Ver closed his eyes and immersed himself in the famine system.
A bright light poured out of Boris's hands and pushed towards the surging fish, as soon as Bu touched, Boris's hands trembled, and the spirit that had not fully recovered came from a tingling sensation, and the sweat on his head flowed out at once, and the fish behind the light curtain were like a puddle of black mud waves, sweeping and crashing into it with a deadly attack.
The light curtain scattered like glass, and another 'wave' was about to surge. The fishman and Hiero who were running in front couldn't help but look back, "Run! The voice came from Hierro's mouth.
But Weir's eyes were still closed.
Immediately after, a melodious sound came out.