Chapter 2988 The Morning That Will Never Return (Sixty-three)
Chapter 2988 The morning that never returns (sixty-three)
The rescue was proceeding in an orderly manner. A few minutes later, the first kidnapped person had been rescued by everyone, sent to the teleportation beam, and was on his way back to the ship.
Then the lights throughout the ship flickered, and the power supply became obviously unstable.
"Let me guess...it was Chief Tutan who was sent back, right?" Bedivere asked as he slowly walked back to the bridge of the Dawn on crutches.
"Bedi, you should be lying down in the medical room." The King of Knights looked at Bediville through the ship's holographic projection screen and said, "But you are right, the first person to be sent back was indeed Chief Tutan."
He is the captain of Skid Plattney's Ark, and he has priority for rescue."
"This also explains why the electricity is so unstable," Bedivere said jokingly.
Because Tutan is also an extremely large individual in the Elephant Man, using teleportation to pull such a huge Elephant Man back will definitely consume much more power than pulling other people.
"Would you be careful if Tutan heard what you said?" the King of Knights also said jokingly.
"Actually, I have heard it." A voice said, it was the voice of Chief Tutan. He was in the transmission beam and could already communicate with the ship: "You actually said that I am fat. I will fix you when I get back."
"I just said that Patriarch Tutan's weight is amazing, hahahaha..." Bedivere smiled awkwardly: "Everything is okay, Patriarch?"
"I'm fine. At least I don't have any injuries on my body." Tutan replied: "I remember that I was last on the main bridge of the Ark commanding the battle in Lviv. Then there was some kind of black enchantment that spread out,
We all devoured it... and then we couldn’t remember anything. When we were rescued, we were already in the big tree hole. It seemed like we had a long nightmare."
"They even plan to sacrifice you to the abyss...is that what they mean?" The Knight King analyzed: "Robl said he didn't know. But he must explain the matter clearly when he returns.
This is not something you can get away with just by not knowing."
"Anyway, that guy will just talk about a lot of reasons, and let this matter end in the end." Tutan said: "Ignore him. Let's focus on rescuing the people in the pit first."
"I agree." The knight said: "As soon as you get back to the ship, you will start rescuing the next person."
Tutan's weight is so astonishing that he actually occupies two teleportation beams by himself.
"Dawn, please respond. I have something here that I want you to see." Another communication came from the bridge of the Dawn. It was Dr. Virgil: "Bringing a camera to the big hole is indeed the right choice. I'll record it."
Got a lot of precious pictures."
Then he sent the video back to the bridge in the form of an encrypted signal, and a holographic image screen popped up next to Bediwell's captain's seat, showing the situation in the pit.
In fact, these scenes were not much different from what Bediwell had seen before. Gray tree roots entangled the kidnapped people, causing those people to fall into a deep sleep, and at the same time, their time flow also stopped. Those who were surrounded by gray tree roots
The entangled people hang in the air like corpses, sleeping forever and having endless nightmares. Perhaps this is a form of [sacrifice].
On the side, Nat, Solar and Bereld were tirelessly fighting against the black tree roots coming from both sides. These black tree roots seemed to be more ferocious than the gray-white tree roots, and they actively attacked everyone. But because of that
Several people were also fighting with all their strength, but the invasion of black tree roots could not get any closer, and they were even beaten back. After a while, those black tree roots were chopped into pieces, and the momentum of the attack was greatly reduced.
"These things seem to be plants that react to heat sources." Virgil said in a self-narration while recording: "To be more precise, the black tree roots react to the heat source and will actively attack the heated objects; while the white tree roots
It reacts to changes in height. If objects fall from a height, they will be entangled."
It was consistent with Bedivere's previous conjecture. However, he had never seen the black tree root.
"The altitude of where we are is changing steadily. As long as we don't jump up, we won't be attacked by the white tree roots." Virgil continued to recount, completely treating this video as a documentary: "And the black tree roots...
...these roots don't seem to be fire-resistant and can be burned. They respond to heat but not fire. They act like moths to a flame. Stupid."
When talking about this, the camera has focused on Solar. The magic swordsman is using the dragon weapon to create a whirlwind of flames. And because those black tree roots have the ability to track heat sources, they are easily attracted to the whirlwind of fire.
Then it was ignited and burned. It seemed that Long Wu, who could use flames, was simply "attribute restraining" those black tree roots. Bediwell had heard that Solar was very active in this battle before, so that was it
Something happened.
Of course, Nat and others were also fighting bravely. Nat used a Gatling heavy machine with a gun. The gun fired everywhere, causing the patches of tree roots in the distance to fall into a sea of flames. And the gladiator Bereld used smear.
The Luna Steel sword with flaming rosin slashed at random, knocking back any tree roots that dared to come close.
Seeing everyone fighting so hard, even Lawrence on the side was a little moved: "Maybe I should go down and help. The magic fire should be of great help."
"You stay here." Bedivere rolled his eyes at Lawrence.
"Then," midway through the recording, Dr. Virgil suddenly turned the camera around and said to the camera: "I also have a lot of new discoveries here. Especially this one, I think you will be interested, Captain Bedivere."
."
The camera turned again, and the picture fell on a person trapped by tree roots. That person had obviously been trapped in the large cave for a long time, and at first glance he looked like a mummy. Moreover, he had extremely terrifying features on his body.
Serious injuries, mainly burns, made this mummy-like person covered in the color of charcoal. Moreover, the person's head had actually been separated from the body, and he had probably been decapitated. It stands to reason that such a charcoal decapitated mummy would
It was impossible to continue living, but those gray-white tree roots trapped this person and stopped the flow of time in this person's body, stopping the time of this dying person at the moment before death.
Seeing this charred mummy, Bedivere's heart inexplicably stopped for a few beats.
"Judging from the structure of the skull, this is not a human being, but more like an orc - a werewolf, to be precise." Dr. Virgil said: "There are several werewolves beside this person who were burned to char. The condition is
They are all very... tragic. I think they are your people, Captain Bedivere."
Without Virgil's analysis, Bedivere could naturally see it. The reason why he had such a strong feeling just now was precisely because he noticed something.
He focused his eyes on the chest of the charred mummy on the screen. There should be some kind of small jewelry on that person's chest, but the metal jewelry had already been burned and distorted by the high temperature of the fire. It was difficult to
Recognize its original shape.
Bedivere then stopped the video and zoomed in to watch it carefully.
"...Boss?" Seeing Bedivere's face turning pale, Lawrence asked worriedly: "Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
"No..." Bedivere hummed: "This...impossible...!"
But it can't be wrong.
Even if it was burned into coke and twisted and deformed under the high temperature, the original shape of that pendant and that jewelry should be a wolf head.
------[Cloud Silver Wolf].
It is a token of the head of the clan that only the patriarch of the Esquimo clan is worthy of possessing.
Bedivere's father once took off the pendant and hung it around Papalov's neck to tease Bedivere when he was a child. He said that if Bedivere did not behave, the position of patriarch would be passed on to him in the future.
Bediwell's brother Papalov died.
Of course, as a White Bear, Papalov was only an adopted son and could not inherit the position of patriarch. This was just a joke from Bedivere's father. But Bedivere remembered all this very clearly when he was a child.
The father he loved and hated... and the patriarch's token that he couldn't take his eyes off.
...Now, everything has turned into charcoal and nothingness.
"Boss?" Lawrence continued to ask.
"I...I'm fine." Bedivere was trying his best to hold back and not let himself collapse.
"Arthur." Bedivere then contacted King Arthur at Skid Plattney's Ark: "When can the teleportation beam be used again? I want to go down to the big hole again."
"What? Why?" The King of Knights was puzzled: "Please, your legs are broken, can't you stay on the Dawn peacefully? Why are you getting involved at this time?"
"I have to go." Bediwell said categorically: "The burnt mummy shown in Virgil's video just now...that person...may be my dad...
....The leader of the Esquimo tribe, Beowulf."
As a result, the King of Knights' expression became solemn.
"Are you serious, Bedivere?" He, Bedivere, was afraid of making a mistake and asked, "The Esquimo clan was exterminated more than ten years ago. The clan leader should have been killed at that time...
..."
"Seriously." The werewolf youth replied: "I know this is ridiculous, but I have to confirm it. Maybe the abyss forces snatched my dad away from the fire scene at that time and sent him to a place like this to let him survive for the last time.
What about one breath?"
(Probably, this is fate.)
"What you said is not impossible. The possibility is extremely low, but it is not impossible." King Arthur thought: "Very good. Chief Tutan has just returned to the ark, and the transmission beam can be activated again. I will notify the big hole.
people, ask them to stop uploading so that you can go down first."
"Thank you." Bedivere said, standing up on crutches: "Eve, help me prepare for the teleportation."
"Yes, Captain." The ship's artificial intelligence replied without emotion.
"Boss, isn't this too dangerous?" Lawrence looked at Bedivere and wanted to persuade Bedivere not to go, but he didn't know what to say. He knew he couldn't stop it.
"Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as I go." Bediwell said with difficulty, "I have to confirm this. I have to... see my dad for the last time."