Chapter 697 Investigation
The rain is getting heavier.
Gray cat crouched and sneaked around the fortress. Fortunately, perhaps because of the giant dragon just now, the fortress was in chaos. The goblins were trembling and running away, and the situation of others was not much better. They shouted something and ran around desperately. The scene was chaotic, even comical.
As a mature ranger, Gray has good skills in stealth. Although he is not as good as Ben, he still easily took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the fortress, and then came to an abandoned tower. Carefully avoiding the shouting goblin patrols, he lay down in the shadows and looked down.
I saw a red dragon lying there in the square, and above the red dragon stood a strange humanoid creature. Its skin was as yellow as a toad with black spots. It had no nose and only two upwards. nostrils.
Githyanki.
Gray immediately recalled the information he obtained during the Judgment Blade teaching. In order to let the Judgment Blade team clearly distinguish what is human and what is alien, the instructor at that time took out a lot of racial information, including elves, dwarves, tieflings and aspens. Mordu is classified as a demihuman race, while the Githyanki are a xenos race. Because their skulls are more slender than humans, and their tooth structures are also different... Well, the Inquisition's criteria for distinguishing human beings are so simple and crude. As long as they match the shape of the human skull, they are humans and demi-humans. Other than that, Everything else is alien.
At this moment, the Githyanki stood on top of the red dragon, looking at the mountain giant leader in front of him. They were arguing loudly, as if they were talking about something. But because the rain was so loud, I couldn't hear clearly. Gray hesitated for a moment, then slowly lurked in the shadows, and once again came to the edge area on the other side.
It was obvious that the two people were arguing louder and louder. Although the rain was heavy, as Gray got closer, he still heard the conversation between the two.
"The true god is very dissatisfied with your dedication! Stupid bastard! He needs more sacrifices!"
"It's not my fault!"
The mountain giant leader was equally angry at the Githyanki accusations.
"There are no smelly humans here! All the ones that should be there have been captured! The area has been emptied!"
"You must offer your loyalty to the true God! Or do you want to become a walking zombie like your predecessor?"
"It's not our fault!"
The mountain giant roared at the accusation from the Githyanki emissary, and if he wasn't so jealous of the red dragon beneath him, he would have snatched up the little man with his nostrils pointed upward (literally) and bit him into pieces.
"No, just no!"
Even Gray could tell that the mountain giant was on the verge of hysterical anger at this time, and he had no doubt that the next moment the other party would tighten the stick in his hand and smash it down on the arrogant Githyanki.
"Do you want us to attack human cities?!"
"That's a good idea."
Hearing the mountain giant's roar, the Githyanki suddenly calmed down. He smiled and stared at the mountain giant in front of him, as if he had heard some good news.
"Yes, you will attack Baldur's Gate, completely destroy that city, and then capture all humans as sacrifices..."
"Impossible!"
The mountain giant leader suddenly waved his hand, holding a club as thick as an ancient tree. The huge club whizzed past the heads of the Githyanki, but the Githyanki did not move. They don’t know if the mountain giant leader showed mercy or if the Githyanki had expected him and were afraid to do anything to them.
"Humans, the city is very big and difficult to capture!"
"Don't worry, I will give you strength."
The Githyanki's voice suddenly became softer.
"The Supreme True God has decided to give you an incomparable honor. You will fight tirelessly and without fear until death for the True God... This is an honor..."
"You!!"
Hearing this, the mountain giant leader seemed to have thought of something, and his voice that was originally full of energy actually trembled. At the same time, Gray also noticed that the situation seemed to have changed. The coldness around him was getting heavier and heavier. He originally thought it was because of the rain, but soon Gray found that the chill was beyond the range that should have been expected on a rainy day. Then, a scene that shocked Gray appeared in front of him.
In the square, countless dark and cold tentacles suddenly emerged from the dark shadows on the ground. They tightly wrapped around the goblins, mountain giants and orcs in the square. And these monsters also screamed loudly and painfully. They struggled desperately and trembled in an attempt to break away from these tentacles, but to no avail. Even the leader of the mountain giant roared and swung his club after a while. It seemed that he had decided not to tolerate it anymore and swung the club at the Githyanki and its pet red dragon.
The mountain giant leader's angry club suddenly fell weakly to the ground on the way, and his burly and powerful arms hung limply by his side. Not only it, but all the monsters in the square were like this. They were stunned. They stood there with blank eyes, as if their struggle and resistance just now were all fake.
What's going on?
Seeing this scene, Gray felt a little dizzy, and he even began to doubt his eyes. Because it was obvious to Gray that just a moment ago, those monsters were screaming, jumping around, picking up weapons, and trying to fight the Githyanki to the death under the leadership of the mountain giant leader, but the next moment, they all stood in unison. He stood there, just standing there, his head lowered motionlessly, like a well-trained guard, as if the chaotic farce just now had never happened.
Could it be that I am dazzled?
Something is wrong, very wrong. A chill ran straight up Gray's back, and he felt fear. At this moment, he really felt some kind of fear. Maybe he shouldn't be here, and he should leave as soon as possible. In fact, this information alone was enough. He suddenly felt that Ben was right. A soldier should do what a soldier should do. Now he was no longer a lonely ranger. There was the Tribunal and the Blade of Judgment behind him. , he can report this matter to his superiors and ask them to send someone...
Gray cautiously stepped back, but his luck was not good. The tower, which had been in disrepair for a long time, seemed to have reached its limit in the storm. With a soft "crash" sound, the tower under Gray's feet suddenly collapsed in the next moment, and Gray also screamed and fell down hard.
Fortunately, his mind was still clear, and he rolled to his feet almost as soon as he landed. However, at this moment, he also found himself in the most desperate situation.
"I didn't expect that there is actually a little mouse here."
The Githyanki stared at Gray coldly, and the red dragon beneath him now opened its bloody mouth and viciously locked onto the prey in front of him.
"Although I don't know who you are, but...that's it for now."
As the Githyanki spoke, the red dragon opened its mouth, and then a jet of flames shot out, blasting towards Gray.
At this moment, Gray was heartbroken. He could feel the heat wave that was enough to turn him into charcoal rushing towards him, but he could do nothing. He could only stand there blankly and watch the flames pouring towards him. .
However, at this moment, a golden light suddenly appeared, and a shining shield appeared in front of Gray, blocking the breath from the red dragon. At the same time, Ben's voice rang in Gray's ears.
"Run, boy!!"
Gray's body recovered much faster than his consciousness. When Gray came to his senses, he had already turned around and sprinted into the forest. The hard thorns scratched his clothes and body, but at this moment These burning pains only made Gray more awake.
He opened his eyes and looked forward, and soon saw Ben and the others in his team.
"Why do you..."
"Idiot, do you think you are the only one who wants to make meritorious deeds? Leave quickly! If you don't leave, we will really become a pile of barbecue!"
As if to verify Ben's words, the angry roar of the Githyanki came from the air.
"You damn bastards! Don't even think about getting out of here! Get them————!!!"
Following the Githyanki's order, the monsters such as mountain giants and goblins that had been standing blankly in the square quickly took action and rushed into the forest.
Gray and his group were running headlong. Their situation was very miserable. The red dragon hovered above their heads, spitting out flames from time to time, burning the forest. Behind them, the mountain giants and goblins didn't care about the flames at all, chasing them like death squads.
"Damn, what's going on with these goblins?"
Another warrior slashed a goblin to death with his backhand sword and complained at the same time.
"If we encounter this kind of thing on weekdays, they would definitely be scared away. How can they be so brave?"
"I don't know either, but I saw them, they seemed to have turned into something else...I don't know what something did to them..."
Gray also turned his head and shot an arrow, piercing the eye of a mountain giant, but the mountain giant still walked steadily and did not even pull out the arrow from his eye, as if it did not exist at all.
"Well, at least you got something, instead of letting us risk it in vain."
Ben complained and pushed the mage in front of him.
"Send a signal quickly, send a signal quickly!"
The mage raised his staff, and soon a firework flew out from the staff, rushing into the sky and turning into a dazzling skull symbol. And they quickly left the place where the fireworks were released, because the next moment flames fell from the sky, turning the ground where everyone was originally into a sea of fire.
"It's several days away from Arkham City, they can't even see it!"
"I handed in the report a long time ago. Logically speaking, the reinforcements are already on their way..."
After saying this, Ben raised his head again and subconsciously looked at the sky, and then his face suddenly became happy.
"Hey, they're coming!!!"
Hearing Ben's shout, Gray also raised his head, and then he saw in the gap between the leaves, a figure shining with bright red flames across the entire night sky like a meteorite, and then hit the red dragon head-on. On your body!
(End of chapter)