Chapter 299: Choosing the Next Direction of Investigation
"What was that?" everyone would look at Louie when they saw an unknown enemy, and based on past experience, Louie could give a rough idea even if he couldn't tell the identity of the enemy accurately.
This time it was the same, but Louie's answer was a little uncertain: "Should it be the Flash? or some other speedster? I'm not sure, that black shadow is a bit like the weird black fog seen in the Red Core Mission?"
The group looked at each other, and then at Artoria, the only one other than Louis who had ever made it through the Red Mist mission.
Artoria could only shake her head helplessly, the situation of the mission she experienced last time was a bit strange, and the enemies she encountered were not like this.
Louis looked at Bruce, wondering if there were any enemies with this image in the information Bruce had collected?
"I'm not sure either, just looking at the blurred shadows and that way of acting, it's a bit like The Flash. "Bruce's physical fitness is beyond the limits of human beings, but without the Force reinforcement, he can't react to that speed in time, and he doesn't see as much as Louis.
Everyone stood there for a moment of vigilance, but no new enemy appeared, and the black shadow that had disappeared did not reappear, and everyone decided to continue to return to the river bend fort, leaving the black shadow alone.
After advancing south for half a day, he finally walked out of the abandoned modern urban area, and looked at the fact that he only needed to take one step to come from the modern city to the relatively primitive and backward environment, John Wick had a very magical feeling - not the gradual change from the city to the countryside, but this sense of separation that suddenly crossed the two eras, which was very magical.
Stepping onto the dirt road, John had a strange feeling and couldn't help but look at the crowd: "I had a strange feeling just now, is this a normal situation? Or is it just my delusion?"
"It's not a delusion, you don't have to worry about it. Louis explained simply: "It's like suddenly coming from a closed room with poor air quality to an outside, and it's caused by the difference between the inside and outside environment." ”
"But this ......" John looked back at the abandoned city that was close at hand, and he swallowed his question back, such a strange thing has appeared in front of him, what kind of strange thing is the difference in the environment?
After stepping out of the confines of the abandoned city, everyone unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and left the confines of the city, and no longer had to worry about being suddenly teleported to other worlds.
Although they are all brave here, it is not good to feel that something can happen at any time, and it will make people always in a state of tension.
When you come out, you can relax a lot, and you can even take a deep breath and enjoy the fresh air.
"Just came back from a place with a terrible environment and suddenly felt that the air here was really good. Jill took a few deep breaths and complained about the terrible environment of the last mission world: "To be honest, this kind of life of being able to go to different worlds frequently is really a bit difficult to give up after a long time, if only you could go to any world you want to go to." ”
Because it was determined that there was a return scroll, several people who were worried about not being able to return to the past world had a large stone in their hearts removed.
In this case, they will also begin to pay attention to the 'merits' of the world, such as the relatively better natural environment that has not been destroyed by industrial civilization.
"It's a good idea to come here every now and then if you can...... It's even better if there is no demon king or something. Steve thought about it, if there was no accident, they should choose to return to the original world after defeating the Demon King, and if they could still travel back and forth between the two worlds freely, this place would no longer be threatened by the Demon King.
"If I can defeat the Demon King, I don't think it's very difficult to travel freely, or even to other worlds. As the only brave man present who had seen the Demon King, Louis felt that it was not easy to defeat the Demon King.
"In that case, it would be interesting. Jill looked at Artoria, who didn't speak much, "Maybe we can go to Artoria and meet the real Knights of the Round Table." ”
"It's not that hard to be a part of the Round Table if you want to. Louis glanced at Artoria: "Artoria must be happy to be a knight of the Round Table with a powerful companion like you." ”
"Forget it. "Jill doesn't want to be a Knight of the Round Table, that means she has to help Artoria go to war.
Artoria remained silent, as if to maintain the majesty of being a king, but those who already knew her knew that it meant that Artoria was hungry and did not want to speak when she was not in a particularly good mood.
Fortunately, Steve and Bruce's camp was not very far from the abandoned city, and the group did not go directly back to Fort Riverbend, but came to the camp first.
Bruce motioned for everyone to wait and went to the vicinity of the camp alone to check around to make sure that no one had approached the camp before disarming the large number of hidden alarms and traps and allowing everyone to enter the camp area.
In addition to the camouflaged RV, there are simple tables, chairs, and campfires for resting and cooking.
After resting and having a full meal, everyone worked together to camouflage the RV and hide it perfectly, and Bruce also removed several key components to make it unable to start properly, leaving only the self-destruct device to operate as usual.
The traces of the camp were then carefully erased, and after all this was done, they headed for Fort Bend.
After doing a lot of trivial chores, it was already afternoon when the few people returned to the castle, and by the time they entered the lord's castle, it was already dark.
Due to the fact that Louis had more faces around him when he returned this time, the knights guarding the city gate informed the lord Sorensen of the situation early.
Louis, who noticed this situation, felt that it was easy - Sorensen would definitely react after receiving the report, and it was estimated that by the time Louie walked to the gate of the castle, Sorensen would have already dealt with it, and Louis should not be stopped outside the gate and stupidly waiting for the lord's decision.
As Louis had guessed, when Louis led his companions to the castle gates, the guards did not hinder them and made their way back to the small building where they lived.
This small building already has a lot of rooms, but three new people have been added, and there is no need to arrange a new place to live.
Not long after everyone returned to the small building, Myron, who had not seen before, walked back in a hurry, and was a little surprised when he saw John: "Oh, there is a new person?"
"yes. This is John Wick. Louis introduced John to Myron, and then he noticed that Miyuki was actually very diligent in pouring water for everyone: "Miyuki, don't be so busy. ”
"I just think it's better to be active, and there's nothing to do here all day. Young Miyuki smiled and said that she felt much better recently, that she no longer had any painful symptoms, and that she seemed to have regained her vitality for her age.
When Louie was about to say something, he noticed John's strange eyes, and Louis could only turn his head and explain to John: "Miyuki's situation is special, and she is not a brave person. ”
After briefly explaining Miyuki's situation, John was surprised that this would happen, and at the same time, he also learned more about the situation he was going to face.
"Don't underestimate Miyuki, her real strength is very strong. Don't think the other person is still young...... I know some worlds where the strong people are not very old, and there are even those who have achieved amazing results on the battlefield at the age of about ten. ”
"......" While lamenting the existence of all kinds of strange worlds, they also sighed what kind of sadness that world is, and how sad it is that teenage children actually want to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy?
The conversation was reluctant to continue, so the servants in the castle had set up a table of food at the table, and then they talked about Louie's recruitment opportunity this time over dinner.
Except for Louie, among the several brave people present, there was no second person who had received this kind of reward, if it was said that the task reward was purely random, why was it touched by Louie twice in a row?
Bruce thinks there might be some hidden reason for this: "Maybe there is something hidden in your Mark of Valor?"
He wondered if it was because Louie was the first brave man to be summoned, so Louie was defaulted to being the 'captain', so he had the function of recruiting 'team members'?
"I don't know, but it's not unlikely. "It's impossible to judge for the time being, but if Louis gets this reward again, it's almost certain: this so-called recruitment opportunity is a special reward unique to Louis.
Louis is still a little proud of the fact that he may have unique abilities, after all, everyone wants to be the special one, the younger they are, the more they hope for it, but after most people experience more and more 'reality', this idea will be gradually buried.
Louis used to be the same, but now the idea has been rediscovered with a magical experience, bathed in the sun again.
"You're too proud. Jill couldn't help but complain about Louie's smug look.
"I didn't want to hide it. Louis felt that with his current expression and demeanor, if he formed a group to place a certain dungeon, he didn't need to do anything at all, and he could ensure that all the creatures in the dungeon would attack him - the side effect might be that he didn't distinguish between friend and foe?
Louie's mind was still functioning, so it was enough to be proud for a while in his spare time, and he quickly returned to his normal state and discussed his next plans.
If nothing else, the next thing they have to do is still to investigate and gather intelligence information, they just need to decide whether to go west or south first?