Chapter 17: Mountaineering

After a few days, Hain's body had fully recovered, but his abdomen was always a little uncomfortable, which seemed to be the after-effects of the battle with Lance.

These days, Hayne gets along well with Loert and Geist, and he basically understands the personalities of the two people, Loert is a tough guy who advocates fighting, but he is tough on the outside but gentle on the inside. Geist is a playboy in the best of both worlds, always looking for flowers. There is also the fact that Geist's words are already seriously incurable. Hayne thought that Reinbar had something to say, but now it seems that it is really a mountain that is higher than a mountain. A place with Geist is like a hut with a hundred flies.

The group of them had recently received a mission, and it had been confirmed that the High Priest Luke had known that there were three weak points in the barrier, and that these three weak points were the holes that the apostles had invaded. Leon sent three groups of people to each of these three places to repair the barrier.

The destination of Hain's group was the farthest point, in the mountains. And they were given a priest to guide them on the way.

The priest was Emily a nineteen-year-old girl with a brown ponytail, some freckles on her face, and not very big blue eyes. She is not tall and is only a little more than one meter and a half, with a well-proportioned figure, and the most important thing is that she is a flat-chested girl. This also became the place where the chatter made fun of her. Dressed in a sacrificial ordinary uniform, carrying a yellow backpack, he looked at the mountains and looked at the mountains almost like the current junior high school students. In general, this person is not pretty, just a little girl who is not open.

Several people rushed for several days and finally approached the mission site. They stood at the foot of the mountain and looked up at the mountains in the distance, the fog surrounding the mountain, and the top of the mountain could not be seen at a glance. The trail is not too steep, the narrow and winding mountain road coils around the mountains like a giant snake, and there are some low green trees on both sides of the road, and the trees occasionally decorate the scenery with small flowers of various colors in the dull green.

The men paused for a moment at the foot of the mountain, and Hain took a breath of conversation, and thought to himself, 'Looks like there's still a long way to go!......' I guess the chatter is going to start again!'

"This mountain," as Hain had wished, "This mountain!" as Guy opened his mouth, "Alas......" Hain let out a long sigh, knowing that the words were about to get out of control.

"I haven't said anything yet? What are you sighing at? I mean! This mountain is quite high, are you afraid of heights? When you reach the top of the mountain, don't be afraid to pee your pants. Haha............"

Lorte patted Geist on the shoulder, "Shut up!"

"Alas...... You kid has a lot of skills! Dare to speak to the commander like this, I have the highest rank here, and I deserve to be the team leader. I'm going to give you a demerit for this behavior!" "Among the several people, Geist has the highest military rank, and is currently the first rank of the middle guard, Loert is the third rank of the lower guard, and Hain is the third class of the upper guard. It is indeed not easy to be a middle-class waiter, looking at his uninhibited appearance and no mouth to guard the door, I really can't imagine that this person may still be a powerful faction.

At this time, Emily, who was walking at the back of the line, said weakly, "That...... Can I interject?"

The three big men stopped talking, looked at the little girl, and motioned to her in their eyes. Emily looked down at her toes, her hands rubbing her earlobes from time to time, a gesture she used to make when she was nervous, and perhaps she didn't even notice it. "I ...... I ......"

Hain walked over to Emily's side, and since she was talking so quietly, Hain could only listen. Hain patted Emily on the shoulder and said, "What am I, am you, is your throat constipated? Be brave, you're going to war." Let go of your guts. This is really a sarcasm and an encouragement.

"That...... That one...... I'm afraid of heights!" Emily said with all her guts.

A few people laughed when they heard this, and this kid really took Geist's words seriously. Hain smiled, "It's okay, what's so scary about being afraid of heights, I'll tell you what to do when you get to the top of the mountain, my method can definitely cure your fear of heights." ”

"Really?" said Emily, gleefully.

"Really, ancestral recipes. If this method is not easy to use, I will jump from the top of the mountain. Don't worry, if it really doesn't work, I'll prepare diapers for you. ”

Emily was flushed by Hain's words. "Alright, I'm kidding you, the ancestral recipe is true!" Hain explained. He was afraid that a joke would make the little girl cry.

"Are you sure that place is on this mountain?" asked Geist, suddenly earnest.

"Yes, this mountain is a dividing point, and the mountain pass is outside the light of hope. Emily looked at the compass in her hand, this compass was something special about it, and she could tell the strength of the barrier. This little girl is very serious when it comes to work, and she is not so squirming.

"Let's go!" said Lorte, with a golden light in his eyes.

"Well, I said, I'm the team leader. When did you big guy learn to steal my lines. No, if it were me, I wouldn't have said the word 'go', I would have said...... Well......" Geist said in deep thought. "I'll say, let's go, boys!"

Hayne was no longer able to hear the chatter, and in these days of contact, Hayne had learned a skill - intelligently shielding Geist's voice.

Several people walked side by side, the mountain road became steeper and steeper, Emily was physically exhausted and could not keep up with the team, and Loert carried Emily forward. Along the way, several people quarreled with each other, and the atmosphere was harmonious. Hain walked behind several people, his tense face pulled into laughter by their laughter. This journey gave him a joy that he hadn't felt in a long time, and perhaps this was the companion he was pursuing. But when a few people were about to talk and laugh, they forgot that this task was very dangerous, although it was very easy to repair the Light of Hope, as long as Emily was there, it could be completed in ten minutes, but this place was very dangerous, and there would be many apostles gathered there where the Light of Hope was weak.

The trail grew steeper, and at some point, Hain felt a different breath, instinctively telling him that danger was approaching them. He patted the chatter on the shoulder and asked, "Huh............ Talk, seriously, do you feel anything different? ”

Geist touched his head and thought about it and said, "It's a different feeling, I found out a little bit about what you said, that is, you haven't talked much during this time!

Alas, Hain really shouldn't have pinned his hopes on such a teammate. There is no seriousness in this conversation. "But, seriously, why do I think this section of the road is a little wet, did it rain yesterday?" said Geist with a sudden straight face.

Hain touched the soil on the ground, it was indeed a little wet, I don't know if it was raining or because of the rain and fog from the rising altitude. But this soil smells a little fishy on the nose, and it feels a little sticky and slippery to the touch. I haven't seen such a Tuhai En either, and for a while, the second monk was confused.

"Originally......" Lorte, who had been silent, suddenly said a word, and several people looked at him and waited for him to speak, "No way!" Several people were even more confused after hearing this, "Big man, what are you going to say? What is the meaning of no road, then what are we walking!" Hain said, the big man's words reminded him of an old saying, "You don't want to say that there is no road in the world, and when there are more people walking, it becomes a road." Lorte shook his head.

Gestt pulled the corner of Lorte's coat and smiled awkwardly, "Ignore him, who knows what nonsense he is talking about!" Hain could tell from Gest's eyes that he had something hidden. Or maybe Geist had sensed some danger, but he didn't say it for fear that the others would panic.

As they continued along the winding mountain road for a few kilometers, they saw that there were many stumps and severed arms of the apostles on both sides of the road, so many that they could be described as piles of them. The mutilated limbs were strangely shaped, and the stench of these corpses was disgusting, as if they had walked into a mass grave. Everyone covered their noses, how could little Miss Emily ever see such a scene, he lay on Lorte's back, and he couldn't hold back for a moment, and vomited directly on him.

"Right...... I'm sorry. Emily nodded in apology.

Lorte was not angry, he gently touched the girl's head, "It's okay." ”

Hain looked at Emily's vomit, frowned and said with a smile: "Oh, I don't see it, you little girl has really heavy tastes, what do you eat! There are frogs, silkworm pupa, loaches, and lobsters." Oh my God! What a life, a good appetite. ”

Indeed, this Miss Emily is really a beautiful person! she is not very tall, but she has a foodie mouth, and she always likes to try things that others dare not eat. In addition to pooping, she is the one who comes.

Hain and his party were the first people to be sent to this place, and there shouldn't be anyone else in this place that doesn't. At a glance, these corpses could tell that they were from more than one apostle, and judging from the stench of the corpses and the temperature at the top of the mountain, it must have been a few days.

Geist saw Hayne's muse, "There's nothing to think about, maybe you don't know." The Apostles' inherent Lut had to be maintained by hunting humans, as they were rarely able to hunt humans for the protection of the Light of Hope, so they could only increase their strength by killing each other. Such situations are common, but they are still rare to see on such a scale. ”

At this time, there was a deep roar from the mountain, "Whoa...... Whoop......" The voice made several people shut up and listen. The silence was broken by Emily's weak voice, "That...... Our mission is ...... Isn't it dangerous? I'm a little scared......"

Lorte looked at the little girl with his little eyes, and said affectionately, "Don't be afraid!" and patted his throbbing chest muscles.