dark moon

Chapter 15 Normal and Abnormal

The violent impact and harsh metal friction sound made people's eardrums hurt in the enclosed space.

What Saff suddenly attacked was a bookshelf by the wall. Well, there was no book on it. It was a wooden "book" shelf filled with clutter and dust.

The sword swung by, and the target was broken into two pieces. The sword left deep scratches on the metal wall behind the bookshelf, which showed that the female swordsman was merciless with her sword.

However, except for the bookshelf, there was no foreign object at all. The smooth section and the overturned upper half of the bookshelf seemed to be mocking the female swordsman's sensitivity.

However, the teammates obviously don't intend to stop there.

The giant sword slashed across the bookshelf, and the sound of metal friction had just stopped. When the lingering sound was still surrounding the ears, all the irritated eardrums heard another "buzzing" sound.The sound was low and powerful, like the sound of a fully drawn bowstring being suddenly released.

No, it didn't seem like it was Moria firing her bow.

In an instant, indeed only in an instant, twenty arrows completely covered every space on the top, bottom, left, and right of the bookshelf. The feathered arrows sank deeply into the metal wall, and the tails of the arrows were still shaking violently and buzzing.

"Stop." After stopping the others' follow-up attacks, Shuer stared at the half-remaining bookshelf, frowned and asked, "Explain the situation."

"I, I heard a sound." The girl buried her head in her chest and whispered timidly, "The sound was very, very small, but it came from here."

"Where are the others?" He asked others, but Shuer just looked at Macajron, who had the strongest insight, and Moria, who had extraordinary intuition.

But the answers they got were just shaking their heads, and no one heard any abnormal sounds.

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry." Safu's face turned red and she kept bowing to everyone, "Maybe I heard wrong, I'm sorry, sorry, sorry."

"Pa", Xiu Er slapped the female swordsman's thigh again.

As a result, tragic wailing sounds appeared unsurprisingly. For the shy Saf, this was as shameful as a public execution.

"It's just a coincidence. Well, I just want to tell you to stand up straight. Who asked you to bow suddenly." Shuer said seriously, "Your hearing is as accurate as your calculations. If you hear something And none of us heard it, so there’s only one possibility.”

"Well, everyone else heard it wrong." Moria nodded vigorously, "But this is just you two publicly playing shame..."

"Ahem, cough, cough." Before the female swordsman could react, Xiul quickly interrupted Moria's rambling remarks and said seriously, "Everyone, step back, and let me see what is making the noise."

"I'll do it, boss." The dwarf volunteered.

"Do you know what you're looking for?" The simplest question was enough to reject the dwarf's proposal.

"Back off."

Asking his teammates to retreat a few meters, Shuer held the Dark Moon Sacred Scripture in front of him. The holy scripture emitted a soft light and hit the position of Shuer's heart, as if a light bridge was built to connect the two sides. Outside the light bridge, soft light Like a cocoon of light, it wraps Shuer and the Holy Scriptures.

No one knew what kind of magic this was, and Shuer didn't want to explain it. He just cautiously approached the bookshelf and carefully fiddled with the debris on the bookshelf with a hammer.

An iron box containing a few rotten biscuits, a chessboard with strange chess pieces, messy cards with strange patterns, posters rolled up in a roll, and all kinds of things made the small bookshelf suddenly more lifelike.

There was nothing unusual, not at all. If Shuer hadn't been so confident in Sav's hearing, he might have thought that she had misheard the sounds of air movement or thermal expansion and contraction.

Fortunately, Shuer didn't think so. After pondering for a moment, he simply lifted the bookshelf. Unfortunately, there was nothing underneath the bookshelf.

"Is everything normal?" The Necromancer stretched her neck to peek. She wanted to know what could escape her life detection.

"No, I found it." Shuer's eyes narrowed, with a hint of chill in them, "Mushrooms."

Indeed, there are several very small mushrooms growing under the wooden board at the bottom of the bookshelf, so small that it is difficult to spot them without looking carefully.

This is unavoidable. Although the ruins are not humid, there is still water vapor. In addition, the bookshelf is made of wood, so it is normal for some mushrooms to grow.

People who think so must have never felt the malice of those plants outside, otherwise...

"Moria, test it to see if there is any abnormality in the air in the room."

"I'm doing it, but it will be slower." Lin Jing flicked her long black hair, and the long hair in the shawl twisted and moved strangely.

"Everyone, please stay away for now and keep a safe distance." Shuer held the bookshelf motionless.

"The sound I heard is related to this mushroom? Mushrooms can also pronounce words?" Safu did not rush over shouting nonsense like sharing joys and sorrows, but obediently took a few steps back and asked with some worry, "And you Why don’t you put it down?”

"That should be the sound of spores erupting. Your ears are too sensitive, and it is impossible for normal people to hear it." Shuer frowned tightly, and the shadow slowly crept into his heart, "I really hope that I It's a mistake. This is not a good sign." "But I didn't feel any hostility, and neither did Salem." By Salem, Mirity was referring to the skull she often held in her hand.

"The problem is that there is no hostility. If they were like those outside, it would be fine. But now..." Shuer shook his head and said, "Among countless abnormalities, the only normal one suddenly appeared. This is the biggest abnormality. Moria, did you find the problem?"

"Not at all, there are no plant-related particles in the air." The forest spirit's hair returned from vines to hair, "Are you sure they emitted spores?"

"Of course I'm not sure." Xiure smiled bitterly, "Maybe... it's just an illusion or a coincidence? Hahaha, this joke is really funny."

It is indeed a very funny joke. The dangerous Shadow Chase operation may face fatal danger at any time. It is really irresponsible to entrust your life to the fantasy of "coincidence". But now, apart from thinking it is a coincidence, Can't find any doubts.

"Makajelen, did you see any mushrooms when you were exploring just now?"

"No, boss, in order to check the trap, I looked around every corner, and I can confirm that there are no mushrooms. No, I even checked the bookshelf you were holding, and it wasn't there before."

"Click".There were several cracks in the wooden boards of the bookshelf.

Xiu Er relaxed his somewhat awkward hand and took a deep breath to calm down.It was meaningless to hold your breath now, not to mention Moria had confirmed that there was nothing unusual in the air.

"They came in with us." There was a chill in Xiure's voice.

"Those plants?" Everyone looked at each other, a little confused.

"I understand. It seems that we are involved in a war. Ha, a war that has ended unilaterally."

"What do you mean?" The two mages were thoughtful, but the dwarf couldn't turn his head around and could only shout loudly, "Captain, what's going on?"

"It's nothing, Mia, help me..." Xiuer suddenly stopped in the middle of giving the order, stared at the mushroom in front of him and pondered for a long time, slowly put down the bookshelf, shook his head and said, "Forget it, don't do anything."

Lin Jing blinked and seemed to understand something, but said nothing and left everything to Xiu Er.

"A piece of bad news and a piece of good news." When Xiuer raised his head, he could no longer see the original entanglement and said with a normal expression, "The bad news is that plants followed us in, and we failed to get rid of them."

"However, the good news is that they have lost their hostility now. It can be seen from this mushroom that they are not prepared to talk to us anymore."

"In this case, let's not stimulate them. Let's maintain the status quo and pretend we haven't discovered them."

"Okay, okay, this is just a small episode, now the relaxation time is over, everyone returns to adventure mode."

This sentence is not just a simple statement. You can have fun during your relaxation time, but once you return to adventure, you must be as cautious as you were at the beginning.Therefore, as soon as the order to return to the shadow chasing state came out, everyone's heart tightened.

"We are lucky this time. There is a bed available, but we cannot be too relaxed and forget the principle of safety first. Therefore, the necessary precautions must not be less."

"Mia, Mobak, you two will be on the first shift, Macajron, you will take over from Mia, Saff, you will take over from Mobak, then me, next is Moria, and finally, Mirity, you will come. "

This is the most commonly used night watch arrangement for the Xiuer team. Each person has two shifts, alternately taking over. There are only two mages at the head and one tail, and each only needs to be on duty for one shift, which can be regarded as adequate care.

"understood."

"Very well. Let's all go to the dormitory to rest. The night guard can stay here."

Xiuer now looks completely normal, as if the episode just now didn't happen at all.However, everyone remembers clearly that in the past few years, he has never asked to return to adventure mode when he was camping and resting. His abnormal behavior meant that things were not that simple.

"Go ahead, make sure you have enough energy these days. It won't work if you don't get enough rest." He waved away a few people who were hesitant to speak. Shuer was still sitting at the table, staring thoughtfully at the two pieces. He was fascinated by the bookshelf, and no one knew what he was thinking about.

"Hehe, let's go, Sasa." Lin Jing smiled innocently, and pulled up the shy female swordsman, "That guy was scared by me, don't worry about him, let's go to sleep, together."

"No, you'll make me sneeze if you lose your hair while sleeping." Saff looked worriedly at Shuer, who was lost in thought, but was pulled into the dormitory by Moria.

"Why are you still here?" After regaining consciousness, Shuer looked up and saw Mia standing beside him expressionlessly, staring at him.

"You took my position. I am on the first shift." The elf mage said coldly, "Now it's my turn to tell you, stay out of the way and go to sleep."

"Tsk." Xiuer was stunned, shook his head with a wry smile and sighed, "Forget it, I'm afraid of you. See you tomorrow. Also, that mushroom..."

"I know, I won't touch it." Mia said understandingly, "Although I don't know the reason, I can't do anything that causes trouble."

"Thank you."

(End of this chapter)