Volume 1 Mountain Village 63: Dangerous Underground Works
[Malice from the World +30]
Walking through the dark underground corridor, while silently writing down in his mind how many corners he had passed, Fang Nuo suddenly sensed two facts.
First, he finally caught up with another group of creatures who came to find the remains of the herd.
Their luck was that they happened to act on the same night as him.
The second thing: ahead is a dead end.
As soon as he stepped into the stone door that faintly shimmered red, the small amount of spiritual power released from his body scanned the situation inside the door first, and quickly reflected it in his mind.
Then he realized that there was only a small room behind the door, where all outsiders who broke into the underground project would eventually converge.
He could perceive the dazzling array of spiritual power sources inside, and he could even imagine the appearance of the piles of relics of the deceased without even having to look at it with his own eyes.
However, his attention was soon drawn to other circumstances.
Fang Nuo hid behind the stone door standing around the corner, peeking inside through the crack in the door.
"I'm sorry," he heard a familiar voice, "I must stop you, Lady Iris. ”
NOKA?! The snow-white beast immediately reacted to the identity of the owner of the voice, and at the same time was stunned by the fact that the other party appeared here.
But on second thought, it's not surprising that the human would come here—
Noka had seen rubbed treasure maps from outside mountain rangers; He can also add detail to the Raven's replica map; In the afternoon, he separated himself from himself with the clothes in which he had drawn the map......
If you can come, why can't that human come?
As for Iris...... He remembered the name.
It's really fate, Fang Nuo thought, in this day, he has been in contact with these humans countless times, and the role has not changed.
So, who is the other life form within the perceptual range?
Although with the effect of the angel umbrella, he dispelled a lot of evil qi in the air, but the spiritual power around him was still excessive, which overwhelmed him, and the accuracy of his perception ability also decreased significantly.
This is the first feeling that "spiritual power disorder" brings to him - the demon beasts in the dark forest have lived in such an environment for a long time.
They couldn't find the cause of all this, so they blamed it on the missing Beastmaster, who knows how many intrigues are behind it?
At least in Fang Nuo's opinion, as an outsider, the reason behind the forest problem is certainly not as simple as Xiong Zhen and the Dryad think.
While pondering whether there was a connection behind what he had recently encountered, Fang Nuo, who was distracted by the movement behind the wall, suddenly heard a running sound—boom, boom, as if someone was avoiding something, and then a long "boom-" sound, like the sound of an object rubbing against the ground.
Then he heard a hoarse, annoyed voice:
"Didn't you tell the villagers that you were going to go into the mountains? Didn't you burn the note in front of your sister and officially explain your intentions to her? Didn't you come back like the villagers to promote that woman's character, to ensure that she could fulfill any commission and protect everyone's lives? ”
"Hehe, if you want to go up the mountain, you are already a dead person in the hearts of the people in the village." "So, even if you die here, no one will mourn you, find your body, and bury you in the village cemetery." ”
"The underground works of this hidden treasure are your grave." She screamed, "No one will miss you!" You're just going to disappear here! ”
Then, there was a chaotic sound of colliding objects, and Fang Nuo heard the sound of "whoosh-whoosh-" breaking through the air, during which he vaguely captured the sound of something moving and squirming on the ground.
"You're obsessed, Lady Iris!" Noka's voice sounded again, he gasped, and persuaded the enemy in front of him who was staring at his life, "I can't believe them, they are demon beasts, and they are the most demagogic!" ”
Tsk, Fang Nuo moved slightly away from the crack of the door, planning to find a corner that was absolutely safe and the possibility of being injured by mistake was almost zero for a while, and waited until the movement inside the door subsided, and then he went in to check the situation.
Those treasures are outside of his body, he said to himself.
Although, they can be their own.
"Then again, why did that old human man come here?"
"She's hiding from the beasts here? Or did you stumble in? ”
If it was the former, who did she get the news from, and why did she drag her aged body to the adventure? But a grudge with a witch? ”
Fang Nuo clinged to the wall of the corridor behind the stone door, ready to move to the corner of the corner, running and thinking in his head.
He also took advantage of the situation to estimate his fate with the treasure in the door, and used the lame divination technique he designed to gamble on the probability that Mrs. Iris's calculation would not succeed.
[Malice from the World +10]
But in the next moment, the mood that was originally as faint as a cloud was frightened away by the suddenly falling rocks overhead, and Fang Nuo was excited, looking up at the ceiling of the corridor where dust kept falling.
If this place collapses, there is a high probability that you will not be able to escape.
What happened? He subconsciously looked back at the half-open stone door.
An incapable young man is just dealing with an old lady, and there is a referee standing on the top side, no, "bystander", as for making such a big movement, will the structure of this underground building also be affected?
[Malice from the World +30]
Not long after, he saw a figure flee from the crack in the stone gate and go straight to his place!
Don't come here!
Fang Nuo exploded his hair.
At the same time, the stones and dust that had just fallen nearby gave his snow-white hair a dull gray, and not only hindered his movements, but also restricted the area around him that could move.
In desperation, he gritted his teeth, clumped into a hairball, and rolled into the shadows under a nearby wall.
Pretend to be a rock that has just fallen.
The angel umbrella that had come down with him had been left on the ground not far away, and it was also covered with dust, and although it was strange that one of these plants appeared in the underground works, at least it was no longer as conspicuous as it had been when it was first constructed.
Just as Fang Nuo was playing his "pretending to be dead" specialty, another stone fell from above, blocking part of the way back, but fortunately it was not completely blocked, leaving a gap for one person to barely walk through.
The boulder formed a perfect cover for the walls of the hallway, allowing Fangno to hide in it without being noticed.
He let go of part of his tail slightly, revealing two bright dark eyes, surveying his surroundings.
A miserable white hand clenched on a covering stone!
[Malice from the World +10]
Fang Nuo moved knowingly deeper into the shadows, holding his breath as he continued to pretend to be an inanimate, spiritless object.
"Whew, whew......" The human's head poked out from behind the rocks, and his breath was breathless, as if he had just escaped from the land of the Nine Dead and Alive.
Then, he fell straight forward, and suddenly stood up as he was about to make a "close contact" with the surface, his eyes shining again.
His fist clenched slowly, then released again, and then repeated the process, as if he was making a decision in his heart.
Before the pursuer stepped out from behind the stone door and appeared behind him, the human pursed his lips and ducked into the space formed by the stone and the wall as silently as possible, crouching down in a position that kept his body steady, listening intently to the movement outside.
Now he couldn't protect himself, and he didn't have time to pay attention to the small animals curled up in the corner behind him.
Shouldn't you find a way to escape and find "reinforcements" now, and tell the other humans in the village what you've seen and heard? Why are you hiding here? Waiting to be buried together?
Fang Nuo wished there was no life around, so he could choose to run back with impunity, or sneak into the stone gate not far away and take the opportunity to scavenge.
What a troublesome human being, he muttered to himself, "Could it be that I'm the one who is unlucky?" While sensing the nearby source of spiritual power, beware of a surprise attack that may appear at any time.
【……+20】
Without warning, a bloodshot appeared in his field of vision, and Fang Nuo's eyes widened as he saw a stone suddenly "evaporate" a little farther away from him.
Where it vanished, it left behind a pool of blood, which continued to expand outward.
Where the pool of blood was covered, everything sank into it, and then lost all traces of its existence.
It was a "relic", Fang Nuo judged in his heart, and the demon beast that left this "relic" was no less than the original body of the broadsword used by Xiong Zhen in his lifetime!
They are all "relics" that can allow an ordinary demon beast to grasp the power comparable to that of the beastmaster...... Although it is similar to the existence of "soul crystal", it is enough to be called a "miracle creation".
Who is using it?
No, that's not the point, Fang Nuo finally became nervous, if the blood pool spread here, even if this underground project didn't collapse, he would have to walk on the edge of life and death.
A way out of danger must be found...... He reached out and touched the forest greenstone hanging from his chest, feeling a little more reassured.
As long as you don't touch it, you won't be swallowed by it - through a simple observation, Fang Nuo instantly came up with a countermeasure.
However, jumping onto a rock that will sooner or later be swallowed up in a pool of blood is not the best idea, and you may be affected by hiding on it when the rock disappears.
Fang Nuo turned his head to look at Noka, a young man who was also nervous, but had not yet realized what threat he was facing.
Rely on human ...... At this juncture, what is the difference between human beings and stones?
If only the two mourning birds had followed, he thought, they would fly, and they would be able to avoid the threat of the blood pool, but if they were in the air, they would undoubtedly be seen as a target by the guy who used the relic.
It's also better to target than to be quietly devoured by resentment! He glanced at the increasingly exaggerated pool of blood, only to feel that the negative emotions of the deceased who had died in that beast tide were constantly spreading inside.
Fly......
Fly?
Fang Nuo suddenly had an idea—he remembered that he could actually fly.
Not long ago, he was recognized by the mourning birds, relying on them to complete a ceremony to ask for a seal.
As a result, he gained the ability to transform into a mourning bird.