Chapter 49: The Invisible Monster
Everything happened in a flash, and people didn't have time to react. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
What Brunei first realized was that the disorderly wind, which almost made it impossible for him to walk, suddenly stopped unreasonably. The reason why it is unreasonable is because Brunei judged according to his common sense that the strange phenomenon is the phenomenon of high-level magic before the actual casting, and the dissipating mental power produces a similar effect to the magic itself in advance, to use a more professional term, it is called "magic rehearsal". The magic rehearsal only ends when the magic is released, and now, that's obviously not the case.
The most plausible explanation that Brunei came up with was that he died painlessly the moment the magic was released. Since he is dead, of course he will not feel any wind flowing.
Thinking of this, Brunei's back was soaked with cold sweat, and his heart was beating violently and wildly.
Then, Brunei realized that a dead man, according to the general theory, should not have any cold sweat, and his heart would be less likely to beat. "In other words, I'm still alive?" Brunei Darussalam, who had made such a judgment, finally came up with another possibility in his mind that he had not even dared to think of before, and that the magic rehearsal phenomenon had stopped.
Magic rehearsal is a phenomenon formed by the inertia of the spiritual power that escapes from the magic emblem when running high-level magic, and the reason why it will disappear is that the real magic is released, covering this part of the phenomenon, and the other is that the magic emblem loses the source of spiritual power, or instantly stops the operation of spiritual power, and no new spiritual power escapes.
In other words, the user of the magic emblem, the second-turn mage Kailan, is dead?!
He had been regretting his indiscretion, and there was no longer a desperate madness and arrogance in his heart, only the fearful Brunei finally turned around, and he saw a scene that made him speechless.
From nowhere, there was a whimpering cry, like the wail of a wounded wolf, but it was torn and turned into small pieces of flesh, and what gradually disappeared was the corpse of a fat woman without a head. Her cherished dress was dusty and tattered, as was her proud snow-white skin, red blood gushing out in a bulge but not to the ground.
It was only after a while that Brunei saw from the unreasonable clots of blood floating in the air that hordes of invisible monsters, perhaps resembling hungry wolves, were gathering around Kailan's corpse, eating her flesh and drinking her blood. They were covered in blood and let out a mournful howl when they ate, so Brunei noticed them.
Watching the image of Kailan's body being gradually dismembered and disappearing, but hardly a drop of blood fell to the ground, Brunei instinctively felt a little sick to his stomach and almost vomited.
[You who have witnessed terrible facts beyond your knowledge, SAN value check: 95 = 95>28, big failure, loss of 3 SAN points. Current SAN value status: 25/40. 】
[It's going to be used faster than I expected, keep up the good work.] 】
What made him sober up again was the words of the system, but after he came to his senses, he also realized that now is probably not the time to talk to system theory, why do you always fail when you need to, and why you will fail big at every turn.
Monsters that are only seen when they are stained with blood, and scream only when they eat, really, are they the only ones that gather there? If not, where will they be? What can he do?
Brunei swallowed hard, and finally looked away from the soul-stirring image, and looked around with a somewhat pleading gaze. Looking up, the first thing I saw was her magical squire farther behind Kellan. They may have been brave and loyal before, but that was all based on her presence, or rather, her strength.
After witnessing Kailan's death, all their ideals and beliefs collapsed in an instant, especially when they saw Kailan's strange and defenseless way of dying, which made their hearts even more terrified. The familiar jungle became ghostly in their eyes, and every movement would plunge them into boundless fear.
Completely devastated, they had long since wailed and fled in all directions, and all Brunei could see now was people who were trampled to death, or pushed down the mountain, but they did not know whether they were lucky or unfortunate to hang on the trees and moan.
Brunei's gaze did not linger on them, and it was impossible for Brunei to talk to such a person who had just been an enemy, whether it was for help or a simple sense of security. God knows if they will take out the hatred of Kailan's death on themselves. In the blink of an eye, the bald head of the hat that had disappeared came into his eyes.
After a long time together, despite the fact that the bald head still wore a straw hat from time to time, Brunei's ability to accept and endure the leprosy scar on his head has also improved considerably, thanks to which Bruneith can not focus on the conspicuous wound, but see his pale face and slightly trembling body.
"......" bald head is a mage of the federal system, with a magic emblem that can store spiritual power, a fireball technique can make Brunei's spiritual power squander, but the consumption of rockfall should be an acceptable level for the bald head; Bruneith has zero MP on the system's books, and his HP is only 1 point left, and he is also very weak, in the chaotic airflow caused by the magic rehearsal just now, he only feels a little difficult to walk, and the bald head is naturally even more unlikely to exhaust his physical strength like this.
Well, the performance of a bald head comes from fear.
The bald head was so cautious that he slowly turned his head in the direction of Brunei with a little stiffness, and his Adam's apple trembled, but he did not make a sound, but nodded up and down at Brunei with a slow, almost imperceptible movement, and blinked his left eye twice.
They have always communicated with each other in words, and they have not set any codes, but, combined with the current abnormal situation, the meaning of the bald head is quite clear. The muscles of Brunei's whole body stiffened, and the joints collided with each other in the immobile joints, making a tooth-aching sound.
The bald head almost threw back a lot of what he learned in school to the teacher after the magic emblem was drawn, so the spells he mastered were very rare, except for the rockslide technique and a few commonly used level 0 spells, and only a few spells that he had encountered from the adventurer predecessors to guide him to strengthen his perception ability.
Even Brunei himself was a little surprised, he was able to continue to do this kind of perhaps useless analysis at such a time, his frantically beating heart had gradually calmed down, and his sweaty forehead had a cool feeling in the breeze, and only then did he realize that it was so quiet.
The sun shone golden light in the sky, and not a drop fell on the top of the small hill that was not sheltered by trees, and not only the birds and beasts, but also the insects could not be heard, and the gasps of the bald heads who were not close could be heard clearly - of course, it was not completely quiet, the invisible monsters were still wailing, and their mouths seemed to have begun to gnaw at the bones.
Is there only these voices?" system, observe, listen. ”
【Okay.】 Observational verification: 4325, Failed.] You try hard to hear something, but the wind keeps pouring into your ears. 】
There were no footprints, and he couldn't hear anything, and these two points made Brunei's heart beat faster again.
He trusts the bald head, and knows that the bald head didn't lie to him, but now only the bald head can realize the existence of the monster on his left, can he help the bald head in any way?
Even making mistakes on a regular basis is much better than not wanting anything. Come on, think about what you can do.
The "cheat code ......" string of strange words that didn't make any sense flashed through Brunei's mind, but it was not the solution to the problem, and Brunei, who was not carried away by hatred and anger, understood that the system, the drop of blood, was not to be trusted.
"Drops of Blood...... Blood ......" A flash of light suddenly flashed in Brunei's mind, and he shouted loudly as he ran towards the bald head, "Those monsters are stained with blood, so they are just transparent, and they do have a body!
There was a glint in the bald head's eyes.
In Level 1 spells, raising sand and dust is a type of magic that does exist, similar to creating water mist. Unfortunately, the bald head is not used. However, he wasn't such a spell-obsessed person.
The dirt and stones around the bald head were quickly thrown in large numbers by him in the direction where he could faintly hear the sound. At the same time as the deafening howl sounded, in the relatively dense rain of dirt, the two wolf-shaped large gaps also became distinct.
But before the bald head had time to rejoice, and before Brunei had time to be complacent, they discovered a great mistake in their previous behavior. The two invisible wolves were howling excitedly as if they were rushing towards the bald head.
Their howls had apparently caught the attention of the wolves who were gnawing at the few remaining corpses of Kailan, and the wolf that had the most blood stains and therefore the most obvious form, and seemed to be the tallest, turned around, but did not let out a wolf howl with them, but just quietly headed this way, as if watching the movement in this side.
The bald head spat and scolded, and pulled out another long knife from his body, clenching it, and the muscles of his whole body tensed.
The dirt gradually fell to the ground, and the invisible two wolves gradually approached, beyond the range of coverage. Their subtle sounds are overshadowed by the sound of the wind and the impact of the earth and rocks, making them difficult to notice.
The bald head silently calculated the speed, and at an opportune time, he slashed out!
But he didn't feel the slightest hindrance in his hands. Normally, it was a slash in the air, and he didn't hear the wails of the invisible monster, nor did he see or feel the blood spilling, and basically, it was normal now.
The bald head, who continued to think as usual, couldn't help but close his eyes and wait for the impending death.
But death did not come. The bald man was a little moved by the sound of Brunei running to him panting, and he also heard the angry roar of the invisible monster, but instead of almost sticking to him as he had imagined, he seemed to be sitting down on the ground not far in front of him, and roared in the same position.
[Wow, that's disappointing.] 】
The system's contemptuous words rang in Brunei's ears with an indescribable sense of self-satisfaction. His words were not addressed to Brunei Darussalam, nor did he seem to be commenting on the bald head. Perhaps by coincidence, after the system suddenly said such a sentence without a beginning or an end, the roar of the invisible monsters suddenly stopped.
In the distance, where Kailan's headless corpse once was, was now clean, with only a few pieces of blood floating in the air still showing the blood and horror of the past. Perhaps it was because they had finished eating, and the monsters stopped their previous continuous wails of sadness, and quietly looked in this direction, because they had no form and did not know what posture it was.
The bald head looked at the scene in front of him in amazement and muttered, "Are these monsters just scary?"
Brunei grinned stiffly, his whole body tense on guard against the possible actions of the monsters who had never been quieter than ever, and said, "How is that possible? You can't see them at all." ”
Brunei made a joke, and the bald head also realized that he had said something stupid. Kailan, who was incredibly powerful, and now that he didn't even have a corpse, he also laughed stiffly: "...... That's right. ”
This is the end of the topic of the two, and the two of them, who did not say a word, only felt that the surroundings were quiet and terrifying. At a glance, the few people who were unlucky enough to be trampled on the ground or hung on a tree by Kailan's magic attendants did not stop moaning, but they themselves were gone.
In the sound of the two of them breathing more and more heavily, the monsters that walked without leaving a trace and could not see their bodies directly, squatted around in great silence - "Unless, they don't even make the slightest sound when they walk, then they must have surrounded themselves and their bald heads......" Brunei swallowed hard, thinking to himself.