Chapter 316: Terror Barracks
The darkness of the night conceals the tiny insects to the greatest extent possible, making them more invisible. The torches that kept burning outside the barracks www.biquge.info the flickering light of the fire could not make the soldiers see what was coming. The sound of crackling torches and the cacophony of soldiers walking back and forth completely drowned out the sound of flying insects flapping their wings.
The soldiers on the wall only felt a flower in front of them, and by the time they saw the flying insects that were close at hand, they had no time to dodge or do anything to deal with them. Like kamikazes, the flying insects plunged headlong into the unprotected heads and faces of the soldiers, tearing open the skin with their mouthparts, hooking the flesh with their sharp claws, burrowing their bodies completely into the soldiers' bodies, and then constantly devouring and biting, and laying their own eggs along the way.
The miserable cries rang out one after another on the walls of the barracks, and many soldiers who had been eroded by the Gu worms let out a howl of pain, which ended with a series of thumping and falling sounds. The soldiers who didn't see what was going on gathered around to find out what was going on with them, but when they lifted the clothes of the fallen soldiers, the Gu worms that had eroded the flesh and blood in a short period of time erupted, and continued to greedily devour the delicious and sweet feast of flesh and blood along those who dared to approach.
The number of Gu worms increases exponentially with the amount of flesh and blood they devour, and the devouring speed of soldiers is getting faster and faster, often after a soldier is entered by Gu worms, he is turned into a white bone in just a few breaths, and there is not even a trace of flesh and blood left on it, all of which are devoured by Gu worms.
"Everyone stand back at once, each squad stands alone, don't all huddle together!"
There was a panic in the barracks, and the soldiers turned into bones one after another without even knowing that their opponents were there, and many soldiers were on the verge of a nervous breakdown with extreme horror. At this moment of panic and tension, Captain Karl's words magically made the soldiers find their backbones like a needle in the sea, and they lined up their teams according to Captain Karl's command, each squad was separated by a certain distance and did not rely on each other.
Commander Karl looked at the pile of white bones on the outer wall of the barracks, and frowned, this was the first time he had encountered such a strange scene, and he couldn't tell for a moment what caused this situation. This situation is extremely similar to the necromancer's evil spells described in the history books, but the necromancer has long been collectively expelled by all the races of the Bright Sect and the continent to the overseas undead island to survive, and there has been no trace of the necromancer on the continent for nearly a hundred years, could it be that he was so unlucky and happened to encounter it? Or is the Lorraine Kingdom secretly researching necromancer? Either way, this is probably not a major event that his own legion can solve.
Just as Captain Karl was hesitant to think, two more groups of soldiers were attacked by Gu worms. This time, Captain Karl's keen gaze finally detected the trail of a tiny Gu worm.
"Whoa, it's really bugs!" Captain Karl gasped. As early as the first time Valen gave a warning, Commander Karl also received a message from the officer on duty, and Commander Karl was also disdainful of what Valen said, and that kind of noble child was probably frightened and wanted to find an excuse to cover up his escape.
"Come on, go and ask the two military mages appointed by His Majesty the Emperor to come over immediately!" Captain Karl didn't care about the arrogance of the two military mages who were always cynical and arrogant to themselves by virtue of their status as court mages, and in such a situation, it was of course most appropriate for the mages to solve these supernatural phenomena.
By the time the two accompanying mages arrived, a small half of the Paris soldiers in the barracks had already been devoured by the Gu worms, and as the number of Gu worms increased as the number of flesh devoured increased, the number of Gu worms became larger and larger, and the speed at which they devoured them was also accelerating.
"Commander Karl, what the hell are you doing? Say that the barracks were attacked, but where are the attackers? You can't handle such a trivial matter?" the two military mages grumbled vigorously, not giving the slightest face to the Captain Karl, who was much higher in rank than them. Under the influence of the thirsty Emperor Paris, these magicians, who were regarded as treasures by all countries, were even more arrogant in the Paris Empire.
Ignoring the rude complaints of the accompanying mages, Legion Leader Karl raised his finger and pointed at a group of soldiers who were being attacked by Gu worms and said, "The enemy is there!"
The two mages looked intently, and although the group of soldiers was howling and rolling, they didn't see any enemies or any signs of magic casting. Such a strange scene surprised the military mage, and the two looked at each other.
"Is it stealth magic?" a magician raised his staff and unleashed a magically detecting instant spell toward the position of the group of soldiers. Supposedly, if something invisible existed, the magic detection would be enough to make him visible, and at least some magic reaction would be returned, but this magician's magic detection fell into the void completely, and there was no reaction at all.
"Huh?" the two military mages felt that something was a little tricky.
"Could it beโis this a necromancer's flesh-and-blood deprivation spell?" a mage guessed with some hesitation. Since the necromancer had not appeared on the mainland for nearly a hundred years, and the strange horror of necromancer was only slightly recorded in some out-of-the-way books, the two magicians could not accurately determine.
"No, please take a closer look, the condition of those soldiers is caused by the erosion of some extremely small insects. Captain Karl explained to the two mages as he ordered the soldiers around him to evacuate into the distance, trying to stay away from the bugs. Although the soldiers did not know that the situation was caused by bugs, they were able to stay away from this horrific scene, and most of the soldiers turned and fled after receiving the order, not caring about the military discipline queue at all.
"Tiny bugs?" the two accompanying mages suspiciously unleashed a vision-enhancing spell for themselves, barely able to see clearly that the air and underground in the distance were covered with dense insects, and the appearance of these insects was so hideous and terrifying that the two mages couldn't help but scream in shock.
Due to extreme fright, a mage subconsciously cast a fire impact spell in the direction of the insects, wanting to eliminate those terrible insects, but when the fire was shining, although there were many more charred ashes on the ground, it was obvious that a lot of insects had been burned to death, but for the huge number of insects, it was not worth mentioning at all.
What frightened the two mages the most was that due to the attack of that flame blast spell, the entire swarm was agitated, and almost all the bugs turned in the direction where the two mages were.