Start a Core Pod

  Chapter 112 Night Ringtone

   On this planet, the status of the Beastmen is very low.

This does not simply refer to social status. Even in terms of combat, the status of the Beastman is quite low. If you compare it with an RPG, then the Beastman is actually equivalent to the slime or goblin goblin that the player needs to deal with when he first comes out. Monsters like Lin, even the ratmen are more threatening than them.

  After all, ratmen can also make a variety of weapons, so they can fight back and forth with various races. But the Beastmen are different. They don't even make weapons, they only rely on their own bodies and minions to fight. At most, they can pick up some victims' weapons from the battlefield and use them. That's their limit.

  Of course, it is unknown how useful these unmaintained weapons can be.

  At least for Duanmu Huai and others, even if these beastmen make a surprise attack, they are not too much of a threat.

As the most conspicuous existence in the entire team, Duanmuhuai naturally got the attention of most of the beastmen. They let out crazy roars, rushed up and swung their weapons at Duanmuhuai, trying to prove them with the death of this terrible existence strong and powerful.

   But it's a pity that their blades couldn't even leave the slightest scar on Duanmuhuai's power armor, and they were directly bounced off. But Duanmuhuai held the hammer tightly with both hands, and swung it vigorously, knocking all the beastmen in front of him into the air, turning them into a pile of soft mud.

  Augis was still sitting steadily on Duanmuhuai's shoulders. She held the book in one hand, and opened the other hand forward, her fingers trembling slightly. The almost invisible silk thread of the puppet formed a deadly trap in front of her. Like a meat grinder with invisible blades spinning, any beastman who dared to break into it would be finely sliced ​​into meatballs.

   As for whether there are fat or thin ones on it, that is not a concern for Augis.

In contrast, An didn't do much. Because her magic was too powerful, Duanmuhuai asked her to just hide behind and use some elementary spells like "Manaria Magic Missile" to deal with it. These beastmen are also enough.

Since Duanmuhuai attracted most of the Beastman's attention, he held back the Beastman's hatred like a T. Naturally, the Frost Bears in the rear were much more open when they fought. Cliff brandished a two-handed giant sword , under the cover of his companions, he charged at the Beastmen, and the sharpshooter bent his bow and set an arrow in the rear, shooting the Beastmen to the ground one by one. Even Kevin, the employer, was not idle. He held a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, and he fought in an orderly manner. But none of the Beastmen who confronted Kevin could survive a round...he was always able to throw his opponent off balance at the most appropriate time, and then directly decapitated him with a sword.

"boom!"

  When the last Beastman fell, the sky had already darkened. When everyone raised their heads, they realized that the surrounding area had already become dark.

   "Huh... I didn't expect that the incident would be delayed by these beasts."

  Cliff viciously kicked the Beastman corpse beside him, and spat viciously.

   "Don't be so anxious. In any case, we cleared out a group of Beastmen near Middenheim, which can be regarded as protecting others from their harm."

  In comparison, Kevin seemed much calmer, but he was right.

  Because it was getting late, and everyone was a little tired from the battle with the beastman, and some people were injured, so everyone decided to temporarily stay in the village hotel for one night today, and set off tomorrow morning. As for the corpses of these Beastmen, gathering them together and burning them with a fire is also a warning to other intruders.

   It's just... It's really weird here.

   "Squeak——"

  Duanmuhuai pushed open the door of the hotel, walked into the lobby, looked around, and saw that the hotel was empty without any human habitation. The tables, chairs and benches were all neatly stacked together, without even a trace of fighting.

   "That's really weird, isn't it?"

  At this time, Kevin also came over, stared at the hall in front of him, and said to Duanmuhuai, and Duanmuhuai also nodded. After turning the Beastmen into a fire, everyone conducted a simple search of the village, only to find that the whole village looked very strange, with no traces of fighting, blood or corpses. It was as if everyone in the entire village disappeared overnight, without any resistance, struggle, or anything, as if they had left this existence at the same time and disappeared without a trace.

   "Be careful, don't drink the water here, and don't eat the food here."

  Duanmuhuai nodded. He didn't know what the situation was. It wasn't that Duanmuhuai didn't guess. In fact, there were too many people who could do this, which made him unable to determine who the murderer was.

   Soon, other mercenaries also returned to the hotel and sealed off the place. Most of them went to the guest rooms on the second floor to sleep, while Duanmuhuai, Augis and An stayed in the lobby on the first floor to watch the night.

   "I always feel a little excited."

Sitting next to Duanmuhuai, staring at the burning fireplace in front of her, An looked around excitedly. It was no wonder that this was probably the first time that Her Highness the Princess had kept watch in such a place. For a "good boy" like her, She said that failing to go to bed in time is considered a bad thing, not to mention this kind of "staying up late" behavior, which makes An excited.

  “If you get used to it, you will find that this is actually a very boring job.”

  Duanmuhuai leaned against the wall, stared around and shook his head.

   "Okay, take a break too, if there is anything, I will notify you."

  As early as just now, Duanmu Huai released the scouting servo skull. If anyone wants to make trouble, he will definitely get a report.

   Soon, the night gradually became dark.

  Duanmu Huai had already closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep, while An was swaying from side to side excitedly at first, but gradually couldn't resist the erosion of the Sandman, and fell asleep on the table. Only Augis was still sitting in front of the fireplace, flipping through a collection of fairy tales by the firelight.

   After an unknown amount of time, suddenly, a faint voice came.

   "Jingling...jingling..."

  Augis raised her head and looked outside suspiciously, but she couldn't see anything outside the hotel except darkness. But at the same time, a blue halo suddenly appeared on An's body, like some kind of protective spell. Seeing this, Augis stood up and came to Duanmuhuai's side.

"Owner."

"Um?"

  Hearing Augis' voice, Duanmuhuai also opened his eyes immediately.

   "What's wrong? What happened?"

   "I don't know, but...Miss An..."

   At this time, without Augis's words, Duanmu Huai also saw the magic barrier emerging from An's body, which made him frown and stood up. Of course, Duanmuhuai knew that although An's personality was a little careless, but as a princess of a country and the strongest mage in Manaria, An had always done a perfect job of protecting herself. Touched, that means...someone is attacking?

what is going on?

   "Boom...Boom..."

   At this time, Duanmuhuai heard footsteps upstairs, he raised his head and looked up, and saw the doors of the guest rooms on the second floor open one by one, and then the mercenaries sleeping inside slowly walked out. However, they were not awake, but as if they were sleepwalking, they slowly walked down the stairs and walked towards the door of the hotel.

   "Stop!"

   Duanmu Huai stood in front of the door, trying to stop these mercenaries, but they seemed to turn a blind eye to Duanmu Huai's existence and just walked forward. Seeing this scene, Duanmuhuai coughed helplessly, then he stared at the crowd and roared suddenly.

   "Stop!"

  Accompanied by Duanmuhuai's thunderous roar, those mercenaries who were sleepwalking suddenly woke up. Their dazed eyes gradually regained their clarity, and when they saw the situation in front of them, everyone was stunned, not knowing what happened.

   "Wow, Mr. Knight, what happened? What happened?"

  An was also woken up by Duanmuhuai's roar, and at this moment Kevin also rushed out from the guest room, fully armed. He was also taken aback when he saw the scene in front of him.

   "What's going on? Is someone attacking?"

"No."

   Duanmuhuai shook his head, and then repeated what Augis said just now.

   "Ringtone???"

   Kevin frowned.

   "I didn't hear any ringing."

   "I seem to hear..."

   Unlike Kevin, Cliff seemed a little uneasy.

   "I was in a dream just now, and I did hear the bell, and then it seemed to guide me somewhere..."

"Jingle Bell---"

  However, before Cliff could finish his sentence, suddenly, another faint bell rang along the night wind, and hearing the bell, the eyes of the mercenaries became dazed again. Seeing this scene, Duanmuhuai let out a cold snort again, which made those mercenaries who had fallen into confusion regain their clarity once again.

   "It seems that this ringtone has some special magical power."

   "Of course, and it's not just for us."

Duanmuhuai turned his head and looked out of the window - at this moment, outside the window, he could see dark figures moving slowly outwards. They were nothing but the beasts that were killed by Duanmuhuai and the mercenaries before. The charred corpse of a man. But at this moment, these charred corpses were slowly moving forward, leaving the village like zombies and heading for the dark depths of the mountain.

   "We must leave immediately."

  Kevin made a decision immediately.

   "This ringtone is most likely the culprit that made those villagers disappear. We must find out the root cause of all this!"

   "But we can't resist the ringing."

   Cliff frowned. When he heard the bell just now, he felt his brain start to feel drowsy, as if he was about to fall asleep. Obviously, it was not an ordinary ringtone, but some kind of magical ringtone.

  It has magic power...

   "Ann, do you have a solution to this problem?"

   Duanmu Huai looked at Ann. Anyway, this princess is also the most powerful mage in Manaria, so she should have a way to deal with it. "

   "Hmm... this should be acting on the spiritual level? No, the soul level? Anyway, I can try it."

   While speaking, An raised his hand, and soon, along with the sound of chanting, beams of magical light fell from the sky and landed on the mercenaries.

   "This is a spell that can protect against immune mind control, and it should be able to play a certain role."

"Jingle Bell………"

   At this moment, as if to verify An's words, the bell rang again, but this time, none of the mercenaries responded.

"very good."

  Seeing this, Duanmuhuai nodded, and Cliff and Kevin also looked at each other, and then looked at their subordinates.

   "Immediately fully armed and ready to go, let's go and see who is playing tricks!"

  (end of this chapter)