The silent village looked like a rotten and broken corpse, exuding the smell of death.
There was not a trace of human activity in the entire serf village.
It can be seen with the faint moonlight through the wooden doors and windows,
Among the many old wooden houses in the village, there are more or less the bodies of several serfs with their chests broken open.
These scattered corpses add up to about twenty people.
The large holes in their chests seemed to indicate that something had been forced out of these people's bodies.
Those are the marks left behind when a force breaks out of a living person's chest.
The expressions of these serfs who had been dead for many days were all full of pain.
The long-dried black blood on the ground indicated that this incident did not happen in the past few days.
A bright crescent moon hung high in the dark night sky.
The bright moonlight covered the vast land with a layer of silver-white gauze.
Whoosh~
Whoosh~
Whoosh~
One after another, dark figures kept running forward, quickly shuttled through the wheat fields.
And the direction they are heading towards is Sauron's territory.
………
It was three o'clock in the morning, and the night was still dark and deep.
A slightly cold sea breeze blew by,
"Ah!"
York's body couldn't help trembling and he sneezed.
He rubbed his somewhat blocked nose and complained:
"Ike, do you think adults need to be so careful?"
You read that right, it’s these two gay friends, Ike York.
The two of them were very unlucky to be caught in the act again.
At Zoro's request, Kahn added two more people to the vigil.
As for who to look for, after some thought, Kahn chose Eco and York.
It doesn't mean that the two are better in Kahn's eyes.
It was entirely because after the bonfire party, only Ike, York and Kahn among the escort members did not drink.
I don't like the former two, and I don't drink the latter because of work requirements.
York was leaning on a pillar at the corner of the observation deck at the entrance of the village, looking a little listless.
After all, whoever was forced to work overtime would not be in good spirits.
But Ike ignored York's complaints.
"York, don't be careless, I feel like something is wrong tonight!"
He stared cautiously outside the wall.
The two of them were standing on the observation deck inside the wooden wall of the village, which could be said to be the front line before the war.
If there is any danger approaching, they are the ones who will really bear the brunt.
This has to make Ike full of vigilance every night.
After all, compared with the exhaustion after the night vigil, one's own life is more important.
However, unlike the noisy nights in the past when insects were chirping, Isis seemed particularly quiet tonight.
It can even be said that it is too quiet.
This gave Ike a vague feeling in his heart.
The huge shield crab outside the wall is still lying in place.
Placed in the brazier stand in the center of the observation deck and at the entrance of the village, the flames swayed back and forth with the sea breeze.
Under the light of the fire, the two of them could barely see clearly what was within a range of seven or eight meters in front of them.
As for the further distance, there is darkness, like the mouth of a giant beast that chooses to devour people.
"I hope Captain Kahn..."
"Ah~~~~"
Ike looked worriedly at the darkness outside the wall.
But he hadn't finished speaking yet.
A female scream pierced the night sky, echoing over the village and hovering for a long time.
Ike and York looked at each other, and both saw a trace of hesitation and worry in each other's eyes.
After all, it was the bold York who made the first move.
Even though he always looks carefree at ordinary times, when things come to a head, he is not vague at all.
"Ike, you stay here and wait for the captain to come back. I'll go see what happened."
"Be careful, something may have sneaked into the village." Ike nodded towards York and warned.
"You too, pay attention!"
York picked up the iron sword leaning on the side and walked towards the emergency exit set up in the rear left corner of the observation tower.
It's said to be an emergency passage, but it's actually just a smooth cylinder that goes straight to the ground.
York hugged the column like a koala.
It only took two or three seconds for him to safely slide down from the five-meter-high observation deck to the ground.
He first glanced at the dark surroundings vigilantly, and after confirming that it was safe, he quickly ran in the direction of the screams.
…
In an alley in the Isis serf village
"Don't...don't come here~"
As Marissa kept retreating, she accidentally tripped over a stone embedded in the ground and sat down on the ground.
She looked at the ferocious monster in front of her with a horrified expression.
With the help of the scattered moonlight, she could clearly see the monster that was less than one meter away from her.
The smooth long head and mechanized body are covered by a layer of material that looks like an insect carapace.
The slender tail drooped low above the ground and waved continuously.
Drops of transparent saliva continued to flow from its mouth and fell to the ground.
Looking at the monster's ferocious face, Marissa's calves kept trembling with fear.
Every time the monster took a step closer to her, she felt as if her heart had been pinched hard.
Marissa kicked her feet in panic and moved her butt backwards desperately.
She thought in despair: "I just came out to go to the toilet, how could I encounter such a monster! Someone come and save me~"
It's just that she was too scared to say anything at this moment.
He could only pray that the territorial guards keeping watch had just heard his screams.
And the monster didn't seem to have any intention of killing Marissa.
It just kept approaching, threatening Marissa.
Bang~
Marissa, who kept moving her body, hit the wooden wall of the house behind her.
Unable to retreat any further, she could only hold her knees tightly with her hands.
Marissa buried her head deeply in her arms, trying to escape the terrifying scene in front of her.
Feeling the monster getting closer and closer to her, her body began to tremble violently.
Just when Mary Sue thought she was about to face death, the monster's attack did not come as she expected.
She listened carefully to her surroundings, but could not hear any movement.
Everything seemed to be calm again, as if the monster that appeared just now was just her illusion.
As time passed by, Marissa gradually stopped shaking.
Just when she thought she was really hallucinating, she was about to lift her head buried in her arms and take a sneak peek.
"Ah~"
Another terrified scream echoed over the village.
It would have been better not to look at it. After taking a look at it, Marissa felt that she was going crazy.
She saw the ferocious and sharp mouth pressed very close to her face. As long as she moved forward a few centimeters or two, the two would have an unprecedented intimate contact.
Everything is clearer than ever before in Marissa's eyes.
There are no eyes in the usual sense of the word under the smooth long curved chitinous skull.
But there are two small "nostrils" where the upper jaw meets the skull.
In Marissa's horrified eyes, the dark monster enlarged its mouth and stretched out its inner teeth that ordinary creatures do not have.
Ta da~ da da~
The inner nest teeth, which are also as sharp as canine teeth, continuously open and close at a high frequency, making a crisp sound of striking each other.
A large amount of transparent mucus continued to flow down the monster's open mouth, and all fell into Marissa's arms.
This made Marissa's body, which had briefly calmed down, tremble even more than it had just done.
Phew~
Then the monster seemed to sneeze.
The large amount of mucus in the mouth made Marissa's face look bad, and at the same time, a stream of pale white smoke sprayed out from the monster's nostrils.
"Cough cough cough~"
The white smoke seemed to have a pungent smell. Marissa accidentally took a breath and choked until she coughed repeatedly.
As Marissa breathed, a large amount of white smoke entered her body.
Marissa only felt that her head began to feel a little heavy, and the monster in her eyes slowly appeared as a double image.
She only felt that her body was getting lighter and lighter, as if she was about to fly.
After a while, Marissa lost consciousness and completely passed out.
Just before she fell unconscious, she saw a person appear behind the monster.
Although she didn't know who it was, she felt relieved for no reason.
The second before Marissa fainted, she couldn't help but think in her heart: "Finally someone came to save me, it's great!"