Chapter 32 The Young Soldier Returning From Afar, Part 1
Sergeant Oscar was wearing a white shirt and a gray shabby military uniform draped casually 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.
He has an unruly and persistent look. He is more like a street gangster than a soldier.
He did not immediately answer Griffith's question, but continued to stare ahead. Next to him, stood two young soldiers, one tall and one short, who seemed to be his confidants.
The tall young soldier had a tough face with sharp edges. He had a strong figure that was rare among his peers, and his eyes were very fierce. He just stared at Griffith and stood there without courtesy, with one hand on his waist.
on the ax between.
Compared with him, the short young soldier has almost no sense of existence. Although he is not tall, his temperament and expression are exceptionally calm and indifferent. His dark eyes are neither sad nor happy, as if he is staring at a distance that other people cannot see.
Wasteland. He is equipped with two ordinary daggers, holding a bag of fried beans in his hand, and eats 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."
"Oh~ 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 unit usually control them? The second lieutenant who fell into the sea must have been thrown into the sea by them. Griffith waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care.
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The distance between the enemies appearing at the street corner has become even closer. The guards guarding the street can already see their appearance clearly. They are like rotten wood, shedding rotten flesh and hairy scalps as they move.
.
They are living corpses.
Griffith did not immediately go to find and help Elodie. Although he was in a very anxious mood, before the cultists, mutated monsters and defenders started a melee, 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 using some 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 the last time he encountered a living corpse on the ship, he has discussed with Amber the strategy for dealing with such creatures. A more direct method is to destroy their limbs and restrict their movement. If conditions permit? Burning and purifying them with fire will be very effective.
Griffith attached the ignited arrows to the strong bow, creating a complete circle. Although his shooting skills could not be compared with those of extraordinary people with ranger characteristics, he had trained for many years in conventional long-range shooting.
"Bang!" The first rocket shot out from the string and flew across the sky and accurately hit the chest of the living corpse at the front. The broken body and clothes of the living corpse were ignited by the flames. The monster that was no longer alive was in the light of the fire.
It struggled and twisted, and soon burned into a ball of fire. Its limbs were broken in the firelight and scattered on the ground.
Very effective! Griffith fired 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 maintains a generally human structure, there is no skin and hair on the whole body. It is as hideous as a skinned specimen, which is disgusting.
The monster's palms are extremely huge, with blade-like bloody nails growing on them. It crawls on the ground, running like a cheetah, its forelimbs and back are very strong and agile, with a long bony tail trailing behind it? The swollen brain tissue stretches the skull open.
, naked and twitching in the air.
"This is a 'ghoul'? It is 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 Salis explained to Griffith and Sergeant Oscar.
"Its appearance here must be related to the call of the ancestors. Monsters like this usually act in groups. 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 rushed over and hit Griffith's shield. The huge force directly knocked him to the ground, and the terrifying bone tail was like a long
It stabbed down like a spear.
What a powerful force! Griffith let go of the shield in his hand and rolled to the side quickly. The ghoul's sharp claws and bone tail penetrated the bluestone floor, easily carving out several large holes in it.
Griffith, who had just escaped, swung his sword and slashed. The sword edge split the skin of the ghoul, but it was firmly stuck in the muscles and bones under the skin and could not be pulled out. He hurriedly threw away the long sword, drew out his feather fencing sword and swung it towards the ghoul.
Bone tail.
"Poof!" The bone tail broke into two pieces, and dark green body fluids sprayed out.
The injured ghoul jumped up like a frog, turned around in the air, opened its 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 a dislocation, and his shoulder protected by the mail lost consciousness as if he had been hit by a war hammer. But he raised his right hand in time, and the sharp sword cut off the monster's tongue.
, directly lifted 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 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 turned out to be a creature with extraordinary properties.
"What's going on?" Griffith asked Butler Sales, "Sealed objects can also create monsters with extraordinary characteristics?"
"It should be a mutated Beyonder," Sales replied. "Hepu Town also has many citizens 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 watched the dead bodies on the ground warily. His strong body was like a cheetah preparing to prey, capable of releasing astonishing explosive power at any time.
Griffith took out his water bag and observed these strange young soldiers while drinking water. Even in the Eastern battlefield, he had never fought together with this mysterious team. Judging from their apparent combat effectiveness, in the fierce battle
It is impossible to survive the 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 must act 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 remembered the name.
At this time, Alandel's voice came from the echo crystal:
"Mr. Apprentice Knight, we have evacuated many tourists.
"Some residents who escaped from the town claimed 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 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 mountain entrance. 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 swaying and staggering figures once again appeared at the street intersection in the distance. Occasionally, strange shadows flashed through the buildings, shrubs and woods that blocked the view in the distance. Some of them were four-legged like wild beasts.
They flew past the ground quickly, and some were even bigger than the mountain monsters.
"Get ready to fight!" Oscar also noticed these signs. As he shouted, the young soldiers who had just cleared the battlefield immediately returned to their posts.