Chapter 623: Pollution Spread
“How could this...become like this?”
“It’s the plague! Get ready to fight!”
Duanmuhuai clenched his war hammer, strode out of the cave, and glanced around. Under the bright light, you can see animals approaching everywhere, including wolves, deer, and even wild boars, rabbits and other animals that live in this forest. However, they are all rotting at this moment, and there are everywhere. It''s distortion and stench.
"Emilia, I advise you to pray to your gods for protection. Once you are infected with the plague, even if you are a Paladin, you will only die!"
“Ah, yes!”
?Hearing Duanmuhuai''s order, Emilia also hurriedly lowered her head, clenched the sword in her hand, knelt on the ground and prayed softly.
“Tyr, the great **** of justice, please grant us the power to stay away from disasters, diseases and evil, so that we can destroy all evil and protect the lives of innocent people...”
————!
The next moment, a beam of light fell from the sky and landed on Emilia. Then Emilia felt a warmth begin to flow through her body. She gripped the sword tightly and stood up. At this moment, the girl''s body began to emit a faint light like a human-shaped light bulb.
“Ugh…shield technique!”
Compared to Emilia, Luo Qixi was in a much worse situation. The plastic mage basically had no means of self-protection. Fortunately, Luo Qixi was also prepared. She raised the staff in her hand and the next moment A circular force field barrier appeared around her.
“You guys must protect me...”
Luo Qixi’s voice changed when she looked at the aberrant animals outside. She didn’t want to be bitten by these things!
As for the black bear, it was shivering and hiding in the corner of the cave, not even daring to take a breath.
Duanmu Huai clenched his war hammer and stared at the animals around him. They looked like animal versions of zombies, walking staggeringly and with ulcers all over their bodies. This was obviously a sign of plague infection. But... now is not the time to discuss these issues.
“Do it!”
With Duanmuhuai''s order, the battle began.
?Ogis raised her hands, and the invisible threads quickly unfolded, spreading like a spider web in the woods. Those animals that tried to get close were entangled in silk threads and then cut into pieces easily.
On the other side, Emilia also started to take action. She held a long sword and shield in her hands, and rushed towards the giant deer in front of her like a thunder. The latter was completely deformed at this moment - its head was like a rotten watermelon. It is also sunken, and the horns on its head are even more twisted and erect like coral, and you can even see the twitching brain inside.
Frankly speaking, just watching such a scene is enough to make people feel sick to their stomachs, and Emilia suppressed her inner disgust and rushed directly to the other party.
————!
Facing Emilia who was rushing toward him, the giant deer suddenly raised its body high, and then stepped **** Emilia with its two front hooves. Emilia raised her shield and blocked the giant deer''s trampling attack. Then she swung the sword forward in her right hand and stabbed directly into the giant deer''s body.
"Why?"
However, the moment the sword penetrated, Emilia noticed something was wrong with her hand. It didn''t feel like it was pierced into the body, but it felt more like it was pierced into a piece of soft, rotten cheese, with almost no resistance at all. However, at this moment, something even more unexpected happened to her.
I saw that the wound where the giant deer was stabbed by the long sword suddenly spread and cracked, and then several slender, worm-like tentacles came out directly from it. He rushed over to her!
“Ice pick!”
At this moment, there was a sudden loud shout from behind Amelia, and then Amelia saw a spinning ice pick pass by her and hit the giant deer directly on the chest, knocking it away. Got out. Emilia also took advantage of the situation and grabbed the sword and stepped back. At the same time, she glanced behind her and saw Luo Qixi standing not far behind her with a stiff face and a staff in hand.
“Be careful, Miss Amelia.”
“Thank you, Miss Luo Qixi...be careful!”
However, while talking, Emilia noticed a rabbit approaching Luo Qixi quietly, then it suddenly jumped up, opened its mouth and bit into Luo Qixi - and then hit the transparent force field barrier directly. .
“Hey————!”
This immediately made Luo Qixi scream in fear, not only because of the sneak attack, but also because of the terrifying appearance of the rabbit - through the transparent force field shield, she could clearly see the original sight in front of her. What should be a cute little white rabbit has now become ferocious. There are three scarlet eyes on both sides of its head, glaring at me fiercely. Not only that, even the rabbit''s open mouth is equally terrifying - —That''s not the way an ordinary animal opens its mouth, it''s more like a fish opening its entire mouth into a wide circle. It''s filled with sharp and sharp teeth that extend almost to the throat!
“Don’t come over!”
Just seeing this scene almost scared Luo Qixi out of her wits. She screamed subconsciously and then raised her staff.
“Crush the sound waves!!”
————!
??The whistling sound waves suddenly erupted and rushed forward, directly smashing the mutated rabbit into pieces and sending it flying away.
?At the same time, Duanmuhuai also wielded his war hammer and fought with a group of wolves.
This wolf pack has also mutated like other animals, but for Duanmuhuai, how can I say...
What''s wrong with you? You have to turn into tentacles. I''m familiar with this stuff!
Looking at the wolves with their huge mouths open in front of them, revealing tongues that seemed to have mutated into tentacles, Duanmu Huai also wanted to raise his right hand and turn into a tentacle to meet their fellow villagers.
Look, we are all members of the tentacle clan, why not let us go...that would be weird!
Go to hell!
“Boom!”
The war hammer roared past and smashed a wolf''s head into pulp. Another wolf took the opportunity to pounce from the side and bit Duanmuhuai''s shoulder - but it was of no use. Instead, Duanmuhuai grabbed the opponent''s head, and then pulled hard, tearing the wolf''s head from his body. Then Duanmuhuai roared, took a step forward, and Black Flame used his body to It erupted in the center, turning into thunder and lightning and spreading in the woods. Animals everywhere fell down one after another and were directly burned to charcoal.
However, it is obvious that it is not only the creatures on the ground that have mutated.
“Gah——!”
A group of crows also flew over from the sky. Almost all the feathers on their bodies had fallen off. Their two wings were twisted and deformed, as if swollen blood vessels were curling together. They opened their mouths and screamed at them. The ground - then very consciously turned into pieces of separated flesh and blood in the air, and then fell down.
Until then, Ogis silently lowered her hands. It is not a waste of time for everyone to deal with these aberrations. After all, even if they mutate, they are still just animals. This is just like people infected with viruses and turning into zombies. Most of them are still at the level of ordinary people. It is not said who will become a zombie. Zombies learn fighting skills without a teacher. Therefore, without much effort, these aberrations were wiped out.
It''s just that the expressions on the faces of Emilia and Luo Qixi are not very good-looking. Although the fighting intensity is not high, the disgustingness of those aberrations... This is probably the first time they have encountered such a disgusting enemy since they were born. .
“This, what on earth is this?”
Holding the staff in his arms, Luo Qixi stayed far away from the monster corpses and did not dare to get close.
“Plague aberration.”
Duanmu Huai walked over carrying the war hammer and glanced at the corpses around him.
“It seems that this place has been infected.”
"But... this is still some distance from Neverwinter City, right? And Neverwinter City doesn''t seem so scary."
“It’s far from Neverwinter, but close to Helm Fortress.”
Facing Luo Qixi’s confused inquiry, Duanmuhuai shrugged his shoulders and then looked at Amelia.
“Right?”
"Yes, as long as you pass through this forest, you will find Heim Fortress on the other side of the river..."
At this moment, Emilia''s expression also became tense. She also agreed with Duanmuhuai''s words. After all, if this mutated plague spreads in Neverwinter City, it should not appear so far away. And the only place where people gather here is Heim Fortress.
“Then what are you waiting for? Let’s go.”
Originally, everyone planned to rest here for one night and then rush to Helm Fortress early tomorrow morning. But after what happened, no one was in the mood to sleep. The corpses of those deformed animals were burned completely by Duanmuhuai, including the woods. The corners of Luo Qixi and Emilia''s eyes twitched as they watched, but they knew there was nothing they could do. After all, in order to avoid the spread of the plague, this It is also necessary.
On the contrary, the black bear is a bit funny.
“I told you not to come with us.”
?Looking at the black bear hugging his legs and crying, Duanmu Huai was speechless.
……
"It''s useless to cry. Okay, run south quickly. Run as far as you can. Whether you can survive depends on your luck!"
“Woo…!”
?Finally, the black bear seemed to understand Duanmuhuai''s words and turned around and ran towards the south.
As for how far it can run, that is its own problem.
“Okay, let’s go.”
?This time, even Emilia had no objection. In fact, she now wanted to rush to Helm Fortress as soon as possible to check the situation. What if Helm Fortress really falls...
With this idea in mind, Amelia was in a state of turmoil along the way. She didn’t know how long it took, but the group walked through the woods and came to the river. Soon they saw a tree on the other side of the river. Heim Fortress in the distance - under the dark night, you can see people patrolling back and forth with torches on the fortress walls. Everything seems to be very peaceful.
Seeing this scene, Emilia breathed a sigh of relief.
“Great, Mr. Duanmu, it seems that everything is normal in Heim Fortress.”
"hehe."
Facing Emilia’s words, Duanmuhuai just smiled and said nothing.
Soon, everyone crossed the bridge and crossed the river and arrived in front of Heim Fortress - and then a voice came.
“Stop, who are you, and what are you doing here at Helm Fortress?”
Hearing the other party''s question, Amelia was even more determined, and hurriedly stepped forward and answered.
“We are a survey team from Neverwinter City. We have discovered the spread of the plague in the nearby woods, and we are here to report!”
“What? Is there such a thing?”
Facing Emilia’s answer, the patrolling soldiers were also shocked.
“I will report to the commander immediately, please wait!”
After saying this, the soldier turned around and left in a hurry, while a group of people stood at the door.
?Emilia was finally relieved at this moment and turned to look at Duanmuhuai.
“Mr. Duanmu, you see, Heim Fortress is normal, there is nothing wrong at all... Uh...Mr. Duanmu, what do you want to do?”
?However, before Emilia could finish her words, she saw Duanmuhuai striding to the fortress gate, grabbing the warhammer, and then...
“Inquisition! Open the door!”
With the roar, Duanmuhuai rushed forward and knocked open the closed door of Heim Fortress!
(End of this chapter)