Chapter 58 Sudden Death
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"Go ahead along the straight line." Elad said as he walked: "You can basically see the dragon mark."
After entering the most dangerous range of Dragon Strips, no one was willing to speak again. After just enjoying the real performance of serial hunting between monsters in the forest, everyone felt heavy in their hearts. For those who have first experiences, no matter how dangerous it is, the way of hunting here is strange, and they cannot get an intuitive impression. Only by witnessing the real scene of hunting like now can we truly understand the danger that Elard constantly mentioned.
The chirping birds kept ringing on the branches in the forest, and various birds jumped and flew between the branches, staring at the group of rare special creatures on the ground with curious eyes. In the low bushes, occasionally passing monsters exposed their heads from the branches and leaves, and used vigilant contrasting eyes to measure the gap in strength between the two sides. After a while, they regretfully lost interest and hid their bodies again. However, there were still a few bold monsters with a glimmer of hope and quietly followed the people forward, wanting to see if there was any chance to hunt.
This large area is an open area in the Shining Forest, and the forest density is relatively low. Although the forest is still covered with Shining vines, the brightness is much worse than that in other areas due to the small number. Of course, because of the low forest density, the visibility is much better. Looking up at the sky, sometimes you can even pass through the gaps in the canopy and see stars in the sky.
Not only are there stars, but there are also smoke pillars. Through the gaps in the tree canopy, you can see in the distant north, a smoke pillar rose from the forest and rushed straight to the night sky, and it never dissipated for a long time. The smoke pillars are not thick or rich, but they are still extremely eye-catching in the clear night sky, showing their own sense of existence.
"Someone?" Katherine looked at Yanzhu and said in surprise: "And it happens to be north."
"That's a special signal for asking for help." Dora frowned and asked tentatively: "Senior sister, do you want to go over and take a look?"
"Mr. Ellad." Catherine did not answer immediately, but turned to the guide and asked, "Does the location of that smoke pillar need a detour? If it is a detour, how long will it take? Can you tell the specific location?"
"No need to take a detour, it's just on our way forward." Elard looked up at the sky: "We are still about ten kilometers away, but how could they stop here? In this area, only the inside of Dragon Seal is safe, and other places are very dangerous."
"Then keep going." Catherine and Dora looked at each other and nodded: "No more reply to the signal, be careful and see the situation first."
The distance of ten kilometers is not far. If you move forward on the plain, with the physical fitness of a high-level profession, even if you carry all your equipment, the distance of ten kilometers is only half an hour. However, in the jungle, this time will increase by four to five times, and the premise is the jungle that is not dense and easy to walk on like now.
"You keep walking forward, I'll go ahead and explore the way." Elard whispered to everyone and fainted into the woods in front.
At this time, the team returned to the more dense warning formation that had just entered the forest. Catherine walked at the front and drove the way. The rest of the people were densely followed about five meters behind them, with Panis at the end of the team alerting. Such a formation can ensure that no matter where the enemy was encountered in front and back, the main part of the team would have sufficient strength to deal with it. However, the disadvantages are also very obvious, that is, once the main part of the team encounters trap danger, most people will be attacked, and no one is exceptional. However, since Catherine was ahead, even if there were traps along the way, it would be blocked by Catherine, who had the highest defense. So theoretically, the safety of the main part is sufficiently guaranteed.
Unfortunately, theoretical things are usually just numbers, and cruel reality often shatters illusory theories. Therefore, when a crisis comes, no one predicts anything. Even with Panis's experience of being so rich that it is strange, there is no sign of a crisis coming.
The team just moved to a rocky surface at this time. There were large tracts of rocks on the ground. Sparse trees stubbornly emerged from the cracks of the rock, adding a few vitality to the surface. Apart from the sparse trees, there were only moss and lichens that grew close to the rocks. These withered and green fungi were scattered on the entire rock surface, which seemed a little strange. Catherine took a few steps on the rocks and found that the moss was not as slippery as she imagined. There was nothing unusual when she walked up, so she continued to move forward with confidence. For wild adventures, compared to soil, the surface of the rocks was still more popular among adventurers. Because the soil was soft, many monsters might lurk under the soil layer to attack passing creatures. The rocks were hard, and the monsters could not lurk in the rocks, which was relatively safe.
But everything is always exceptional. When Panis walked onto the moss-scattered rock, everything was normal, but after walking dozens of steps, Panis's face suddenly changed.
"Jump up and jump out of the moss range." Panis warned loudly with the fastest speed of speech. At the same time, the rope wrapped around his waist flew forward flexibly like a snake, wrapping it around the branches above his head. As the rope jumped up, Panis grabbed the rope with his right hand and swung forward. He first kicked out both feet at the same time, without caring about controlling his strength, and kicked Lina and Fantasy Fox, who were closest to him, and then continued to pick up Vivian in front of them. When he wanted to continue kicking the gopher and shadow wolf in front of them, they had lost their balance and fell to the ground with surprise.
Hearing Panis's shout, Dora, who was walking beside the goblock and shadow wolf, was lucky. He jumped forward without any hesitation. The whip on his waist threw out the night owl that was not far behind him, and then grabbed the fallen goblocked halfway, and jumped out of the moss-covered area. As soon as he landed, Lina and the phantom fox were kicked over, and several people rolled into a ball on the ground.
Panis, who was holding Vivian, swept a distance in the air with the help of a rope, landing lightly. The rope flew out again, wrapping around the falling shadow wolf and dragging him back.
But unfortunately, it's too late.
The gopher suddenly let out a shrill and desperate scream, pointing at his feet in horror and incredible manner, and couldn't say a word. Everyone saw his feet and understood the reason why he and Yinglang fell.
The two of their feet had disappeared strangely, or in other words, all the skin and muscles on their feet had disappeared, as if they were corroded, leaving only the bare ankles and a clean skeleton left on the soles of their feet. Since the muscles had disappeared, the phalanx of the feet had completely fallen off, and only the large metatarsal and tarsal bones that still retained some of the tendons were hanging loosely on the ankle bone. It was obvious that the two of their feet were completely corroded without any awareness. The soles of their feet that were left with only the bones could not control the balance of their bodies, and it was natural to fall.
The lucky gopher had at least a chance to scream, but the unfortunate Shadow Wolf had no chance to scream. When Panis turned over, he was over with his face down, a sound of air sucking sounded in the team. Shadow Wolf's face was gone, and only a skeleton with a big mouth was left on the front. Half of the brain, including the eyes, was corroded with the surface muscles, and the whole person had stopped breathing.
"What's wrong?" Elad, who heard the scream, hurriedly ran back. As soon as he came back, he saw such a shocking scene. He could only ask blankly: "What's going on?"
No one answered him, and everyone was rushing to check the feet of the people around each other. Everyone's shoes had signs of corrosion. Because Catherine and Dora were metal-soled boots, the corrosion rate was obviously slower than that of other people's shoes. Even Catherine, who was walking in the front, was lucky to be safe. Lina and the Fantasy Fox were relatively close to the end, and they walked on the moss for a short time, and there was a thin layer of paper left in the soles. The night owl walking beside the two was pulled up by Dora in time, and was also safe.
"Vivian, your feet." Lina pointed at Vivian's feet and screamed, and a large piece of blood overflowed from Vivian's soles. Vivian walked in front of Lina and traveled on the moss for longer than Lina. The soles of the shoe had been completely corroded, and a layer of skin muscles along the soles of the foot had been corroded. The bones could even be vaguely seen through the remaining muscles. From the remaining muscles, blood donation continued to gush out, and it was impossible to stop it.
The pain caused by the muscles directly touching the ground should have been severe, but Vivian seemed to have no feeling at all. She sat on the ground as if nothing had happened, pointed to the goblock and said to Lina who ran to prepare for treatment: "Although I was bleeding, I didn't hurt my bones, so there was no big problem. If the goblock is treated immediately now, although he will inevitably be partially disabled in the second half of his life, he may still rely on his own strength to move around. You can stabilize his condition first and then take care of me."
As an experienced adventurer, Lina obviously understood the order of treatment, but she had a wrong choice in a hurry. After being reminded by the calm Vivien, Lina did not argue as stupidly as a novice, but turned around and walked to the gopher and began to recite the healing prayer.
Panis knelt at Vivian's feet, lifted Vivian's bipod on his thighs. Vivian did not resist or had any pain expression, but smiled and let Panis fiddle with her.
After rechecking the wound on Vivian's soles, Panis couldn't help but sigh softly. In fact, Vivian's injuries were not as serious as they showed. The only thing she was really corroded was a layer of the skin on the soles of her feet. As for the reason why she could vaguely see the bones, it was because her feet were originally like this, or in other words, she looked almost like this except her face and other parts of her body.
Her body does not seem to have any muscles. Of course, this statement is not correct. The number of muscles in each normal person is the same, but the strength and thickness of the muscle fibers are different. For Vivian, the muscles in her body can only exist, and they cannot be said to be thick, let alone thickness. Therefore, every part of her body feels loose, except for a layer of skin and thin fat, it is hard bones, which makes people who see it always wonder how she stood up and acted freely with her own strength.
Chapter completed!