Chapter 8: The Stranger Under Siege
"I'll take a look." With a shake of his body, the cloth robe that was stacked on the side was put on his body, and the white cloth robe was flipped over and turned outward, turning into a black robe of the same style. Fastening his broad belt, pulling down his hood, and casting shadows from the beating campfire, Babu lurks in the shadows like an invisible ghost, if there is nothing and it is difficult to detect, "The movement outside is getting louder and louder, and there are more and more mutants nearby, don't involve our camp in a moment."
"Wait, I'll go down with you, I hear there's a lot of mutants out there." Monica wrapped the whip around her waist and put a gray cloak over her body, "Don't worry, I'll answer you on the periphery, and you'll approach by yourself." You don't take Anna with you?"
"Not necessarily." Babu shook his head and said, "I told her to stay on it."
"Okay, then...... Judy." Monica pointed to her handbag and said, "Since you plan to be a member of the team, then your mission this time is to look after the house here, mainly to pay attention to this thing with Anna, we are not very relieved,"
"She...... Okay, I got it." The corners of Judy's mouth twitched, and she moved to the side without a trace, trying to distance herself from Anna, although there was still a little jealousy in her expression, she still nodded calmly and said, "But you two had better be careful, these guys are fighting in the open area at night, not only do they not hide their tracks and fight quickly, but they also use alchemy potions with such a big movement, and the surrounding mutants are likely to gather more and more, so don't let you not be able to get out." Moreover, these people ...... Tsk."
"I understand, and a few lives are not enough to give away at night, no matter how strong a traveler is, there is no need to take such a risk. Those who dare to do so are either novices or not true travelers at all." Monica said with a straight face, "This kind of person is the most troublesome and easy to get into trouble, I know very well, we will be careful."
"Besides, they appeared so coincidentally, and it's still uncertain that they have nothing to do with that thing." Babu also pointed to the handbag, thought about it, and still brought the handbag with him, "So it can't be ruled out that they are deliberately targeting us, so you and Anna should also be vigilant on it, withdraw the safety rope first, in case someone takes advantage of us to leave and touch in, if someone triggers the alarm of the spiral ladder, the first warning, and there is no need to be polite to them."
"I know, don't worry, it's not the first time I've traveled on the edge, I know all this, I'll take care of my family." Babu's advice made Judy stunned, and there was a little more smile in her eyes, "I will also answer at the window in a while, if the situation gets out of control, launch red fireworks, and my magic *** will target the location of the fireworks."
Monica and Barbu looked at each other and nodded, each giving Judy a thumbs up, and Babu patted Anna on the head, and Anna rubbed Bab's chest and wrote the words "Call me anytime" in the palm of his hand. Then, the two silently opened the door to the bell tower, and dodged into the mist at the edge, and the bell tower quickly closed behind them, keeping the warmth and safety tightly in the door.
The temperature outside the door has plummeted, cold and oppressive, and red mist is everywhere.
The night was dark, visibility was extremely low, and even when the two were facing each other, they could only see a little outline. It was pitch black all around, and only the sound of battle could be heard in the distance, and at this time a few clouds of light were gathering, which was particularly dazzling in the night.
The palms of the two holding each other were gently forced, and then without hesitation, Babu put the hook lock in his belt on the side of the spiral ladder, and fell straight down, and in a blink of an eye, he reached the ground, landing silently, like a falling leaf. Monica, on the other hand, took off her high heels and held them in her arms, and slowly descended the spiral staircase with her bare feet, and soon disappeared into the thick fog.
In the darkness, Babu restrained all his breath, whether it was vitality or movement, it was suppressed to the minimum, and even the source energy was deliberately deactivated, just like a shadow, sticking to the wall roots of other dwarf buildings in the bell tower, touching the vicinity of the place where the battle broke out, there were indeed many mutants along the way, but each focused on one side of the battle, and none of them noticed Babu's passing.
"Watch the formation and protect the master."
Before Babu could reach the battlefield, he heard the rough voice of a middle-aged man, which sounded in the shaking light and shadow, and then the sound of the battle became fierce, and the sound of metal clashing became more intensive. Babu bypassed the last wall, quietly
Sneaking out of his head, he finally saw these warriors who were messing around on the edge of the night.
There were five people in total, three men and two women.
All five of them were dressed in strange yellow robes, exactly the same style, and at first glance they looked like standard clothes. Three of them were men and one woman holding weapons in their hands, judging from the energy reactions in their bodies, one of them was an elite fighter at the same level as Babu Monica, and the other three were all second-level soldiers, and the four of them formed an arc centered on the elite level warrior, that is, the bearded middle-aged man who shouted just now, and guarded the last woman behind them.
The last woman is very strange, the energy response is soldier-level, and the mental resistance is not low, but from her standing posture and movements, it can be seen that this person seems to have no combat experience at all, and her body is almost unguarded behind the four people, silently watching the other four fight to the death with the monsters besieging them.
Besieging them were more than twenty mutants.
At the edge, Babu had never seen a living thing, whether an animal or a plant, but at this time, Babu saw more than twenty plants.
These plants seem to be the shrubs and flowers that originally dotted the environment around the square, which had disappeared before, but now appeared out of nowhere, and ...... But they all moved.
The main body of the shrub is not large, and dozens of vines protrude from below, supporting the main body to float in the air. Each vine was ten meters long, the thickness of a wrist, and the surface was covered with dark red abscesses, some of which had burst open, emitting a disgusting fishy smell, and in each of the puscesses that had burst open, several spikes one or two centimeters long poked out, the tips of which were quite sharp and flashing with a metallic sheen, enough to make everyone who saw them shudder.
The vines that hold the main body of the bush writh flexibly, like dozens of entangled snakes, and as they writhe, sometimes the tops of the vines suddenly part, like a venomous snake with a wide open mouth, revealing the fine, but sharp teeth inside.
More than twenty mutants of shrubs, each with a soldier-level energy intensity, surrounded the five people, terrifying vines waved in the air, from time to time emitting a scream that tore through the air, whipping, winding, stabbing, gnawing, vines from all angles, in various ways, non-stop raiding the five, so that the four people guarding were unbearable.
With a bang, one of the young men split the axe and opened a vine that was whipped head-on, the axe collided with the vine, and there was a crisp sound of metal impact, but before the hand axe could be withdrawn, the other two vines came around from the side, and the young man tried his best to wave his other arm, relying on the metal arm guard under the yellow robe to block one, but at this time the other one had wrapped around his waist and tightened suddenly, followed by a scream, the young man's waist became a blur of flesh and blood, and the blood was like water spurting out of the shower, Whirring from the wound on his waist. And the vines did not stop, they continued to contract, moving vigorously on the young man's waist, the spikes ran along the skin, tearing deep wounds on the young man's waist, and the young man struggled desperately with his hands and feet, but he could not break free from the vine's confinement at all.
"Boom", the only woman among the four people involved in the battle immediately threw a red bottle at the mutant sticking out of the vine, the bottle smashed on the mutant's vine and immediately shattered, the red liquid splashed, spilling the main body of the mutant, and then there was a whoop, the liquid contaminated place ignited a raging flame, and the flame spread extremely quickly, making the mutant become a fireball, and the fireball squeaked and screamed from time to time, but the other mutants simply ignored the encounter of the same kind, and more and more vines attacked. Z.br>
Not only that, even though the body burned violently, the vine that wrapped around the young man did not let go, but became tighter and tighter, and twisted desperately, lifting the young man into the air and shaking back and forth, making his screams even more miserable and making the scene more chaotic.
Until a two-handed big sword was cut down, the middle-aged man led by him waved his weapon, and the two-handed sword split the bush fireball in half from top to bottom, and a large amount of black viscous liquid erupted from the bush body, and then was instantly vaporized by the raging flames. The vines that stretched out from the main body also stopped abruptly as the main body was split, and the young man fell heavily to the ground, wailing and pulling the vines from his waist, and crawled to the side with his limbs together, barely avoiding the vines of the other mutants that surged up later.
"Hold your ground and fight to the death." One hit worked
, The middle-aged man couldn't see any joy on his face, and ordered loudly, "Dimi, you must recover your combat effectiveness at all costs, if you can't do it, drink the blood wine, and the gods will take care of you." Heeren, help Dimi plug the gap temporarily, as long as you still have a breath, don't be lazy, Maggie, don't get entangled with the enemy, hurry up and find a location where you can safely retreat, at least you and your master can wait until dawn safely, hurry up, don't let everyone's efforts go to waste. Master, please rest assured, we will shout for your safety with our lives, as long as we have one person alive, we will fight for you, and don't let the monsters hurt you, please leave us alone, as long as there is a chance, follow Maggie to evacuate. For the sake of the master, defend with your life."
The middle-aged man shouted again, and slashed forward with his two-handed sword, and in the whistling sound, two more mutants were split in two and lost their ability to move, but in the darkness, the vines surging over became more numerous, and I don't know how many mutants were attracted from the surroundings.
Everyone acted according to the middle-aged man's words, but the woman who was being guarded by everyone did not move, she stretched out her finger and pointed at the young man covered in blood, and a pollution energy unique to the phantom world immediately surged towards the young man Dimi. Something strange happened, not only did the polluted energy not cause any adverse effects, but when it came into contact with Dimi, it turned into a cloud of silver faint light spots, which gathered on Dimi's waist like fireflies, hovering for a while before dissipating into the air. As the light dissipated, Dimi's wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his face, which had been distorted by pain, quickly soothed.
"I'm sorry, I can't." After doing all this, the woman sighed, her voice was gentle and soft, but her tone was unquestionable, "I caused you to fall into this situation, and now it's shameful that I can't fight side by side with you, if I leave you who sacrificed my life to protect me, then am I still human?" If I can, I'll run together, and I won't go unless I can retreat with you. I can't do anything else, but I can at least help you heal your injuries and make them last longer, even if they don't survive in the end, at least they can die with everyone."
However, before she could finish her words, a dark shadow suddenly appeared from behind her, and everyone was trying their best to protect the woman against the mutant, and the attention was all focused on the mutant, but no one paid attention to the situation around her. Therefore, everyone, including herself, did not notice that there was a ghostly shadow behind her.
As soon as the black shadow appeared, he didn't say anything, and directly slashed his knife and cut the back of the woman's neck. As soon as the woman finished speaking, she suddenly felt a pain in the back of her neck, and she knew nothing, and her body went limp, but before she could fall to the ground, a whip came out of the darkness behind a wall, wrapped around her waist, and dragged her into the darkness quickly.
The four people in the fierce battle found that the voice of talking was gone, and when they turned around, they found that the master they wanted to protect actually disappeared quietly in their own protective circle, not only that, but when they turned back, they just saw a strange back, carrying a strange big cloth bag, and was tiptoeing in one direction.
The corners of the eyes of the four people were about to crack, and they didn't have time to think about it, they broke away from the battle with the mutant at all costs, and everyone was injured a lot, but they got rid of the entanglement smoothly, and let the mutant slowly chase after them, and the four ignored it, and chased down towards the strange back carrying the cloth bag.
The environment is very dark, the fog is very thick, and the four of them don't know where they are running, they just stare at the back in front of them with red glasses and chase after them, and they almost lost them several times, but the back in front of them doesn't know what they encountered, and they just slowed down every time, so that the four of them always insisted on falling behind the back.
After chasing for a few minutes, the bush mutants had been left far behind, and after bypassing a few dark building shadows, the four of them found themselves chasing into an open area, not far away were three small stone houses, and the back in front was gone, but the cloth bag was still left at the door of the stone house, there was nothing inside, empty, like a big open mouth, laughing at the four futile chasers.
"It's in my hands, or I'll solve her now, or you guys wait here honestly all night, tomorrow I will naturally contact you to discuss the conditions, choose for yourself, dare."
Run, I'll default to your first choice."
The four of them were at a loss when a voice came from behind the stone house, and they chased over to take a look, but they still found nothing. The four of them looked at the stone house, thought about each other's words, and fell into a daze for a while.