The torches were swinging wildly, causing the surroundings to flicker. Everyone who woke up in a hurry was breathing heavily because they were exhausted from running for their lives.
"This way!" Footsteps of "tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap."
"Teacher, we're catching up!" The Luoan girl and the sage who were responsible for cutting off the rear guarded near the fork in the road. Through the firelight in the distance, she could clearly see these shiny metallic jointed limbs ranging in size from a palm to a human head. Animals emerging from the flames.
"How is it possible? These things are not afraid of fire." Mira looked a little panicked and her breathing was a little disordered. There was a lot of charcoal on her face because she was heating up because of the fire. The same is true for our wise men - because they just rushed out of the fire.
The existing pile of firewood, combined with the grease and candles in the oil lamps and other combustion aids, increased the fire to the point where the entire underground compartment burned. It was not an accident, but the sage's decisive step to stop it after discovering that such a large number of creatures were approaching. Although the purpose was indeed just to hinder their movement, the fact that the fire, which was too big for people to get close to, failed to cause real damage to these guys, surprised even Henry.
"Is it because the carapace on the surface is made of metal?" Mira began to make random guesses.
"Gold is better at conducting heat than iron." The sage shook his head: "If you walk into the fire with that kind of shell, you will be roasted instantly."
"This thing is not a creature we generally recognize and cannot be judged by common sense." He said, then waved his hand to Mira: "Move back." The sage kept his legs bent because of the narrow space. As he said this, the firelight behind him began to fade away. "We found the exit to the ground!" Galeva shouted loudly and came back through the passage.
"Okay! It's coming." Mira responded and ran towards that direction without looking back.
If it had been anyone else, she might have been a little worried at the end, but if it was a problem that Henry couldn't solve, it would be useless for her to stay here.
"Huh--" The sage who remained at the end fell into darkness after everyone else evacuated. Only the raging fire burning in the underground compartment in front of him illuminated the scene in front of him. Countless insects with strange shapes appeared in various shapes. It's approaching at an extremely fast speed. The heavy metal shell prevents them from running very fast or climbing walls, which is probably the only good thing - though.
He shook Kramer in his hand, then took a slight aim and stepped forward.
"Wha—!" At first it was a standard waving of both hands, and the space here happened to be big enough. But in the middle of the swing, Henry suddenly let go of his left hand. Then he released his right hand that was close to the gauntlet and slid to near the weighted ball. He held the end of the sword hilt with one hand to extend the attack distance and slashed this sword.
"Dang!" The golden pieces with smooth sections flew out and hit the ground with a clear sound. With its high hardness, Kramer had no problem cutting through soft metals like gold, but that was not where the sage focused.
"Scandium!" He turned to a vertical attack and hacked to death the closest insect that had been maimed.
"Hiss-" Obviously even if you are not afraid of fire, you will still die if your body structure is destroyed. In the dim light of the fire, Henry glanced over and saw its body structure clearly. Some familiar green body fluids were flowing, and white steam began to emit due to the temperature - the limbs of this hacked insect were very strange, and it almost There is no organic matter, and the entire cross section is filled with thick gold.
"It's difficult." The sage frowned. If the outer shell was only covered with a layer of metal and there was still an ordinary carapace underneath, others could use blunt weapons to deal with it. But with such a weird body that is almost entirely made of inorganic matter, only Kramer can kill these bugs.
But Kramer only had one.
Don't be reckless.
More and more bugs began to approach, and he decisively turned around and began to evacuate behind him. During this process, Henry also noticed a strange phenomenon.
"After being burned by fire, can you run faster?" But the speed is obviously still inferior to that of others. The sage quickly evacuated to another passage behind him, and the blue light spilled down from the entrance that had been opened long ago. .
"Teacher!" Mira at the entrance of the cave shouted when she saw him running towards him, and Henry nodded, handed Claymore to the girl Luo An, then grabbed the ladder and quickly climbed up.
"Hurry up and close it!" Aiji shouted, and Galeva and Lulu quickly closed the wooden door back. This exit is different from the previous ones. It is not inside the house but in a yard. It was covered with a layer of covering soil, so they had just spent a lot of effort to push the trap door open. Now after covering the door back, they were worried about the spilled and accumulated debris from opening the door. The soil next to it covered it back.
Galeva and Aggie, who were still uneasy, began to look for huge rocks nearby, while others breathed a sigh of relief and began to sit on the ground to rest. "Teacher." Mira handed the sword back to him, and the sage inserted it back into the sword sheath and began to observe the surroundings.
As it was approaching dawn, the visibility on the surface began to increase significantly. The bodies of the people who hurriedly escaped still had some warmth from the fire, but because they also hurriedly threw things like cloaks and quilts into the fire, their desire to burn increased. Because I was blocking the bugs, I started to feel the coldness around me more and more.
"What to do? There are bugs underground, and there are those guys on the ground - ah! I just mentioned it!" Humanoid individuals swaying and stumbling gathered nearby again.
"Qiang——" "What to do." Mira pulled out her sword, and everyone else who was sitting on the ground panting also got up in panic.
But these guys didn't seem to notice the existence of the group. They just walked to the ground not far ahead and wandered there. The Luoan girl frowned, while Galeva next to him asked as stupidly as ever. Out: "What's going on?"
"The fire warmed the ground." Henry gave the answer, but this thing they had realized before combined with the bugs they encountered only made the situation more difficult to understand.
"What should we do next?" Mira asked the sage. Galeva and Lulu next to him also looked at him, followed by the four missionaries. A series of things that happened in just one day made everyone feel confused. Henry, who remained calm under such circumstances, subtly affected the atmosphere of the team and unsurprisingly became the backbone.
People always ignore the serious impact of their words and deeds on others. Many people often think that when they secretly observe others and then make judgments, they are in a situation that is not noticed, but this understanding In fact, it's just wishful thinking.
Even if the reasons are not directly stated due to social, status gap and team harmony, when one individual in the team - such as Aggie - often shows timidity and panic, the others will accumulate to a certain extent. Be dissatisfied, or become restless and frightened.
Humans are creatures that are very easily influenced by their fellow humans. But fortunately, this influence is also two-way. When there is a person like Henry in the team who can remain calm and composed at all times, the chance of people in the team making extreme and eccentric decisions will be greatly reduced.
"Anyway, let's find a room to stay. Although these guys seem to be attracted by the temperature at the moment, the fire will be extinguished soon." Henry made his decision, and everyone nodded in agreement.
They quickly found a house diagonally opposite, and after breaking in with ease, they "borrowed" the locals' warm clothes with ease.
But the flames never dared to rise. Because of a series of things, they now became more and more cautious about using fire.
"Anyway, let's confirm what we know so far." The sage waved everyone to sit down.
"There must be a connection between those insects underground, those creatures and the villagers. Judging from the accumulated things, I'm afraid this has been going on for a long time. Whether it is the storage of ordnance or the excavation of the tunnel system, careful statistics and command are required The more communication needs to be hidden from the higher-ups, the more important it is, so I don’t think they will leave any written records." In order for Lulu to understand, he spoke in the language of the Moon Country.
The aboriginal girl obviously noticed this, but Mira, who took a while to understand next to her, hit Galeva with her elbow because she didn't understand and was about to ask. At the same time, he added: "But we have searched the village chief's house and found nothing valuable."
"Paper is more common in the Moon Kingdom than in the Rigal continent. However, books are still not that common items." Aiji next to him added, and another older missionary nodded: "Materials The exchanges will surely attract the attention of the higher-ups. If they have a way to smuggle these materials, their sphere of influence may be larger than we thought."
"Indeed, apart from the ordnance, although the village chief's house is luxurious, it is still within the acceptable range." Another missionary in his twenties continued - due to the policy of the White Church, these people were sent to People in the East know all kinds of local things very well.
"Gold is a valuable item in both Crescent Continent and Rigal. Based on previous church data, the piles of gold we saw in the basement are about -" the oldest missionary leader, Priest Alfonso, who was quite taciturn and about 50 years old, thought for a moment: "It can build a city or a small merchant fleet."
"Of course, this premise is that those things are indeed gold." He said, and the sage nodded and added: "It is gold. Although it can move, the things covering the surface are indeed genuine."
"If it doesn't move, it probably looks like real gold. Even if the bugs inside die, it can be peeled off and used as real gold."
"So he is sitting on a wealth comparable to that of a city lord, but he is content to live the life of a village chief. Even the villagers live a poor and somewhat busy daily life, but if they are to live in peace with the world, the weapons they have hoarded What's going on?" The missionaries started discussing at once, and Lulu, who had been listening nearby, suddenly spoke at this time.
"shrine."
When she said this word, Mira and Galeva, who did not understand, looked at her, and the missionaries stopped talking.
"What do you mean? Ah, but doesn't God pronounce 'Kami' in the language of the Kingdom of the Moon?" The Luoan girl who asked the sage fell into even greater confusion after getting the answer, but now she is not learning polyphonic characters. She also understood the good times - Priest Alfonso nodded and spoke again: "Indeed, if there is a place that nobles will not search aggressively, it is the sacred place dedicated to the gods."
"On the mountain." Lulu explained briefly again.
“We might be able to find answers there—” “Crack—”
A strange noise suddenly sounded among the people sitting around. They all turned around. Among the four missionaries, one of the younger generation like Aggie pressed hard on the cloth bag under his cloak. In the dim light of the morning , everyone saw him covered in cold sweat.
"No, that, that's it." "Click——"
"O'Neill, dear brother, don't tell me that you lost to greed..." Several other people distanced themselves from him, and the sound of metal hitting the floor through the thick woolen cloth sounded loud and clear. Very clear.
"I, I, but the church needs funds. What if we can't go back to that house, or someone picks it up-" "The cloth has been torn!"
"Wait!"
"Qiang——"
"Where are you running!" "Everyone, stay back!"
"Wait, on you-"
"Ah ah ah, get it down, get it down!——"
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