Shadow Covenant

Chapter 210 "The Creeping Monster"

"wrong!"

The first to ask questions was naturally Woody who had been observing the surrounding environment. He shouted and said to Cecil with solemn eyes.

"Have your invisible servants stop the carriage."

Cecil was taken aback for a moment, but he still obeyed Woody's reminder and let the invisible servant dissipate directly. Without the carriage driven by the coachman, it naturally stopped in front of a certain pond in front of the valley, and the spirit horse transformed into magic He was lowering his head, drinking lightly, unable to drink the clear water in his mouth.

Woody got out of the carriage, raised his head, looked at the terrifying crack that had already covered most of the sky, and studied it carefully, while Cecil started his daily reconnaissance as a spellcaster. Although she didn't feel anything wrong, but As a trust in Woody, she felt that it was necessary for her to investigate the valley, while Kafferman followed Woody out of the carriage curiously, talking while walking.

"Tsk tsk, it's only been a few years, and it's grown like this?"

Cecil, who heard this, also took advantage of the gap between the wave of spells sweeping back and forth in the nearby area, and asked curiously.

"Isn't it like this before?"

"of course not!"

Kaverman retorted firmly, and those sparse eyebrows and eyes were full of nostalgia and reminiscence.

"Although the Great Rift Valley at that time was the only way to go to River Valley City, most people needed to prepare various measures before entering the Rift Valley. In addition to the necessary water sources and food, they had to prepare for anytime, anywhere. Be careful of the danger above your head and under your feet, the expansion of the cracks did not stop at that time, maybe a stone will fall from the sky at any time, or the ground will crack again..."

Listening to Kaverman's rambling, Cecil couldn't help but look at the Great Rift Valley in front of him.

Different from the desolation and danger in the narrative, the valley here is not only majestic and majestic, but also full of green. Except for the cliffs that extend to the end and still have no tendency to close, there are only a few cliffs that look like a dragon raising its head upwards. I don't know how to erect it, but the huge stone pillars facing the sky can be vaguely seen in the bottom of the valley. Perhaps it is the nourishment of the golden milky way, coupled with the cool valley breeze, insects, birds, flowers and plants are extremely prosperous here. , Foraging for food, birds singing deep and deep, quite a feeling of paradise.

"Hey, something's wrong, Woody."

Although the spell detection was not over yet, Cecil also noticed something, and said with surprise in his eyes.

"It's obviously a cold winter month, but the place is full of flowers that only bloom at the turn of spring and summer."

What the naked eye can see is that on the cliffs of the rift valley hundreds of meters high, in addition to the green moss, you can also see vines and flowers, and among the blooming flowers are some seasonal flowers that cannot bloom in November. Not to mention that the temperature here is not to the point where it is like spring all the year round, and at most it is only slightly better than the top of the rocky beach.

And Woody is standing in front of the valley at this time, at that position, he can see the innermost situation in the valley straight without the twists and turns of the cliff.

The inside is also flawless, and the green color seems to border the sky.

In addition to the soft moss on the ground of the valley, there is also lush shallow grass half a foot high, and occasionally some yellow and red wild flowers blooming in spring can be seen sporadically.

Hearing Cecil's words, Woody couldn't help shaking his head.

"More than that, the breath here is very wrong."

"Is the breath wrong?"

Cecil looked confused, and looked at Woody suspiciously. Although as a spellcaster, her perception is not as sensitive as the former, it is not impossible to not notice any abnormalities.

However, before she could speak, Kaverman on the other side spoke first.

"I said why there is a strange smell. It turned out to be coming from here. I thought there was some beast's excrement nearby."

Kafferman also joined the ranks of discussing the abnormality of the valley, and judging from his words, this aura has been lingering for a long time, at least a certain distance before entering the valley, you can detect the strangeness.

Cecil's complexion changed slightly, and he knew that Woody's words were correct, so he no longer struggled, and directly gave himself a spell to increase perception and a strange object that enhanced perception attributes.

——Second-ring spell "Owl's Wisdom"

——Magic Oddity "Gorgeous Belt"

——Magical wonder "Heart of Nature"

……

When the clothes were switched off, Cecil could clearly feel the peculiar smell circulating in the air, which was almost tangy.

"Oops, the perception is too high."

Cecil quickly covered his nose, but the still lingering nausea reverberated in his perception.

And detect evil, detect animals and plants, detect life, these magic echoes used to detect the environment of the valley domain were simultaneously introduced into Cecil's field of vision at this moment.

The first wave of detection of evil, the blood-red feedback means that there is indeed a problem in the valley here, and there is an evil aura.

Likewise, detection of life and flora and fauna responded.

In the second wave, when detecting the number of evil auras and the brightness of the strongest, Cecil's pupils felt like an earthquake, because in the field of vision, representing the detection area, red light densely covered every inch of land, Stretching all the way to her feet, although most of the light is weak and the level is the lowest, it obviously represents a fact.

That is, the valley is alive and full of malice for them.

But this time, when Cecil looked at the lush green valley again, the flowers and vines hanging on the cliff were not from the angle of appreciation, but a kind of anger and cruelty.

"I feel it, Woody."

Cecil's voice seemed to be suppressing something. After hearing it, Woody saw her appearance, and knew that she had piled up her perception too high, so that she couldn't resist the sudden stench, so he consoled her. said a word.

"Can you still hold on?"

"of course."

Cecil immediately restored her perception to normal levels. If she was facing the stench, she would not be able to cast spells. Someone once aimed at the characteristics of spell casters, and environmental influences and interference can affect the success rate of spell casting. This kind of foul-smelling excrement is placed around the battlefield, but this kind of situation can be completely avoided with a five-sense shielding spell, but this kind of smell that can directly affect the mental perception, all she can do is to return the perception attribute to the normal value .

Sure enough, when the perception returned to normal, the fragrance of green grass came again from the air, but with the glimpse of the real world, Cecil still had a nauseating feeling that could vaguely feel the smell, and it took a while to suppress it. When she came back, she cast a look at Woody who had been watching her. Woody, who had communicated with her many times, naturally understood what that look meant.

"Can you test it?"

Woody nodded, looking affirmatively.

With Woody's consent, Cecil didn't know why he had to get his consent. Anyway, after feeling Woody's support, she became more courageous and her eyes became colder.

The red light feedback in the field of vision still exists in this secluded valley. Thinking of this, Cecil did not hesitate. While throwing a sulfur ball from the spell material bag in his hand, he quickly spit out a string of magic spells except the caster. Furthermore, it is difficult to capture the meaning of the syllables.

When the syllable disappears, a ball of scorching hot balls with low whistling suddenly appears in the sky above Cecil's fingertips, and the ball rises when the wind sees it, and it is quickly visible to the naked eye as it flies towards the target. The speed changed from the size of a pea to a blazing fireball the size of a pumpkin, and soon it exploded under a cliff in the valley. With a loud bang, the vines hanging on the cliff immediately seemed like candles The same flames ignited and quickly spread to the surroundings.

The position Cecil pointed to was not random, but was pointed to by the position where the evil aura was detected. That was the brightest position of the evil aura, which meant that the hidden malice was greater than in other places.

Therefore, less than five seconds later, a group-mounted monster about three meters high and three meters long appeared. Its whole body was covered in flames and it was distorted out of shape. When he broke free, Cecil only raised his eyebrows in response.

"Scrambler?"

As a knowledgeable spellcaster, she naturally recognized the creature that was blown out by the fireball technique "Fish Frying". Scramblers are strange creatures, they are closer to a mass of entangled plants than individual rooted plants vine.They are omnivorous creatures that can find food from anything near them, clinging to a living tree to suck its sap, rooting into the soil for nutrients, or devouring the flesh and bones of crushed prey .

However, this seems to be a magical creature that can also be encountered in other forests, and there is nothing unusual. After all, this is such a valley full of vitality. It is not normal for some magical creatures to parasitize here in the valley.

But Woody didn't agree with this statement, he shook his head and said.

"Get ready to fight! This is not an ordinary scrambler, but a cursed scrambler."

"what?"

Cecil looked at Woody in surprise, his eyes were clearly asking what it meant to curse the creeper.

And Woody's reply was only two words.

"Artificial."

"Artificial?"

Cecil immediately felt chills when he heard this word, because the scrambler itself is a naturally occurring scavenger plant. It is said that the gods who are hostile to the elves specially put it in the forest, so the scrambler especially likes the meat of the elves. .

But if it is artificially created, then the story behind it will be very interesting. Artificially, where did the material come from? Cecil suddenly thought of those humans who were killed by the curse...

But before Cecil thought about it, there was a rustling sound in the valley full of vitality, like the sound of countless vines moving on the ground.

In the next moment, dozens of entangled vines fell from the cliffs, trees, and high places. Unlike the creeping monster that was gradually immobile in the flames, although they were smaller, the entangled vines Man was intertwined with the slimy mud, completely unaffected by the flames, and the stench of corruption and the smell of the newly turned earth immediately permeated in front of the valley.

"It seems that we are not welcome here, hahaha, I haven't done it for a long time, I just warmed up with them, creeping monsters, I haven't killed them for a long time, I remember their weakness is in the upper body, right?"

Accompanied by the sound of the bow string being tightened, the blacksmith Kaverman unknowingly untied the huge longbow on his back, and at the same time, a giant arrow that was nearly half the length of ordinary arrows appeared on the body of the bow. above.

Although it was doubtful, the tone from the old blacksmith's mouth was extremely certain.

Woody, who was standing aside, could seriously observe the blacksmith's strength. After all, it was his first shot. Let alone other things, let's talk about the weapon in his hand. This huge composite longbow seems to be used in metal. Made of black wood equal to the value of mithril, the bow is also inlaid with silver wild-style patterns, embroidered with patterns of some giant beasts, bipedal dragons, centipede monsters... a magic that is at least +3 Weapon, and judging from the strength of his bow, it is obvious that there is still room left, Woody's eyes twitched slightly, and he reacted instantly. It seems that he is the weakest in this team...

But this is also good, the pressure has been reduced by more than one layer, and there is no need to worry about his teammates holding him back, and he still needs to take care of the situation. Thinking about it this way, Woody suddenly felt that it was the right decision not to bring Tecia out.

call out!
The sound of the arrow piercing the air was heard, and then saw that the arrow, which was almost as long as a person, shot directly and accurately at the center of the upper body of a creeping monster, and immediately there was a bursting sound like a balloon being punctured.

The scrambling monster immediately let out the wailing sound of the former when it was burned by the flames. It was obvious that it had hit a critical point. However, the scrambling monster has a strong vitality, or the vitality of the natural species is very high, and this arrow is far from reaching the level of instant death. , but the movement of this creeping monster is obviously a lot slower, and the vines it wields are constantly sucking juice from the surrounding tree roots to compensate itself, it is recovering...

But no matter how fast the recovery is, it can't compare to Kaverman's arrow-up speed as the king of hunting, drawing the arrow and setting the bow.

call out!
Another arrow hit the scrambled monster's vitals accurately again. After this time, the scrambled monster almost stopped in place, only the wriggling vines represented that it was still alive.

However, after the third arrow passed, the creeping monster couldn't hold on any longer, and couldn't even scream. The vine man, which had absorbed the vitality of the tree, was unable to hang down, and lay limp on the ground, losing all its fighting ability .

It is Woody's judgment to master at least two extraordinary specialties.

"Rapid Fire" "Endless Torment"

The former can make the aim of the arrow accurate to within centimeters, while the latter can make the damage of one arrow higher than that of one arrow under repeated damage. The depth of the first arrow was only one-third, and the third arrow, except for the end of the arrow feather, was deeply embedded in the creeping monster's body.

Such a terrifying long-range suppressive power, Woody couldn't imagine what it would be like if there was such a ranger ambushing him in the dark.

But at this time, it was the best time to get experience points, and Woody whispered directly to Cecil.

——"Here is a magic weapon, fire attribute!"

But his body had already rushed forward the moment the arrow fell, his figure turned into a blurry black shadow, and the magic seal on the back of his hand was burning.

——"Shadow shelter."

(End of this chapter)