Chapter 60: The Fog
The seemingly thick clouds and mist, once approached, could not be dissolved as when viewed from a distance, and everything within twenty or thirty meters could be seen. Twenty or thirty meters away, it was a little blurry, and after a hundred meters, the line of sight was completely swallowed up by the dense fog.
After confirming the location, Renault said softly: "We are starting to enter the shadow area around the center, everyone be careful. ”
The silence and ubiquitous fog shrouded the desert, and without Renault's reminder, the four of them inadvertently felt a chill and goosebumps popped up when they stepped into this unknown area. The warm sunlight could not penetrate the thick fog floating above and bring warmth to this unknown area, but it did not drop to the point of chilling. But everyone understood that it was a chill from the heart, a warning from the sixth sense.
In the face of the unknown, human beings' instinctive fear slows down their constant pace. At this time, Renault did not hesitate to bypass Jin Hongming and stand at the front of the team. Now the leader is more important than the queen, and at the same time more dangerous. When Renault's not-so-tall figure walked in front, the depression in the hearts of the four suddenly alleviated by half, and they suddenly found that the figure of the original captain was taller and more majestic than the giant sea tiger.
The crowd followed Renault and walked towards the thicker clouds, when suddenly Renault stopped moving, and the others nervously stopped all movements, like clowns frozen in television. Because they were facing backs, they couldn't see Renault's expression, but from the boss's cautious actions alone, the four of them smelled the breath of crisis.
"Listen!" Reynolds's voice was soft, but it was exceptionally clear in the silent fog. The four of them pricked up their ears at the same time, and could not catch any sound, except for the sound of wind and sand blowing at that time.
"That's not right!" The sea tiger was the first to notice that something was wrong, and suddenly shouted loudly, and the sudden sound frightened the three people who were listening.
At this time, they also felt that the atmosphere was becoming more and more tense and frightened. Even though it was broad daylight, the three of them involuntarily leaned close together in search of security. But no matter how many cowards gathered, they couldn't change the atmosphere of terror, only by leaning on the sea tiger and Renault, especially Renault, this young man who seemed to be only in his twenties had magical powers, and every step closer could wipe away a bit of fear in his heart.
Of course, they can also turn around and run away, but fear makes them lose their sense of direction, and in the fog, it is even easier to flee in the wrong direction. In addition, the little attachment to friendship left in the hearts of the three of them made their bodies full of fear, and gave birth to a courage to continue walking.
Finally, Jin Hongming and the others heard a strange sound, the trembling sound came from far and near, and the source of the sound came from the depths of the fog that could not be seen, and it was vague at first, but as time went by, the sound became clearer and clearer. It was the characteristic trembling sound of the desert red scorpion, a slight vibration sound produced by the eight knotted feet when they rubbed against the fine sand when they moved quickly. One can imagine how many desert red scorpions there will be!
The friction sound persists, even if it does not change the fundamental frequency of the sound over time. I had never heard such a neat and orderly voice, it was like an army of hundreds walking slowly.
When the continuous sound turned into deafening, the five people finally saw clearly the true appearance of the Lushan Mountain that faintly disappeared from the misty black shadow - the desert red scorpion, thousands of desert red scorpions lined up, like the tide of the ocean rolling towards the lonely five.
Jin Hongming and Zhan Mu trembled with fear from the terrifying formation, and Ge Lan was a little better than them, but he was also controlled by fear. The sea tiger has the highest level and strong strength, and finally he is not physically frightened by the formation, but the cold sweat that flows has soaked the entire set of leather armor.
Only Renault kept a cool head, and he shouted: "Retreat!" Everyone woke up like a dream, and they all pulled out their legs and ran in the direction they came.
But entering the fog, several people's sense of direction is almost completely lost, if it weren't for the fact that Renault, who was in charge of the broken rear, corrected their escape route from time to time, everyone who was fascinated by fear would not be able to escape even within a short range of 100 meters.
The first to escape from the fog was Ge Lan, followed by Jin Hongming, the shield warrior wearing plate armor followed Jin Hongming at a speed that did not fall into the wind, the two were only one step away, and the last to come out was Renault and the sea tiger in no particular order, at a critical time, the berserker finally suppressed his fear, and the captain of the broken back came out of the fog encirclement.
As soon as he left the strange fog and bathed in the sun, the horror that had been haunting just now disappeared in an instant. The crawling sound of the desert red scorpion gradually faded until it was silent, as silent as it had been before they came.
The frightened shield warrior sat on the sand, and the soft and delicate feeling loosened his tense nerves, and the whole person changed from sitting to lying down, directly lying on his back to the sky, and half sinking his heavy body into the desert.
Jin Hongming is better than the shield warrior, half sitting and half lying, the morning sun shines on the beads of sweat flowing all over his head, reflecting the crystal brilliance. Ge Lan clenched the spear with both hands, plunging deep into the sand, not removing a third of the spear's body, leaning forward, relying on the spear to support the center of gravity of his body, and this clogged chest was greedily breathing oxygen.
The sea tiger is quite normal, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he shivered: "Head...... Chief, this is safe...... Is it safe? ”
Renault still maintained that reserve, nodded and said, "There is no danger here, listen, the scorpion has receded." It seems that they can only attack players who are lost in the fog. Once out, they lose the target of their attack. ”
The sea tiger looked at the dense fog that was only a hand's hand, and at this distance, he couldn't see through any of the scenes hidden inside.
Renault stretched out his hand to brush the fog as thick as a cloud, but saw that once the fog in the palm of his hand was exposed to the sun, it disappeared in an instant. "This cloud can't seem to leave this area, as if it were an invisible barrier."
With the hammer on the ground, Jin Hongming gradually eased up, and slowly stood up and said, "Boss, let's leave early, it's too dangerous here." ”
Ge Lan chimed in: "The thought of being stared at by thousands of scorpion eyes makes me shiver, it's too scary. ”
I thought that Renault would immediately order to leave this place of right and wrong, but I saw that Renault was silent, these days after getting along, everyone knew that it was going to be bad, and the leader must have the idea of playing the fog again.
Seeing everyone's desperate eyes, Haihu had no choice but to step forward and persuade: "The number of scorpion swarms is really huge, not to mention our people, even the full strength of a medium-sized guild may not be able to fight with so many red scorpions." As long as they are touched by the scorpion swarm, anyone will only die. ”
"Nope." Renault said firmly. It's just a word, but for the four of them, it's like cold water poured on their faces, and the four of them look at the boss in a daze, not knowing what to say.
In the past, Haihu must have respected the boss's decision, but this time it was about everyone's life safety, and he finally said in a disobedient tone: "We can't defeat the scorpion group, and so do others, so there is no need to take risks to find out now." In the future, when our level increases to ignore the number of low-level monsters, it's not too late to strike. ”
Renault turned his head to look at the sea tiger in some surprise, and from the giant's eyes, he saw the fear hidden in the depths of his eyes.
He couldn't be blamed, Renaud told himself that anyone would be scared to see the sight of a flood of monsters. Only those who have undergone a more terrible test than this will be fearless, such as Renault, who successfully escaped purgatory mode.
Renault quickly pulled out a scroll, untied the ribbon tied to it, and crouched down to slowly unfold it. It was a magic scroll, a scroll glowing with multicolored magic, and the magical aura that oozes from the scroll from time to time makes those who are deeply afraid of death grasp at a life-saving straw. The sea tiger wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his thick right forearm, and exclaimed, "This is not the magic scroll of the Night Cat Guild?" Boss, you're going to use it......"
The Sea Tiger was the only one who had seen the magic activated by the enemy magician during the battle that day, so he knew better than the others how terrifying the magic contained in it was, and his confidence could not help but be boosted.
Renault said confidently: "With it, we should be able to break through the defense line of the scorpion swarm." ”
Only then did the remaining three people see clearly that the golden symbols on the magic scroll that sometimes beat formed a perfect magic array-lava giant summoning.
The people present didn't know much about summoning magic, but from the exquisite magic array and the overflowing energy, it could be seen that the level of "Lava Giant Summoning" was not ordinarily high. And Renault, who is familiar with the inside story, naturally understands the meaning of this one-time E-class charismatic quality scroll.
According to his deference, the Lava Giant is enough to instantly kill a level 20 melee player with good equipment at the moment of summoning, which is still a conservative estimate, otherwise Renault would not have given up on the level 25 rare bow and chose it.
After reading the magic instructions recorded on the scrolls, everyone regained some fighting spirit, and if the explanation was true, the lava giants could fully resist the attention of the scorpions. Renault clicked on the electronic map and explained the distance between the central core and the dense fog: "According to the reduced scale of the map, the clouds and fog blocking us are not very deep, only about 500 meters, as long as we are in one go, we will definitely be able to break through the defense line of the scorpion group." ”
Glenn agreed with Renault's statement, but he didn't understand the urgency of exploring the unknown, and asked bluntly: "We don't need to take such a big risk at all, theoretically the lava giants can destroy the scorpion swarm and buy us enough time, but even if we reach the central core of the map, what about it?" If there is nothing there, wouldn't we have run for nothing, and if someone was swallowed up by the scorpions, wouldn't we have lost our wife and broken our soldiers? ”
Renaud: "You're right to have concerns, but I have my insistence. It stands to reason that the design of the map is different, from the way of entry and exit, the size of the map, the single type of monsters, and the natural environment that is contrary to the desert itself, one can't help but wonder about Dr. Oberstein's original intention in designing it. And the fog in front of me confirmed my suspicions about the secret realm of the desert. My intuition tells me that as long as I break through the scorpion swarm, the mystery will be solved. And I don't think anyone else hasn't found out about the situation here, at least the Ice and Fire Madness Guild stationed in the secret realm should know about the existence of the mist. Their average level is around 25, and there are 20 of them. If we want to break through the defense line of the scorpion group safely, it will not be our turn. Now is our best opportunity, and if we miss it, we may regret it for the rest of our lives. After a pause, he said: "But this battle is different from the past, and my life is in danger at any time, and I can't take care of you as before, so the strategy of conquering the scorpion swarm is left to me alone, and everyone is here to wait for my triumph." ”