Chapter 149: Clematodes
Both have night vision, and the short dark nights in Northern Europe have no effect on either of them.
The reason why they choose to travel at night is because most demons like to go out in the dark, even if someone has just died in front of them during the day.
But that doesn't necessarily mean that the demon is always in the daytime.
Their steps are light and fast, listening carefully to the sounds of the darkness.
Two hours had passed, and they had made a brief tour of the town, but the result was the same as during the day, and they still found nothing.
It was as if there had never been a demon, and that people had just been stricken with a sudden plague.
Somewhat dazed, the two returned to the starting point of the patrol - the lord's mansion.
They sat on the steps in front of the mansion, pondering details that might have been overlooked.
At this moment, Leon suddenly saw that in the corner of the wall, there was a fat praying mantis propped up on the wall with its hind limbs, and the front half of its body was swaying in the wind.
It was really big, at least the length of his forearm, and it was the first time he had seen a praying mantis of this size.
A rat suddenly ran past it at a rapid pace, grabbed by its throat with its powerful scythe.
The rat struggled and gradually died.
Then there was the sound of eating, and the praying mantis gnawed on the flesh from the neck of the mouse, and its appearance was actually a little elegant.
Leon looked a little distracted.
Luo Jia followed his gaze and exclaimed, "It's rare to have such a big praying mantis. ”
Leon suddenly asked, "Luojia, do you know what I thought of the first time I saw this praying mantis?"
Lorga shook her head blankly.
Li Ang said: "It's a nematode." ”
"What's that?"
"A disgusting bug that lives in the body of the praying mantis, and when it matures, it drives the praying mantis to jump into the water, and then emerges from the tail of the praying mantis, resembling a black wire. ”
Luo Jia said thoughtfully: "It's really disgusting. ”
Leon suddenly asked, "Lorgar, do you remember what Father John said before that that all the townspeople would say before they died?"
"It was like, 'Give me water, the devil's fire is burning my entrails, and only water can extinguish it.'" But haven't we already figured out, it's just an illusion, their internal organs don't have the slightest trace of burning, but they suddenly exploded for no reason. ”
Leon added, "We guessed that either there were monsters inside the house to drive them away, or something outside the house was attracting them. ”
Luo Jia's eyes lit up, combined with the "wireworm" that Li Ang just said, he suddenly said: "You mean, they are looking for water? But there is water in their rooms, and many people have even dug wells in their courtyards, so they don't need to run out!"
Li Ang said, "Do you remember the corpse that fell by the river before?"
"Of course, that was the first deceased person we met. ”
Leon suddenly said, "Luojia, follow me." ”
He rushed into the church almost all the way, shouting and searching for John's traces, and finally found him behind a row of benches.
Father John had now taken off his chain mail and was asleep on the bench, snoring like thunder and blushing on his face.
At his feet, there was also a wooden barrel leaning down, and there was still a slight residue of amber liquid in it, exuding a faint sweet fragrance.
Leon grabbed him by the collar and shook him awake, and asked aloud, "John, do you never drink water?"
Father John was still a little dazed, but then he saw the golden vertical eyes that had scared him in the afternoon, and hurriedly said loudly: "Yes, I only drink alcohol and drink juice, but I never drink heavily, and this is not against the commandments." ”
Leon left Father John and sneered, "The case has been solved, Lorgar, the demon is hiding in the water." ”
Lorgar had just followed up with the church at this time, and before he knew what was happening, he saw Leon run out of the church in a rage again.
"Where are we going?"
Leon replied, "By the river." ”
He asked, "Is the devil hiding in the river?"
"Not necessarily, it's just speculation, but it's better than wandering around town and looking for it aimlessly. ”
Li Ang didn't know if his guess was accurate or not, after all, there were a lot of things that his supervisor had speculated about in these clues, and there were also many doubts.
But as he says, it's smarter than aimlessly searching around town.
Gradually, they heard the sound of running water, and after a while, they came to the river.
The water of the river is very clear and shallow, and you can even see the bottom at a glance with the help of moonlight.
"Just such a small river, can there be an aquatic demon?"
Lorga was a little confused.
Aquatic demons are generally larger than terrestrial demons, but such a shallow river can't even feed a big catfish, right?
That's when it happened.
Leon keenly caught the short, rapid pop that was hidden in the sound of the water.
It was as if a stone had fallen into the water.
He quickly raised his vigilance, and the green light reflected in his eyes took in everything in the darkness as if it were a fire.
But still nothing was found.
By daybreak, they had found nothing, only a pop similar to that of a toad jumping into the water.
Li Ang walked out of his hiding place a little tiredly, and a trace of frustration couldn't help but rise on his face: "I'm sorry, it seems that my guess was wrong. ”
"I don't think so," said Lorgar, "maybe it's just when it doesn't come." ”
Li Ang smiled, he suddenly lowered his voice, and said, "Can I trust you?"
Luo Jia was stunned, and he hurriedly said, "Of course, I swear in the name of the Immortal School!"
"If there's any danger later, it's up to you!"
He patted Lorgar on the shoulder, and suddenly turned his head to look at the clear river, and then, a pale color passed through his eyes.
Luo Jia was stunned, he only felt a vast terrifying aura like a god slowly rising from Li Ang's body, and subconsciously took a step back.
On a clear day, a black cloud suddenly appeared, and dense arcs of electricity flashed in the clouds.
The wind was howling, and it seemed like a storm was coming.
Boom –
The sound of rolling thunder shook the world.
"It's going to rain?"
Luo Jia was puzzled, everything in front of him was suddenly filled with blazing white light, and immediately after, a violent roar echoed in his ears.
By the time the roar had died down, the world had returned to its former state, with a light wind and a small river.
But unlike before, a layer of folded, completely transparent things floated on the surface of the river.
Lorga was stunned, "What is this? Jellyfish?"
Leon staggered and grabbed his shoulder.
The first time he cast the Thunder of the Storm Lord, the effect was really a bit beyond his expectations, in the face of this awe-inspiring heavenly might, no one in the middle sequence could carry it at all, right?
Of course, the consumption is just as staggering.
In just one moment, most of his magic power was drained, giving him the illusion that he was exhausted and had just finished.