Chapter XXIV: The City of Oster (10) on Lake Loreton
Spring in the Eastern Continent can sometimes be unbearable, and in the intense midday sun, a group of heavily armed soldiers are marching slowly, and the sunlight is too strong for these heavily armored warriors. On the road leading to the capital of Oster, a force of more than 1,000 people is moving forward, from a distance this army is mostly infantry, supplemented by cavalry, under the scorching sun, every soldier's face is covered with sweat, but even so, but none of the soldiers shouted that they are tired, and they all march in silence.
The leader was a female knight of twenty-five or sixteen years old, she looked very slender from a distance, because she was wearing slim armor, the whole line of her body was particularly prominent, under the helmet was a long golden hair, from her resolute face revealed an indescribable unique temperament, and this unique temperament highlighted her from this steel armor and iron armor troops.
Immediately behind the female knight is a knight with a battle flag, the battle flag is obviously designed by a special person, the battle flag is depicted with gold edges on all sides, and the flag is covered with the sign of money, and on the money is very inconsistent with the sign of the olive leaf, the emerald green of the olive leaf and the gold of the money form a strong visual impact, which makes people remember this battle flag at a glance.
A few kilometers away from this cavalry was Lake Lolton with a radius of more than 100 kilometers, the largest inland lake in the entire Vorea League. Florton Lake is surrounded by mountains on one side and plains on three sides, which is a good place for leisure and retirement, and because it is located in the heart of the Valrea League, most of the year is summer, which also makes those wealthy aristocrats choose to build their own holiday buildings here, so on the side of the hill near the lake, there are many small buildings of different styles.
On the terrace of one of the small three-story buildings, an old man was sitting on a chaise longue, with a thick blanket on his lap, quietly enjoying the sun, looking at the sparkling lake in front of him and a few small fishing boats looming in the distance, he closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep.
On the surface of Lorton Lake in the distance, the original sparkling lake surface has regained its calm at this moment, and the lake surface is so quiet at the moment that there is no trace of waves, and the entire lake surface is like a huge mirror, reflecting the dazzling sunlight.
At this time, on this calm lake, several fishing boats are working hard, and several topless fishermen are throwing large nets, each time they cast their hopes, and their lives can only be maintained by this fishing. However, to the frustration of these fishermen, they have not caught a decent big fish for a week, and if they can't catch any more, it is estimated that the families of these fishermen will not even be able to afford a full meal, this tragic reality is in stark contrast to the rich people who are partying in the villas on the shore of the lake, and the reality has made these fishermen gather a large number of fishing boats, ready to come to a big joint fishing today.
After the nets are cast, they usually have to wait for several hours, during which the fishermen gather around and chat, chatting about the interesting stories about the rich people, when there is a cry for help from outside the boat, and many fishermen run out of the boat, it turns out to be one
A little cub who had just entered the industry accidentally fell into the water, and these old fishermen laughed and teased the little cub who fell into the water, it would be good to choke a few more mouthfuls of water, and they would not be afraid in the future!!
Old Jack, the leader of the fishermen's team, and the oldest of them, had been fishing for more than forty years, and instead of taunting the little cub with his old fellows, he looked at the nets that came up from the sidelines. He keenly noticed that there were many holes of about ten centimeters in the fishing net that had just been thrown, and Old Jack had inspected the edges of these large and small holes, which were very neat, and they were obviously bitten out by sharp teeth. As far as he knows, the Lorton Lake is full of inland fish, none of which have sharp teeth to bite through fishing nets, and that Lorton is a completely enclosed lake, not bordering any major river basin, and has always been an ecosystem of its own.
Old Jack thought about it and never found a reason to convince himself, he came up with the idea of canceling the fishing, but he was immediately vetoed by himself, this time the joint fishing mobilization is not easy, this is no longer just said that it can be canceled.
"Everybody, come and see!!" Old Jack finally decided to give all the options and let the big guys decide whether to go or stay.
"What's wrong with Old Jack?"
"What's wrong with this fishing net, Boss?"
A group of people surrounded them, all of them were old fishermen with more than ten years of fishing experience, but in the face of the fishing net in front of them, they selectively ignored the hole on it.
"There's a hole in the net!" said the young boy who had just started in the industry.
"Wouldn't it be nice to have a hole to make up for it!!!" everyone said.
"Think about it, when did we ever have this kind of toothed fish in this lake. Old Jack said.
"Old Jack, what's wrong with you, wouldn't it be better to have other varieties of fish, we can sell them for a lot of money!"
"Yes, with the money, I can build a new house for my wife and children.................."
Old Jack's words did not arouse the alarm of these fishermen, but made them all climax one by one, and they thought that they would be more motivated to live happily in the future.
"Alas!" Old Jack sighed, money kills people!
The whole fishing did not stop with this small episode, after several hours of waiting, the time to start the net arrived, at this time the most critical time for the whole fishing, once the net link went wrong, the whole fishing will be wasted, so the net is generally operated by those who have more than 20 years of fishing experience. Old Jack wore a big felt hat and leaned against the mast of the second floor of the fishing boat with a cigarette in his mouth, and his instincts told him that this time the net was absolutely extraordinary, and even Old Jack could already feel the black creature under the water ready to move.
"1!2!3!!!" In the sound of the slogan, several huge fishing nets were pulled up bit by bit, at first the nets were still wrapped in large and small fish, it seemed that the results were very rich, but the more they were pulled up, the fewer the fish, just when the fishermen were strange, something happened that no one expected
Now, when the fishing net is pulled down two-thirds of the way, the small holes in the fishing net are no longer fresh fish, but fish bones that have been eaten away, although some fish are not completely dead, but its lower body has been cut off by the waist, and the bright red blood water is quickly printed and dyed.
"What's going on?" the fishermen had never seen anything like this before, and they were all stunned.
At this moment, the lake water in the fishing net began to churn violently, and countless bubbles kept rising out of the lake, and a fisherman looked over, and then a black shadow suddenly came out of the lake, and in a blink of an eye, it jumped back into the other lake. When they saw the fisherman again, everyone present was stunned, a headless body swayed back and forth on the deck of the fishing boat, the blood sprayed from the neck stained the whole deck red, and the severed head kept rolling on the deck, and the eyes looked helplessly at the panicked people on the boat..................
Everyone was frightened by the scene in front of them, at this time the old Jack who was looking at the distance on the second floor was estimated to be the calmest person in the whole fishing boat, he threw away his cigarette and jumped to the wheelhouse at the first time, he knew that the most urgent thing at the moment was to leave this area as soon as possible, he turned the rudder vigorously, and the fishing boat began to turn around rapidly under his control, which woke up the stunned fishermen, and they were busy one by one.
It's a pity that it's too late, due to the sudden turn of the fishing boat, the huge fishing net was violently dragged under the lake by a force under the unmanned control, and the other end of the fishing net just hooked the hard pillar of the fishing boat deck, this is good, under the pull of the huge force, the fishing boat actually has a tendency to roll over, for a time several fishermen have fallen off the boat, and before they can scream, a large group of black creatures swallowed these fishermen, a few seconds later, the crimson blood spread, and then look at the fishermen who fell into the water can no longer find any trace。
Old Jack didn't care about the situation on the deck at this time, he only wanted to get out of the lake as soon as possible, from the moment he saw the hole in the fishing net, he knew that this creature with sharp teeth was not a fish in the ordinary sense, and when he saw his old friend have his head cut off, it strengthened his own idea, this is definitely a species that has never been seen before, perhaps it is more appropriate to describe it as a monster.
The rescued little cub saw that the fishing boat was about to topple, and he quickly cut the connection of the fishing net with his dagger, which restored the fishing boat's stability. However, the crisis was never resolved, and the moment the nets completely fell to the surface of the lake, the lake on both sides of the fishing boat began to churn violently, and the cold water kept lapping on the deck, although not strong, but it was enough to make the boat sway from side to side.
Those old fishermen have experienced this, Lorton Lake has been calm all year round, and there has been no wind and waves for decades, which also makes these old fishermen accustomed to the quiet lake, but the fierce turbulence of the boat hull now makes these old fishermen quite uncomfortable, even if they hold on to the hull of the boat, they still can't stand up, and can only squat one by one and half leaning against the side of the boat.
Danger is approaching these panicked fishermen, and perhaps in the next second, they will die under the waves.
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