The sun is high

The sense of belonging and honor for the Votel Kingdom and the Fifth Chasseur Regiment was not actually enough to support Shuge from volunteering to make such a move.

But as one of the people in this world who is most closely related to ancient creations and gods, Shuge believes that he has the ability to solve this matter.

Especially when its potential dangers have been foreseen, its necessity has been further enhanced.

From the bottom of his heart, Xiuge did not hope or see anything like the incident in Salem City happening again.

And if the monster that mutated from the descendants of the Dark Abyss further endangers and damages the alchemy doctors he is protecting or even Meyer himself, it will be even worse. Shuge cannot accept that the person he values ​​​​and identifies with becomes a That ration of existence.

Alfred and Krautz discussed this set of highly feasible suggestions put forward by Shuge for a long time before coming to a conclusion.

They agreed to the proposal, but they would not allow Shuge to act alone, so an assault team was immediately dispatched. Their number was larger than before. Shuge even saw it inside and deliberately targeted himself. Several members of the Ernst family's spies revealed their identities.

Faced with the mission they were about to perform, these soldiers did not panic.

As members of the Chasseur Corps, they are calm and angry when facing a beast that dares to attack their comrades in turn.

They also maintain absolute trust in the judgments made by their commanders and accompanying mages.

Different from the decisiveness shown by Alfred and others, Wei Lin was very dissatisfied with the decision made by Shuge. Of course, she did not make any expression, she just threw her magic book in with a dark face. into Xiuge's arms.

Needless to say, you know that the number and types of magic imprinted in it are definitely much more professional than your own magic book.

The preparation session ended quickly.

Xiuge, like the mages who followed the assault team, put on a full set of equipment, including the special magic-killing silver armor.

However, in order to ensure unrestricted movement, Xiuge did not wear them completely, but only wore part of them.

After being fully prepared, this small team immediately separated from the large team of the Chasseur Regiment and searched in the direction where the previous assault team was attacked.

After being far away from the large army, the surroundings became quieter and the temperature seemed to be much lower. In order to ensure that these soldiers could use their firearms normally, Xiuge specially attached a magic ritual that could block the sound to their weapons. While searching As they advanced, they soon discovered the traces left by the soldiers who had been attacked before.

They saw blood stains and weapons left behind by the deceased.

The soldiers recovered the abandoned firearms, and then looked around vigilantly. Under Shuge's advance warning, some of the soldiers of the Jaeger Regiment specifically focused their attention on the high places in the woods. After all, whether they were Delan hunters, The same assault team as before was attacked in this direction.

"There was only blood, no bodies... The blood trails finally stopped, and something dragged their bodies away, and dragged them to the trees."

An agile mountain elf soldier jumped down from a tree branch. He pointed to the northeast: "Many branches were broken. It seems that the thing went in this direction. We Do you want to chase after me?"

"No need, just do as planned before, it will come to us on its own."

Hearing Xiuge's words, the mountain elf was obviously a little surprised, because if a beast already possesses enough wisdom, then it must be able to learn how to identify which targets are traps and which targets are real prey...

However, the young military mage from a noble background in front of him was extremely certain on this point, so the elves could only regard this performance as the unique arrogance and confidence of spellcasters.

As a result, everyone began to slowly search in the northeast direction along the traces in the forest according to the predetermined plan.

Just like the accompanying mage in all investigation teams, Shuge stood in the center of the team. He held a magic book in one hand and controlled a constantly swinging magic pendulum with the other hand. However, in fact, Shuge His attention is not on these things at all.

At this moment, his magic perception has been fully opened, and when the power transformed by the "Walking Forest" in Shuge's body is successfully activated, the trees near Shuge seem to have been re-injected with life. The feeling of almost merging into this forest has become stronger. Every tree seems to have become an extension of Xiuge's senses. Even the vibration caused by the falling snowflakes and hitting the tree trunks can be clearly transmitted. .

This feeling of "everything is under control" is really intoxicating, and when Shuge thought of Theseus's description of the "Walking Forest", he became even more interested in the growth of this power. expectations.

"If I could really bring an entire forest under my control..."

Xiuge shook his head gently, ended his brief reverie, and returned his attention to the task he was currently performing.

At this point everything is ready.

So Shuge's eyes narrowed slightly, and the deep fog of the messenger in the mirror emerged from the depths of his eyes, and two Touch of Charron flashed past his feet, both of them simultaneously using their strength and breath. spread out.

Through his previous experience in the refugee camp in Brown Hill Town, Xiuge has basically determined that the desire for strength growth is the most basic instinct of the descendants of An Abyss. Therefore, he believes that as long as he releases some of the ancient skills of the descendants of An Abyss, The power of the same source of creation will surely attract their attention!

The team advanced slowly.

It seems that they came to investigate because their companions were attacked. Under Shuge's instructions, those mountain elf soldiers with keen eyesight and agility will immediately come to him as soon as they find any new signs. Reporting, this makes him appear more like the center of the team.

After marching for about ten minutes, a low roar suddenly came from the depths of the metal disc.

The hounds from the Dark Abyss Palace had already smelled the smell of danger.

"stop!"

Xiuge suddenly raised his hand, and while giving the order, his eyes also glanced at the heights of the trees ahead.

After everyone stopped, the woods immediately became extremely silent. Everyone held their breath and watched their direction. These hunters could even hear their own heartbeats and breathing.

"Crunch... crunch..."

At this time, Shuge caught an extremely slight tremor in his magical perception related to the woods. It was so weak and inconspicuous that Shuge almost mistook it for the branches emitting in the cold winter. Natural sounds.

So Xiuge immediately further mobilized his magic power, trying to "catch" the source of the weird trembling directly, but before he could make a move, the trembling suddenly became clear. Obviously, something was heading towards The direction of the team is approaching!

At this time, even without the use of magic perception, Xiuge could detect the strange movements in the woods ahead. Trees were constantly shaking violently due to the impact of external forces. Judging from the magnitude of the shaking, the size and strength of the thing were absolutely incredible. unusual.

"Prepare……"

Shuge whispered a warning, but before he could say the second half of the sentence, a strong wave of crisis set off in his spiritual world. At the same time, the movement in the woods became more obvious - that The invisible hunter no longer concealed its whereabouts. Almost in the blink of an eye, it had passed over countless trees and rushed towards the patrol team.

The astonishing sense of crisis made Xiuge feel his scalp was a little tight, but he had already made plans for possible attacks. So the moment the monster launched its attack, a magic book page flew out of his hand, and the words engraved on it were The magic lines flashed at high speed.

The hunters in the team have already pulled the trigger based on intuition and instinct.

With the assistance of magic rituals, the bullets silently left the muzzle of the revolver rifle and flew out into the empty air. Some of the bullets clearly hit something. Under the impact of the bullets, a huge A translucent shadow appeared from the sky, and its target was Xiuge below!

The pages of the magic book exploded in the cold wind, and a cloud of magic smoke immediately enveloped Xiuge's figure and surroundings. However, the smoke obviously could not stop the monster's attack. Under the horrified gaze of the soldiers, the figure was barely revealed. The beast thrust its two huge and sharp limbs heavily into the depths of the magic smoke. Its strength was so amazing that it penetrated directly through the snow-covered ground, making a harsh sound!

This fatal attack failed to hit Xiuge. The next moment, his figure rolled out of the smoke. Several black magic tentacles appeared from his side and stabbed hard in the direction of the monster. But the huge shadow turned quickly, and these black tentacles were cut off by other invisible limbs on the spot!

The new revolver rifle caused the soldiers to immediately launch follow-up shooting. This time, more bullets hit the target, and the monster's figure completely came out of its transparent hiding state.

And when the hunters present saw the true image of this monster with their own eyes, no matter how tenacious their will was, they inevitably fell into a momentary sluggishness.

People living in Van En have long been accustomed to the various images of magical creatures. Among them, there are many beings with ugly or ferocious appearances. But as long as they have enough knowledge about them, when they meet again, You won't feel so scared.

However, the existence in front of them directly subverted the conventional understanding of magical creatures and beasts among the soldiers present.

It seemed to be a spider, a spider as big as an ordinary steam vehicle, but upon closer inspection, it had many characteristics that ordinary traveling spiders definitely did not have.

Its body is black, with a disgusting sheen under the sky, as if its body is covered with an oil shell. However, under this translucent black oil shell, However, there are a large number of weird colors that are constantly twisting. They look like internal organs and flowing blood.

On the surface of these oil shells, there are many green eyes, which are distributed irregularly, and a sickening cold light flashes in them. It seems that everyone around them has been recorded in their own eyes. On top of the recipe.

The giant spider's body structure is also abnormal.

Its weird body has many sharp limbs that are completely asymmetrical and extremely exaggerated. It looks like a crazy artist has nailed a bunch of long and narrow knives randomly on an ugly sculpture. Even it Similar joints and limbs also grow on the back and back of the body.

Xiuge's dodge and counterattack directly attracted the attention of the mutant giant spider. Its limbs stretched hard and immediately began to quickly approach Xiuge. Because of its special body structure, its crawling and forward movement It did not conform to the movement patterns of ordinary animals at all. The steps were extremely chaotic, but extremely fast. The two jointed limbs located in front of the body immediately popped out after a brief contraction, and stabbed fiercely in the direction of Xiuge.

As a spellcaster, Xiuge showed an astonishing move at this moment that the soldiers of the Fifth Chasseur Regiment had never seen before. As if he didn't feel fear at all, he jumped towards the snow beside him and moved away from him. While getting rid of the magic smoke, he also narrowly avoided the two deadly sharp limbs. At the same time, he cast a simple protective magic, and two translucent magic shields immediately erected on him. in front of you.

The soldiers had recovered from their fear of the monster. They immediately gritted their teeth and continued shooting. Some of the experienced and quick-responsive veterans had even quickly adjusted the magazine of the revolver rifle and began to use powerful crystal bullets. Attack this terrifying twisted monster.

The moment the crystal bullets hit, they showed their power. They successfully penetrated the black oil shell of the giant spider, and the bullets that penetrated into its body immediately triggered a small-scale magic explosion. Amidst the muffled sound, disgusting black pus spurted out!

Sensing the threat, the spider immediately turned around and saw that it was about to attack the soldiers who were shooting. Shuge, who was dodging before, immediately stopped and started casting spells, but at this moment, the spider suddenly made a strange move. He turned around, and the sharp limbs growing on his back quickly thrust out at abnormal angles and postures. Only two crisp sounds were heard, and the magic barrier erected in front of Xiuge was broken.

In the horrified, angry and desperate eyes of the soldiers, this limb penetrated Xiuge's body easily.

For some reason, the Demonic Silver Armor he wore was as brittle as paper, and it didn't have any protective effect at all...