Valkyrie Growth Observation Diary

Chapter 77 The Village
Obviously, it should be the time when the sun is getting stronger, but after the four of them entered the woods, the environment became extremely cold and strange, and a mist filled the air.There was a vague stench in the air, and the surrounding trees became blurred, so eerie that it looked like a ghost town.

"This is a low-level illusion technique. It uses mysterious and unknown scenes to inspire fear in human hearts. The blessing technique just now can resist spiritual encroachment."

As she said that, Ming Qiaoqiao took a careful look at Lin Zuzu, who was not blessed, and found that her expression was not quite right, as if she was affected by illusion.

"No. 4, concentrate." Li Qing reminded.

"Yes." Lin Zuzu calmed down, patted his face with both hands, forced himself to break away from the thought just now, and returned his attention to the task.

The four of them advanced very cautiously, walking a short distance of 200 meters for 8 minutes.

"There is a twisted barrier 20 meters ahead, which is preliminarily judged to be D-level." Liu Ying said suddenly.

As the name suggests, Twisting Barrier is the official scientific name of Ghost Hit the Wall.If one passes through the enchantment wall rashly, those who are not determined are likely to fall into a long-term cycle and cause danger.

Li Qing signaled the two girls to stop, while he helped Liu Ying approach the invisible wall.

As soon as she stood still, Liu Ying quickly drew a spell in the air.Not long after, a faint light shone behind a certain stone.That was one of the runestones that created the enchantment.

Mental power is really convenient.Lin Zuzu couldn't help sighing when he thought of the scene where he destroyed the runestones with bricks.

Liu Ying walked to the stone and drew another spell, the light of the rune stone gradually dimmed.She felt something was wrong, but she couldn't tell where the problem was, so she could only take one step at a time.

"I isolated the power of this runestone, and I will restore it when we come back." Liu Ying remembered that they were here to investigate the case and negotiate, not to find faults and fight.

This sister is really reliable...

The four moved on.

As the fog gradually thickened, Ming Qiaoqiao pinched his hands and summoned a few groups of fireflies to disperse the darkness around them.

"There's a C-level barrier of silence ahead." If it wasn't me who came here, today's mission might end in vain, and there's a high probability that an enchanter below B-level won't be able to find this barrier.

"Secret No. 2." Li Qing suddenly gave an order in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ying drew out a spell with her right hand, while holding a runestone hanging around her neck with her left hand, she disappeared instantly.

The woman hid in the single-person barrier with her front feet, and Li Qing's back feet immediately ignited the whole body's fighting spirit, drew his sword and pointed at the direction of 10 o'clock, startling several flying birds.

"Who's there?" he snapped.

After a few seconds, an ordinary-looking man with a gloomy expression came out from behind the tree, and the purple awns flashing in his eyes told his identity.

Every time Lin Zuzu looked at the other person's face after blinking, he would have doubts——

Did this person look like this just now?
This is Nightmare's passive skill "Shapeless", an excellent life-saving talent.

"Humans, leave." The man spoke very awkwardly, and it seemed that he seldom opened his mouth.

"We are the government's special operations team, and we are investigating the killing of your people." Li Qing put away the knife to express that he had no hostility.

"No, let's go." The man insisted.

Lin Zuzu noticed that the other party was extremely unnatural when speaking, as if he was suppressing something, so she said:

"You really don't want to know who killed your people?"

"Get out!" The man yelled at them as if irritated.

Sure enough.

Lin Zuzu faintly felt that under the other party's forced anger, there was an emotion called fear hidden.

"Get out..." The man was about to continue driving them away, but suddenly stopped as if he heard something.

Ming Qiaoqiao saw at a glance that they were using their mental power to convey information.

"The patriarch... Let you, go in." The man stammered.

"Okay, thank you." Li Qing responded, and at the same time, facing the direction where Liu Ying disappeared, he raised his index finger and middle finger and made a downward gesture calmly, which meant——

"Number 2, stay put and stand by."

Choosing Liu Ying to stay instead of Ming Qiaoqiao, Li Qing considered that the young genius "messenger" could help them avoid illusions, and even if the enchanter was outside the enchantment, he still had enough ways to destroy the enchantment for support.

The young man with rich experience in action left behind for the team, lest the whole team be wiped out in an accident.

Non-my family, its heart must be different.It's always good to be cautious.

With people from the Nightmare family leading the way, their marching speed increased significantly.

During this period, Li Qing would press the walkie-talkie every 50 meters and tap lightly. Liu Ying would reply after receiving the message outside the trace-disappearing enchantment, confirming that their connection with the outside world was not broken.

Maybe it's because the nightmare is far away from human society, so it didn't set up a shielding barrier to isolate the electronic signal.

A few minutes later, a small village appeared in front of them. Two rows of rough houses with brick walls and tile roofs were the homes of Nightmare, and the walls were not even painted with putty.There is a solitary well in the east of the village, and there are no other living facilities.

The Nightmare family lives a very primitive and simple life.

They hid in the house and watched the uninvited guests secretly.

Lin Zuzu felt that those gazes contained scrutiny and curiosity, which is not surprising, but...

Why is there hostility?There is no clear evidence that the dead were killed by humans, right?In this regard, she can only keep an eye on it.

The man led them to a room that was obviously larger than other rough houses.

"Patriarch, inside."

"Thank you."

Li Qing knocked on the door, and after getting a response, he took the two girls in.

The furnishing in the room is very simple, a bed, a cabinet, a table and two chairs, the small space still looks empty.

The patriarch is a female Nightmare, with the same ordinary appearance, but Ming Qiaoqiao can feel that this Nightmare is not weak, at least it has plenty of mental strength.

She quickly searched the house with her mental power, and confirmed that there was no hidden spell, and she was still ready to make spells at any time.

"I already know the reason for coming here. We just want him to rest in peace, and we don't want to find any murderer. We are very sorry for the things that affect human beings." As expected of the patriarch, he speaks fluently and decently.

However, in human society, once a homicide occurs, it must be investigated to the end.

Therefore, Li Qing did not stop at the other party's words.

He asked: "The bullets found at the scene are expensive, and they probably came from more powerful races such as trolls and vampires. Have you ever had any conflicts with other alien races?"

"How can it be, the Nightmare Clan has always been closed, just take care of yourself, naturally, there will be no resentment." The patriarch said.

Lin Zuzu keenly noticed that when the young man mentioned those powerful alien races, the breath on the other side was disturbed.This is the same as the male nightmare just now, it is a manifestation of fear.

What are they afraid of?
It was just because Li Qing reported the names of the races one by one, she couldn't identify which alien race made them so afraid.

The cunning girl had a plan in mind.

"Hey, I heard that trolls are very ugly, right?" She pretended to be innocent.

Li Qing didn't understand why she said this suddenly, and Ming Qiaoqiao beside her was also confused.

"Oh, and are the eyes of the blood clan really red?" When Lin Zuzu spoke, although he showed an extremely unprofessional appearance, his eyes were fixed on the patriarch, observing the reaction of the other party.

So, that touch of panic was captured by her.

I didn't expect that it was a blood race, so how could it involve a powerful alien race...

"You go out first." Li Qing frowned, seemingly very dissatisfied with her performance, but secretly gave her a wink.

As a teammate of the same team, he knows that Lin Zuzu, who is smart, generally does not do stupid things.Except, of course, about Elise.

"Oh, okay." The girl smiled awkwardly, pretending to be embarrassed by her recklessness, and quickly left the room.

After leaving the room, she immediately knocked on the door next door.

"Excuse me, is there a bathroom here?" There was a clear sound coming from the door, but no one answered.

She knocked on the doors of several rooms in a row, and it was the same situation. Nightmare seemed to be very resistant to communicating with them.

In this case, what should I do to make you have to come out?
She looked around and thought of an idea, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw a boy squatting by the well with his back to her, not knowing what he was doing.

Has he always been there?

Lin Zuzu cautiously leaned towards the boy.

Really, why did I also start doing things that the mentally handicapped protagonist would do?

"kid……"

She stopped abruptly—

The boy suddenly turned his head and stared at her viciously, his ferocious expression was like a vicious snake.

(End of this chapter)