Chapter 623 The spread of pollution
"How...how did this happen?"
"It's the plague! Prepare 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 they 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!"
Upon hearing Duanmuhuai's order, Amelia also hurriedly lowered her head, clenched the sword in her hand, knelt on the ground and prayed softly.
"Tyr, the great god 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 have to protect me..."
Looking at the aberrant animals outside, Luo Qixi's voice changed. She didn't want to be bitten by these things!
"Woooo......"
As for the black bear, it was now shivering and hiding in the corner of the cave, not even daring to take a breath.
Duanmuhuai 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 bolt of thunder. The latter was completely deformed at this moment - its head looked like it was rotten. It was as sunken as a watermelon, and the horns on its head were twisted and stood up like coral, and you could 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 in front of the other party.
“————!!”
Facing Emilia who was rushing toward him, the giant deer suddenly raised its body high, and then stepped hard on 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.
"Huh?"
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 cone technique!"
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 clenched her 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 Emilia."
"Thank you, Miss Luo Qixi...be careful!"
However, while she was talking, Emilia noticed a rabbit quietly approaching Luo Qixi, then it suddenly jumped up, opened its mouth and bit into Luo Qixi - and then hit the transparent force field barrier directly. superior.
"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 rabbit in front of her. What was supposed to be a cute little white rabbit has now become ferocious, with three orangutans on each side of its head. The red eyes were staring at him fiercely. Not only that, even the rabbit's open mouth was equally terrifying - it was not like an ordinary animal opening its mouth, it was more like a fish opening its entire mouth. It opened into a circle, and the inside was filled with sharp and sharp teeth that almost extended to the throat!
"Don't come here!!"
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, Duanmu Huai 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 mouths open wide, revealing tongues that seemed to have mutated into tentacles, Duanmu Huai also wanted to raise his right hand to turn into a tentacle and meet their fellow villagers.
You see, everyone is a tentacle clan, it would be weird to just let us go...
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 Duanmu Huai'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 obviously not just 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. The ground——then very consciously turned into pieces of separated flesh and blood in the air, and then fell down.
It was only then that 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 disgusting level of those aberrations... This is probably the first time they have encountered such disgusting ones since they were born. enemy.
"This, what on earth is this?"
Holding the staff in her 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 away from Neverwinter City, right? And Neverwinter City doesn't seem to be that scary."
"It's far from Neverwinter, but it's 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 became tense. She also agreed with Duanmuhuai's words. After all, if this mutated plague spread in Neverwinter City, it shouldn't 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 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 is also necessary.
On the contrary, the black bear is a bit funny.
"I told you not to come with us."
Duanmu Huai was speechless looking at the black bear holding his legs and crying.
"Woooo..."
"There's no point in crying. Okay, run south quickly. Run as far as you can. Whether you can survive or not 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 the Fortress of Helm 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.
"Huh..."
Seeing this scene, Emilia breathed a sigh of relief.
"Great, Mr. Duanmu, it seems that everything is normal in Heim Fortress."
"Haha."
Facing Emilia's words, Duanmuhuai just smiled and said nothing.
Soon, everyone crossed the bridge and crossed the river and arrived in front of Helm Fortress - and then a voice came.
"Stop, who are you, and why are you here at Helm Fortress?"
After hearing the other party's question, Amelia was even more determined, and hurriedly stepped forward and answered.
"We are an investigation team from Neverwinter City. We discovered the spread of the plague in the nearby woods and are here to report!"
"What? Is there such a thing?"
Faced with Emilia's answer, the patrolling soldiers were also surprised.
"I will report to the commander immediately, please wait!"
After saying this, the soldier hurriedly turned around and left, while the group stood at the door.
"Huh..."
Only then did Amelia finally feel relieved and turned to look at Duanmu Huai.
"Mr. Duanmu, look, Heim Fortress is normal. Nothing happened at all... Uh... Mr. Duanmu, what do you want to do?"
However, before Emilia could finish her words, she saw Duanmu Huai striding to the fortress gate, grabbing the warhammer, and then.........
"Inquisition! Open the door!"
With the roar, Duanmu Huai rushed forward and smashed open the closed door of Heim Fortress! !
(End of chapter)