Chapter 408: The Hidden Staircase
The puppet in the room has been solved, but the one in the corridor is still alive. After briefly dealing with the injury on Ata's leg, and with Kailas taking the lead, the three of them turned out of the room and back into the hallway, where the situation was much better than they had imagined, and even a little too good.
Compared to the puppet that had just been fighting with the trio in the room, this one in the hallway had clearly met a nemesis. That nemesis was none other than Joe, who was not good-looking at first. At this moment, I saw a man with bulging muscles leaning on his one arm and holding down the puppet's right shoulder, and the teeth in his mouth bit the short blade of his left hand, trapping him against the wall.
Power, pure power. There is no other reason why Qiao can suppress the murder puppet, but one, and this is the only one that has topped tens of thousands of strange coincidences. It is conceivable that if Joe's right arm had not been cut off, what kind of terrifying brute force he would have been able to exert in his complete body, I am afraid that it is not impossible to tear this puppet's life apart.
Even though he was only one-armed, the brave arena fighter was a literal humanoid chariot, and the puppet had also used metal legs to attack his lower body to get out of trouble, but the same powerful leg muscles made Joe lift one foot and kick it all the way back to the puppet's knee joint.
Therefore, what they saw in front of the three of them was not so much a battle as a strong adult wantonly fiddling with a rag doll that had no power to resist. Rotten Tooth, who had planned to go up to help, was completely reduced to a spectator, and after seeing Joe's violent fighting style, he didn't want to get close to this companion at all, so as not to be affected by the torrential attack, and the body of the dwarf was far less durable than that of the puppet.
"Looks like you've solved it over there. Jung, who also looked like a play, greeted Atta and the others in a flirtatious tone, "Then it looks like it's time for this side to end." ”
After that, I saw the blood clan stretch out his two hands out of his cloak and pat it gently, as if he was applauding the opera actors. And just after the applause, the puppet that was frozen in the same place as Joe began to twitch strangely, its limbs and torso, every joint point oozing out dark red liquid, and making the sound of metal being corroded.
Joe let go in time to dodge to the side, he didn't want to be corrupted together. The broken knee could not support the puppet's body, and it was released and crawled straight to the ground, but the sad creature seemed to not understand its situation and still tried to attack the target in the hallway. It stretched out its hand and crawled in vain.
One hit, two strokes, and before its hands could move on the ground for the third time, all the nodes on the body's body had collapsed in decay, and could no longer be effective. Jung walked up slowly, kicking the puppet over with his foot and facing it head-on, although it was easy to solve, but the vampire's expression was a little solemn.
His memory was always good, and the Grey Robe had commissioned him to investigate similar dolls, and of course he remembered. Not only did he remember that by using the power of the river, he did investigate some information. Who would have thought that before this information was delivered to Cheese, they would appear in front of him again.
"It's your own death. Not knowing who he was saying this, Jung flicked his cloak and turned around, his face changing back to his nonchalant look.
He glanced at the crowd and swept his gaze to the wound on the female swordsman's leg, which had been bandaged simply, but because the leg was a part of constant movement, it was difficult for the wound to heal while maintaining movement. The vampire raised his eyebrows, walked up to Atta in three or two steps, looked into the latter's eyes and said softly, "In order to ensure that the follow-up goes smoothly, please allow me to touch your body, honorable lady." ”
No one can match this elven blood in terms of etiquette and demeanor, he has both a superior appearance and a connotation that is not part of the outside or even much deeper than the outside. Therefore, when Jung spoke to Atta at close range, Rao had the eye of a fairy and could see some kind of negative energy in the vampire, and she couldn't help but reddened her cheeks, and instead of speaking, she nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, Alice, who was on the side, immediately reached out to Atta's back and pinched her, this is the natural ability of the bloodline, when they approach creatures without hostility, they can always easily capture each other's favor, this is all for the purpose of hunting.
Atta, who had been pinched, immediately came back to her senses, remembering the throbbing in her heart a few seconds ago and the feeling of soaking in warm water in her mind, she only felt absurd and afraid. The swordswoman instinctively wanted to stay away from Jung, who had just exerted influence on her, but before she could make a move, the vampire had quietly withdrawn several steps.
On the other hand, the wound on her leg has also been completely scabbed, and as long as it is not hit again, it will not be a problem. Obviously, the Bloodline not only has the ability to suck blood, but also has the ability to control the blood in other living beings to a certain extent. I just don't know if this is a commonality of Barak or just Jung's ability.
"When we're ready, it's time for us to go to the master here. I'm afraid they're already waiting for us to be impatient, so don't let them down too much. Jung said, gesturing to the rotten tooth. The latter nodded, flew up and slapped a pattern on the edge of the hallway wall, and the ceiling above the hallway immediately parted and stretched downwards into an upward staircase. There is no doubt that this is a secret door.
"Actually, if you don't find those two dolls, they will probably rush out and attack us when the secret door is opened, so it's not a bad thing to get rid of the guards guarding the door first. Rotten Tooth explained to Atta. When they searched this floor, they found that the staircase that was supposed to lead to the top was missing, as if the house did not have three floors. From the outside, let alone three floors, this building is obviously four stories high, which obviously shows that the owner of the house does not want outsiders to set foot on higher floors, and even is ready to blow up the whole house.
It also makes sense that in the rush where underground facilities cannot be built, people want to hide their secrets, so they have to do the opposite, and since there is no way down, then build a safe house upwards. In Rushing Stream, the tallest buildings are often the homes of mission-oriented people, who live in these tower-like structures to be as unaffected as possible by the dampness of the river below, and to avoid many ill-intentioned people on the other.
Of course, there's no shortage of climbers in this city of people of all stripes, especially when Assassins like Jerry or Galona climb towers. But there is no such thing as a safe place in the world, is there a place where you can screen out most of the unskilled adversaries, and it has raised the cost of trying to disadvantage you.
"You people with bad intentions just like to make your place into a labyrinth. Alice looked at the staircase and said sarcastically, apparently she had also experienced the passage of the portico with the evil taste of the master.
Jung just chuckled at this, "That's different. Some people build labyrinths so that others can't find themselves. Some people build labyrinths to keep themselves from hurting others. ”
Just as a few people were about to ascend to the third floor, which was hidden in the shadows, the whole house suddenly shook. The frequency and magnitude of it were so intense that all the humans present fell to the ground. Fortunately, the violent earthquake only lasted for a moment, otherwise there would have been no need to explode the trap, and the building would probably collapse in the tremor.
"Hell, what's going on?" the huntress rubbed her buttocks, wondering if she was asking or sighing.
Jung looked at the ground with great interest, his gaze seemed to penetrate the planks and foundations, and went straight under the river, "This is a good thing, it shows that our other group is moving well." ”