Chapter 35: Disappearances
The armor was quickly plated and turned from green to blue.
Andy felt like he was in new clothes.
He had already agreed with Kurisu that when his pistol was upgraded by Isaac, he would send Kurisu back first, and then Andy would go to Dog City in the northeast.
Today, Andy sits in the cliff house that Azqi lent them to live in and has nothing to do, the only pleasure is to tease the dog with a piece of meat, the devil is tempted by the meat and drools, but he can't eat it in his mouth, and after a long time, he suddenly begins to have a crazy attack and grins his teeth.... After being trained, I finally ate meat.
Kurisu sat on a stone bed and sharpened his throwing knife with a small whetstone.
"It's boring."
Andy picked up a small rock and threw it down in his hand.
Kuresu put away his knife and glanced back at him.
"I've been asking for a long time, how the hell do you get things out of your hands? You don't even have a backpack. ”
Andy lay there and started babbling gibberish.
"Actually, there is magic in this world.... I'm just a magician.... My name is Inspector Magic. ”
Kurisu shook his head disdainfully.
"It's because of the machine, right? You're holding that machine every day and looking at it.... But I've never seen such an amazing machine. ”
Andy was drowsy with Jiro's legs crossed.
"That means you really should go out and see more.... There really isn't much fun in Blackfoot Village....."
Suddenly a person ran outside the house, it was an acute angle.
"Andy, there's something for you."
Andy sat up and looked at the sharp angle.
"What's the matter? I've said I don't have time to catch moles for you, and I'll have to do something urgent when Isaac is done. ”
Sharp angles wave their hands repeatedly.
"It's not that.... Yesterday, another clansman came back to the village, originally six people came back together, but people began to disappear on the road for some reason, and in the end there were only three people left... The village is really understaffed, and everyone is busy reinforcing the defenses, and Azqi says that if you have time, you can go and investigate, and we can send some good things in return. ”
Andy scratched his head and said I'll just stay with you one more day before this kind of thing happens.
"What do you guys have to do about this?"
Sharp Horn looked a little anxious, but held back.
"In the past.... It seems that this kind of thing has happened too, and the old man said that it was the sand devil who did it, but.... Alas, the only thing that comes to mind anyway is the legend. The old man said that they hid in the sand, and once they found someone passing by, they would follow them for a long distance, and when they found someone alone, they would drag that person into the sand and eat them... But I've never heard anyone confirm this, it's just a strange story. ”
Andy snorted, in fact, this kind of thing is very common in the wasteland, there are too many possibilities....
Very reluctantly stood up.
"Sand Devil? ..... It's nothing, right? ”
He picked up the demon, greeted Kurisu and left the cliff house.
Sharp Angle led the way, and several people quickly walked down the cliff to the canyon below the village, where there were still some terrible traces, but the corpses that could be cleaned had been cleaned up by the encrypted people. According to Azqi, if left unattended or simply disposed of, the corpse can become a lure to attract the terrifying creatures around it, potentially harming other members of the Crypto Village who are trying to drive back to the village.
The group continued to walk out for about half an hour, and soon came to an inconspicuous place.
"Here it is."
Sharp Angle turned back and beckoned to Andy.
"That's where they rested for a while, after all, it's been a long way. Who would have thought that the next morning when they came together, there were only three of the six people left. ”
Andy walked over to find the remains of a small camp, several of which seemed to have been rudely vandalized by something.
Looking at the broken tents with a frown, it looked like this was not the usual unfolding.
"Why don't the survivors tell us the details?"
Sharp Angle showed an embarrassed expression.
"A few of them said they were frightened, and they didn't want to come back here, thinking that the sand devil was still here."
Andy looked at it for a while, feeling clueless, the only thing he could confirm was that something came to the camp quietly after everyone fell asleep and then violently took away the three people, during which there was almost no superfluous movement, and even the other three people only found out about this situation the next morning.
"What do you think?"
The other party was checking the tents and the surrounding traces at the moment.
"Predators in the desert are good at stalking and sneaking up, which is what they rely on to survive. But even if it's all this routine, the action will be different, and the damage to these tents can be seen that there should be a small number of people attacking in the middle of the night, probably only two or three large creatures..."
Kuresu stood up.
"Who knows what this stuff is doing but that? I think you should trust your dog. A dog's nose is much more sensitive than a human. ”
Andy agreed, and walked over to the demon's side.
It's digging the ground at the moment, and it's not clear what it's doing.
"Can you find anything?"
Andy saw the big dog just there and sniffed for a while.
After a while, it let out a few low growls and ran wildly with Andy, who was holding the leash.
"Damn, you mad dog."
Andy was almost dragged over, barely following the guy into the distance.
Sharp Angle and Kurisu followed one step behind, and the three of them and a dog ran into the distance, and did not stop until they came to the side of a boulder, which had been running for about ten minutes.
It's no fun to run around in a place like this under the scorching sun, especially now that you're out of the range of Mesa Verde, and the surrounding grasslands are gradually moving closer to the desert.
"What the hell is this?"
Andy let go of the demon and it ran to the back of the boulder.
As he walked over, he saw a terrible scene.
It was supposed to be a hole dug by some kind of creature, about three meters wide and two meters high, and it was pitch black inside. But that's not the point, the point is that there are blood stains at the entrance of the cave, something that has been clamped down on the villagers to be "processed" for convenience before entering the cave.
A severed limb was not far away, the incision was neat, and there were some bits and pieces next to it.
The demon stood at the entrance of the cave and roared inside, the culprit was supposed to be still hiding from the scorching sun outside, and the predators would rather go out at night to find an opportunity than in the hot day.
Andy pulls out the python and the rhinoceros.
"Don't talk about more, you have to go down and walk like this, look at this hole, it's not a small thing."
Acute Angle muttered a little.
"I don't know there's such a thing near the crypto village yet, why don't you find a few more people?"
Andy shook his head and walked in first.
"With the few people in your village, and the kind of people they are afraid of, who can you find?"
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