Chapter 410 [Angry Tacitus]

Even the most unresponsive crew members felt the solemnity of the ranks, and the hint of danger.

So, even though Tacitus ordered them to hurry up, not a single one objected.

Everyone wanted to get back to the beach as soon as possible and get back to the boat.

Finally, in the afternoon, the coastline is in view.

This is very encouraging for everyone.

There was already a hint of salty sea breeze in the air, and even the sound of the waves came to people's ears as if nothing was there.

Tacitus was also in good spirits! He knew very well that if he could not get back to sea before dark, then he would ...... If you can't find that kind of rocky camp near the sea, the night will be very dangerous!

The knight named Coren did not sense the trace of the monster underground, but Tacitus did not dare to relax for a moment - it must be said that the knight of the Holy Order was a truly brave leader. He took the initiative to take on the responsibility of the broken team, and he stayed at the end of the team during the whole process.

If that monster attacks, then the end of the team will obviously be the primary target.

Lan Lan has a heartfelt respect for Tacitus, but this respect also makes the saint feel a little more thoughtful in her heart: if all the high-ranking members of the church were as brave and selfless as Tacitus...... Then, the Temple of Light won't fall to the point it is now, right?

And...... As a very rare and outstanding high-ranking figure in the Church, a backbone like Tacitus led a group of elites in the Church to venture into this new world - if anything dangerous happened here, then the real elite of the Temple of Light would suffer heavy losses!

For His Majesty Pope Heynckes, who is determined to restore the glory of the Church. If you lose so many excellent subordinates at once, then the task of revitalizing the church will be even more difficult!

Of course, Lan Lan knew that if he expected to put the task of reviving the Church in the hands of the moth-like high-ranking people in the temple, the bishops and adults who looked dignified on the outside, but actually lived a corrupt life...... Those nobles who even change their clothes have to be served by beautiful goddess servants closely, but they are afraid that the future of the church will really have no bright future.

Mr. Heynckes...... It's a risk!

In case you lose the bet......

Just as Lan Lan was spinning these thoughts in her heart, there was a commotion at the front of the team!!

......

"Boats. What about the ship?!!!"

"Damn, did those guys run away?!"

"Bastard!!"

Hearing the commotion, Lan Lan rushed to the front of the group almost at the same time as Tacitus.

Then, something happened that made everyone desperate!!

This beach, on the beach where they landed in the first place, the surrounding terrain, the references are not wrong, and the location is not wrong!

But...... The people who guarded the landing craft before heading inland are gone!!

Even after the original push ashore. The landing craft that were set up on the beach are also gone!!

Of course, this statement is not accurate......

......

The situation in front of everyone's eyes is that this beach. It still looked lifeless, with no birds, no seagulls......

The landing site in front of you, not far away. A few pieces of crumbled wood were stumbled and scattered a little further away from the beach.

You don't even have to look closely at it to see at a glance the broken planks. It's exactly the landing craft that everyone used before - debris!

The original landing craft were only a few slightly larger fragments, which were inserted in the sand. And the rest is probably washed away by the waves.

As for the crew members who stayed on the beach to guard the landing craft, they were all gone.

The fact in front of us almost completely shattered all the confidence of this adventure team!

Everyone knew very well that without the landing craft, it would be extremely difficult for them to return to the sea, back on board!

What's more...... Looking at the few pieces of debris that remained on the beach, it was clear that ...... By no means a normal situation.

What the hell is going on that can tear a couple of solid landing craft directly to shreds ?!

The sailors were in an uproar, shouting, whining, and swearing. And Tacitus had already rushed towards the fragments with a few people, including Lan Lan.

After a careful examination, Tacitus looked up: "It seems to be ...... What a heavy blow was suffered, and it was directly shattered. ”

"There is no sign of a sword slash, my lord...... There were no signs of wild beast scratches and bites. One of the knights smiled bitterly and said, "It's like ...... Something smashed, maybe a sledgehammer?"

"Hell, there's anyone around here? We haven't seen a ghost along the way. ”

Tacitus took a deep breath and shouted, "Shut up!!"

He glanced at Lan Lan, who immediately understood and said quickly: "Our sea ship is anchored behind that cliff in the northwest direction, in a leeward place, about less than a kilometer away from us...... But my lord, there are cliffs on three sides, and it is impossible to get on the boat directly from there, so we chose to anchor the sea boat there because it is the most leeward place and the water is deep enough. Now ......"

"Maybe we can walk there and put the rope down and let everyone climb down and get on the boat...... It's going to be a little more difficult, though. ”

"yes, there's only a few small shrubs around this damn beach, and there's no tree to make a raft of, otherwise ......"

"It's not too far to walk a kilometre, but it probably takes more time to climb that cliff. ”

"Hell, shouldn't we find out what happened first? First Emre was dragged away by the monsters underground, and now the guards who stayed on the beach were also attacked and disappeared, so why didn't we just run away?"

"Okay! We only have a few dozen people! Here we don't have the capital to fight hard with the enemy, we still have a mission...... No one is a coward here! But we can't die in vain!"

Seeing that his knights began to quarrel - this was not a good sign, Tacitus exclaimed: "Enough! Shut up!

He glanced at Lan Lan and said quickly, "Lan Lan, if we want to build a raft......

"There wasn't enough time. Lan Lan immediately shook her head: "Those are the biggest trees we saw on the road." It's a bit far from here, and if you want to build a raft, you have to go back, and ...... Cutting down the trees and transporting them to the beach, combined with the time it takes to make the rafts, is never possible to complete before dark. You know, there are dozens of us, and one raft is not enough!"

"So...... We went to the cliff and climbed down the cliff ......"

A knight couldn't help but say.

Lan Lan glanced at him and shook her head: "Everyone." You and I might be able to do that. But let's not forget that we also have dozens of sailors and crew members in our ranks. They are just ordinary people, and they probably don't have the ability to climb over such a cliff. Besides......"

She glanced at Tacitus.

Tacitus understood and understood what Lan Lan meant.

For the people of the church, they don't care if the crew lives or dies...... In fact, after a riot at sea, the relationship between the members of the church and the crew has been delicate.

However, it was never possible for Tacitus and the others to lose those crew members.

After all. What if they, the adventuring party, threw all the crew away and ran back...... Then there is no doubt that the sailors who remain on the ship will riot immediately!!

This is equivalent to tearing up the face directly with the crew!!

If it's in the Roland Empire, there's such a thing as tearing your face. People don't care in the church.

But this is overseas!

Relying on the people of the church, they don't know how to operate a boat or sail, and they don't have the ability to sail that ship back to Roland.

Tacitus finally made a decision.

He named several people, all of whom were powerful knights under his command.

"Go to the cliff at once. Then find a way to climb down from the top and get on the boat, notify the people on board, and immediately lift the anchor. Skirt the cliffs and drive to the sea in front of this beach, then ...... There are also landing craft on board, and you use the landing craft to pick us up from shore - this is the most feasible option at the moment. ”

The knights whose names he named accepted the order without hesitation.

Returning to the ranks, the crew and sailors were comforted a little when the three knights broke away from the group and sped away in the direction of the northwest cliffs, and Tacitus announced that he had sent to inform the ships to pick up his men.

Tacitus then ordered the team to be on guard, and he personally led ten knights, including Cologne, to be on guard.

More than half an hour passed quickly.

The man sent had already disappeared into the cliff terrain in the distance. Tacitus counted the time, and if it had gone by the way, perhaps the men would have climbed off the cliff by now.

The ranks sat in a scattered manner on the beach - mainly the crew, who had been running for a day, and could not have been as disciplined here as the knights of the Church.

In fact, the looseness of the seafarers and sailors, Tacitus and others had long been accustomed to it.

Fortunately, it was daylight, so I wasn't too worried about the underground monster coming to attack, and it seemed that Koren didn't find anything.

Time passed so slowly, Tacitus frequently looked in the direction of the sea, but the expected sail shadow never appeared.

This made Tacitus feel a little anxious.

Suddenly, Tacitus's eyes changed!!

In the northwest direction, in the area of the cliff in the distance, a figure suddenly appeared on the horizon!

This figure is running along the beach and is running towards here!

Tacitus' gaze shrank suddenly, and he jumped to his feet and took out his monoculars to look.

I saw a man on the beach, with his hair scattered, although he ran fast, but his pace staggered. The man was clearly dressed in the armor of the Holy Knight of the Church of Light......

Tacitus's face changed!

This is clearly one of the three people he just sent out!

And from the binoculars, the holy knight had obvious blood stains on his body! He still had a sword in his hand, but the sword was so mutilated that only a small blade remained!

The man was running frantically towards the place while he was still making a move...... He grabbed a whistle in his left hand and stuffed it in his mouth, blowing it hard!

But because of the distance, and the sea breeze, Tacitus, who was standing there, did not hear the whistle, and the knight ran as hard as he could......

Tacitus cursed fiercely in his heart, and then raised his throat and roared, "Get up!!!!!!"

I broke off with a drink. The team was in chaos!

The sailors and crews who sat everywhere jumped to their feet, some looking for their weapons, others shouting in panic and looking around.

Tacitus didn't have time to pay attention to these people, he shouted a few words quickly, and immediately more than a dozen knights gathered around him.

"Keep up!!"

......

As the knight ran closer and closer, he came into everyone's line of sight......

Everyone, including the sailors and crew, will be able to see this knight who has run back!

But at this time, something even more frightening happened!!

......

The knight ran on the flat sand. While running, he desperately waved the broken sword in his hand, and at the same time, the rapid whistle could be heard intermittently......

And at this very moment, behind this knight...... on the beach he ran on......

The ground of the originally flat beach suddenly seemed to come to life! A huge bulge quickly rose on the beach! It was as if a small hillside had risen in an instant!

Immediately, this "bulge" quickly rolled forward!

It's as if there's something under the ground that's moving fast!!...... Scroll!

Everyone shouted in horror!

Tacitus, who was running towards there, naturally saw it, his face was shocked, but he didn't pause at his feet, the holy knight just quickly drew his long sword, roared angrily, and instead accelerated his speed and rushed towards the knight.

But. He still can't catch up!

The rolling mountain bag was originally still dozens of meters behind the knight, but in the blink of an eye, it "rolled" behind him!!

There was a loud bang! Grains of sand are flying everywhere!

Everyone saw it very clearly, only in the explosion of the mountain bag, in the scattered sand everywhere......

A huge tentacle has been thrown out!!

In the sunlight, the tentacles looked swarthy. With a hint of metallic luster!

What's even more terrifying is that the size and volume of the tentacles look thicker than a cow!

And the top of it. It is in a slender state!

Especially when this tentacle flew out of the ground, the tip of the tip raised a sharp thing in an instant!

Look...... It's like there's a long needle tip!!

Before Tacitus could shout, the tentacle had already been flicked, and then the needle had pierced the knight's back from behind!

A terrible scream!

The knight was pierced through his chest like a spear, and the sharp needle pierced his back of the heart to the front of his chest, and then with a flick of his tentacle, he directly picked him up!!

The tentacle protruded from the height of the ground, and it was about seven or eight meters! This poor knight was directly picked into the air, his body swayed wildly with the tentacles, the blood on his body sprayed, and there was blood everywhere in his mouth and nose.

His screams quickly became shorter......

Then, in the next moment, I saw the tentacle "boom" and retract back into the ground at lightning speed!

At this time, Tacitus finally caught up!

For example, the knight was still about fifty meters, but the Holy Knight Commander had already roared, and his whole body instantly burst out with a silver dazzling fighting light, and the long sword in his hand had turned into a bolt of lightning, which came out of his hand and shot fiercely at the tentacle!

How powerful it is for a high-ranking samurai to strike with all his might in a state of rage. I saw that the long sword that shot out of his hand, with a whistling silver fighting light, instantly fell on the top of the tentacle!

Rub it off!

The top of the tentacle, the sharp needle that held the knight, was directly cut off!!

The knight finally fell heavily to the ground, and the tentacle, with a snort, shrank into the ground, and then saw that the ground had risen a few times, and then it was calm!

Tacitus had already rushed to the Holy Knight's side, grabbed the knight, and threw it behind him without looking back!

Behind Tacitus. Several of his subordinates who came together caught the man, and Tacitus was already shouting fiercely, "Don't come here!!"

The leader of the Knights of the Church, with a fierce murderous aura on his face and a shining aura all over his body, stood there, squinting his eyes, carefully observing the movement on the ground.

He had already grabbed his own sword on the ground, and then with a loud roar, he suddenly separated his feet and plunged his sword into the ground!

Bang. He saw the blade of the sword piercing into the earth, and a silver light like lightning instantly flowed through the sword body from his body, and sank into the earth!

Immediately, centered on the place where Tacitus was standing, within a radius of about 20 meters, the entire beach suddenly burst open!!

Countless shattered sand and stones flew around, shattered by the fighting spirit!

At that moment, there seemed to be countless silver lights flashing on the ground. Burst......

The power of Tacitus's blow suddenly caused the people in the team standing in the distance to let out a burst of exclamation!

This knight of the church made a move, and it was really extraordinary!!

......

Tacitus stood there, his chest heaving violently. Just now, he made a move with hatred, and the bombardment of this sword used ten percent of his strength! Even if there was a strong city gate in front of him, it could be directly blasted open!

But what made Tacitus's heart sink was the bursting ground. No trace of that monster was found!

Other words...... His own sword bombardment didn't do any damage to the monster......

Yourself, it's empty!

Tacitus stood guard for a moment. But the monster didn't come back......

It seems to have receded?

Carefully drawing his sword, Tacitus walked back quickly.

Look at the wounded knight, who was being held flat on the ground by several subordinates.

The knight had not yet died, and his mouth was spitting blood. There was also that sharp needle-like thing that pierced his body - the knights did not help him pull out the thing, they were very experienced, and this companion seemed to be unable to do it, and at this time, once he pulled out the thing from his body, he was afraid that he would immediately lose his breath.

"Pastor !!!!!"

Tacitus roared angrily, and in the distance, Lan Lan had already run over with a magician.

An aura of healing at all costs fell on the Holy Knight, who seemed to be breathing a little more calmly - it was clear to everyone present that it was just a return to light. Such a fatal injury is by no means a life-saving treatment technique.

The people around them all dispersed consciously, and Tacitus and Lan Lan stood beside the seriously injured knight and squatted down at the same time.

Lan Lan stretched out her hand, grabbed the knight's right hand tightly, and gently recited a few words of the canon scriptures of the Temple of Light in her mouth, and she used her other hand to slowly and gently caress the knight's forehead.

The knight's body trembled slightly, his eyes widened, and his breath choked slightly.

"Rowan, sue me, what's going on. Tacitus' face was calm.

"It's over, it's over, it's over......" The knight named Rowan said in a staccato voice, trembling, "I, we, our ship...... It's over, it's ......."

When he heard the phrase "the ship is finished", Tacitus Lanlan and all the knights changed their expressions drastically!

"It, it, that monster, it, it...... As soon as we climbed the cliff, we saw it, it, it was entrenched in our boat, it ...... Big, very, very big! It's like an octopus, us. Our ships of the sea, just, were wrapped in it, wrapped in its body, wrapped in it...... Already, already, broken, broken into several, broken into several sections......"

Tacitus's face darkened!

This knight named Rowan suddenly burst into tears in his eyes.

He turned his head slightly to the side, looking at Lan Lan, at the holy woman who was holding his hand.

"Blue, Lord Blue...... I, we failed, didn't we? I, our mission...... Failed, didn't we? I, we didn't have a ship, we ...... Can't go back, can you?"

Lan Lan sighed in her heart, she stared at the knight's eyes, grabbed his hand hard, and then tried to use the gentlest voice as much as possible, and said softly: "No, Rowan, we didn't fail...... You're doing a great job, you're brave...... You are a true knight, a true warrior, you have contributed your part to the Church, believe me, the Goddess is watching you in heaven, she is waiting for you, you will throw yourself into the arms of the Goddess, you will have eternal happiness...... You ......"

Luo Wen's body suddenly trembled violently, and the blood in his mouth kept coming out, but with Lan Lan's words, there seemed to be a strange light in the knight's eyes......

Immediately, this glimmer of light finally dimmed, and then disappeared completely......

A tear also flowed from Lan Lan's eyes.

She slowly let go of the knight's hand, and gently closed his eyelids.

"Perhaps...... We...... We shouldn't have been here at all, we shouldn't have come to this place. Lan Lan whispered to herself.

"Bastard!!"

Tacitus roared suddenly, and he stared at the cliffs with eyes that almost breathed fire.

"I ...... I'm going to kill it!!I'm going to cut it into slices!!" (To be continued......)