The fog in the forest became heavier and heavier. In the afternoon, even the experienced demon hunters could not tell the direction. Fortunately, they could point the direction so that they could continue to move forward. The small team of thirteen people could not meet from beginning to end. Amid the warning from the demon hunters, everyone was carefully staring at the shoulders of the people in front of them.
Ted, who was walking in the front, signaled everyone to stop and rest, and walked with the captain to the side of the demon hunter. The remaining people formed a circle and seized the time to rest.
"What's wrong?" Xu Yichen asked, looking at Ted with a heavy face.
"It's not right. We've been walking for nearly five hours. At our speed, we should be able to see the Arnhem River, but look!" Ted pointed at the stream beside him.
The stream flows leisurely, and the stream water is clear and clear, but even Xu Yichen knows that if he approaches the fork in the river, the water flow should be much faster, not as it is now.
"I grew up in the forest. I have never seen such a heavy fog in thirty years." Ted looked at the demon hunter Gonze and Captain Rockefell with his eyes, hoping to get the answer from his companions' mouths.
Captain Rockefell glanced at the Demon Hunter and said, "I had encountered heavy fog once on the sea. At that time, we had six boats, heading to Florida in the New World. If we persisted on the last day, we could see the Florida Strait. As a result, there was heavy fog that morning. We sailed in the fog for two days and one night, but we couldn't pass through the fog. The magnetic compass pointer on the ship was fine. After the mage on the ship communicated with each other, they cast the spell to determine the direction and showed that everything was normal. Our course was right. But at our speed, we should have already driven the ship to Miami."
The old captain narrowed his eyes, and the thick fog around him seemed to have returned to that desperate day: "Then the fog suddenly dissipated, and the Celest disappeared completely. Sea God, less than half an hour before the fog dissipated, I also asked the mage and the captain of the ship to determine each other's position. It was less than 200 meters to my right. There was also the poor Rosari, who was leading the front of the fleet. When we found that there was something wrong with it, there was no one on it, not even a rat or a cockroach-"
"Captain, you are very lucky!" Gonze, the demon hunter, interrupted Captain Rockefell's memory: "I guess your cabin is full of slaves from the Black Continent, right?"
The old captain's awkward expression indirectly answered the question of the Demon Hunter.
"I don't have time to waste it on horror stories. You just need to know that this thing is dangerous and very dangerous." The Demon Hunter said coldly: "It's so dangerous. If you fully understand that it's really like it, someone like me will come to talk to you. Do you understand what I mean, Captain?"
Under the direct look of the demon hunter, Xu Yichen saw the old captain nodding stiffly, and didn't even dare to wipe the cold sweat on his face.
Ted was a smart man and did not continue to ask about this question. After resting for ten minutes, he called the team to continue to bury their heads along the stream. The team was silent for a moment.
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"You don't seem to like talking to them?" Xu Yichen, who was walking at the end of the team, whispered to the demon hunter Gangze.
The thick fog obviously made the Demon Hunter not very happy. He turned his head and looked at Xu Yichen: "I am 264 years old. All my friends of my contemporaries would have died or disappeared. After becoming a Demon Hunter, it won't take many years to get to know these mortals."
Looking at Xu Yichen's young appearance, the Demon Hunter was silent for a while: "However, apprentices usually have to spend their first 100 years old to experience this, if they didn't die in the monster's mouth before this."
Xu Yichen obviously could not understand the world view of the immortal species. As a player, he did not worry about encountering such troubles in the future: "Do you know what about these fogs? Jazz?"
"Someone is opening the door to the Chaos World. Every time this happens, it means that there is a guardian who has not completed their mission." The voice of the demon hunter Gangze revealed a strong dissatisfaction: "I should have predicted in advance that I cannot trust those religious madmen. These thick fogs can disrupt people's perception. After a while, you may smell the odor of sulfur, or you may feel the temperature drop. The biggest possibility is to meet a bunch of disgusting large bugs. The key is to look at the situation on the other side of the gate."
Sir Gangze followed this opportunity to popularize the knowledge of the Demon Hunter to his apprentice: "As an apprentice, you should not know this knowledge before you can complete the Valley Trial, but in the current situation, you can learn what you can only encounter."
"Every time I open the door to the Chaos World, I need hundreds of creatures to sacrifice their flesh and blood and souls. Judging from the current situation, it takes at least two thousand people. The soul and body of intelligent creatures are Chaos' favorite sacrifices. I don't know how long we will have, but when danger comes, you need to participate in the battle as a demon hunter. I will never show mercy on any weak behavior!" The demon hunter Gangze had a solemn expression and cold words. Anyone could easily tell that he was not joking.
"I will definitely not let the demon hunter be shamed!" Xu Yichen answered with a firm answer.
As time passed, the forest began to gradually darken again, and the whole day was rushing in the fog, exhausted everyone. Even the white wolf of the Demon Hunter sticks out his tongue and pants.
Captain Rockefell slowly approached Xu Yichen and whispered: "Xu, are you a demon hunter now?"
Xu Yichen looked at the captain who was afraid of being heard by Gangze, and smiled and replied: "Yes, I am still an apprentice now, why are you so afraid of him?"
The old captain looked around: "Have you heard of them before? The demon hunter specializes in hunting witches, monsters, and immortality like vampires. All those who know their whereabouts and those who have news of their interest were killed by them after being visited!"
"Most of them are rumored captains." Xu Yichen explained: "Do you think I am a guy who can kill people randomly? They just lived too long and didn't want to have anything to do with ordinary people."
"So, they are really immortal like vampires!?" Captain Rockefell obviously grabbed the point.
At this moment, a strange trumpet sounded in the fog, as if the wailing sounded by a creature before dying, with a sense of twilight and strange desolation.
"Run! Run! Don't stop!" The Demon Hunter shouted, urging everyone.
The survivors became nervous, and everyone heard the urgency in the words of the Demon Hunter. Everyone began to desperately squeeze out the little energy left in their remaining energy, trying to speed up.
Xu Yichen approached the jazz and asked what was approaching. The Demon Hunter had no time to explain in a hurry, and simply replied: "It's not the worst kind."
"If you are caught up, these mortals cannot escape, and you and I can only fight to the death." He handed Xu Yichen a short sword brought from the sailor, and the Demon Hunter reminded him.
The intermittent sound of horns sounded from all directions, chasing the survivors unyieldingly. Everyone tried their best to keep them from falling behind. The youngest Sildo looked around uneasy on the white wolf's back, staring wide with his eyes wide open, feeling the fog of the guards tumbling and twisting, as if monsters would rush out of the fog at any time.
Xu Yichen could feel a strong sense of uneasiness rising from the bottom of his heart, his heartbeat filled his ears like a war drum, the sweat on his body wet the bandaged bandage, and the pain at the wound made him involuntarily slow down. The demon hunter behind him pushed his back with his hands, reducing his pressure.
The guard who had been running without stopping for a moment, and for no reason, the knee-breaking guard could no longer hold on. Although Ted and another strong sailor drove him forward, he inevitably slowed down the entire team.
"Give up on me, I have no strength!" The guard struggled to shake off the help from Ted.
"What are you talking about! I can't throw yourself here. We are not dead in the orc camp. How could we fall on the way home?!" Ted roared, resisting the guards on his shoulders, and continuing to run without saying a word.
The captain sighed and helped the guard's body behind him. Everyone knew that Ted couldn't hold on for long. Sildo rode on the white wolf's back, gritting his teeth, not knowing what to say.
A disgusting feeling tells Xu Yichen in his perception that the right front is dangerous! Death is already waiting!
"Dangerous!" Xu Yichen shouted a high warning, and then pointed to the left: "Go over there!"
The demon hunter thought quickly and decisively believed Xu Yichen's words: "Go to the other side!"
The survivor, who had lost his judgment, turned around the stream and ran in another direction under the command of the demon hunter, without hesitation.
The shadow of the night envelopes the forest. Against the fog, the tall trees are like arms with twitching claws, pressing towards them from all around, and holding them tightly and staying in this jungle forever.
The survivor who lost a lot of physical strength during the running began to slow down. Ted's eyes were red, relying entirely on his willpower to hold on. Now he has lost the power to speak. Every step seems to be the last step in his life. Finally, Taylor was tripped to the ground by a raised stone. The wounded man who also fell to the ground patted him hard on the back, took out a necklace from his arms and handed it to Ted. Everyone understood his meaning.
"No! I can still..." Ted struggled to get up, but his trembling legs told everyone that this was an impossible task.
Chapter completed!