Chapter 409 [What's the Thing!]

The direction from which the scream came from was pitch black, Lan Lan's movements were not slow, and when she rushed over a few steps, she suddenly saw a figure around her and swept over!

"Tacitus?"

Lan Lan shouted, and in the darkness, Tacitus's majestic voice came: "Go back!!Command everyone not to panic!!Maintain order!!The Knights form a defensive line!!"

Lan Lan, who was still anxiously preparing to rush over, immediately stopped when she heard this!

She knew very well that in the current team, Tacitus was the leader, but apart from him, she was the highest status!

There was a sudden emergency at night, so chaotic, if there was no one with weight in the camp, if something big happened, I was afraid that it would really be uncontrollable!

Lan Lan immediately turned and rushed back to the camp, and in the midst of the chaos, she heard her slightly shrill voice shouting orders.

"Don't panic everyone!!The crew lined up and moved closer to the campfire!! the Knights formed a temporary defensive line, formed a circle !! the magician!!Prepare the magic scroll!! pick up your weapons, raise your shields!!Don't crowd!!Don't panic!!It's just a beast attack!!!

Although Lan Lan's voice is shrill and thin, but in the dark, this saint with a high status is in charge, and since the Roland Continent went to sea, all the way to the sea, and after landing, Lan Lan's calmness and rationality have accumulated a lot of prestige little by little, plus the dragons are leaderless in the night, and Lan Lan suddenly shouted an order, and suddenly many people felt that they had the backbone.

Soon the order in the camp was accused.

Although those crew sailors are still a little confused, I have to say that the church personnel who were selected to go to sea this time are all elite people who have been selected by thousands of people, especially those members of the Holy Knights. Almost half of the current elite of the Holy Knights of the Temple of Light, once these people act, they will be quick and decisive.

Soon, a circular array was organized, and the knights raised their shields, took up their swords, and took the initiative to keep the sailors behind them - a move that more or less increased everyone's sense of security.

Lan Lan stood beside the Knights with a sword in her hand, her face indifferent to hide the tension in her heart - of course she knew that this could not be a sneak attack by some beast.

Not to mention that these people have been gone for two days. I haven't even found a mouse, where did the beasts come from--only the people who keep vigil are all powerful church personnel, how can ordinary beasts hurt them?!

staring nervously in the direction where the screams were emanating......

Finally, a few whistles sounded in the darkness. This is a signal for communication dedicated to the Holy Knights. Two long and one short whistles represent "temporary security".

This voice suddenly made the expressions of the members of the Knights who were like a great enemy relax a little.

Soon, in the distance, an Tacitus attaché ran back. This is one of the deputies of the knights brought by Tacitus this time, the strength of a middle-level samurai, and his temperament is cautious and steady.

He walked over to Lan Lan's side, his eyes flashing - not much on his face.

"Lord Lanlan......" the knight said in a deep voice, "Lord Tacitus, please come over." I'll be in command for the time being. ”

Lan Lan nodded and lowered her voice: "Ahead...... What's wrong?"

The knight frowned, and then he stopped talking, and then shook his head and said, "You will know it by looking at it yourself." ”

said. The knight had already shouted to the knights in the camp: "The crew group goes back to the tent to rest! The knights are divided into three groups and take turns to be on guard!! The second group is to regenerate a bonfire!"

Lan Lan had already run towards Tacitus as fast as she could.

The night guard on duty was only more than ten meters away from the camp, and after Lan Lan ran over. And he saw Tacitus and the three holy knights standing in a circle under a large half-withered tree.

"Lord Tacitus...... What's going on?"

In the darkness, with the torch in her hand, Lan Lan could see Tacitus's face clearly—his expression was ugly!

"You...... See for yourself. Lan Lan noticed that when Tacitus said this, the fingers holding the long sword were a little white, obviously extremely angry in his heart.

Lan Lan walked up to them and saw an amazing scene.

Under the big tree, not far from the root of the tree, a hole appeared in the ground, as if it was a sinkhole - but Lan Lan knew that when she chose the camp before nightfall, she herself had followed these night guards to explore the surrounding conditions, and next to this tree, there was no such sinkhole as zài at all!

The pit does not look like it was dug with a tool, it is oval and bottomless...... Deep in the red earth, fine sand is still flowing slowly, and the bottom of the sinkhole is being refilled little by little.

And at the edge of this pit, there were still some traces of blood left on the ground—crimson bloodstains, similar to the color of laterite, and if you don't look closely in the night, I'm afraid you really can't see clearly.

Lan Lan looked at Tacitus and the three companions beside him, and her face immediately became gloomy!

"What about Emre?"

Tacitus gritted his teeth and pointed to the pit.

Lan Lan's body was shocked!

"It should be...... Sneak attacked by something, and then ...... It's dragged on!"

Tacitus's voice seemed to drop ice slag, he took a breath, and said in a deep voice: "There is no trace of drag on the ground around him, and even if Emre is dead, the body has not been found...... Then there is only one possibility, something has attacked him, and it has come from under the surface, and then dragged him underground. ”

Lan Lan raised her eyebrows: "Then what are you waiting for! Hurry up and dig him out!!"

As she spoke, she raised the sword in her hand and plunged it into the pit.

"Wait!"

Tacitus grabbed Lan Lan's arm, and his fingers were like iron hooks, grabbing Lan Lan's arm in severe pain, and his face turned white.

The Holy Knight Captain shook his head: "It's useless...... His breath was no longer felt. ”

As he spoke, he looked at one of his companions and said in a low voice, "Coren's mental induction is very strong, he just ...... There are some discoveries. ”

"Discovery?"

Beside Tacitus, one was a little emaciated. The long-haired knight nodded and said to Lan Lan, "Yes, Lord Lan Lan." I just sensed that there is indeed something in this underground...... The volume should not be small, and ...... It's moving pretty fast underground!"

"You mean...... Some kind of magical beast?" Lan Lan immediately said quickly: "Similar to the kind of Evil Face Spider Queen?"

The Evil Face Spider Queen is a high-level magical beast that grows in the frozen forests in the north of the Roland Continent, not to mention its strength, but more importantly, it has the ability to shuttle underground at will. It is one of the most troublesome and dangerous monsters in the frozen forest.

Lan Lan, who had been cultivating in the frozen forest for many years, was naturally very familiar with this terrifying demonic beast. Thinking that maybe the unknown BeingZài could sneak out of the ground and sneak attack people, Lan Lan's first thought was something like "Evil Face Spider Queen".

Moreover, the missing Emre is very strong, if it is an ordinary demonic beast, he will never have the ability to kill him.

But this Coren had a strange face, and he hesitated: "It should be...... It's not the Evil Spider Queen. ”

The knight pondered for a moment and said in a low voice, "Although I have never been to the Frozen Forest, I have seen that kind of thing in the Warcraft Farm of the Academy of Magic. Although the Evil Spider Queen has the ability to travel underground, it ...... It wasn't moving as fast as the one I had just sensed, ...... So fast!"

Fast?!

Lan Lan took a breath!

The Evil Spider Queen is not slow to travel underground! If you want to make a comparison, this kind of thing. The speed of moving through the underground can reach the speed of a normal person's running!

This Coren said, it's actually faster than the Evil Spider Queen?

Isn't that ......

"Some kind of earth-based demonic beast. Tacitus said slowly, "When we arrived here, Emre was gone. Coren sensed something moving underground, very fast, barely before we could react. This thing has moved beyond the range of Cologne's senses...... We also chased a few more steps...... After chasing about fifty meters, the thing was so fast that we lost track of it. And Emre ......"

Hearing this, Lan Lan stopped talking.

Obviously, if Emre had been dragged down the ground by that "thing", he would have been unable to dig into the pit under his feet at the speed at which that thing was moving.

Seeing that several people were a little silent, Tacitus suddenly waved his arm vigorously, and he shouted in a deep voice, full of anger: "Okay! All cheer up!! we knew from before we set off that this trip was very dangerous! We have come to a world that we Roland people have never known! We should have been mentally prepared for all kinds of dangers and challenges here! Now this kind of thing has happened, and it has not exceeded our expectations! Everyone! Cheer up your spirits! Believers in the goddess should be fearless!!"

This leader with a strong personality worked hard to boost the morale of his companions with his words, and with the usual prestige of Tacitus, the faces of the holy knights soon became resolute.

After all, being selected to do this dangerous "expedition", everyone was ready to sacrifice when they came out!

......

When Tacitus and Lan Lan returned to the camp, Tacitus expressed satisfaction with the order of the camp.

Then he began to give orders to gather the members of the church together for counseling.

Tacitus announced that the Holy Knight named Emre had been attacked and plundered, which caused some uproar, but soon everyone regained their composure after an accident under Tacitus' strong hand.

I have to say that the characters sent by the church this time are indeed elite, not to mention that everyone has been floating at sea for nearly half a year, experienced countless storms and dangers, and they are already very strong.

"Don't sleep tonight, everyone is ready to fight at any time. Everyone should gather together as much as possible, and even if it is convenient, at least three people should go together. Tacitus quickly made arrangements: "I guess that thing only attacked at night...... Maybe it's only at night. It's not too long until dawn, so we'll wait until after dawn......"

Speaking of this, Tacitus paused slightly and made a decision:

“...... After dawn, we went back! back to where we landed, and got on the boat!"

After a pause, Tacitus said sternly, "I'm not afraid. Nor is it cowardice. It's just that all of us are here, and we have an important mission and mission, and we don't need to fight that thing, so I decided to go back to the ship and ...... Walk around this area by land and sea. We are not afraid of death, but there is no need to risk our lives needlessly. ”

At the end, Tacitus took a deep breath and whispered, "Long live the goddess!"

"Long live the goddess!" all the church members shouted in response.

Luckily, it wasn't until dawn. But there was no more night raids.

The tension of the middle of the night, when the sun rose, the expressions of the holy knights relaxed a little.

However, to the sailors and sailors, the people of the church had reservations about the truth, and they simply informed everyone that there was a knight on duty who had been killed by a wild beast during the night.

For the rest, I won't explain a word more.

The news barely fooled most of the sailors and crews - although some of the clever ones noticed that there were too many loopholes in this statement, such as the fact that they had not found any creatures along the way. Another example is what powerful beast can kill a Holy Knight of great strength......

But the wise don't ask too much - the people of the church who put it on the table don't intend to explain the truth in detail.

And...... Now that the order has been given to turn around and return to the ship, this is what many people can't ask for - compared to this strange and strange land, for the crew and sailors. It is still safer to be familiar with the sea and the boat.

......

During the day, I walked back for a whole day, and even passed the river we had passed the day before.

Fortunately, the road seemed to be peaceful, and there were no more accidents.

A day's worth of hurrying. It made many people who were worried temporarily let go of their worries.

On the way, Tacitus even ordered everyone to stay by the river for a while, and replenish some fresh water again.

It's late afternoon. Tacitus called Lan Lan from the team to his side.

Lan Lan came to Tacitus and saw Tacitus and several holy knights around him, and the one with the ability to telepathize was also there.

Lan Lan immediately sensed something from the expressions of several people.

"Is there a situation?"

"Hmm!" Tacitus whispered to Blue Blue, "Koren senses it...... That thing, which had been close to our team, had just a moment, and in a moment, a large object in the ground had swam up to about twenty meters behind our group, and then quickly ran away from us. And then...... This process was repeated three more times, once in the back, twice in the side. ”

Lan Lan's face was a little solemn: "It's ...... It's in ......"

"If I'm not mistaken, it's probably tracking us...... And...... Don't you think this posture is like the habits of a wild beast that is hunting? ”

Lan Lan was silent.

"I don't care what it is, since it's chasing after it, if it dares to come forward, I'll kill it and avenge Emre!"

That night, Tacitus chose a highland camp to make.

It is the top of a large piece of dried red rock, which has a slope to the ground, with a direct drop of more than 10 meters from the ground at the highest point. There is a large flat area at the top of the rock, and it is enough to camp.

It's just that many people don't understand the choice of such a high ground and windy place to camp, but under the authority of Tacitus, those crew sailors still obediently carried it out.

This night, the Holy Knights once again stayed up all night.

In particular, Cologne, who had followed Tacitus and walked around the camp many times in the name of patrolling the vigil, always aware of the movements coming from underground.

On this night, there was indeed some movement.

Coren reported that he sensed movement underground, and at nightfall, the thing approached once, but before it got too close, it quickly left. Then, throughout the night, it approached three more times, especially in the second half of the night, about early in the morning, and every hour or so, it appeared, no more, no less, just as close as it was ten meters below the rock, stopped, and then wandered away.

After dawn, the Holy Knight Chief, who had not rested for two nights, looked worriedly at the direction of the rising sun with bloodshot eyes.

"That thing...... Looks like they won't attack us during the day...... Perhaps, it is afraid of the sun? Of course, this is just my guess, and it is not necessarily accurate. Tacitus waved his hand: "We...... Maybe it can only walk through the dirt, but not through the rocks, so it should be the right choice for us to camp on the rocks last night. ”

With that, Tacitus gave another order: "The journey during the day is still the same as yesterday!The men of the Knights are divided into three groups, keep their guard around!Hold your sword, keep your eyes open!!"

Lan Lan glanced at Tacitus, and she seemed to see through something in Tacitus's eyes.

After the team was on the road, Lan Lan quietly walked to Tacitus's side and whispered, "My lord...... Did you notice something?"

Tacitus gave Lan Lan a deep look and made a low gesture.

"I don't want to panic, but I have a feeling - maybe it's just a feeling...... That thing should have a lot of wisdom!"

"Oh?"

"It followed us all the way, approached a few times during the day, and then left, clearly spying on us. And then ...... in the evening It approached again, but did not attack...... I have a guess that maybe this underground thing is intelligent, it knows that we can detect its approach, it knows that we are on guard, so it ......"

"So?"

"So, I think it approached a few times last night and didn't attack, but it was actually deliberate. Tacitus gritted his teeth and whispered, "It chooses to approach several times at night, especially in the second half of the night, and this harassing method is to prevent us 'prey' from rest......ing properly! Don't you think that many wild beasts do this when they hunt?"

Lan Lan didn't speak, and Tacitus looked in the direction of the sea in the distance:

"It's going to happen soon, maybe tonight, maybe ...... However, we are not far from the sea! Now we are in a race against it, and before our energy is dragged down, we just need to rush back to the beach and get back to the boat, and we should be safe! I don't think any monster can master the ability to walk freely in the land and the sea at the same time. ”

After a pause, Tacitus added, "Thanks to the Goddess, we are at least not too far into this land, if we come across this thing in a few days...... At that time, even if we wanted to escape back to the beach, we were afraid that we would be completely overwhelmed by it along the way!"

Lan Lan's eyes narrowed: "That thing...... Do you think it's powerful and terrifying?"

The corners of Tacitus' eyes jumped: "Coren said...... He felt that thing was big, very big!"

"How big?"

If Coren didn't feel wrong, he thought ...... That thing is the size of a Sea Soul-class sea ship!"

“..................”

(To be continued......)