Volume 1 Mountain Village 71: Ambush
As soon as he entered the courtyard of the church school, the wind brought the scent of the demon beasts that were "ambushed" indoors to Fang Nuo.
He scurried up the steps outside the door of the building, and shrank in a random shadow, sticking out his head and looking inside.
Fang Nuo saw at a glance the young human wearing the "moonlight veil" and hiding beside the altar in an extremely embarrassed posture.
The altar, which had been intact a day before, had now been destroyed to the point where it could not be seen in its original form.
However, it may be because the "moonlight veil" does not work in his eyes, and the picture of "man and dryad" in front of him is so weird how strange it looks.
The dryad with murderous intent was clearly standing beside the human, and if he took one more step to the side, he could kick him in the knee...... But he only put on a hideous expression and a seemingly terrifying posture, and froze in place, delaying his next move.
The "Moonlight Veil" loses its optical invisibility effect as soon as it dawns, leaving little time for that human.
For the sake of the other party who had turned back despite the danger, informed him of the changes on the ground, and reminded him of the movements of the dryads, Fang Nuo, who adhered to the principle of "kindness must be repaid", suppressed the smile in his heart and decided to do the other party a small favor.
Perhaps, that's what he's here for.
He is not very good at looking directly at his own heart, thinking that everything is guided by instinct and spiritual power.
Once you have the idea that the beneficiary is not you, you will subconsciously look for excuses to convince yourself to "do it" or "give up".
Fang Nuo opened his mouth slightly, releasing the spiritual power in his body, creating a silent deterrent.
Before the dryads could draw their eyes to him, he swooped down the door with lightning speed, rolling into the shadows of the row of seats closest to the exit of the church school.
Sneakily poking his head out and discovering that one of the dryads had infiltrated the ground, Fang Nuo suddenly became nervous.
But he quickly relaxed—this was just a way for the dryads to move, and they also needed to use their "eyes" to see things when they were scouting their surroundings, or to sense other beings through atmospheric spiritual power.
They can't find themselves.
Fang Nuo took out the bundle of silver-blue string from his body, carefully dismantled it, injected spiritual power, and then scattered it in front of his eyes.
The string rose like tentacles from the gap under the seat in an instant, and then quickly approached the dryad far from the altar, strangling him and wrapping around his branches.
"What is this?" A hint of panic flashed in the dryad's tone, "Miracle Creation? ”
"How could there be such a miracle in this small village?"
He struggled, the leaves on his head falling to the ground.
The moment they touched the ground, they faded their original tender green color and gradually withered into a dull yellow.
Then, it turned into spiritual power and dissipated into the air.
"There's an enemy attack!" He was shocked, "Although that guy is not a good person, he is also a genius in the family, and he is extremely sensitive to changes in the spiritual power concentration of the environment, so it should be ...... that no hostile people will mix in."
His body was strangled by the slender blue light, and no matter how much he resisted, it only made the things wrapped around his body tighter and tighter.
However, in his field of vision, he saw his only companion standing quietly in front of the altar a little farther away, his eyes flickering, and he had clearly seen his predicament...... But nothing was done.
It's like watching yourself die.
"You, this bastard—" The dryad felt his upper body bend back uncontrollably under the augmentation of an external force, and he seemed to be able to hear the sound of his body being torn and broken.
"Why don't you hurry up and help me!" He refused to show weakness, raised his voice and scolded the other party, "Don't care about the breath of humans or other demon beasts anymore, have you forgotten the lesson of Lord Ka Huang that has been passed down in the family?" ”
"Compatriots should be put first!"
"Goo...... Hmm, it's uncomfortable. The dryad stretched out its branches, trying to resist the tightening silver and blue rope, "Not yet, hurry, help, me!" ——”
"Don't be in a hurry, it's almost there, I can feel it, the breath of humanity...... It's nearby. ”
Before he knew it, a member of the dying Dryad's family, known as the "Dryad", had clusters of different kinds of mushrooms around his waist, and his conjured eyes showed spiral lines in circles, and his voice had become illusory, as if he had moved away from the world.
"I smell blasphemy." He finally acted, but ignoring the danger of his companions, he bent down and sniffed the air around him.
"There's something there, abusing the Dream Awakening Grass of the Flower Emperor."
As soon as the words fell, I heard a "snap" sound not far away, and the dryad, who was still alive before, was broken by the waist.
Silver-blue ropes climbed up his lifeless body, separating the vines and branches that made it up, and tying all available wood into piles.
For Fang Nuo, it was much easier to plunder the life of a plant-type demon beast than to hunt an animal-type demon beast.
The forest is their paradise, and the plants that grow in it are just "amusement rides" that grow naturally in the paradise.
The dryads who belong to the same vein as the plants are rarely taken seriously by him, unless they meet head-on and there is a huge disparity in strength, he will put on a posture of "he is just a weak yellow fairy" to let them show off.
"However, if I kill the dryad, will I be disgusted by the forest like the bear?"
The Dryad, who was neglected by his companions, was not as powerful as the "Flower Emperor Emissary" who faced the giant bear, and after his body was transformed into ordinary wood, he did not precipitate something like soul crystal.
"It doesn't matter, I shouldn't be going deeper into the Dark Forest these days...... And in a few days, I will be back to Huangxian Ling. ”
"What do the dryads and their Beastmasters have to do with me?" He used spiritual power as a medium to remotely manipulate the string back to him without causing too much movement as much as possible, "Besides, I didn't mean to, just to help people." ”
"Since it's the Beastmaster, you should be able to understand the compulsion in the daily life of demon beasts, right?"
When these two dryads come to human territory to cause trouble, they should be prepared to pay such a price.
Just like he has been living in this place outside Huangxian Ridge with the mentality of "seeing death as home" (and not) these days.
Merely...... He turned his attention to the other "dryad", which was a little weird, he thought, his companions were like this, and still wandering around the humans.
Look at that human, I'm almost scared to tears.
It seems that he still has to make some obvious movements.
It's all here, you can't just run back to plant trees without achieving your goal (helping Noka leave), right?
Fang Nuo's claws first grasped the forest greenstone that had fallen on his chest, then slowly let go, and turned to the other "miracle creation" he had brought out of the underground works.
He took out a few spiritual power seeds from the "bottomless pocket" in the shape of a scabbard, threw them on the ground and shattered them, and then immediately ran away from them.
Originally, it was intended to be a "seed" for the mourning birds, but at the moment when the shell shattered, the vast spiritual power instantly gushed out from it and immediately spread into the atmosphere, causing a situation similar to the "spiritual power disorder".
The high-intensity spiritual power disorder phenomenon can also simulate the "spiritual energy prohibition" in the underground project, hindering the spiritual power perception ability of all demon beasts here and preventing them from performing miracles.
It's a waste, Fang Nuo thought to himself.
However, they are outside the body, and they were not intended to be used by themselves.
Consumption is consumed, it has existed in this world for ten years, and it is time to "liberate".
Those two birds owe themselves so much, and they don't lack this one kindness.
……
The concentration of spiritual power around him suddenly rose, and the tree spirit reined in his fanatical expression, slowly straightened up, and looked left and right.
He noticed his companion near the door, reduced to timber.
Behind him, the young man Noka tightened his cloak made of "moonlight yarn" with one hand, and covered his mouth tightly with the other, sweating profusely, not daring to make a sound.
He sensed the increasingly eerie atmosphere around him...... Did someone come to his aid? Their witches? Or is there something else?
He couldn't help but think of the mysterious "capable man" behind the underground stone gate, who had been hypnotizing himself and telling himself that the other party was not a "demon beast".
A creature that can use human language, of course, can only be a human, how can it be a monster?
Unless, like Mrs. Iris, I was bewitched by a certain demon beast.
The people of the village are looking for the old lady, and only he and the mysterious being behind the door know the inside story of the disappearance.
He promised the other party to keep this secret and not reveal his existence to anyone, including the witch he trusted.
He did keep his mouth shut, otherwise, he wouldn't have been trapped in this place by a few dryads.
"When the first light of the morning shines in, I'll die."
He had a very clear vision of his future, and even became a little pessimistic.
"By the way, why did that dryad fall just now?"
"I see that it glows blue, and although it is faint, it reminds me of the time when the witch-sama used her 'ability' to cut trees......" Noka's eyes widened, "I seem to hear its wail, is it dead?" ”
In this way, there will only be one enemy left around, and you may be able to run away.
He pulled the "moonlight veil" tighter, and suddenly, he felt a white light flash in his field of vision, and the gaze of the dryad, who had not yet gone away, was also attracted to it.
"White figure...... White? ”
"It's difficult, it's difficult...... he suddenly became anxious, and he already had a specific answer in his mind, "Is it six-six?" ”
"No," he said, nervous, "it's too dangerous in here, you can't run around, Six-Six!" ”