Chapter 53: Commanding the Demons (I)
Lin Qiu found that the boss's son had said a bunch of information crookedly, and only one of them seemed to be true - due to the continuous expansion of the sandstorm zone, some monsters active in the sandstorm zone appeared near Sandstone Town. The owner of the pen and fun pavilion www.biquge.info said that in the past month, many townspeople and adventurers have died in the mouth of monsters.
The people of Sandstone hated what the Sandstone Brotherhood had done, and on the other hand, they pinned their last hope on them. Because of this, this group of people began to plunder more aggressively.
"I overheard the chiefs say that they were already planning to get out of here. ”
The boss's son hung his head, his iron sword crooked at his feet. The rusty sword had been found rummaging through the clutter heap of his house, and he didn't know how to use it at all, so he usually used it to scare ordinary townsfolk and adventurers.
Hearing his son's words, the boss sighed heavily: "Sure enough, they didn't intend to save us from the beginning. ”
The boss had cleaned up the plates on the table, and Anna, who had tasted the exotic food, squinted her eyes in satisfaction and lay on the table to tease Jörmungand. She couldn't understand a word about what was happening, but she believed that whatever happened, her Tyr would be able to fix it perfectly—as it was in Atlantis, and it was in Port Solan.
It's a natural trust.
"Guest, if you are going to Shakdam, please leave as soon as possible. ”
After his son said that the Brotherhood of Sandstone was ready to abandon the place, the old man despaired. Once those monsters rush into the town, ordinary people like them will definitely become food for the monsters without any resistance. After Shakdam was swallowed up by the Sandstorm, Sandstone has been isolated.
Although the guest seemed to be strong, the man who was targeted by the Brotherhood of Sandstone never ended well—he felt a deep fear at the thought of the temperature that could melt even an iron sword.
Lin Qiu picked his teeth with his little thumb nonchalantly, isn't he just a person with the ability to engrave, he has just defeated Sicia, who is known as one of the strongest engravings in the Byron Empire, what kind of tricks can a knight from such a remote town turn over.
"Boss, do you have a detailed map of Shakdam? I can't use this. ”
The map given to him by Old Jack was old and old, and he had scribbled and altered it several times, so that he could not make out the exact route to Shakdam.
"Wait a minute, I should have one last map here...... Anyway, Sandstone Town is over, and it's useless to keep this kind of thing. ”
"There's no hurry. ”
Lin Qiu waved his hand: "I don't like to owe favors to others, the monster you are talking about is in the west, right?"
The boss and his son were both stunned by Lin Qiu's words, and the boss's son looked even more excited: "You still don't understand the situation, those monsters are terrifying creatures that came out of the depths of the sandstorm area, and they can't be fought against by humans!"
Lin Qiu picked it up with his foot and kicked the iron sword on the ground to the boss's son: "Didn't you say that you were going to hunt monsters, lead the way." ”
"You're crazy, if you die, you can go yourself!"
The boss's son shook his head busily, although he had never seen a monster with his own eyes, he had heard from the leader that those monsters with bodies as tall as mountains could easily destroy a town.
He didn't want to die, so even if he abandoned his dignity, he had to attach himself to the Sandstone Brotherhood.
"So you joined the Sandstone Brotherhood to plunder innocent townsfolk with them. ”
It seemed that Lin Qiu had said that he had reached the sore spot, and the boss's son suddenly became excited, he slammed the iron sword on the ground, and roared: "What's wrong with wanting to survive! Do you want everyone to stay in this kind of place like you and die? And I know that although the boss said so, he will definitely not leave us at a critical moment!"
This kid is hopeless, it's just someone who sold and counted the money for others.
Lin Qiu was silent for a long time, and only after he finished venting his emotions did he slowly say, "Who are you talking about the boss?"
"Soldering iron!"
This is probably the title given to him by the locals. After reporting this title, the boss's son stiffened his neck and almost wrote "refuse to cooperate" on his face.
"Gone, Anna. ”
Lin Qiu took Anna's little hand and walked towards the outside of the tavern.
He had been thinking about something else - Alyssa had told him that the target of the Centennial Mission was a prehistoric monster called Quicksand, and he speculated that the formation of the Sandstorm Zone and the fall of Shakdam were inseparable from this monster. Now that Alyssa has penetrated deep into Shakdam, there is a good chance that he will be drawn into this battle next.
So before this fight, he had to prepare well.
"Deep sea. ”
"What's wrong, master?"
The west of Sandstone Town was still an endless desert, and Lin Qiu felt that if he didn't have a map, he wouldn't be able to go far and would be lost in the desert. He also really admired Alyssa's courage to break into this desert single-handedly.
"The monster that the White Bone Ji said will escape when the seal is broken...... What the hell is it?"
Ophelia told him that what had been sealed into the knight's body through the church's ritual was supposed to be the monster's core. Since it is a demon core, there is absolutely no possibility of awakening, and the ritual will never be called a seal.
This thing is a bit evil, could it be that the original owner of this body is a virus carrier, right?
"Can't define. Please don't think about it anymore, if the seal is broken, the master will definitely die. ”
The reason why he asked about the deep sea now was because the boss's words shattered his last illusion - Alyssa might have fought with Quicksand, and if Alyssa was not its opponent, then the only hole card he could rely on was the mysterious thing sealed in his body.
Lin Qiu didn't answer again.
Facing the vastness of the desert, he suddenly realized a serious problem - could it be that even the existence of monsters was made up with a soldering iron?
Jörmungård "swam" happily in front of him and Anna.
Then, after a violent shake, a huge crab dived up from the desert, and the heavy hard shell of its back happened to be pressed against the dazed Jörmungandr, who looked around on the big creature and seemed to not understand why it had flown into the sky all at once.
Lin Qiu couldn't wait to slap himself in the mouth - if Ye Mengjia had any three long and two short, all his previous hard work would be in vain!
"Brother, if you have something to discuss, let's put down Jörmungad first!"
Lin Qiu danced and rushed towards the giant crab, trying to distract it. To his surprise, Jörmungëder not only had no intention of coming down, but crawled back and forth on the thick shell as if he had found a home. However, his shouting succeeded in attracting the crab's attention, and it turned around sluggishly, waved its huge pincers, and ran sideways towards Lin Qiu.
If it was usual, Lin Qiu would have greeted him with a sword. But now he had to think about Jörmungard's safety.
Just as he hesitated, a surprising scene happened, the big crab actually stopped in front of him, leaned down, and looked intimate.
At this time, Jörmungad happened to climb onto the crab's claws, and it slid into the sand and raised its head, as if waiting for Lin Qiu's praise.
"Is this your friend?"
Jörmungard shook his head vigorously, as if dissatisfied with the title of "friend".
Although this crab is huge, it is only a C-class monster at best. And strictly speaking, Jörmungad's grade should be above the S-rank, thinking about it like this, Lin Qiu somewhat understood: "This is your little brother?"
This time Jörmunga nodded in satisfaction.
The gloom in Lin Qiu's heart was swept away by Ye Mengjia's energetic actions, this little thing could always bring him surprises beyond the unexpected.
Jörmungad spat out the letter, hissed a few times, and the desert shook a few more times, and a moment later, more than a dozen crabs of about the same size appeared around them, as if they had been summoned by some kind of summoning, and gathered around Lin Qiu.
"Jörmungad, why don't we have a discussion!"
Seeing this, Lin Qiu suddenly had an idea.