Human laughter?
How could there be anyone else here besides them?
Hearing the faint laughter, Tom stood up and left the campfire to the edge of the camp, alert and observing the dense forest to the east of the camp.
Seeing Tom leave, Elsa was left alone by the campfire.
The lake with a faint white light made the scenery here even more beautiful, but Elsa was not in the mood to appreciate it. Instead, it made her feel frightened, so she got up and came to the edge of the camp, stood next to Tom and looked into the dense forest.
The two remained silent and listened carefully.
"Chirp~chirp~." But all I could hear was the chirping of insects. It seemed like... I had an auditory hallucination just now?
"Haha~."
But not long after, faint laughter came from the depths of the jungle, which meant that the two of them did not have auditory hallucinations at all, but that there were really "people" there.
"Tom...what should I do?" Elsa asked with a trembling tone.
"Go tell George and the others to get up." Tom, who had been looking at the dense forest, said solemnly.
"Yes." Aisha nodded lightly and turned back to the camp to wake everyone up.
Although Tom has a single-minded mind, it does not mean that he is stupid.
The self-luminous lake and the laughter in the forest all mean that this area is abnormal. Tom is very confident in himself, but he will not act like a hero and check the source of the laughter alone.
Less than a minute.
"Oh my god? This lake actually glows?"
Tom heard Hans sighing from behind.
Soon, George, Hans, Crawford and Elsa all gathered around Tom, and happened to hear the frolic coming from the jungle.
And the frolic was getting closer to their camp.
Hearing such a noise, the sleepiness of George and the three people disappeared without a trace, and the atmosphere became much more solemn.
"Everyone." George, as the leader, immediately said to everyone:
"Get ready. Tom, me, and Crawford will go to the forest to check. Hans and Elsa, you two, will stay in the camp. If necessary..."
"Wait!" Before George could finish speaking, Hans raised his hand and interrupted: "I don't think this is appropriate."
George was not annoyed by Hans's interruption and asked patiently: "Do you have any good suggestions? Hans."
Hearing this, everyone looked at Hans.
"I can't say I'm a suggestion, it can only be regarded as my experience of watching movies." Hans explained with a serious face: "You know that I like watching movies, especially horror movies.
As for the horror and vulgar films made by Americans, the protagonist group is usually composed of five to six college students. You see..."
As Hans spoke, he glanced at everyone, then pointed at the glowing lake, and then at the dense forest where the laughter came from:
"We are five college students, and we encountered a strange natural phenomenon. Is it similar to the plot of a horror and pulp movie?
You must know that the main reason why the protagonist group members in horror movies die tragically is because they act separately!
When we are together, there is great power in numbers. If we are separated, aren't we just waiting to be defeated one by one? We are not professional special forces, and our individual quality is inferior to that of ordinary soldiers, so we must not act separately. "
After Hans finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement.
"You are right, we should really stay together, so do you have any other suggestions?" George asked again.
After hearing the inquiry, Hans thought for a moment and said: "Croft has a satellite phone, and our positioning system has not failed. This means that we will not lose contact with the outside world, and we also have weapons for self-protection.
It's late at night. It's unwise to run away in the forest, but it's also not wise to go deep into the forest to investigate...
Therefore, we should first call for help from the outside world, then rely on the favorable terrain and light provided by the camp to defend, and wait for the thing that makes laughter to show up. "
"Okay!" George agreed with Hans' proposal and said to Crawford:
"Crawford, please contact your father first and let him know the situation we encountered. If your father handles the negotiation, I think Bulgaria will send someone to rescue as soon as possible."
"No problem." Crawford jogged back to the tent.
"Tom, you come with me to get the gun." George said, then turned and headed to the tent that contained their instruments and equipment.
"Okay!" Tom followed quickly.
Next.
Crawford used a satellite phone to talk to her father in London, telling them about their discovery of the first Temple of Artemis and the strange conditions they encountered, so that her father could use his influence to contact the Bulgarian government.
While Crawford contacted his father, George and Tom also took out the three pistols they had brought with them, as well as less than a hundred loose bullets.
Naturally, these students would not dare to come to this deserted forest without any weapons.
The procedures to legally equip a pistol were difficult, but this was no problem for Crawford.
Finally, George, Tom and Crawford, armed with pistols and all the bullets evenly distributed, came to the east of the camp and concentrated on the dense forest to the east.
Elsa and Hans, who had no emergency response capabilities, stayed in the camp and helped the other three people pay attention to other directions.
And Hans also took out his beloved UM-UD3000, used the night shooting mode, and pointed the lens at the dense forest that George and the three were wary of.
everything's ready.
The campground returned to tranquility. Apart from the chirping of insects, there was the sound of getting closer and closer. The hearts of the five of them were almost in their throats.
After several minutes of excruciating waiting, Hans, holding the UM-UD3000, took the lead in looking through the screen to see clearly who was making the frolicking sound.
I saw more than a dozen slightly larger "butterflies", playing and noisy with each other, flying out of the dense forest, came to the open area, and flew towards the lake with white light.
! ! !
Hans's eyes were wide open when he saw clearly what the "butterfly" looked like, and his face was astonished. He couldn't believe that the creatures captured by the UM-UD3000 actually existed in real life.
The group of "butterflies" were only slightly smaller than seagulls, with translucent, colorful butterfly-like wings. What shocked Hans was that their bodies were "human women" wearing clothes of equal proportions.
Faeries.
Hans knew that this was a kind of small banshee in Greek mythology. They posed no threat to humans, after all, their size was too small.
Without waiting for Hans to remind them, the other four people also saw the group of fairies flying out of the dense forest through the lighting equipment set up around the camp.
As for the fairies…
There was also surprise and confusion on the small face.
When they flew out of the dense forest, they obviously didn't expect humans to appear here.
However, they were just stunned for a moment, and then continued to flap their wings and fly towards George, Tom and others.
"KαλωςΗΡΘΑΤΕ (Welcome)!"
"Χαίρομαιπουσεγνωρίζω (Nice to meet you)!"
At the same time, they waved their hands and spoke a language similar to Greek, seeming to say hello to George and others.
