Chapter 112 Dark Night Ringtone
On this planet, the status of beastmen is very low.
This does not simply refer to social status. Even at the combat level, the status of Beastmen is quite low. If compared with RPG, Beastmen are actually equivalent to the slimes or goblins that players need to deal with when they first appear. Monsters like Lin, even the rat-men are more threatening than them.
After all, the Skaven can also make a variety of weapons, so they can fight against various races. But the beastmen are different. They don't even make weapons. They only rely on their own bodies and minions to fight. The most they can do is pick up some weapons from victims on the battlefield and use them. That's their limit.
Of course, it's unknown how useful these unmaintained weapons can be.
At least to Duanmu Huai and others, even if these beastmen make a surprise attack, they do not pose much of a threat.
As the most conspicuous presence in the entire team, Duanmu Huai naturally attracted the attention of most of the beastmen. They let out crazy roars, rushed up and waved their weapons at Duanmu Huai, trying to use the death of this terrifying existence to prove their Of strong and powerful.
But it's a pity that their blades couldn't even leave a single scratch on Duanmu Huai's power armor, and were directly bounced away. Duanmu Huai, on the other hand, clenched the war hammer with both hands and swung it with all his strength, knocking all the beastmen in front of him away and turning them into a pile of soft mud.
Ogis was still sitting comfortably on Duanmu Huai's shoulders. She was holding a book in one hand and opened her other hand forward. Her fingers were trembling slightly. The almost invisible puppet silk threads formed a fatal trap in front of her. Like a meat grinder with an invisible blade rotating, any beastman who dared to break into it was finely chopped into pieces.
As for whether there are fat or thin ones on top, that's not what Ogis needs to worry about.
In contrast, An didn't move much. Because her magic was too powerful, Duanmu Huai asked her to just hide behind and use some basic spells like "Manalia Magic Missile"—— It's enough to deal with these beastmen.
Since Duanmu Huai attracted most of the attention of the beastmen, just like T, he held on to the hatred of the beastmen. Naturally, the Frost Bears at the rear were much more relaxed when fighting. Cliff waved his giant sword with both hands. , under the cover of his companions, he launched a charge towards the beastmen. The sharpshooters in the rear bent their bows and nocked arrows, shooting the beastmen to the ground one by one. Even Kevin, the employer, was not idle. He held a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, and he fought methodically. But no beastman who faced Kevin could survive a round... He was always able to make his enemy lose balance at the most opportune moment, and then behead him with a single sword blow.
"Bang!!"
When the last beastman fell, the sky had darkened. When everyone looked up, they realized that the surroundings had become dark.
"Huh... I didn't expect that the event would be delayed by these beasts."
Cliff viciously kicked the beastman corpse next to him and spat viciously.
"Don't be so anxious. In any case, we eliminated a group of beastmen near Middenheim, which can be regarded as protecting others from their harm."
In comparison, Kevin seemed much calmer, but he wasn't wrong.
Because it was getting late, and everyone was already a little tired from fighting the beastmen, and some people were a little injured, so everyone decided to stay in a hotel in the village for one night and set off again early tomorrow morning. As for the corpses of these beastmen, they were gathered together and burned on fire, which served as a warning to other intruders.
But...it's really strange here.
"Squeak——"
Duanmuhuai pushed open the door of the hotel, walked into the lobby, and looked around. He saw that the hotel was empty and there was no human habitation at all. The tables, chairs and benches were neatly stacked together, and there were no signs of even a fight.
"That's really weird, isn't it?"
At this time, Kevin also came over, stared at the hall in front of him, and said to Duanmuhuai, and Duanmuhuai nodded. After making the beastmen into a fire, everyone conducted a simple search of the village, only to find that the whole village looked very strange. There were no traces of fighting, blood or corpses. It was as if everyone in the entire village suddenly disappeared overnight, with no resistance, no struggle, and nothing. It was as if they had left this existence at the same time and disappeared without a trace.
"Be careful, don't drink the water here, and don't eat the food here."
Duanmu Huai nodded. He didn't know what the situation was. It wasn't that Duanmu Huai didn't have any guesses. In fact, there were so many people who could do this, which made him unable to determine who the murderer was.
Soon, other mercenaries returned to the hotel and sealed the place. Most of them went to the guest rooms on the second floor to sleep, while Duanmuhuai, Ojis and An stayed in the lobby on the first floor to keep vigil.
"I always feel a little excited."
Sitting next to Duanmu Huai, staring at the burning fireplace in front of her, An looked around excitedly. It's no wonder that this is probably the first time for this princess to keep vigil in such a place. For a "good child" like her, He said that not going to bed in time was considered a bad thing, not to mention this kind of "staying up late", which made An extremely excited.
"When you get used to it, you will find that this is actually a very boring job."
Duanmu Huai leaned against the wall, stared around and shook his head.
"Okay, you should also take a rest. If anything happens, I will notify you."
As early as just now, Duanmu Huai released the reconnaissance servo skull. If anyone wants to cause trouble, he will definitely get a report.
Soon, the night gradually became darker.
Duanmuhuai had already closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep, while An was swaying excitedly at first, but gradually she couldn't resist the Sandman's erosion and fell asleep on the table. Only Ogis was still sitting in front of the fireplace, flipping through a book of fairy tales by the light of the fire.
I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly, a faint sound came.
"Dingle bell…Dingle bell…"
Ogis raised her head and looked outside suspiciously, but she could see nothing but darkness outside the hotel. But at the same time, a blue halo suddenly appeared on An's body, like some kind of protective spell. Seeing this, Ojisi stood up and came to Duanmu Huai's side.
"Master."
"Huh?"
Hearing Ogis's voice, Duanmu Huai immediately opened his eyes.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"I don't know, but...Miss An, she..." At this time, Ogis didn't need to say anything anymore, Duanmuhuai also saw the magic barrier emerging on An's body, which made him frown and stand up. Of course Duanmuhuai knew that although An's character was a little careless, as a princess of a country and the strongest mage in Manalia, An had always done a perfect job in protecting herself. Now her protective spells were actually being used. Touched, that means... someone is launching an attack?
what is going on?
"Dong...dong..."
At this moment, Duanmu Huai heard footsteps coming from upstairs. He raised his head and looked up, only to see the doors of the guest rooms on the second floor opening one after another, and then the mercenaries sleeping inside slowly walked out. However, they were not awake, but as if sleepwalking, they slowly walked down the stairs and towards the door of the hotel.
"Stop!"
Duanmu Huai stood in front of the door, trying to stop these mercenaries. However, they seemed to turn a blind eye to Duanmu Huai's existence and just walked forward. Seeing this scene, Duanmu Huai coughed helplessly, then stared at everyone and roared suddenly.
"Stop!!"
Accompanied by Duanmu Huai's thunderous roar, the mercenaries who had been sleepwalking suddenly woke up. Their dazed eyes gradually regained their clarity, and when they saw the situation in front of them, everyone looked confused and didn't know what happened.
"Wow, Mr. Knight, what's going on? What happened?"
An was also startled awake by Duanmu Huai's roar, and at this moment Kevin also rushed out of the guest room fully armed. He was also stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.
"What's going on? Is someone attacking?"
"No."
Duanmuhuai shook his head, and then repeated what Ogis said just now.
"Ringtone???"
Kevin frowned.
"I didn't hear any bells."
"I seemed to hear..."
Unlike Kevin, Cliff seemed a little uneasy.
"I did hear the ringing in my dream just now, and then it seemed to guide me somewhere..."
"Dingle bell————"
However, before Cliff finished speaking, suddenly, another faint ringing sound blew along the night wind, and upon hearing this ringing sound, the eyes of the mercenaries became blank again. Seeing this scene, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly again, which made the mercenaries who were originally confused regain their clarity again.
"It seems that this ringtone seems to have some special magic power."
"Of course, and it's not just useful to us either."
Duanmuhuai turned his head and looked out the window - at this moment, outside the window, one could see dark figures, slowly moving outwards. They were none other than those who had been killed by Duanmuhuai and the mercenaries before. The charred corpse of a beastman. At this moment, these burnt corpses were slowly moving forward, leaving the village like zombies and heading into the dark depths of the mountains.
"We must leave immediately."
Kevin made his decision immediately.
"This ringtone is most likely the culprit that caused the disappearance of those villagers. We must find out the root of all this!"
"But we can't resist the ringing."
Cliff frowned. When he heard the ringing just now, he felt that his brain was starting to feel drowsy, as if he was about to fall asleep due to sleepiness. It was obvious that it was not an ordinary ringtone, but some kind of magical ringtone.
It's magical...
"Ann, do you have any way to solve this problem?"
Duanmu Huai looked at An. Anyway, this princess is also the most powerful mage in Manalia, so she should have a way to deal with it. "
"Hmm... This should be on the spiritual level? No, the soul level? Anyway, I can try it."
As he spoke, An raised his hand, and soon, along with the chanting, rays of magic light fell from the sky and fell on the mercenaries.
"This is a spell that can protect against mental control. It should be able to play a certain role."
“Dingling bell…………”
At this moment, as if to verify what An said, the bell rang again, but this time, none of the mercenaries responded.
"Very good."
Seeing this, Duanmuhuai nodded, and Cliff and Kevin also looked at each other, and then looked at their subordinates.
"Get fully armed and ready to go immediately. Let's go see who is doing this!!"
(End of chapter)