Chapter 16: The Troll Catfish
Seeing that he could not be dissuaded, the old man had to arrange for someone to carry some straw from the grass pavilion and sprinkle it on the bridge deck so that the bridge deck would not be so slippery. Under the guidance of the coachman, the first ox pulling the cart trembled and stepped onto the pontoon bridge, but as the boat shook more and more, the legs of the scalper also shook more and more.www.biquge.info
Everyone became anxious, the cow was stuck here, and the convoy behind it couldn't get through. Seeing the wind howling, the whirlpools on the surface of the water rushing like a beehive, and the pontoon bridge shaking, if there was any accident, it would be troublesome. The coachman was ruthless, and whipped down viciously, and several blood marks immediately appeared on the back of the ox, and the ox still did not move, and a few teardrops the size of beans welled up in his eyes, and soon disappeared into the rain.
"Let me do it. Night Feather lined up and crowded to the front of the line, he took out a handful of salt powder from the purse he was carrying, wiped it on his hand, and reached in front of the scalper. The scalper licked Night Feather's hand, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he stuck out his tongue and licked non-stop, Night Feather quietly took a step back, and the scalper also stood up and moved forward, still refusing to let go of Night Feather's hand, and the waterwheel slowly moved forward.
Mira suddenly became excited, and crawled through the crowd like a small loach, and finally squeezed to Ye Yu's side: "It's fun, it's fun, let me have fun." Night Feather said suspiciously: "Can you do it?" Mira looked confident: "Isn't it just to tease the bull, I'm very experienced, I'm the vice captain of our college's bullfighting performance team for three consecutive cheerleaders." ”
He entangled and snatched some salt powder from Ye Yu's hand and stretched it out in front of the scalper, and kept making a sound in his mouth: "Luo Luoluo, the good cow came to eat me, my salt is better than Skode." Ye Yu cried and laughed: "That Luo Luo Luo, I only shouted when I was feeding the pigs." Mira glanced at him but ignored him, and in the incessant sound of Rollo, the scalper stood up and chased after the salt powder in Mira's hand, and the coachman behind him also took the opportunity to drive the team to follow the cow forward.
Seeing that the convoy finally began to resume walking, Singh breathed a sigh of relief and said to the old man with a hint of pride: "Fortunately, I didn't listen to you and stay here for a few more days, don't you think it's gone smoothly now?"
The old pawn was still frowning: "Sir, in fact, I asked you to leave in a few days, not because of the problem of wet and slippery rain, but in such a thunderstorm, the trolls in the Mudu River are likely to come out to move." ”
"Trolls?" Singh gasped.
"Yes, this water monster usually hides in the deep bottom of the Mudu River, and only comes out to move when there is thunder and lightning, so the people on both sides of the Mudu River never cross the river on such a day, on the contrary, they will throw live cattle and live sheep when the thunder is at its loudest, praying that the trolls will not harm them. ”
The thunder was getting denser, the crosswinds on the bridge deck were getting stronger, and even the bulky waterwheel seemed to be tilting a little. Night Feather struggled to stand on her feet, and said to Mira worriedly: "Commander, the wind is very strong, it's too dangerous, you better go back to the team, I'll come here." ”
Mira grinned and said, "Don't bluff me, what's the danger?" I know, you just want to coax me back, you come and play with the cow alone, Luo Luoluo, the cow is good, keep going, give you salt powder to eat." Hehe, although I am only a vice cheerleader in the bullring, I am an invincible bull teaser in the bullring. ”
Ye Yu sighed, he really couldn't resist this suddenly excited regiment leader, he looked back, the bridge was already more than half over, if the current speed was maintained, they could reach the other side safely in another ten minutes. He subconsciously looked into the river, and suddenly his face changed greatly: "Commander, stop playing, the situation is not right." ”
Not only Ye Yu, but also the team that followed behind had already discovered the abnormality of the Mudu River, and the originally surging river water was tumbling violently like a large pot of boiling porridge, and waves of huge waves were surging towards the river bank and pontoon. Singh shouted, "Everyone, get down and find something to hold yourself in place, so that you don't fall into the river." The old man behind him kept drawing a cross on his chest: "The god of light is above, it's a troll, and the troll has come out." ”
The barbarian team that had been following behind all raised their heads, each pair of eyes reflecting flashes of lightning and light, and at the order of the old shaman, they threw totem poles strapped to their backs, and at the same time drew their battle axes and roared to rush onto the pontoon. The totem pole floating in the air is spliced together into a polygonal ring under the guidance of the old shaman's staff, and a dazzling red light is projected from the inside of the ring, illuminating both sides of the Mudu River.
As the red light became more and more dazzling, everyone could see clearly the giant monster in the river, it was not three heads and six arms, nor did it open its teeth and claws, but it just opened a huge mouth that could almost swallow heaven and earth, as if it was smiling at people.
"Oh my God", the foodie Swo clutched the brim of his hat with both hands, as if he was afraid that his hat would be blown away by the wind: "Oh my God, my God, my God, this is one, catfish? God, think of the chopped pepper fish head I have eaten, I dare to swear, this catfish is enough to eat the whole city of Minsk for a month, enough for me to eat for a lifetime, oh my God, what kind of pot should I use for such a big chopped pepper fish head?"
The giant catfish raised its huge head like a hill and looked at the totem circle that glowed red, its broad back almost filled the river, and as the fins swayed, the monstrous waves swooped down in layers like avalanches, and the pontoon bridge was suddenly overturned.
One barbarian after another jumped from the pontoon bridge onto the totem circle, and then raised their battle axes and slashed down at the giant catfish like the top of Tarzan. However, the catfish's skin was so slippery that the sharp blade of the axe slid away on contact, causing it almost no harm, but the barbarians who had been castrated fell into the water beside the catfish one after another, and swam towards the pontoon in embarrassment.
Although it did not suffer any obvious damage, these small offensive actions in front of it made the giant monster catfish a little angry, and it opened its dark crypt-like mouth, and a large whirlpool like a galaxy immediately appeared on the surface of the water, and the debris floating nearby seemed to be violently whipped towards the black hole in the middle of the vortex.
The old shaman untied the strands of his hair, shook his white hair and recited an obscure incantation, and the totemic circle floating in the air suddenly became red, and everywhere the red light went, all the barbarians were suddenly excited. In the eyes of the surrounding onlookers, they seemed to be completely unaffected by the current, scrambling to climb the pontoon bridge, and then desperately jumped on the totem circle and smashed it at the catfish, only this time they split the back of a thick axe.
A series of roaring sounds were endless, and the giant catfish could neither rush into the red light range of the totem circle, nor avoid the impact of the barbarians, and finally the long tail swung out a large splash and sank to the bottom of the water without a trace. Whether it was the humans on the pontoon bridge or the barbarians still in the water, Singh laughed and patted the old man next to him on the shoulder, and said, "Look, what trolls? ”
The old pawn smiled cautiously: "That's that, if the commander commands Ruoding, we are all looking at it." As he spoke, Fast Legs and the big man came over together: "Captain Singh, did you see our regimental commander? We didn't find him in front." The old pawn suddenly slapped his palms: "Oops, when the giant monster was making waves just now, I seemed to hear someone fall into the river, but then I patronized and watched the barbarians go, so I forgot about it, so it can't be your regimental leader, right?"
For most of the people in the team, the giant catfish seen on a thunderstorm night was just a small episode in life, an after-dinner conversation, but for a few people in the skeleton mercenary group, the last time they lost this little regiment leader in front of the lion king, it had already made their colleagues in Minsk City laugh off their big teeth, and if they lost it again, then they would really become the laughing stock of the province of Sidi. One-Eyed forced Singh to order the water convoy to stay at the ferry for half a day, and the group braved the heavy rain to search on both sides of the Mudu River for a long time but found nothing, and finally the little sparrow could only comfort himself: "Night Feather should be with the regiment leader, he seems to be a shrewd person, he should be able to protect this stupid regiment leader." ”
Mira is not a stupid person, but he is a little less lucky, when the huge wave hits, he is shaken to his feet, and his hands involuntarily help the head of the ox in front of him, and although the scalper eats a lot of salt from him, he does not miss the old feelings at all, and pushes Mila into the Mudu River. The river was cold and urgent, and he struggled a few times, and sank to the bottom of the river like an ice lump, gradually losing consciousness.
When Mira woke up, he found that it was pitch black in front of him, his ears were full of rushing water, and his body was swaying as if floating in the air, and he sighed, "That's what hell looks like." ”
A faint voice came from behind him: "Are you awake? Then you can swim by yourself, I'm very tired of holding you like this." ”
Mira turned her head in surprise and said, "Nightfeather, so you're here, do you know how we died?"
Night Feather was still in that faint voice: "I don't know how you will die, I will definitely be killed by you." We're not in hell now, but in the belly of the big fish, but if we don't find a way to escape, we think we'll soon see the real hell. ”
Mira was stunned for a moment: "How did we come to such a strange place?"
Night Feather finally couldn't help but have a seizure: "If you hadn't fallen into the water, if I hadn't jumped down to save you, how could I have been sucked into the stomach by a big fish?" I don't want to die here, let alone die with you, Trisy is still waiting for me at home, I have to go back alive." ”