Chapter 210: The Frozen Miserable Man
When I heard that Alka's hand was originally a little black, even after cleaning, it was not a very special headband, but it was actually a treasure.
The men were instantly no longer tired, and they all got up from the gravel where they were resting, and gathered around Arka.
Look at this unremarkable headband with a curious gaze.
"This looks a little ordinary, to be honest." Jason said, looking at the headband in Alka's hand.
If this appearance is dropped on the ground, no one will think that it is a treasure.
In the state when the treasure is not stimulated, it is all restrained, and there is nothing special to see.
Unless its appearance is inherently very special and beautiful.
For example, Alka's [mirror], just by looking at the appearance, you know that this is a precious item.
This is followed by the Frost Nova and Dream Catcher types.
Even if you don't think he's a treasure, you'll think he's a very good spell gear.
"My flag is also very ordinary." Lucilia danced her arm, which had a red cuff on it.
"You're too ordinary, I'll pick it up if this headband is mine, and if you throw that flag on the ground, I'll just kick it away." Jason said with a wave of his hand.
No matter how ordinary it is, it's not as ordinary as your flag.
"Now is the time to argue about this?" Xia Daiti said a little speechlessly.
How can you be like a child?
Julia stepped forward, looked at Arka and asked, "Does this treasure have any powers?" ”
The question that everyone was most concerned about was asked.
Hearing this, Arka shook his head: "I don't know, I just know that this treasure is called [Aura of Light] and is a Holy Grail level treasure, as for the ability, my [Dream Catcher] is a little repulsed." ”
"Whoever controls it will know, but now is not the time, let's explore the steel ship first."
When the crowd heard Arka's words, they nodded and withdrew their gaze.
Since the treasure could not be dropped into the pocket ring, Arka had to hold it in his hand just like that.
After all, the Dream Catcher only rejects, does not attack, and it is its unilateral rejection.
Bororo looked at the steel ship in front of him, turned his head and asked, "Won't you take a break?" ”
After all, they had just experienced a fierce battle, and everyone was not in perfect condition.
"It's okay, be more vigilant, there aren't many enemies in that ship."
Arka said with a reassuring look on everyone's face.
At this time, there are still three points of light on the map, two white and one blue, and the two white dots are the treasure troves of the two ships.
The difficulty on the steel ship, one blue and one white, is three and four helix, respectively.
This is enough to show that the enemy on the steel ship is not strong at this time.
And the movement just now was loud enough, and the slightly more powerful ones had already taken advantage of what they had just thought of and surrounded them.
Come to think of it, in the battle more than 10 years ago, the team of this steel ship had the upper hand, and most of their members must have attacked this wooden ship in such a situation.
That's why it seems that there were too many enemies in the wooden boats at that time.
Moreover, the clothes that remained on the corpses in the wooden boat before can be seen to be clearly divided into two groups.
Hearing Arka's words, everyone nodded, and no longer entangled, reorganized the team and lined up and walked towards the steel ship.
They walked straight through the gap in the middle.
The entire steel ship is still well preserved, and the biggest scar is the crack that caused the whole ship to become two halves after it fell.
From this, it can be seen that the ship has two decks and a bottom compartment, which seems to be the basic design of ships above 40 meters.
However, due to the high height of this ship, the interior space is relatively large, so that as long as Bororo has a slightly short head, he can still travel inside.
Provided that there is no part that is squeezed.
The entire silo was empty, and there was not a single walking corpse except for some of the materials that had been completely decomposed.
The group walked up the staircase, which was still intact.
When they came to the second floor, everyone saw a ...... Corpse.
"There are normal corpses here?" Jason looked at the corpse not far away and said a little strangely.
The flesh of the corpse had long since decayed, leaving only some yellowish and blackened bones.
From the perspective of bones, the man's entire left arm was broken, his left leg and right hand were fractured to varying degrees, and his ribs were broken three times.
But compared to the broken bones they had seen scattered here and there, it was generally intact.
"So why didn't such a complete body become a walking corpse?" Xia Daiti asked with some incomprehension.
They didn't see a single normal corpse along the way, all of them were walking corpses.
This was the first time they had seen a normal corpse on the island, undead.
Looking at the corpse, Arka thought for a moment, then came to the bones and examined them carefully.
After only a minute, a possibility came to mind based on the condition of the corpse.
Those who remain on the ship are probably people who, like Simon, have been immobilized by a special spell due to their injuries.
Since his teammates who are still alive, even the regiment commander have died together because of the enemy's methods.
Naturally, these people who were in a state of stagnant and seriously injured died because they were not healed.
After all, such a fixed spell would not last long, and it would require continuous consumption of mana.
So......
At this moment, Arka was stunned.
Looking at Arka as if he had thought of something, everyone stopped talking, waiting for Arka to think and draw conclusions.
"So, why is that man still alive?"
Arka muttered to himself.
Yes, it's been 10 years, and no amount of outrageous spell power can last that long without a supply of mana and the user's mana.
Fixing a person's injuries and state is unlikely to be a simple spell no matter how you think about it.
Such a spell is definitely strong enough, which is why Simon's solidified state can last for 10 years.
Arka squinted slightly.
"Let's go, let's take a look inside."
The crowd nodded, and followed Arka onwards.
They then saw four wooden beds in a room with a twisted ceiling, with sheets and quilts that had been completely blackened and yellowed.
On the wooden bed, there were only two corpses, and two bones were scattered on the ground, and it seemed that the posture had struggled before death, and one of them had even reached the door.
The bones were also not infected as undead walking corpses.
Arka walked up and took a look.
None of the four bones were intact, and all of them were suffering from various injuries, all of which were certain to die if not treated as soon as possible.
In such a situation, the four crew members must have been placed in state fas, so they were placed on this wooden bed.
Now that they're all dead, the effect of the spell on their bodies that they used to freeze has long since disappeared.
And the reason why it was not turned into a walking corpse may be that it was not affected by the enemy's attack that died together.
Perhaps it was only after the attack that their solidified state dissipated, and after it dissipated, they must have tried to save themselves.
That's why these bones are placed everywhere.
"Be vigilant, get closer, and pay attention to your surroundings." Arka said decisively.
Although they didn't know why, everyone nodded and moved closer to each other.
Looking at the inquiring eyes of several people, Arka explained, "Remember I told you that last night I communicated with the person who still existed in my dream. ”
Arka gestured to the bones on the bed, "These people were all in a state of flux 10 years ago due to their severe injuries.
According to the man who was still alive, such a state of stillness would ensure that their injuries were fixed until the crisis was resolved.
Their crew will continue to be treated to save their lives. ”
"But now that they're all dead, that spell should have disappeared a long time ago without the power of the spell and the supply of the user."
"But the man in the dream last night said that he is still in this state."
After listening to Arka's simple explanation, everyone immediately understood why they needed to be vigilant.
However, Arka is still optimistic at this time, after all, if it is really going to be against them, the best time is when they were surrounded before.
As long as he suddenly attacked at this time, it would definitely cause them serious damage.
When they get rid of the walking corpses, they won't have such a good chance.
Everyone still maintained their formation and moved forward slowly.
Along the way, they saw more bones, either leaning against the wall or lying all over the middle of the road.
From the posture of some of the bones, it appears that they were still crawling before they died.
There were all kinds of blackened blood stains in the aisles, all of which were self-saving actions of these wounded people before they died.
Finally, in front of them, they saw a large area of corpses, conservatively estimated to be more than a dozen, and there were three walking corpses lying around.
As they arrived, they slowly got up from the ground.
These walking corpses have all kinds of scars on their bodies.
However, the strength is only three helixes, and they were eliminated by Arka and them very easily.
Looking at the situation around him, Arka was even more sure of his guess.
These wounded were released from the frozen state, presumably after the effects of the enemy's attack.
The wounded even fought with these walking corpses when they were dying.
Arka then retrieved a glowing blue object from under a skeleton.
With the touch, the blue light disappears.
It is a knife similar to a throwing knife, only two fingers long, small and sharp.
After a brief rinse, the original appearance of this throwing knife was revealed.
It has a miserable white appearance, and there are bone-like lines on it, which is actually a bone product.
"Good stuff?"
Arka turned his head to see that it was Jason who spoke.
nodded: "This should be a good spell weapon, a throwing knife." ”
As he spoke, he shook the small bone knife in his hand: "This equipment is very suitable for me, so I will accept it." ”
Everyone nodded, without the slightest objection.
After all, Alka doesn't seem to have gained anything from this exploration, and among them, only Alka throws long-distance.
Even if they were given to them, they would not be able to lose them.
When they reached the upper deck, they were greeted by a walking corpse with a construct's arm.
The strength reached four helixes, and there were blood stains around it, but there were no bones.
Arka couldn't help but look back at the path they had walked on.
I see.
The wounded who were still alive before should have stayed on the lower deck one after another to avoid the walking corpse.
No wonder there were so many bones piled up on the lower deck.
The walking corpse didn't stop somewhere, as they had seen before, but wandered down the aisle, moving slowly forward with its back to them.
Seeing Jason raise his gun and prepare to make a move, Arka hurriedly pressed his gun.
Looking at Jason's puzzled eyes, Arka raised his hand and shook the bone knife he had just obtained.
"Let me try."
He'd already had a brief probe of how to use the weapon, and now an enemy was trying it out.
As he spoke, the magic poured down his arm into the miserable white blade, and with the influx of magic power, the blade immediately moved.
Tiny spiked dots surfaced, and Arka threw them hard.
The bone knife turned into a white light and instantly pierced the enemy's back.
But it didn't penetrate it, and as half of the blade pierced into the flesh, the small one was only two fingers, and the long blade expanded instantly.
The small spikes on the blade of the blade protruded in an instant, expanding from a small gap in the back to all parts of the area.
These bone spurs pierced through the back, piercing the entire back of the walking corpse into a honeycomb.
Bororo walked over with his waist hunched and looked at the corpse.
I couldn't help but wipe the goosebumps that had already risen on my arms.
"This weapon is so cruel."
When everyone looked, they saw that the front of the walking corpse had been pierced by at least twenty or thirty thin white bone spurs.
These bone spurs protruded from his chest, and they looked unusually oozing.
Arka walked up and flipped the body over, then clasped his hand on the hilt of the knife that protruded from his back.
The magic poured in gently, and these bone spurs were instantly recycled, turning back into the tiny blades they had been before.
Clear water gushed out, washed away the dirt on it, and shook it off.
Arka looked at the bone knife in his hand with great satisfaction.
"From now on, you'll call it a bone puncture."
As he spoke, a precision hand appeared on Alka's hand, and he quickly engraved four words on the bone knife.
Satisfied, he retracted it into his pocket ring.
"Let's go, let's move on."
However, they had only traveled two or three meters before Julia stood still, her brow furrowed.
"What's wrong?" Looking at Julia, who suddenly stood in place, Arka and Jason behind him immediately stopped and were vigilant about their surroundings.
The two in front of them are also in a fighting state.
Julia pointed diagonally ahead, "Where, there's a high-energy object there." ”
The crowd turned their heads to look.
Arka shook his shoulders slightly.
The two small figures disappeared into the shadows next to them in an instant, quickly scouting over.
In the midst of such a small and complex ruin, the two of them are the best scouts, able to move through every crevice and corner, and can also hide in the shadows without being detected.
He didn't have to wait long, and Zero came back alone.
"It's a man, a living man, and the master is now next to him."
Hearing this, everyone instantly thought that the one who was still alive was most likely the owner of the dream bubble.
"Lead the way."
As he spoke, Arka and the others followed Zero and walked forward, turning over a piece of broken metal to a room.
Then Zero pointed to the collapsed and squeezed wall in front of him and said, "Behind this, the surroundings are blocked, and there are only some small gaps. ”
Arka looked around, knocking on the metal ruins in front of him, identifying a weak spot.
After cutting, it will not let the surrounding collapse twice.
A silver card appeared in his hand, and as the magic poured in, the card was used, and a sharp silver light flashed around it.
Arka slowly cut a small door in front of him, then moved the iron door sideways to reveal the path leading inside.
The first to walk in, followed by the crowd.
It was a small room, the door to which it was completely twisted and closed, and the wall next to it was clogged by something that had collapsed.
As the light of the lantern flickered, Arka could see what was going on.
A man covered in blood was lying in the corner, his left arm completely missing from his shoulder, and the elbow of his right arm, where the entire forearm had been completely reduced to flesh, leaving only a protruding piece of bone and some flesh still sticking to it.
This man's hands are basically useless.
His eyes were closed, and his medium-length hair was scattered over his cheeks.
There was a faint grayish-white film on his body, which enveloped his entire body.
It was supposed to be the kind of spell that froze his state.
The man's face Arka had ever seen, and it was Simon.
Looking at this situation, Arka couldn't help but frown.
He actually remained in a frozen state, he didn't lie to himself, but how did this happen?
All of his teammates had no mana supply, causing the spell's effect to disappear.
But he has kept it up, for so long, up to 10 years.
It's true and incomprehensible.
"This is the guy you were talking about earlier?" Jason looked at the miserable man in front of him and couldn't help but ask.
He remembered that Arka had said that the man who was alive was not in good shape.
And the man in front of him is no longer in a bad state that can be described, and he is basically on the verge of death.
Arka nodded.
He then walked over, and when he got close enough, Arka finally sensed that something was emanating magic.
Tilting his head, he saw that behind him, there was a slit in the waist against the wall, and a finger-like structure was pressed against his skin, supplying him with magic.
So this thing is maintaining the effect of the spell on him.
What kind of thing lasts for 10 years?
Thinking of this, Arka couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly, and began to carefully examine the details of his appearance.
Could this thing be ......
(End of chapter)