Chapter 47: Shadow 5
The gaze turned back to Dior.
They were carefully traversing the debris-strewn corridor.
The pit to which the tunnel belongs must have had a very glorious past - crisscrossing tracks and corridors, sturdy support structures and complete material preparation - not long ago Dior found a wooden box containing spare supplies on the wall somewhere in the corridor, and found torches and some mining tools in it, surprisingly these decades-old antiques are still usable, it seems that the original owner of the place spent money and energy on it, you can imagine the prosperity of the miners working here at that time.
But for now, it's just an abandoned dark and deep tunnel.
Dio walked ahead with a torch in his hand - the fire of the sun in his body was limited, and he could save a little bit, Melissa followed closely behind him, and from time to time avoided some obstacles according to Dior's reminders.
In this underground world that has been abandoned for an unknown number of years, Dior can't tell the direction at all, and he doesn't know which way to get out, so he can only rely on his feelings to follow the remaining tracks in the corridor, hoping to follow the track to find an exit.
In such a dark and quiet space, the sense of space and time began to blur, all the way around, even Dio felt a little irritable, the only good news was that the huge threat he sensed before the explosion didn't know what was wrong, anyway, he couldn't perceive it now, probably left.
Losing this unknown threat, Dior was also relieved in his heart.
This kind of environment is not only a kind of pressure for Dior, but also unbearable for Melissa, an ordinary girl, so soon she pulled the corner of Dior's clothes and followed along, constantly whispering messy things in her mouth, some to Dior, and some to herself, only in this way can her attention no longer focus on the darkness and not be crushed by the pressure that makes her feel suffocated.
At this time, Dio suddenly stopped, looked left and right, his eyes shining in the reflection of the firelight.
"What's wrong?" Melissa asked quietly.
"Be quiet. Dio held out a finger and put it in front of his mouth, "There is movement." ”
Melissa obediently stopped talking, held her breath, and unconsciously moved closer to Dior.
"Follow me, be careful. Dio faintly heard some movement, he was still far away, not very clear, after thinking for a moment, he decided to lean over and take a look.
"Well, okay. ”
The two of them walked cautiously towards where the sound had come from.
After walking for a while, Dior felt that the voice was getting clearer and clearer, it was a very chaotic footsteps, made by many people, and people who could make this kind of sound were generally not very calm. And strangely, these footsteps did not extend in one direction, but spread in all directions, as if they were fleeing in all directions in a panic.
Dio looked left and right, and found a shallow hole in the wall not far away, he walked quickly to look at it, and when there was no problem, he beckoned Melissa to come and give her the torch.
"You hide here, I'll go see and come back soon. ”
"Hmm. Melissa nodded, squatted down in the hole with a torch, and looked at Dior pleadingly, "Come back early." ”
"I'll come back to you when I'm sure I'm okay. ”
Without Melissa's drag, Dior's footsteps immediately became swift, and there was no sound between the walks, like a cloud of black smoke drifting in the corridor, after turning left and right, all kinds of sounds were clearly audible, and then he slowed down and slowly approached.
"Let's go, don't stop......"
"Scatter, scatter, don't get together. ”
"You and Erin take this path, I'll go this way. ”
"Run, those monsters are coming up again......"
......
Monster?
Dior felt like he had heard something crucial.
But before he had time to think about it, there was a sudden sound of breaking wind in front of him.
Before Dio retreated to find a place to hide, a figure had already appeared in front of him, that person could also see in the dark, and saw the sneaky Dio was slightly stunned, and then he made a bold move and launched a fierce attack on Dior.
At the same time, Dio attacked almost at the same time, and the thinking of both sides seemed to be in perfect harmony at this moment - the first strike was the strongest.
A punch was thrown, the muscles of his arm swelled, and in an instant, Dior's fist had already hit the incoming person's face first, and the sound of breaking wind whistled as if it was about to explode his entire head.
This sudden and violent attack is the combination of disc and swift in the Gray Scale Martial Arts Gym Fighting Technique, which can achieve a sudden and instantaneous acceleration from static to the physical limit, whether it is a defensive counterattack or a sudden attack, this is what he has practiced in the Gray Scale Martial Arts Hall these days, and now he is extremely proficient in using it, and there is no sense of stagnation at all.
This can be regarded as the first time that Dio has used the Gray Scale Gate fighting technique in actual combat. Gray scale fighting is a sense of rhythm of rapid transition between attack and defense, attacking it unprepared, attacking it will be saved, just like a snake waiting for it, steady as a rock when defending, and as fast as thunder and lightning when attacking.
Startled by the speed at which Dio burst out of static, he suddenly shortened, and with an extra dagger in his hand, he stabbed upwards and plunged into Dio's wrist.
Syllable!
In a moment, Dior had turned his fist into a claw, and slapped it accurately on the side of the dagger, and the power poured down instantly, and with a snort, the dagger flew out of his hand and flew into the darkness in the distance.
The comer also took advantage of the situation to turn over and reopen the gap with Dior.
Dio was about to step forward to pursue, when he saw two points of cold light coming directly, so he could only stop and shoot the two daggers away.
"Who are you?"
Realizing that the other party could not be solved in a short time, the two did not attack again, and asked at the same time.
"Dior?"
"Dion?"
The two recognized each other's voices at the same time.
"It seems that our luck is about the same. Dion inserted the dagger back into the clasp of his cloak, and then showed Dior his free hands to show no malice.
Seeing Dion's goodwill, Dior's hands hung down, his muscles relaxed, but secretly he still maintained a certain vigilance.
Sizzle...... Sizzle......
At this time, a very strange sound came, as if it was the sound of pulling the air flow of the broken bellows, which was particularly permeable.
"Come with me, the monster is coming!"
Hearing this, Dion's face immediately became nervous.
"I still have companions. Dior said quickly.
"Lead the way. ”
Without hesitation, Dior turned and ran, followed closely behind.
After a dash along the road from which they had come, Dior and the others soon came to Melissa's hideout, and the strange screams followed them, louder and denser.
"Brother Dior, he ......"
Seeing Dior appear, Melissa's originally anxious face immediately became surprised, and when she was about to speak, she saw Dion who came with Dior, and immediately pointed at each other in surprise.
"It's too late, this is just the right place, let's hide here!"
Without waiting for Melissa to ask, Dion directly whispered: "Don't make a sound, as long as you don't make a sound and don't exercise vigorously, those monsters won't be able to spot us no matter how close they are." ”
Dio nodded, pulling Melissa inside, while Dion was outside.
Seeing this, Melissa also knew that the situation was critical, so she stopped making a sound, biting her lip and looking at Dior nervously.
"It's fine. Dio whispered comfort.
"Stop talking, here we are. ”
Deon warned the two of them, and then his breathing converged to almost nothing, as if the whole person had disappeared out of thin air.
Dio also felt a palpitation at the same time, he couldn't explain what it was, it was a bit like a person on the edge of a cliff about to step into the air, danger surrounded from all sides, and the hairs on his body stood on end.
He looked out of the cave, the firelight swayed slightly, and then a huge black shadow invaded the range of the firelight little by little, and it didn't take long for the owner of the black shadow to follow.
It was a terrible monster, a bit like a combination of a skeleton and a lizard that had just crawled out of the grave, with a body length of more than two meters, plus the total length of the tail that flicked behind it may have reached three meters, and a dead gray skin was tightly wrapped around the bones of the body, so that its bones were exposed from the skin, and there was no hair on its body, and there should be eyes under the bare head. The nose and ears were left with only black holes, and below was a large mouth that no human could have, and the bursting upper and lower lips could not contain the long, sharp teeth inside, and they were all exposed, like a deadly dagger.
With its arrival came a putrefining, putrefined-like stench.
It crawled silently on the wall, twisting its head, looking like it was searching or something.
Melissa saw this monster for the first time, her heart seemed to be held by sharp claws, and she almost screamed, but fortunately Dio's hand had covered her mouth at this time, so that she didn't make a sound to alarm this monster, but the invisible fear still made her whole body tremble.
The monster lingered in the firelight for a moment, seemingly confused, and then it kept jumping around the walls and the ceiling of the cave, making the same strange sound that Dior had heard before. At its most dangerous, it even came to the edge of the hole, when it was less than a meter away from Dior and Melissa.
Fortunately, as Dion said, this monster has no sense of sight, hearing, or smell, and has not been noticed by the three Dior, who are close at hand, and after searching for it to no avail, it flicks its tail and slowly leaves the other side of the corridor, disappearing into the darkness.
After a long time, Dion's voice came faintly.
"Okay, it's okay. ”
Dio let go of Melissa, and the girl fell on top of him as if she was paralyzed, and it took a long time to recover.
Seeing that Melissa was fine, Dio looked at Dion and asked with a solemn face.
"What the hell did you do, how did you even provoke the ghouls?"