In deserted streets, women in poor health are running away.
There was a creepy movement behind her, something crawling along the building and chasing her.
There was no time left for Abigail to look back. She was running at such a speed, even if she stopped for a short while, she might die without a burial place.
Suddenly, the movement on the walls on both sides disappeared, and what replaced it was the roar of huge wings.
Those monsters seem to be... able to fly!
Abigail felt like her heart was going to beat out of her chest. She ran into the narrowest alley, hoping to use the width of the passage to block things behind her.
But her plan failed. Three shadows had already flown above her, ready to swoop down at any time. The pursuit speed was not affected at all, but became even faster.
Plop...
Finally, Abigail fell down. She moaned in pain on the ground, and then she stopped and looked at the thing in the sky.
They were three behemoths with bat wings, slender arms and sharp claws, extremely thick legs, and heads like decaying flowers, with a pair of small blood-red eyes on the center of the flower, and sharp mouthparts extending out.
It looks like a leech with fangs.
When they saw that their prey had stopped struggling, they immediately swooped down and landed less than one meter in front of Abigail in an instant.
That mouthpart is about to catch Abigail's face!
But at this moment, time seemed to have frozen, and a wave of ice suddenly rolled out from the corner of the street, completely freezing everything.
Abigail maintained a terrified posture, her body became extremely stiff in an instant, and she immediately lost consciousness and fell into boundless darkness.
She didn't know how long it took, but she suddenly woke up again and saw that she was still lying in the alley where she had been before, but the three bloodthirsty monsters had mysteriously disappeared.
Before her heart palpitations dissipated, Abigail stood up warily, holding on to the wall and looking around.
She was afraid that those monsters were hiding somewhere, so she looked around carefully and saw nothing except the warmly lit shop deep in the alley.
This narrow street was originally extremely dark, but the shops were very bright and eye-catching.
Poorly lit streets and alleys, unattractive corners, dusty windows revealing a soft yellow light...
Abigail suddenly remembered something. She walked there, stood outside the door, and saw the store's dazzling bookshelves and the counter full of exotic decorations.
The wind blew, and the bells on the counter swayed. The female boss, wearing a colorful patterned dress and a silver chain, yawned and passed in front of Abigail.
She stamped her feet at the door, supported the door frame with one hand, and showed a sweet smile to the lady outside.
"Ah... you are the reporter, are you coming to borrow books again today?"
Abigail's eyes widened, she looked at the other person in surprise, and murmured: "Mo...Molan Tim..."
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The eastern part of Indong Continent, Utahton State.
After working hard for a long time, Adolf and Kino finally fixed and perfected the tunnel, which can lead directly to the Zoroastrian ruins underground.
It is still very difficult for just the two of them to secure a tunnel that is almost 100 meters long.
Therefore, the method they chose is very simple, and it is also quite crude after being fixed. Basically, it only leaves enough width for a person to crawl in.
This is also an unavoidable choice. After all, the tunnel drilled by the big guy in Saluba is too big. Reinforcing it all will definitely take too much time and the gain will outweigh the loss.
At the entrance to the ruins, because there was still a intact stone slab structure on the top as a support, the two people piled most of the materials here, forming a small camp to facilitate exploration deeper.
I explore a little deeper every day, and if there is danger or possibility of collapse, I will abandon that section of the route.
And if the road is smooth and safety is guaranteed, the two of them will mark the route and return along the way.
In this way, they have left many marks in this underground ruined city.
Better than the previous temple, this ruin still retains many artifacts from that era. The two of them had found scattered human bones, shrouds and fabric residues stored in the palace...
And most of them are rough iron utensils.
All in all, the scene of ancient people's life many years ago can be seen in front of us.
Kino himself is a PhD student in the history department, majoring in archaeology, and has become very interested in the discoveries made in the past few days.
As for Adolf, his goal has not changed and he only focuses on clues related to religion and occultism.
It would be great if we could excavate the remaining fire-nature secret transmission three.
But this is very difficult. Even if this ancient city once had a seer of the Three Fire Secrets living in the past, his body would not be well preserved after his death because this is now Saluba's territory.
, those "giant spiders" had already eaten him up, and the bones might be scattered everywhere, not to mention the complete spinal cord.
Today was as usual, Adolf and Kino carried dry food and water on their backs and carried oil lamps to explore inside.
On a cliff, they discovered groups of Saluba below, gathering somewhere along the underground river.
"Oh...it would be too bad if this falls!" Kino said to himself with palpitations as he watched the dark shadows crawling around.
Although they are all scavengers, the number of ghouls is far less than that of Saluba, let alone freaks like Kino.
"Fortunately, I found a place in front where they hid their food, otherwise I would have starved to death..." Kino patted the bag behind his back, which contained the smelly dead deer carcass.
Adolf held his nose and felt nauseous, but did not answer.
Kino continued: "It's a pity...it's hard for me to feel satisfied with the carcasses of animals without people."
Adolf snorted coldly and said: "If you want a human corpse, I'm afraid there's only one here."
Kino understood what the other party meant and hurriedly waved his hand: "Hey, hey, hey! Don't get excited! I don't have the guts to attack you."
Adolf snorted again and continued to stare at the Saluba army below.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He is not really afraid of Kino.
Although Kino can transform into a ghoul and eats carrion from time to time, especially dead human flesh, in the final analysis, he is just an ordinary creature.
Adolf was the seer of the Second Secret, so it was a simple matter to use invisible techniques to instigate a group of Sarubas to dismember Kino.
He once showed Chino his ability as an instigator and referee, which could be used to intimidate the opponent and make him obey.
But Kino didn't know the specific functions and weaknesses of these two abilities. He only felt that Adolf seemed to be able to control living creatures, similar to mind control.
In fact, this is not the case. The detailed description of the instigator of the secret transmission of fire should be able to instigate two parties to confront each other and start a fight.
Its level of influence lies in creating the world and disrupting biological and human mental bodies.
The mental body represents rational thinking, intelligence, judgment, etc.
This kind of influence is fatal to animals, because animals have very weak mental bodies, and most of them are driven by instinct. Therefore, Adolf can basically do it instantly when he provokes animals, and the number of animals affected is very large.
When people are in trouble, they must start with conflicts. This is why when he provoked the police and the people to confront each other in Walding Town, the people in front of him would talk a lot of nonsense before starting to attack each other.
If the relationship between the two parties is relatively close, such as relatives or lovers, the effect of this influence will be weakened.
And if the opponent is a seer, as the level of secret transmission increases, the mental body will become stronger and stronger, and it will be very difficult for Adolf's secret transmission ability to affect them.
The referee in Secret 2 is an invisible technique that can turn the tide of the battle.
The premise is that the two sides must be evenly matched or have about the same strength and cannot end the battle in a short period of time. Then the referee can change the tilt of the balance and allow one side to gain a decisive advantage under inexplicable circumstances.
Knowing the specific function of the secret transmission, the weakness will be obvious, but Adolf will not tell Kino the above content.
Now, as the two of them get deeper into the ground, Adolf has a premonition that he is about to discover a big secret.
Kino suddenly suggested: "Let's follow them to the depths of the nest. Empress Saluba will definitely choose to build her nest in the center. There must be what you want there!"