Chapter 42: Into the Waterways of Motvia (Part II)
Xia Yan and his party encountered a blockade line composed of a large number of half-fishmen in the Motvia waterway, and they were ready to force their way through in the face of these vicious killers in the water. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
His backpack was thrown into the water, and Natsuhiko held the crescent moon and bounced off the stone wall of the waterway on the right and jumped into the air, swinging a sword qi from top to bottom to cut off the heads of several fishmen, falling into the water and engaging the enemy at close range, Josim also swung his double sword into the fish-man pile, dodged several attacks, and then spun his body to slash down several enemies with a whirlwind.
"Wow...... There's no chance for Miss Ben to perform!"
"What are you talking about, take care of yourself!!"
Crescent's scabbard flew from not far away, hitting the fish-man who suddenly appeared behind Shaw, and she immediately pulled out her triangular spear and stabbed it backwards, piercing the fish-man's neck, walking in the water that overflowed her waist, grabbing the scabbard floating on the surface of the water and throwing it back. Xia Yan quickly took the scabbard to block the bites of several fishmen, and cut off their forelimbs with a single sword, wielding the sword to perform the continuous blade slash that he was good at, and slashed the fishmen one by one.
Unlike Natsuhiko in a head-to-head duel, Josim stepped on the fishman's shoulder and jumped into the air to avoid the destructive water ball, raised his sword and stabbed down with the power of the fall, killed two fishmen in an instant, pulled out his twin swords from the corpse and threw them to kill the other two targets, waded in front of the last fishman and kicked it into the air, and then grabbed its tail and threw it out of the waterway.
After the battle, Natsuhiko and Joshim rested against the stone wall, and their blood was also cooled by the cold water hitting their bodies, leaving only the pain all over their bodies......
Xiao Yi ran to the two of them and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
The scabbard of the knife held by Xia Yan in his left hand fell into the water, and he barely supported his shaking body with the knife, and replied weakly: "...... I can't die for a while...... Help me with these ......."
Shoey took the Crescent Moon Knife, scooped it out of the water, put it in the sheath and put it in his backpack, similarly, Josim's situation was not optimistic, but he still stubbornly said, "The Nords are not so easy to fall, now it's up to me to clear the way." ”
Josim retrieved his sword from the fish-man's corpse, motioned for the two to follow, and waded forward.
“...... What a reckless guy......" Xia Yan also took a step, but unexpectedly lost his center of gravity and fell into the water, Xiao Yi hurriedly helped him up and patted him on the back, Xia Yan coughed up the water that he accidentally inhaled into his lungs, and there was a lot of blood attached to it.
"Stupid...... If you're hurt, don't pretend you're okay! Xiao Yi looked into Xia Yan's haggard eyes and picked him up and walked forward.
The rest of the journey was relatively smooth, when they passed through a hundred-meter-long passage and entered another stone chamber in front of them, Xiao Yi closed the stone door with all his strength, Natsuhiko and Josim both sat down on the ground to rest, she took out some bandages and traumatic medicine from her backpack, and took out some cheese and bread, cut them with Natsuhiko's knife and divided them among the two.
"Cut...... Picnic, and even use my knife to cut cheese? Hey, hey, hey, it hurts!" He couldn't laugh or cry, his left hand was torn open by the fishman during the battle, and he ate a "fishman swinging tail", his ribs were also injured to varying degrees, and he would cough up blood from time to time, and the wound on his arm was still bleeding outward after being bandaged, after all, Xiao Yi was not a professional surgeon.
Hastily treating Natsuhiko's wounds, she motioned for Joshim to take off his leather gloves, and his calloused hands were torn apart by the violent collision, and the gloves were covered in blood. Xiao Yi thought for a moment, took out a roll of adhesive tape from his pocket, and handed it to the two.
"This is the wound medicine I invented, which is similar to what is sold on the market, but it does not need to be specially bandaged, and it can stop the bleeding after being applied!~"
"Are there no side effects?"
Josim was a little suspicious, but Xiao Yi couldn't allow him to resist, so he directly wrapped the tape in his hand around his hand and shouted: "It's just that because I haven't tried it, I'm going to find two guinea pigs to try, don't talk nonsense!"
Immediately afterwards, Xia Yan also put the medicinal glue on his arm, and the bleeding did stop. Due to the loss of physical strength, the two of them gulped down the food in their hands, Shoy looked at the two people, handed them a bottle of wine, and said: "This is a high-grade red wine imported from Gronia, I stole it from the Count of Arassis~"
"What! you stole it!"
Xia Yan choked suddenly, took a breath and continued to ask, "How many other things do you have with you, and what are they?"
The wine bottle in his hand was snatched by Joshim, and after taking a sip, he said, "The wine is good, Maitreya, Ling Mei also brought some fruit and a small amount of jerky, a few jars of vegetable juice and the wine in our hands, and trauma medicine. ”
"She's not my sister, don't talk nonsense......" he smiled and slapped Joshim, then said to Shoey, "Don't hide it now, we two are dying of exhaustion, give us food." ”
Xiao Yi pouted and took out a few fruits, tossed them to Joshim, and then picked up a hard apple and smashed it at Natsuhiko's forehead. In an instant, the knife flashed, and Xia Yan stabbed the apple flying towards him from top to bottom with a swing of the knife in his right hand, and Xiao Yi also applauded him with satisfaction.
"It's not fun, I'm hurt even more when I get hit!"
"I just want to make a fuss, don't mind!~"
Looking at Xiao Yi's innocent smiling face, Xia Yan's anger immediately disappeared, he took the apple off the tip of the knife, and replied: "It's not interesting to play tricks on me, go and smash that guy......"
Joshim, who accidentally lay down on the gun, smiled wryly and squinted at the two: "Don't involve me as an outsider in your business, I'm not an elegant person like you, and a little girl who likes handsomeness won't take a fancy to me." ”
"Not necessarily...... Your combat skills are not inferior to those of Jubei and Victor. Although these fishmen have a troublesome constitution and can't fight them in close combat, you can deal with them at short distances without taking damage, which shows that you are a combat genius. ”
"That's the cortex, just don't go near them!Josim can easily kill them with his sword!~" Shaw has a similar study of the skin of the fishmen, suggesting killing them at a distance.
Joshim sighed, "If only it were that simple, these guys are not like humans, and a sword may not be able to kill them......"
"If you don't come and stir it up, I can bring the steel sword, just wield the steel sword, and killing these fish people is as natural as breathing. ”
Listening to Xia Yan's remarks, Josim smiled: "Your sword weighs sixty or seventy kilograms, that's much heavier than this little girl, and if you and I weigh it, maybe you'll have to ...... it yourself."
The three of them looked at each other, laughed, rested in the stone chamber for a while, and once again picked up their weapons and walked towards the stone gate on the other side of the stone chamber, where the mysterious gem at the end of the waterway beckoned them......
A series of death-fighting ensues, in which Natsuhiko and Joshim exert their strength to the extreme, taking the policy of forcibly breaking through and breaking into the stone chambers along the way to evade the pursuers, and the group passed through seven waterways in a row and came to the eighth stone chamber.
Still in the same layout, Xia Yan sat by the lion's head outlet, cleaned the new wound with the landscape, and said to Xiao Yi, "Haven't you arrived yet?" Although your medicine is very effective, such an endless battle has exhausted our physical energy. ”
Josim was the same, his trembling hands could no longer hold the double sword, he stuck the double sword on the ground, and said, "I don't know how long it will take to reach the end of the waterway, it's a bit reluctant to rely on a few of us......"
Shoey pulled Joshim and Natsuhiko up from the ground and told them, "There's no boat back now!, and there are so many half-fishmen wandering behind, and it's not far from the end, because this group of waterways is made up of thirty waterways in total, and we all go in the same starting direction, so the end is ahead!"
"You little devil is really optimistic...... Die, die!" Xia Yan gritted his teeth and stood up, opened the stone door leading to the next waterway, and the three of them came to the middle of the waterway, this time no enemy attacked them, and the sound of a waterfall reached their ears.
"Ha!~ This is not far from the end of the waterway, and the water of the waterway comes from the waterfall of Balt Mountain, which is divided into three branches, and the separated water flows combine at the entrance of the waterway, and then flow to the You River, listening to the sound of the waterfall, it should be in front, let's go!~" Shaw happily ran forward, leaving the two wounded aside.
"What a guy who doesn't think about anyone else, Joshim, keep up!" the two followed Shoy to where she stood, and the water in front of them was very steep, about 45 degrees, and the knee-high water was flowing down at a high speed, making it completely impassable.
"Who said that Miss Ben didn't have any use for what she brought?" Eventually, the three of them passed through the steep terrain with the help of the grappling hook and rope that Shaw had brought, and the top was the entrance to the next stone chamber, and Shaw pushed the door open without hesitation......
The three of them came to a huge stone chamber, which was completely different from the shelters along the way, with huge holes in the walls of the walls that poured a lot of water downward, and a high waterfall was washing through the upper wall of the stone chamber, washing the floor of the stone chamber, splashing cool water and scattering it in every corner of the room. The builders used the stone chamber as a cistern, the pool under the chamber was bottomless, and from their position, a stone bridge connected to a circular platform that went deep into the water, and from the platform extended three other stone bridges, a total of four stone chambers, except for the one they entered, the other two stone bridges also connected two roads that led to other directions during their lifetimes, and the last stone bridge was connected by a waterfall, and there was no mystery behind it.
After making sure that this was the end, Xia Yan put all the knives in his backpack, took out the compass, checked it, and said to the two: "Our direction is indeed correct, the cause of the Gem and Fishman riots is in this place. ”
"It turns out that the end of the legendary Motvia waterway is so magnificent, it is really a strange architectural style, completely different from the modern kingdoms!" said Joshim as Natsuhiko walked around, sighing at the grandeur of the place.
Xia Yan also agreed with this, but Xiao Yi was still very calm, and said to the two: "This is the last stop of the Motvia Waterway, and the end of the water vein that the goddess said is still behind the big waterfall!"
She took the two of them by the hand and walked to the waterfall opposite, and when she came to the platform in the center of the stone chamber, she suddenly caused a shock. The platform under their feet suddenly collapsed several meters downward, and came to a position parallel to the water, and because they broke away from the platform, the four stone bridges connecting the four walls also collapsed, and as the huge debris from the collapsed stone bridge fell into the water, a suffocating roar was heard nearby.
"Ahh
"Monsters, is that the voice just now!"
Before Josim could finish speaking, some white bones appeared on the surface of the water nearby, but they were not human bones, but dry bones of half-fishmen, and another trumpet-like whisper came from the bottom of the water......
Xia Yan quickly tied the rope to the iron hook, and after visually checking the distance, he found that he couldn't reach the break of the nearby entrance, so he had to throw the rope aside, indicating that he could not do anything. A large number of blisters suddenly appeared on the surface of the water, and in just a few seconds, a huge shadow jumped out of the water at a very fast speed, flew straight over the platform and fell into the water on the other side, splashing a huge splash.
"Oh, what's that, protect yourself. Joshim quickly drew his twin swords, and Natsuhiko also took out the long knife from his backpack, and threw the short knife to Xiao Yi for her defense, and placed her in the center of the platform, and the two of them patrolled around the platform, ready to face the behemoth.
"Roar!!
With a terrifying roar, a terrifying figure appeared from the water, Xia Yan and Josim immediately rushed to Xiao Yi's location to meet the enemy together, and what appeared in their field of vision was a giant piranha skeleton, more than five meters long and nearly two meters high, and on its back stood a strange skeleton man with scattered blue hair and a bronze trident......
"What is this guy...... It looks very strong......" The hands holding the knife kept shaking, which showed that Xia Yan was very nervous at the moment.
"I don't know...... But his blue hair is indeed rare, he must be an ancient Heroic Spirit......"
Natsuhiko threw the scabbard on the ground and said to Joshim, "Why do you always take my words, I asked Xiao Yi ......"
"Brother Josim is right...... He's the hero of the crusade against the darkness, Ralph the Guardian ......" Shaw explained, trembling and frightened.
Although he learns the identity of the Guardian of the Waterway, it is in vain, and Josim picks up the rope from the ground, spins it, and throws it at Ralph on the back of the big fish. The hook wrapped around its trident, and Joshim pulled with all his might, trying to pull him off the back of the big fish.
Unexpectedly, he tried his best to make Ralph move a little, and the wounds on his hands flared up at this time, Josim gritted his teeth, his eyes were full of bloodshots, and pulled back with all his strength again, Ralph still didn't move half a minute, its empty eyes stared straight at Joshim, and with a wave of its trident, Josim was pulled up from the ground and flew into the air, Xia Yan immediately jumped up and cut the rope, which saved Joshim.
The first round of attacks failed, and Josim drew his twin swords from his scabbard: "I was careless, although I don't know how he crusaded against the darkness, but he was really powerful." ”
"I said, whoever dares to stand in the way will be killed, let's go together!"
The two of them looked at each other and rushed towards the big fish in the water, jumped up on the edge of the platform and came to the back of the fish, confronting Ralph face to face, and being able to get a closer look at the skeleton, which was still strong enough to fight like a normal human under the impetus of some mysterious force, with dark blue hair growing faintly on its skull and a ragged leather coat.
The Moon Shadow appeared in an instant, and Ralph moved its halberd in front of him, and the sword energy was scattered. Natsuhiko's attack missed, Joshim threw a sword at the same time, followed by Natsuhiko and rushed towards it for a close-range attack, Ralph jammed Joshim's flying sword with a trident, and then quickly spun the halberd to shatter the sword, raised the halberd again to block the two's slashing attack, and used his brute force to knock the two apart, swinging a halberd to knock them off the back of the fish and fall to the platform.
At the same time as the battle was raging below, at the top of this stone chamber, a mysterious red-haired man was looking down on the battle below, cursing vulgar words in his mouth, and just as he was about to leave, he turned around sharply, as if he saw something valuable......
"Maitreya Flow!Qizhi Taidao!Infinite Crescent!" The cold light flashed, Xia Yan jumped on the back of the big fish again, and tried to attack Ralph who was still with the immeasurable crescent moon, and the iron sword slash was framed again, and was swept by the long pole, but Xia Yan was also lucky to block, only a few steps back, standing at the position of the head of the skeleton fish.
He loosened his hands that were numbed by the handle of the gun, and analyzed: "I see through it...... It's just a fitting method, as long as you keep it that way, no matter how hard the attacker tries, he won't be able to hurt you in the slightest, but if I do this......"
Crescent Moon's blade stabbed into the skull of the skeleton fish, causing it to be startled like a cat with its tail stepped on, and Natsuhiko immediately jumped from the big fish and fell back to the ground of the platform.
The big fish's body began to shake violently, and Ralph suddenly threw its trident, burning in the air, and splitting into two flame phantoms, flying towards the three of them in the form of three halberds. Xia Yan immediately picked up the stunned Xiao Yi from the ground and jumped into the air to dodge the attack, at this time the ground had exploded, and the ground was shattered by flames.
After landing, Joshim quickly stepped forward to seize Ralph's trident, but Natsuhiko suddenly gave a warning and stopped at the last minute. The bony fish had already dived to the bottom of the water, and Ralph landed right from the sky to grab the trident before Joshim, pulling it out of the ground and knocking him away.
At the critical moment, Xiao Yi fell asleep, and Xia Yan had to put her in a relatively safe corner and stepped forward to help Joshim with a knife in his hand. A high-speed slash forced Ralph back a few steps, but the blade could not cut through the opponent's halberd anyway, and Ralph dodged the last knife when Natsuhiko took advantage of the recruitment, flashed behind Natsuhiko and bounced him out with the handle of the gun, and swung the trident to slash down from above. But its combo was interrupted, and Joshim shattered it with a powerful flying kick at the last moment, and the moment he landed, he jumped into the air with the only remaining sword and stabbed Ralph into the air, only to be blasted away by the oncoming trident, which sliced his leather armor open and wounded his right shoulder.
When Joshim was knocked back, Natsuhiko quickly got up and used his killing move again, and the bright light surrounded his blade......
"Immeasurable Crescent! Instant!!!" In an instant, Xia Yan rushed back and forth at Ralph three times at his extreme speed, and finally he stopped beside Xiao Yi, took the water chopper in her hand, and immediately used multiple knife drawing techniques to hit Ralph's body again, and then held both knives in his hands, and motioned to Josim on the side to confirm whether he had defeated the opponent.
At this moment, Ralph's skeleton let out a roar of rage and disappeared from their eyes in an instant, and when they looked up, they found that it had jumped more than ten meters above the ground, and the trident in its hand flashed a wide range of flame brilliance.
"It's over! It wants to blast this platform directly into the water, what should we do next? Maitreya!" Joshim was unable to return to the sky, and cast a pleading gaze at Xia Yan.
He didn't answer, just put Shoey on his back and looked up at Ralph in the air again, and suddenly a red-haired man appeared out of the corner of his eye, but it disappeared from his eyes in an instant, and Josim also noticed it, staring intently into the air.
Suddenly, the red-haired man appeared on top of Ralph's head, and stepped on its shoulder, the next foot was about to step on it, and fell with it, just a few seconds Ralph fell heavily to the ground, shattering the ground, the red-haired man followed and landed in the same position, stepping it heavily into the ground, he looked at the three of them with a cruel smile, and when the trident fell from the air, he kicked it away, and the burning halberd hit the wall at the edge of the stone chamber, and caused a big explosion, the entire stone chamber began to shake, and the three platforms containing the entrance all collapsed, which meant that Xia Yan and the others had completely lost their way out......
"Waste, Uncle is in a good mood today, you have picked up a life!"
The mysterious man suddenly appeared, Xia Yan and Yosim still did not dare to slack off, it was unknown whether the other party was friend or foe, Xia Yan placed Xiao Yi on the ground, and once again pointed at him with a knife......