Chapter 152: Xenomorph
Not counting the cursed crows, the three people present still had the impression of Heather as the Valkyrie who appeared in the camp of Sweetwater with a small team of Hammer Knights and was invincible. No matter how difficult the battle against the nezumi in the Saron Territory was, Heather never showed any signs of cowardice. This Hammer Rose has a strong appeal in the hearts of several people, and even if he loses his previous emotions, Jack has to admit when he looks back on his memories that even if he has turned into a wolfwalker, Heather's image still looks extremely powerful.
But such a knight is now being chased by a dozen rat people like a lost dog. After getting closer, several people could clearly see that Heather was only wearing a leather armor at this time, and the leather armor was still seriously damaged, obviously having experienced fierce battles. Even the knightess's face was stained with blood and stains, and Heather's skills allowed her to end up like this, so you can imagine how terrifying the enemy was.
"It's crazy that people who helped us now need our help. Jack whispered as wolf-like hair began to grow on his body at a breakneck rate.
"Looks like you know these people. Then you will have to introduce me to each other. Naturally, the Curse Crow could tell from the expressions of the other people that it was not the first time they had seen Heather, and since he had decided to save these knights, the Spellcaster would not stand idly by. In fact, the Crow was also very unhappy about what was happening in the Iron Keep, and for spellcasters like him and Cheese, there were definitely a lot of things in this world that could make them embarrassed, but those things shouldn't be here.
"If there is a chance. Mona said, drawing her broadsword, and in this terrain against an enemy with a numerical advantage, the tomahawk was a little less flexible.
By the time a few people were preparing, Heather and the others were already very close. Obviously, the three knights also noticed the group of people who suddenly appeared on the side of the road, and their spirits were extremely tired at this time, and even their vision was already very blurred. So in such a situation, Heather naturally couldn't recognize the person on the side of the road as the Frost Guard who was following Cheese. But perhaps it was because of the duties of the knights of the Greylion Kingdom, although there was no way to distinguish the identities of Elsa and the others, the female knight chief still shouted in a hoarse voice.
"Run!"
"Run? That's not going to work. Cheese once said that he saved you once, and if we were here to watch the man he rescued die easily, there would be no way to go back and explain to him. Jack growled and charged at Heather and them. As he rushed forward, he could see that his legs were no longer human, and his fingers were growing sharp claws.
"You know, I still miss the monkey before, he wasn't that crazy back then. With both blades in hand, the proprietress complained to Mona. She can't rush forward recklessly like the Wolfwalker, and it is her and the female warrior's task to protect the caster in the rear rather than killing the enemy in battle.
"Really, I think he's much better than the one who only knew how to shoot arrows from behind. "As for how strong Jack is in the form of a wolf, several people have a deep understanding of the Iron Castle when they were already in the Iron Castle. It is no exaggeration to say that the dozen or so nezumi did not need their intervention at all, and Jack alone could clean them up. Although they joined the battle at this time in order to end the battle as soon as possible, Mona and the others were not too nervous. After all, after seeing the army of rat people crowding the rooftops and streets of the Iron Fort, it was really hard to be frightened to see these poor rat people in small numbers.
"Ladies, while it's a bit inappropriate to interrupt your conversation, I'd like to say that there's something wrong with those nezumi. "Cursed Raven has a magical vision similar to that of Cheese, and from his vantage point, he can see that the appearance of the dozen nezumi is slightly different from the enemies he encountered in the Iron Keep.
And just as the sorcerer had said this, Heather and their horses galloped past the three of them. The chief knight seemed to be puzzled as to why the men had not fled after hearing the warning, and she immediately looked back at the men, and although her vision was blurred, the gray robe on the crow's body, which was the same as that of the cheese, made her suddenly realize something.
"Be careful! those nezumi are mutants!" Heather warned with the strength she had, and was led away from the front lines of the encounter by her own mount.
"Mutants? That's kind of interesting, let's see what these guys are capable of. As a spellcaster who is proficient in curse science, he also has his own understanding of the nezumi plague, just like cheese, and has a deep curiosity about this terrible disease. He wondered what power this curse-like magical plague could give them other than turning them into half-rat monsters.
And Jack, who has already been at war with the nezumi who rushed to the front, has a more real feeling for the anomalies of these nezumen. The Wolfwalkers were surrounded by four or five nezumen, except for the paw that slapped an ignorant nezumi away during the initial onslaught. Jack didn't care about such a scene, with his strengthened flesh and immunity to the plague, even if the wolfwalker stood still, it would take a while for these nezumi to really hurt him. However, although he was not afraid of the opponent's attack, Jack soon found that his attack was difficult to hit the opponent, and the speed of these rat men was somewhat too fast.
"They're fast!" the wolfwalker shouted, his claws swinging again in vain.
Except for the nezumi who surrounded Jack, the remaining enemies naturally did not give up chasing Heather and them, so it was only natural that they faced Mona and Elsa, who had already set up a position. These nezumi have agility that even werewolves can't match, and it stands to reason that it would be difficult for two people who are still at the human level to cause damage to them, but the truth is that when those nezumi confidently dodge the blades of female warriors, they are surprised to find that their bodies are as heavy as lead.
"Hey, hey, don't worry, they can't run fast. Curse Crow Yin said with a smile, after the spell master knew the advantages of the other party, he could naturally make very targeted responses.
However, things didn't seem to be as simple as they seemed, and the rats who noticed that their bodies were affected by the curse quickly changed their tactics, and they slammed into Mona and Elsa's weapons as if they wanted to die. And the proprietress naturally didn't let them go, the sharp blade separated the flesh like cutting tofu, and green viscous blood splattered out of the rat man's wound.
As warriors who have fought a lot of nezumi, Mona and the others quickly realized that the color of the blood of these nezumi did not seem to be quite right, and the blood of these mutant nezumi seemed to be too dark compared to the blood of their own kind. And then, with the strange sound of "hiss" from the blood of the rat people splashed on the ground, the proprietress also realized that in addition to carrying the plague, the blood of these guys is also very corrosive!
"Damn!" kicked away the nezumi who flew up, and the female warrior found that her blade had been corrupted by the nezumi's blood for some time. And judging by the sound of kicks coming from the other side, Elsa's situation is not much better than hers. The mutants traded the lives of about four of their fellow citizens for the power of the weapons in Mona's hands.
"Hmph!" waving his hand with the ring, the wind descended on the forest once again in obedience to the will of the crow, but this time the spell was obviously much less effective than the one he used it in the Iron Keep. There wasn't enough dust in the vegetated land to catch the eyes of the enemy, and the crow's spell only gave Mona and the others time to retreat back in front of the magician.
But in the end, it was just a stopgap measure, and the loss of weapons basically cost half of the warrior's life, and the female warrior and the proprietress looked at each other with the sword blade that only had peace of mind, and they now knew why these nezumi people could make Heather run so badly.