Chapter 69: The Raiders
"Look, they've changed shifts. A faint, suppressed sound came from a crack in a rock blocked by rubble. If you look in through the gap in the gravel, you can only see a few pairs of eyes shining in the moonlight, looking curiously at the situation outside: "It turns out that they will still go back to the underwater to rest after the shift change, I thought they would find a place directly on the island." ”
At night on the island, three bright moons hang high in the sky, and Mia of the month of life is in the full moon period, and the silver moonlight is full of life, gently sprinkled between the craggy rocks. There was silence on the desert island, no birdsong, no animal roar, only the sound of waves crashing on the beach, one by one, drifting over the island in the silence of the night. The controlled sea tribes who took over the shift did not have any language communication, one team of machines walked out of the bottom of the sea, and the other team of machines walked back into the water, quiet like a group of ghosts, making everyone who saw it shudder deeply.
On the distant hillside, small and occasionally cracked rocks peel off the rocks and roll down the hillside, and the small sound of the rubble hitting the ground can be heard far away in the quiet space, even on the other side of the island.
"I've sensed it. Lina suppressed her voice and whispered: "It seems that luck is on our side, I have forgotten that today is the full moon of the Silver Lady, if we come a day or two later, I am afraid it will not be so easy to find out the approximate location of that secret." ”
The blue moon represents the mystery of knowledge and magic, the crimson moon represents the darkness and the demonic nature of death, and the silver moon represents the hope of light and life. This is the time of the silver moon, this is the time of the night of hope, in the night when the majesty of the silver lady Mia hangs high in the sky, the rhythm of the air is the breath of vitality and growth, the flower of life blooms to the fullest, and the seeds of life and hope fall in the moonlight. The whole island, nay, the whole world of Yara, this night was filled with light and life, and in the reflection of the silvery moon, any energy of darkness and death was clearly like a lighthouse in the darkness with nowhere to hide.
As a follower and believer of the goddess of the earth, as a sage in charge of a part of the life power of Denya, Lina's power reached its peak under the illumination of the silver moon, and even the moonlight seemed to resonate with her, and each ray of moonlight seemed to be an extension of her perception, and it was easy to find a space that exuded a rich atmosphere of darkness and death in a world full of life. The aura of darkness and death was quite strong, and it was not even suppressed by the divine power of the Silver Lady, and she clinged to her territory without flinching.
"Looks like we're in the right place, it's this island. Listening to Lina's description, Catherine nodded thoughtfully: "That area is where what we are looking for is located, it is not suppressed by the restrained theocracy, and only the corresponding gods can realize it, it seems that it should be the last majesty of Timos, and the last territory of the Nightmare and Fear Sect." Lina, can you tell the exact location of that area?"
"It's just an approximate location. Lina shook her head and said, "About two thousand square meters." ”
"That should be easy to find. Catherine said: "There is no additional shelter on the island, and the area of more than 2,000 square meters can be thoroughly searched in almost dozens of minutes, which is relatively simple." ”
"Don't be too optimistic. Pannis undermined Catherine's self-confidence: "That happened thousands of years ago, and who knows if the past few thousand years have been buried in the ground." Think about the goblin building, in about 10,000 years, it has been buried hundreds of meters underground, in case our goal is the same fate as the goblin ruins, then the project we need to do will be big, surrounded by so many controlled sea tribes, if you want to dig a pit of several hundred meters, or a deep pit with an area of two thousand square meters, let alone dozens of minutes, even if it is decades, it may not be able to be completed. ”
"It's not that exaggerated, I've observed it during the day. Catherine said: "On the islands, except near the coast, the mountains are all bare rocks, and there are no deep layers of soil. I don't know why this is happening, but the kind of target you're talking about is buried deep underground, unless it's on the shoreline. ”
"Not on the coastline. Lina said: "I'm pretty sure it's on the mountain, halfway up the mountain, in the opposite direction from us, about 200 meters higher than our current height." ”
"On the other side?" Freya said in surprise, "Didn't we go around when we went out to explore the terrain just now?"
"It's a shame that that's true. Catherine shook her head with a wry smile and said, "But it doesn't matter, I can be sure that there is indeed no soil layer of more than twenty centimeters over there, so you can rest assured." But I think Pannis, you're right, thousands of years have passed, and it stands to reason that it should have been buried a long time ago, so why not here? Could it be that the target would control the controlled sea tribes to clean their own rooms? What's the matter, did I say anything strange, why do you think of me like that?"
Before Catherine could finish her sentence, she saw Vivien and Freya looking at her with a rather strange gaze. Vivian sighed helplessly and whispered, "Sister, this is common sense." ”
"Huh?" Catherine and Lina stared at each other for a few seconds, then looked at Pannis pleadingly and asked, "Is this common sense?"
"Ugh. Pannis scratched his head, and the mud on his hair rained down: "Ha, I didn't think about it for a while, but if you think about it carefully, it really can't happen what I said, in a sense, it's really an attempt, scholar's common sense." ”
"No kidding. Lina almost couldn't control her voice: "In the eyes of those monsters, everything is common sense. ”
"That's right, those people are simply distorting the meaning of the word common sense. Catherine nodded vigorously and agreed: "In addition, don't scratch your head, you have finally ignored this layer of sludge on your body, and I will remember it again as soon as you scratch your head." ”
"Well, I'm not moving. Pannis obediently put his hands on his knees and sat upright like a child waiting for the meal to start: "You see, we have mud on our bodies, and the sludge has its source, it comes from the beach, right?" So if we want our targets to be buried in the soil, what about the source of those soils?"
"Yes, of course...... Well, I see, in the depths of the sea, there isn't that much dirt that can be blown here by the wind. Catherine nodded awkwardly, and suddenly said dissatisfiedly: "You did it on purpose, do you have to give this example?"
Not only Catherine, but several young girls were glaring at Pannis. The gap in the cave where several people were located was not spacious, and although it could accommodate everyone in the adventure group, the five of them could only sit and huddle together. In this environment, especially the girls are wearing swimsuits made of cool gallon jellyfish skin, and large areas of bare skin, it stands to reason that huddle together is a supreme pleasure for Pannis, but Pannis is not happy at all, because everyone is the same, they are all mud people, and their bodies are full of mud ruins, and anyone who sees them may think of them as monsters and monsters. The girls found that it was the first time they missed the underwater world so much, at least where they could wash away the dirt on their bodies.
"But I've been thinking about whether we need to change our plans since the beginning. Catherine held her chin and tried to keep her body still, lest the mud on her body be splashed everywhere: "Since Lina has sensed the approximate location of the target with the help of the Silver Moon, why don't we act now and look for the target? Today is the full moon, and it is the brightest night of hope among the full moons, and it is not a cloudy day, and it is completely feasible to find the target now." ”
"Yes, but is it necessary?" asked Pannis, "even if the moonlight is abundant, but the vision at night is not as good as during the day, why act at night, why do you want to act at night, why do you have a good rest tonight, and wait for tomorrow to carry out the mission in the best condition." ”
"However, tonight is a night of hope, and if you encounter a creature like a nightmare again, and you have the power of the Silver Lady to suppress it, Lina can easily solve it. Moreover, if a mistake is located, with the help of Silvermoon, Lina can also search again, but she will not be able to do it during the day tomorrow. Catherine said very seriously, but at the end of her speech, her face suddenly turned red, and her voice became quieter: "And if it drags on until tomorrow, I'm afraid it will not be the best but the worst, I don't think anyone but you can fall asleep tonight, it's too uncomfortable." It's better to go back to the sea to take a bath as soon as possible after solving the problem as soon as possible. ”
Pannis wanted to say something, but found that the girls nodded in unison, obviously they had already done so, so they could only smile bitterly and said: "This excuse you are looking for, no, no, no, put down the sword, put down the law book, it is not used to smash people, and there is no fire here, hey, the fire explosion technique is also fire, you calm down, I mean that the reason you said is too sufficient, I can't refute it at all, and when the handover between the patrols outside, we are ready to start searching." ”
"Yay. Several girls lowered their voices and cheered, and quietly made high-fives in celebration. Catherine leaned back into the cave and looked out through the gravel gap: "I'll see, it stands to reason that the handover should be over." Hey, you guys come and see, something is wrong. ”
"What's wrong?" the others came together.
"The number of patrols has increased. Catherine frowned, and said uneasily: "And some of them are going up the mountain, they didn't have this kind of patrol route before, is it that the patrol route at night is different from the daytime?"
"It shouldn't be. Pannis whispered, "It's true that the number has increased quite a bit, and it looks like there are sea tribes coming ashore from the water, what's going on...... Be careful, shields. ”
Pannis's face changed suddenly, and he couldn't care to suppress the volume, and reminded loudly. The girls reacted quickly, and when they heard the warning, they dodged backwards and unfurled their shields.
The rubble blocking the entrance of the cave suddenly exploded and flew inward at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye, and if the girls did not deploy their shields in time, they would have been seriously injured on the spot. After the rain of gravel, the girls could only see a crab claw with a horizontal width of three meters flashing through the hole. (To be continued.) )