Chapter 32: Fish in the Sand
It has been the third day since they left the tomb of the gods, and after Shur experienced the vision, he never encountered any visions in the tomb again, as if the other party invited them into the tomb to show this history to everyone.
Although it is not certain which of the four gods summoned them, everyone speculates that it should be the god of water whose body is no longer in the mausoleum, or the god of oasis.
After all, the bodies of the other three gods are still in the mausoleum, and they are likely to be dead, and only the unknown god of water can be sure that she still retains consciousness, and she has left a little power in the mausoleum, so that Shuer can see everything in the past, and it can be completely explained.
Why did the gods ask everyone to see this, no one could understand it, in order to tell everyone something in a vague way, or did they simply not want the history of the lizardmen to be completely forgotten with the destruction of the world?
As for the voice that Shur heard before he got out of the illusion, and the specific content of the Great Rift, he didn't tell anyone for the time being, and now should not be the time.
Due to the delay of a lot of time, as soon as they left the mausoleum, the Shadow Chasing Team began to rush towards the set goal, that is, the nearest detachment point. This time, everything is evil, the environment is weird, the situation is weird, the mission is weird, how to look at it is abnormal, even if it can leave this world a day earlier, it is a good thing. If it weren't for the fact that they hadn't encountered a mortal danger so far, and everyone still had a glimmer of hope, I'm afraid that once the point of detachment was found, Shur would have ordered a direct departure, and as for what mission, what gods, and the secrets behind the great rift that destroyed the world, just roll aside.
Therefore, the Shadow Chasing Team resumed their nocturnal life, setting off as soon as the sunset sandstorm passed, digging a cellar and burrowing into it before the sunrise sandstorm arrived, and trekking at least 100 kilometers overnight.
The only thing that causes headaches is the undead.
Shul had already seen it in the illusion, the undead were always active at night, and if they chose to travel at night, even if they were lucky enough not to hit head-on once or twice, they would always encounter them more often. The undead don't care what their purpose is, and once they meet, they will fight until one side is completely defeated.
Today is another day of bad luck, and this is already the second battle.
Encountered the undead twice in a row, the first time was fine, the undead were also wandering, the sound of bones rubbing was very obvious in the silent night, and it was captured by Saph from a distance, and everyone simply chose to take the initiative to seize the initiative, launched a surprise attack on the undead, and easily won the victory.
However, the second game was not so lucky, the group of undead did not move at all, but remained motionless under the sand, I don't know whether they were asleep or in a daze.
Due to the energy-blocking effect of the black sand, the Shadow Chasers hiding in the cellar will not be aware of the Spirits of the Dead outside, and similarly, the Shadowchasers hiding in the ground will not be perceived by the Shadow Chasers on the surface. Even a necromancer like Miridy, who is extremely sensitive to dark energy, could not sense the undead below through the black sand, and it was not until the undead were awakened by the vibration of the ground and came out of the soil that she sensed the existence of dark energy in hindsight.
Fortunately, being in the otherworldly projection, as long as he did not confirm the absolutely safe and closed environment, Shur would never let the team unguard, so a moment before the undead appeared, Macageron, who sensed the shaking of the ground, sent a warning signal.
Not a second passed, the Shadow Chasers were ready to fight, and as soon as the undead appeared, they were hit head-on.
"Damn, these shit things are a nuisance. Retracting the throwing axe, Mobuck desperately snorted hot air into his hand, the temperature in the desert night was extremely low, holding the cold metal weapon, even the physical fitness of the warrior would feel cold, "I have never hated the undead as much as I did today, when I go home, I will use this reward to set up an undead crusade association, as long as I see a moving bone, I will directly chop it to death with an axe." β
"The undead are meant to be dead, fools. "How can you be considered good brothers if you don't attack each other," the halfling picked up a lizard head and threw it over, "Do your job, be so noisy again, be careful to wake up more undead." β
"Hairy idiot little man, you know a fart, the undead can wake up with their voice......s?
"Mia, help. β
"Silence. β
The two idiots resolutely shut their mouths, but ......
"Huh?" Macajay noticed the problem a few seconds later, "It doesn't seem to have any magical effect." β
"As long as the goal is achieved. Mia glared coldly at the two noisy guys, "Or do you miss the real silence?"
"Okay, don't make a fuss, omit cleaning the battlefield and move immediately. β
Shur has summarized in the past few days that the undead can fly in a sandstorm, but except for some special types, most of them fly slower than the sandstorm, and they will be thrown off after flying for a while. Upon landing, the undead began to wander aimlessly throughout the night until the next sandstorm arrived, thus ......
"Try to stay in the same position for too long and quickly get out of the battlefield. Kelly, Recovery, Mia, Miriday, don't skimp on potions now, stay in the best shape at all times. β
Xiuer's heart was dripping blood, and when he thought of these words coming out of his mouth, Xiuer had the urge to cry with his head in his arms, but unfortunately, he still had to use what he should use.
"Saph, location. β
"It's coming soon, at most five kilometres, at the current pace, in ten minutes. β
"Are you sure?"
"Huh?" Saf was stunned, Shul had always trusted her judgment unconditionally, and it was the first time he had asked her that.
"Nothing, casually. Shuer waved his hand as if it was really just an unintentional remark, but if you look at him from the front, you will see that his expression is not relaxed.
"Kelly, keep up, your position is half a meter behind, and the formation will be affected. In the past few days, Shul has been very satisfied with the client of the priestess, although the day and night are reversed and very hard, she has never complained, and she has never caused trouble for everyone, and in addition to mercy, everyone's attitude towards her has been much better.
"Moria, what's ahead. β
"Visual safety. β
"Mobuck, physical condition. β
"Don't worry, Captain, Old Mobuck is the best, when will it ......"
"Shut up, Maka Jalen, twenty-three degrees in front of the left, five hundred meters, scouting behind the dunes. β
"Understood, chief, I ......" The halfling's pupils suddenly contracted, and a sharp voice spread throughout the team, "Enemy attack!"
This time, the alarm came too late, as he didn't feel the slightest tremor of the ground until the last moment.
It was really the last moment, and before he could even utter a word, at Kelly's feet, the ground paved with black sand was suddenly broken, and a black shadow appeared at the same time as his warning, with a cracking sound like a silk cracking, from the bottom up, lightning stabbed at the lower abdomen of the female pastor.
Experience is everything, Kelly didn't have time to dodge, she didn't even react at all, the time was so short, she didn't even know that the person who was attacked was herself, the black shadow was only a few centimeters away from her, and her gaze began to move downward.
Fortunately, Moria was right in front of her, and the fawn took the most personal and brutal way to rescue herβkicking and flying. With a stabbing sound, Kelly's priest's robe was torn open, but fortunately she was not injured.
It was Moria, who was injured, and the black shadow tore Kelly's clothes at the same time, and also slashed Moria's calf, and the flesh of the gold-rank warrior was easily torn open, and blood gushed out of the wound.
"Oops, my glasses. At the same time as the fawn was injured, Saf let out a brief exclamation, and her glasses were snatched away by a hand reaching out from her, which was Shul's hand, but she knew that Shul had only one reason for doing so, "Who was hurt?"
Although she couldn't see anything clearly, although she was still asking questions, the swordswoman's greatsword was already raised, and her full attention was focused on her ears, looking for any faint abnormal sounds.
"It's a fawn, it's fine. β
Moments before Moria's injury, Shul had already predicted that she would be cut, and it was too late to help, so Shul could only choose to snatch Saf's glasses to prevent her from going berserk because of blood, after all, what was needed now was a calm Saf.
While putting away his glasses, Shul caught Kelly who was kicked towards him, and threw it back on Moria's back, which was the safest place for Karie, as for the small injury that Moria received, it would not affect her combat effectiveness.
"It's back in the sand, watch your feet. "It is very undesirable to be attacked suddenly, but now is not the time to complain and blame, Shul left his position as soon as possible, calmly controlling the situation, "Don't just stare at one place, the enemy is likely to be more than one." β
"Boss, what is it?" The few people in front of them didn't even see the attacker, and even Macajieren, who was the first to sense the vibration, immediately warn and turn around, only saw a shadow, which showed how amazing the other party's speed was.
"The leader is a man, and the attacker is an undead. "The more dangerous it is, the more you need to ease your tension, so as not to make mistakes in your busyness, Shuer suddenly swung his hammer and smashed it on the sand, "It's a fish in the sand, dead." β
Fish in the sand, referring to those that everyone saw in the illusion before, the strange creatures that were used as mounts by the lizardmen, they can treat the desert as an ocean, and swim freely in it, but even if they become undead after death, their ability is still retained, and they swim even more flexibly than when they were alive, so flexible that they will not even send out a faint vibration.
"Keep the formation moving as a whole, with Milit as the standard, and keep changing positions so that they don't pierce the soles of your feet. β
"Help each other and rescue each other in time, especially the two mages. β
"Feel the vibration yourself, see with your eyes if you can't feel it, listen if you can't see clearly, don't rely on Macajalen, it's too late to warn. β
"Attention, here it is. β
"Sneer", the sound of breaking the air continued one after another, and dozens of black shadows broke through the sand, cutting through the silent night.