Chapter XIII: The Siege
"You two step back!"
With the oil lamp in their hands, Lin Ye and the others vaguely saw Francis standing behind the ghoul. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info did not hesitate, and the two hurriedly retreated to the fence and kept a distance of more than ten meters from the ghouls. Francis threw three sealed cans at the black ghouls, and then swiftly pulled his bow and arrows, three arrows piercing the curtain of the night rain and galloping through the darkness, the sound of breaking wind as if arrows were roaring. The arrow hit the can with precision and exploded, and an unknown liquid erupted instantly, mixing with the sparks of the arrow's explosion and burning instantly, and all five ghouls were contaminated with this burning liquid.
In an instant, the five ghouls were surrounded by a sea of fire, and a terrifying roar echoed in the dark and cold town. Even if they are not afraid of iron swords, fire is still their weakness. Flames work wonderfully well against ghouls and have little effect on ghouls and souls, suggesting that they are a special type of ghouls.
The ghouls were scratching at the sea of fire, the black smoke was constantly steaming, and Lin Ye seemed to see five painful and distorted human faces, but he seemed to hear them saying "thank you". After an unknown amount of time, the unknown liquid was gone, and the sea of fire was gradually extinguished, leaving only five charred corpses in place.
"Hurry back to the hotel, it's not safe here. Francis said.
After Lin Ye glanced down as he walked past the corpse, he hurriedly caught up with Francis, who was walking in front.
The warmth in the hotel slowly alleviated the panic in the hearts of Lin Ye and the others, and everyone else woke up and sat around them. After listening to Lin Ye and Amy's narration, Francis pondered for a while and said, "Looking at it this way, this town has also been invaded by ghouls. But we've been here for two days, and it's a bit of a perverse thing that you've only been confronted by you tonight, and it's the first time I've ever seen that black ghoul before. Besides, it's very close to Morin Academy, so if something goes wrong, they'll be the first to find out. ”
"So what are we going to do?" said Amy, with a sigh of relief.
"Tonight add five people to the vigil, leave immediately during the day, and mark the road if there is still fog, although it is dangerous, if we do not leave as soon as possible, we will probably be wiped out. Francis said in a deep voice.
The people agreed, and the night watchmen, who had been sure to increase, gradually fell asleep. Francis leaned against the stool, playing with the wine glass in his hand, thoughtfully.
"Fran. Amy whispered, and Lin Ye was also on the side.
Francis laughed and said, "Why are you two so scared that you can't sleep?"
Amy rubbed her palms embarrassedly, Lin Ye shook his head and said, "I'm not afraid of ghouls, I just have some questions about that little boy." Why did the whole town disappear and he would appear at night? From the fact that he had no shadow, he looked like a ghost. ”
"It's a problem, but I feel very sharp, even when I'm sleeping. You said that I didn't feel it when you went out last night, and I woke up and followed you when you and Amy went out just now, so I was able to save you both. Francis said.
"So I was dreaming last night, but that dream was too real. Lin Ye was puzzled.
Francis patted Lin Ye's head, "Don't think about it, when I go out tomorrow, I'll contact Aklode, find a few more mages from the academy, and solve the problem here." ”
"Fran, we've seen your exploding arrows, but I'm curious what you use to burn those ghouls?"
"Oh, it's a special oil that burns super hot on ghouls. I'm telling you, it was made by Grace. Francis said lightly.
"Grace?!" Lin Ye and the others couldn't believe it.
Francis laughed and said, "Actually, Grace is a healing magician, and she is proficient in magic potions, and even my explosive arrows and other special arrows are made up by her. ”
"Isn't she a female warrior who is proficient in long whips and hand-to-hand combat?" Lin Ye couldn't help but ask.
"yes, that's why I gave her the title 'Violent Mage', which is very vivid, isn't it? But as long as you say this title in front of her, the consequences are very serious. At that time, I was chased and beaten by her for several days. ”
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The threat of the night was once again replaced by the white mist, and everyone had to follow the original plan, leaving marks on the trees as they walked, and this work was completed by Lin Ye and Amy. They drew their iron swords and took turns drawing two crossed lines on the trunk as markers. Doing so will affect the speed of progress, but it will ensure that they can get out of this labyrinthine basin, but this can only be done in general.
After walking for most of the day this time, Lin Ye and Amy's right hands were already soreness and numb because they kept using their swords to make marks. Lin Ye was just about to engrave another mark, his eyes suddenly widened, ignoring the people behind him, and ran forward. Amy hurriedly chased after him, and not far away he saw Lin Ye standing in front of a street sign.
"No, how can we come back when we haven't seen the tree we've marked along the way?" Amy's sword fell limply to the ground.
Francis also followed, looking at Hela solemnly, "What do you think, little girl?"
Hela didn't speak, but broke off a branch and drew it on the ground. It was a circle the size of a human head, and the straight lines and curves crisscrossing in the middle of the circle formed a complete magic circle. Hela pressed her hands on the magic array, and the faint blue light extended along the lines of the magic array, which looked very beautiful. After a few seconds, a few black lightning bolts mixed with the blue light, and the magic circle drawn by Hela disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the same time, Hela seemed to be pushed by some force, and she took several steps backwards before stabilizing her body.
"A huge magic array has been laid down in the Cecil Basin, and the level of the magic array seems to be very high, which is not among the ones I know. Hela pursed her lips and said.
"So we can't get out?" asked Francis.
Hela shook her head, "Such a huge magic array must have a trumpet of the same magic array at its eye, as long as it is destroyed, we can still get out." But the problem is that we don't know where the Array Eye is, and I don't have the ability to sense it. ”
"I took these three little guys, and the others in a group of four, first with Night Rain Town as the center to start searching for places with magic arrays, don't search too scattered, once you encounter a black ghoul, you must quickly notify the people nearby that you can't fight hard. "Francis summoned all the guards to give the order.
Everyone moved quickly under Francis's orders, and although this method was not very reliable, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack, but there was no other feasible way. Lin Ye persuaded the three of Francis and came with him to the center of Night Rain Town, in front of the three-story red lacquered wooden door. This house is exactly the same as the house in his dream, the door is as red and dazzling, and the red is infiltrating, which makes the surrounding atmosphere even more oppressive.
Lin Ye and Francis worked together to knock the uncomfortable door open, and Lin Ye finally saw the situation in the room clearly. The furnishings in the room were not very luxurious, and from the door onwards, you could see a few weapons made of fine iron hanging scattered on the walls, but they were all rusty. A few dried blood stains could be faintly seen on the ground, as well as a deep sword mark.
Lin Ye patted his head, as if he remembered something. He detoured to the inside of the red lacquered wooden door, and saw several very shallow sword marks, and he drew his iron sword to compare them, and found that those marks were completely consistent with his own iron sword.
That's not a dream.