Chapter 32 (Under the Thrilling Road)
"Lord Deklaas, all of us are wounded. If these fishmen attack us, please help. Wesker, who was the least injured among the nobles, looked at the fishmen with fierce eyes, and said to Deklaas in great fear.
“... You're a wasted man... It's just a dozen fish-men," Deklaas, who knew that the fish-men didn't have the guts to attack, scolded gloomily.
Fish-people are generally as timid creatures as goblins. They generally feed on fish and other small monsters, and rarely attack humans and orcs, however, they have a very strong hatred for elves and will take the initiative to attack elves!
Most of them were wounded now, but the fish-men's timid nature doomed them to not attack Deklaas, who was an undead, and Messna, who was a demon. As long as the two of them are there, the fish-man has to use his unintelligent head to think carefully about whether they can attack before attacking.
"They were the fishmen who had been in the river recently, probably taking advantage of the rain to come out to hunt. As long as we don't make any enemies of them as much as possible, nothing will happen. The guide Helzai looked at the fish-man carefully, and then said to the group.
"Gurgling Gurrr~~~~"
At this moment, one of the fishmen, who was quite old, suddenly let out some very strange noises, which surprised Hel and the others. Only the undead of Deklaas could look at those fishmen with a calm demeanor.
Suddenly, a very strong fishman among the mergers, brandishing a harpoon, jumped at one of the mercenaries, and the harpoon stabbed straight through. This frightened the mercenaries and the children of the nobility, who did not expect the fish-men to attack suddenly.
The attacked mercenary hurriedly tilted to the side before the harpoon was about to attack her, and then pulled out his weapon and slashed the fishman who dared to attack her!!
At this moment, those fish-men immediately erupted into a burst of grunts, and it was obvious that they were angry! The fish-men killed by one of the mercenaries over there just wanted to test the strength of Deklaas and the others, and see if they could be hunted by them. If they are too strong, they will retreat, if they are not strong, then they will attack!!!
As one of the extremely short-term protection races, the fishmen have something else to care about, and they have waved their harpoons and attacked everyone!!Seeing this, Hull couldn't help but curse secretly, whether it is a test or not, do you need to be ruthless??
However, now that the conflict has broken out, there is nothing more to say. The Deklaas couple immediately unleashed the fireball technique, a rudimentary fire-based magic, and shot towards those fishmen!!
Then the two of them stopped and immediately ran towards the depths of the woods without hesitation. Seeing this, the nobles and mercenaries also killed one or two fishmen at random, and ran deeper into the woods.
They did it because the thing that was chasing them was about to catch up with them. Whatever it was, it must be something scarier than the fish-man's harpoons and those spiky tentacles.
"Ah~~!!! save me!!Quaidli!!save me!!"
"Help!!Quaidli!!"
Just as the group began to run deeper into the woods, the fishmen suddenly cast a tough fishing net, trapping the two female mercenaries among the mercenaries, even men and horses. The crowd, who knew that they would die when they turned around, didn't care about the two female mercenaries who were calling for help, even the Quedali that the two of them were calling.
"Ahhhh~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!h
After a terrible scream, the two men were silent. But it's clear that the two of them weren't killed by the fish-man, but by the thing that was chasing them!!!Because the screams were mixed with the screams of the fish-people!!
No matter what kind of fear it is, there's nothing terrible about the unknown, because you don't know what it is, and you can't deal with it. Now everyone is immersed in this unknown, and almost everyone is very frightened, except for the fact that Deklaas has no mood swings.
Although Deklaas was also immersed in the unknown and chased by that terrible thing, he always felt that everything here was not as terrible as the underworld. In the underworld, what he has experienced is even more terrifying!!
The tension and oppression that arise because of being chased are tightly pressed on everyone's hearts. The evil aura behind him became stronger and stronger, and it seemed that the thing was not far behind everyone.
At this time, I don't know if the goddess of fate let them go, and a huge building appeared in front of everyone's eyes. That's everyone's destination, the ruins of Scogrema.
Looking at the huge, half-open stone door, everyone seemed to see hope. They immediately rushed in, and then dismounted quickly, closing the stone gate tightly!!
As soon as the door closed, most of the crowd fell to the ground, gasping for air. It really scared the hell out of them. As long as the door closes a little slower, they will become the food in the mouth of that thing!!Because those who close the door, the moment the stone door closes, see a huge mouth full of huge and sharp teeth!!
Everyone sat behind the stone door, resting slightly at the sound of the thing hitting the stone door. What happened today is very abnormal. Why did that thing appear??Why did the armies of the two countries leave it alone??
"Damn!!That bastard said this ruin is safe, and the four of us just took this damn mission!!I didn't expect two to die as soon as I came up!!Safe fart!!" Sitting on the dusty floor, Quaidli yelled.
At this time, Hull, who was the guide of everyone, also said very angrily: "I don't know when that thing appeared, I was almost eaten by it!!! I have brought people to this ruin seventeen or eighteen times before, and I have never encountered such a thing, is there any person among you who is disrespectful to the gods here??"
"Hehe!!Disrespectful???The previous explorers respected the evil god "Shabu Nicholas"??Which race of "Redish" respected the evil god??" As soon as she heard Hull's words, Wella asked angrily.
"Alright, alright... Don't say anything about it... Let's take a break... Then let's go deep into the ruins..."Seeing that everyone was blaming each other, Deklaas immediately persuaded him.