Act XXIII: Woe (III)
Act Twenty-Three Plagues (III)
"Usually...... How many monsters will come to attack the city? Avis turned to the red woman. The red woman glanced at Avis curiously, then spat out a number. Avis was a little stunned when he heard the number, and then his gaze fell on the void in front of him-
Wrong. Ives instinctively sensed that something was wrong. What Ives could see in front of him alone was three times the number that the red woman had told him. And when he told Jessica about it, Jessica's face finally became calm, and she almost immediately ran down the low stone wall. After a while, a middle-aged man walked over to Avis and Jessica. His eyes were a little lazy, and he had a dry cigarette in the corner of his mouth, and after taking a deep breath, he slowly spit it out, and the smoke spread far away in the quiet night. His gaze was looking ahead, but he was only human after all, unable to see the scene in the distance. He was silent for a moment, then said to Avis, "Are there really so many monsters?" β
After Jessica had translated the meaning of the sentence, Ives glanced at the dark space in front of him again. His gaze swept over the various forms of existence, and finally nodded. Ge Tongluo also played with the dagger in his hand and snorted coldly: "The number of these monsters should be enough to flood this village. At least I don't see any chance of survival. β
Jessica's face was also a little pale, and she just glanced back at the warrior behind her. There are only a hundred people here who are at the forefront with weapons, and the monsters are ten times more than that. And it is impossible for them to fight ten with one, so ...... Are you going to lose? Jessica frowned a little, in the wilderness, failure only means one thing, and that is death. Should she take this opportunity to escape?
Avis looked at the huge wave of mutated creatures in front of him, and his heart was also a little empty. Even he, surrounded by so many monsters, has only one way to die.
"Prepare the carriage." Ge Tongluo said, "This place can't be defended, and if we leave early, we might be able to survive...... I don't think the strength of these monsters seems to be very good, and with me, there shouldn't be such a situation as being besieged to death. β
Ives didn't speak, he just stood on the edge of the stone wall. His hand touched the wall, and a rough touch was transmitted to his brain, and his gaze scanned back and forth in the pile of monsters in front of him, and he muttered for a moment, then said, "Why do these monsters attack the city once a month?" β
"Huh?" Jessica hasn't reacted yet. Avis, on the other hand, continued: "These monsters don't have a reason to attack the city, do they? After all, they are just animals that have no intelligence and only follow their instincts to forage for food, even if they are infected by magic, it cannot change their essence as animals. I'll admit that there are some animals that do something in groups, but the siege ...... But it's not the instinct of any animal. So something must be commanding them, do you know what is commanding them? β
ββ¦β¦ Yes? Jessica didn't react in the end, and after being stared at by Ives for a few minutes, she said with some understanding: "That...... I haven't heard of any signs of these monsters being ordered. However, I've heard from some scholars that the reason why these monsters attack the city once a month is to reduce population pressure. After all, the desert can only support so many beasts, and if there are too many of them, many beasts will starve to death. So instinctively, these monsters began to attack the city......"
"When did these monsters start attacking the city?"
"Uh...... It seems that after the God War, the doomsday began to besiege the city, right? Jessica said with some uncertainty.
Avis shook his head. The zoologists of this world may not know, but after all, Ives comes from a world where technology is at the level of scientific and technological advice, so he knows that for an animal to develop such instincts, it needs to be passed down from generation to generation. First, there are the benefits of the animal doing this, and then it subtly influences the offspring, and then the offspring engraves the memory of the ancestors from generation to generation in the genes, and they instinctively obey the orders of the ancestors. However, such inheritance is measured in thousands of years, and in just a few hundred years, it is simply impossible for these animals to develop such habits.
In that case, this is who is controlling zhì? Avis closed his eyes, he slowly began to breathe, he took a bottle of potion from his bosom and threw it down his throat. The thin dragon blood that lurked in his body also began to slowly boil, and Avis finally opened his eyes, his eyes had now turned silver.
This potion was concocted when he first became a dragon vein mage, and it was the one that tested whether he had a dragon vein in his body. It can temporarily increase the purity of the dragon vein, and under the influence of this potion, Avis temporarily gains the potency of the dragon vein mage level +1. Of course, this potion has no effect at all after the dragon vein mage's level reaches level three. After all, by that time, the purity of the dragon vein mage had already exceeded the maximum amount that the potion could increase.
Avis felt that his strength had increased significantly, and when he clicked on the attribute panel, he saw that his strength had changed from 12 to 14. And he could also feel more clearly the breath of the one he cared about among the monsters in front of him. A pair of silver eyes swept through the crowd of monsters below, and then, his eyes stopped on a hill.
It was a small sand dune formed by the sand, and there, a humanoid monster was standing silently in that place. Avis's eyes turned silish, and he opened his mouth wide and roared violently.
The sound shook the sky.
The animals around them seemed to sense something and began to show signs of retreating. Then Ives heard some noise. These were the tones of some slight, melodious songs, and if it weren't for the great increase in hearing that Ives had gained since he became a dragon vein warlock, he probably wouldn't have been able to hear them. And under the influence of these voices, those monsters stabilized their figures again.
Ives took a deep breath, and he felt like he had grasped the gist of the fight.
The people around him had just loosened their ears. When Aavies roared just now, they all subconsciously covered their ears - the voice seemed to be a high-ranking person standing in front of his throne and shouting loudly, and the nobility that came from the blood made these people feel that the voice was almost burrowing into their heads. After the sound stopped, they saw that Avis's face changed a little - and at the same time, they had some new ideas about Avis's origins.
Avis turned his head and said to Jessica, "Call those who dare to fight and charge with me!" If you want to live, don't hold back! Then Ives put his hands to his lips and let out a long whistle. Ge Tongluo stood silently on the side, holding a sharp, emerald green dagger in his hand. He looked at Avis and said, "What have you seen?" β
"The leader of these monsters." Avis laughed. Ge Tongluo nodded, and Avis continued, "Cover me for a while." β
"I'm good at this." Then, Ge Tongluo's figure took a step quietly in the darkness and disappeared without a trace.
Where the specialty - advanced stealth.
There was a shrill sound of horses' hooves, and Jessica hadn't reacted at this time: "Lord Avis, what are we going to do next?" β
"Follow me......" Ives suddenly jumped down, and then a galloping horse happened to catch Avis's figure from below, and at this time, Avis's voice continued to come: "Charge!" β
This time, he was speaking in the native language. The voice traveled far and wide in the quiet of the night. Jessica watched Ives ride away a little helplessly, and at this time, old George stood next to Jessica and said with a lazy smile: "So, team captain, what are you going to do?" β
Jessica smiled bitterly and pulled out the scimitar at her waist: "I just hope that guy isn't crazy." Then, she raised her head and suddenly shouted, "Everyone, charge with me!" So he rushed out.
The battle line was still a bit dull, and everyone present understood what they were up againstβeven if they didn't hear what Ives said, the natives here had some way of seeing in the dark. So they all know what kind of despair they are facing. They all seem to have come to their senses - to face an endless wave of monsters, and finally die at the hands of these guys. They were all ready. But at this time, the figure that suddenly charged at the monster was really engraved into their minds.
They only felt that what they had abandoned was beckoning to them again. Courage, tenacity, charge, kill. They thought they had put all these beliefs aside, they thought they only needed a piece of carrion to kill anyone, they thought they might die in some unknown corner.
But now they see that they are wrong.
It turns out that they have so many ......
"Charge!" A man stood up, he shouted so loudly, followed by a second, and then a third...... Then, the human professions formed a tidal wave, heading towards the darkness.
At this time, old George puffed out the cigarette in his mouth.
"What a fool."
Then he drew his crossbow.
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Who told me to burst my liver?? I really tried my best, my liver has exploded, and I only wrote so much, it's not too much to ask for a collection......
I'll mention it later.,When the time comes, I'll turn one chapter into 2ooo words.,Update 2 chapters a day.,Give me some time to brew feelings.γ
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