Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Flesh-Devouring Monster
Fern stood in front of Jarena, and he found that he seemed to have guessed what the archmage was thinking now, and then, as he expected, several bright balls of light flew from behind him into the air, quickly floating into the dark woods in front of him, illuminating everything in front of everyone.
Everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them, and even Lamar opened his eyes wide, completely devoid of his previous relaxed expression. I saw that among the trees in front of everyone, dozens of terrifying-looking creatures were rapidly approaching them. The creatures seemed to have no bones at all, but just a purple-red ball of flesh, only knee-high for a normal person, but at the top there was a large mouth of blood that took up half of their body, and their sharp teeth protruding from the outside. They had no legs, and their lower bodies were bifurcated pieces of flesh that touched the ground, each of which swept quickly across the ground, supporting the disgusting body to move forward, which was the source of the sound of the ground rubbing against the ground.
"What the hell are these things?" roared Lamar, trying to muster the guts of his companions.
Tabor, who was on the side, was already scared and almost unsteady. "I said a long time ago, there is a problem in this forest, and you still have to come in......"
Morena looked at the monsters that were getting closer and closer in front of her with a solemn face, and suddenly she thought of something, and shouted loudly to the others, "Get out of here, escape from the forest, and don't try to destroy them!"
Nokos was scared, but he was still holding on to his horse. "There are so many of us, and you're still a mage, can't you resist them?"
"I repeat, go now, break out of the forest, or we will surely die, these are flesh and blood beasts, unless there is a ......" Before Jalena could finish speaking, Tabor's heart-piercing scream rang out, echoing over the forest.
A flesh beast rushed at some point, and jumped up, biting Tabor on the shoulder, its huge mouth swallowing the entire left shoulder, its sharp teeth embedded deep in the soldier's strong muscles, and blood splattered out. Tabor raised the short sword in his right hand and slashed at the monster attached to his shoulder, the short sword slashed through the monster's body, splitting it in two, but the teeth that had been pierced into the flesh did not relax in the slightest.
"Taber!" Lamar immediately ran to his companion's side, trying to pull out the half of the mouth embedded in the muscle, but the teeth had already hooked the soldier's muscle, Lamar not only did not pull it out, but the sharp pain of pulling the muscle made Tabor scream again.
"Get out of here!" Jarena said a quick incantation, her wand slashing a fan in front of the group, and a wall of fire stood between the monster and the crowd. "Quick, Nokos, lead the way!"
"This ...... Over here. Nokos pointed to his right, then looked at Tabor's bloodied shoulders in confusion.
Fern quickly lifted Morena to the horse. "You go first, I'll break it off!" he said, slapping the horse's buttocks hard.
"What stupid things to say, there is no possibility of breaking off, only by escaping together can you survive!" "Jamina stopped Fern. "Get on the horse, in that direction!"
No sooner had Fern climbed onto the back of the clouds than several flesh beasts passed through the wall of fire, biting at the last of the soldiers, despite the flames that had been ignited. The soldiers swung their weapons and slashed the monsters from the air, but the flesh and blood were outnumbered, and they could not fully defend against all the attacks. Already wounded and unable to withstand any further attacks, a flesh beast pounced on him and bit his neck, the teeth of the upper and lower jaws biting his throat straight through, the soldier's neck almost snapped, and his head hung down at an eerie angle. Immediately, more flesh beasts pounced on Tabor, who no longer moved, and gnawed wildly.
"Hell, damn it!" Lamar watched his companion die in front of his eyes, and as he frantically brandished his axe, he cut off several of the flesh beasts that had bitten Tabor.
"What are you doing, get out of here!" Seeing that the soldiers hadn't started to run away, Jasmina was about to go crazy.
Almost at the same time, the other soldier who was walking last was also bitten by several flesh beasts, and the miserable wail resounded through the sky, making people shudder. Only then did Nokos realize the seriousness of the problem and finally pulled the reins. "Retreat, rendezvous at the camp, quick!"
Jaminena's horse had already run, quickly past Nokos, who hesitated to look at his besieged companions behind him. "Lamar, Skyler, Juta, run!"
Lamar and Schuyler no longer hesitated, and they quickly crossed Nokos, Lamar slammed the butt of Nokos' mount, and the horse neighed and broke through at great speed.
The last soldier struggled to catch up with his companion, but a flesh beast had already bitten his calf, and his pants were so red with blood that it was impossible to even stand up.
"Juta!" Lamar turned to see his companion trapped, and turned to go back to save him, but was stopped by the severed Fern. "Don't go over, run!" But Lamar ignored the mercenary and ran straight past him, towards the soldier who had fallen to the ground and was pounced on by several flesh beasts.
"Hell!" Fern cursed, jumping off his horse as well, drawing his sword and running after Lamar.
"Cover me!" Lamar shouted, swinging his axe and hacking to death the monsters that had bitten Yuta one by one. Fern stood in front of the two of them, fending off the flesh beasts that pounced on them.
Almost all the flesh beasts had already crossed the wall of fire, and the smell of blood stimulated them, and they frantically pounced on the three of them, and Fern was already powerless. A flesh beast pounced on Fern, the mercenary swung one out and cut it in half, and before he knew it, his waist sank, and the other flesh beast had already pounced on his waist, and the mercenary quickly pulled out the dagger on his waist, stabbed it at the monster, and nailed it to the dirt. Before he could regain his senses, Fern felt a disgusting smell in his right ear, and a large mouth of blood was already close at hand.
At the end of the day, a fireball hit the flesh beast from the side, and the monster was knocked to the ground, struggling in the flames, and then several fireballs slammed into the ground in front of Fern, knocking several flesh beasts that were about to pounce on the ground, "You fools, do you want to die?" "Run!"
Fern turned his head to look anxiously at Lamar. "Okay, no ......"
Lamar shook his head and stood up. "It's hopeless...... So fast...... Not really......"
"That's not a run!" Fern grabbed Lamar and pushed hard in the direction of the breakout, then quickly ran towards the clouds and jumped up. "Run, Lamar, you've done your best. ”
Lamar glanced back at Yuta lying on the ground one last time, and several flesh beasts pounced on the soldier's corpse again, biting fiercely wherever they could, flesh flying through the air, the smell of blood almost making him vomit. Lamar wasted no more time, he turned around and used the fastest speed he could to break forward.
Fern and Jasmina quickly caught up with Nokos, who was waiting for them in front of them, and Lamar was so fast that he didn't wait long before he ran over, still panting violently. "Where's Skyler?"
Nokos looked behind him anxiously. "I don't know, I thought he was with you. ”
"He's not behind, he must have run away, running for his life in the forest, it's easy to get lost. Fern shook his head, not knowing what to say.
Jasmine looked at the three of them calmly. "We'd better get out of here right now, those flesh beasts are too numerous, they won't be satisfied with just three humans, they'll catch up soon. ”
"What?" Nokos looked at Jarena in alarm, the archmage's face was serious, and there was no doubt about it. "But Schuyler, we can't leave him behind. ”
"Then we'll have to go first. Jasmina glanced at Fern and motioned for him to follow.
While Fern was still hesitating, a terrible scream came from a short distance to the left of the four, followed by a continuous wail.
"That's Skyler!" Lamar heard his companion's voice. "He must have been overrun by those monsters. With the experience that had happened to Juta before, Lamar knew there was no need to try to rescue Skyler.
"Hell, run, we can't save him!" Fern hurriedly urged Nokos, almost slapping him in the face. "No one can save him, you know!"
While Nokos was still hesitating, Lamar slapped his mount's ass again, and the horse raised his legs and rushed forward as fast as he could, while Lamar himself gasped for breath. "It seems that I can't do it anymore, I've never run so fast in my life, but I really can't do it, you guys go first, leave me alone. ”
Fern glanced at Jasmine in confusion, and the archmage noticed his gaze and frowned in confusion. "We won't leave you!" Fern jumped off the horse, and immediately climbed onto Jaminena's horse without a sound, and sat upright behind her. "Give me the reins. ”
Jalena was frightened by Fern's sudden move, and obediently put the reins in her hand into the mercenary's hand, and Fern grabbed the reins. "Keep up with us, Lamar, the clouds are a good horse. ”
Lamar's eyes were full of gratitude, but they had no time to waste, the screams on the left had stopped, and all that was left was the sound of flesh beasts devouring corpses, Lamar stepped onto his mount and looked in the direction of Skyler's last scream. "Light shines upon you, my old fellows. As he spoke, he slapped the dark clouds on the buttocks and quickly pursued them in the direction that Nokos was riding, and Fern immediately urged Jarena's mount to follow.
The creepy devouring sound behind them grew farther and farther away, and the surroundings of the three of them gradually fell silent, and only the sound of horses' hooves quickly stepping on the ground and their own rapid breathing could be heard.