Chapter 215: Ambush
The rain seemed to have abated, but the sky before dawn was still covered with miserable lead clouds...... Above this sky, only a thick darkness stretched infinitely ahead.
The so-called "reaching out and not seeing the five fingers" is nothing more than this, no matter how you gallop forward, you can't see the boundaries of the four fields, and you can't even grasp the road conditions that are close at hand. The world seemed to dissolve into the darkness before dawn, and nothing could be seen, except for the infinite expansion of the night in different shades ahead.
It's like peering into a bottomless abyss - no, just running beneath it. Beate steered the advance transporter through the roadless hills, the steel body leaping over one gentle slope after another, while deftly dodging the obstacles in front of the railing.
The lights of the other vehicles could be seen in the flickering and flickering areas of the silhouette, the other members of the raid - only those lights disappeared in an instant. This did not come as a surprise to Volufis, as it was all part of the original plan, and the lights were only used to keep in touch, otherwise the lights that flickered in the darkness would undoubtedly attract the attention of the enemy.
In a matter of moments, the silhouettes of the lightly armored vehicles faded from view, as if they had been swallowed by the darkness in one fell swoop. Obviously, this "plan" looked like a suicide without any sense of tragedy, but the non-commissioned officers of the garrison did not look nervous at all.
However, Beate has no way to control his uneasiness, not because he is resistant to "sacrificing his life to protect others", but because he is nervous about the fact that it is difficult to see ahead. This is ...... in essence Presumably the instinctive fear of the "unknown" in living beings.
Perhaps this uneasiness can be suppressed by reason. But when the blood subsides, all that remains is cold. It may not be easy to become a fourth-class inspector of the garrison at this age, but the young Beate does not have the experience accumulated by his predecessors. There was no way he could suppress the shivers in his body.
The trembling ground made Beate's hands tremble even more visibly—as if the mountains were roaring, and a heavy sound flowed across the horizon blocked by shadows. The loud and loud noise, which became clearer and clearer, was like the continuous mourning of the earth, telling of his pain and fear.
The wind buzzed beside the car, full of wordless intimidation, and Beate stared intently at the darkness ahead for accurate action, but he couldn't see anything clearly. He struggled to move his arms. However, the nervous intelligence of his whole body made his sense of time chaotic.
The gradually colder air made him feel as if he had sunk into the water, and his movements became unusually slow, except for the tension that enveloped his whole body, prompting Beate to precisely control the advance transport vehicle to move forward. Let's be honest. So far, there has not been any abnormality, which is not easy.
"Can you please drive steadily, don't you know that someone is lying on the luggage rack?"
Through the mournful sound of the wind, the girl's somewhat untamed tone came from the roof of the transport car: "I can sue you that I was almost thrown down when you crossed that steep slope just now—at this degree." Even if it's me. There will be a long time when I can't breathe. ”
As if to make fun of Byatt's shuddering, Lizzie spoke in a rather stern tone that made him feel as if he was being lectured by his superiors. Even though he was a young girl than himself, he didn't care about the danger that lay ahead—and he was trembling as a security officer.
As soon as he thought of this, Beate couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Lizzie's indifference was the opposite of the recklessness of a young warrior, and there was no trace of emotion in her lackluster eyes. It was as if she had overcome countless dangers a long time ago, and now she was just stepping on to the next battlefield again.
"Excuse me...... If you want to blame it, you can blame the terrain. He glanced up at Lizzie hanging from the luggage rack, and the girl stared at him expressionlessly. "Although this 'advance transporter' can travel on most terrain, there is still no guarantee of comfort. ”
It seems that Byatt was not satisfied with his explanation. Lizzie snorted indignantly, then raised her gaze and staggered into the depths of darkness. For some reason, Bate felt that the atmosphere around Lizzie was wonderful, and she looked quite young in her words and deeds, but she was as heroic as she was when she didn't want to be old.
- No, that's not right.
Beate suddenly felt a chill, and even the quilt that had been straight before shrunk slightly—he suddenly felt that the girl's eyes were not so pure. It is not out of heroism that she is not afraid of death, but because she has become a member of the dead, she will not reject death.
"Tsk, seeing that you are shaking so much, I knew that I should have let you change into dry clothes first. Curt's voice came from the back of Beate's head, bringing his cranky mind back to reality. "But now I'll have to dry you with a simple spell. ”
In the next moment, he felt that his body was wrapped in a warm air, and the moisture in the fabric of his clothes began to slowly disappear. There is no doubt that this is the effect of a spell, and for Beate, who is completely unaware of the technique, it is almost equivalent to "miracle".
In the warm air, Beate felt the moaning of the wind disappear, and her terror of the unknown subsided a little. At least he was sure that the girl who was casting the spell was indeed a sorcerer, and now she was painting grotesque words with a depressed face.
The short journey was soon over, and a huge structure suddenly appeared in the darkness on the other side of the night. The pitch-black rain curtain covered a qiē, and its outline could only be seen through the searchlight projected by the mobile troops in the distance, and the details were completely unclear.
"What a big deal, they hollowed out the convent underneath, right?"
Through the heavy rain, Curt smiled and commented on the rock colossus not far away: "Seriously, when I was a child, I dreamed of sitting on this kind of golem as tall as a mountain. But at the time, I thought that this 'dream' was just an ethereal dream. ”
It was a golem made of dirt and boulders, and at first glance it looked like a mountain moving slowly. Beate had already marveled at its enormity when he saw it from afar, and now after a close observation from a distance of more than 100 meters, he realized how huge this "hill" was.
"It's better for you to keep your stupid daydreams in your dreams - it's not good to have this magic power to blast the town hall directly from the foundation, why drive such stupid big guys. Lizzie pursed her lips disdainfully, seemingly unimpressed by the rock colossus, "Even if they did succeed in surpassing their ancestors and creating an unimaginable giant golem, it would make no sense at all. ”
It was a bare hill with a few uneven metal pillars on top - nothing else, nothing to be left with any frills. It is worth noting that the various joints of this structure exude a subtle glow that looks like clusters of fireflies from a distance.
Beate confirmed once again that this was no monster that could be matched by humans - the sheer difference in size had made it invincible against ordinary people. It only needs to move its little finger slightly, and the mortal's flesh and blood body will probably turn into a blurred fragment of flesh and blood on the spot.
This is true not only of human beings, but also of steel machines made with modern technology. On the road where the Colossus once traveled, several armored vehicles emitted black smoke and charred debris scattered around. No matter how Byatt looked at it, these were vehicles held by the mobile forces, and I am afraid that most of them were the result of spells cast by the sorcerers who controlled the rock colossus.
The mess – the crumbling earth, the shattered trees, and even the armoured vehicles that had been reduced to pieces – all showed them how terrible the melee represented by the explosion they had heard not long ago. The Warlocks threw fireballs that hit several of the Mobile Unit's vehicles, blowing them up to the ground. As for the rest of the vehicles, they all wisely distanced themselves from the stone statues.
He didn't even know why Curt and Lizzie were able to calmly tease each other in the face of this monster, but thanks to their composure, Beate was barely able to calm down a little. He silently glanced at the huge stone statue that was moving slowly not far away, and it was still stepping forward in ignorance.
On top of the massive body surrounded by earth and stone, there were four metallic structures—huge and sturdy. The colossus mimics the structure of a human form, but the appearance carved out of the rock has a unique style, as if it has the mysterious power to change the atmosphere of its surroundings.
What overflows is a sense of coercion - not just a matter of size and weight, as an "artificial object", it can be said that it is the result of the hard work and efforts of a large number of mages to create this colossus, so that there is a certain distinctive quality that is wrapped around it.
And now, their purpose is to turn this painstaking effort into ashes.
"Are you ready?"
Using the auxiliary scope mounted on the heavy mechanic's gun, he looked at the golem that was about to reach the predetermined position: "I guess there is still about half a quarter of time, and my brothers have already installed what they need for the first step in the predetermined position. All it takes is for us to signal and the gift will be detonated. ”
He gazed at the magnificence of the massive rock golem and the exposed structure of rock and clay, and of course - there was nothing else there, the only thing that could attract his attention was the cragfield as a predetermined location. Not long ago, the team members who used their mobility to rush to the front had already placed Liqi's processing.
Everything is ready - (To be continued!)
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