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"Be careful. Dora was too late to come to the rescue, so she could only let out an exclamation.

The head wolf's paws were getting closer and closer to Vivien's shoulder, but Lina, Pennis, and Vivien herself didn't seem to react, allowing the head wolf to get closer to Vivien little by little.

The moment the huge claws landed on his shoulder, the momentum of the head wolf's forward pounce suddenly stopped, and a humanized puzzled expression appeared on his furry face, and he could no longer move. The huge claws of the head wolf were originally covered with pitch-black fluff, but as the head wolf paused, the fluff was immediately covered with a layer of white frost. The frost quickly spread upwards along the two claws, making a click-rattling sound, and in no more than three seconds, it had covered the whole body of the head wolf, and it was constantly thickening, finally turning the head wolf into a wolf-shaped ice sculpture.

Under the influence of gravity and inertia, the giant wolf's leaping body began to tumble sideways in the air, and Vivien leaned forward slightly, allowing the two claws that almost touched her. The ice sculpture that had lost its target twisted and continued to move forward, hitting the side guard of the convertible compartment directly, and then being pushed away by the force of the rebound and falling to the ground. The force of the collision was not large, but the huge ice sculpture made a crisp sound of crystal shattering from the inside, and a large number of fine lines appeared on the surface of the ice sculpture. Eventually, with a click, the ice sculpture shattered into more than a dozen pieces along with the wolf inside, and there was not a trace of blood at the section, only the muscles and blood vessels that had been completely frozen could be seen.

"Yikes. Lina snorted in surprise, "Vivian, you're moving faster than I thought." ”

"Hehe, of course. Vivien smirked, "Sitting in front of you is the greatest mage genius of hundreds of years, what's so surprising about that. ”

"Are you...... Advance to the Golden Rank. Pannis touched his chin and looked Vivien up and down: "When did you advance, I haven't found out." ”

"Yesterday night. Vivien smiled even more proudly, and her two short ponytails swayed from side to side like windmills: "I deliberately don't say it, I'm going to scare you today." Hehe, big sister, Lina, this time I was one step ahead. ”

"You're so daring. Catherine was not happy, but said very dissatisfied: "Just advanced, the power can not be fully controlled, dare to use such a dangerous way to face the enemy, what do you think of the battle? Game? Fortunately, this is only a silver-level monster, if it is a gold-level? Can you freeze it so simply? Have you ever thought about it, what will happen if you can't freeze it? Is it so interesting to be injured?"

"Hmm. Vivian pouted and lowered her head: "I'm sorry, big sister." ”

"Don't get carried away like this in the future. Catherine said angrily, "Don't forget our profession, the adventurer, the profession that is always with danger, if you joke about danger like this, don't go out with us to risk again." ”

"Yes, big sister. Although Catherine nagged again, Lina and Vivien rarely did not change the subject, and Vivien lowered her head and whispered, "I know it's wrong." ”

"It's good to know what's wrong. Catherine smiled: "When we go home after this mission, let's celebrate, celebrate that our Vivien has become powerful." ”

"Hey, hey. Vivien stole a glance at Catherine's expression to make sure she wasn't angry anymore before she looked up with a grin.

"Senior sister, you're really strict as the head of the regiment. Dora sat back in her seat, arranging the whip that had turned into a sword, and said, "It's majestic." ”

"Well, I can't help it. Catherine sighed: "By the way, why did Warcraft start to appear here? ”

"At this time of year, the forest is surrounded by war zones. Dora shook her head and said, "Demonic beasts below the Golden Rank can appear anywhere, so let's be careful." ”

"How far is it from the first ruin?" asked Pannis, suddenly in the back of the car, "where is the abandoned city?"

"At our pace, it will probably take more than an hour to reach the ruins of the first village. Dora looked at the sky: "As for the abandoned city, the forest is W-shaped, and the city is just between the two protruding tips at the lower end, so if we go directly through the forest, we can not pass through the city." However, if you suspect that the thieves are hiding in the ruins of the city and want to take a look, you can get there around 3 p.m. What's the matter?"

"There's something I'm concerned about, maybe I need to make sure. Pannis's finger gestured across the map, occasionally in deep thought.

"What's so serious?" Lina stabbed Pennis, "What did you find?"

"Nothing. Pannis shook his head: "It's not too important, I'm not sure yet, I'll tell you when I'm sure." ”

"God is mysterious. Lina pouted and squinted at Pannis: "There must be something weird." ”

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The nameless town outside the Glitter Forest looks like a very old city, at least a few hundred years old. Judging by the scale of the ruins, the city is not large, with only three or four hundred buildings, and the area is smaller than that of Kratomir, which is closer to the size of a small town than a small city. The shadow of time has carved a deep imprint on the buildings of the small town, a large number of houses have collapsed and weathered, and many houses bear the traces of fire, and there are less than ten buildings that can remain intact.

"What's the name of this city?" said Lina, looking around.

"I don't know, no one knows. Dora shook her head: "The city must have been destroyed by the war, and the bodies of the dead residents can sometimes be found under some collapsed buildings. But records about the city have long been lost, so the name of the city, the time of its destruction, the reason for its destruction, and so on can only be guessed. ”

"I don't feel good here. Lina's brows furrowed tightly, and the expression on her face was sad: "There is an air of resentment and despair everywhere, maybe Dora is right, this place may really be haunted." ”

"Of course it's true, I've been seen many times. Since entering the town, Dora has been clinging to Catherine, no matter how Catherine kicks and fights, she refuses to leave half a step, and Catherine, who is really helpless, can only acquiesce to Dora sticking to her side, holding her arm tightly.

"Let's explore in two groups. Catherine said, "I'm a group of the three of you, and you're going to explore a part of it, and we're going to check the buildings that are in good condition, and if there are any rooms in the broken buildings, check them to see if there are any signs of the thieves' activities." Once you encounter a living person, whether it is a thief or not, hit the resonance crystal as soon as possible to notify another group of people, and do not attack without permission. ”

"Wait. After Pannis entered the city, he had been carefully observing the gates of each building, and it was only when he heard Catherine start to assign tasks that he raised his hand to interrupt Catherine: "Don't disperse yet, there must be something wrong here, I smell the stench of a large number of corpses, definitely not those left by those who have been dead for hundreds of years." ”

"Lead the way. Catherine said, "How many bodies are there?"

"A lot, at least more than fifty. Pannis pouted, "Also, I think you're confusing me with some animals again." ”

"It's just an illusion, lead the way. Catherine squinted at the sky: "It seems that I guessed correctly, even if those thieves are not here, at least it has something to do with it." ”

Under the guidance of Pannis, the five of them slowly followed the abandoned roads in the city towards the center of the city. The city is not big, and even with everyone on alert, it took less than thirty minutes to get to the city center. There are also a few buildings across the building, and you can smell the pungent smell of corpses.

"It's a bit of an exaggeration. Lina covered her nose and didn't dare to breathe: "This is definitely more than fifty corpses, you can't go any further, you will be poisoned if you go any further, Vivien." ”

"Understood. Vivien immediately took out ten bottles of potion: "Breath-holding elixir, it can make people stop breathing for five minutes, two bottles per person, I think ten minutes is enough." ”

Even after a long adventure, they are used to seeing corpses of various causes of death, but the girls are still normal people after all, and they have never encountered an environment where a large number of corpses are highly decomposed, and it is not until they drink the potion that they have a feeling of escaping death.

"Finally survived, let's speed up. Catherine pursed her lips when she spoke, otherwise there would always be the illusion that the smell of corpses would be swallowed down her mouth.

After walking for a few more minutes against the stench of corpses, I walked around a building and finally arrived at the central square of the city. In the middle of the square, about fifty square meters, there were a large number of corpses, layer upon layer, roughly calculated at least four or five hundred, the corpses had decomposed to the point of disintegration and dissolution, a large number of corpses fused with each other, dark corpses flowing all over the ground, layer after layer of condensation, covering each other. Judging by the fact that the decomposition of the corpses was close to each other, it is clear that they must have died at the same time.

"Wait, I'll go and see. Pannis looked left and right, put on a pair of thin gloves, walked over to the pile of corpses, and looked through them one by one, occasionally pulling out a dagger and cutting a few times. The more he looked at it, the more puzzled the color on Pannis's face became, and it was not until the second bottle of breath-holding potion was about to expire that he quickly ran back to the girls, and none of the five dared to speak, and fled as quickly as possible the way he came.

"It should be okay here. After running for a long time, Catherine took a tentative breath, and there was still a foul smell wafting around, but it was ten million times better than when she was close to the central square: "It's okay, let's talk as you go, what did you find?"

"From the point of view of physique, these are basically all professionals, but their strength is not high, most of them are black iron rank, there are also a few bronze, silver also have, although I haven't been able to check them all, but in proportion, there should be no more than five corpses in the silver rank. Pannis said, "Judging from their clothes, they are close to the category of rogues, and it is very likely that they belong to the group of thieves mentioned by Dora." ”

"So, are you sure the thieves have a connection here?" asked Catherine.

"Basically, yes. But I noticed something strange. Pannis said puzzledly: "All the corpses are not fatally wounded, and their expressions are different, not only pain and fear, but also many corpses have happy or happy expressions. ”

"How long have these people been dead?" asked Lina, stroking the book in her hand, absentmindedly.

"Judging by the decay, it should be about thirty days. Pannis counted the time and replied in the affirmative.

"Well, the existence of these corpses is strange in itself. Lina's hand unconsciously flipped the scroll in her hand: "Such a large number of corpses are piled up, and it is the season of demonic beast invasion, under normal circumstances, the nearby demonic beasts have long been attracted to eat, but the corpses are all intact." ”

"Yes, it doesn't make sense. Vivien nodded, "Unless, there's something here that makes the monsters afraid to approach." ”

"Ghosts. The girls thought of the answer at the same time: "It turns out that this place is really haunted." ”

"Hey, I've said it all, the news is true, many people have seen it, why don't you believe it. Dora angrily shouted, "Okay, the corpse is also seen, let's get out of here." ”

"Nope. Pannis looked thoughtfully at a building: "Let's explore first, and then spend the night here tonight, it's important." ”