The sun is high

This strange green light and shadow, like fluid or electric light, was something Shuge had seen many times on the former running rat and in the underground of Ernst Manor.

A similar magical sheen also appeared on Kezlov of the Black Sun Society.

This color is weird and abnormal. The gloomy and dark green always makes people think of poison and corrosion. However, behind this appearance, there is another special power hidden, which is The vitality that has undergone mutation and increase, and has become extremely strong under some kind of blessing.

Those are traces of the Earth Mother.

The chaotic information was transmitted into Xiuge's mind through the magic link. The moment he saw these powers, a large number of thoughts and ideas exploded in the limited head of the running rat. It was now panicked and confused, quite confused. There is a sense of déjà vu like when a betrayer suddenly encounters his former comrades.

Fortunately, absolute loyalty to Shuge has been written at the bottom of Snitch's consciousness. This is the basis of its survival and strength. It is impossible to violate it in any case. Therefore, even at this moment, it is the first to What comes to mind is still to take the initiative to report to his master and ask for advice.

But now, Xiuge couldn't give it a definite reply right away.

He just calmly comforted the other party, and then focused all his attention on these hunched figures that suddenly appeared.

These ambushers are not simple. It is obvious that they have been hiding in this place for quite some time. If Xiuge had not used the magic to detect traces, I am afraid they would have chosen to continue dormant.

And after they appeared, they immediately revealed their dormant purpose.

That is hunting.

A hunt for these weak Dark Abyss creatures who are trying to pick up the remnants of their souls and wills.

Xiuge saw that figures were constantly jumping out of all kinds of unexpected places. They were all dressed in crude cloaks and cloaks of unknown materials, and the weapons in their hands were also all kinds of strange, some were crude sticks, and some were made of bones. Spears and sharp blades made from polished objects.

Immediately after appearing, the ambushers launched an attack on their target in an orderly manner. In the chaos, a large number of originally timid Dark Abyss scavengers were attacked by weapons with a faint green luster. Pierced the body, and then, the magical light that submerged into their bodies spread and spread quickly like the roots of plants. In a few seconds, these dark abyss creations exploded into clouds of mist.

Immediately afterwards, some hunchbacked figures holding bone staffs came forward. They seemed to be spellcasters or priests among the ambushers. With the low chanting and the slow shaking of the bone staffs in their hands, the dark abyss that was about to disperse was The mist condensed again, and turned into crystal-like balls one after another under the wrapping and squeezing of dark green light and shadow.

The hunters near these balls immediately took out the containers they carried - bottles that looked like they were polished with some kind of crystal. They carefully received the balls inside the bottles, and then quickly Retreat to the back.

After completing the initial hunt, a considerable number of "hunters" gathered around the priests. They held their own weapons and began to slowly approach in the direction of Shuge. An encirclement circle had been formed.

Faced with the siege of these unidentified ambushers, Xiuge was not too panicked. He only had curiosity and doubts in his heart.

There was even a hint of excitement.

Through the opponent's body shape and footprints, as well as the revealed magic power, Xiuge had roughly guessed the identity of these ambushers. Not only that, Xiuge did not feel too obvious from the opponent's "surrounding" behavior. hostility.

Xiuge did not make any gesture of preparation for fighting. He just raised his palm, gently placed it on the back of the running rat, and used his magic power to calm it down.

As if they were aware of the goodwill shown by Shuge, the ambushers did not further shrink the encirclement. After a brief pause, a rickety priest stepped forward.

Its attire is distinct and different from the rest of the priests.

On the top of its head, there is a crown polished and pieced together with white bones. It looks like two asymmetrical horns, and the top of the bone staff it holds in its hand also has a similar shape. Horn structure.

The priest stopped just a few steps away from Shuge. He raised his hood and revealed his face to Shuge - it was the head of a rodent with distinctive features.

Flashing green eyes, gray-white hair, and huge exposed front teeth.

Shuge's conjecture was most perfectly verified at this moment.

These are rat people, and it seems that they are loyal followers of the Mother Earth.

The old priest looked at the running rat lying next to Shuge, and then focused his eyes on Shuge's face. After a brief look and observation, he opened his mouth and spoke with his low and hoarse voice. And said something in a weird and obscure accent.

Shuge couldn't help but frown.

The language used by the other party sounds like lingua franca, but its accent and grammar are really weird. Even if Xiuge's mind has accumulated a lot of complicated knowledge related to languages ​​and dialects from various places, there is no way to understand the other party immediately. mean.

The old priest repeated this sentence twice more. Seeing that Xiuge kept shaking his head, he scratched his head helplessly.

After thinking briefly, the rat-man priest raised his bone staff, and then the dark green magic light flickered. Soon, a small dark green light ball came out from the horn on the top of the bone staff, It slowly floated in front of Shuge and hovered.

Shuge carefully released his magic power and touched the ball of light in front of him.

The next moment, a clear sentence was transmitted into Xiuge's mind through the vibration of magic power.

"Who are you...? Where do you come from? What are you doing?"

So Xiuge immediately responded to the other party in the same way: "A wanderer came from Fan'en and wandered into this place by mistake. He is looking for the right way back and way out."

Hearing this, the old priest's mouse face clearly showed surprise. It hurriedly opened its mouth and asked two questions, but then it reacted and hurriedly created a new one. ball of light and handed it to Shuge.

"Yes, yes! You came from the land of the gods, and you are accompanied by the family of the Mother Goddess... But why is there no favor from the Mother Goddess on it?"

The second half of the other party's question was aimed at the Running Rat. Obviously, the rat priest in front of him could recognize Snitch's identity, but after the previous transformation, Snitch could no longer see any earth on his body. Traces of the Mother Goddess's power.

So Xiuge responded half-truthfully: "It is still loyal to the Mother Goddess and can obey my orders... The favor is too strong and attracts threats, making it inconvenient to walk here."

Hearing this, the old priest nodded slowly, and the running rat lying next to Xiuge cooperated with Xiuge in a timely manner at this moment.

A deep green light suddenly emerged from the huge sharp horn above its head. Judging from the color, these lights were much purer and richer than the magic power used by the rat priests in front of them.

Seeing this scene with their own eyes, the rat people around them immediately let out bursts of exclamation. Some of them were particularly pious and even knelt down on the spot, pretending to pray to the gods.

The old priest also became a little excited at this time. He lowered his head and showed the utmost respect to Xiuge. Then he sent another light group in front of Xiuge: "Yes, prophecy! The prophet’s prophecies are faithfully fulfilled! Messenger of the great Eternal Mother Goddess, please come with me, please come with me!”

Shuge nodded in agreement, then turned over and climbed onto the running rat's back.

The old priest seemed extremely happy to receive Shuge's clear response. He opened his mouth and issued a series of commands to all the rat hunters around him. Then the rat people immediately took action, and they cleared the area as quickly as possible. The entire battlefield collected all the loot, and then gathered around the other rat priests.

The latter immediately began to cast spells, and green light floated out from their bone staffs, and quickly connected together.

A magic mask large enough to cover the entire team was formed.

The deep light and shadow of the magic vision flashed in Xiuge's eyes. He found that the magic models used by these rat priests were basically consistent with the Van En magic theory that he was familiar with, although it looked a little rough. It is simple, but it can maintain stable operation under the joint support of multiple casters.

And this also deepened Xiuge's curiosity about the so-called rat tribe.

After these magical lights and shadows also enveloped Xiuge, the team began to move forward. What surprised Xiuge was that the direction of the rat people was basically the same as their original destination. It seemed that the mountains in the distance were They target.

As Xiuge knows, rat people who enter a state of collective action will always show very amazing efficiency. Even the priest who looks weak and old can actually keep up with the pace of those strong rat people, and even more What surprised Xiuge was that the magic barrier cast by these rat priests could actually isolate the turbulence in the Dark Abyss Wasteland to a certain extent.

This allows the chaos in time and space to be controlled to a certain extent, and the originally almost endless road becomes clearly visible.

The old priest walked beside Shuge all the time. It was obvious that he wanted to have a few more words with Shuge, the "holy messenger". However, the burden of the journey itself was really too heavy for him, which made him I simply couldn't spare the time to communicate with Xiuge Shifa.

What the old priest didn't know was that at this moment, Shuge was busy talking to Theseus.

"Why didn't you tell me before that there were rat tribe activities in the Dark Abyss Wasteland?"

"I really don't know about this."

Faced with Shuge's doubts, Theseus responded quickly, but when he spoke back, Shuge also heard the classic sound effects from a certain fighting game. This guy has been busy accompanying his "teacher" recently. “Experience life, and it’s clear he’s enjoying it.

"Although I am familiar with the Dark Abyss, it is impossible for me to know clearly what is happening in every corner of the wasteland... However, it is indeed worth exploring that a group of rats can make a home here."

"I was just about to ask, how did a group of rat people who believe in the Mother Goddess of the Earth come here, and how do they persist in a place like this? I remember you said that all creatures who step into the Dark Abyss will eventually become Dark Abyss. food for the abyss itself.”

"As long as the sample size is large enough, exceptions will always occur."

Theseus replied: "For example, Aziv who wrote the "Poetry of the Night", and you and me, are actually exceptions... As for these rat men, I suspect that they were in a longer period of time. The era has been here, and maybe they were once the target of a big hunt. It’s better for you to understand the specific situation yourself.”

During the conversation, the advancing Ratman hunting team suddenly stopped. Shuge raised his head, only to see weird magic vibrations coming from an area directly in front of him. A huge disc in Shuge's spiritual world. It began to accelerate slightly, and the palace hound that was recharging its energy in the disk also ended its rest at this time. It stood up and gave its own warning with a low growl.

The old rat-man priest on the side shouted out a word in the old common language in a hoarse voice.

This word is simple and clear, so even if there is no magic power to convey the message, Shuge can roughly guess its meaning based on the tone of voice.

The Rat Priest shouts "Wolves".

Yes, among the piles of rocks not far in front of the team, cracks were being opened out of thin air, and then, a large number of long and narrow figures with scarlet eyes quickly emerged from these cracks.

The "wolf pack" mentioned by the rat priest refers to the hounds from the Dark Abyss Palace who came here. As soon as these ferocious and strange hunters appeared, they immediately entered the search target. state, and as they move, chaotic and dangerous magic fluctuations continue to spread, quickly covering the surrounding area.

"Be careful, this doesn't look like regular foraging and hunting... These stupid dogs are probably here with a mission."

Theseus gave a timely warning, and at the same time, several rather powerful dark abyss magic powers quickly poured into the metal disc.

Under the influence of this powerful magic power, the power transmitted by the disc to Xiuge became particularly clear and powerful, and the mirror messenger and palace hound inside the disc also entered a state of high preparation for war.