Chapter 255: Soul Twisting Attack
True vision can see through all illusions, disguises and invisibility, but this magic has one of the biggest flaws, that is, the black and white world, unable to perceive too subtle changes in light and shadow, this flaw Lina herself knows, but in the adventurous life, this is not a big problem, after all, this is not a show of goblin fireworks, and the light and shadow effects are not so important. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Pannis, who relies on his sense of hearing and smell to find the enemy, also has this flaw, and it is difficult to detect it in time when encountering an enemy with no sound, no smell, no energy fluctuations, and only a faint light and shadow. Of course, this kind of enemy cannot exist in the natural world, not only is it tasteless and silent, but it can also escape the detection of the real vision, this creature completely violates the laws of nature, and has no basis for existence, but this is not only the natural world, this is the forbidden place for all intelligent creatures to fear, and there happens to be a group of such enemies here, named the enemy of the twisted soul.
The two people who were on the vigil naturally thought of this, so when they kept vigil, they deliberately dimmed the light around them, just in case they encountered such enemies, they could see the hazy light around them more clearly in the dark night, in fact, this countermeasure was also effective, Pannis immediately noticed a subtle change in the light and shadow behind the house, and when Lina had not yet recovered normal vision from the influence of the real vision, Pannis had already sent a warning signal.
The roar of the crystal energy gun, in such a silent environment, was as loud as a crystal energy explosion, and no one could continue to sleep in such a loud sound, so within ten seconds after the gunshot, everyone rushed out of the barracks with weapons in hand, of course, to remove a certain lion who had no hands and no function to pick up weapons. The members of the adventuring group rushed out of their rooms in a drowsy state, and their first reaction was to habitually form a defensive formation, ready to meet the onslaught of the enemy at any time, and then they were going to ask what was going on. However, after getting ready, there is no need to ask, because everyone can intuitively see the reason for Pannis's warning, a few twisted souls that emit a glimmer of light, unhindered through the wall of the room where the girls just lived, and chased after the girls' footsteps, it is conceivable that if Pannis's warning is a few seconds late, I am afraid that the girls will not have a chance to leave the room again, and will be directly attached to the body by the twisted souls that pass through the wall.
However, the appearance of the twisted soul did not make the girls panic, they were in the forbidden land, and they did not take a limited number of Fira potions, it was not difficult to understand the attack of the twisted soul, they were not attacked for a few nights, it can only be said that they were lucky enough, and the range of perception of those pathetic beings wandering around unconsciously is not exactly the same, and no one can guarantee that they will not be perceived by them accidentally. What really shocked and even panicked the girls was the twisted souls themselves, and when they saw them clearly, the girls fell into a depression.
There were five twisted souls involved in the attack, and they were of the same kind, five twisted souls, like five three-dimensional images painted on paper, crumpled by people, and hastily flattened, wrinkled, but barely able to see the appearance of the image. It was a twisted soul of five human figures, four men and one woman, basically around thirty years old, all races were human, the clothing, armor and hairstyle on the body were about forty or fifty years ago, and they even held weapons formed by light and shadow in their hands, looking at the outline of the weapons, from long swords to magic staffs, there were all kinds of weapons. Aside from their hazy wrinkles and twisted edges, they looked no different from normal people, the only difference was the expression on their faces, crazy, hateful, and indescribably dazed.
The moment they saw the twisted souls, the girls were stunned, there was no need to think about it, the girls could guess who these souls they met were, except for those members of the expedition forty years ago, I am afraid there is no other possibility. Along the way, the girls had imagined countless times that they might find these pioneers, especially after finding the first clue left by the expedition, they had been following the footprints of the expedition, and the girls were more and more sure that they would definitely know what happened forty years ago, and they would definitely be able to understand the current situation of these pioneers, but no one imagined that the two sides would suddenly meet in this situation, and the girls would encounter without a little preparation.
Looking at the twisted demeanor of the five twisted souls with crazy hatred, watching them open their mouths and let out a silent roar without a little reason, the girls suddenly felt a burst of sadness, these twisted souls, once like themselves, were also legendary adventurers, and had won countless honors, were worshiped and aweed by countless people, and once had their own dreams, their own families and their own lovers, but now, everything is gone, now they only have twisted souls, and maybe they still have a little memory of life, but it has also become distorted and messy, and the only thing that remains is the crazy hatred of normal souls and the endless desire to attackγ If they are like this, what about themselves? Will themselves, who are similar in strength to them, also follow their old path, and finally join their ranks and become another group of wandering souls?
Although the maidens fell into depression and lost their minds, but the twisted souls did not, there was no reason, no logic, only madness and hatred remained, and their greatest hope was to inflict their pain on all the souls that were still normal, so after they passed through the house, they continued to move forward without stopping, and quickly approached the maidens.
"Give me all my senses. It was Catherine who shouted angrily, and her sense of responsibility to the team made the knight girl walk out of her depression after only a second, and the sword and shield intersected heavily, and shouted loudly: "Lina, divine purification, large-scale, Vivian, the psychic impact is ready to be released at any time, by the way, do a good job of mental defense, buy time for the accident, and others, with Lina as the core, dense formation." β
Catherine's shouts woke up the girls in a trance, and the formation quickly changed, and everyone gathered around Lina and Vivien, protecting the two main attackers with their bodies, and also pulling the distance between them and the main attackers closer, so that they could be rescued quickly in case of accidents. Dilly looked at Pannis, and then at the girls, and seemed to be very surprised by the girls' efficient and skillful movements, muttered a few words that should be complimented, and joined the group.
"O Holy Spirit of life. Lina once again raised her hands high, looked up to the sky with a reverent expression, and offered her prayer to the loving Mother Earth, with the girl's prayer, a large mass of light, condensed in the girl's two hands raised in the air and clenched her fists, when the light of the hands was like two suns, almost illuminating the entire camp, Lina suddenly spread her hands, let the endless light rush into the sky, and then the light rained down in all directions: "With your holy light, wash the weariness of the hearts of believers." β
In fact, no matter how twisted the soul is, it is still a kind of soul, and when it encounters the magic of life, it will be irresistibly purified, but they have been distorted, and they can no longer return to eternal sleep after purification, and can only dissipate in the world and turn into nothingness. The second thing to fear is the mage's psychic impact spell, the twisted soul is originally extremely unstable because of the distortion, and the psychic impact spell is a direct impact on the soul, and there is a high chance that the distorted soul will be directly dispersed, so that it can no longer be reassembled and dissipated, although it seems to be more violent than divine purification, but the actual effect is the same.
For what Pannisy said, the girls didn't have any reason to doubt, so after twisting the soul to get close to the ideal range, Lina directly released her own maximum range of life attribute magic life ode, the soft light rain sprinkled around the girls, the light rain seemed to sound a chant of nothing, as the light rain fell, the girls felt that the fatigue and fatigue on their bodies were quickly disappearing, and even the sleepiness caused by the warning woke up quickly faded, and the mental and physical state was getting better and better.
The girls are like this, but the twisted souls are not so lucky, or it should be said, they are even more lucky, the rain of light that falls on their bodies, a cloud of strange black light and shadow, emerging from their distorted bodies, quickly dissipated under the moisture of the light rain, turning into black smoke, as the black smoke dissipates more and more, the movements of the five twisted souls are getting slower and slower, and the wrinkles on the body and the flickering of the edges are becoming more and more soothing, it seems that they are transforming into normal souls in reverse, but their bodies are also getting lighter and lighter with the dissipation of black smoke, and when they return to normal to the greatest extent, the whole body also turns into a faint wisp of mist, a complete return to nothingness.
"Is this the end?" Catherine looked blankly at where the five twisted souls finally dissipated, and whispered, "They just dissipated so easily?"
"Yes. Pannis nodded, "At least they don't have to endure the eternal pain of being constantly twisted." β
"It's a good thing. The knight girl sighed in a low voice, looked around and said, "There shouldn't be any." β
"I don't think so. Pannis said, "At least I haven't found any other twisted souls. β
"Then lift the guard. Catherine's order made the girls relax and disperse from the dense camp, the knight girl shook her head a little weakly, and said with a lot of concern: "Everyone rest separately, I want to stay here alone for a while." β
"Don't overthink it. Pannis understood Catherine's confusion at this time, patted the girl on the shoulder, and winked at the others: "Give her a little space to herself, and let's rest for a while." β
"You guys go first, I'll take some notes here. Vivian took out her notebook and shook her head, "Don't worry, it won't affect the eldest sister." β
Pannis nodded, didn't say anything more, slowly walked back to the center of the camp, and when he turned around, he found that everyone was following him, and he couldn't help but say with a headache: "Aren't you going to sleep?"
"I can't let go of my heart, that idiot said it was a record, and I guess I can't let go of my heart, so keep it close. Lina turned her head to Catherine Nunu, who was left alone not far behind, and said, "When the eldest sister returns to normal, it's not too late for us to go and rest." β
"Then it's up to you. Pannis shrugged, seemingly unconcerned, but his gaze wandered around the camp until he was sure that there could be no twisted souls hidden.
"Don't you think it's strange?" said Dilly, who found that he couldn't sleep either, and simply lay down next to Pannis, and said boredly, "How the hell did they get in?" β
"What's so strange?" Pannis asked rhetorically, "the fortifications don't work against them, they can come in through the walls." β
"Is it really such a coincidence? we're in their camp now, and we haven't seen them around during the day, and then we were attacked during the night, and the attackers weren't the other twisted souls who had been safe during the day, but the owners of the camp. Dilley shook his head and said: "Anyway, I don't believe there will be such a coincidence, there is a saying in my hometown, there will be a problem behind any abnormal coincidence." β
"What do you mean?" Pannis's heart rose with a very bad premonition, and said solemnly, "You think they have been hiding in the camp all along?"
"I can't rule it out. Dilly said: "Of course, to believe in this possibility, you must first believe that their kind of twisted souls still retain a certain amount of intelligence, even if it is a distorted intelligence, in order to devour us, they can even endure and not attack, until the night we act." β
"It's not that it's unacceptable, after all, they sometimes fight the way they were alive, and the instinctive ambush can explain it. Pannis shook his head and said, "The problem is that during the day, we have carefully inspected every corner of the camp, including the sky above, which you personally checked, and there is no possibility that they are hiding in the camp." No, there's another ......."
"Well, there's one more. Dee pointed down with his claws, "They're hiding underground, we can't find out." β
"If they're really lurking underneath......" Pannis, who felt a chill run through himself, suddenly looked up sharply and shouted, "Catherine, Vivien, you two get out of place at once." β
However, it seemed that it was too late, and at the same time as the sound reached Vivien's ears, a distorted light and shadow rose from the ground almost instantaneously, appearing behind Vivian, and as long as she raised her arm, she could touch the girl's body.
(To be continued.) )