Chapter 215: Reef Land. Outpost battles on
When they saw in the distance that there was no smoke from the sunset, both Ye Qi and his party and Anwar who led the new Holy Knights sank, and when they came to the town that had long been in ruins, everyone was silent, and everything in front of them had already told them the most real side-
The houses in the town were destroyed by great force, and the foundations of the houses were shaken by complete brute force, and then the townspeople hastily pulled out their houses, and then the little evil fellows who were still waiting jumped on the bodies of the people, and threw all the townspeople who left their houses, or simply hit the knees, and then rushed up again.
Even after the burning fire, trails of dragged blood could still be seen on the ground, and in the traces of these bloodstains, broken nails abounded—in the struggle, ordinary townsfolk could not defend themselves against dark creatures they had never seen before, and they could only rely on their instincts to find a glimmer of life; It's a pity that such an instinctive struggle is too powerless, and in the distance, at the location of the original central square of the town, the big bell that summoned the townspeople has already fallen to the ground, and the cobblestone ground is all black traces of blood after it has dried up.
A corpse with a complete or incomplete corpse is placed on it like this, and each corpse has clear traces of being bitten, and some are simply split in two in the bite.
And that's what Yedge and the Anwar Knight saw when they entered the town.
"Ahhh Damn! ”
The big man stared at the pile of bones, roaring with reluctance and anger; Ava walked over slowly, removing the piles of bones one by one. In a relatively complete manner, they were all laid flat on the square of the town. The little man sneered a few more times. He stepped aside and picked up a somewhat broken shovel and began to dig.
Anwar fell to one knee, his sword in the ground, his hands on the hilt of the sword, his forehead pressed against the jaw of the sword, and he prayed in a low voice—Ye Qi and his party heard it very clearly, it was not "God Said", but another kind of prayer poem in praise of the sun. The tone is quaint, with a style of lyrics and songs, and those who can't hear it clearly only think it's a light hum.
Ye Qi put his left hand on the hilt of the Enma Knife, he looked at the corpses in front of him, according to the state of blood coagulation, it had been about three days since the town was attacked, and looking at the traces around him, these townspeople did not stop at first, but resisted, those shotguns that were empty of bullets. Broken pitchforks, sickles, etc. are all evidence, but. It is very clear how small and useless such a rebellion is in the face of their unknown creatures.
The rebellion lasted less than two minutes before the dark creatures disintegrated, and then, as they had seen, a 'blood feast' that the dark creatures loved the most began - this 'blood feast' had no other meaning, as literally as it sounded, a blood-themed feast, and the ingredients themselves were humans and their domestic animals.
I hope you still remember how happy you were at that time!
Because, only in this way, when my knife splits your body, will I feel more relieved!
Ye Qi turned around and walked to the side, and pulled out a map from the bag on Groening's back - this is a map that includes the small half-Fat plain of the Bay Area and the Great Plains of the Xia Lin District, mainly the Rapids Strait; The whole map is very well made, even the town at their feet is in it.
This is the edge of the plains of the Summerwoods......
It's about a day's journey from the reef heights that belong to the Riptide Channel......
In the face of a war that is about to break out, it is impossible for the creatures of darkness to hunt for a day!
So, they will inevitably build a nest around this town and act as a sentry!
Ye Qi's fingers began to move with the analysis in his mind, and then stopped at Reef Bay, the source of the Riptide Strait pouring inland.
Reef Bay, the angle between the Fat Plain of the Hailin District and the Great Plains of the Xialin District, the most intersecting place of the two territories; However, there is not much dispute here, as Reef Bay has no value other than a reef, especially since it faces the turbulent undercurrents and erratic waters of the Rapids Channel on the other.
Thus, before the Age of Freedom, it was a place of pirates, bandits, and bandits, and after being swept away by the Supreme Government Army, Reef Bay was no longer inhabited.
As for fishermen fishing?
Although the water within a few hundred yards of Reef Bay is relatively stable, once it is out of this range, it is the fate of the ship's destruction and death; So, there is no such thing as a local; They prefer to go to Saass Harbor in the Bay Area to make a living – after all, they prefer to have a more secure life in the face of the powerlessness of the sea.
However, compared to ordinary humans, the dark creatures have no problem here, and their stronger physique and various special abilities are enough to build a lair here - and, given the location of Reef Bay, it is a great way to build a lair, not only to give these dark creatures adrift on the endless sea a place to stay, but also to make a great sentry.
Anyone who wants to enter the Riptide Channel, whether they take the West Reef Heights (near the bay side) or the East Reef Heights (near the Summerforest side), is within view of Reef Bay.
Of course, more importantly, if you want to attack the town where Ye Qi is at the moment, this is the only place that is more suitable - at the speed of the dark creatures, if you set off from Reef Bay, you can see everything here in less than three hours; It takes less than six hours to get the 'delicious food' which is naturally a very tempting test for dark creatures.
And, obviously, such a temptation, they simply can't refuse!
"One hundred and thirty-two bones that can be found, all of them are buried!"
The little man, the big man, and Ava walked up to Ye Qi's side and said.
"Well, look here!"
Ye Qi nodded, gesturing to the reef bay where he had speculated that there might be a dark creature sentry; The little man took a look. After thinking for a moment. And said, "More than 80 percent likely." There will be a sentry of dark creatures here! ”
"Do you need me to scout?"
Ava asked.
"No!"
Ye Qi waved his hand, he pointed to the plain of the Xia Lin District behind him, and said, "The follow-up troops of the headquarters need someone to pick them up, they should not be too far away from us!" ”
"As for here...... I want to take a look! ”
Clicking on the reef bay on the map, Ye Qi shook the apostle's trench coat, turned over and jumped on Groening's back, and the whole person was suspended in the night sky.
"Datong. The rest is up to you! ”
"Zhilu Dao, Ye!"
Faced with the words coming down from the black night sky, the little man responded loudly, and then, Ye Qi's figure disappeared without a trace.
……
Groening, who did not ignite the fire of chaos, seemed to merge with the night sky in the black night sky, without any wind, but moved forward at a very fast speed - Groening in this state was not fast, but it was Ye Qi's request, for the sentry of the dark creatures that should be located in the reef bay. He didn't want the other party to find out anything in advance.
Of course, the death of these dark creatures is inevitable.
Responsibilities as a witcher. and the slaughter of an entire town, which has determined that those dark creatures must pay the price of death.
The plain area, which was originally unobstructed, entered the uneven and potholed reef area after Groening's flight for about ten minutes, and Ye Qi, with his superhuman vision, had already seen a high ground in front of him in this night - it was a cylindrical protrusion, not only dozens of yards higher than the surrounding terrain, but at the top of the column, it was also very wide, enough to stand dozens of people.
At this moment, standing there were several ogres in leather armor—about eight feet tall, with thick arms and upper body, but legs that were slightly short; However, compared to ordinary people, it is still stout; The rock-colored skin was covered with thick, dry mud, and if they were left in place, they would look as if they were real rocks.
Thick wooden sticks and flails appeared in the hands of these ogres, and rows of human skulls were wrapped around their waists like belts, and the dried mud kept turning into powder from the bodies of these ogres as they went; When a large chunk of mud falls, the ogres spit out a thick mouthful of saliva and stick it to their bodies again.
The tallest of them all burst out of his fanged mouth with swift and indistinguishable words, and then the other ogres shifted their bodies and looked around—apparently the tallest of beings was the leader of the night watch.
As for the language spoken by the other party?
That's a slang term that belongs to ogres; Unlike the vampires and werewolves who are always active on Lorante, who have their own language and are proficient in the lingua franca, most of the dark creatures have their own slang; And for such slang, Ye Qi can only understand a small part of it; And this was the result of his hard work that year when he became a probationary apostle; Replaced by an ordinary witcher, it's basically a black eye.
The previous leader of the ogre said words such as 'vigilance' and 'no laziness', and those ordinary ogres also listened to their leader's words very much, and immediately began to investigate at the top of this reef bay - compared to ordinary humans' powerlessness in the dark, most of the dark creatures have a pair of eyes that can see through the night, on the contrary, when in the sun, the dark creatures are a little uncomfortable.
Take the ogres in front of you, they are full of vitality in the dark night, and although they are not terminally ill in the sun, they are listless—the effect between positive and negative energy is vividly reflected in these dark creatures.
However, no matter how advantageous they were in the dark night, they still had only one result in the face of Ye Qi, who was coming from the sky: the knife fell from the hand, and the corpse was divided into two parts.
The five ogres, including the ogre leader, were already lying on the ground in the flickering of the Enma Blade; The green blood pooled together and emitted a thick fishy smell; Ye Qi held the Enma Knife in his right hand and trembled slightly; Immediately. The green liquid on it flew in all directions. Once again, the brightness of the Enma Blade's blade was restored.
Stand at the top of the column. Ye Qi rubbed the ground of the platform with his feet, and immediately felt the solidity in it—although it seemed to be tamped with soil, it was actually built with rocks as the foundation first, and it was built up piece by piece; Then the soil is poured into the soil, especially the rhizomes of some plants, which make the platform much stronger than it seems.
On the southern side, there is a soft ladder made of ropes, which descends vertically; At the end of the rope is a fully established camp - this one is next to the platform. Built on three sides, the same walls of rock and earth erected on the roots of plants, and with the effect of defense in mind, not only were the walls more than five feet thick, but also about ten yards high, and the sharpened logs were inserted in the outer direction, and the inside was still ropes, enough for most of the dark creatures to use to climb through them. Walk freely on top of the city walls.
Each section of the fence is more than 100 yards long, and it is backed by platforms. When the tripartite encirclement, it is a square with equal sides from a high place; From a distance, it didn't look like a camp at all, but a small earthen city—torches made of unknown animal fat, inserted into it, illuminated the walls very brightly, and tents made of apparently looted supplies from the previous town were hunting in the night wind.
Ogre and red hats are the main ......
Ye Qi glanced at the camp below, checking the patrols and the presence in and out of the tent, and soon came to the conclusion that the red hat, a small, dwarf-like evil creature; They are called red hats because they habitually smear human blood on their hats and take pride in the scarlet color on their hats.
Although the red hat is short in stature, but the strength is not small, enough to compare to an adult, and they are very good at using crossbow arrows and chain balls and other long-range attack weapons, especially the latter, which is completely composed of a pure iron ball the size of a melon and a two-foot-long chain, the red hat will quickly rotate when using its attack, and then fly out of his hand, if an ordinary person is hit, it is basically a broken bone and tendon, and if it is a vital part, then there is no other result except death.
'Never doubt the accuracy of the Red Hats, they are natural snipers!' ’
It's a ubiquitous word in the library of the Tower of Wisdom at the Witcher's headquarters, on books about dark creatures—and the most important reason it's visible is its authenticity and warning of its existence.
And after seeing the red hat, Ye Qi made it his main target - compared to the intelligent ogre, the red hat is undoubtedly more alarming, and of course, there are a few human-faced birds that seem to be asleep not far away.
Human-faced birds, dark creatures with heads that resemble human faces, they have the ability to fly and some simple onomatopoeia, but they are more cruel and evil than most birds; Taking advantage of their innate strengths, what they are best at is staying on the edge of a cliff on a foggy morning, shouting for help, and then pushing the attracted humans off the cliff and eating the corpses; Or, after being recognized, attack climbers and travelers in droves - and the existence of such a plan is enough to prove that the wisdom of the human-faced bird is not under those red hats.
Especially at this time, these face birds are undoubtedly responsible for the task of communication!
You can't let one go!
Almost immediately, Ye Qi made this decision - this small earthen city and platform, which was well built, would undoubtedly be a pity if destroyed, and as an outpost against dark creatures, it was obviously a very good decision.
Just as you will be noticed from the Fart Plains of the Bay Area and the Great Plains of the Summer Forest District, you will also be within sight of the Reef Bay if you enter and exit from the Reef Heights.
Therefore, when Ye Qi jumped from a high altitude, the gray knife wind, the first target was those human-faced birds; And these seemingly sleeping human-faced birds were all alert in the moment before the sword wind came to their bodies, but it was a little too late-
Poof, poof......
It resembles a human face, but the back of the head is even narrower, like the head of a vulture, and it is separated from its original body and falls into the dust.
Although the human-faced bird did not even make a miserable cry, such a movement was enough to alarm all the dark creatures in the entire earth city; And the first to rush up were the Elkai who had a lower IQ than the ogre.
Elmon: Half-human, half-beast, covered in hair, with the tusks of a wild boar, claws and teeth as hard as steel, and eyes like two flames, usually living in swamps, and preferring newborn babies and young life; One is considered to be a close relative of the ogre - although there is no clear certainty, there is always a figure of Elmonster in the ogre, and in a large group of Elmon, the only ogre is definitely the leader.
These monsters, with bloodthirsty roars, rushed towards Ye Qi who appeared in the earth city on all fours like wolves, the red eyes like two flames, at this time, as if they were really burning, and the wild boar-like fangs suddenly increased by a few points, pointing directly at Ye Qi.
Boom!
Under the night sky, a sword that was brighter than the torches and candles in the earth city flashed by.
PS The first update ~ a little late, everyone's forgiveness ~ (to be continued......)