Chapter 13: The Tide of the Undead Flying in the Wind
The wind was blowing, and the icy wind blew the hems of the clothes of several shadow chasers, hunting and flying in the wind.
The wind is getting stronger and stronger, and there are more and more black sand wrapped in the wind, and the black sand that is so small that it is inconspicuous will feel more and more painful on the face, and even leave fine white marks on the skin.
However, none of this has anything to do with the Shadow Chasers.
The building's tapered roof slowly closes, separating the inner and outer worlds.
"Woo woo woo", across the building, you can hear the terrible wind whistling from outside, and the fine black sand lapping against the outer wall of the building, but no sound is heard.
"Whew. The white wolf ran into the house with the group, raised his head with his tail between his legs, and roared in a low voice at the closed roof, as if in challenge.
"Actually, I don't mind what you say directly. Xiuer glanced at the troublemaker and said angrily, "No need to be so tactful. ”
"Hey, hey. Moria smiled dumbly, looking heartless.
"Chief, you're back. Hearing the movement, Macajeren poked his head out of a room, "What did you find?"
"Nothing special, just very windy. Shuer squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, then changed the subject, "From now on, the timer will be added, and one minute will be added when the result is reported." ”
"Understood. He took out his pocket watch and pressed it a few times, and the halfling beckoned to everyone, "Come on, come on, see what we find." ”
"You just stay here, don't run around. Regardless of whether the white wolf understood it or not, Shuer pointed to the stairwell, and the white wolf seemed to really understand, and lay directly on the ground, wagging his tail and ignoring no one.
"Are you a dog?" Shure twitched the corners of his mouth, and led the others into the room behind Macajalen.
What was found in the room was the leather of many animals, and in fact, in this building, the bedding on the bed was made of leather, including the carpet on the floor.
The thick leather doesn't tell what kind of animal it is, and the texture is very tough, even with the physical fitness of the Golden Terrace of the Shadow Chaser, if you don't use energy reinforcement, it will take some effort to tear it. And these have a very cool feeling to the touch, and it should be a pleasure to sleep on this leather in a hot desert environment.
"Interesting things, you can take some back with you, and they don't take up much space anyway. Shuer was suddenly stunned when he was leather, and turned to the other side in surprise, "This side is actually warm, no, it's just not cold." ”
"That's right, hey, sir, interesting. Macajelen said proudly as if offering a treasure, "Not only is it not cold, but the effect of insulating heat is very good, wrapped in this thing, if you walk outside at night, you will definitely not feel cold." ”
"Bring back more, those top nobles will like it, even if there are hedrons in the enclosed space to regulate the temperature, they will always be exposed to the outside world, and they will definitely be able to use it. Wait, don't bring more, just bring a big one back. ”
"Treacherous. Mia is worthy of being a veteran who has also been a leader, and before others can react, she sneered and said, "It's better to bring two, be safe, otherwise it will be embarrassing if one is not enough, and if it is enough, the remaining one will be destroyed." ”
"Tsk, Shuer, you're planning to auction it. Miridy also reacted, "Indeed, as long as you can ensure uniqueness, it is far more valuable to bring one back than a thousand." ”
"Alright, I'll talk about it later, what about Mobuck and Kelly?"
Macajalen pointed to the inner room, and when he went in, he saw that Kelly was sitting on the stone chair, dozing off uncontrollably, while Mobuck was sitting on the side with a bored face, and was pouring wine into his mouth in a big gulp, and when he saw Shul coming in, he immediately hid the wine bag behind his back, and said with a smile: "This is brought alone, I don't take up space for drinking water." ”
"All ready?" said the dwarf, who hadn't taken care of the wine, and Shul asked Macageren.
"Well, all the traps are set. ”
"Okay, the wind is blowing, and the sky is about to dawn, so it's good to be here today, and rest in the house during the day. Mobuck, move all the tables and chairs out and move them to the stairwell, where the living and guarding are all done, making sure the door is open, and only sleeping is in the room, and the one closest to the stairwell. ”
Obviously, although the walls of the building were thick and buried in sand, it was not easy to break through the walls, but Shul was still not at ease, fearing that there would be any danger seeping in from the outside, so he made this arrangement to ensure that he could advance and retreat.
"Mia, take a look outside. ”
This time, the mountain elf directly took out a half-human-tall mirror, and the picture on the mirror was divided into four pieces, and the field of vision was much larger than the one half a day ago.
Obviously, the sky has turned white just now, but in the picture in the mirror, it has fallen into a darkness again, and a large amount of black sand is flying overwhelmed.
Shure is also not down-to-earth, but for another thing.
"How long?"
"Five minutes. Makageren replied, "From the moment you come in." ”
"The spirits of the dead haven't shown up yet. Frowning, Shuer said in a deep voice, "That's a little strange. ”
"Do you suspect that the undead have something to do with this strange sandstorm?" Miriday shook her head, "according to the theory of the undead, probably not. ”
"Indirect relationships. Shul shook his head noncommittally without elaborating.
"It's coming. Saph suddenly pulled Rashoel's sleeve.
Sure enough, although it was only a fleeting moment, the traces of the undead were still captured with the dynamic vision of the shadow chasers.
Not one, but a piece of black pressing.
In the black sandstorm, countless strange skeletons are flying on the sand, most of these skeletons are streamlined, with obvious fish biological characteristics, but there are also all limbs, not much different from normal humans.
Since the first skeleton appeared, the black shadow in the mirror has not been broken, and the undead have flashed through the coverage of the mage's eye one after another, and at first everyone was still silently counting their number, but soon they all gave up, and they couldn't count them at all. Moreover, just the area covered by the Mage's Eye already had this amount in just a few minutes, and thinking about the scope of the sandstorm, everyone only felt a chill.
Fortunately, there was no accident, the hiding building was still strong in the sandstorm as Xiuer guessed, and the strength of the stone was about the same as the skeleton of the skeleton rabbit after the undead, but it was not damaged at all, and it was obviously not an ordinary stone.
Moreover, not only were the buildings not damaged in the sandstorm, but even the speeding undead obviously deliberately bypassed the buildings when they passed by, and it was hard to imagine how these dark creatures, who had no five senses and only relied on energy to perceive the enemy, knew how to get around the obstacles without being blocked.
"No, I'm going to do a test. Ten minutes passed, the sandstorm never passed, and the tide of the undead showed no sign of stopping, Shure suddenly got up and said, "Get into combat readiness, Mobuck come with me, the others are here, ready to fight at the highest level, attention, the highest level." ”
"Alright, Captain. "It's common sense not to act alone, and as for what to test, the dwarf didn't even ask, grabbed the battle axe and shield beside him, and followed him upstairs.
Of course, Shure didn't want to go out, it was no different from sending him to death, he stopped at the top floor, and had no intention of opening the roof.
"Sing the name of the Dark Moon. Sitting cross-legged in the middle of the room, Shur actually tore off four pages from the hard-to-make holy book this time, and four pieces of paper full of words floated around him in front and back, left and right, and began to rotate slowly around him.
"Praise the moon of no light, and embrace the living beings of the world with a holy body. The fingers of his hands flew up, and complex spell marks were constantly forming in front of him, and Shur closed his eyes tightly, and the high-pitched prayer voice had a strange penetrating power, even through several layers of boulder floors, the shadow-chasers could hear it clearly.
"Call upon the holy name of the Lord, embrace the moon of darkness, and always guard your devout believers, holy, moon without light. ”
With a bang, the Mobuck guarding beside Shul felt as if the whole world was shaking, and in the picture of the mage's eye downstairs, the exposed part of the entire building was shrouded in a slightly shiny light shield, not only the black sand inside the light shield could not enter, but even the wind was blocked, and in the sandstorm like the end of the world, the light shield actually isolated a quiet harbor.
This is the full version of the Dark Moon Embrace, second only to the protective magic of absolute defense, which was used in the underground city before, but it was just a simplified version.
The black sand that was enough to tear flesh and blood constantly slapped on the light shield, causing ripples of energy, but it was never able to shake the light shield in the slightest.
"Bang", maybe the undead know how to bypass the building, but they obviously don't know how to bypass the light shield, a skeleton directly hit the shield, and the huge impact force made the bones gathered by the power of death scatter and collapse, and even many bones were directly broken.
Inside the building, Shuer frowned, making this time really uncomfortable for him, but judging from the solemnity on his face, the reason why he frowned was obviously not just because of the impact.
It only took a few seconds for the undead to collide with the shield more than twenty times, which theoretically shouldn't have been so many times, but the first impact seemed to alarm these strange undead, and then the passing undead actually turned in the wind and took the initiative to crash towards the light shield, not caring about their own destruction.
"Praise the Lord, sing praises to the Lord. Shuer's fingers circled his chest, and one of the four pieces of paper that had been circling around suddenly exploded, turning into countless points of light and submerging into Shuer's body.
"Hmph. With a muffled snort, complex spell marks formed alternately again, and the light shield outside gradually shrank until it could only cover the building, and the texture of the light shield gradually became condensed as the range shrank.
"The last test is about to begin, Mobuck, get ready for engagement. ”
"Always on call. The dwarf tapped his shield.
"In the name of the saint, in the name of the moon. ”
The remaining three pages were reduced to ashes at the same time, and the shield shrank again, and the texture intensified again, making it look like it was physically real.
However, the light shield was only an energy shield after all, and this time it shrank, and part of it was submerged into the building, leaving the top of the building exposed to the shield again, to the undead in the wind.