Chapter 56: The Invitation of the Dead
Although Shuge had seen many scenes in the dream shelter that were beyond his senses, he still felt an unprecedented shock when he saw these eyeballs emerging from the pitch-black silt-like existence.
The magic disc in the spirit world trembled violently, and then the precision gears that were biting each other immediately began to operate wildly, and the dark green crystal, which was deeply embedded in the center of the metal disc, was beating like Xiuge's own heart at this moment, so that one after another dark colors of magic power were transmitted into the surrounding magic grooves.
Huge didn't know what that change meant.
He only knew that he must be in great trouble now.
The mass that directly filled the entire sewer, and was constantly crushing and approaching in this direction, was definitely not something that he could deal with now, and what made him even more desperate was that he had no way to retreat now - the blockade of Ceren City had not yet been broken, and judging from the light and shadow blocking the passage, Wei Lin was afraid that it would take a short time.
But the enemy is already close at hand.
The two men standing behind Hug also saw the countless eyeballs growing out of the creeping darkness, a scene that old Schubert and Sally, ordinary people, had never imagined.
Even the most terrifying and unforgettable nightmare they had ever experienced in the past was enough to be called warm in front of such a scene.
"Gentlemen...... All...... O gods!"
Poor old Schubert's eyes were glazed, and the intermittent words came out of his mouth, and he wanted to look away, but he was attracted by the rapidly changing, distorted and ugly scenes, and he was afraid that once he looked away, the darkness that could not be understood by common sense would immediately evolve into an even more terrifying existence.
As for Sally......
The girl, who had always been very simple-minded, was completely frozen in place, and the appearance of what appeared in front of her brought fear and disgust to her stomach at the same time, and the pungent sour smell in the air made her retch.
Those green eyeballs continued to appear and burst in the darkness, like green bubbles floating from the swamp of the drama, each eyeball seemed to come from different individual creatures, they all seemed to have their own emotions and thoughts, and when they were squeezed and burst by their "companions", they would even reveal feelings of pain and despair.
"What's going on?"
Verin, who had been focusing on breaking down the ritual field, also felt a terrifying strangeness, she felt that her magic was becoming disordered, as if someone had applied a magic that disturbed her mind and mind, but Xiuge's voice came.
"Don't look back!"
In his trembling voice, Shug warned, "Don't look back, Miss Verin...... Be sure to speed it up."
After speaking, he took a step forward, and two inferior magic crystals for lighting were thrown with force, so that a brighter light suddenly covered the dark passage, and the indescribable darkness became clearer.
Now, Shuge knew how his Running Rat had been "sent" back. ….
Under the illumination of the magical light, he saw a black pus growing with countless limbs and organs, and it was rolling along this underground waterway, and this appearance reminded Xiuge of the phantom insect liquid mass he had seen in Mansion 37 before.
It's just that compared to the monster in front of them, the phantom insects that were quietly "digesting" their prey at that time were already well-behaved.
Xiug didn't have time to think about the connection between this thing and the shapeshifters, seeing that it was already rushing in the direction of himself and the others, Calon's touch immediately erupted forward, and at the moment when the black slime covered the two illumination magic crystals, the black tentacles with dark green light and shadow made their first contact with the strange creature that also had an ominous form.
This was the first time that Xiuge had felt such a strong impact from the touch of Karon!
It's as if you're trying to block an entire collapsed wall with your palm.
Fortunately, the highly toxic and corrosive power from the dark green crystals was revealed at this moment
The moment the Calon touch collided with the black slime, a large mass of poisonous mist exploded, and the black slime with life and perception immediately began to shrink and necrosis the moment it touched these mist, and in just an instant, a large number of indistinguishable fragments fell from the huge liquid mass, and they seemed to lose all their vitality after detaching from their main body, and as soon as they fell to the ground, they completely merged with the endless flow of cold sewage.
Shug took a step back from the huge impact, and the Calon Touch that extended from his palm was stirring in the darkness ahead, and those strange slimes tried to swallow and assimilate these magical tentacles that dared to attack and block him, but the hard skin covered by the end of Calon's Touch became a natural barrier, and under their protection, these tentacles seemed to turn into sharp swords, constantly cutting the slime that dared to approach him into pieces of various sizes, And once it is detached from its own body, the scattered slime will quickly lose its vitality in the diffuse mist.
"Strange...... This monster doesn't seem to be as powerful as I expected."
Xiuge gritted his teeth and moved forward while maintaining the spell, in front of such an existence, he did not have any room to retreat and maneuver, he knew that if he chose to retreat at this time, these black pus would immediately fill up, and it would be even more difficult to fight for breathing space at that time.
While maintaining the touch of Calron, Xiug lifted the crystallized gun and continuously pulled the trigger towards the slime, and the powerful crystallized bullet triggered a small explosion of magic power as it hit the wriggling darkness, and the scattered fragments of magic crystals successfully tore through the gaps and gaps of various sizes in the slime, but these gaps were quickly filled.
In desperation, Xiuge had no choice but to continue to maintain his magic.
However, just when Xiug thought that this fierce stalemate would last forever, the monster with no fixed body suddenly changed its way of action, and after another series of sharp "whistles", the pitch-black sticky immediately shrank backwards, it was extremely fast, almost instantly free from the entanglement of the touch of Calron, but it did not leave, through the light and darkness, Xiug could still see those shadows slowly wriggling in the sewers in the distance. ….
Although he didn't know what the guy was going to do, Xiuge immediately stopped casting spells, took out a magic crystal from his pocket, and began to do his best to fill the void in his magic power.
"Hold on a little longer!"
Wei Lin's voice came, her voice was slightly panting, obviously in order to open the passage as soon as possible, the female mage had also done her best, but Xiuge did not have time to respond to her, but stared closely ahead.
The brief encounter had made him realize that whatever this pus was, it must be the most ferocious and voracious predator, as evidenced by the transformed organs and limbs.
"It's a lot like a shapeshifter...... It's just that it seems to absorb too many things, from humans to beasts to bugs...... Damn, I don't want to join you!"
Hug gasped hard, and he was surprised to find that after seeing the true face of the source of the sense of crisis, he had become calm again.
"The greatest fear comes from the unknown, and I'm not wrong."
He comforted himself a little, and then spoke, "Don't be too afraid, that thing looks scary, but it can also be damaged by weapons and magic! Wake up!"
Perhaps it was the image of Schubert Schubert and Sally that had just succeeded in repelling the enemy with magic gave confidence to the elder Schubert and Sally, or perhaps the desire to survive had revived at this moment, and they had finally reluctantly regained their senses, so Schubert gritted his teeth and picked up the improvised flamethrower, while Sally bit her lip and took out a bottle of alchemy.
Xiuge let out a long sigh of relief, feeling the magic that poured into his body from the magic crystal, his thoughts began to become clearer, and he put away the crystallized gun, and instead pinched the only alchemy bomb that was left with his hand.
Although Shuge does not think of it as dense
The hairs were able to keep out the pervasive slime, but he thought that the magic contained in those hairs might still be able to cause considerable damage to the unknown magical creature!
While Xiuge and the others were adjusting their state, the pitch-black slime was also undergoing new changes.
In the darkness, a large number of green eyeballs resurfaced and lined up, this time more neatly organized.
Sally trembled and lifted the magic lantern, and everyone saw something even more eerie than the surging slime.
They saw one separate figure after another.
There are humans who are tall, short, fat and thin, there are beasts of different sizes and varieties, and there are many shadows that are mixed together and it is difficult to distinguish them in detail.
And at the front of this "procession", Xiuge saw a familiar shadow.
It was a short, rickety old figure.
"Old Sergey?"
Shuge recognized the other.
The shadows of black slime began to move in the direction of Shug and the others, and they opened their mouths, but this time they emitted not the piercing screams, but a series of complex and strange tones.
Huge's eyes widened, and he realized that he understood the sound, which was not a meaningless shout, but a kind of language...... Just like the black words in the dream shelter, these voices are immediately and strangely transformed into meanings that they can understand and recognize the moment they enter their minds. ….
It was an ancient ritual sentence after sentence.
"To our wreckage!"
"To the blood of future generations!"
"To the weeping of fools!"
The chaotic messages filled Xiuge's brain almost instantly, and these strange rituals seemed to contain this special power, and in their reverberation, Xiuge felt that his mind began to become disordered, and the state that had been finally calmed down before also slipped irrepressibly in the direction of restlessness.
"Shut up!"
In the midst of Xiuge's rage, the touch of Karon swept forward again, and the "old Sergei" who was at the front of the line was hit by the sharp tentacles on the spot, so the sticky black body was torn apart on the spot, and the head that barely maintained the appearance of a giant-eared goblin smashed down the wall, but it still kept repeating those ominous words.
For Sally and Schubert, such a scene is close to their limits.
So, in the midst of extreme depression and panic, they also made their own choice.
The young girl pulled out the metal plate that separated the different potions from the flask as she had commanded, and then she shook the flask twice and threw it towards the shadows in front of him.
The clerks in the alchemy shop were very honest, they didn't sell any inferior products to Xiuge, and the mixed potions exploded the moment they hit the ground, and the explosion and fire created a large gap in those dense black shadows.
On the other side, the old Schubert let out a desperate and frantic cry, and the emaciated and miserly tavernkeeper trembled to Shuge's side, and he directly slammed the crude trigger on the improvised flamethrower, and the oil filled in the metal canister immediately gushed out, and the moment they left the spray gun, they were ignited by the magic crystals embedded in the spray gun, and a slender tongue of fire immediately rushed into the dense figures.
In the desire to survive and the human instinct to resist the fearful things, those menacing black figures were successfully stopped for a while.
However, in fact, the improvised flamethrower in Schubert Sr.'s hand was originally a weapon used to clean up and deter magical creatures in the sewers, and the power of the flames it spits out is far from those lethal magics, and the alchemy potions in Sally's hands can only cause a certain obstruction, although each explosion can stop those advancing figures, but there is no way to destroy those sticky substances.
The terrible black shadow continued to push forward, in the black mass of slime
Having dispersed into a large number of individual individuals, Shug found that even the corrosive fog he had spread could not stop them, and it was clear that the strange beings that closely resembled the shapeshifters possessed astonishing intelligence, and that they were not beasts that hunted on instinct.
The disturbing voices were still coming one after another, and the giant-eared goblin figures that originally belonged to the Golden Boot Caravan had been completely destroyed under the resistance of Xiuge and the others, but immediately after, more strange figures were walking towards them.
Among them are soldiers, police officers, civilians...... There are even dead spellcasters.
The figures that had been devoured in the central square were now walking through the underground tunnels that saw no day, their faces festering, peeling, and reorganizing, and the gloomy prayers coming out of their mouths with each step.
It sounds like these guys are extending a sincere "invitation" to their recalcitrant prey.
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