Countless small black dots gathered into a dark cloud, constantly stirring in the smoky skylight, attracting Maffeo's attention. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoCountless flocks of birds slowly hovered in the sky, descended suddenly, and then immediately flapped their wings and flew high, and this was repeated several times.

Maffeo watched the birds move for a long time, calculating the time to reach their destination. He had taken into account the dangers and the complex terrain that might be encountered—if he guessed correctly, he might not encounter too many monsters along the slightly calmer path leading to the temple of the second spine. But before he set out, he removed the half-shoulder cloak he had been using to hide his ghost's hands, which sometimes hindered his movements.

He and Finn chose the silent path, while Uma and Mirna made their way to the second spine where Lotus was, their magic quickly clearing the way of monsters, and with the help of Marcos and the others, they might not be slower than Maffeo. The reason for this is simple: if they encounter a strong obstacle on the road and cannot get to where Lotus is located, they must make sure that someone faces it.

Maffeo stopped, and Fein, who had been walking in front of him, disappeared from his vision at this point, and it was a corner. He tightened the strap of the sword to his chest a little tighter, and from his right shoulder he could see the hilt and the round end of the sword peeking out from his back—a small charm hanging there, a scaled-down model identical to his broadsword.

Even if Finn hadn't disappeared from his vision, the flock's strange behavior had made Maffeo wary. Sure he had just felt an unusual jolt, he drew his sword and approached the corner with cautious steps.

He was only a few steps away from the corner when he heard the sound of a weapon cutting through a soft object from the other side of the corner. He took a quick step forward and dodged out of the obstacle beside him. Then he saw the strange orange tentacles rising from the ground surrounding Finn, and the guy was trying to fight his way through the encirclement formed by the tentacles.

"Hold on, Finn, I'm coming!" Maffeo quickly stepped closer to the tentacles, and with the swing of the first sword, three tentacles that emerged from the ground were cut in half.

Finn stepped back a little and cleared the attack for Maffeo. Then he condensed the Kazanfa seal and pointed it at him, and his action really startled Maffeo. This guy never likes to summon ghost formations, he is a person who is afraid of trouble, so he simplifies his combat methods as much as possible. With Maffeo's help, he was able to clear the tentacles in no time.

"What's going on?" Although the battle was over, Maffeo did not sheath his weapon.

"The tentacles suddenly popped out of the ground, and it was clear that their goal was to pierce or entangle my body from the start, and if it weren't for Kaija, I probably wouldn't have been able to guarantee that I wasn't a corpse right now. Finn spat out, a little annoyed by the sudden attack.

"Looks like we're in range of Rotes, damn it, take a look at the jamming launcher. Maffeo suddenly thought of this, and pulled out the jamming transmitter in his pocket to observe the situation. To his surprise, the jamming transmitter did not react too obviously, but only emitted some "sizzling" electric current sounds from time to time. On the surface, it's not clear whether it worked or not, but the fact that the two have not been affected by the psychic attack so far is a testament to everything.

"It's the realm of the apostles, isn't it?" said Finn with a hand of his ghost.

Maffeo nodded, "yes, let's go." ”

It would be too nice to describe the Spine Temple as a mess, it is simply a place of filth, filth, ugliness and madness. Some of the mentally weak believers had already died the moment they were attacked by Lotus, and their bodies had turned into white bones. The scavengers had eaten their own food months earlier, leaving only chilling bones.

Finn soon learns that the restlessness and commotion of the birds is due to the arrival of a stranger, who is none other than himself and Maffeo. yes, he wouldn't have thought of that. The flock of birds is controlled by Lotus, and they become a tool to signal Lotus, and Finn makes his own judgment based on the fact that he was attacked after seeing the flock. "It's terrible, it's hard to imagine that there was a group of truth seekers here just a few months ago. Finn drove away the smell of decay with his hands and walked over the bones.

"It's terrible......"

"Wait. Finn, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and stretched out his hand to sign.

"What's wrong?"

"Did you hear any strange noises? kind of like eggs laid by animals about to hatch......" Finn said uncertainly.

The two of them closed their mouths, carefully searching for the source of the sound. That's right, it came from behind the altar on the side of the road. "It should be ......" Just as Finn was halfway through speaking, several octopus monsters suddenly jumped out from behind the altar, and suckers opened wide in mid-air and attacked the two of them. "It's supposed to be an octopus!" Finn said unfinished words as he leaped backwards to avoid the first wave of attacks.

Maffeo rolled on the ground as one of the octopuses almost pounced on him in the face, the usual way of attack. He took a sip of saliva and put a blood qi protector on his body, which was simply a thin film composed of blood qi that could withstand a not too strong attack, and the reasonable use of blood qi was very important for Maffeo.

Sure enough, the octopus monster was still able to resist this level of attack, although the blood and gas film was instantly shattered when the tentacles slapped on Maffeo's body, but Maffeo's body was not harmed at all. He saw the impact of his body as a cushion, and then his legs violently exerted force and leaped from the spot, his entire body arcing in midair, and the great sword in his hand smashed an octopus monster into meat sauce. The blood energy then burst out from the greatsword, tearing apart the other octopus monsters within the range of the blood qi.

On the other hand, Finn also quickly settled the battle with the octopus monster. Although the appearance of these octopus monsters caught the two of them off guard, it didn't take much effort for them to clean them up. Although the battle was over, Finn felt the need to check the back of the altar so that nothing was missed.

"Damn, it's a monster's egg. Finn stared at the large puddle of green liquid behind the altar and cursed in a low voice.

"Looks like there's one more thing to solve. Maffeo swung a symbolic sword into the air. "It's never easy. ”

"Well, the road ahead is going to be tough. ”