"Look at me!" The Belon man patted his chest and said loudly and confidently, "Little girl over there, hold on, I'll be here right away!"
Then he carefully held the scimitar upside down, used the handle to test the ground in front of him, and carefully rubbed it step by step. Yuffie looked at it funny from behind, but he also improved his evaluation of Bell-even though Bell often complained, Bell
Longren's abilities in all aspects are still top-notch.
She secretly apologized to Bell in her heart. It may not be effective to ask Alphonse to go, so the only person most suitable for this task is Bell. Anyway, he is voluntary, Yuffie thought.
It took nearly two minutes for the Veron man to finally reach a position not far from the woman. He picked up the scimitar, wiped the muddy water on the handle, then held the part near the tip of the knife and lifted the handle.
Hand it to the woman.
The woman stretched out her hands and tried to grasp the handle of the scimitar——
Then the pair of smooth and slender arms suddenly extended, and quickly turned into two skinny and shriveled limbs that were more than two meters long. At the top of the limbs was a pair of equally withered hands, with disgusting dark green skin, and a length of ten
Centimeter-long sharp nails sprout from the top of each finger.
At the same time, her bright silver-green long hair turned into a mess of dark green, covering most of her face, like a pile of wet seaweed. The still exposed face also began to twist, and was transformed by young Elna
The woman turned into an old woman with wrinkles on her face - even if the Elna people were approaching their end of life, it would be impossible for them to look like that. Her pupils glowed with dark green fluorescence, scanning everyone present coldly.
Even though they were nearly twenty meters apart, Yuffie still felt her body stiffen, and the gaze was like a cold blade, almost freezing her blood. She saw Bell frozen in place, still holding the tip of the knife tightly with both hands.
.
The old woman stretched her arms and climbed up along Bell's hands holding the knife. Her sharp nails were like ten daggers, piercing the Belon's neck.
In an instant, more than a dozen golden missiles flew from Alphonse's fingertips, hitting the old woman's arm exactly, causing her to scream and retract her hand.
Yuffie raised her right hand and pointed at Bell's back. She just flicked her fingers and released the spell she had prepared. Invisible magic power poured into Bellon's body, breaking the spell given to him by the old woman's gaze.
Confinement.
"The effect of the spell on her is very low," Yuffie shouted at the Beron, "Bell, kill her!"
The Beron man suddenly came to his senses, picked up the scimitar that had almost fallen into the swamp, aimed it at the old woman who had finally regained her balance and wanted to continue attacking him, and swung it with all her strength.
"Get out of my way!"
The sword light cut into the old woman's body, splitting her into two pieces from top to bottom. What gushes out from the cut body is not blood, but green mud with a rotting stench. As the mud flows out, the old woman's body gradually
Shrunk into a ball, and finally submerged into the mire and disappeared.
"What the hell is this!?" Bell turned around and glared at Yuffie angrily, "I have never seen such an ugly woman!"
"If I'm not mistaken..." the girl thought for a moment, "it should be the hag. Right, Lin?"
"That's it." Lin looked at Bell's direction with interest and explained with a smile, "They are natural elves, the embodiment of the impression of the entire forest, and an indicator of whether this land has been affected by certain influences. If
A forest tends to be beautiful, and the elves born will be dryads and water elves. And if it tends to be ugly...it will be the green hag just now, and another kind of uglier sea hag."
"Besides, it doesn't make much sense to kill them." Yuffie continued, "As long as the current situation here remains, new hags will be born soon."
However, it has already reached this point, and the Erna people don't want to find a way to solve it? Or is it that for them, who have long lifespans, one or two years have passed by in the blink of an eye, which is not enough to react? She secretly cursed.
"It's just a bad thing anyway?" Lily looked at her feet and pouted, "I can't find any traces. What should I do, Yuffie?"
"Let's go through here first." The girl looked up and looked into the distance. Of course, except for the fog, she couldn't see much. "If those people didn't die here, they would be even less likely to stay in this place."
"Okay, okay." Bell muttered as he walked back carefully, "Anyway, if I see any woman here, I will definitely ignore it!"
Lily laughed loudly, and Yuffie and Lin couldn't help but laugh. The Dire Bear purred softly. Alphonse's eyes flickered, as if he was trying to understand the interestingness of what he just said.
Then they continued on their way.
After getting used to it, walking in the swamp is still difficult, but it is not unacceptable. It is worth mentioning that although 'Ruth's body is huge, her movements are not slow at all. 'She' carefully tested the ground with her front feet.
Follow Lin steadily.
Halfway through, they encountered several more attacks. The most troublesome one was from four hags. They joined hands and formed a circle, floating around above the grass blades, singing strange tunes hoarsely, and singing strange tunes to each other.
You can create magic spells for free and throw them to everyone.
Bell was knocked unconscious by a spell and slashed at his teammates with a knife. Lily finally suppressed him. Yuffie tried her best to counter the offensive spells of the hags, but was unable to cause harm to them. In the end, it was Al who
Feng Si took cover, and Lin commanded the gryphon Grace and her new partner 'Ruth'. It took a lot of effort to break up the group of hags and destroy them one by one.
"Women are really scary things." Bell's first words after he woke up were, "Uh, that...I, I'm sorry."
"Forget it, there's nothing we can do about the spell?" Lily didn't blame him anymore.
"Next time, stay closer to us and don't rush forward." Yuffie nodded her chin and added, "This place has been distorted, and more troublesome monsters may appear."
Bell nodded in agreement.
After walking for more than an hour, when the end of the swamp finally came into view, Bell and Lin couldn't help but cheer, and Yuffie also felt relieved. However, the next moment, the sight that appeared in front of her made her stop.
Stepped down.
That was not a scene that should exist on the mainland at all. Wherever she looked, in addition to lifeless gray, there was burnt black. The ground under her feet was like chalky dust, and there was nothingness on it, not even a dry one.
No blades of grass could be found. Curved tree trunks that looked like they had long been charred were scattered scattered on this empty gray land, like arms pointing to the sky, telling their unwillingness to die.