Chapter Twenty-Three: The Heart of Darkness Monster
"I'm afraid we're close to the center of the forest—" Celia surveyed the flora and fauna around her, and then carefully examined the traces left around her, and found that there was no sign of human activity, or any animals or plants that she could recognize. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"How's it going?" asked Khaki when he saw Celia return.
Celia spread her hands, "There is no trace of human activity here, we can take a little rest!" In terms of plants and animals, everyone didn't care anyway, and Celia also saved her tongue.
Maybe it's because it's still early in the morning, everything hasn't woken up yet, this should be one of the main sources of water in the dense forest, but I haven't seen any animals come to drink, of course, it may also be because of the intrusion of a group of strangers like Feiyue that has caused this situation, but because I haven't seen humans much, animals shouldn't be afraid of humans.
"You guys rest here first, I'll go see if those guys are coming up, and set up some traps along the way!" Celia said to Millie, Khaki and Feiyue, and when she walked to the knight who was waiting by the side, Celia lowered her voice a lot, "Protect Miss, if something happens, I'll ask you-" Neither Khaki nor Millie heard this sentence, but Feiyue's ears are more than any Turin, but she doesn't care much about these Feiyue, since she has something to hide, she is naturally embarrassed to force others.
"Xin, let's go take a bath! The lake is so beautiful!" With that, Millie dragged Fei Yue to the lake, and Khaki and the other knights did not stop them, so they let Millie and Fei Yue approach the lake.
"Aren't you afraid of what's in the lake?" Fei Yue asked Millie, who was pulling herself, because she was running all the way, even with the help of a small wind, her clothes were soaked with sweat, and she looked a little hot like this, although her appearance was mediocre. "Look, it's in the middle of the forest, and it's supposed to be the main source of water, but it's rare for animals to come here, don't you think it's strange?" Fei Yue shook off Millie's hand, and the two of them stopped on the grass about five meters from the lake, which was purely a clearing, with nothing but grass growing up to the knees.
Millie was stunned for a moment by Fei Yue's question, but soon began to lead Fei Yue towards the lake, "What's so strange about this? It's morning, and the animals may be sleeping?" Millie said, "And you see, the lake is not completely calm, which means that there are fish in the lake, and since there are fish, then there can't be any too terrible predators, Xin You're too nervous!"
"Maybe those fish are an illusion to attract prey?" Feiyue's perception is very smart, and the small water here is not normal, indicating that there must be some problems in this lake, if it's just some submerged ruins or something, it's okay, in case there is a water monster or something, it won't be easy to do, most of the monsters in the water have a lot of tentacles, even if Feiyue can protect herself, she can't protect Millie well, "And Millie, don't you think something is wrong?" As you mentioned, there are some animals sleeping in the morning, but the birds must have woken up, but there is no sound of birds!"
"This—" Millie also quieted down at this time, "It seems that there is really no bird call, so let's just go wash our faces, Xin's face must be very uncomfortable to be painted like this, right?"
"Then Millie must promise me to only take some water, and we will go back as soon as we finish taking water!" Fei Yue dragged Millie who was about to walk forward, and it seemed that she would not let go until Millie promised her.
"Okay-okay-I promise you still don't believe me?" Millie turned back to Fei Yue and said, "And Xin, your strength is so great, even Khaki doesn't have as much strength as you!"
"I don't know about this—" Fei Yue let go of her hand and began to approach the lake with Millie, holding a bucket-like thing that Millie had given herself, "Be careful, I have a bad premonition!"
"Okay, okay, don't be suspicious, didn't I already promise Xin to only take water? In such a short time, even if there is something in the water, we can escape, right?" I don't know why, when Millie is nervous, people really can't say anything, can't just drag Millie back, right?
Fei Yue saw that Millie was still swaggering, so she turned around and waved to Khaki and the knights who were waiting, indicating that there might be a situation here, let them follow closely, Khaki understood, and took the knights to slowly follow behind the two not far away, Millie must have noticed it, but she only understood Fei Yue's kindness, so she didn't say anything.
However, just when Millie squatted down beside the lake, stretched out her right hand and gently rippled on the calm lake, an octopus tentacle-like thing suddenly stretched out of the water, wrapped around Millie's waist and was about to pull into the water, Millie had already been rolled by the tentacles before she could react, and it was too late for the knight who was not far away from the two to react, and Feiyue now had nothing in his hands, and it was impossible to save Millie who was rolled up.
"Xiao Feng, cut off that tentacle-" In desperation, Fei Yue could only use the power of the elemental spirit, Xiao Feng instantly changed into an invisible blade after receiving Fei Yue's order, and slashed at the tentacles that were rolling Millie in the air, and the tentacles that were rolling Millie were cut off in just one moment, the incision was smooth and smooth, and the tentacles that were rolling Millie lost their source of power all of a sudden, and even Millie was thrown out.
As for the octopus-like monster that had its tentacles cut off but suddenly came out of the water, Fei Yue raised her head and glanced at the water monster that occupied half of the lake, its entire head was a mouth full of layers of teeth, as long as it was swallowed, it would probably be separated by flesh and bone by the time it reached the belly.
Millie, who was thrown out, fell to the ground with the help of the knight and Khaki, and before she could cut off the tentacles that were still rolling around Millie, more tentacles were entangled.
Fei Yue commanded Xiao Feng, Xiao Shui and the water monster circled, but the tentacles of this water monster seemed to be endless, cutting off one would give birth to one, cutting off all at once, and giving birth to the same number of tentacles at a time, even Fei Yue couldn't think of any good countermeasures for a while.
Since Fei Yue can't help it, then the knight and Khaki can't help it, in the period of time that Fei Yue fought for them, Khaki and the knight finally rescued Millie from the tentacles that were rolling around, and then, they saw Fei Yue who kept retreating.
"Hurry back, go back to the jungle, it shouldn't be too far from the lake!" Fei Yue commanded Xiao Feng to cut off the outstretched tentacles, and asked Xiao Shui to help drag the giant water monster that was slowly moving towards him, trying to let Millie and his party enter the dense forest before the water monster caught up, or Celia could come back in time, she was an assassin, and she should have poison or something like that, maybe it could have some effect on this water monster.
And Fei Yue held on like this until Millie and her party entered the dense forest, and Celia did not return, and just as Fei Yue was about to hide in the dense forest, a tentacle wrapped around Fei Yue's ankle, hung Fei Yue upside down, and opened a big mouth full of teeth to swallow Fei Yue into her stomach.
Just when Fei Yue came to the top of the water monster's head, Xiao Shui formed a barrier on the top of the water monster's head, that is, above the mouth, to ensure the safety of Fei Yue, no matter how the water monster threw Fei Yue on the barrier, it could not break the barrier, plus Xiao Shui's care for Fei Yue, so that Fei Yue was not injured, but vertigo was inevitable, at the same time, Fei Yue began to command Xiao Feng to enter the mouth of the octopus, trying to kill the water monster from the inside.
This time Fei Yue guessed correctly, the tentacles of the water monster have a strong regeneration ability, but the mouth is with the brain, so once the mouth is damaged, the water monster is also very vulnerable to heavy damage, of course, the water monster probably did not expect anyone to be able to hurt itself from the mouth, after all, nothing has survived from its mouth so far.
It turns out that once the elemental elves erupt, the lethality is almost endless, but Xiao Feng, who was ordered to destroy by Fei Yue, only took a few seconds to grind all the meat in the water monster's mouth into meat paste, but even so, Xiao Feng failed to hurt the water monster's teeth in the slightest, which shows how sharp and strong it is.
The vitality of the water monster is not tenacious, until Xiaofeng grinds all the meat in the head of the water monster into a meat puree, leaving only a thin layer of skin, the water monster then falls to the ground and whimpers, the disgusting smell comes from the surface, and almost did not faint the Fei Yue who fell not far from the water monster, but Mi Li and his party who were hiding in the dense forest were completely stunned by Fei Yue's combat power, and after the battle, even if they returned to Fei Yue's side, they couldn't speak for a long time.
"Xin—have you recovered your memories?" asked Millie after a while.
"No—" Fei Yue lowered her head, looking very sad.
"But-but-"
"But why was I able to fight like this just now, and I was able to kill the water monster?" Fei Yue said after Millie's words, "I'm sorry, I don't know, it's like an instinct, and I did it subconsciously until I killed this monster!"
Millie was obviously a little skeptical of Fei Yue's answer, but she didn't ask any more questions, just turned her gaze back to the dead water monster that couldn't die anymore, "I'm sorry, I should have listened to you a long time ago!"
"It's okay, as long as the person is okay!" Fei Yue smiled at Millie, "We're completely safe now-"
Before Fei Yue could speak, the body of the water monster began to decompose rapidly, and finally turned into a cloud of red gas and disappeared into the air, as if nothing had happened at a glance, and when the group turned their gaze back from the sky back to the lake, an island appeared in the middle of the lake at some point, and each of the four sides of the island had a road leading to the open space by the lake.
There are also some stone sculptures on the side of the path that have risen with algae, which should have risen from the lake when the eyes of the group were attracted by the dead water monster, and it seems that the water monster is the key to the seal of this island, and I don't know if it was deliberately set up as a test or not wanting others to enter here, and now that the seal has been lifted, whether it is a good thing or a bad thing next, it will have to be borne by Fei Yue and his party-