Chapter 17: Wandering in the Lake

Even in the daytime,

The surface of the lake is also covered with dense fog.

Not to mention looking at the opposite shore, even the center of the lake cannot be reached.

This old-fashioned pedal boat is very laborious, and the shaft makes a stiff grinding sound with each turn.

The feeling of stepping on the legs gives a sense of restraint that is stuck in the mire,

As the boat progressed deeper into the lake, the crowd felt more and more about the huge ...... of the green lake It's like a giant mouth with no edge in sight, ready to swallow up an intruder at any moment.

on the boat

A man with a huge physique carrying a great sword on his back, sitting in front of a woman wearing a feather-adorned hat,

Yi Chen and the blonde Edmund are side by side.

The staff sat on the bow of the boat, staring at the four men with wide eyes, especially paying attention to the trampling of their feet, and had the feeling of supervising the slaves.

"Although nothing happened to the people in front of them,

But this lake always gives me a very bad feeling~ If something goes wrong halfway, we may need to be forced to cooperate.

Let's introduce ourselves again,

My name is Edmund and I'm from the Mariano family. ”

He continued to introduce the two companions, reaching out and patting the broad back muscles of the man in front of him,

"His name is Dagbert, and he is a warrior from the North. Part of this body comes from blood, and part of it comes from the carving and polishing of extreme cold...... The future must be a powerful gentleman.

As for the beautiful young lady who met at the training ground, Yuliana. ”

"William."

After Yi Chen softly reported the name of the original owner of the body, he continued:

"Also, I don't recommend small talk here......"

"Okay."

End of introduction,

Everyone's attention is on the lake,

Due to the potential risk of disease and the rules of boating, everyone was honest and did not act to death by touching the lake, but just observed the surface of the lake with the naked eye.

In the process of staring at the lake for a long time, Yi Chen,

Unexpectedly, I noticed a peeping sensation from the depths of the lake...... It's as if something terrifying is staring at itself at the bottom.

When this feeling is transmitted to the little grape, it is so hungry that it oozes a lot of saliva.

"There seems to be something delicious down there!"

Just as everyone was watching and alerting to the situation in the lake.

Click~

The pedal boat suddenly jammed, and the main oars seemed to be entangled in something.

"Aquatic weeds? Or what clutter? ”

Considering the unknown dangers,

Yi Chen did not recklessly poke his head out to observe the water, but stretched out his right arm to observe the situation under the boat through the small grapes hidden between the cuffs.

Through the relatively clear water of the lake,

A large number of disturbing things are seen - hair.

Thick black hair wrapped around the oars,

Beneath the hair also corresponds to a swollen corpse.

After Yi Chen briefly explained the situation, the three members of Edmund's team also became vigilant, and one of them had already held a weapon

At this moment,

The staff member who did not blink the whole time and had a glazed gaze instinctively performed his duty.

Putting on a pair of plastic gloves that reached to his elbows, he leaned out of the stern of the boat and began to clean the tangles from the oars.

Looked at

Yi Chen and Edmund, who were sitting in the back row, also pulled the little brother's clothes together to prevent him from accidentally falling into the lake.

Seeing that the black hair was pulled out, everyone was about to get out of trouble.

The staff's body froze,

An unimaginable strange force came to work...... The power is great~ hiss!

Yi Chen and Edmund left only shredded cloth in their hands,

The employee's brother fell into the water in an instant and disappeared.

Syllable!

The blonde Edmund changed his usual friendly appearance, his eyes were resolute, and at the same time he snapped his fingers,

All on alert,

Be vigilant all around,

However, nothing terrible has emerged from the calm lake for the time being.

Drops of sweat ran down Edmund's forehead, and he said with some embarrassment:

"Obviously, the previous tourists were fine, but when they came to us, there was a problem...... Is it a coincidence? Or is there one of us who is being targeted by what's in the lake? ”

These words immediately reminded Yi Chen of his act of accidentally throwing the 'sheriff' into the lake during his lakeside stroll last night.

But

Edmund soon confessed to himself,

"The three of us killed a couple of sick individuals in the town after the party last night, probably angering the existence behind it.

I'm sorry to accidentally implicate William. ”

Yi Chen responded coldly:

"Think about how to get out of this lake."

Half of the black hair between the oars has not been removed, and if it continues to be cleaned, it is very likely that it will be dragged down.

Then

Dagbert from the North took the initiative to stand up,

The broad, greatsword in his hand was just right for a handmade oar, and he had rowing experience in the North.

The greatsword is plunged into the lake,

Alternate left and right strokes,

With the strength of one person, the ship moved quickly, more than twice as fast as before.

It is worth noting that

The black hair wrapped around the oars was dragged along with the corpse, and the scene was a little weird.

however

The danger has not been removed,

The large ripples created by the stroke of the giant sword seemed to wake up something sleeping at the bottom of the lake,

As the ripples ripple in circles,

Some black silhouettes about the size of a human body loom beneath the surface of the water...... They swayed their soft, slender bodies as they approached the ship.

Looked at

Edmund gently patted his companion's muscular shoulder with one hand,

"Dagbert, just keep the line in a straight line...... We'll take care of the rest. ”

"Hmm."

Speaking of which,

Edmund picked up a pistol decorated with flying feathers in his left hand, loaded it with silver bullets,

In his right hand, he clenched the silver-plated dagger and looked around with an eagle's sharp gaze.

Juliana leaned down and pulled out the dagger between her boots, in the same standard fighting stance.

Yi Chen took out the silver axe from his waist, and the small grape was also installed on the shoulder.

"It's coming!"

Wow~ Splash!

An arm covered in fish scales and inlaid with shellfish gripped the edge of the boat.

When a badly soaked head came out of the water, the cold muzzle of the gun was already pressed against the top of the head.

Bang~ The sound of gunfire tore through the silent curtain on the surface of the lake.

Red bodily fluids spread across the water, and the first weird fish-man to find trouble sank to the bottom of the lake.

Edmund, who had completed the kill, also took the time to give a hint:

"To deal with this parasitic guy, you only need to destroy the brain...... They haven't evolved into real patients, and it's not particularly troublesome to deal with.

But be aware of one thing,

Don't let them wreck the boat, I don't want to fall into this dirty, disgusting green lake. ”

As soon as the words fell,

Three pairs of arms stretched out from different directions towards the ship,

The head was swollen and erosive, with a protruding mouth and fangs.

With a precise swordfight, the blonde Edmund sent the short sword of his right hand into the target's face, slicing through the brain inside.

With a backhand swing, Yuliana plunged her dagger horizontally into her target's temple...... It's even faster.

Compared to the two well-trained,

Yi Chen, a 'halfway monk' traverser, is naturally incomparable in many aspects.

But

Facing the danger in the lake in front of you,

A strong desire to kill the target is formed in the brain,

Driven by this will,

The roots of the plant are drilled out from the back of the hand, between the palms of the hands, wrapped around hand axes, and even combined with the handle of hickory wood.

Make Yi Chen's grip tighter,

Wield it more powerfully,

Kill!

The silver rays swept through and landed precisely on the mermaid's neck.

scale

Flesh

cervical vertebrae,

Any possible obstacle to the slash has no effect.

Swish!

A swollen and festering head was thrown into the air, snapping~ just landed on the ship.

When this head still wants to creep and cause damage to Yi Chen,

A ball of black meat jumped from Yi Chen's shoulder,

Swallowed the two 'grapes' of the mermaid's skull in an instant, and further burrowed into the eye sockets, eating all the fresh sashimi inside the skull.

When I saw this scene,

Whether it's Dagbert rowing,

It was the other two people in the battle, both of whom cast surprised glances, and their evaluation of Yi Chen went up to another level.

……

With the joint operation of the people,

After killing nearly twenty diseased merfolk from the lake,

Ships docked.

The corpse, wrapped around the oars, was also dragged ashore.

When Yi Chen saw the appearance of this corpse clearly, his body trembled.

The corpse, with its long thick hair, turned out to be the sheriff he threw into the lake...... But in my impression, the sheriff is obviously short-haired.

It's like a lake has the effect of a petri dish, and the creatures that are thrown into it will be stimulated to grow faster.

"Is it really my reason......