Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1005 Crusade and Return

"Hoohoho..."

Koizumi Hongko's special laughter echoed in the cave.

"Do you think these ghouls are as simple as the snake people?"

"Many of the ghouls are transformed by humans, and they are very familiar with human strategies..."

What Koizumi Hongzi said was correct. Although these ghouls understood what Qin Zhibo said, they also understood that the outsiders wanted to restore the passage to the outside world as soon as possible, so they urged them to go to war with the Guge giants.

And just now the ghouls have seen the scene of Qin Zhibo fighting all the demons underground, so naturally they will not let go of this powerful fighting force.

Facing Koizumi Hongzi's ridicule, Qin Zhibo replied angrily.

"Don't laugh, if you can't restore the channel, you will be forced to live with those ghouls."

"Over time, you will become what they look like, and eventually become a ghoul..."

"Wait a minute! Don't move!" Qin Zhibo suddenly shouted in shock, "I see that your mouth seems to be protruding a bit compared to when you came here..."

"Ah? Really!"

Koizumi Hongzi immediately went to look through the backpack, took out a quaint hand-held vanity mirror from the innermost part, and looked at her face from side to side in front of the mirror.

Seeing this mirror, Qin Zhibo felt helpless.

Didn't I tell her to bring as few useless things as possible?What's the matter with this mirror?
……

Not long after, Matsumoto Ryohei came down and called Qin Zhibo, saying, "The Nightmare is here."

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi followed together to meet the creature named "Night Dire".

When they came to the ground, in the small square of the camp cemetery, the two saw those strange creatures at a glance.

This is a group of huge winged creatures, the skin is as smooth and greasy as whale skin, with a slender humanoid body, large horns curving inwards, and bat-like leathery wings.

Their image is very close to the gargoyles that were popular in the Middle Ages in Europe, but the biggest difference between them and gargoyles is that they have no faces.

The long and narrow cheeks that should have a face, without any facial features and ups and downs, are purely blank.

On the contrary, this adds a sense of mystery, making it impossible to judge whether it is in a calm state or hideous.

Qin Zhibo: Will -10
The will that had just recovered a little lost again, but Qin Zhibo didn't care.

Because he discovered another important question: how would night-gaunts eat if they had no mouths?
But soon, Qin Zhibo found the answer.

In the list of medicinal materials that Satogua said, it was the milk of Ipo Zitel left in the tail of the night-gaunt.

In other words, night-gaunts have a way to eat, but not with their mouths, but with their tails.

Qin Zhibo's eyes fixed on Dire's tail, which was a whip-like tail with barbs at the end.

Look closely at the tips of these tail barbs, which have concave structures like suction cups.

Dire cannot eat, and can only use its tail to suck the milk of Ipo Zitel.

Although Qin Zhibo didn't know what "Ipo Zitel" was, he was very close to the first potion material.

With the arrival of Nightmare, the ghouls crawled out of the burrow one by one, all grunting excitedly.

All the ghouls gathered near the night-gaunts, and the elder-level ghouls spoke a few ghoul-speaking words to the night-gaunts, and those night-gaunts bowed their bodies and let the ghouls ride on them. body.

This is a classic battle formation of ghouls + night-gaunts. One ghoul rides on the back of night-gaunts, and the other ghoul is caught by a night-gaunt, which can launch effective air strikes on the ground.

Before going into battle, Qin Zhibo made a request to the elder-level ghoul through Ryohei Matsumoto.

I just hope that the elder ghoul will tell Night Dire that he needs to study its tail.

Although the elder ghoul was puzzled, he still conveyed Qin Zhibo's request to Night Dire.

Night Dire didn't answer, but parked its wagging whip tail on the ground, which was regarded as tacit consent.

Qin Zhibo walked up to the tail, picked up the spikes on the tail and studied it.

The surface of these spikes is wet, and there is a small depression at the tip, which may be the place to absorb milk.

He took down the empty water bottle prepared on his neck, and wanted to squeeze the remaining milk into the water bottle like milking a cow.

But after trying it out, Qin Zhibo found that this method didn't work.

The hardness of this spike is harder than imagined, and the strength of human hands cannot be squeezed at all.

He looked at the hollow of the spiked head, thinking in his eyes.

At this moment, the ghouls standing around waiting for the expedition were also watching Qin Zhibo's every move.

They looked at Qin Zhibo's abnormal behavior and whispered to each other, thinking that it was some ancient and mysterious expedition ceremony of human beings.

But in the next second, they saw Qin Zhibo put the spiked end into his mouth, and sucked something in it.

At this moment, all the ghouls were dumbfounded, wishing they could collectively send out "Oh——!" emoticons.

On Qin Zhibo's side, with his mouth sucking hard, he actually sucked out some liquid from the spikes.

This is a viscous juice with a salty and fishy smell. The taste is a bit weird to the human taste system, and it is definitely not something to drink.

After tasting it, Qin Zhibo quickly spit the juice into the kettle, then spit out the remaining juice mixed with his saliva on the ground, and cleaned his mouth with clean water.

At this time, Qin Zhibo realized that the juice was not white, but black, like thinner black sesame paste.

Under the disapproving eyes of many ghouls, Qin Zhibo, who was worried that the amount was not enough, took another mouthful of juice and spit it into the kettle.

After several sips in a row, the jug had already accumulated a palpable amount, and Qin Zhibo left "satisfied".

At this time, the ghoul, who was a scavenging creature, looked at Qin Zhibo with admiration.

Because once a playful ghoul did this, he was immersed in a terrible nightmare for days, and finally fell into endless madness.

……

With the completion of Qin Zhibo's mysterious expedition ceremony, all the ghouls formed a battle formation with Night Dire.

According to the agreement, Qin Zhibo, as the leading charge, was caught by a Night Dire, and Matsumoto Ryohei was the jockey behind the Night Dire.

The Dire's size couldn't get into the burrow, so it could only take a long way to sneak into the ground from the abyss some distance from the camp.

Qin Zhibo was grabbed by Night Dire's wet rubber-like claws, surrounded by the howling wind and the gray-green scene that was rapidly retreating.

This made Qin Zhibo feel like an avatarina beauty riding a Banxi beast soaring through the world.

On the wilderness, the breath of freedom blows in our faces.

But this feeling disappeared quickly, and with a dive of the night-gaunt troops, all night-gaunts and ghouls got into the dark abyss.

In the vertical darkness, dozens of night-gaunts swooped, swooped, swooped endlessly.

It wasn't until Qin Zhibo felt a little dizzy and swollen eyes due to brain congestion, that the Dire troop made another 90° turn and flew parallel to the ground, which relieved some uncomfortable feelings.

They flew past the gates of the abyss guarded by winged lions, and entered the dungeon banished by the dream gods.

……

When the night-gaunts suddenly descended on the dungeon, the Gug giant was still lazily resting in the dungeon.

They were lying scattered in every corner of the city, and they seemed completely unaware that the ghouls would retaliate against them so quickly this time.

Dozens of battle formations of night-gaunts and ghouls took the lead and flew towards the gug giant in sight. Ryohei Matsumoto and Qin Zhibo also chose a gug giant as their attack target.

When Ye Dire grabbed Qin Zhibo and swooped down to the ground, the slow-moving Guge giant just got up from the ground, and opened its bloody mouth that pierced through the top of its head towards the night dire in the sky.

Gug giants cannot make a sound, and can only express their anger to their enemies in this way.

But Qin Zhibo's movements were faster, he flashed the [Oath Keeping Sword] in his hand, and slashed at the head of the Guge giant.

With one blow, the pink eyeball on the right side of the Guge giant was chopped off, and even the protruding bone around the eyeball was chopped into pieces.

The stinky blood splashed in the air, and the pain-eating Guge giant immediately fell into madness, grabbing the air above his head with both arms and four hands.

But Qin Zhibo had already been taken by Night Dire to the air where the Guge Giants couldn't catch him, and he was observing the situation from a distance.

When the Guge giant slowed down a bit, Qin Zhibo asked Matsumoto Ryohei above to order Dire to dive down again.

This time, Qin Zhibo found the right position and slashed open the eyes on the other side of the Guge giant's head.

Having lost all the light, the Guge giant fell completely insane, unable to make a sound, and could only use his arms to grab the surrounding air indiscriminately, venting the anger in his heart.

In such a state, the mad giant is even more difficult to approach.

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo didn't plan to attack from the air, and let Ye Dire put him down directly.

"After I go down, you continue to feint in the air!"

Dire slowly landed on the ground, put Qin Zhibo on the ground, then rose back into the air, and continued to feint and dive towards the Guge giant again and again.

If it's a human-sized creature, a night-gaunt can simply grab the target into the air and drop it to the ground to die.

But the guge giant was too big, not only could it not be caught, but even the night dire could be caught if it was not careful.

Qin Zhibo took advantage of Matsumoto Ryohei and Night Dire to attract the Guge giant in the air, and holding the oath-keeping sword, he walked around behind the Guge giant and approached quietly.

Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, Qin Zhibo held the sword in both hands and cut off the tendons behind the Guge giant's feet.

Losing the strength to support the body, the heavy figure of the Guge giant wobbled and finally fell forward.

The Guge giant still struggled, and the four hands split from the two arms still wanted to grab Qin Zhibo back.

But how can he sit still?

Qin Zhibo held the sword forward with both hands, and stabbed the Guge giant between his legs.

At this moment, the Guge giant knew what "eye-opening pain" was.

It couldn't make a sound, it could only beat the ground in pain, and the ground was stained red by the stench of blood.

Although there are many wounds on its body, its strong vitality prevents it from dying easily.

But even so, its lower body could no longer move.

Seeing that the timing was good, Qin Zhibo first went to the heel of the Guge giant and cut off a piece of the thick nail.

The second taste material, get!

After doing this, Qin Zhibo was caught in the air again by Night Dire, and went to help the ghouls in other places.

……

The battle lasted for over an hour and ended in a resounding victory for the ghouls.

In this battle, three Guge giants died, and more than a dozen were injured to varying degrees.

Nearly a quarter of the members of the ghoul side were injured, one died, and one of the night dire was slightly injured.

According to the ancient custom of ghouls, ghouls will kill and eat the wounded in battle.

But in recent history, ghouls have slowly abolished this bad habit, under the call of a ghoul sage.

From the perspective of the battle loss ratio, Qin Zhibo thought that the battle was not particularly good, but the ghouls were extremely happy, thinking that they had won a complete victory.

Ryohei Matsumoto explained that this is because the number of Guge giants is rare, and with the same number of casualties, ghouls must have an advantage.

And this crusade successfully rescued three captured ghouls, and also severely damaged the Gug giant's heart.

In the next period of time, ghouls could freely enter and exit the dungeon, and the Gug giants did not dare to have any thoughts of resistance.

That is to say, he was beaten.

This is definitely great news for Koizumi Hongzi, because if the Guge giant is still dishonest, he must take off his clothes like Qin Zhibo and Hondo Eisuke sneaked into the dungeon last time...

……

Back at the ghoul's camp, Qin Zhibo told Koizumi Hongzi the news of the successful crusade.

Koizumi Hongzi immediately jumped up happily, and quickly asked if she could leave here.

Ever since Qin Zhibo said that her face had faintly turned towards the face of a ghoul, Koizumi Hongzi looked in the mirror for a long time in the cave, and even used a magic crystal ball to tell her own fortune.

But this thing is like this, the more you care about it, the more you think that you have been tricked, and it becomes a heart disease in your heart.

Under Koizumi Hongzi's strong request, Qin Zhibo could only refuse the celebration banquet of the ghouls, packed his luggage and prepared to leave.

When Matsumoto Ryohei came to see him off, Qin Zhibo took out another small bottle and asked Matsumoto Ryohei to get some pure ghoul blood.

Although Matsumoto Ryohei has begun to transform into a ghoul, neither the blood nor the blood is pure. Qin Zhibo is worried that it will affect the final effect of the potion.

Soon, Ryohei Matsumoto got the blood of the ghoul, which was obtained from the ghoul who died in battle.

At the celebration banquet tonight, the meat enjoyed by all the ghouls was not only the meat of the Gug giant brought back, but the dead ghoul would also be turned into food for its companions.

……

After everything was packed, the ghouls gathered in front of the cave and held a grand farewell ceremony for Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi.

During the ceremony, the ghoul muttered something, but Qin Zhibo couldn't understand anything, and Koizumi Hongzi prayed backwards in her heart to get out of here soon.

After the ghouls finished chanting, the two finally embarked on the road to return.

(End of this chapter)