readx;?“ What the hell is a stalactite?" asked Tim, confused. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"You can understand that when stalactites appear in a place, it means that it has been for many, many years. Newman lamented, "It's been around for a long time. ”

"How long? hundreds or thousands of years. ”

Newman glanced at Tim and said softly, "Tens of thousands of years, or more, hundreds of thousands of years is not impossible." ”

Tim gasped.

Ian knew about stalactites, from his father, Ealing. Ian once had a small booklet about all the strange things in the world, both legends and reals, and Ian once flipped through his booklet and had a deep impression of this stone, which took tens of thousands of years or hundreds of thousands of years to form.

It was the first time he had seen such a stone, a stone that hung upside down like a spike.

"It looks weird and scary. Tim muttered, "How many people would kill if this thing were smashed down?"

"I'm going to smash you crow's beak first. Ian said angrily.

At this time, Vincent, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, held a torch and looked at the stalactites in front of him, and his brows gradually frowned.

"Something is wrong. Vincent raised his hand and made a gesture to stop.

First mate Hogel walked up to Vincent, looked up like him, but didn't see anything unusual, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

"I can't say it, it just doesn't feel right. Vincent shook his head and said, "The stones in front of you feel so weird. ”

Ian's heart moved. He didn't expect Vincent to feel this way, just now he also felt that the stalactites in front of him were a little strange, which inexplicably gave him a feeling of panic, but he couldn't find the reason, and thought it was his own delusion.

But Vincent also felt this way, and this is not something that can be explained by the word illusion alone.

"Be careful, let them take their weapons. Vincent said as he drew his long knife and continued on his way with a torch.

Hogg also took out his musket and prepared the men behind him before following Vincent. So everyone took out weapons, even Tim and the others had them, a small scimitar that was more ornamental than practical, but there was always a bottom in the hand.

So a group of people walked cautiously forward with their weapons in this way, but they didn't know what to guard against, and it looked a little strange.

And so they walked to the bottom of the stalactite group.

Vincent held his torch aloft and looked closely at the stalactites, and in fact everyone was doing it. The old stones gave them a dreamlike feeling, and Ian felt like a pair of open hands above his head, and stalactites were the fingers of these giant hands. These "giant hands" are open as if they want to catch them and stay here forever.

Ian was taken aback by his thoughts.

"It's a strange thing. Tim muttered.

At that moment, another drop of water dropped onto the tip of Ian's nose. Ian was surprised and tried to wipe it off, but found that something was wrong. It didn't seem to be water, it was a viscous liquid, and Ian stuck it to his finger in confusion, and when he put it in front of his eyes, he found that it was a dark red liquid.

Ian subconsciously shouted, "Blood?"

The next moment, there was a rustling sound above Ian's head, and everyone immediately looked up and saw one of the stalactites slowly unfolding. Soon, a familiar uniform "stalactite" emerged, which was the crew uniform of the Sophia.

It's just that this blue and white uniform has been dyed blood red at the moment, and the owner of this dress has become a complete blood person, and he can't even see his face clearly.

The "stalactite" unfolded completely, revealing a pair of black wings, as well as the red eyes and narrow fangs under the wings. At this moment, Ian suddenly remembered the fire bat he had encountered in the Tellmis Mountains!

This is obviously also a bat, but it has grown into a stalactite, which is dozens of times the size of an ordinary bat!

The unknown bat let go of the crew, and the crew fell at their feet with a "thud", and blood splattered, almost on everyone's body. Meria was so stimulated by the scene that she screamed and fainted.

Everyone was agitated, like a furry wild cat. The first mate yelled a few times and forcibly pacified the entire team.

Everyone raised their heads and looked at the giant bat hanging above, their eyes revealing deep fear and jealousy. The first mate pulled out the musket and aimed it at a distance that was clearly the best range for the musket, believing that it would only take one shot to blow the monster's head to pieces.

"Don't move. Vincent said softly.

The first mate was stunned and looked at Vincent puzzled: "Why?"

"How many shots can you shoot?" Vincent motioned to the first mate to look around, "Look, can you kill so many?"

As if thinking of something, the first mate twisted his neck stiffly and looked elsewhere. I saw that in this dense group of stalactites, there were countless pairs of blood-red eyes, staring at him. He panicked and almost threw the musket out of his hand.

"Don't be timid. Vincent continued, standing at the front of the line with his long knife in hand, his chest straight, "Don't let these guys see we're scared. ”

Ian recalls the fear of being dominated by the overwhelming fire bats in the Tellmis Mountains. Almost, just a little, they would have turned into a skeleton, and if it hadn't been for Nicole throwing that sonic boom in time, he wouldn't have even had a chance to meet the dragon king.

Since then, he has had a deep fear of bats.

For example, now, although his face did not show anything, he knew his condition, his legs were already weak, and he just forced himself to stand. As for the others, the crew's words were fine, Merria was stunned early, Tim was about to faint, and Newman was also pale, but he was standing anyway.

Ian glanced at Green and saw that Humpty Dumpty had a smile on his face.

"They're just brutes. "If they think we're better than them, they're not going to do it." So don't be cowardly, go and see if it's Gray or Thor in the back. ”

The first mate nodded, put down the musket for a moment, took a deep breath, and walked towards the blood-red body. Just looking at his face, he couldn't tell who it was, the first mate stretched out his hand to probe his snort, he had been out of breath for a long time, and his body was half cold.

Only the identity tag on his arm explains his identity.

"Boss, it's Thor. The first mate shouted sadly.

Obviously, he was still his subordinate last night, and after only one day, he became like this, and the first mate felt very uncomfortable.

Vincent took a deep breath, pursed his lips, and whispered, "Put down his corpse, let's go." ”

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