Sergeant Oscar was wearing a white shirt and his gray shabby military uniform was casually draped over his shoulders. Like the others, he did not wear a helmet. His thick gray hair stood up unyieldingly on his head, and his firm eyes seemed to reveal a hint of wildness and persistence. He is more like a street gangster than a soldier.
He did not immediately respond to Griffith's question, but continued to stare ahead. Beside him stood two young soldiers, one tall and one short, who seemed to be his cronies.
The tall young soldier has a tough face with sharp edges. He has a muscular body that is rare among his peers, and his eyes are very fierce. He just stared at Griffith, standing there without courtesy, one hand on the ax at his waist.
Compared with him, the short boy soldier had almost no presence. Although he is not tall, his temperament and expression are particularly calm and indifferent. The dark eyes were neither sad nor happy, as if they were looking at a distant wasteland invisible to others. He was equipped with two ordinary daggers and held a bag of fried beans in his hand, eating one from time to time.
In this awkward atmosphere, Sergeant Oscar finally turned around and said to Griffith: "Our squadron is good at fighting powerful enemies with extraordinary characteristics, but a protracted battle is not good for us. Mr. Trainee Knight, I noticed some mutations The creatures are approaching, and the city defense army needs us to guard here for more than half an hour. Can you help intercept them?"
"No problem, fight your way," Griffith nodded, "However, among the enemies there is an infected person who maintains the appearance of a girl. She is obviously different from other monsters. Do not try to get close to or attack her."
"Hey~ This noble puppy is quite sensible! It saves a lot of trouble." The tall young soldier said happily, looking at Griffith with contempt and contempt.
"Watch your words, Kaz." Sergeant Oscar immediately stopped his companion's rudeness and bowed to Griffith to apologize. "My team members are speaking unobtrusively. Please forgive me."
How do the commanders of this army control them? The second lieutenant who fell into the sea must have been thrown over by them. Griffith waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care.
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The distance between enemies appearing on the street corners has become even closer. The guards stationed at the street entrance could already see their appearance clearly. They were like rotten wood, shedding rotten flesh and hairy scalps as they moved.
They are living corpses.
Griffith did not immediately go to find and help Elodie. Although he was in a very anxious mood, before the melee between the cultists, mutant monsters and the defenders started, rashly going there would definitely put him in a tight siege.
His tactical goal is based on the intelligence provided by Alandel. He must first eliminate the cultists who are performing some kind of ritual or action to bind Elodie's will, and then approach her to find a way to rescue her.
Griffith lit a fire beside him, took out his strong bow and feather arrows, and lit the arrows on the fire.
Since his last encounter with a living corpse on the ship, he had discussed strategies for dealing with such creatures with Amber. A more direct method is to destroy their limbs to restrict their movement. If possible, burning and purifying with flames will be very effective.
Griffith attached the lighted arrow to his strong bow and drew a full circle. Although his shooting skills cannot be compared with those of extraordinary people with ranger characteristics, he has been trained in regular long-range shooting for many years.
"Bang!" The first rocket shot out from the string, crossed the sky and accurately hit the chest of the living corpse in front. The mutilated body and clothing of the living corpse were ignited by flames. The monster that was no longer alive struggled and twisted in the firelight, and soon burned into a ball of fire. Its limbs were torn apart in the firelight and scattered on the ground.
very effective! Griffith opened his bow repeatedly, and a series of meteor-like rockets flew into the sky, hitting the living corpses one after another.
At this moment, a swift shadow suddenly rushed out from the intersection ahead.
Its appearance is completely different from the living corpses Griffith has seen before. Although it generally maintains a human structure, there is no skin or hair on the whole body, and it is as hideous and disgusting as a skinned specimen.
The monster's palm is extremely huge, with blade-like bloody nails growing on it. It crawled on the ground and ran like a cheetah. Its forelimbs and back were very strong and agile, and a long bone tail was dragged behind it. The swollen brain tissue stretched open the skull, nakedly exposed to the air and twitching.
"This is a 'ghoul', a monster known to be controlled by the god of death and plague. It once appeared in the southern continent. It is very agile and dangerous," Butler Sales explained to Griffith and Sergeant Oscar, "Its appearance here must be related to the call of the ancestor. This kind of monster usually acts in groups, and it is very rare to appear alone. This is a good opportunity."
Griffith put away his long bow and drew his sword and stepped forward to meet the enemy. The ghoul charged forward and hit Griffith's shield. The huge force directly knocked him to the ground, and the terrifying bone tail stabbed down like a spear.
What a powerful force! Griffith let go of the shield in his hand and rolled aside quickly. The ghoul's sharp claws and bone tail penetrated into the bluestone floor, easily carving out several large holes in it.
Griffith, who had just escaped, swung his sword and slashed away. The sword edge split the ghoul's skin, but it was firmly stuck in the muscles and bones under the skin and could not be pulled out. He hurriedly threw away his long sword, drew out his feather fencing sword and swung it towards Bone Tail.
"Poof!" The bone tail broke into two pieces, and dark green body fluids sprayed out.
The injured ghoul bounced up like a frog, completed a turn in the air, opened its big mouth at an unimaginable angle and bit it.
Griffith took advantage of the situation and raised his sword to block. Before he could see what was happening, a long and thick tongue popped out of the monster's mouth, swiped the blade of the feather sword, and hit him on the shoulder.
Griffith felt a sharp pain like dislocation, and the shoulder protected by the mail lost consciousness as if it had been hit by a war hammer. But he also raised his right hand in time, and the sharp sword cut off the monster's tongue and flew directly into the air.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, Kaz rushed up with a giant ax and hit the ghoul hard on the back.
The monster that had just lost its tongue was caught off guard, and its not-so-thick waist received a heavy blow and broke with a click.
Griffith seized the opportunity and stabbed him with his sword. The sword edge pierced the ghoul's head, and there was a soft and sticky feeling.
"Bang!" The ghoul's exposed head exploded. The monster twitched and rolled like a lizard, then shed a pool of dark green blood and lay on the ground without moving.
At the same time, other young soldiers also began to attack the approaching living corpses. The number of monsters in this wave was limited and they were quickly wiped out.
This dead monster slowly precipitated a small white crystal. It is actually a creature with extraordinary characteristics.
"What's going on?" Griffith asked Butler Salas, "Sealed objects can also create monsters with extraordinary characteristics?"
"It should be a mutated Beyonder," Sales replied. "There are also many citizens in Hepu Town who desire extraordinary power. They will collect Sequence 9 potions through formal or informal channels. After being infected, they will It became like this. This is just my guess.
"I will report to Miss Alandale immediately. Now that this mutated creature has appeared, the infection of higher-level Beyonders is likely to produce more terrifying monsters."
Oscar, the sergeant of the young soldiers, picked at the severed long tail of the ghoul with the sword in his hand, and said with curiosity: "It seems that these monsters have very strong vitality, and they will still be dangerous after being severely injured."
"Be careful, Oscar." The short young soldier stared at the dead body on the ground warily. His strong body is like a cheetah preparing to prey, able to release amazing explosive power at any time.
Griffith took out the water bag and observed these strange young soldiers while drinking water. Even in the Eastern battlefield, he had never fought in coordination with this mysterious team. Judging from their apparent combat prowess, it was impossible to survive a fierce battle.
However, these young soldiers, especially the short one, exuded a dangerous and strange aura, which made Griffith very uncomfortable.
"Mika is right, Oscar," Kaz also came to help. "The commander should behave like a commander. We will compile the intelligence from the front line."
It turned out that this little man's name was Mika... Griffith secretly noted the name.
At this time, Alandel's voice came from the echo crystal:
"Mr. Apprentice Knight, we have evacuated many tourists.
"There are some residents who escaped from the town claiming that they saw the trainee investigator Miss Amber and some police officers trapped in the town's police station. Please support her if possible. It is not too far from your location. "
"Understood, I will go support her in a moment," Griffith replied while replenishing the arrows in the quiver, "Have reinforcements arrived?"
"Second Lieutenant Skoltz has deployed the trebuchets from the Holy Grace Church. They can provide long-range fire support, but due to the angle and obstacles, they are limited to the block in front of the entrance to the mountain pass. Sergeant Major Finn is on his way to the sniper point. He will be near you to assist.”
At this time, a large number of shaking and staggering figures appeared again at the far intersection. Occasionally, strange shadows flashed through the gaps between buildings, shrubs and trees that blocked the view in the distance. Some of them flew by on all fours like wild beasts, and some were even bigger than mountain monsters.
"Get ready to fight!" Oscar also noticed these signs. Following his call, the young soldiers who had just cleared the battlefield immediately returned to their posts.
