Chapter 1278: Demon Hunting in the Silent Night (21)
Chapter 1278 Demon Hunting in Silent Night (21)
The scenery at first was the bustling night lights of London. But the evil star flew very quickly, and it only took half a minute to fly away from the city of London.
The countryside of Great Britain is exceptionally quiet and sparsely populated. Looking down from a high altitude, the dots of lights make it impossible to identify the direction.
Husky shuddered. Flying at high altitude was scary and cold. Even though the dog-man boy had been clamped from the front and back by two humans, and the Star Dragon he was sitting on had a high body temperature, like a self-heating device.
Seat.
"How long do we have to fly to reach our destination?" Husky asked in a low voice against the biting cold wind.
"About three hours." Evil Star said with a sneer.
"What the hell!?"
"If you want to go faster, I can increase the speed. But believe me, this journey will definitely be bumpy."
"I don't care." Juliet, who was sitting at the end, said calmly, as if she was used to such strong winds and waves.
"I also...want to hurry up." Daniel whispered. His body did feel a little frozen. He was worried that if he was too frozen, it would affect the next action of hunting nightmares. After all, this
It is his own task, and he has to do everything himself.
"Okay, hold on tight." Xinghui Dragon murmured a few words, and seemed to have developed some kind of protective shield around his body. The protective shield blocked part of the oncoming airflow, allowing the dragon to fly faster. The evil star became even more
"Lighting" his own wings - actually adding magic power to his wing membranes, making them glow like a burning flame - this makes the dragon flap its wings even more powerfully,
Of course, the speed will also increase explosively.
Husky only felt like he was riding a train in a dark tunnel. The protective cover not only deflected the airflow, but also deflected light; it dimmed the remaining light of the stars and moon in the sky, and was traveling at high speeds.
One after another, afterimages of light are drawn out during flight.
Maybe it was just an accident, or maybe this was done intentionally by the evil star. In short, it was impossible to identify the direction and distance in this darkness. They were led all the way by the Xinghui Dragon. Where they were going was completely unpredictable. They knew the purpose.
The only thing there is the evil star.
Although there is no reference object, Husky can still feel that they are moving at high speed. Because the high-speed movement brings heavy pressure*, a powerful force that makes the canine boy almost breathless. Turn left, turn right,
Then it turned left, and then it flew straight for a long distance. Uncle Evil Star's flight path seemed quite random, even a bit like he deliberately drifted left and right in order to tease the boys and girls on the dragon's back.
(*Note: It is derived from the photon friction effect and has nothing to do with acceleration or air resistance.)
After about an hour, the flying speed of the Star Hui Dragon finally slowed down. Then the protective shield was removed, and the original darkness of the sky and the earth was once again replaced by the light of the stars and the moon. Husky looked curiously at the ground and found them
There is already a large island at your feet. From high in the sky, you can see the outline of half of the island, reflected by the reflection of the sea, and it is faintly visible.
There was something glowing red in the center of the island. After Husky took a closer look, he realized that it was actually a crater, and it was an active volcano. What was glowing was the lava that was constantly emerging from the crater.
The cracks in the rocks on the edge slowly flow down, and they cool down completely when they reach the mountainside. Eventually, the volcano looks like a huge lamp from a distance. This volcano is neither in danger of completely erupting nor in danger of being completely extinguished. It is in a dangerous situation.
It maintains a delicate balance in this state and is the ideal residence for certain heat-loving creatures.
I don’t know why, the first thing Husky thought of was not the nightmare, but the dragon. Rather than saying that this was the nightmare’s lair, it was more like a dragon’s lair. But Uncle Evil Star brought them to search for the nightmare, and the route should not be the same.
Is there something wrong?
"It's about to land, you all hold on tight." Xinghuilong slowed down the rhythm of its wings and used its huge wings to ride on the airflow to glide. They stopped on a relatively flat rock platform on the mountainside of the volcano, and the evil stars struck.
Everyone put them down and turned into human shapes.
"Pay attention to the surrounding terrain." Evil Star reminded, "If you fall into the lava and burn to death, I will not be responsible."
Husky looked around again. This active volcano is actually not as dangerous as it seems at first glance. The rocks that make it up are extremely hard volcanic rocks, which have condensed and become thick over millions of years of precipitation.
Incomparably, even the lava flowing down the cracks in the rocks cannot erode it. Because the rocks are very thick, the heat from the ground cannot be transferred to the ground very well. Husky stepped on this kind of rocks with his shoes,
I just feel a little warmth on my feet. As long as you are careful to avoid those glowing lava rivers when climbing mountains, there should be no problem.
"It's weird, nightmares would appear in a place like this?" Juliet also asked after inspecting the environment. She didn't know much about these magical creatures, but she also knew that nightmares are not the kind of monsters that like heat. Generally, nightmares are not the kind of monsters that like heat.
Will not build lairs in craters.
"So you really don't know anything," Evil Star walked in front of the team, leading everyone around dangerous lava rivers and heading towards the top of the volcano: "This was originally a dragon's lair. And dragon, you
I know, I always like to collect treasures. Even if they don't take the initiative to plunder, adventurers from all walks of life who hunt for dragons will take the initiative to die. The dragons usually kill the adventurers, dispose of the bodies, and leave only the treasures. Over time, the dragons
A big treasure will be accumulated in the cave."
Daniel listened silently, although he didn't understand at all.
"Generally speaking, if the dragon stays in its own dragon lair, other monsters will not dare to disturb it. But if the dragon in this dragon lair has something to do and goes out for a long time, or dies for some reason and does not return, the dragon lair will be destroyed.
It is completely empty, leaving only a large treasure full of gold and silver. At this time, some money-hungry creatures will take over the nest and come in to take advantage of the treasure and the dragon's lair."
"I see. Nightmares really like the light of treasures." The smart girl has roughly guessed the ending: "This is a dragon's lair that has been vacant for a long time. Its light attracted a nightmare, and it stayed here permanently.
,Right?"
"That's it." It seemed that because he was very familiar with the terrain, the evil star walked very quickly and climbed to a place close to the top of the mountain in a few times. Then he suddenly helped him down and gestured to everyone: "Hidden!"
Husky and others immediately squatted down nervously, using the surrounding uneven black volcanic rocks as cover to cover themselves skillfully.
"Look there!" Evil Star cautiously moved over to join everyone, then poked his head out from the bunker and pointed into the distance: "That's the Nightmare!"
Husky and Daniel looked out at the same time. About fifty yards away from where they were, among the treasure piles in the cave's depression, a dark thing was slowly moving left and right. There was black gas floating around its body, and
The surrounding golden light and the red light of the volcanic lava are out of place. It is like an ugly black shadow under the gorgeous light of beautiful things.
Without saying anything, the evil star pulled Husky over and at the same time used his father's ancient sword to draw a circle on the ground around his body. This circle soon formed a kind of protection with a faint golden light.
The shield seems to be specially designed to combat the mental interference magic of nightmares.
"Listen to me, kid." Xinghui Dragon told Husky: "No matter what happens, you are not allowed to leave this protective circle. If you are caught by the nightmare, even I can't save you!"
Husky nodded obediently, although he had other ideas. Juliet Rutherford was also hiding behind the evil star, within the protective circle, and seemed not to interfere in the hunting of nightmares.
"The next step is up to you." The evil star said to Daniel, a young knight trainee: "Rush over here, and as soon as you are discovered, the nightmare will launch a mental pollution attack on you. No one can help you, you can only
Rely on your own strength to break the hypnosis of nightmares. Whether you live or die, it all depends on your own destiny."
Daniel swallowed, nodded towards the Star Dragon, and slowly walked out from behind the bunker: "What if I successfully break the nightmare's hypnosis? What should I do next?"
"Stab it." Evil Star handed over a dagger, "The Nightmare is very weak. Its physical strength is no different from that of a horse. Normal attacks can kill it. The only scary thing about it is the mental pollution. It uses the spirit
The pollution cannot move when it attacks, which means that as long as you wake up from hypnosis, it can only stand there and let you kill it. There is nothing to be afraid of."
Daniel frowned. It sounds simple, but in fact it is very difficult to do. At least three thousand knights in Great Britain who participate in the assessment every year are seriously injured by the mental pollution of nightmares, and even die in severe cases. If they cannot escape from the nightmare,
The human body will be continuously corrupted by the magic of nightmares, and eventually (all or part of) the internal organs will turn into black mucus and flow out of the body. This is a very horrific way to die.
Thinking about it now, it was still too early for him to challenge the nightmare as a trainee knight. But Daniel had no way out. He needed to be promoted to a regular knight as soon as possible, and he needed emergency funding from the knights to support his seriously ill mother.
For surgical purposes.
The young man gritted his teeth and walked out slowly.
One step, two steps, three steps. He tiptoed, intending to get as close as possible to the monster. Perhaps he was lucky, thinking that he could get close to the nightmare without being noticed at all, so that he could kill the terrifying creature in one fell swoop.
The monster.
But, of course, that is absolutely impossible. No matter how good people's sneak skills are, the ability of nightmares to see through stealth is always better. After walking less than five yards away, Daniel has been discovered by the monster.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss----------------------------!!" The nightmare neighed sharply like a horse. The black color around its body
The Qi also began to spread, surrounding everything around it.
In an instant, whether it was the firelight of the lava or the golden light of the treasure, they were all submerged in this strange darkness.