Chapter 22: The Water Spirit
Since the dragon fly nest was a dangerous place, Qin Lun and his party of seven people discharged the battle formation.
At the front are Largo the Thieves and Mastasia, however, Mastasia is only responsible for guiding the way, and Lago is the fastest and is responsible for finding the way. Behind them are Hill and Seaver, who have certain healing and support abilities to rescue thieves in distress if necessary.
Behind them are the two ranged attackers, the female mage Winnie and Qin Lun, who are the main exporters of the team. At the back is Rick, the heavily armored knight, and if it really alarms the dragonfly nest, he needs to be broken.
When Winnie was in distress, it was Qin Lun who was not far behind her.
"Wind Walk!" Qin Lun's expression sank, the rescue action barely passed through his mind, he rushed forward like a whirlwind, reached out and grabbed Winnie's wrist, and pulled it back.
"It's so heavy!" However, Qin Lun's face immediately showed a hint of surprise, with his current explosive power attribute, he actually failed to pull Winnie. The female mage slipped under the water with one foot, her entire body tilting almost at a 45-degree angle facing the lake.
"Whoosh~~" What surprised Qin Lun even more was still to come, and he soon realized that he was dragged by Winnie and slid towards the lake.
"Ahh Winnie, who had been unusually calm just a moment ago, suddenly exclaimed loudly.
"How is that possible? This woman is an elephant, how much does it weigh...... Well? Something in the water? After all, Qin Lun had a flexible brain, and quickly guessed the truth, and a yin-yang fish pattern appeared in his left eye, looking towards the water of the lake.
"What is this?" At a glance, Qin Lun raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but be surprised.
The image from gazing at the aura will always be black and white, but it's enough for the weird things that appear in the swampy lake.
Winnie slipped into her slender calf underwater, a pair of transparent arms clutching her wrists. Looking along this pair of transparent arms, Qin Lun was now a young woman.
Her head floated in the water, her feet were barefoot, she was wearing a tattered dress, and her beautiful breasts were half-naked outside the collar. Of course, like her transparent arms, this qiē is transparent. The silk and dress that floated with the current made her look like a humanoid jellyfish.
If this is the only thing, it may not be able to scare Winnie, who is a mercenary. But the face of this underwater woman was terrible, there was no blood, no wounds, but the face like a plastic mask had a pair of transparent pupils without color, staring at the female mage face to face.
Winnie felt like she was about to suffocate, and the mage swore she wasn't afraid of ghosts. But this transparent woman stared at her, a trace of chill from her ankles, and the mirrors in her mind that had long been forgotten by herself, but she fell into the ice cave, and she just wanted to escape far away.
Qin Lun, who was standing behind Vinnie, saw more, staring at the aura and not only seeing this underwater ghost, but also observing that other ghosts emerged from the bottom of the banyan tree's underwater air roots, slowly surrounding them, and the number was so large that Qin Lun's scalp was numb for a while.
"Come up!" Qin Lun felt a strong force coming from his left arm, and Rick, who was in charge of the broken back behind him, arrived, and the two of them worked together to finally pull Winnie back from the water's edge.
I don't know if it's an illusion, the moment Winnie's calf left the water, Qin Lun seemed to vaguely hear a trace of unwilling sigh.
"Winnie!" Largo and Mastasia, who were scouting ahead, heard the female mage's screams, but by the time they arrived, the danger had been temporarily lifted.
"What's that?" Qin Lun looked at the female mage who was still in shock, and told the highland elves about the underwater ghost he had just encountered.
"It's the Water Binding Spirit, didn't you inquire about the most famous danger here before you came to the Land of the Dead?" Mastasia's expression was very strange, she didn't expect that these people hadn't even inquired about the Water Bound Spirits in the Land of the Dead, otherwise she would have warned them a long time ago.
"Ahem, we're out urgently!" Qin Lun snorted a little embarrassed, as soon as the blood-piercing trio found them, the team set off directly, he originally thought that the mercenaries would be a little more familiar with this place.
"What is a Water Bond? A type of ghost? Lago asked, curious.
"No, ghosts are undead creatures, and the core is soul fire. Seriously, the high-level undead already belong to the intelligent race. "But the waterbinders are different, they don't have soul fires, they are just a living consciousness with special emotions, and they are affected by the environment of the land of death, and finally become like this. ”
"You all know that the Land of the Dead was an ancient battlefield in ancient times, right?" Mastasha continued, "There are countless people who have died here, and although they have not become undead, there are so many of them that they have formed a strange aura effect, allowing the deceased to leave behind the most unforgettable fragments of memory
After the Land of the Dead turned into a swamp, these fragments of memories were integrated into all the swamp lakes. Legend has it that every banyan tree in the Land of the Dead, under every air root, binds a waterbound spirit. If it weren't for the fact that most of the Water Bound Spirits couldn't leave the water, I'm afraid that the shores of Sword Bay would suffer an unparalleled catastrophe. ”
"There's one underneath every air root?!" Everyone looked at the thick air roots that were exposed to the water, and couldn't help but gasp.
Most of the banyan trees in the Death Swamp are huge, each with at least a few hundred aerial roots buried underwater. Although it is not as lush as an ordinary forest, it covers a huge area, not to mention thousands of banyan trees.
In this conversion, the number of waterbound spirits is terrifying, almost equivalent to the entire population of a medium-sized country.
"Hey, Winnie, it's just something that looks like a ghost, you don't need to be so scared, do you?" Largo dangled her palm in front of the dazed female mage, hoping that she would cheer up.
"Don't bother her, the Water Binding Spirit has a different spiritual deterrent to all living beings, and it is said that their eyes can reflect the deepest fears of the other person." Mastasha pulled the thief away and whispered, "No one knows what she's seen, and it won't be the Waterbinder itself. ”
"It's terrifying!" Ragogan laughed twice, grunted and walked away.
"Hey, guys, I said if it's time for us to leave, there's going to be movement over there!" Just as everyone was discussing softly, Sifer's weak words rang out in due time.
"Dragonflies! Damn, I forgot about them. When Rick looked back, his face changed drastically, and he cursed to himself, and quickly motioned for everyone to leave quickly.
Because of Winnie's previous scream, the dragonfly nest, which was only a few dozen meters away from them, was still alarmed. Although the movement caused by the crowd was not too big, there were still more than a dozen dragon flies moving outside the dragonfly nest coming this way.
"We're too close to the Dragonfly Nest to fight here. Everyone protect themselves, and after opening up the distance from the dragonfly nest, we will deal with these tails. Still, Mastasia picked up Winnie with one hand and dragged her forward.
"You're protecting Ciel!" Qin Lun gestured to Rand, then pulled Sifo beside him and followed Mastasia.
The magic profession can't use magic at this time, so it's a little more cumbersome. Only Rick hung far behind, as a target to attract dragon flies, and he was fully armed anyway, and it wouldn't hurt if he was stung a few times.
Everyone suddenly sped up, which also attracted the attention of the dragon fly. These large insect monsters are very agile in their movements, but they are not fast in flight. Despite this, the distance between them and them quickly shortened over time, and Rick, who was hanging from the back, was surrounded by several dragon flies.
As soon as the knight was surrounded, the helmeted head was stung several times in succession. It's a pity that although the tail needle of the dragon fly is very sharp, there is no good way to take this iron can.
In order not to alarm the large swarm of dragonflies on the other side of the lair, Rick did not dare to fight back. Just wave your arms continuously in front of you to avoid obstructing your view. However, his companions, who had been paying attention to him in the front, could still observe Rick's running, which slowed down to a noticeable degree, presumably under the influence of the dragonfly's natural magic.
"We should be lucky that there are only a dozen dragonflies chasing after us, otherwise Rick wouldn't be able to run now." Mastasya glanced back in rejoice and quickened her pace.
After running more than a hundred meters, the dragonfly nest behind them could no longer see clearly, and under the influence of the fog, only a faint black shadow could be seen.
"Look, they're coming this way." Xifo, who was being dragged away by Qin Lun, suddenly shouted in a low voice.
Everyone looked back, and sure enough, the dragonflies that had been circling around Rick began to separate several and fly forward. These big bugs are not completely unintelligent, and since the tin cans below cans canned them, they naturally think of a few other prey.
"Is this distance enough?" A cold light flashed in Qin Lun's eyes, and he asked Mastaxia.
"Almost, although we haven't left the territory of the dragon fly, it doesn't prevent us from leaving." Mastasha knew very well what Qin Lun was asking, nodded and removed the longbow behind him.
"No, let me do it, it's faster!" At this time, Rand suddenly took a step forward and reached out to stop Mastasia.
"Are you sure? To deal with dragon flies, it is safer to attack from a distance! Mastasia glanced at Rand in confusion.
"Leave it to him, kill them one by one, it's such a waste of time!" Qin Lun and Rand looked at each other and smiled, "Fireworks, let me see your progress!" ”
"You won't be disappointed!" Rand shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, each with a ball of fire floating on each palm.
These two fireballs were different from the magician's fireballs, more like two lava balls that had been pinched into balls, and the magma seeped out of the gaps in the lava balls, dripping on the wet ground, and then rising clouds of high-temperature water vapor.
ps: Sifer asked weakly, is there a monthly pass?
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