Goddess Wanhua Mirror

At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise from the port side of Nesbot, as if some huge object hit the hull from under the water surface. The force used was not too great, and it made the sailboat tremble, but this sudden attack, However, everyone who was already nervous turned their attention to the left side.

And in this brief moment, a huge tentacle suddenly shot out from the dense fog on the starboard side with lightning speed, attacked one of the ballistas, and forcibly pulled it off the deck.

The shooter who operated this ballista was "fortunate" to face the face of the monster at close range, and the scene was shocking enough for him to remember it for life.That monster wasn't Kraken at all, but a giant snake that was as huge as a dragon!

At the moment when the opponent's eyes met, the shooter almost instinctively pulled the firing rod of the ballista, and then leaned back with a strange cry.However, after the thick steel-headed crossbow arrow hit the giant snake's face door, it made a sound like a metal impact, and could not penetrate its skin at all.

A ballista was destroyed by the monster in this way, but compared to the shock that the conventional ballista failed to penetrate the monster's skin, what worried and frightened the captain was the IQ displayed by the monster when it hit east and west.

This guy is teasing us, it's actually playing!

"You must leave here immediately, you cannot fight it in the fog..."

The experienced captain quickly realized the crux of the problem, and then he noticed Evan Ruth, who was still in shock.Although there is no magician on the Nesbot, there is a high-ranking priest like him,

The first time they were attacked before, it was because of the holy light and iron wall cast by this lord that they won precious preparation time for them.

The captain lacks understanding of the application of magic, but he knows that magic is a higher power than magic.Divine arts can easily achieve the effects that magic can do, but magic cannot imitate certain things that can only be achieved by divine arts.

The main unfavorable factors that plague them right now are that the heavy fog seriously interferes with the sight of the ballista shooters, and the second is that the speed cannot be increased, making it difficult to escape from the scene.

The crux of the problem is that there is no wind!

"My lord bishop, do you have any magic that can create wind?"

"Wind? You, what are you doing?"

"My lord, you have also seen that the fog is very bad for us. My sailors can't even see where the monster is, let alone shoot it. If you can dispel the fog, we will have a way to fight back. It doesn't matter if you can't blow the fog away, if you can blow on the mainsail, we can escape!"

"This... I'll try."

As a bishop, Evan Ruth can theoretically use all divine spells except super-high-level resurrection, and a strong wind is no problem.But the problem is that although divine art is a kind of borrowed power, the priest does not need to practice it to be strong or weak, but the proficiency in using it still depends on oneself.

Since Evan Ruth became a bishop, with the improvement of his status, the number of times he used divine magic in person has also decreased.Now that he is suddenly asked to fight, the whole person is in a panic.

Evan Ruth carefully searched in his mind for a long time, and soon remembered a qualified middle-level magic spell - "dispelling breath".

The effect is similar to the magic enchantment of the wind system, forming a tornado that will move with the caster. It is usually used to dispel poisonous miasma, and it can have the same effect on water mist.

So Evan Ruth chanted the prayer aloud, and the divine power from the goddess of the seasons was responding to his call, condensing and forming around his body.

It is worth mentioning that, as a bishop, one of the privileges of Evan Ruth is that he can have a chance to cast a divine spell once a day, without the need to read complicated and useless prayers.But this once-a-day opportunity had already been subconsciously used up by him when he released the Holy Light Iron Wall.

As Evan Ruth read his prayers, eight armored cataphracts formed a protective formation around him with their large shields raised.The monster in the fog seemed to be aware of the abnormal energy fluctuations, and launched two attacks on the sailing ship in succession, destroying two ballistas, and also opened a large hole in the hull on the port rear side.

Fortunately, the magic was finally activated, and the sudden strong wind blew up centered on Nesbot, instantly dispelling the thick fog within a radius of tens of meters.The sharp increase in visibility also allowed the sailors to finally catch a glimpse of the monster, which was a monstrously large monster with many snake heads.

The main body of the opponent is hidden below the water surface, and only a few snake heads of various shapes move above the water surface. The exposed neck of each snake head is more than ten meters long, and the diameter is about two meters by visual inspection.

With anger and fear, the ballistas shot at the monster one after another. The captain personally shot an enchanted crossbow bolt with multiple magic bonuses at the monster, successfully hitting the monster's trunk under the water and breaking the defense.

The monster let out a mournful howl in pain, and quickly retreated into the fog.

And taking advantage of the distance between the giant snake and the distance again, the captain yelled at Evan Ruth anxiously.

"Quick! Blow the mainsail, let's get out of here!"

Regardless of reprimanding the captain for his presumptuous behavior of yelling at him, Evan Ruth chose to do so without saying a word. He turned into a human blower and blew out a full sail for the magic. The Nesbot, which was originally slow, The speed increased a lot in an instant, and he rushed forward fiercely.

However, just when everyone on board thought they were about to get out of danger, the sailboat suddenly shook violently, and the forward speed stopped abruptly.

A few sailors lay on the side of the ship and looked down, and they could vaguely see a huge black shadow writhing under the sea.The giant snake touched directly below them without knowing it, and entangled the Nesbot with terrifying force.

"It, it's below us!"

The sailboat entangled by the giant snake couldn't move for a while, and the ballista couldn't attack directly below the ship.Seeing this, Evan Ruth was about to use the Holy Light Iron Wall again, but just as he was about to start reciting, the sailboat suddenly swayed from side to side. He bit off his tongue with one bite, and he screamed in pain, and it was difficult to continue reciting the prayer.

"Hmph, hum, hum..."

Maybe it was because he was just injured by the enchanted crossbow, which completely angered the multi-headed giant snake. The other party put away his playful heart and launched an attack with all his strength.With a frightening force alone, the Nesbot was shaken almost to pieces, and everyone on board couldn't even stand still, let alone fight back.

While shaking the sailboat violently, multiple heads of the giant snake also climbed up close to the side of the ship, first destroying all the remaining ballistas, and then ignoring the sword attacks of several guardian knights, using a head with a long head The horned head crashed through the deck, looking for something.

After witnessing this scene, the captain suddenly realized that this giant snake is definitely a monster, and it is also the top-level monster lord.

Monsters of this level are not only powerful enough to be comparable to giant dragons, but some have also developed advanced intelligence, and can even speak human words and communicate with humans.

However, the huge monster lords often have a size far exceeding that of ordinary beasts. Ordinary prey are no longer enough to satisfy their appetites. They need to eat food with higher energy, such as other monsters or high-purity magic gems. Among the goods in the cabin, there are just so many large boxes!

So the captain speculated that the monster should have sensed the fluctuations of a large pile of magic gems, so it attacked their sailboat.The other party rushed straight to the cabin as soon as he rushed up, and didn't even look at the sailors next to him, feeling like he was disgusted.

The huge gap in strength has made the captain give up resistance. Now he only hopes that this monster can leave on its own after getting what it thinks of. At least the people on board will have a chance to save their lives.

At this time, a spider-like snake head with multiple pairs of compound eyes noticed the captain's side, or more precisely, it noticed Evan Ruth beside the captain.This fat man has completely lost his fighting power since he bit his tongue, and he is covering his mouth, shivering under the crooked steering wheel.

After the giant snake swam over, it sniffed like a dog, and a dozen eyes all locked on Evan Ruth at once, and that extremely ferocious huge snake face revealed a humane "smile".

The giant snake shook its head slightly, and the rudder was immediately thrown out, revealing Evan Ruth below.The few guardian knights around were fairly loyal and wanted to rescue them when they got up, but their strength was limited, and they were all easily beaten into the air by the giant snake, just like the toy villains under the hands of urchins.

Evan Ruth, who had been paralyzed from fright, lay on his back, and the multi-eyed giant snake on top of his head stared condescendingly for a moment, as if he was confirming something, and then opened his bloody mouth fiercely, and took Evan Ruth Swallowed it into his mouth.

This fat man weighing more than 300 kilograms is like a meat dumpling to the giant snake.Then the next scene made the surrounding witnesses feel unbelievable.The giant snake froze when it was half swallowed, and the expression on the snake's face became a little weird. Then, the protrusion on the opponent's neck that was moving down slowly moved up again.

I saw the giant snake opened its mouth again, revealing Evan Ruth, who was covered in mucus but not dead yet.The fat bishop's spirit was obviously on the verge of collapse at this moment, and he reached out to the crowd below for help with tears in his voice.

However, in the face of the behemoths that are at the top of the natural world in this world, no one present dared to make such a bold act of "snatching food by the snake's mouth".

So under the gaze of everyone, the giant snake held Evan Ruth in its mouth, and sprayed the fat man directly into the sky as if spitting.

"Heh~ tui!"

End of this chapter

The news of Evan Ruth's death was not reported back to Oyster Harbor until a week later.

The captain of Nesbot announced to the outside world that they encountered a high-level monster on the way to the capital, and the sailboat was shattered under the attack of the other party.

This snake-like monster probably sensed that there were several boxes of high-quality magic gemstones and many magic props on board, so it "blocked and robbed" the Nesbot, and walked away after getting it.

Fortunately, the attack caused heavy losses to Nesbot, but not many people died, and only a dozen or so people were injured. The giant snake seemed not interested in humans with "too low nutritional value" , only snatched the magic-rich things on board.

In the entire attack, the only victim was Bishop Evan Ruth, who was supposed to be under the most important protection.

It seems to be related to him being a priest. The monster only showed a certain interest in Evan Ruth. It swallowed it first, and then sprayed it. The fat man weighing more than 300 kilograms was like a stone ejected by a slingshot , piercing the sky at an unimaginable speed, the captain will never forget that scene!

After the giant snake left, the terrified crew inspected the sailboat and found that the Nesbot was severely damaged, and the bilge was flooded quickly, and it was impossible to repair it in a while, so they only had time to pick up the nearby crew members who fell into the water. He hurriedly moved closer to the shore, and had no time to search for the bishop who didn't know where he was flying.

The captain judged with his own common sense. At that time, Evan Ruth would definitely not be able to survive. He was reluctant to risk his own life, driving a broken boat that was leaking, and went to the vast sea to fish for a broken corpse. .

certainly!In order to get rid of his responsibility, the captain did not tell the whole truth when he reported to the high-level Goddess Cult of the Four Seasons, but lied that the giant snake had not swam too far at that time, and they were worried that the ghost would come back again, so they rushed escaped ashore.

After understanding the situation, the senior leaders of the sect vaguely realized that something was a little strange, but the timing of Evan Ruth's death was a bit too coincidental.But encountering a monster attack is not uncommon in itself.

You must know that in the Goddess of the Four Seasons Sect alone, there are thousands of missionaries who die in various emergencies every year. Anything is possible in the wilderness, and there is a possibility of killing people in any grass. thing.If everything had to be found out, they wouldn't have to do anything else.

Some high-level dioceses even believe that this incident can be properly used to turn a bad thing into a good thing.

The reason why Evan Ruth was recalled by the main hall of the capital this time was because he messed up in the northern parish, which exposed some things that could not be seen.As a result, his reputation was ruined, and the reputation of the Four Seasons Goddess Cult in the local area was also damaged, losing a considerable number of believers.

But now that Evan Ruth is dead, and he still died in the mouth of a terrible monster, it might as well package his death well, saying that he died to save others.This may be able to offset the previous negative impact to a certain extent.

After all, everyone is dead, what else can you do! ?

Ever since, the tone of this matter was determined in this way. The main hall of the capital held a religious funeral for Evan Ruth, and took advantage of the information gap between different places to promote Evan Ruth in the capital to sacrifice himself for others and earn believers. In the northern diocese of the kingdom, the news of Evan Ruth's death was simply announced, so as to calm the public's grievances and minimize the whole matter.

It has to be said that the senior management of the Diocese of the Kingdom of the Goddess of the Four Seasons has handled this matter well, almost maximizing the use of Evan Ruth's waste.There is no clamoring and vowing not to give up just because a bishop died.

Because some high-level personnel know that the Four Seasons Goddess Sect is in a special period. They want to fight for as many beliefs as possible, but they can't really break out of conflicts with other sects for this reason.Write down grudges and grievances in a small notebook first, and wait until this period of time has passed.

In this way, the situation was calmed down under the tacit operation of many parties. After all, the death of Evan Ruth is always more happy than sad, but it is more or less necessary to show face and squeeze out a few tears. Talk carefully.

In Oyster Harbor, the news of Evan Ruth's death did not cause any disturbances. The whole city chose to ignore it from top to bottom, as if nothing happened.

But in private, more than one wave of people came to Lude, put him here to find out, and asked him if he had any clues about Evan Ruth's death?

After all, rumors of Lude's friendship with the Dragon Clan have spread quite widely in the northern part of the Kingdom.At the open-air opera house, the tens of thousands of audiences who watched the drama with the dragon all consciously became propagandists after the fact, which made the story spread more and more widely.

So everyone thought, since you, Master Lu, know two giant dragons, it is not impossible to know another top-level monster of the lord level, right?

All Lude wanted to say about this was...

"How the hell do I know!?"

In short, Lude has repeatedly stated to the outside world that this matter really has nothing to do with him. Although he does not agree with some of Evan Ruth's actions, he is not so angry that he insists on killing him.It was the huge monster snake with many heads, which he seemed to have seen in the Void Forest from the description.

At this time last year, a missionary team of God of War came to Songshu Village, which had not yet been upgraded to a town, and learned that a group of lizardmen in the forest occupied an ancient dwarf city. They worshiped a terrible foreign demon, so they pulled A mosaic of rebels went to crusade.

The rebels raided the lair of the lizard people in the ancient city. The battle was going smoothly, but they never thought that the group of lizard people would summon a lord-level hydra to help them out, which turned the tide of the battle for a while, and caused the high-ranking members of the God of War sect to fight. The death of Priest Narad.

If Lu De hadn't contacted the friends of the dragon clan earlier, and the other party came to reinforce at a critical moment, the rebel army might have been completely wiped out.

However, although the human rebel army won this battle, the lizardmen cultists were not completely wiped out. Some of the fish that slipped through the net escaped together with the giant snake that was summoned, and they are still missing.

In view of this, Lude "suspected" that this incident was done by the remnants of those lizardmen. They have hatred and hostility towards humans, and they also worship an evil god, and it is possible to do anything crazy!

So under Lude's guidance, everyone aimed their suspicions at the "lizardman cultists" in Lude's mouth.This type of demihumans didn't have a good reputation in the northern part of the kingdom. They often attacked human villages and travelers traveling between places, and there was no sense of disobedience when they took the blame.

End of this chapter

On this day, Oyster Harbor ushered in a storm that had not been seen for a long time, and it became violent after nightfall.The locals all hid back home early and closed the doors and windows to avoid the rain. Except for the occasional guards passing by, there were hardly any other people on the street.

In the high wind and heavy rain, a flash of lightning pierced the night, and the pale thunder light briefly illuminated the port. An indescribable mass of seaweed and barnacles climbed up the pier and walked along the open channel to the isolation wall on East Street. Outside, climb over the wall to enter the interior.

In the isolation area at this time, the number of patients has dropped significantly to less than [-] compared to the peak period of [-] a month ago. Hundreds of people recover every day, while the number of new patients in the entire Viscounty is only single digits. .

Anyone can see that the terrible plague that almost wiped out the entire Oyster Harbor is coming to an end, and everyone is sincerely looking forward to the day when the number of people will be completely wiped out, eager to return to normal life in the past.

In the office of the hospital in the isolation area, Lude was flipping through the documents. Romean just came a few minutes ago and brought him hot drinks and a shawl to keep him warm. Lude is currently "sick" and insists on working. Admiration, Romean is more distressed.

The recent situation of Lude's condition has been spread throughout Oyster Harbor, and anyone who has a little knowledge of divine arts knows what it means that lay on hands does not work.Humans are not a very long-lived race, and those who can live to 70 years old are already above the average.

Many people sighed and sighed for this. Lude saved Oyster Harbor and tens of thousands of innocent lives. A hero should not have such an ending.There are even stonemasons in the city making preparations to make a statue for Rudd to commemorate everything he has done for the city.

Regarding the reaction from the outside world, Lu De has always maintained a kind of calmness like an outsider, as if it was just a small job.

After taking a sip of the warm milk tea, Lude put down the documents, closed his eyes and did eye exercises for a while, and just as he was scratching his eye sockets, a gust of damp cold wind mixed with the smell of sea suddenly blew into the warm study.

Lu De hurriedly turned his head and looked towards the window, only to see a large lump of kelp crawling in from the window, then stretched out four pale-skinned human hands and feet, and stood up unsteadily on the spot.

The two sides looked at each other silently for a few seconds, Lu De took another sip of the milk tea, and then asked the "kelp spirit" very calmly.

"How did it happen?"

"Come on, I've met something amazing!"

The kelp spirit stretched out her hand and pulled the "front curtain", revealing a beautiful but very embarrassed pretty face. It was the snake lady Hydera who was given a human body by Lude.

Among the entourage who came to Oyster Harbor with Lude back then, the only "hidden character" that was not disclosed to the public was Hydera who was hiding in the "Book of Ashes".Summoning her out requires continuous consumption of divine power, so I usually wait in the book.

Lude later made up his mind to get rid of Evan Ruth, so on the day the other party left Oyster Harbor, he secretly summoned Hydera and asked her to turn into a giant snake and follow the other party's ship, looking for an opportunity to kill this evil fat man halfway.

In order to make the assassination look more like an accident, Lude also carefully prepared a set of scripts and asked Hydera to act in strict accordance with his arrangements.

The assassination was very successful. After all, Hydera's body is the top Warcraft lord, and he has also received the worship of the lizardman clan. It has a bit of divinity, and it is at the same level as the dragon. It is natural to fight an armed merchant ship. It's as simple as grabbing it.

However, out of caution and confusion, Lude asked Hydera not to come back in a hurry after killing Evan Ruth, but to stay in the waters near the attack point for a while longer, and she didn't need to attack merchant ships again, as long as it happened from time to time It's good to show her face in front of people, just to show her presence, and she is strictly forbidden to kill casually.

So Hydera, who was loyal to Lude, strictly obeyed the order and dangled in the sea for several days, scaring people everywhere.

Everything was going well at first, but Hydera was a novice in geography, so he wandered to the sea area near the outskirts of the king's capital without knowing it.The Dulan royal family learned that a monster lord had appeared in their territorial waters, seriously threatening the shipping trade and further affecting the interests of the chamber of commerce directly under the royal family, so they mobilized the royal navy to encircle and suppress the giant snake.

The dispatched fleet consisted of six large warships. Ordinary armed merchant ships were reluctant to prepare a few extra enchanted crossbows, and the regular army used them as conventional ammunition.

In addition, the Dulan royal family also mobilized a large number of magicians to go out with the navy, including not only the royal family's own court mages, but also temporary reinforcements from the Three-person Tower, led by a well-known great magician from the water system.

Such a mixed and strengthened fleet can already challenge Hai Long head-on in terms of strength.Hydera didn't know that she had been targeted by humans, so she ran into the fleet head-on.

Hydera fought this battle in a panic. On the one hand, human beings made quite sufficient preparations, but Hydera was exhausted because Lude forbade her from killing people, so she could only be exhausted in parrying, and finally had to escape with injuries.

Hydera, who escaped alive, told Lude pitifully what had happened to him, and finally prostrated himself on the ground in fear and begged his master for forgiveness.

After hearing this, Lu De couldn't help but sighed, thinking that she really couldn't blame her for this situation, so he said softly.

"Get up, you have completed this task very well, and I will reward you well. You just said that you were injured, let me be healthy."

"Uh, this..."

"Don't worry, I'll help you heal."

Hearing that Lu De said to look at the place where she was injured, the expression of the prostrate snake lady suddenly became very complicated, and there seemed to be a subtle unspeakable concealment in her gratitude.