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One minute, two minutes, three minutes. Nearly five minutes passed, and there was silence in the fog. The sounds made by various demonic beasts after waking up only sounded far away, but they never approached this side, and the noise in the distance set off the silence around them looked particularly strange and creepy.

"Still no monsters are near. Dora shook the coiled whip slightly, lowered her voice and said, "Not at all, is this good news or bad news?"

"That's the worst news. Pannis closed his eyes and said, "I'd rather have thousands of demonic beasts besieging us than encounter the current situation." ”

"Is this a sign?" Catherine held her shield over the spellcasters, her eyes futilely trying to pierce the fog.

"Yes, the last calm before the storm. Pannis pouted: "There's only one reason why the monsters avoid here, there are some terrible things in the vicinity that make them afraid to approach, and I don't want to guess what it is." ”

"Whatever it is, show up quickly. The moisture brought by the white mist made Lina's body quickly covered with sweat, and the slimy sweat was blocked by the monitor lizard's fur coat and could not evaporate, making her feel sticky and itchy, very uncomfortable. But what is more uncomfortable is not sweat, but the anxiety and fear of the unknown, everyone is not afraid to really face the monster, but it is unbearable to be immersed in the unknown like now.

Exhale, inhale, exhale, inhale, as if feeling the pressure coming from the air, everyone suddenly stopped talking, leaving only the nervous and rapid breathing of people in the fog, and the breathing sound became heavier and heavier under the dull air pressure.

"Be careful!" Pannis suddenly shouted, and took two steps sideways to block the unsuspecting Night Stalker. The night stalker, who had temporarily lost his eyesight, was extremely weak at this time, and a pair of the proudest eyes completely lost their effect in the fog, leaving the night stalker at a loss, and could only stand in place. Pannisy abruptly stood in front of the night owl, a dagger of about thirty centimeters clinging to the inside of his wrist and flipped upwards to block the top of his head. "Dang" made a metal impact, and a black shadow that could not see the shape at all collided with the dagger on the inside of Pannis's wrist in the fog, bursting out several sparks, and after the impact, the black shadow disappeared into the fog again as if it had never appeared.

"What's that?" shouted the Night Stalker, a little nervous.

"I don't know, I can't see clearly. Pannis replied in a whisper, "However, the vague appearance is like a knife, a weapon similar to a scythe." ”

"Just kidding. The shadow wolf, who is good at stealth actions and hidden traces, could not use his special skills at this time, so he could only hide inside the protective circle: "Is the opponent an apostle of the Grim Reaper? ”

"Whether it's human or not, who knows. Pannis's eyes rolled under his eyelids, and he suddenly shouted, "Here it is, Catherine." ”

Catherine, who was standing behind Pannis, raised her shield when she heard this, and at the same time stepped forward sideways, and the one-handed sword in her right hand stabbed against the edge of the shield, but without warning, the sword missed, as if there was nothing behind the scythe, and pierced directly into the illusory mist.

"Nothing. Catherine was also taken aback, and couldn't help but think in her heart, could it really be the illusory Death Apostle behind the scythe, but time did not allow her to think about it, and the other scythe struck directly on the long sword she stabbed out in the fog, reminding her to quickly collect her sword and retreat back to the defensive circle.

"It's a praying mantis, a fog mantis. Elad could not hide the fear in his heart, and even his voice became a little dry and hoarse: "The most terrible predator in the sea of fog, there will not be more than five hunters who can come back alive in a hundred years. ”

"When", Pannis once again blocked an attack with the help of the wind sound brought by the front limbs of the praying mantis, and asked urgently: "Their characteristics, attack patterns, weaknesses, tell me everything you know." ”

"They are invisible in the fog and can move silently, only becoming visible as they move. Their attack is said to be to hunt prey with their two forelimbs, and by the way, the edges of their wings are also very sharp, and when they spread their wings, they are like two knives, so be careful. Elad thought for a moment and added, "And they always hunt together with four or five, definitely not one." ”

"I already know this, thank you. The sound of metal crashing continued, and Pannis and Catherine continued to circle around the main body of the group at a rapid pace, and Dora also withdrew her whip, re-transformed into a sword, and joined the defense, and the three of them together formed a wall, blocking all the fog mantis slashing one after another with their hearing.

"We can dig a hole in the ground and get out. The gopher, who had not been noticed before, suddenly said, "There is no fog underground." ”

"It's not that good, you can't dig tunnels in the forest unless you become a real gopher. Pannis, in his busy schedule, turned around and was startled by the gopher image: "How did you become like this?" ”

At this time, the gopher was covered in mud all over his body, and his body was black all over his body, only the teeth that were exposed when he opened his mouth to speak were still white: "I dug down just now and took a look, the soil is very soft, very easy to dig, and there is no fog." We just need to find a direction and dig it out. ”

"You don't know anything about forests. Pannis didn't have time to distract himself to speak, and it was Elad who answered him: "Every tree here, corresponding to the ground, has a root system that is far wider than the canopy and longer than the length of the trunk, and these root systems firmly grasp the soil underground, and it is impossible to dig a tunnel, and it may take several or even more than a dozen hours to advance every meter." ”

"Huh?" said Pannis, suddenly surprised. The sound of the metal crashing that was so dense that it was almost connected disappeared abruptly, and the fog mantis did not launch any more attacks for dozens of seconds. The three men in the outermost circle of defense re-tied the rope back to their waists, and slowly retreated backwards, a little uncertain and back into place.

"What happened, why did they suddenly disappear?" The excessive humidity in the thick fog in the woodland made Dora breathe slightly, and wiped the sweat from her face: "Elard, is there a time limit for their attacks?"

"I don't know. Elad spread his hands: "The characteristics of this kind of magical beast, everyone who knows it is almost dead." ”

"It's not an attack time limit. Pannis's face was not very good-looking, and he stared at the fog a little nervously: "Let a kind of demonic beast take the initiative to choose to retreat, the only possibility is that a more terrifying demonic beast is coming." ”

"No way. Elad was the first to call out, feeling his professionalism being questioned, "The Mist Mantis is the apex predator of the creatures of the Mist Forest, and there can't be any more creatures that need them to retreat." ”

"Impossible, it happens sometimes, doesn't it?" said Pannis, suddenly feeling something tugging at his thigh, and looking down in surprise, he saw a translucent figure that looked pale in the thick fog and trying to climb up his thigh.

"What is this?" Several mercenaries around him also saw this figure in Pannis's gaze, and were startled, and their weapons were aimed at the small humanoid in unison, but Dora let out a piercing scream.

"Be quiet. Pannis angrily scolded Dora, crouched down and picked up the transparent figure under the eyes of the mercenaries looking at the monster, let her sit on his forearm, and said in a soft voice: "Little one, why did you run out? ”

"Yes, Annie. Catherine touched the pendant on her chest: "You come back first, you want to come out to play and come out when you leave here, don't hurt you." ”

"It's very comfortable for me. Little Anne sat in Pannis's arms and rubbed Pannis's face happily: "But brothers and sisters should be careful, I feel that there are many similar breaths nearby." ”

"Whew. Pannis took a breath of cold air, finally brought his uneasy expression back to normal, and rubbed Anne's face with a smile: "Thank you, little one, you have helped us a lot." ”

"Haha. Anne giggled at the short stubble on Pennis's face, and slapped Pannis's head while dodging: "Haha, brother, you are so annoying, I'm going back, I came out to remind you of this." Can I come out often, though?"

"Of course, as long as you want. Pannis bent down and put Anne back on the ground, "You can come out and play with everyone at any time, especially the sister who is all in black." ”

"Hey. Dora hid and glared in protest, "You're enough, bastard." ”

Pannis shrugged and watched Anne pounce into Catherine's arms and hide in the pendant again, before she became serious again: "Be careful, everyone, it seems that there is a group of undead here, and it is the undead who can make the fog mantis retreat." Their attacks are often directed at the soul, and if they are injured, although your body will not be abnormal, but the soul will be injured, so try not to be touched by them. ”

As he spoke, the originally unchanging dense fog began to roll like boiling water, and the voices that had been heard outside the Fog Forest before sounded faintly like whispers in the ears, and countless shadows seemed to be seen hovering around the team between the dense fog.

"Be careful. Pannis stretched out his hand and pulled the phantom fox on the other side away from the place, and a shadow that was completely mixed with the fog floated past where the phantom fox was originally standing, and re-sank into the fog: "Spread out a little, don't squeeze too tightly, and leave one person between each other for you to dodge." ”

"Ahh The gopher, who was dodging in a panic, didn't notice that he tripped over the dead branch under his feet, and stumbled before he could completely dodge, when a shadow passed through the protection of the weapon in his hand, and immediately felt that the whole arm first became cold, and then completely lost consciousness, as if it were completely non-existent.

"Move closer to me. Lina shouted, dodging a few shadows floating by, her hands flashing with white light: "Since they are undead, it will be easy to do, Holy Word, Holy Wall." ”

As Lina chanted, the holy light curtain clinged to everyone, forming a protective shield in the shape of a hemisphere, and more than a dozen shadows collided on the light curtain, causing the light curtain to ripple and wail and dissipate in the air. Lina frowned as the light curtain was hit by a large number of shadows at any cost, cursed in her heart, and began to pray again.

"O dear Denya, with your holy word, sweep away the evil spirits. Lina spread her hands to her sides and made a gesture of stretching as far as she could: "Holy Word, exorcism." ”

A bell rang from the sky that only souls could hear, and Lina's mouth recited sentences that no one could understand, and sound waves containing holy power spat out of her mouth, sweeping through the space within a radius of three meters. The powerful power of the Holy Word Technique tore apart all the hostile undead in the area, and even the billowing fog calmed down for a while.