Chapter 22: Ghost Fire 1
The rumbling sound of the water slowly grew louder and louder from far to near.
A large amount of water vapor entered the car window, and a few pink petals were brought in, and a strange fragrance suddenly filled the cabin.
Sophia hurriedly closed the windows with a layer of tulle to prevent the moisture from wetting the clothes on their bodies.
"What does this smell like?" Holding up a petal in his palm, Gehr leaned in and sniffed the fragrance a few times, thinking that this smell was very special, and he had never smelled it before.
"This is Franconia, brother. Sophia whispered.
"Franconian flowers?" there was no record of it in Gehr's memory, which confused him a little. Gehr grew up in Colbenson, but he never knew that there was such a flower.
"Well, it is said in the poetry book that this is the most beautiful flower in the north, which grows only on the rock face by the Araso Bridge, and only blooms at the end of May and early June, and then withers quickly. We were just in time for the Franconian flowers to bloom, and look, brother, those are the Franconian trees, and the flowers are coming down from there. Sophia said, pointing to the cliff outside the tulle.
I see.
Gehr hadn't left the territory much before, and it just so didn't happen that he had passed the Arasuo Bridge during this time, and he wasn't as interested in poetry books as Sophia, so it was normal for him to not know what to say.
This peculiar plant has aroused Gehr's interest, and he plans to collect some samples to study when he has time.
Seeing only the darkness of the cliff through the tulle, Gehr opened the front window of the carriage and said to the driver, "Hull, stop." ”
The carriage stopped, and Gerra drove the door and walked down.
"Young Master, is there something wrong?"
Gredo, who was riding behind, tapped his horse's belly, and the horse quickly took a few steps forward and stopped beside Gehr.
"Nothing, I'll see. Gehr waved his hand, signaling that it was all right.
At this time, it was close to the bridge, and as soon as he got out of the carriage, the roar of the waterfall hitting the rock was suddenly magnified several times, and he basically had to rely on the roar to speak, otherwise he couldn't hear it at all in this environment.
Walking to the edge of the bridge, Gehr looked up at the trees on the cliff that stretched out from the cliff and protruded horizontally, countless pink Franconian flowers adorned the canopy, and a gust of wind blew, and the flowers fell like raindrops, forming one brocade after another in the air, most of them fell from both sides of the bridge in a whirlwind, and a few of them fell on the bridge.
"What's that?" Ger suddenly saw a monkey-like crouch on the edge of the bridge, dressed in black fur, with its arms outstretched to scoop up the falling Franconian flowers, and shoved them into their mouths as they fished them out.
Sofia, who got out of the car, looked at the animal and shook her head, saying that she didn't know, and Gredo and Anta said they didn't know either.
"Young master, I know that kind of animal. It was the coachman Hel, who saw that Gehr had turned his gaze to him without any unpleasant expression, and then continued to speak loudly: "This is the ghost fire monkey that lives in the deep valley below the Aratao Bridge. ”
"Ghost Fire Monkey?" Ger smiled interestedly, and asked Sophia to bring a handful of copper tilfen to Hel.
Hull smiled and took the silver coin and put it away carefully, and then said everything he knew like a tube: "This kind of ghost fire monkey only lives in the deep valley below, and rarely appears outside, I once passed the bridge and saw an adult ghost fire monkey, its whole body fur is fire red, and this black is a juvenile ghost fire monkey. ”
Gehr looked at the young ghost fire monkey for a while, and the young ghost fire monkey also tilted his head to look at Gehr for a while, and after a while, he felt bored, and continued to grab the petals in the air to eat.
"The ghost fire monkey likes to eat the petals of the Franconian flower the most, and there is a great chance to see them at this time, and they can't go up the rock wall where the Franconian flower is located, so they can only wait for the flowers to fall down, and the good position of the flowers at the bottom should be occupied by other adult ghost fire monkeys, and this kind of cub can only come to the bridge to pick up flowers to eat. ”
Gehr looked up and saw that the rock wall where the Franconian trees grew did look smooth. Probably because of the topography, the wind in this area swirls like a whirlpool, causing the flower rain formed by the petals to rotate and descend, creating a wonderful scenery.
"Young Master, don't ......" Seeing that Geer wanted to get close to the ghost fire monkey, Hull hurriedly stopped: "The ghost fire monkey will not take the initiative to attack people, and it will not pay attention to you if you don't provoke it, but once you provoke them, their bodies will be violently flamed, and don't look at their small bodies, their strength is greater than that of ordinary people." ”
"Well, I've said it, let's keep walking. ”
Gehr picked up a few flowers, found a bag and put it away, ready to get into the carriage to continue the journey.
Bang.
A body slammed into the side, knocking Gehr to a stagger.
"Young master, I'm sorry, I just slipped my foot. It was Gledo who hit Geerdo, and his face turned pale and hurriedly apologized to Geldau.
"It's okay, be careful next time. Gehr signaled that it was nothing, and that he would not be angry with others about it.
Got into the carriage and, with Sophia's help, wiped off Gehr's steam-soaked hair and clothes.
"Gredo, why are you distracted again, you almost crashed into the young master's carriage, fortunately I held you up, be careful next time......" Anta's rough voice came from outside, and he was able to transmit the sound into the carriage in such a loud sound of water, it seems that he is still very "attentive".
Geer didn't care about the outside, pulled open the front compartment, and ordered Hull, "Let's go." ”
The carriage began to move along the bridge, followed by two knights, and headed for the other side of the bridge.
As it passed the young ghost fire monkey, it suddenly stopped moving, its nose twitched, and after a while, it suddenly opened its mouth full of sharp teeth and let out a silent roar in the direction where the four Gehr had gone, and then galloped away at Gehr and them.
......
It takes about ten minutes for the carriage to cross the bridge.
The compartment with the windows closed was a little dim, and Gel and Sophia chatted without a word, and most of them were Sophia talking to Gel.
Suddenly hot?
When the carriage traveled to the middle of the bridge, Gehr suddenly felt that something was wrong, and a feeling of uneasiness followed, and when he checked the monitoring module, his body surface temperature had indeed risen compared to before.
"Brother Geer, I'm a little hot......" Sophia, who was sitting opposite, raised her neck, her cheeks were slightly red, and a drop of sweat visible to the naked eye slid down the beautiful neck line.
Something is wrong! The skin temperature is still rising!
Outside the window, too, the panicked cries of the horses could be heard.
Gehr jerked open the window near the bridge, stretched out, and looked over the guardrail.
"Hull, don't stop!
"Immediately build an environmental model, evolve data, and assist in behavioral decision-making!"
In Gehr's loud roar, countless flames under the bottomless bridge quickly climbed up the bridge, and the screams and crawling sounds of the ghosts even overwhelmed the sound of the water, converging on the carriages from all directions under the bridge.
The scorching air immediately became hot.
"Drive, drive, drive......"
Hull also sensed that something was wrong, and immediately waved his whip desperately to urge the carriage to accelerate forward, while Gredo and Anta also escorted the sides of the carriage to accelerate forward.
"Ghost Fire Monkey!"
The carriage suddenly jolted, and Hull's terrible screams were heard through the window into the carriage.
Through the front window of the carriage, Gel and Sophia saw a red, flaming ghostly fire monkey pounce on Hull's body, holding Hull's head, its fangs turned out like daggers, and gnawing neatly at Hull's throat.
The sound of flesh and bones being torn through the nerves of those present, Sophia covered her mouth, her body trembling, but she still tried not to scream.
The flames of the ghost fire monkey's body scorched Hull's body, and the slightest smell of flesh immediately diffused, but fortunately, because of the abundance of water vapor, the carriage made of wood was not ignited, but it couldn't last long with this.
In sight, several more ghost fire monkeys pounced, while Calledo and Anta roared loudly on either side, apparently they were also in a bitter battle.
The horse's tail and mane first failed to resist the flames, and then Hull's clothes, and the flames went up, enveloping the horses and Hull in the flames, and the hair they had disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and blisters bloomed on the skin like frying.
"Take off your skirt and follow me later!"
Gehr checked the equipment on his body in an instant, but fortunately for some reason everything was hanging within reach, and in a few breaths he was fully armed, and at the same time Sophia was prepared.
Just wait for a chance!
The opportunity is coming soon.
The horse pulling the carriage felt the imminent death in the severe pain, and burst out all its potential at once, and its speed increased all of a sudden, and the carriage galloped forward like a lightning speed, and several ghost fire monkeys were thrown out of the river at once!
Now is the time!
Gell slammed open the car door, ready to jump out of the car with Sophia.
Just then, the head of a ghost fire monkey came in from above the car door and almost hit Gehr's head.
Turning sideways, he stabbed the straight knife in his hand in an awkward way, and the tip of the knife instantly pierced the face of the ghost fire monkey. The ghost fire monkey lost its movement after a slight struggle, and the flames on its body were immediately extinguished.
After shaking off the corpse of the ghost fire monkey, Gell was about to jump out of the car with Sophia again, when a violent impact swept through the entire carriage, turning the world upside down, causing the two to fall back into the carriage through the door together.
In the last second, the crazy horse hit the bridge railing, the bridge railing broke, and the two horses pulling the carriage suddenly rushed out of the bridge deck and fell downward, and the original carriage brought the frame to connect the belt to become a deadly weapon, and the kinetic energy provided by the horses was completely transmitted along the belt to the carriage, pulling the carriage towards the abyss.
Fortunately, the carriage was stuck in the gap, and although it was so tilted that the first half of the carriage was already suspended in the air, it did not fall all at once, and unfortunately, in the crumbling sound of shattering, the next second could be the time for the carriage to say goodbye to the bridge completely.
The door was already under the bridge deck, some distance from the middle of the bridge, but with the help of the action model, Gehr was able to jump out of the car and grab onto the edge.
Without any hesitation, Gehr slammed out of the car door, jumped out, crossed the air distance, and grasped the bridge edge firmly with both hands.
Turning around, Sophia looked timidly at Geer in the car door, and the look was heart-wrenching. But at this time, Gehr can only jump out of the hole by himself, and he can only do this.
Just for a moment, the balance of Gehr's weight was lost, and the carriage could no longer resist the force under the car, and immediately flipped down, irretrievably falling straight towards the bottom of the valley, and quickly moved away from sight......