Volume 2: The Storm Falls 54 Temples Sunk
The map from the first time you enter the forest works, but it's just going deep into the damn swamp and not how to find the orc camp. Not long after entering the forest, to be exact, we got lost.
After discovering the orc troops, we hurriedly ran after them, and the map was broken!
And when I went out, I forgot to ask Reggie for their scout map. It's impossible to mention this to Grayson, after all, he's already worshipping me now. It took a while to get the team back on the right track, and it would be a shame to continue to get lost.
Traveling light, we followed the original route, and I showed Grayson along the way something unique to the forest. For example, swamp monsters.
While we were resting by the water and giving water to the camels, a swamp monster suddenly appeared out of the swamp covered in weeds and green moss, and frightened the soldiers into screaming.
In fact, it is understandable that although these young knight children look quite strong and burly, they probably have never killed anyone in battle.
This time there was not one, but three swamp monsters. The creatures were slow when they came out of the water, but they were fast on dry land.
"Withdraw! Evacuate! I shouted.
The frightened lads actually erected a shield wall. Although it looks a bit dull and stupid, it still works. They blocked the monster's onslaught, but their swords didn't do much damage to it.
I fired three arrows in a row, and I really wondered what had happened to the monster, and the arrows stuck into their bodies seemed to be inserted into the trunk of a tree, and had no effect on them.
A few of the people I brought with me succeeded in attracting a monster with arrows that were going to turn it into a hedgehog. As soon as I saw that the bow and arrow didn't hurt much, I rushed in front of them and slid under them.
He slashed at the monster's ankle with a swing of the knife, and I felt that it was a lot of force, and if it were a person, his Achilles tendon must have been severed by me. But this knife has been cut, and that thing is fine! This must be the scariest swamp monster the scout team is talking about!
Their shield wall was crushed by the massive swamp monster, which raised its thick arms and tossed several nearby soldiers to the ground. Grayson also looked shocked at this point.
No one is not frightened, or shocked, by something that looks terrifying about the unknown, unless the person is a fool. Seeing that I couldn't be killed, I pulled out the short sword at my waist.
Circling around the monster, I stabbed the monster in the stomach in the leg as hard as I could. The sensation told me that my sword couldn't fully pierce it at all. This thing might not be technically a normal creature.
Its outer skin is too thick and dense.
"Retreat! Remove! I yelled at Grayson.
"Brothers, I'm here to attract them, you run!" I shouted at my brothers.
Rushing to the side of the boys who were still resisting, I jumped up and plunged my sword into the monster's back! Then I was dumped straight down.
"Retreat! Grayson, get out! "I shouted." Come on! ”
We fled, the monsters didn't chase them, the three of them already had food. A few of the guys they knocked out or hammered to death became their rations.
"We should kill back!" Grayson heard the screams of his brothers and was about to turn back and be grabbed by me.
"Killing back will only add more senseless sacrifices."
When I passed by the strange corpse again, the flesh on it had been eaten away, and only the skeleton remained. I pointed to the skeleton on the ground and said to Grayson, "See this?" ”
"Orcs?"
"No...... Draenei, perhaps. ”
"What?"
"Species that live in the same world as orcs, just like we do with trolls." I explain.
"How do you know?"
"I still know a lot of things, and you'll learn about it slowly." I don't want to explain too much.
"Are they enemies too?"
"They...... Just fuel. ”
"Fuel? Can they burn? ”
"Their lives are fuel, just like our people, none of us. If you are captured by the orcs, you will end up being used as fuel, the fuel that connects the orc world with ours. ”
Grayson seemed to understand.
"After the last defeat of the orcs, they will need more lives for fuel." I looked at him, "They're going to make a comeback." ”
"But we can't kill those monsters just now." Grayson was a little frustrated.
"Then get out of the way of them."
Four people died, which was a big blow to the warriors of the Order. They can be regarded as having opened their eyes, and there is such a monster that cannot be killed.
Following the original route and markers, the lake reappeared in front of us. I gestured to the clearing by the lake, "We killed one there...... Well, dragonmen. ”
"What's that?"
"Something that resembles a lizard. But they're not the same monsters we saw yesterday. They are higher beings. I said.
None of them spoke, and I guess they didn't want to see any more strange things now.
I suggested a night's rest, it should be safe now, but I still didn't let them light a fire.
In addition to the chirping of frogs and insects at night, strange cries can be heard from the depths of the swamp from time to time. I still rejected the suggestion of starting a fire.
They certainly didn't sleep well, I didn't sleep well, let alone the young people. Finally, I didn't fall asleep until the sky was shining slightly.
Suddenly I was woken up by a shouting sound. "Look! Bill, look what that is! Grayson pulled me up. The fog on the lake cleared, and I could vaguely see a small island on the lake in the distance or something like a building.
"I haven't found it before." I held up my binoculars.
A building did appear in the lake...... A tower.
Grayson snatched the binoculars from my hand and looked at them for a moment. "Check it out!" He looked at me excitedly and said.
"Have you forgotten the monsters in the swamp?"
"This is the lake."
"I hate places where there's a lot of water." I say.
"Boys, go cut down some trees, let's build a raft and have a look." Grayson was headstrong again.
"Hey! That's not a good idea. I quickly stopped: "Maybe there's danger there, but I'd rather stay on land than on land." ”
He laughed and left me to cut down trees with his men.
The group was really nimble, but by the time the three rafts were built, it was already afternoon. Fog rose again on the lake, and the thicker and thicker fog completely engulfed the building on the lake. Grayson's anxious desire to see it was stopped by me.
The next morning, this guy was waiting for the fog to dissipate, and he was determined to go there to have a look, but it was useless to persuade him.
In his words, there was a call to him.
Today's weather is so-so, and the hazy sun has risen. It was almost noon that the buildings in the lake were revealed.
I didn't let my brothers follow them, and I told them that if we don't come back by this time the day after tomorrow, you should go back and report it. A brother named Harry offered to come with me.
"This experience may cost you your life, and your life is more precious than mine." I tapped him on the shoulder and looked back at them pushing the raft into the water. "Wait here for me to come back, hmph, if I can come back safely, I'll consider taking you inside. Don't light a fire at night and be careful. If there is a great danger that seriously threatens your life, you should run back and save your life first! ”
Grayson got on the raft with eight retinues and paddled towards the buildings in the lake.
The surface of the lake was calm, but the further I paddled in the middle, the more muddy the water seemed to become, and the yellowing of the water made me sick.
The building is already in front of us. The further we rowed, the more we felt that this building was completely different from what we imagined, it was too big!
The brown rocks are covered with moss, and the yellow water of the lake gently laps against the massive structure. When I looked back at the shore, the fog enveloped us again.
Walking around the huge tower-like building, I found a staircase to go up. After docking next to it, I recommend towing the raft to it. Look at the plants on the steps, the water will flood the steps at night.
Grayson looked at me a little weirdly, and I said, "Can you guarantee that it wasn't dark when you came out?" ”
It took a lot of effort to drag the three rafts up. Coming to the top of the building, the style and relief of this building gave me goosebumps, which is not a normal carving at all!
The twisted intricate patterns follow the skulls that can be seen everywhere, giving it an aura of evil.
"Is this what is calling on you?" I say.
"There's definitely something magical in there, or...... Treasure. ”
"There will be more evils that we can't imagine." As I spoke, I kicked the skull of a troll with a broken tooth.
"This is the territory of the trolls. It was supposed to be a temple built by trolls. I said.
He leaned down to look at the massive head, then pinched the long fangs in his hand and lifted the skull.
"Do you still see it?" I asked.
He rolled his eyelids, "Go!" With that, he dropped the head, got up, and walked back to the swarthy building.
I glanced at the boys next to me, and they didn't say anything but just followed.
When we climbed to the top floor, it seemed to be an altar, although it was abandoned, but the pottery on the side of the huge stone platform, the broken drum on one side, and a few heads showed that there must have been sacrifices in the past.
After looking up, the next step is to go down. Grayson took the torch off the wall and walked down against it.
Two corners, and the inside becomes pitch black. Yes! It's pitch black! What does it mean to reach out and not see your fingers? Here it is.
Each person held a torch to make the building, which had been silent for an unknown amount of time, reveal its true appearance again.
The passage is not wide, only about three meters. The damp walls were covered with water and moss, and the stone slabs beneath their feet were slippery. The air inside was filled with the smell of dampness and putrefaction.
I took out the live root and stuffed it into my mouth, and I didn't want to get dizzy or uncomfortable for a while.
After walking for a long time, I still can't see the bottom, "Hey, it's almost." This place is a bit out of place. I said.
"It's been so long, go down again!" Grayson clearly didn't want to give up.
After entering a door, a huge square hall appeared in front of us. I unconsciously took a step back. There were several huge snakes entrenched in the square hall in front of him!
And the snake's wide, flat neck tells me that it's better not to provoke them!