Chapter 19: Gossip on the Road
Zhendina felt that she had stepped on something slippery under her feet, looked down, and saw a black thing under her feet, which was soft and soft, as if she had stepped on some liquid, and spread out around with a thud - this was a very disgusting sound, and the touch under her feet also made Zhendina feel very disgusting.
"It's disgusting. Zhendina moved her foot away, and the black, larvae-like thing had flattened, and there was a ring of yellowish juice splashing around her body, and it looked like there was nothing to describe the present picture except disgusting. "It's disgusting. β
"It doesn't seem to be toxic, and that's the only good news. Jessica, who was behind Gendina, said, and then her eyes fell on Gendina's boots, "It may be slightly corrosive, you will have to take care of your shoes after you go out." β
"I don't think so. "These boots were made for me by that guy, and I don't know what kind of animal skin they used, but they're quite sturdy...... She also kindly roasted me, and the surface looked soft, and the usual chopping thorns and corrosive liquids should not be effective. β
Jessica knew who Gendina was talking about, "Lulunaka can make shoes." β
"I don't know if she actually knows how to make shoes. "But when she baked these boots, she took them with me...... Haha, it's funny. β
Although Zhendina was laughing, Jessica couldn't laugh at such black humor, and a wry smile appeared on her face - a child telling black jokes is definitely not something to be happy about.
Junia walked in front of Gendina and remained silent, wary of her surroundings. The three of them left the hall and were walking down a slender hallway. The hallway allowed two people to walk side by side, and their formation just happened to sandwich the Gendina in the middle. There were no creatures in this eerie and clammy place that jumped out to stop them in their tracksβif you didn't count the bugs on the ground. The insects that Zhendina stepped on were not just one, these blackened larvae had a layer of carapace on their bodies that were very tactile to step on, and they would not be easily crushed, but the body under the carapace of these larvae was not the case. These larvae, the size of the paws of a child like Jendina, can easily be trampled on, leaving the ground even dirtier and dirtier, leaving only a shriveled carapace body.
In this corridor, there were no other living creatures, except this larva, crawling everywhere, whether it was on the floor, on the walls, or even on the ceiling overhead, these things were wriggling in considerable numbers. If Zentina's lantern shines upwards, you can see that the ceiling is almost crawling with larvae, but they don't fall easily. If the pile of larvae on top of the head falls in large numbers...... For women like Gendina and Jessica, mental hygiene and health may not be easy to maintain.
"What the hell are these bugs going on. Jessica said, she didn't want to look up at the disgusting image above her head, but it would be remiss to be a vigilant guard not to pay attention to what was going on around her, and her sense of duty as a knight didn't allow her to show feminine weakness, if she still had. At this point, she began to miss the fire-breathing equipment that Lulunaka had used when she was outside the manor. The weapon that spews flames similar to the breath of a dragon may seem unsettling, but if used in such a place, it must have worked wonders. If you can burn all these disgusting bugs...... Jessica felt a lot more comfortable just thinking about that image. Bugs are disgusting creatures, but if you can burn them all with flames, the pleasure is proportional to the feeling of disgust. The pleasure of something disgusting being burned out...... This feeling is there.
Jendina seemed to have the same idea as Jessica, "If only you could burn these bugs......" she muttered to herself, catching Jessica's attention, "You don't have that equipment...... Uh, is it a weapon, or is it a prop?"
"It's explosives. "I don't need that kind of thing, and I don't recommend using it, I'll burn my hands." I've seen the scale of that thing when it exploded. At that, Jindina's body trembled, "That's why the perverted old woman will come out of the flames of the explosion with a smile." β
Jessica had a hard time telling the truth, and Dina's description of Lulunaka was put on the girl who was often smiling...... It may be inappropriate to say that she is a girl, at least in the manor, she behaves more like a crazy and unconscious weirdo than a normal girl.
"And then, the guy said that if this kind of thing was produced for every ordinary person, then the war would go in the best direction. Gendina continued. Thinking of the power of that fire-breathing equipment, Jessica frowned, "Will that make the war go in a better direction......" Jessica could only think that if a certain country obtained the design drawings of this weapon and mass-produced it, then it would indeed tilt the tide of the war in their favor and win more easily. Although the influence of powerful warriors and mages is also taken into account on the battlefield, the results are obvious when the soldiers of one side can use powerful weapons while the soldiers of the other side can only use cold pieces of iron.
Jessica said what she thought, and Zhendina blinked, shook her head, and said, "It's completely different from what she said...... She said that if it were used in war, it would be more painful than swords and slings and cannons, both for the user and for the victim. The sight of a creature being burned and struggling on the ground would be torture for anyone in their right mind. And then the people who use this weapon, because they burned everything, they got nothing, and the war without benefits could not last, and then ...... And then there's another reason why I feel disgusting. Speaking of this, a look of disgust appeared on Zhendina's face, "She said that if enough people have died, no one will want to continue the war anymore, and her equipment can easily make people die." β
Zhendina recounted what Lulunaka had said to her, and these words, no matter how they sounded, sounded like the imagination of a madman, and it was very crazy. If she hadn't seen the power of that weapon, Jessica probably wouldn't have taken it seriously...... But she'd seen how terrible that thing was. To the average soldier, the flame that melts all the iron is the same as the breath of a dragon. And the armor on their bodies, even if they are wearing thick full-body plate armor, the people inside are probably cooked.
Zhendina noticed that Jessica's face was a little bad, and touched her head, "But there shouldn't be any need to worry, that thing uses very expensive raw materials, and it's not stable at all, I think it's very far from the level that normal people can use." β
"That doesn't mean it won't be in a country. "She has the time, and if she still has the interest, then she'll find a way to make something cheap and mass-produced." β
"If she's still interested, I think most of the time she won't be able to do it at some point. Zhendina said. Junia and Gendina talk as if they were familiar with Lulunaka, which makes Jessica even more curious about the mysterious Lulunaka.
Before they knew it, the three of them had come to the end of the corridor and entered another dimension.