Chapter 31: The Swarm

"In the name of the Lord. The sound of screaming was not far away, and Xiuer didn't see anything, and the healing magic was directly released on his body.

This is the safest option, and when the situation is uncertain, the healer should first ensure his own safety, even if he is injured, he can heal in time, and then consider helping his teammates. Treating your teammates and injuring yourself is the most unwise option, as it will only put the whole team in a desperate situation.

It wasn't until the magic took effect that Shuer could see the surrounding scene clearly, but he felt that he might as well not see clearly, and when he saw what he saw, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

The sky is also blue overhead, and the earth is dark purple underfoot, but if you look closely at the ground, you will find that the earth itself is not purple, but the ground is densely covered with large fungi, which completely covers the ground, making the earth look purple.

Looking around, the location is an open plain, the plain is endless, there is not even a tree around, let alone any shelter, only a few hundred meters behind him, there is a vague shadow, which looks like a man-made complex.

Looking around again, thankfully, Duck is not the only one around, the people who disappeared before are also around, it is obvious that they have not moved since they were pulled closer to the otherworldly projection, and they finally waited for the arrival of rescue. However, counting carefully, there are still about ten people behind, and these ten people are probably already more auspicious.

Because the mutant spider mother was also there, the spider mother who was missing two legs was more than thirty meters away from the crowd, and more than sixty surviving spiders gathered around it. With the size of a spider mother, she could reach the crowd with a slight movement of her body, and it couldn't be easier to drag away these dozen or so people.

However, the spider mother did not attack the crowd and really did not have the time to attack, and it had more important problems to deal with.

"God, what are these things?" Saf's suppressed exclamation came from behind Shur, even when she saw tens of thousands of small spiders gathered in the magic pool, the female swordsman was not as surprised as she was now, "This is ...... Protists from another world?"

What terrified Saph and Shul was indeed the protists of this world.

A group of dark brown creatures that are slightly larger than domestic dogs, walk and jump with unusual agility, and attack with surprising agility.

Coincidentally, similar to mutant spider mothers, these are arthropods.

They have a hard-looking exoskeleton, with a long bone spur sticking out of their head, sharp at the top and sharp at the bottom, like a spear and a cutter. Their mouths don't resemble the mouthparts of arthropods at all, but protrude forward like crocodiles, and their open mouths are lined with sharp teeth, some of which are stained with blood, red, green, and purple.

These aggressive arthropods can be seen from the appearance, with three pairs of scorpion-like gastropods growing under the body, the gastropods are the same as the bone spurs on the head, the same sharp ends, and the inner edge is sharp, not so much a leg, but a terrible murder weapon, and being pierced without preparation is probably very uncomfortable even with the physical fitness of the Pavadiga people.

If you look closely, these bugs are like they were born to fight, and every part of the appearance is there for killing. To say that they are combat machines is probably not an exaggeration at all.

What's more, the insects are not one, not even a group, but all over the mountains, the tide is general, and only a brown carpet can be seen on the purple ground, and as for the number, even the idea of estimation is not possible.

When Shur and the others entered, the bugs were attacking indiscriminately, whether it was burrowing spiders of similar species to humans with completely different appearances, they were all covered in their killing range.

The small spiders not far away surrounded the spider mother in the middle, resisting the onslaught of the insect swarm with the help of the hard carapace, and on the side of the intelligent creatures, sixteen mercenaries formed a circle to protect the ordinary craftsmen and scholars, although they did not have a carapace to protect themselves, but the physique strengthened by energy was not something that those insects in the native world could easily break through.

However, although the injuries were shallow, but the number of insects was large, minor injuries would inevitably turn into serious injuries, and in about ten minutes, three mercenaries screamed and were dragged into the insect swarm and turned into fragments in the sea of insects. In addition, there are few people who defend and many people who need protection, so it is difficult to be foolproof, and seeing that insects are constantly rushing in from the cracks, so that the ordinary people who are protected are also constantly attrition.

Fortunately, the insects came from the other side, first through the mutant spider mother, before they could reach the intelligent creatures, most of the insects were restrained by the mutant spider mother, and only a very small part surrounded the crowd, well, very few, only tens of thousands.

The number has long been beyond the scope of the mercenaries, including the internal scholars, everyone has fallen into despair, many have given up the desire to survive, and the defense line may collapse at any time, at this moment, reinforcements arrived.

Darker was the first to appear, and after appearing abruptly, and almost killing a few of his kind who rashly surrounded him in ecstasy, he finally recovered from the trance of crossing the world barrier, but after seeing the surrounding situation clearly, he did not rush directly to join the battle, but guarded the passage, and even his own people were not allowed to approach, even if another insect rushed in and cut the stomach of a certain craftsman before he died, he just stabbed the insect to death, but he refused to move a single step.

"Praise the name of the dark moon, and wash away the weariness of the body and mind of the world with the light of the outward sight, God loves the world, holy. ”

Recovering from the stunned feeling of the first sight of the insect tide, Xiuer raised his hand, and the healing magic shone on the heads of the stubborn mercenaries, and the soldiers in the battle only felt a burst of warmth on their bodies, and the injuries brought by the insects, no matter how severe or severe, began to heal rapidly, and the strength returned to the body, although the number of people decreased by three, but the combat power was stronger than at the beginning.

"It's all there. The high-level mercenaries appeared one by one, and it wasn't until finally Moria also came in that Mia said with a straight face to the people who had been isolated by Duck and were not allowed to approach, especially the ordinary scholars inside, "What about Fusen, he is leading the team, what about the people?"

Mia's Fussen is, of course, one of her two assistants, and the old mage who decided to take the group out of the vault with them. The scholars smiled wryly and looked away, and everyone realized that the old mage had been cut through several holes, and although he was still alive, he was already dying and could die at any time.

Without waiting for Mia to say anything, Shuer had already casually thrown a magic technique to treat minor injuries, stopping the blood that kept coming out of the wound, this level of injury can no longer be solved by simply using the healing magic technique, several wounds have already injured internal organs, and if you don't treat it, you will let the wound heal rashly, I'm afraid that Fusen will not live for three days. Therefore, Xiuer is just temporarily saving his life, and the matter of treatment will be talked about when there is a chance.

"Mia, you go and find out the situation and report afterwards. Saph, monitor the projection door, tell me when you're sure it's closed. Looking at the seemingly endless insect tide around him, Shure sighed secretly, and said casually on the surface, "Dake joins the battle, remember not to be too public, I don't want to attract the attention of the insect swarm from the mutant spiders." Fleison, don't run around, the ability of the swarm is unknown, in case you fall into the sea of insects, depending on their attack level, you may not be able to come back alive, you are in the defensive circle, and cooperate with Dake to stabilize the front. ”

"Yuli, you distribute the consumables we brought over to these people, and they will carry them by themselves, remember that they are surplus materials, and we should not distribute them casually if we want to use them ourselves. ”

"Okay, it's easy. He said this, but Yuri knew in his heart that it was not simple at all.

These people definitely don't have food and water, and the eight high-level mercenaries brought not much water on the basis of carrying equipment and their own supplies, and distributing it to so many people is only a day or two. And if you want to get out of here, it doesn't have to take long, and it's not so easy to calm these people's emotions so that they don't fall into chaos.

I'm just an ordinary wingman, how do you know I'm good at this kind of pacification and dispatching work?

"Miridy, can you revive these bugs like before?" Shure couldn't hear Yuri's thoughts, and if he could hear them, he would pretend not to hear them.

"No, I tried it just now, and the resuscitation is fine, but I can't control it at all after it wakes up, even if it turns into a zombie, it still relies entirely on instinct, and its instinct ...... It seems to be attacking everything that is not of the same kind. But you know, I have spare bone ......."

"Don't waste it, depending on the situation, this shadow chase will be a protracted war, and the spare bones should be left in a more important place, there is no need now. Shaking his head to interrupt Miridy's proposal, Shul finally turned his gaze to the pretty forest spirit, "Moria, you...... Don't mess around, change back quickly. ”

Yes, without Shure noticing, Moria had once again transformed into a tree form, and there was suddenly an oak tree more than ten meters high on the open plain, which looked quite abrupt.

"Eh, can't you?" said Moria, disappointed, regaining her deer form, "in danger?"

"There wasn't a single tree around, not even normal plants, just the underfoot. "You take the form of a tree, on the one hand, it is too tall to attract the attention of the insect tide, and on the other hand, depending on the situation, they may even attack plants, and if you deal with them like burrowing spiders, you are likely to fall into their trap and be attacked by them intensively. So you can fight normally, support Duck and Fleison from a distance, and don't let your vines run around. ”

"Okay, okay, I see. ”

"So, let me see what kind of monsters you are. "Having assigned everyone the task, Shul was finally able to calm down and watch the battle of these bugs carefully.