Life as a mercenary turned into a girl is a bit difficult

Hearing Elali's exclamation, Hiiragi Jing and others immediately looked in that direction. They saw Su in the center of the stream constantly waving his arms and struggling in the water. His body was rising and falling and disappearing into the water from time to time. Those blocking The water in her nasal cavity made it difficult for her to make a cry for help, and she could only use rapid body movements to express her fear and signals for help.

Drowning?

Ellali on the side obviously didn't know much about water. At this time, she was struggling in the water to get closer to Su who was not far away. Keira on the shore didn't even have time to take off her clothes before she jumped into the stream and quickly headed towards Su. After leaning over, Poluk continued to swim downstream against the rapid waves towards the people upstream.

Where's Erin?

After a simple glance around, she didn't find Irene. Realizing that something was wrong, Hiiragi immediately released her senses. The presence of water weakened the range that her senses could detect, but even so, her senses found other people besides them. There is an unknown existence outside, and that existence is hiding in the body of water. The aura of one of them exists together with Irene in the stream below Su.

Not drowning!

Hiiragi Jing, Ruoxiang and Caster looked at each other and realized that they had also discovered those unknown existences. The black slime quickly hid her white hair. She did not step forward to help but led Kast. Ste and Ruoxiang quickly moved towards the shore, because she had noticed that some beings were slowly approaching their location from the bottom of the water. Such a move was undoubtedly a hunting behavior.

As for Su, Hiiragi believes that Irene's ability can completely handle it.

"Get ashore quickly! There's something in the water!"

Seeing that Keira and Elali were still approaching Su without knowing the situation, Ruoxiang quickly shouted a warning, and the next second after she finished speaking, the water around Su suddenly surged out with a ball of red blood and a series of dense... The bubbles quickly spread and diluted under the flow of the stream, and Su finally got rid of the drowning state and desperately slapped the water towards Keira, who was swimming towards her.

"Kay, sister Kayla!"

"Don't be afraid! I'm here!" Keira reached out and grabbed Su's arm. Under Ruoxiang's warning, she also realized the danger of this water area, and held Ellali tightly with her other hand. Take them back to the shore together.

Even though she was dragging the weight of two people, Keira didn't show much difficulty. The buoyancy brought by the water may have helped, but it also showed that her physical fitness was strong enough. Under Hierarchy's naked eyes, she clearly Seeing that a large number of twisted vein-like lines appeared under the skin of Keira's crotch neck, they were arranged like a spider web. After she successfully brought Ellali and Su ashore, these lines disappeared again. Under the skin.

I heard that He Xiaoyu said that the reconstruction surgery involves implanting something in the back of the neck. Is this the trace left after the reconstruction?

Although the location matches, the only Transformer Hiiragi has seen so far is Kayla, so Hiiragi is not sure that this is the unified characteristic of the Transformer.

"Are you all right?"

"fine."

"I, cough, cough, no... cough!" After choking on some water in the stream, Su coughed violently as soon as she came ashore, and she herself didn't know that her state at this time was not as simple as just choking on water. .

"You're injured!" Hiiragi Jing and others, who had landed at the closest distance upstream, rushed here quickly. As they approached, Ruoxiang saw the blood pouring out of Su's left ankle at the first glance.

The basic medical knowledge she had learned in Weibus Town came in handy immediately. She stretched out her hand to tear off a piece of fabric from her own clothes stacked on the ground, and then skillfully used both hands to clean Su's wounds with water from the stream. The situation is urgent and there is no time to do any disinfection work.

The disturbing blood was washed away by the water, and a regular circle composed of many small wounds was exposed to everyone. The wounds were not actually big, but they were densely distributed on the edges and middle of the circle. They had not yet Just as he had time to see the full extent of the wound, it was obscured by the blood gushing out again.

"It's an anticoagulant. There is an anticoagulant in the wound." Poluk, who has been dealing with blood all year round, realized the problem. The blood flowed too fast and did not coagulate at all. Isn't this his way of storing blood?Poluk immediately leaned over to check Qi Su's wounds. To be honest, Poluk was very fond of Su who could compete with Irene in the swimming competition. Note that she couldn't use her powers to stop Su's bleeding.

She could only help Ruoxiang add a bandage near the calf to slow down Su's blood loss.

"What on earth attacked Su... By the way, where's that Irene? Where is the Irene who just joined the team yesterday?" Keira raised her head to check the strange stream, but after looking around at the people around her, Their shortage was immediately discovered.

"Irene!" Su suddenly raised her head and looked in the direction of the stream with surprise on her face, "I remember she suddenly dived under the water! Then...then I broke free of the thing that was entangled with my feet...it was her! "

"No! I have to save her..." Keira stepped forward as if to jump into the stream again, but the next second a squirming black shadow flew out of the water and hit the ground hard, followed closely by a figure. Then he jumped out of the water and landed smoothly on the shore. The latter was Irene herself who Keira wanted to rescue.

But at this time, no one had the intention to pay attention to her, because all their attention had been attracted by the first black figure as early as it was thrown onto the shore.

It was a long strip-shaped creature that was as thick as an adult's arm and nearly two meters long. Its dark skin was covered with mucus, reflecting little bits of dim light. It was constantly rolling and squirming in the mud and weeds, as if it was enduring the pain of dryness. , bright red blood continuously flows out from its round mouth. From the comparison of the wounds, it is easy to know who the original owner of this blood is.

"White-bellied mutant leech..." Ellali, who was well-informed, recognized the name and habits of the mutant monster in front of her at a glance. "It usually hides in the water and waits for opportunities to drag prey close to the water into deep water areas, but it Prey is generally not drowned, as the blood will coagulate quickly and make it inconvenient to drink... Its anticoagulant has high medicinal value..."

Ellali seemed to be reciting a standard introduction. Her tone couldn't help but become confused when she said this: "Logically speaking, such large individuals usually live in large rivers, and would not live in such a narrow and cramped space." It’s only right that the stream appears.”

"Maybe it came from the sewage outlet of some sewer, or maybe some heavy water rushed in from other places. In short, these creeks are not safe. Go back and tell them what happened here."

Keira made a decisive decision, then raised her foot and crushed the head of the squirming creature on the ground into a pulp with her thick boot sole. The other parts of the body were still struggling and squirming, but it was not far from death. , after hurriedly putting on their own clothes, everyone immediately rushed towards the camp.

"Wu Kuan! Captain Wu!"

After pushing aside the obstacles of shrubs and grass, everyone could already see the flickering firelight and noisy voices in the jungle. But if you listen carefully, you will find that the content of those noisy voices is not leisurely chatting, but rapid shouting. .

"Take care of Su!" Keira, who sensed something was wrong, immediately took the lead and ran towards the camp. Hiiragi quickly followed Keira after looking at Custer to signal.

Finally, we walked through the bushes and arrived at the open space where the camp was located. As expected, the people holding torches and shouting were not what normal camping should be like.

"What happened?" Keira grabbed a member of the same crew who was running past her with a torch and asked about the current situation of the camp.

"Insects! There are insects falling from the trees!" The team member saw clearly that it was Kayla's face-changing device that brought him a sense of security that immediately overcame his nervousness. "Single and other people on the car crew were all They were hit, their faces were hugged, and then Shan had half of his nose bitten off.”

"Bug? Falling out of a tree?"

"The body is beside the bonfire. By the way, Captain Wu Kuan is looking for you..."

"What about you? Why are you so panicked?" The attack on the two team members should not cause the entire camp to become chaotic, and the constant running back and forth does not look like they are guarding their heads.

"It's a headhunting wild dog. The person standing guard said that a headhunting wild dog appeared near the camp. I don't know if it was the group of wild dogs that we repelled that day or another group that was attracted by the smell of blood. I have to set up the torch quickly. ." As he said that, the team member quickly left and ran towards the outskirts of the camp. Only then did Hiiragi and Keira realize that many torches had been erected around the camp, illuminating a large area around them. More than a dozen figures continued to set up new ones. Torch and add fuel to keep the flame strong.

The method of using fire to expel mutant beasts is effective in many situations, and headhunting wild dogs are no exception. Hiiragi Jing was indeed keenly aware of the occasional pair of pairs of eyes flashing through the outermost darkness that could not be touched by the light of flames. Pupils reflecting green light.

Chapter 52 Not a deserted village

One night... just one night, the team had one more seriously injured person and five slightly injured people. This was undoubtedly a huge blow to the team with only 22 people in total.

The seriously injured person was an unlucky man named Shan. A falling insect that hung its body on a high-altitude branch and then fell to prey fell on his face when he looked up, and his nose was also on the right side. He leaned right into the mouth of the falling insect.

Although the falling bug was quickly removed from his face with the help of his compatriots, the tip of his nose had been completely torn off by the sharp jaws, and gurgling blood kept pouring out from the nasal cavity. The blood gushed out and soon blocked his trachea, making it difficult for him to breathe. The team's medical staff could only restore his breathing by inserting the trachea.

However, Shan quickly fell into a high fever and coma, and was still not out of danger. As for the five lightly injured people, they included another team member who was also attacked by the falling bug, and the left side who was bitten by the mutated white-bellied leech. Su, who had an ankle, and the other three were attacked by headhunting wild dogs while patrolling the outside of the camp in the middle of the night.

Although these beasts are afraid of the light of flames, they show the extraordinary patience of predators. They can always wait until the flames are slightly weaker, and when their desire for prey overcomes their fear of flames, they quickly move towards them. The patrols launched a sudden attack. Fortunately, each patrol team has multiple members who can support each other in time, so there will not be too many casualties. The most thrilling scene is when a member adds fuel to the outermost torch. When he was suddenly thrown to the ground, several headhunting wild dogs bit and grabbed his trouser legs and tried to drag him deep into the jungle. Fortunately, Wu Kuan was also in the patrol team at the time. He immediately shot and killed several headhunting wild dogs. The team members rescued him.

It is a good thing that no one died, but the rest of the team members was seriously insufficient. Even if they survived the night in shifts, no one could get enough rest.

This night, the wasteland of the wasteland only showed its fangs to the team... However, maybe it only stayed for a few seconds longer, and this was enough for the team to understand how dangerous the wasteland is. .

The driver responsible for driving had to be rotated frequently due to lack of sleep, while other members had to find opportunities to rest during the bumpy journey to replenish their energy.However, Hiiragi Jing and other witches are in the best condition. Confidence in their own strength guarantees that they will not be troubled by the harassment of headhunting wild dogs. Su, the only wounded person who needs care, also got Poluk's hand after falling asleep. Ability to help successfully remove the effects of anticoagulants on wounds.

Even so, the vehicle almost turned off the road and rolled down the mountain road several times because of the driver's fatigue and distraction. For this reason, Wu Kuan had to issue an order to rush to the next human stronghold as soon as possible to stop and rest.

The next human stronghold...

"right here?"

The small village was not even marked on the map. If Ellali, who had visited here before, was not responsible for guiding the way, no one would have known that there would be a human settlement in this remote area. However, this was the closest the convoy could get before night. We are almost reaching a human stronghold.

The village is surrounded by an earthen wall made of yellow mud and gravel. Its height is higher than an adult's head. There are fist-sized observation holes at every other section. This is the solid building material for the entire village. Most of the houses are tent-like shacks made of leaves and thatch, and the better ones are supported by wood. If it hadn't been for the guide Ellali to lead the way, they would never have known that there would be human settlements in this small valley. .

The narrow mountain road in the village cannot be driven by vehicles, so Wu Kuan can only personally lead an advance team to conduct an investigation of the village to confirm the degree of rejection of outsiders by these villagers. Hiiragi Jing and Irene are also among them. After all, The Witches are in the best shape among the team.

"But the residents here seem to have left?"

There are no militiamen standing guard at the entrance of the village, and the fields outside have not been taken care of for a long time. The messy weeds are as tall as a person, and the dry aqueducts are filled with stinky silt. It is obvious that we can no longer grow food. As the team walked into the village, the dilapidated scene behind the wall came into everyone's eyes.

Scattered objects, collapsed houses, and unidentified bone fragments were scattered around the road.

"This place... was captured by monsters?" It was obviously a question, but when Wu Kuan picked up the bone fragments on the ground and found rough bite marks, he immediately got the answer. The safety of a remote village like this is always a big problem. The number of monsters in the wilderness jungle far exceeds that of humans. It is unknown how many small human strongholds disappear under the mouths of hunting monsters every day.

"Alas..." Ellali sighed helplessly. When she visited again, the village where she once settled for supplies had turned into ruins trampled by monsters. She had seen this scene many times, but she still couldn't help it until now. They are used to it, and there will only be more and more such villages. It is not that they are unwilling to settle in large human strongholds to obtain better protection, but the nobles in the wasteland are far more terrifying than the mutant monsters in the jungle. .

Who would be willing to walk out of the city walls if they couldn't survive?

"Captain Wu, do we still want to go deeper?"

After searching several buildings at the entrance of the village, the cobwebs and thick dust all proved that there had been no traces of human activity for a long time. After Wu Kuan thought about it for a while, he ordered a team member to inform the remaining team members to leave enough The people who were guarding the vehicles all went up the mountain. Taking the time to rest was the real purpose of their coming here.

After watching the team members who had received the order go down the mountain, Wu Kuan and others' exploration of the village did not end. Although the earthen walls were a bit short, the construction of these rough shacks was still careful. They were close to each other to form a long and narrow passage. There are also many damaged traps. Crossed horses and waist-high carts form a second layer of defense outside the wall.

The deeper you go, the more bone fragments are scattered, and the skeletons become more complete, both human and monster. Most of the weapons on hand for these human corpses are wooden spears and bamboo spears, and some even have simple polished ones. There is no metal gun tip, and the gun is tied with iron pipes and wires. It is already the most high-tech weapon in the village. The brave humans holding these scraps of metal are still fighting monsters at the last moment before they die. .

If humans can provide the bravest people with the most advanced weapons and supplies, then humans will never be limited to the current scope of activities... Of course, Hiiragi also knows that this is just wishful thinking. The forces are still continuing the war that happened a hundred years ago.

After traveling for a certain distance, they finally came to a relatively open area with a relatively narrow passage. From the layout, it was easy to see that this was originally the central square of the village. The dead tree that had been reduced to charcoal in the fire and only the wooden piles remained was located in the open space. in the very center.

Everyone's steps couldn't help but stop here, and everyone's eyes were directed to somewhere beside the dead tree, where there was a pile of bones like a hill. Among the incomplete bones, there were human and animal bones, and others. All the flesh and blood on the bones had been eaten away by monsters, and the scavengers that smelled the blood had wiped out the remaining bits, leaving only this pile of white bones still exuding the faint trace of blood.

This is the monster's restaurant...

After stopping and watching for a long time, Wu Kuan licked his dry lips and said to another team member next to him: "Go...get some fuel."

Fuel is undoubtedly the most precious material for a convoy to travel far. The dilapidated roads and old vehicles will increase fuel consumption all the time. However, no one raised objections to Wu Kuan's order. It would be useless to throw away the remaining part needed for the journey. Enough to let these dead rest in peace.

"Go to camp at the entrance of the village. Choose a relatively complete and sturdy house to camp. Remember to plug the gap. If those beasts dared to come last night, shoot them... The remaining people will work in pairs and remember to find something useful. Supplies, return to the camp at the entrance of the village in a quarter of an hour..."

As the two people in the best condition, Hiiragi and Irene naturally became a member of the material search team. They left the central square where the bones were piled up and continued to explore towards the north of the village. They said they were collecting materials, but in fact they were just collecting the remaining materials. A final inspection of the house was carried out. This village was already very poor and could not find any decent supplies. However, as the place where the convoy was about to camp for the night, one could not be too careful.

While searching a house near the wall, Hiei Jing suddenly noticed that the dust on a rough table had very fresh marks. The cabinets and boxes also showed signs of being rummaged recently. It was a scavenger who accidentally found this place. Or are they bandits, or are there still survivors hiding in this village?

"Someone has been here." The moment Erin spoke, a huge scythe appeared in her hand.

Since swallowing the seed, she has been able to call out the sickle at any time. In Hiiragi Jing's eyes, even the black smoke around her has become much thicker.

They saw the beam above her head suddenly collapse as she violently waved the sickle, and even the template for holding things on the beam was cut into two ends, and a thin figure fell in front of them.

"who?"

Also falling with the figure was the roof that had lost its beam support. When the broken thatched shed fell, it also blocked Hiiragi's pursuit. The thin figure got up and ran towards the outside of the house almost as soon as it landed, flexibly He got into the short hole at the base of the wall of the house next to him.

"Quick! Hide the sickle!"

Seeing that Irene was carrying a scythe and wanted to pursue Hiiragi, she quickly warned him that the noise here was too big. The surrounding team members were afraid that they would be approaching soon. If they saw such a big scythe, how could Hikaru carry it with him? It’s hard to explain why it’s carried, and it’s impossible to explain it as an object in this village.

After Hiroyuki's words fell, the giant scythe in Irene's hand turned into black smoke and dissipated. She originally planned to cut the short hole, twisted her body, and slammed her body straight into the yellow mud wall.

Chapter 53 Not a deserted village 2

The figure who got through the short wall did not leave immediately. In his hand, he tightly held a handful of sand picked up from the ground, ready to throw it out once they also got through the short hole. However, he never thought of Irene. She actually violently broke through the wall and entered. The broken gravel and rubble from the wall fell from her head and shoulders like a waterfall. This unexpected method of entering the room shocked him. With a shake of the hand that was swaying the sand, it was thrown away. The sand that was supposed to be thrown into Irene's face completely deviated from its direction and ended up somewhere unknown.

Seeing the failure of the plan and Irene's fierce performance, the figure did not dare to stop for a moment and turn around to run away. He tried hard to get into the nooks and crannies and tried to take advantage of his smaller size and flexibility, but those obstacles did not stop Irene in the slightest. As a result, the girl's body was like a rampaging monster destroying all obstacles in front of her. It was understandable why the old and dilapidated debris would be shattered by the girl's impact.

It's like... she's like a smaller version of Aunt Bear, but her skin color is different from her... monster!She is a monster!

The figure recalled that he had heard the rumors about humanoid monsters told by the old man in the village to the children. They had the same appearance as humans but were as ferocious as monsters. He once thought that it was just the old man trying to prevent the young and middle-aged people from letting go when they were busy farming. The story the children made up while running around unexpectedly turned out to be true. Thinking of this, his steps suddenly accelerated. In fear, he actually distanced himself from Irene.

Erin frowned, and her figure gradually turned into a shadow wrapped in light smoke. She no longer directly knocked away the obstacles, but combined her body with the smoke to flexibly circumvent it. However, the figure was obviously very familiar with the terrain of this village. , every time she was about to catch that person, he would slip into some dog hole or crack and escape like a loach.

Do you want to use your abilities?

The black smoke around Irene gradually emerged, and her repeated misses gave her the urge to activate her ability to capture him directly with the black smoke. Even the risk of exposing her identity to other team members was gradually suppressed. It happened that she also wanted to Try to see how far your abilities have grown since you swallowed that seed.

However, Hiiragi's appearance did not give her the opportunity to act impulsively.

At the next corner, the dark figure aimed at the short hole in the wall again, and just when he was about to pass through, Hiei Jing suddenly jumped off the roof. He was so focused on the dark figure of Irene behind him that he didn't even notice the shadow coming from above. Even though he was threatened by Hiiragi, he was pressed hard to the ground and unable to move.

Oops!

The figure wanted to break free, but Hiiragi's hands tightly clamped his body, which was even stronger than an adult's and he couldn't break free.

"Stop struggling, be obedient and we won't hurt you..." Hiiragi raised her hand and the black hood wrapped around the other person's head was pulled off by her. Under the black hood, there was actually a pair of These witches still have childish faces.

He seems to be still... a child?

The unexpected situation made her stunned for a moment. Hiiragi moved her lips and wanted to say something, but the other person's eyes suddenly became clear and the eyes turned red, and then she burst into tears with a loud "Wow", completely Hiiragi, who had never encountered such a situation before, was stunned for a while and was at a loss.

How to do?

Hiei Jing subconsciously turned to look at Irene for help. Irene, who understood the meaning, stepped forward...then stepped on the back of the opponent's head and pressed the wide-open mouth that was crying in pain to the ground. , the sand that rushed into the mouth turned the cry into a series of coughs and retching.

"Stop! Get away! What are you doing?!"

From Irene's expression, she seemed to be very satisfied with her success in stopping the crying. Hiiragi quickly patted her feet aside to rescue the child from the tyrant's feet. They had lived together peacefully for such a long time. It's been so long that Hiiragi has forgotten what this guy's attitude towards humans is. It would be nice if the reliable Custer was here at this time...

"What are you doing?"

Fortunately, just when Hiiragi was at a loss to deal with the crying child, a person who could take over her pressure appeared. Ellali, who was attracted by the series of movements just now, appeared behind them. The latter had a look on her face. Looking in surprise at the person Hiiragi was suppressing and crying under him, he asked, "What's going on?"

"We found him when we were searching the house..."

Transferring the task of restraining the target to Irene to prevent the other party from escaping, Irene would not do anything outrageous. Hiiragi quickly stepped forward and described what they had just encountered to Elali. After listening to Hiiragi, After the discovery, Ellali's face immediately became serious.

"Take him to Captain Wu first to find out his identity." Looking at the crying child, Elali looked at the child for a while, trying to find that the other person matched the image of someone in her memory. Unfortunately, it was so far away from the last time she came here. It was too long ago and she had seen too many people, so it was impossible for a young child to remember them easily.

According to Elali's suggestion, Hiiragi had no choice but to end the exploration of the remaining part of the village with Irene early, and walked towards the camp with the boy who had been caught so hard.

……

"That... what's your name?"

"Are you a resident here?"

"Don't be afraid we won't hurt you."

"..."

Wu Kuan showed great importance to what Hiiragi Jing and others discovered in the village. He immediately put down the construction and command of the campground and took over the boy himself.