Chapter 372: Grotesque Legends
Worried adventurers and companions exchanged their opinions, but few responded to his call, and only two ended up walking out of the camp with him. Together with himself, there were three of them, and the light provided by the three torches was extremely limited, and they did not dare to leave the camp too far.
Taine is a city of all rivers, and there is no shortage of grotesque legends in crowded places.
Some bards light a bonfire after a long night's sleep, don their cloaks, and tell strange tales about the Taigne in an eerie tone, the most talked about being the Emerald Forest. After all, this dense sea of trees has a long history, and they can casually make up no less than a dozen "legends" with a tap of their heads.
Often, these legends only frighten outsiders, but to locals, especially adventurers, the Emerald Forest is like a mountain of gold, full of treasures. A young humanoid monster can fetch at least 10,000 gold coins at auction, even if it only gets a fifth of the gratuity, enough for them to squander it for a while.
Until recently, things got a little weird.
The legends seemed to be all nightmares, and the worried adventurer thought that his fears were not unreasonable, he had seen the group of adventurers who had returned from the Emerald Forest last time, and several of them had gone crazy, claiming to have seen the ghosts of the past in the forest.
The people they killed turned into translucent silhouettes one by one and came to them to ask for their lives.
And he felt that the timing of Barendav's visit to the Emerald Forest was too strange, although the monster trade chain was his industry, Barendav himself was rarely involved, he was used to handing over these tedious tasks to his subordinates, and he only needed to take the profits of the Chamber of Commerce regularly.
Worried adventurers speculate that something is going on in this forest...... Or, it has already happened.
"I said, let's go back. The man behind him reminded him.
It was pitch black ahead, and the shadow of the camp was about to disappear, and the shadow that accompanied the night was ominous. They can't manage so much anymore, whether the lost person is going to make extra money or something happens to them, it's not something they can solve.
"Tyr, tell me what we should do. ”
When the adventurers were undecided, Phoenix also slapped on the branch next to Lin Qiu and whispered.
Lin Qiu intended to teach these adventurers some lessons, and Phoenix raised his hands in agreement. Alyssa, on the other hand, thought the plan was a bit boring, and she went alone to find a safe place to rest nearby. Lin Qiu did not hinder Alyssa, he saw that Alyssa wanted to be alone now.
"Aren't you going to use Leorea's illusionary powers? ”
"Great idea!" Phoenix's eyes lit up, but soon she encountered some difficulties: "But what does a terrible ghost look like?"
Phoenix hadn't been scared by ghosts or anything like that in his lifetime.
Lin Qiu thought about it seriously.
Night, wilderness, forest. Based on the scene before him, he immediately thought of an iconic terrifying figure, the slender ghost, a tall, thin man who once scared him so much that he didn't even dare to go to the toilet alone in the middle of the night. From his vantage point, he could see the sneaky three adventurers.
Hmph, you don't know anything about horror!
"Phoenix, listen up, the lanky ghost is a tall, skinny man, but ......"
When Lin Qiu popularized some basic common sense for Phoenix, the worried adventurer was caught in a dilemma. Responsibility tended to keep him looking for his lost teammates, but fear held him back. What if, what if what those crazy adventurers say is true?
What if the Emerald Forest does start to haunt and the ghosts of the past come to them every night?
Thinking of this, he was cold, and this coldness even frightened him to draw his sword directly, watching everything around him vigilantly. It was unfounded, but instinct made him feel like he was being targeted by something.
"I went back. The two adventurers who came out with him retreated, they heard the sounds of Suo Suo around them, and at the same time felt that they were being targeted by something: "I wonder if this forest is really haunted, as long as we all stay together, it will be fine." ”
He made the most constructive proposal.
Lin Qiu felt that if the people in the ghost movie and Conan had the same consciousness as him, and didn't always return to their rooms at critical moments to create opportunities for the murderer and ghosts, their mortality rate would be greatly reduced. However, it was obviously impossible for him to make it easy for the three of them to return to the camp -
"It's your turn, Phoenix. ”
Phoenix gave him a "reassuring" look.
At the same time, Lin Qiu heard the exclamation of one of the adventurers, and he pointed to the shadow of the bush on the left in shock, and took two or three steps backwards. Just now, he clearly saw a tall, thin figure standing there staring at him.
"What do you see?" the two of them asked urgently, startled by him.
"There's someone there!"
The courage of the three adventurers was somewhat unexpected by Lin Qiu, not only did they not flee in the wilderness, but instead approached the bushes at a slow speed after standing still. One of them held a torch, and the other two drew their swords, and they kept their footsteps to a minimum, for fear of disturbing anything.
"Phoenix, it's time to give them the final blow. Lin Qiu sneered disdainfully.
They committed one of the biggest taboos - curiosity is the most harmful thing in horror movies, when they peel aside the bushes, they will find a slender ghost close at hand, Lin Qiu can't help but think of the situation when he was scared to death.
"Sasha—"
The sound of pushing aside the bushes came, and then Lin Qiu's sneer stiffened on his face.
"What, it's just a stickman. ”
"It scared me to death, I thought there was some kind of ghost. ”
"Who left the stickman here, the quality is so poor. ”
In the bushes, the voices of the three of them were discussed.
"Tyr, what you're talking about won't work!" F. Phoenix was dissatisfied, she hadn't even had time to catch her breath in anticipation.
"I wanted to ask you what you got out!"
"Isn't this the thin, tall, dark-clad man?"
Unconvinced, Phoenix used his illusion ability on Lin Qiu, so Lin Qiu soon saw a stickman leaning on a tree branch and waving to him in a cool way. Phoenix was unrelenting: "Tell me, what is the difference between this and what you described?"
"Be quiet, they're going to hear you!"
"Obviously you're louder than me!"
Hey?
Lin Qiu and Phoenix both realized something, and looked at the bushes at the same time. The chatter of the three adventurers disappeared at some point, and with the volume of the two of them arguing just now, as long as the three were not deaf, they would definitely be discovered. But the reality is the opposite, the three of them have never come out after they have been in the bush.
"What's the matter, you did this?" Lin Qiu was a little unsure.
"It's not me!"