Of all the mutations we've come into contact with as a result of toxin infection, Merril the Polluter is undoubtedly the most perfect and the most powerful of them. Its movements are swift, nimble and elastic, as if it still retains active and intact muscle tissue within its decaying body, nothing short of the stiff walking dead, almost comparable to those naturally formed, soulless, and naturally decaying. I believe it is definitely a killing machine carefully built by our enemies. Even for those gifted magicians, it would never be easy to create such a delicate undead monster.

However, its strength is only relative to other sluggish walking corpses, and its ferocity is only measured by a level fifty-five monster. The beast's dangerous fangs and claws were not enough to be lethal in front of five well-armed, experienced, and meticulously divided professional adventurers, and what little wild intuition and intelligence left in its shell had been replaced by an endless ** of flesh and blood—which might have made it more ferocious, but also stupider and easier to deal with.

After the orc warlock Ding Ding Xiaoge inflicted fatal damage on this monster at the cost of his life (although this is very touching, we all know that it was just an accident, and Ding Ding Xiaoge must not have a subjective point at all), the terrifying destructive power of the three polluters has become the end of the crossbow.

Presumably, in its empty bloody soul, there are still remnants of the attachment of those beasts to "life", and I am afraid that this three-headed monster that has come back from the dead has also seen the terrible eternal silence of death. Although it has become a walking corpse without thought and consciousness. But Meriel still seems to have instinctively and fiercely resisted his imminent demise. Before the traces of life were completely gone, the attack of the three polluters became extremely frenzied for a while. The claws glowing with a dark blue poison are like a pair of sharp planers, digging out large swaths of fresh flesh from our bodies, and then injecting the deadly toxin into our bodies, so that our vitality is constantly eroded dangerously.

Its dying counterattack added a lot of trouble to us, and a negligence in the Nocturne in B flat minor almost became another victim of its claws.

In the end, it was my longsword that ended the hard battle. In the last shot, I grabbed it the chest. A sword pierced its wolf's head. The last vestiges of life in the monster's body had been erased by the dangerous iron weapon, and it was probably aware of it, and the three heads each hissed in horror, but the ugly body had lost its strength to support it. irretrievably weakened.

Eventually, Merriel, the three polluters, fell to the ground with a claw. This evil creature that defied the laws of nature - and at the same time was a beast of toxins and magic, organs and ** creations - finally returned to the immense embrace of the goddess of death.

Having eliminated Merril, I hurried to Baron Bink's land. The young nobleman gritted his teeth. Pale and looking like he was in great pain, but thankfully, the wound on his leg looked serious. But not fatal. I'm guessing he was bitten by the razor-sharp wolf fangs of the Three Polluters, and two huge holes of blood pierced his muscles, by luck. The bones and ligaments were not damaged. It's a little unsettling. Dark green blood gushed from his wounds. And the edges of the wound were already beginning to show signs of decay - we all knew it was the result of Meriel's poisonous attack. But the Baron must have had enough antidote with him, and there was a priest among his men. Presumably he and his soldiers would not be in any danger.

"Thank you, honorable warriors, I can't imagine anything terrible that would have happened if it weren't for you......" The Count said to us with a miserable smile and a grateful face, "...... If I'm not mistaken, you're probably coming here from a mountain gorge to the northeast. I take the liberty of asking, did you pass by a humble little manor on your way here? Is my beautiful sister Lehr safe and sound? ”

"It was from your beautiful estate that we have arrived here, and it is my honour to be able to convey to you the news of Mademoiselle de la Ler. Your estate is still beautiful, and Miss Lehr is well. She and your servants miss you and look forward to your safe return. I half-knelt beside him and whispered to him.

For them, I was just a passerby who happened to be able to deliver the news, and whether their loved ones lived or died had nothing to do with me. But at this time, I am glad to be able to tell the baron the good news. A sense of solid satisfaction filled my chest, and I rejoiced from the bottom of my heart that the brave brother and sister had survived, as if the happiness of the peace of my loved ones belonged not only to theirs, but also to myself.

It's great news that your loved ones are still alive. What was the last good news I heard? I do not know. I can't remember how long I've heard a piece of good news. You know, since the great war against the end of the empire two hundred years ago, people have never been more eager to hear the good news than they are now, and the good news has never been as rare as it is now. In this time of war and life, even the smallest piece of good news is more precious than rare jewelry, because for people living in panic and despair, no matter how expensive jewelry is, it is just a pile of cold dead things, but a good news can

heart, bringing hope to those who need it most.

I am proud and blessed to be able to deliver the good news in person.

At the same time, I am ashamed and helpless that I cannot send a good news to more people......

“…… Praise the God of all knowledge and all-mighty, and may your radiance shine forever......" Knowing that his loved ones were safe, a gentle smile appeared in the young baron's eyes. His face was also much more rosy, "...... Thank you for being able to bring me this good news, you have no idea how important it is to me. I hope you will accept this small gift, and I think it will help you a little bit in your adventures ahead. ”

With a flash of light, each of us increased our soul power by 3,700 points, and also obtained three bottles of "Death Poison Immunity Potion". Each bottle of potion consumed makes us immune to all toxin damage within fifteen minutes. This gift couldn't have come at a better time for us. It doesn't do us "a little" a favor, as the Baron suggests, we can fully imagine that in this fortress full of corpse poison. There is a good chance that we will encounter a powerful enemy with fierce poison. Once you have to fight them, three more bottles of these potions are tantamount to three more lives.

“…… You may already know it, fearless warriors, but I still have to tell you. In this castle lies a great evil and has the power to destroy the entire continent. The enemies you will face are cunning and powerful, and they are not alone...... "The Death Poison Immunity Potion is not the only help the Baron has given us, after delivering the rewards for completing the mission to us. The baron also told us a lot of information about the enemy.

It turned out that when the baron's expeditionary force arrived here, they stumbled upon a Continental Union soldier. He was originally a soldier guarding the fortress, but now he has been infected with a mutated toxin. But the toxicity has not yet occurred, and it has not yet turned into a walking corpse that eats human flesh and blood.

The soldier provided a lot of very useful information before he died: as Major Gutierrez had speculated early on, the Gravel Fortress was indeed a secret base of the Empire in the last days. This is where the evil toxin that transforms living beings into walking corpses is developed and manufactured. It wasn't an ordinary poison. It is a tiny poisonous insect that has its own life and can parasitize the body of animals.

This unprecedented malignant toxin is a brilliant combination of the evil wisdom of the three races of undead, vampires, and trolls in a post-apocalyptic empire. Horrible undead lich? Vesalius endowed these poisonous insects with the ability to eat flesh and blood, and the troll shaman Taiken, who was proficient in the essence of soul magic, gave these poisonous insects the instinct to erase souls and control**.

Complete the hardest part of this toxin. It is the incessant and powerful contagious power that makes them indefatigable - and this is the most terrifying part of this toxin - the knowledgeable vampire Marquis Dobbs tries to give these poisonous insects the infectious power of the blood-developed descendants - but fortunately his research is not very successful, and these poisonous insects can only be infected once for the time being.

I have to admit that although this poisonous little bug is heinously evil, it is indeed an epoch-making great creation. These evil geniuses of the post-apocalyptic empire have actually succeeded in creating a new kind of life, and this great creation ability has even exceeded the limits of what this world can carry, and has almost set foot in the forbidden realm closed by the gods.

According to the soldier's report, the undead lich? Vesalius is in the dungeon of a fortress - the dark and mildewy underworld will always be loved by the corrupt and corrupt; The tent of the troll shaman Tyken was set up right next to the cemetery of the fortress; As for the vampire Marquis Dobbs, his residence was in the temple of the supreme god in the northeast of the fortress. And these three notorious butchers of the Empire are far from the final enemies we will face on this trip, and behind them, there is an even more terrifying figure: the supreme commander of this fortress, the most loyal servant and one of the most important minions of the last king Darendier, the fallen demon lord who has sworn eternal allegiance to the fire of destruction, and the black sir Arthur? Dengot.

After receiving the news, Baron Bink originally planned to lead his army to destroy these evil sources hidden in the shadows of the castle, but he did not expect that the enemies entrenched in the fortress were surprisingly strong, they had already killed and injured more than half of them just by coming here, and they were unlucky to encounter the three polluters Merril. If we hadn't happened to arrive, I'm afraid they would have been wiped out by now, and they would have become a corrupt and cruel part of this evil stronghold.

“…… Warriors, you must stop them as soon as possible......" After giving a brief account of the enemy, the baron said to us eagerly with a worried expression, "...... I was disturbed by the power displayed by the three-headed monster, and I suspect that their research may have made significant progress. You can't wait any longer, you have to hurry. It's a pity. My strength is too small to go with you......" The Baron looked ashamedly at his injured left leg, looking ashamed and regretful.

After saying this, the young baron coughed lightly and stopped his words. Probably because of the pain that made it difficult for him to move, he could only sit still, clinging to his curled right leg with both hands, barely supporting his body from falling back. I'm also counting on some more detailed information from his mouth when I can talk to him later. He would just smile miserably and say to me:

“…… We will be here for your triumphant return. May the radiance of the Most High God shine forever on the blade of the warriors of the land under his favor......"

This is typical of the primitive: when he thinks there is nothing more to tell you, he won't say even a word of inconsequential things to you.

Aspect. Our space-wading friends are undoubtedly much better along.

Before leaving, we didn't forget to scavenge the bodies of the three polluters, Merril. In my opinion, the many items left behind by this rotten three-headed monster are a bit strange, such as the fact that I myself turned out six "fresh hams" from his corpse. This rare trophy bothered me with more percussions than I had ever been: I had been trying to figure out how you could find six hams in a monster that had only four legs in total no matter how you looked at it; And who can tell me, in the rancid, venomous body of that monster. Where exactly does this nominally "fresh" piece of meat grow?

Compared to the above two puzzling facts, how can there be a "ham" that is a patented product that belongs only to pigs on a monster cobbled together from the remains of wolves, bears and wild horses? This question has been ignored by me with no surprise.

Ham is not the only one produced in the three polluters, in fact. The loot left to us by this three-headed monster is quite rich. From its corpse. We turned out four "Tough Furs". A pile of saltpeter and a few pieces of rock salt, as well as a roll of "rough twine"—they were apparently effective tools for sewing together parts of Merril's body from different animals. A skilled tanner would probably be very familiar with these things: he could easily turn them into a large leather bag. But who would have imagined. Combine all these things and turn them into a murderous monster that kills people?

The only explanation I can find for this is that magic is amazing......

In addition to these, the three polluters left us with more than two dozen gold coins with a soft sheen, a "broken helmet", a "rusted dagger" and a "sturdy belt" - we can understand them as relics carried with them by those who were unfortunate enough to be devoured. Seeing these things, I suddenly saw the terrible scene of this monster biting off half of the human body in one bite, and then swallowing it with heavy armor and clothing. Two famous sayings that describe the ugliness of eating suddenly appeared in my mind, one is "eat people without spitting out bones", and the other is "eat grapes without spitting out grape skins......

Obviously, the greatest advantage of this rotten monster in terms of diet compared to the actual living beasts is that it does not have to worry about indigestion, no matter how much hard stuff it eats. So when Niu Million took a "Spirit Bone Crossbow" out of Meril's corpse, neither my friends nor I were too shocked. It's just that I looked at the three heads of the three polluters for a long time, and I wasn't sure from which of its mouths this large, long-range assault weapon, about an arm-and-a-half-length and arm-wide, had been swallowed.

The design of this "Spirit Bone Crossbow Machine" is similar to the "Corpse Poison Dagger" in the Yangtze River Delta, and the whole body of the crossbow machine is also spliced with various bones, which makes its skeleton more flexible and lighter. At the very front of the crossbow machine, there is a skull of an unknown animal. The jaw of the skull was open, and the crossbow bolt was shot from the mouth of the skull. This unique design isn't just designed to make the shape of the crossbow more intimidating, when you lift the crossbow horizontally, the open jaw is simply a lightweight and compact sight, allowing you to aim more accurately and greatly improve the accuracy of the crossbow arrow.

Among the many ranged weapons, the crossbow is in an awkward position. Compared to bows and arrows, the crossbow is slightly more powerful, but its attack speed is much slower; Compared to muskets, the speed of the crossbow machine is very limited, and the lethality is greatly insufficient. For close-quarters combat professionals who are proficient in combat and only use ranged attacks as a means of attracting enemies, they can also be equipped with ranged weapons such as bows and arrows and crossbows, but prefer to use one-handed darts, javelins, or hand axes as a means of aid, making it easier to change weapons when the enemy approaches.

As a result, there are only a handful of people in the entire continent who use crossbow machines to fight, and you may not meet a single one at the gate of a big city for three days and three nights.

However, the unique material and shape have brought extraordinary additional attributes to this crossbow: its attack power is as high as more than two hundred and ten points, because of the skull sight, the probability of its critical attack has also increased by 30%, and the bone material makes its attack effect have certain corrosive attributes, although the lethality is not as fierce as the "corpse poison" of the corpse poison dagger, but it has no backlash effect, it is safe and simple to use, and will never produce any adverse toxic side effects. Similarly, the light bone material makes this crossbow machine more light and agile in practical time, and its attack speed is much higher than that of a normal heavy crossbow.

It's definitely an exhilarating surprise: powerful attacks, useful toxin bonus damage, incredibly high critical strike chance, and flexible and efficient attacks...... It's simply a perfect weapon of long-range destruction, and all of its stats are so satisfying that it's simply impeccable.

Well...... Except for a small problem, it's really just a small problem.

"This ...... Did any of you bring crossbow arrows? Niu Million glanced at the crossbow machine in his hand, touched the long horn on his head helplessly, and asked us very embarrassed......