160 - Coercion
"Whew!" Come on! Ollie shouted anxiously, but Pease just sat motionless on the ground.
The fish-man's body was stiff, like a puppet with a string, but the stiffness was not slow, and the speed of the steel fork swing was not reduced at all, but in three breaths, there was another wound on Ollie's body.
"Whew! We were discovered! When?! Ollie's shoulder was covered with white hair, and a glimmer of starlight lay beside the wound, scattered to the ground with the blood.
"Whew!" Ollie's figure turned into a white light, and his limbs surged in the moonlight, kicking out a few puddles of muddy water on the swamp, and quickly running towards the merman's side.
Like a venomous snake, the steel fork bit at Ollie's front legs.
Suddenly, his hind legs erected, the steel fork stabbed in front of Ollie's eyes, pierced to the ground, and before the fish-man could pull out the weapon, Ollie ran up the handle of the steel fork. Then he jumped up and kicked the shark man in the face.
The already stiff fish-man staggered back a few steps.
Ollie flew down and ran to Pease's side in a few steps, trying to get to his feet while the fish-man was still awkward.
Ollie took a bite to put on Pease's arm.
"Ahh The pain brought Pease back to his senses, "Big Fox ......"
"Whew! Don't talk, get up and run! The shark-man behind him stood up again, and Ollie turned and bared his teeth at the fish-man, but the fish-man had no soul at all, and Ollie's intimidation had no effect, and he was met with a steel fork.
Ollie lay down, dodging the spikes, and with the strength of his hind legs, he scurried towards the fish-man's legs, opening his mouth horizontally, and tearing off a large piece of fish scales from the fish-man's leg with his sharp teeth.
Bright red blood flowed from the fish-man's ankles.
If he were a normal person, even if such a wound could not deprive him of his mobility, the piece of flesh that was bitten off could make people hurt for a long time.
Ollie thought so too, Pease had just gotten up, and the little star spirit's short legs couldn't outrun this big guy. Although it is definitely not possible to beat this guy, at least, before escaping, you have to limit its movements.
So Ollie was sent flying!
The iron handle in the fish-man's hand was retracted in an instant, and without the slightest pause, it slammed into Ollie's body.
"Woohoo! ~" With a whimpering scream, Ollie's white figure spilled a red dot. Flew out into the distance.
"Big fox!" Pease saw Ollie being knocked out and stopped running backwards.
Ollie rolled twice on the ground, not far from Pease.
"Woo~" Ollie was shaking, and this time Ollie's body twitched.
"Big Fox...... Big fox, are you alright? ”
"Wow~ What are you still doing here? Run! Don't you see I'm buying you time?! You idiot! Oh...... Hurt...... Hurt. Ollie gasped as he struggled to his feet.
The fierce face of the fishman who staggered towards him showed again.
"Let's go!"
"......" Pease froze for a moment, watching Ollie shake his injuries and trembling but still trying to confront the fish-man made Pease want to cry, but the roaring fight and splashed mud ...... Or the current situation is that the big fox is trying to dodge, but he still has to contain it.
Repeated thrilling situations, sometimes fatal stabs.
Pease took two steps back, turned, and ran in the direction he had come, where a few needles had grown.
Ollie's tail was sharply slashed again, and his limbs fell into the mud, and Ollie shuddered, but he almost fell to the ground on all fours.
"Whew~" Ollie knew that he couldn't consume it any longer, otherwise he might be pierced by this fish-man, and in the slightly cool night, a little bit of daylight appeared from the sky on the side, taking away more heat on the ground, so that the heat coming out of Ollie's body was clearly visible.
The fish-man is not completely unharmed, but for a corpse or a walking corpse, what does it count if two pieces of flesh are dropped?
Sharks are the bravest warriors among the fishmen, and even after their souls are removed, they still have bodies that most creatures can't match.
Staggered and stiffened towards Ollie. Seeing that the figure of Pease behind him had already disappeared into a few spiked trees and bushes, Ollie didn't want to fight anymore, took a few steps back, turned nimbly, and ran towards the back.
Ollie was in a hurry, he wanted to tell Wille about the strange movements of the fishmen, but unfortunately there was no shortcut, and there was no way to pass, so he ...... himself The key is that little star spirit, Ollie smells the smell of Will, and if he is not careful, he will end up in a tragic end.
"Whew...... "Where is that little star spirit?" Ollie had run a few steps, and the bushes and spike forests were not dense, but rather sparse, and there was no reason why he couldn't see them.
"Big fox! Not~! ”
"Whew!"
Ollie stopped, and just after it had turned a bush, there were many puddles of water, and the ground was not easy to walk.
"Look...... This is our guest. "The Fish-Man Elder was standing next to a spiked log, his hands on crutches, and behind him stood several Fishmen, equally sluggish and stiff." Looks like you're recovering quickly, little one. Isn't our medicine good? Keeping you motionless in bed, but still keeping you alive. ”
The three eyes on the head of the Fish-Man Elder made it look very strange in the pre-dawn darkness.
"Your master is so powerful that he can find an antidote to completely remove the toxins in your body...... Otherwise, I wouldn't have had to make such a big effort. You know, after being an elder of the fishmen for so many years, I also have feelings for these fishmen, and it is a last resort to let them become like this...... You have to understand the sorrow of a king who belongs to the sea, trapped here. ”
"Big fox ~ Run......" Pease was captured in the hands of a fishman behind the fish-man elder.
"Don't leave in a hurry." Elder Fishman waved his hand, and a cold light stopped behind Ollie, who rushed to the side, it turned out that when Elder Fishman spoke just now, the shark-man had already come behind Ollie.
"Look, you don't want anything to happen to him, and you're of some use to me......" Elder Fishman pulled out a bottle filled with something like ink.
"The constitution of the star spirits makes it impossible for them to withstand this kind of thing...... But you can, you can do me a favor. "Elder Fishman...... Or something that took possession of the Fish-Man Elder's body, and threw the bottle in front of Ollie.
"Drink it, and I'll let him go."
"Woo-woo-woo......" Pease struggled, but couldn't move.
"Whew......" Ollie looked at the bottle on the ground, then at Pease.
It has to make a choice...... Or rather, it has no choice.
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"Captain Hiero, wake up!" Borris found that there was no trace of the Fish-Man Guide and Veir around, and the morning sun had risen on the horizon, and the sky was a little overcast, and it was estimated that it was about to rain.
"Purr...... Phew~Huh? Hierro was woken up and sat up a little dazed, "High priest? Well...... What happened? It's not dawn yet......"
"Captain, Veil, and the Fishman Guide are gone!"
"Ah...... Yes?! Hierro woke up instantly, "Where are they?" ”
"I've looked around, they're not here."
"When?"
Boris shook his head, and Hierro saw that the entrance to the tunnel had been opened.
"Will they go down?"
"I thought so too, and I called you to get down here."
"Hmm......" Hierro wiped his face and stood up from the ground. If that kid is here, there shouldn't be any problems, right? ”
"I'm not really worried, but they're gone, so it's good that we have to find them...... Moreover, if they went down to explore, there was no reason for Vere to leave the package here. ”
Boris carried Vere's backpack in his hand, and Hierro frowned when he saw it.
“…… Did something happen to them? ”
Boris thought about it, remembering the episode that happened yesterday before he fell asleep, and he couldn't help but worry in his heart.
"I hope they're okay now...... Maybe it was some hallucination or something that affected the two of them...... Captain Hierro, we're going to hurry. ”
"Haha...... Hallucination. Hierro thought it was funny, "What kind of illusion could make that kid leave quietly?" ”
As he spoke, he patted the hat on the side and put it on his head. "Hurry up, if that kid encounters something that can't be solved, we really have to help him...... High Priest, I could see in the fog of shipwrecks that the kid had a peculiarity. ”
Boris looked inquiringly, "What characteristic?" ”
"He's always going to get to weird places...... Alas~ Listen to the high priest, was Wiel talking just now? ”