Lord Highlander

  Chapter 83 82. Retrograde

  It was just dawn, and the sleeping soldiers of the second team were called up by Suldak to start a new day's investigation mission.

The evil spirits on Moyun Ridge probably wanted to preserve their strength. After discovering the traces of the imperial soldiers at the foot of the mountain, the evil spirits did not conduct a large-scale search operation. They even shrunk the area of ​​​​the daily patrol to avoid encountering Green Imperial scouting squad.

   Obviously, the evil spirits are planning to build a permanent defense stronghold in the Gandar Er Mountains in Handanal County in order to contain the imperial army around the forest farm.

The evil spirits who enter the Warsaw plane through the gate of evil spirits have a certain period of weakness. They are affected by the power of this plane. After entering the plane, the strength of most of their bodies will be suppressed to a certain extent. The plane is completely corroded by the highly poisonous air for the evil spirits, and the evil spirits need a long adaptation period in this plane.

   This is probably the main reason why the evil spirits on Moyun Ridge are unwilling to immediately clash with the imperial army.

   After consuming two precious sacrifices, Suldak obtained the 'Divine Blessed Body' and the 'Blessed Shield' in a simple sacrifice ceremony.

  Therefore, Suldak, who possessed great power, was going to take the initiative to trouble the evil spirits in the forest area.

   Now he especially wants to lead the second squad of soldiers out of the camp to hunt down the lone ghost fighters in the patrol team.

Suldak didn't even have the patience to wait until dawn. He woke up all the sleeping soldiers in the tent, and after a simple breakfast, he left the temporary camp. Wearing a camouflage made of cinnamon branches, he began to search for Ghost Patrol.

The battle with the evil spirits yesterday brought strong confidence to the soldiers of the second team. The soldiers waded through the dew-stained grass, regardless of whether the dew wet their trouser legs. Everyone was full of energy. No one talked, and the surrounding area was so quiet that only the sound of footsteps and the friction between the blades of grass could be heard.

The second team first came to the wreckage of the mountain beast. Sure enough, the huge room-like chest skeleton of the mountain beast had been trampled into pieces by the evil spirits, and the sentry branches inserted into the skeleton were also damaged. I didn't find the single evil spirit here.

  …

   Two hours later.

  In a valley at the foot of Moyunling Mountain.

The two soldiers of the second team hid in a stagnant pool, with a canopy of waterweed on their heads, like a group of swamp zombies lurking in the muddy muddy water, calmly watching a group of seven evil spirits Formed patrols passed by the pool.

   There was a slight abnormal sound, as if a stone fell into a stagnant pool.

   A sound of ‘boom’,

   The sound was not too loud, but the evil spirit walking at the back just heard it.

  He paused for a moment.

The evil spirits in the front row of the patrol team also stopped and stared coldly at the last evil spirit. The evil spirit walked carefully to the pool, but found nothing suspicious. The evil spirit patrol continued to move forward. Walk.

   After walking a few steps, there was another strange noise, and the last evil ghost stopped again.

  The evil spirits walking in front stopped, and returned to the pool of stagnant water with doubts.

  Suddenly, on the other side of the pool, a swamp frog jumped into the bottomless pool, making a soft 'plop' sound.

  The evil spirits ignored the last evil spirit behind and strode forward.

  Although the evil spirits who fell behind looked at the water suspiciously and paused for a while, they quickly followed the patrol.

   Augustus, who was hiding in the stagnant pool, blew away the duckweed floating in front of his face, and was about to climb ashore from the stagnant pool, but was gently pulled by the bearded man beside him.

The grumpy Augustus is an orthodox academic warrior, while the bearded Cagle was a ranger with half-baked survival experience before his military service, participating in a field hunt organized by a lesser-known local adventure group Activity.

The bearded Cagle grabbed Augustus and did not let him climb up the stagnant pool immediately. After a while, the sound of chaotic footsteps resounded, and the evil spirit patrol trotted all the way back from the front. , patrolled around the pool of stagnant water, and then left without finding anything.

  Augustus exhaled softly.

  Just now, an evil spirit was standing in front of him. As long as the evil spirit took half a step forward, it could almost step on his face.

  The bearded Cagle stood up from the pool of stagnant water, panting heavily, letting the muddy water flow from his body.

  He stretched out his hand to pull Augustus up in the pool of stagnant water, and said: "Let's keep up..."

  …

  Among a large tree with luxuriant branches, Garcia the Red Sock was lying on a branch, holding a tied white stork in his arms, quietly watching the ghost patrol passing under the tree.

  He was so frightened that he didn't dare to take a breath.

   When the evil spirits passed under the tree, he even held his breath, only feeling his chest beating like a drum.

   If possible, Red Sox even wanted to hold his heart tightly to prevent it from beating so violently, but he couldn't control himself.

   After finally waiting for all the ghost patrols to pass under the tree, he took out another alloy bow as if to die, aimed at the last ghost of the ghost patrol and pulled the bowstring.

  A hint of murderous intent caused the evil spirit to stop vigilantly, and turned its head to look at the big tree where Garcia was hiding...

  The red sock then shot down a sorbet from the tree, and the arrow flew away without a trace in an instant. The emerald green sorbet fell from a height and fell to the solid ground, splashing the juice with a 'pop'.

  The evil spirits at the back always have problems, which has already caused extreme dissatisfaction among the other evil spirits in the team.

  Just at this time, a pear fell from the tree and shattered, and the evil spirits in front even cast mocking glances.

  The ghost team ignored the ghosts who were behind and continued to move forward.

The evil ghost was hesitating whether to go back to check, but found that the tree continued to shake violently twice abnormally. He wanted to greet his companions in the patrol team, but he hesitated and held back. Go back step by step.

  At this moment, a call came from afar from the ghost patrol, and the ghost who landed at the back immediately responded.

  It points to the big tree in question...

  A white stork fluttered out of the bushes, plunged into the blue sky, and disappeared without a trace.

  The ghosts of the ghost patrol team finally lost their last bit of patience and strode forward.

  The evil spirit that fell at the end hurriedly tried to follow, but found that the tree was still shaking.

  ... So, it stopped in doubt, staring at the treetops with a pair of blood red eyes.

  The red sock is lying on the branch of the big tree.

  At this moment, under the eyes of the evil spirit full of lifeless gaze, his bladder was filled with a strong sense of urination.

  …

  Suldak and He Boqiang took the remaining soldiers of the second team and hid in a mountain depression.

  There is a bush here, which happens to be the best hiding place, but the body needs to be completely lying on the ground, and the damp soil has a faint smell of decay.

Mixed with the slightly sour fragrance of blueberry trees, Suerdak even thought of the forest in the back mountain of Wall village, and the beautiful girl who likes to pick blueberries. Her sweet lips are as blue and clear as the lake water. Eye…

   "Little Duck, I'm always a little worried, do you think they can complete the task?"

  Suldak shook his head, put aside distracting thoughts and asked He Boqiang beside him.

  He Boqiang nodded without hesitation.

   Seeing He Boqiang's affirmation, the inexplicable irritability in Suldak's heart suddenly subsided. He turned around and asked He Boqiang: "You trust them so much?"

  He Boqiang still wanted to answer, but he saw a figure swinging towards him holding a tree vine, and behind that figure was clearly followed by an angry ghost...

  He Boqiang pointed to the woodland in front of him, and Suldak was full of energy and whispered in a full voice:

   "Hey, it's really attracting... Attention everyone, prepare to fight!"

  (end of this chapter)