Volume 1: Seven Heroes and the Holy Sword Chapter 181: Lurking
The falcon circled the woods in front of the team and then flew back to Messery's shoulder.
Messery placed her right index finger on the falcon's forehead with the mark on it, closed her eyes and sensed its visual nerves. Messery saw a dense forest through the falcon, and a tall bird in the woods.
On the shrubs, a giant python was coiled on the top of a thick tree. It spit out the letter in its mouth and slowly climbed to a higher place.
It turned out that the frightened bird just now was frightened by the giant python and suddenly flew into the air. This made Messerlie breathe a sigh of relief.
At the end of these woods, Messerli also saw the mountains on the mountainside. At the intersection of the mountain roads, there were two small groups of believers patrolling the nearby woods.
There seemed to be many people inside praying in the mountains, and among the crowd, a group of children stood in the corner with fear on their faces, watching these believers who were behaving strangely.[
Messery slowly opened her eyes and nodded to the infantry captain.
The infantry captain received the hint and ordered the troops to continue advancing. He also sent four archers as spies to explore the road ahead and report back immediately if there was any situation.
Messery's mind kept replaying the scene that the Falcon had just brought to her. There were really a group of children there, but she didn't know which one was Riva.
It seemed that tonight, these children would be sacrificed to the evil god. Messerli felt that they should speed up and seize the initiative in advance.
If you rush into the mountainous area like this, you may suffer an unexpected blow. It is the eve of the festival, and the mountainous area is heavily guarded. A strong attack will definitely hurt both sides. Although you have outstanding abilities, you cannot ignore the entire army.
Messery suddenly thought that since they were going to hold a ceremony, they had to go to the altar.
Finding the location of the altar is the key to arranging troops. If the intelligence is mastered, the troops of the Messery family can arrive at the altar in advance to control the commanding heights. They can set up an ambush around the altar and then raid the evil cult, so that they can be unprepared.
Give them a heavy blow, and they won't think that someone is waiting for them on the road to the festival.
Messery called the infantry captain to her side and asked him about the evil cult.
The infantry captain also answered truthfully, but most of the current information is based on rumors and may not be credible.
But Messerli felt that nothing was groundless, not to mention that some places were indeed a bit weird.
The infantry captain pointed to a denser smog-shrouded jungle behind the mountainside of Puppet Mountain: "That's the Magic Mist Forest. It's rumored that the Evil God Cult worships its evil god there, which is a thousand-year-old magic beast. Because it releases its evil energy all the year round,
That area has always been filled with smoke, and of course, there is poisonous gas there, so even if their altar is really there, we probably won't be able to enter that forest!"
Messerli felt puzzled: "Since it's all poisonous gas, how did they get in?"
"This..." The infantry captain couldn't answer for a moment. Indeed, there are many secrets of the Evil God Cult that are not known to outsiders. As for how they entered the woods, I'm afraid no one knows.
Messerli thought carefully for a moment, and then formulated a strategy. Messery led a small team of people to sneak into the magic mist forest behind the mountainside of Puppet Mountain to explore the reality.
The infantry captain led most of the remaining guards and continued to advance toward the mountainside, setting up an ambush nearby to closely monitor every move of the Evil God Cult.
After some deployment, Messerli led fifty guards around the mountains and headed towards the smoky magic mist forest.
Leos walked quickly through the woods and soon arrived near the headquarters of the Evil God Cult on the mountainside.
Leos looked back at the large army of the Messery family, but saw nothing.
Although the terrain of Puppet Mountain is dangerous, making it difficult for enemies to climb, it also causes problems for ourselves. Because the terrain is strange, it is like there are many mountains hidden in the mountain, so it is difficult to see clearly what is under the mountain from the mountain.
Condition.[
It seems that there is not much time to wait for the large army to come up. It is already noon, and soon the followers of these evil gods will start the evil god ceremony.
Leos leaned down and hid behind a pile of grass, observing the situation at the entrance to the mountain.
Two teams of believers were patrolling the outer circle around the mountain. They seemed to be heavily guarded, and each of them was well-equipped and fully armed. The men had strange tattoos on their bodies, which made Leos unable to see clearly.
Look.
Leos wondered if all cultists were so mysterious.
He looked around, then stared closely at the cultists who had just patrolled in front. When they walked to the side of the mountain and turned to the back, Leos quietly moved forward.
There are not only believers patrolling the mountain entrance, but also fixed sentries standing guard. It is impossible to enter from the front while waiting for the patrols.
Leos seized the opportunity and ran quickly towards the side of the mountain. He crossed a forest, climbed over a pile of rocks, and arrived at the edge of the outside of the mountain.
The patrolling cultists walked behind him, and he got stuck between the outside of the mountain and the pile of rocks, just out of sight of the patrolling cultists.
Leos looked around, and when he saw no one was passing by, he stuck his head out and looked at the situation inside the mountain.
When he saw the entire mountainous area, he was stunned. It was like a big honeycomb, and the deeply sunken mountainous area was like a large basin. At least it was nearly a hundred meters higher than where he was.
The whole place is so spectacular, it can even be called a miracle.
Now all the believers have just finished praying and are starting to prepare for the ceremony.
Leos looked at the nearby terrain carefully. Below him was the place where the highest-level believers lived. He was now on the roofs of these houses. On the far left was a road about 120 meters away from Leos.
The slope leading to the lower house, and on the opposite side of this slope
The location is the road leading to the next level. Each level is like a spiral staircase. Leos thought to himself, if you want to go down from here, you will definitely be discovered. It would be weird if you don't die. If you want someone
It's probably impossible to sneak in without anyone noticing, unless you're one of your own.
Wait, one of my own...
Leos seemed to suddenly think of something. There happened to be a clothes rack on the roof of the house below him, with several black robes worn by believers hanging on it.
There is also a ladder on the roof, and this ladder seems to lead to the house. It seems that the believers just came from the house to the roof to dry their clothes. There are still water stains on the ground that have not been completely dried.
Leos turned around and looked for anything longer around him. Soon he found a hanging branch not far to his left. He quietly moved over and broke a few branches, returning to the original position.
location.
Then he tied several branches together with thin ropes. In the end, he assembled these branches into a stealing tool more than two meters long.
He stretched out the branches and tried to reach the clothes hanging on the hangers.
The length was still a little short. Leos leaned in a little further and was still a little short of touching his clothes. His feet were about to leave the ground unconsciously. Finally, the top of his branch touched
It reached the neckline of one of the clothes.
Leos picked it hard, and the clothes were placed on the branches of the branches, deforming the whole branch and seeming to break.
Leos carefully and slowly took back the branch where the clothes were hanging. The branch nodded due to the weight of the clothes, as if it would break if it was exerted.
The clothes were still wet, and water dropped drop by drop on the roof, forming a straight mark that led directly to where Leos was.[
Leos held his breath at this moment, as if the branch would break if he gasped hard. Slowly, he finally pulled the branch back to him, but just as he grabbed his clothes, this
The branch broke with a "click!"
Leos twisted the wet clothes hard, and a large stream of water flowed out along the knotted part of the clothes. He waved the clothes in the air a few more times, trying to cover as much of the dry part as possible, and then
He quickly changed into this black robe.
Not to mention, Leos seems to have turned into a cultist when he puts on this dress, which is quite a bit like that.
But the only thing wrong is that Leos doesn't have a tattoo. Although the sleeves of this dress are very long and wide, as long as he raises his hand, they will hang down to his shoulders. Leos will be seen by others at a glance.
There are no tattoos on his arms.
Moreover, there was none on his face.
At this time, Leos seemed to start to hate the rules of this evil sect. You are such a good believer, what kind of tattoos should you get? It was so hard for him to even try to look good.
Leos took out something called an ink pen that Dungball had given him at that time from his pocket.
This kind of thing can store ink in its sac and then use it at any time, which Leos has always regarded as a treasure.
But at this time, Leos could no longer remember what the cultists had tattooed on their bodies, so he casually scrawled it on his arms and face according to their format.
Fortunately, no one can understand the words written by Leos, who is originally ugly in writing, and they are indeed somewhat similar to the tattoos of those cultists. At first glance, they are really what they are.
, but if someone splashed water on Leos, everything would be revealed.
After dressing up, Leos hid his weapons and shield in his large robe. Because some places were stretched out, those who didn't know thought Leos had a burly body and a thick chest and back.
Leos slowly climbed along the mountain wall to the roof where clothes were hung, and then climbed down from the wall to the ground.
The location he is currently in is a blind spot. A hundred meters to the left is the ramp leading to the next level, and to the right is a wall that just covers him.
What's even more fortunate is that there are no roofs on the side of the house, otherwise if there was anyone inside, they would have seen Leos climbing down from the house.