Chapter 43: Loneliness in the Mist
(ps: The balance is finally more than two hundred and five, tsk, mixed with joy and sorrow)
"Roar~~~~" The huge roar was like thunder, which shook Lina and Freya's eardrums, but the two girls didn't feel panicked at all. Although this voice is huge, it is so familiar that it can be heard every day, this is Catherine's roar, this is the knight using the fighting spirit to strengthen the vocal cords and chest, the sound waves containing the fluctuation of the fighting spirit are roared out by the battle cry, and the sound causes interference and killing to the enemy, and sometimes, the knights will also use this way to achieve the effect of amplification and contact distant companions. Hearing the familiar roar, Lina urgently stopped the momentum of the fall, Freya also stopped the crawling action of the metal arthropods, the two girls squinted their eyes and searched carefully for a long time, only to recognize a vague black shadow from the fog, waving at them, through the noisy bird calls and wings flapping around them, Catherine's shout came vaguely: "Swing over, swing over, I'll catch you when you get to the position." ”
Freya came down too. Lina shouted hard, but she couldn't even hear herself in the continuous attacks.
Freya climbed up the cliff. Catherine used the battle cry again, but because the sentence was too long, her voice was already a little hoarse. No matter how powerful the knight girl is, after all, it is still composed of **, even if it is strengthened by the fighting spirit, the throat and vocal cords cannot withstand too frequent roars, especially this kind of long sentence. This is also the reason why in battle, the knights' battle cries are very short, as long as they can achieve the effect, in order to protect the body, the knights will consciously compress the syllables of the battle cry. However, in this situation, the knight girl had no other choice but to endure the pain of her voice tearing, and use the battle cry to notify her companions not far away.
Hearing Catherine's command, Lina no longer worried about Freya, and began to sway back and forth to accumulate power, and the swing of the rope became bigger and bigger, although there were constantly collision interference from birds along the way, but the presence of most of the birds could give Lina a place to increase the swing amplitude. At the same time, Freya regained control of the mechanical arthropods, clinging to the rock wall in Catherine's direction, and since she no longer needed to disperse the enemies with the Crystal Gun, she had enough time to observe her surroundings, and when the birds of prey swooped down on the closest distance, she finally saw the birds.
"Bang bang", Lina knocked away several birds of prey around her, and finally swung to the location where Catherine's shadow was, through the fog you could see that there was a vague ground there, she breathed a sigh of relief, and just wanted to let go and jump to the ground, when suddenly she heard Catherine's huge roar again, the roar was hoarse, but she could barely hear clearly: "Hold on, don't let go." ”
Hearing this sound, Lina's hands that were about to let go immediately re-grasped the climbing rope, and her body shook on the rope for a while before it stabilized. But she didn't swing back in the opposite direction under gravity, and a long whip had somehow pulled in on the rope above her, holding her in the air. Without Catherine saying anything more, Lina consciously and slowly slid down the rope until she was very close, and she realized that Catherine was not where the dark shadow she had just seen was, but had appeared in front of her. When Lina stepped on the ground, Catherine didn't care to say anything, and pushed Lina inward, and the erected shield blocked the path in front of her, swatting several birds of prey away from chasing her.
"Stand against the wall. Catherine's defense was as tight as a wall, and none of the birds of prey that rushed at it could get close: "These birds need space to fly, they can't attack you against the rock wall, they can only attack from the front, so you can stand against the wall and you will be disturbed by them." But be careful on both sides and above, there are sometimes other wall-dwelling monsters crawling over the wall, but fortunately there are not many, just pay attention. ”
Hearing Catherine's hoarse voice, Lina suddenly reacted, because there were no longer so many birds of prey around her, and the conversation at a normal volume could already be heard clearly. Lina looked left and right and asked curiously, "Sister, what happened just now, why didn't I look at you here?"
"There's something weird about this fog. Catherine said, "It's like being in water, it deflects light and gives us illusions." That's it just now, the place you swung over is a cliff, and if you let go, you will fall, but in fact we are all here. ”
"Is this insidious fog also a masterpiece of nature?" said Lina, gritting her teeth, "I kind of remember." ”
As Catherine said, many small magical beasts jumped and chased along the rock wall, and flew up after getting close to the girls, but now that Lina has landed, her combat power is no longer limited, wielding a mace as if playing with lightning balls, and shooting back the small magical beasts that flew over one by one. Vivien and Lina stood together, and without using magic, they directly picked up their staffs, and used the usual technique of hitting Freya's head to accurately knock each little monster that pounced on them off the cliff.
"It's finally down. After a while, Freya also climbed up the rock wall in the direction of the rope, and the descent of less than two hundred meters made her sweat: "No wonder Pannis let the two of us come down together, if this one person comes down, he may not be able to hold on." ”
The maidens were not surprised by Freya's exclamation, for everyone had the same feeling during the journey, suspended in mid-air, with no sky above and no earth below, and nothing could be seen in a haze all around, and all that could be heard in their ears was endless strange screams, and everywhere monsters were violently crashing against themselves. Climbing in this environment, I feel that in addition to myself, there are only monsters full of hostility in the world, and people are easy to have an excessive sense of despair and collapse, but when the girls have a strange feeling in their hearts, the companions around them will have a familiar atmosphere, even if they can't see, can't hear, can't touch, but the girls still know that their companions are around, this invisible dependence and support, so that the sense of despair and collapse disappear without a trace. The girls were silent for a while, silently recalling the loneliness they felt a moment before.
The banging sound continued, but it didn't have any effect on the girls who had stabilized. Behind Catherine, Ike crouched on the ground, clanging the alloy steel into the ground, trying to prepare for the next downhill.
"It's coming. Catherine said suddenly, and then she saw a figure sliding down the rope not far away, as fast as if it had fallen directly. However, just as they reached the position near the platform, the man on the rope stopped abruptly, stopped where he was, listened, and before Catherine could cry out, he jumped and landed on the platform accurately.
"I'm glad everybody is safe. As soon as Pannis hit the ground, he began to retract the rope, and he pulled it down from above, and Ike took the other end of the rope and began to thread the newly nailed alloy drill, and the two of them moved very fast, not wanting to waste a second. Pannis said as he pulled the rope downward, "I don't have time to rest, I'm going to continue down, this time I can pass through the fog layer, and then I can be safe." ”
"How thick is the fog?" asked Catherine, "Will you see the fourth transit station as soon as you pass through?"
"It's about a hundred meters away. The person who replied was Ike: "Then go down about 200 meters to the fourth stop." But don't worry, after passing through the fog, there will be basically no creatures attacking us. The birds in the Marks of the Earth are very strange, either flying low at a maximum altitude of less than 200 meters, or they live in the clouds and nest on the rock walls in the clouds. ”
"Huh?" Catherine was stunned, "What kind of strange habit is this?"
"Only God knows. Ike muttered and said loudly: "Since everyone can get down here safely, then there will be no problem with the remaining half of the way, I'll wait for you below, and after the clouds are out of the clouds, you can see me directly." ”
"Remember, hold on to the rope. Before Catherine descended, Pannis suddenly said something inexplicable, which he had said at the second stop, but there was a clear difference between the two. The last time I said it, it was easy to hear the worry and advice in the words, but this time, there was a thick teasing smile in my voice: "Well, but there should be no problem for you, you don't need to be reminded, but not necessarily for others." ”
"What do you mean?" Catherine asked strangely, "I always think your words are strange, what is underneath?"
"Go down and you'll know. Knowing that Catherine couldn't see, Pannis showed a very subtle smile: "When I first saw it, I was stunned for five minutes, I hope you lasted a little less than me, hehehehe." ”
"It's hateful to pretend to be mysterious, I'm not Lina. Catherine pouted, jumped out of the rock that was serving as a transit point with Vivien on her back, and disappeared into the fog again.
"Pannis, there's a question for you. "The enemies around are still violently attacking, but because everyone is leaning against the rock wall, there are only some small magical beasts on the rocks, and the large birds of prey flying in the fog do not dare to approach the rock wall at high speed, so they can only hover not far away. Taking advantage of the free time while waiting for Catherine to descend, Freya asked, "Have you carefully observed the birds in the fog?"
"You see?" said Pannis, chuckling, "Yes, I've looked closely, and I'm afraid they're not birds at all." But I don't have time to explain in detail now, so let's talk about it when we get to the ground and have time, and focus on rappelling for now. ”
"Okay. Freya sighed and said, "Now I'm worried, what will I do when I go up when the time comes, does it really depend on you to climb up and tie the rope?"
"Actually, there is an easier way, but unfortunately you can only get out and not enter, and I will point it to you when you come out. Pannis said, "All right, Catherine and the others are here, you two can get down." (To be continued.) )