Chapter Forty-Nine: A Peculiar Firefly
"Where, where? Let me see. [No pop-up novel network]"
"Isn't that right?" Catherine pointed to the glowing hydra in the distance, and said in an astringent voice: "Even if I haven't seen a hydra, but nine necks and nine heads, no one will believe it if it is not a hydra, but doesn't it mean that the hydra is all in the South Marsh, why did it suddenly appear here?
"Big sister, big sister. Lina stood beside Catherine, but she spotted the anomaly before Catherine, but Pannis didn't have any warnings and shouldn't be in danger, so she just whispered, "I think there's a problem you've overlooked." ”
Catherine also reacted at this time, the voice that asked her where she was just now, she had never heard it before, it was not loud, but it sounded very strange, and there seemed to be a strange sense of resonance in the deep voice, which made people feel that their hearts would change the frequency of their beats with strange sounds. The voice appeared behind her very suddenly, and it was very close to her, as if it was coming from her ear, but the adventurous knight girl did not notice it at all, and the person who made the voice seemed to be able to come behind her silently like Pannis. Catherine, who came to her senses, felt that the hairs on her neck stood up, and her back was cold for a while, and she didn't dare to turn back directly, so she could only tilt her head slightly and gesture to Pannis with questioning eyes. Pannis just shrugged, Nunu gestured for her to look back, Pannis's reaction reassured the knight girl, at least the other party had no malicious intent, otherwise she believed that Pannis would never let the other party approach her. The girl slowly turned her head, and then she saw a huge head.
The skull that appeared behind her was the size of more than half of her body, and the skin was green, which looked very much like the head of a lizard, but it also had some dragon features, and the mouth took up half of the face, and if the mouth was opened, it could easily swallow Catherine in one gulp. Beneath the giant was a long neck, about the thickness of Catherine's body in armor, and the length of the mere part she saw was far more than five meters. As for the lower part of the neck. Nothing, because the neck was sticking out directly from the ground, and the place where it was drilled out of the ground was at least three or four meters from Catherine, but the neck was tilted directly forward after sticking out of the ground. Already close to her back.
The huge head was looking in the direction Catherine was pointing with great interest, and it did not frighten others at all, and after looking for it for a while, it said in disappointment: "What, that's not a hydra at all. I thought it was. ”
Catherine didn't know what expression she should make, not only her, but all the girls, even Galantis, who was eager to go home, also had a strange expression, and each took a few steps back very covertly, and distanced himself from the giant. The book in Lina's hand almost fell to the ground in surprise, but fortunately, she reflected it in time and hugged it again, and said deliciously: "Nine, nine, hydra?"
"They all say it's not a hydra. Why don't you believe it? The huge head turned to Lina, stared at her with a disgruntled look and said, "That's disguise, it's just a bunch of small things." ”
"Ha, ha. Lina smiled dryly and took a few steps back, swallowed her saliva, and said in a dry voice: "Believe, believe, it's not Hydra over there, we all believe it, and I don't mean it at all." ”
"She's talking about you. "Pannis seems to know the giants well. He patted it on the neck: "You guy stay away, you suddenly appeared like this, scared my friends, don't you know that you are scary?"
"I'm so terrible. The giant suddenly stuck out his tongue. Its tongue is not forked like a snake, but is flat like humans and some beasts, and the giant's tongue is also very long, and after sticking out, it licked Catherine from bottom to top, and this blow alone made half of the knight girl's body become **. After licking it, it seems that there is still a little dissatisfaction. He said in a muffled voice: "Where am I scary, every hydra is like this, and I don't have an extra head than them, what's so scary." ”
"Anyone who finds a hydra suddenly coming out of their back will be scared. Pannis covered his forehead and said angrily: "Do you have the consciousness to be the king of the North Marsh, I really can't stand you." ”
"Pannis. Catherine's voice was a little softer, and she asked in a low voice, "Don't you want to introduce this one?"
"As mentioned before, Jack, the leader of the Hydra, is the most powerful creature in the North Marsh. Pannis patted Hydra on the neck again: "The last time we accompanied Alcmene to the North Marsh, we had a few pleasant exchanges with him, and he got along well with Alcmone. ”
"He's a hydra...... Catherine shifted her gaze from Jack's head to the glowing giant beast in the distance, and asked strangely, "The one over there seems to be a lot like him, at least the head and neck look like it, isn't it really the other one?"
"Not really. Pannis nodded, "Those were just a swarm of fireflies." ”
"Fireflies?" Except for Galantis, several girls almost felt that they had hearing problems, and even put aside their questions about Jack, and Lina asked in surprise, "Why don't I remember what kind of fireflies will look like that?"
"No, I think I get it. Vivien said thoughtfully, "It's a group mimicry, Pannis. I seem to have seen in some literature that they can gather together to simulate the appearance of some other creatures, but this kind of group mimicry is so rare that it is not even recorded in many zoological books, and only appears in special literature. But they really look like each other, and from a distance they look almost the same. ”
"That's what it's called, group mimicry. Pannis replied affirmatively, "Remember the name of this place?" It's a night here, and fireflies fly everywhere, densely packed like stars. These fireflies usually just fly around foraging for food, but if they feel a threat serious enough to affect the development of the entire population, they will spontaneously gather together, overlap each other and huddle together to form an entity, and then adjust the entity into some particularly powerful magical beasts. Moreover, after their disguise, they are not finished, and after that, they will constantly adjust their positions and imitate the various movements of that kind of demonic beast, so that observing it feels like the real thing. Of course, the movements they mimic are relatively slow and can't be compared to the original, but their appearance and slow movements can scare off most threats. "To be continued.
ps: I have to say, Star Two is still very sincere, the plot and animation are very good, and I also like the difficulty setting of the campaign, after all, I am a handicap. I'm almost done with the battle, and I've fought three races in a row, and I'm tired to death. In addition,This volume is just over halfway through.,Sure enough, the number of words is unstable and will have an impact.,Tomorrow,Well,I mean the update of the nineteenth.,I'm still trying not to be lazy anymore.。 Haha, I haven't played the game for more than a year, and when I play, I'm a little too indulgent, and I'll try to correct it