rune hunter

Chapter 55 The Kota Wormhole
Although Captain Corson asked everyone to move on, this order is obviously unrealistic given the current situation of the 57th team.In order to ensure combat effectiveness, he had no choice but to lead the team closer to the Gray Water River, looking for other scouting troops to cooperate.

The loss of the reconnaissance troop was even more serious than expected. On the way of troop transfer, more than a dozen broken soldiers and wounded were collected, and the detachment they were in had been completely disabled.The human army has achieved a tactical staged victory, and the price paid for this is too heavy.

The target set by Captain Kesen was a small fishing village by the river, but when the team arrived, it had been turned into ruins.There was blood splattered everywhere, and there was no complete body to be found.After the monsters rushed into the village to wreak havoc, they even tasted a feast of human flesh.The civilians were unarmed and powerless to resist, and only a handful of people jumped into the water to escape.

"Everyone rests where they are. After dawn, the seriously injured stay behind, and the rest continue to set off with me."

Perhaps noticing the tiredness and uneasiness of the soldiers, Captain Corson rarely issued a humane order.For human beings, marching in the dark is extremely exhausting, especially to guard against sneak attacks from monsters. In this environment, untrained troops may even collapse directly.

"Boss is actually a nice guy, but he's a bit stubborn in his work." During the break, Romney secretly whispered to El.As the deputy captain, he also has some skills in his hands. He was bitten twice in the battle but avoided the vital parts. Now it can barely be regarded as a minor injury.Perhaps because he was young, this guy's personality was relatively kind, especially after he became familiar with El after fighting side by side, he naturally spoke a lot more casually.

"He must have something to hide from us." El glanced at Cosen in the distance, and said in a low voice.The previous compromise between the two did not lessen his dislike for the bearded man, and he knew very well that Corson was only concerned about his superb skills.

"If he doesn't want us to know, then it's certainly not something we should know." Romney shrugged and didn't care about it: "We soldiers only need to know how to fight. There used to be a big General, I don’t remember the name, didn’t I say something like this—soldiers shouldn’t learn to think.”

"But I'm not a soldier, I'm a freeman." El sneered at Romney's statement.

"Free people also have the obligation to obey orders." Romney squinted and looked at El: "I think you are more like a robber, and you are also a habitual bandit. Otherwise, why would you have such a bad temper?"

"To use a more noble and elegant term, I'm rebellious." El laughed twice, not ashamed but proudly. Romney rolled his eyes and raised a middle finger.

"Okay, let's be serious." El put away his smile, pulled Romney out of Captain Corson's sight, and asked in a low voice, "How far is it from here to Red Stone Ridge? Is it safe here?"

"Whether it's safe or not depends on whether those bugs have gone crazy." Romney scratched his head and thought for a while: "As for the distance, if you don't take the main road, there is a small path along the river that can turn over to the Red Stone Ridge later……"

Romney is a native of Istaren and is quite familiar with the local terrain. The trail he pointed out actually goes up the mountain and will not intersect with the road at Red Stone Ridge.El closed his eyes, recalled the terrain around the Red Stone Ridge he observed during the day, and basically determined his current position.

"Hey, you don't mean to..." Romney laughed dryly.

"That's right, I'm going to check the situation first." El tidied up his weapon and patted Romney on the shoulder: "Don't worry, it's safer for me to act alone."

"That's why I'm even more worried." Romney frowned, and lamented bitterly: "What will we do when you leave?"

"Never mind my business... Well, it's not like I won't come back."

El glanced at the direction where Captain Corson was resting, put his finger on his lips, and hissed in a low voice: "Cover me, don't let that bearded man find out, I'll be back before dawn."

Romney nodded impatiently, and lay back under the corner of the wall with his neck curled up.After fighting in the first half of the night, he himself was exhausted to death, and the performance of the other soldiers was even worse.Even the Sentinel couldn't help yawning, and no one noticed El disappearing soundlessly into the shadows of the forest.

Going back to the forest alone feels as free as a fish returning to the sea.Er spread his legs and galloped along the forest path, as fast as a galloping horse.As a big hunter who advocates the way of nature, he will get the blessing of the wild in the forest, and his mobility and perception will be greatly increased.Of course, this was also one of the trump cards that he dared to confront Chris, the leader of the ghouls.

There was a squirm in the pocket of the clothes, and Langa cautiously poked his head out of El's arms.The little thing is very vigilant, and when there are strangers, he will remain motionless and play dead, and it is not until El walks alone that he regains his vitality.

The kobold geomancer said that landwalkers are naturally eager for killing and blood, and the battlefield is a hotbed for their growth.When passing by the battlefield where humans and the Landwalker Legion were fighting before, Langa did have a moment of restlessness, but after being patted twice by El, the little thing immediately quieted down, looking very well-behaved.

Maybe it was too full to be fed by Tika?Al thought to himself.But no matter what, this is a good sign after all, at least there is no need to worry about her becoming fierce and turning back against her master.

He stretched out his finger to tease Langa's face, the little thing babbled, bit his finger and began to suck.There was a sore and itchy feeling between his fingers, and El couldn't help showing a knowing smile.Every hunter has a serious pet complex, and he believes that the little things he feeds are absolutely unique.

After playing around for a while, Langa suddenly calmed down. She raised her head and listened for a moment, her body couldn't help shivering, and quickly retracted into El's arms, hiding herself in the eggshell.

"What's the matter, Langa?" El patted the eggshell and asked puzzled.Under his insight rune perception, he has not found any threatening targets, but the strange reaction of the little thing seems to indicate danger.

"elder sister……"

Langa's weak and young voice sounded in his mind, and El was taken aback and couldn't help but stop.He looked around and found that he had already climbed halfway up the mountain, and he could vaguely see the peak of Hongshiling in the distance.

Or the place that used to be called Hongshiling.

In the dim night, a gigantic monster with vague outlines rose from the mountains, with four slender limbs extending from it, deeply inserted into the surrounding woodland.However, the so-called "slender" is only a relative term. If you want to use the fallen trees around as a reference, even the thinnest tip is more than five meters in diameter.And the parts where the jointed limbs grow are at least a hundred meters away from the ground.

If you can look down from the sky directly above at this time, you will find that the shape of the behemoth is like the mouth of a worm, but it is too huge and creepy.Even the teeth on the lips are the size of a person, and there are thousands of such teeth in the mouth.

That is the "Kota Wormhole", a legion-level biological portal of the Landwalkers, and it is also commonly known as the "worm cavity" by the humans on the ground.As long as it has enough energy to replenish, it can even send a full-scale ground army between planes.One of the reasons why the magician girl sent a reconnaissance team at all costs was to obtain accurate information about the worm cavity.

The tunnel dug by the kobolds is too narrow to accommodate real landwalkers.Therefore, it is imperative for landwalkers to build a portal, and humans need to judge the real purpose of the landwalker legion based on the size of the worm cavity.But judging from the scale of the worm cavity that El saw, the opponent obviously planned to move the entire legion to the ground.

After experiencing the initial shock, El took a deep breath and calmed down instead.He curled his lips, and couldn't help complaining in his heart, are you guys trying to make a fuss about your family?
Even at the level of a country turkey like him who has never learned magic and even has no culture, he can see that the construction of this thing is too extravagant.

　1024-degree backflip, kneeling on the motherboard, begging for a recommendation ticket!Ask for collection!
　　


(End of this chapter)