Chapter 25: The Stalker
Sifo had many shortcomings, but in all fairness, he was not a coward who was greedy for life and afraid of death, otherwise he would not have scattered his wealth after his companions disappeared and hired people to the place of death three times or twice.
Butler Mason is different from Elistin and Idria, he is just an ordinary old man. Perhaps Sifo knew in his heart that the old man's chances of surviving this encounter were almost zero, but he couldn't convince himself to back down at the last minute.
Now that he is here, no matter what, he has to see a result with his own eyes. Qin Lun's few words of understatement of persuasion only accelerated the speed at which he made up his mind.
After the group left, the almost rare clearing deep in the swamp calmed down again. Not long after they left, a slender figure seemed to emerge like a water mirror, and gradually condensed into shape.
"Oops, they actually went to the center of the swamp." The little girl who is the registrar of the mercenary union, Linda, suddenly appeared in place.
The little girl was no longer wearing the rustic black-rimmed glasses and dress, but had changed into an adventurer's costume, and her supple blonde hair was tied in a ponytail and dangled behind her head.
"What to do? If you follow up, you will be discovered by the teacher, and you will have to copy the book in Candle Castle for many years. Linda was not carrying a weapon, and her expression was a little depressed.
"Forget it, it's hard to get out of it, the opportunity to take risks doesn't come every year, and besides, isn't it time to go back to Candle Castle yet!" Soon the little girl stuck out her tongue and snickered happily when the weasel stole the hen. Knowing that the teacher was not beside him, he still shrank his head and shrank his head, tiptoeing around for a while, and his figure slowly disappeared into the air.
After the little girl Linda disappeared, the swamp clearing did not calm down for long, and a small black figure appeared out of thin air, as if he had never left.
The black shadow was wrapped in a black cloak, and only a pair of sparkling eyes appeared on the face covered by the black cloth. It's just that he seems to be quite old, with deep furrows on his forehead.
"Interesting, the strength of these people is a bit more than expected, and there is actually a dragon vein protecting them!" He raised his hand and touched the stubble under the veil, looking at the sea of fire that was still not extinguished on the water, and a fine light flashed in his eyes, "It seems that this bounty from Ambery Church is not easy to get!" ”
The dark shadow's voice was a little hoarse, and if it wasn't done on purpose, then the throat should have been injured. Looking at the image, he turned out to be the Amberi Church killer who had seen Qin Lun in the mercenary union.
Obviously, he didn't think that Qin Lun was not suspicious at the beginning, as he said, but kept following them and observing them.
When he arrived at the Dragonfly's Lair, Rand revealed his signature lava skills, which allowed him to truly confirm that there were indeed bounties in this team that attacked Ambory's church.
Qin Lun's induction along the way was not wrong, but it was difficult for anyone to imagine that there would be so many tails behind the team. Except for Mastacia, who deliberately revealed his aura, the latter two were much more careful.
Even on the periphery of the Land of the Dead, Qin Lun and the thief Lago, they could only faintly perceive it. As the team entered the depths of the swamp, they became even less aware of the two men behind them.
The Assassins of the Ambori Church quickly followed, but were much more cautious in their actions. After all, this is already the center of the Death Swamp, and even if he follows the crowd, he must be careful of the dangers that lurk around him.
After the Assassins left, the place was calm again, but before he knew it, the fog that filled the water was much thicker. The mist seemed to have a consciousness of its own, like a thick quilt pressing down heavily on the sea of fire on the water.
As if encountering a natural predator, the sea of fire suddenly soared high, dispersing a small part of the mist, but it soon became weak and was pressed back to the surface by the tumbling mist. Finally, with a "poof", all the fire sources were extinguished at the same time.
After the mist crushed the fire, it merged into the lake, and a large blurred human face slowly appeared on the surface of the water.
The human face was expressionless, and he slowly opened his mouth and inhaled, and the water flow surged towards the human face with the water binding spirits gathered around him. Dozens of Waterbound Spirits were swallowed by it and disappeared without a trace. The other waterbound spirits fled in panic, far out of the range of their faces.
After swallowing dozens of waterbound spirits, the human face seemed to be satisfied, and it burped anthropomorphically, spat out a large number of blisters from its mouth, and slowly disappeared into the water. The weirdness of the Land of the Dead is obviously far more strange than anyone imagined, and it is easy for powerful people with strong self-confidence to ignore certain truths.
If the Land of the Dead is really only a little dangerous, just a few legendary creatures that inhabit it, then why is it that the legendary pirate Bodian has been the only one to cross this place throughout the ages.
Of course, Qin Lun and the others didn't know that the swamp clearing where they slept last night would be so terrifying, and even if they understood it now, they probably wouldn't be able to take care of it, because they had already encountered another threat.
"Run, let's get to the back!" Rick dragged Winnie away, looking back at the back from time to time, a complicated look in his eyes.
"Captain, let me go, let's help him deal with that monster together!" Winnie struggled and cried out, a glimmer of tears in her eyes.
"You are a mage, you can only play if you distance yourself!" Hill in front of him looked back and smiled, "He's okay now, it's not too late for you to thank him later." ”
A minute ago, everyone who left the camp was a little absent-minded as they were thinking about their next adventure. And when they passed by a small lake again, the accident befell at lightning speed.
A long, agile and slender rope bursts through the mist and shoots from underwater, targeting the mage Winnie, who is walking in the middle of the group.
In the face of a surprise attack, Vinnie's reaction was limited to raising her staff and putting a magic shield on herself, her slender waist wrapped around the long rope. Immediately afterward, the body soared into the air and fell towards the lake. This time, her companions in front of her and behind her didn't have time to hold her, and could only watch her soar away.
Fortunately, Winnie was flanked by Hill and Qin Lun. The minds of the two killers were more pure, and they didn't have as many associations as the others did about the adventures they were about to take in the heart of the swamp.
For the first time since Hill was promoted to the second order, a purple-black light shot out of his hand like a laser, penetrating the layers of water and hitting the monster hidden underwater.
Just as Hill hit the monster, a dull scream rang out in everyone's ears. Even across the lake, the sound was still loud and grand, as if someone had ringed a bronze bell in their ears.
Under the pain of the underwater monster, the long rope-like object also loosened in time, and with a "whoosh", it retracted underwater.
At this time, Qin Lun happened to arrive, hovering in the air, and without waiting for Winnie to fall, he took her arm and threw her to Rick at the water's edge.
Even if the two killer demons didn't communicate any way, this cooperation was still seamless, as if they had already arranged this qiē before they made the move. It's just that in this way, Qin Lun himself is in danger, and the monster that eats pain roars again, and the long rope-like object bursts out like a spear, and actually wants to penetrate Qin Lun directly.
However, the monster's movements were too loud, and Qin Lun used the stepping of the pentagram crystal mirror to avoid the attack and return to the shore.
This monster is obviously the overlord of this area, and it has suffered a big loss, of course it refuses to give up, and the smart long rope-like object has been attacking Qin Lun like a whip, and the current situation has been formed.
At this time, Lago and Mastasia, who were exploring the path ahead, also ran over, and their faces changed greatly when they saw this scene.
"What is this? Some kind of big snake? Sifo let go now, and turned curiously to ask the Highland Elves.
"No, we'll talk about it later!" After Mastasha saw the long rope that attacked Qin Lun, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he shouted at Qin Lun in front of him, "Run, don't entangle with it, by the way, don't attack ......"
Qin Lun dodged the flexible long rope in a wolf manner, relying on his excellent eyesight, he had already seen clearly that this thing was not a snake, but a red strip of meat. Looking at the bumpy buds on top and the bifurcated tops, it looks a bit like some kind of ...... Tongue!
When Mastasia shouted, he was being forced to fire a little by this tongue, and his eyes flashed, and the World Tree longbow in his hand shook violently, transforming into "Frost of the Wind Chaser", and slashed at this flesh rope with a fierce knife.
To his surprise, with the sharpness of a legendary weapon, he couldn't cut this flesh cord. Under the splash of blood, the meat rope only broke a big hole.
However, the Frost of the Wind is a legendary weapon after all, and it's not just as sharp as being sharp. The Soul Frost Elf inside the sword erupted greatly, and where the blade of the sword reached, the meat rope was covered with a layer of white ice crystals, and it shattered under Qin Lun's brute force, and the meat rope was obviously missing a large piece.
"Woo~~" The monster under the water whimpered and pulled back the meat rope like lightning.
"What?" At this time, Qin Lun finally had time to respond to Mastasya.
"Don't attack it...... Tongue! Mastasia's face visibly collapsed, and his oil-painted face showed a look of mourning, "And ...... Run! ”
After speaking, the highland elf seemed to be on fire, turned around and ran towards the depths of the swamp.
"Huh?" Everyone was obviously stunned, of course they knew that this monster was not easy to mess with, but the monster was in the water, and they were on the shore!
"Boom!" As if in response to everyone's confusion, the lake that shoots out its long tongue suddenly bursts open.
The lake poured down like a torrential rain, and a huge black shadow appeared above everyone's heads, and the behemoth at the bottom of the water jumped into the air at once, falling towards everyone like Mount Tai.
"Amphibious wild bulls, they will go ashore!" The Highland Elves screamed without looking back, and ran more and more cheerfully.