Hearing the faint laughter, Tom stood up immediately, left the campfire and came to the edge of the camp, alert and observing the dense forest to the east of the camp.
Seeing Tom leaving, Elsa was left alone by the campfire.
The lake with a faint white light made the scenery here even more beautiful, but Elsa was not in the mood to appreciate it. Instead, it made her feel frightened, so she got up and went to the edge of the camp, stood next to Tom and looked into the dense forest.<
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The two remained silent and listened carefully.
"Chirp~chirp~." But I could only hear the chirping of insects. It seemed that... I had an auditory hallucination just now?
"Haha~."
But not long after, vague laughter came from the depths of the jungle, which meant that the two of them did not have auditory hallucinations at all, but that there were really "people" there.
"Tom... what should I do?" Elsa asked with a trembling tone.
"Go and tell George and the others to get up." Tom, who had been looking at the dense forest, said solemnly.
"Yes." Aisha nodded lightly and turned back to the camp to wake everyone up.
Although Tom has a single-minded mind, it does not mean that he is stupid.
The self-luminous lake and the laughter in the forest all mean that this area is abnormal. Tom is very confident in himself, but he will not act like a hero to check the source of the laughter.
Less than a minute.
"Oh my God? This lake actually glows?"
Tom heard Hans sighing from behind.
Soon, George, Hans, Crawford and Elsa all gathered around Tom, and happened to hear the frolic coming from the dense forest.
And this frolic is gradually approaching their camp.
Hearing such a noise, the sleepiness of George and the others disappeared without a trace, and the atmosphere became much more solemn.
"Everyone." George, as the leader, immediately said to everyone:
"Get ready. Me, Tom and Crawford will go to the forest to check. Hans and Elsa, you two, will stay in the camp. If necessary..."
"Wait!" Before George could finish speaking, Hans raised his hand and interrupted: "I don't think this is appropriate."
George was not annoyed by Hans' interruption, and asked patiently: "Do you have any good suggestions? Hans."
Hearing this, everyone looked at Hans.
"I can't say it's a suggestion, it can only be regarded as my experience of watching movies." Hans explained with a serious face: "You know that I like watching movies, especially horror movies.
As for the horror and vulgar films made by Americans, the protagonist group is usually composed of five to six college students. You see..."
Hans said, and glanced at everyone, then pointed at the glowing lake, and then pointed at the dense forest where the laughter came from:
"We are five college students, and we encountered a strange natural phenomenon. Is it similar to the plot of a horror and vulgar movie?
You must know that the main reason why the protagonist group members in horror movies died tragically is because they acted separately!
When we are together, we are powerful in large numbers. If we are separated, aren't we waiting to be defeated one by one? We are not professional special forces, and the quality of our individual soldiers is not even as good as that of ordinary soldiers, so we must not act separately."
After Hans finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement.
"You are right, we should indeed stay together, so do you have any other suggestions?" George asked again.
After hearing the inquiry, Hans thought for a moment and said: "Croft has a satellite phone, and our positioning system has not failed. This means that we will not lose contact with the outside world, and we also have weapons for self-protection.
It is late at night. It is unwise to flee in the forest, but it is also not wise to go deep into the forest to investigate...
Therefore, we should first call for help from the outside world, then rely on the favorable terrain and light provided by the camp to defend, and wait for the thing that makes laughter to show up."
"Okay!" George agreed with Hans' proposal and said to Crawford:
"Crawford, please contact your father first and let him know the situation we encountered. If your father handles the negotiation, I think Bulgaria will send someone to rescue as soon as possible."
"No problem." Crawford trotted back to the tent.
"Tom, you come with me to get the gun." George said, then turned and headed to the tent containing their instruments and equipment.
"Okay!" Tom quickly followed.
Next.
Crawford used a satellite phone to talk to her father in London, telling them about their discovery of the first Temple of Artemis and the strange situation they encountered, so that her father could use his influence to contact the Bulgarian government. While Crawford contacted his father, George and Tom also took out the three pistols they had brought with them, as well as less than a hundred loose bullets.
Naturally, these students would not dare to come to this deserted forest without any weapons.
The procedures for being able to legally carry a handgun are difficult, but this is not a problem for Crawford.
Finally, George, Tom and Crawford, armed with pistols and all the bullets evenly distributed, came to the east of the camp and concentrated on the dense forest to the east.
Elsa and Hans, who had no emergency capabilities, stayed in the camp and helped the other three people pay attention to other directions.
And Hans also took out his beloved UM-UD 3000, used the night shooting mode, and pointed the lens at the dense forest that George and the others were wary of.
Everything is ready.
The campground returned to tranquility. In addition to the chirping of insects, there was the sound of getting closer and closer. The hearts of the five people were almost in their throats.
After several minutes of excruciating waiting, Hans, holding the UM-UD 3000, took the lead in looking through the screen and saw clearly who was making the frolicking sound.
I saw more than a dozen slightly larger "butterflies" playing with each other and flying out of the dense forest, into the open area, and flew towards the lake with white light.
Hans's eyes were wide open when he saw clearly what the "butterfly" looked like, and his face was shocked. He couldn't believe that the creatures photographed by UM-UD 3000 actually existed in real life.
The group of "butterflies" were only slightly smaller than seagulls, with translucent, colorful butterfly-like wings. What shocked Hans was that their bodies were "human women" wearing clothes of equal proportions.
Fairies.
Hans knew that this was a kind of small banshee in Greek mythology. They did not pose any threat to humans, after all, their size was too small.
Without waiting for Hans to remind them, the other four people also saw the group of fairies flying out of the dense forest through the lighting equipment set up around the camp.
As for the fairies...
The small face also showed surprise and confusion.
When they flew out of the dense forest, they obviously didn't expect humans to appear here.
However, they were just stunned for a moment, and then continued to flap their wings and fly towards George, Tom and others.
"Kaλw?hpΘΑte (Welcome)!"
"xa?poμaiπouσeγνwp?ζw (Nice to meet you)!"
At the same time, they waved their hands and spoke a language similar to Greek, seeming to say hello to George and others.