"Captured by a monster?"

Lutina asked, holding the double-barreled shotgun at her feet in her hand, standing up and frowning.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Yes...... It's a rat man! Swarms of rats that not only attacked us, but also captured Grey! ”

The boy Oslo said with a painful look on his face, clutching the claw wound in his chest and abdomen.

I saw blood flowing from his fingers, and it was obvious that the wound was quite deep.

Lutina turned around and took out medical supplies such as alcohol bandages from her backpack and handed them to Messia, a short-haired woman with glasses, and asked her to bandage the wounds of the other injured students.

Immediately afterward, she asked several students about the appearance of the so-called rat people, and the students answered honestly.

"Rat-Man...... You're supposed to be the Tamara rat people, but their gathering place is probably in the deepest part of the Great Coleridge Forest, so how can they be around here? ”

She analyzed with a calm face, and then looked up at several students.

"Are you still hiding something?"

The people in Oslo looked at each other, and finally replied in a dry voice:

"We searched for the location marked on the treasure map and did find the 'Fountain of Youth'...... But we didn't know that the spring was already occupied by the rat people. ”

"We were just going to secretly fill two bottles and leave, but we didn't expect to be discovered."

Exploding head boy Stiller added.

"Greedy and ignorant......"

Lutina shook her head.

The faces of the four students turned blue and red, and they were extremely embarrassed.

Chen Lun, who was on the side, raised his eyebrows when he heard their conversation.

"Fountain of Youth?"

"Hmm...... According to the treasure map, the spring water has the power to make people immortal, and it only takes one sip to stay young and live for several epochs. ”

The short boy Anel glanced at Chen Lun, no longer hidden, and explained softly.

"You believe this kind of nonsense, too."

Lutina sneered disdainfully, but she obviously had no intention of explaining, and just carried the double-barreled shotgun and said:

"After all, you also paid the money, and I have to be responsible for your safety...... Hurry up and clean up, if you are really injured and can't move, just wait here, you send someone to take me to see. ”

"I'll take you there, I'm not hurt."

Glasses girl Messia said.

Lutina nodded.

At this time, the couple also heard the movement and came over, and were surprised to see the group of students covered in blood.

"Oh my sun! What's going on? Have you encountered a beast?! ”

"It's a rat-man who is more terrible than a beast!"

Oslo bared his teeth in pain and sat down on a stake as he spoke.

"What rat-man?"

The couple was shocked.

Stiller, the explosive-headed boy, had no choice but to explain it to them again.

"How could there be such a species in the world? It's incredible! ”

The husband of the couple looked surprised.

When his wife heard that a girl had been taken captive, she was eager to help, but her husband grabbed her and admonished her in a low voice.

As a result, the two had a little conflict, the wife seemed unwilling to see her husband's cowardice, and the husband was worried about his wife's safety...... In the end, the husband chose to compromise and promised his wife to help find the schoolgirl.

"This is the brave man I know, Pat."

The wife kissed her husband on the cheek and said softly.

Chen Lun became a little interested in the "Fountain of Youth" in the student's mouth, and just as the cow Antonio returned from the woods, Noah also put away his sketchpad and walked over, so he explained the situation to the two in a low voice, intending to go and see it together.

Noah and Anton naturally did not refuse, saying that they would follow the head of the regiment closely.

So, except for the three students who were seriously injured, they stayed in the hunter's hut to rest, and Lutina, his wife and Chen Lun and his party all followed the glasses girl Messia into the woods.

Messia's personality seems to be calm, but after all, she is still very young, and she has just experienced the attack of the rat people, and she inevitably shows a nervous expression.

"Miss Lutina, do you still have the rest of your firearms? With only a double-barreled shotgun, I'm afraid I won't be able to defeat those ratmen...... There are thirty or forty of them! ”

Messia said as she walked.

Lutina pursed her lips, pulled the recurve knife out of her backpack and handed it over.

"Well, that's all there is to it."

Messia took the knife slightly disappointed, she thought about it, and handed the knife to Chen Lun again.

"Sir, use this for you, I don't have enough strength to play its role."

Chen Lun smiled slightly, but shook his head and refused.

He lifted his silver cane, indicating that he didn't need it.

In his heart, he secretly said that this girl is a little smart...... On the surface, what she said does make sense, but in fact, whoever holds a weapon should be in the forefront.

Messia is indirectly protecting herself.

"Cane? All right...... Then this knife is for you to use. ”

She turned her head and handed the knife to her husband in the couple, who gladly accepted.

With a knife in hand, he felt he was better able to protect his wife.

Soon, the crowd walked through the dense woods to a clearing.

Not far ahead, surrounded by three crooked trees, there is a spring with a diameter of four or five meters, and the water inside is extremely clear, and it seems to exude a strange fragrance.

Around the spring, dozens of rat people gathered.

They looked like they were only about one and a half meters long, and they were unclothed, but they were covered with dirty short, black-brown hair...... However, what is surprising is that each of them holds weapons in their hands like people.

Or homemade wooden spears, or forks and knives that I don't know where to pick up.

Squeak squeak!

When the rat people noticed the arrival of everyone, they immediately exploded the pot and rushed over on alert. They let out high-pitched screams, fangs and claws, and swung their weapons.

"Don't be afraid! The Tamara rat people are intellectually low and like to bully the few, but they are extremely weak, and if you kill a few of them, they will scatter in a hurry! ”

Lutina said coldly.

Her petite body stood at the front of everyone, and directly raised her gun and pulled the trigger.

Peng!

The flash of fire spilled forward, directly blasting the head of a rat-man open.

The powerful impact of the double-barreled shotgun even blasted the body of this mouse several meters away.

Peng!!

Another gunshot rang out.

At such a close distance, it was difficult to empty the gun, and the other rat-man burst his chest and abdomen, flying upside down and dying tragically.

Squeak squeak!

The rat-men screamed and gathered around.

After Lutina fired two bullets, she had to break the body of the gun and reload, and Messia, who had been standing beside her, retreated behind the group in fear, with the intention of running away when she saw that the situation was not good.

The husband's palms were sweating with the recurve knife, and when he saw his wife's expectant eyes, he took a step forward and swung his weapon at the rat man.

Unexpectedly, as soon as one was hacked to death, he was scratched by another mouse on the arm.

"Ahh

The man screamed in pain.

Two more rats threw him to the ground, opening their mouths wide and ready to gnaw at his scalp.

The man was so frightened that the knife in his hand fell to the ground.

His wife and schoolgirl Messia both screamed.

Chen Lun couldn't see it, sighed secretly, walked over and threw his cane at random, and killed the two rat people lying on the man's head with two bangs.

Immediately, he glanced at Noah.

The latter tacitly understood the meaning, took out the drawing board directly, picked up the brush and began to paint.

I saw that he raised his paintbrush and waved it lightly, and several rat people lost their breath during the run, and fell directly to the ground, and there were no wounds on the surface...... In fact, spirituality has long been devoured by the [White Bone Gallery].

Thump!

Plop plop!

One after another, the rat-men died inexplicably, and everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and even the group of rat-men companions noticed that something was wrong, and soon squeaked and screamed and turned around and ran away.

"Chase! Follow them to find the girl who was captured! ”

Lutina loaded her bullets, but instead of shooting, she chased after them with her shotgun in hand, and said to the crowd.

The man who fell to the ground was picked up by his wife, and he apologized guiltily and in chagrin.

The crowd followed Lutina and pursued the fleeing rat-men.

Halfway through, Lutina glanced at Noah with interest and complimented:

"Your drawing is really good, can you show it to me later?"

Noah glanced at Chen Lun, and after seeing that he didn't say anything, he smiled and nodded.

"No problem."

Lutina stopped talking, and ran forward with a calm face.

Soon, everyone chased the mouse to a hole in the ground, and vaguely heard the cry of a woman crying for help from inside.

"Inside...... Leave one to guard outside, and let's go down. ”

Lutina turned back to the crowd and said.

"Me! I'll stay! ”

Messia volunteered.

Lutina seemed to see her timidity, but she didn't refuse, nodding her head in agreement.

"In that case, you keep watch outside, and we'll be back soon."

After she finished speaking, she took the lead and walked down the hole.

Chen Lun asked the cow Anton to stay on the surface as well, because it was too large for him to go down.

The passage of the cave was cramped and dim, and Lutina took out a kerosene lighter and lit it in front of her, and the crowd followed one by one.

Soon, the field of vision widened and I entered the heart of the cavern.

The cave was damp and disgusting, full of sour and rotten smell, and there was a thick layer of putrid material on the ground, mixed with some dead branches and bone fragments, I don't know if it was human or animal.

Squeak squeak!

Some hairless mice, still in their infancy, lay on the ground, squirming slightly, and a girl whose clothes were tattered and could barely hide her body was thrown into the pile of small mice, looking frightened and almost insane.

"Save ...... Save me! ”

The girl was none other than the missing Grey, who shouted in a panic.

Everyone stepped forward to see that her hands and feet had been bitten off by the light of the fire, blood was spilled all over the ground, and the little mouse kept sucking her blood on the ground.

"Those rats...... They also want to...... Whining! ”

Grey broke down and cried, apparently because she couldn't accept what she had been through.

"Although I have not heard of Tamara rat people mating with humans to reproduce offspring, it is not that they will not do such things based on their strong desire to reproduce...... Good luck for you, we arrived just in time. ”

Lutina shook her head and said to Grey.

She retrieved the recurve knife from the man's hand, hacked all the little mice on the ground to death, and then took off her coat and wrapped Grey.

"Which of you men will do you a favor and carry her out...... She couldn't walk anymore. ”

Lutina asked, looking back.

"I'll do it."

The husband of the couple, at the signal of his wife's eyes, stepped forward and carried Grey behind him.

Then everyone returned the same way and came to the entrance of the cave.

Messia was delighted to see her companion rescued.

But seeing the wounds on Grey's body, she couldn't help but clench her fists again.

"Those damn rats, they're so damnable!"

"How can there be such a monster in this world, such a big mouse, and still walk upright like a human......"

The man was puzzled.

Lutina was not interested in answering the question, and she just strode forward without looking back:

"This is the Great Coleridge Forest, why do you think the Empire would make it a forbidden area? Because there are countless terrifying things in it that ordinary people have never seen! The Tamara rat is actually nothing, and if you encounter other strange things, I hope you won't be scared to death......"

The couple looked at each other and saw the panic on each other's faces.

"Or ...... Let's go back later, we don't want to go any further into this forest. ”

Lutina shook her head and pointed to the sky.

At this moment, the sky has darkened, and it looks like it is evening.

"It's getting dark, and it's even more dangerous to travel at night...... And there are still so many wounded that we can't go back unless we leave them behind. ”

Lutina said.

When Messia on the side and Grey on the man's back heard this, their faces immediately changed slightly, and they spoke in denial.

"No way!"

"Please, don't leave me!"

Grey began to weep.

Seeing this, the wife of the couple hurriedly comforted her.

"Don't cry, we won't leave you alone...... Well, then let's stay at the hut for the night, and return early to-morrow morning. ”

"Thank you...... Thank you, kind lady. ”

Gray said weakly.

Chen Lun took Noah and Anton with him, and did not speak from beginning to end.

He was actually quite unfamiliar with the Great Coleridge Forest, and he had never set foot in this place in his previous life, and now it seems that this forest does hide a lot of secrets......

'Listening to Lutina, there should be many otherworldly creatures like the Tamara Rat Man...... And the Fountain of Youth, what the hell is it? ’

Chen Lun was a little curious.

Taking advantage of the fact that they had the opportunity to return the same way, they had the opportunity to pass by the Fountain of Youth, Chen Lun took out a water cup from the Blood Poetry Ring, walked to the spring and bent down to scoop a cup.

【Transcendent Thing: Ageless Spring Water】

Item description: A spring of vitality that has the effect of healing injuries, and can slightly alleviate the aging of the appearance, increasing the lifespan by three to five years.

It does seem to have some effect, but it's nowhere near as exaggerated as it is described...... No wonder Lutina looked disdainful when she heard the Fountain of Youth. ’

Chen Lun was a little disappointed.

Even so, the water is valuable.

So he took out several iron buckets and filled them with 800 liters of immortal spring water, and then turned to leave. Everyone was amazed to see his movements, as well as the sudden disappearance of the iron bucket.

But Chen Lun obviously didn't mean to explain, and everyone had to bury their curiosity and shock in their hearts.

Among them, Messia also imitated him, ran to the spring and filled a bottle, and judging by her annoyed expression, it is not difficult to guess that she is unwilling to carry the container she is carrying is too small.

"Let's go quickly, this spring won't run, and it's not too late to come back and pretend later."

The husband of the couple admonished.

Lutina, however, smiled, and she turned back and said slowly:

"It's not for sure, maybe it won't be long before it does...... After all, in the Great Forest of Coleridge, there are all kinds of strange things. ”

The man's eyes widened, and he hurriedly gave his wife a look, who hesitated for a moment, and then took the small kettle he had brought with him, and went over to fill a pot of immortal spring water.

"You can give her something to drink, the spring water should be able to heal the injury......"

Lutina said to Messia.

The latter was slightly stunned, then hesitated for a few seconds, but still opened the bottle and gave Grey two sips.

Sure enough, the girl's broken hands and feet slowly healed, no longer bleeding, and she could even barely walk on the ground.

Seeing this, everyone was shocked by the effect of the spring, and their eyes burst out with a more eager gaze.

Chen Lun looked at all this coldly and shook his head secretly.