Ryan's Sword

Chapter 248 No.60 Seven Traces
After spending nearly a day and a half, the joint team almost completely cleaned up the abandoned sewers in the northern half of Busson Town.In addition to the rat swarm they encountered at the beginning, they encountered countless local "residents"—a giant horned lizard that was as big as a crocodile, a black-eyed tarantula with tentacles as tall as a person, and pig-faced bats that were as numerous as a swarm of rats. .

There is nothing strange about these creatures that regard the sewer as their homeland. The only abnormal thing is that, irrespective of the species, their size has grown a lot as if they have been given hormones.

As for the undead monsters that the military is worried about, Ian and his team have not come across any of them so far, but these unusual and ordinary creatures alone have revealed a strange smell.

"If only one kind of creature mutates, there are other precedents, but now all creatures are changing in the same direction, which is not justified by accident."

"Yeah, it doesn't make sense that all the creatures I encountered have been giantized. There must be hands and feet made by those necromancers. We have to be more careful in the next time."

After processing a water source node again, Ian and Blue-Eyed Bee sat around the center of the temporary camp on the platform, talking about it while eating dry, cold and hard black bread.

Before this trip, the military provided enough supplies. During the mission, even if everyone wanted to build a campfire underground and eat hot food, it was not impossible.However, considering the air circulation state under the ground and the complex terrain with many restrictions, the two captains unanimously gave up the idea of ​​starting a fire in order to prevent any possible accidents from happening.

In this regard, the members of the two teams have no objection. After all, in the life of an adventurer, no matter how difficult the situation is, it is just commonplace. Right now, there are sufficient supplies of all kinds, and there is enough rest time after fighting. Those wild adventures with frequent dangers and uncertain meals are already pretty good.

chirp——

A clear cry came from far to near, and immediately, a swift golden light shot from the depths of the dark passage, slowed down in a brake-like roundabout, and then lightly landed on the shoulder of the blue-eyed bee.

Seeing the golden-winged eagle clinging to the blue-eyed bee's ear and "cuckling" incessantly, Ian ate the rest of the food in two or three bites, and then asked, "Brother blue-eyed bee, how is the situation ahead?"

"Xiao Jin told me that there is a disgusting smell in front of him, and he feels very uncomfortable now." He raised his left hand to let the golden-winged eagle stand on it after completing the investigation work, and the blue-eyed bee broke open the sandwich bread in his hand and fed it to himself His animal companion frowned subconsciously, and explained: "Xiao Jin won't have such emotions because of those ordinary creatures. I suspect that the undead monsters we have to deal with on this trip may be hidden in front of us."

"Understood." Ian nodded unsurprisingly, his eyes were slightly empty, and he said softly: "I have observed before entering the city. The source of water in Busson Town and the tributaries drawn from it are all in the south of the town. We have cleaned up the northern half of the abandoned sewers, and if we go south, we should meet the real enemy."

"That's right," the blue-eyed bee caressed the golden-winged eagle's feathers, and her expression became serious. "It seems that the enemy has not had time to infiltrate the entire sewer, which is good news for us."

After the two exchanged opinions, they immediately gathered the team members who had finished their meals and were taking a rest, briefly cleaned up the temporary camp, and set off to explore the past again.

"Tam, you will be in charge of the rear for the rest of the trip. The Blue-Eyed Bee can't summon large melee animal companions to enter the arena. You will be responsible for his and Lilith's safety."

"understood."

After commanding Tam, Ian rushed to the front of the team, and together with Randolph, he continued to play the role of Pathfinder.

The soldiers of the Venomous Bee Squad who followed closely behind the two of Ian held up the torches in their hands, and the torches illuminated the road ahead and the increasingly turbid water under everyone's feet.

Different from the polluted water quality in the northern half, the further you go, the more pale the water below the iron channel will be.At the same time, Ian, who was walking in the front, clearly felt the chilliness in the air, and the pores all over his body closed unconsciously, as if to repel the surrounding air.The more intuitive feeling is that it seems that the limbs and shoulders are covered with a layer of invisible shackles, and even holding the sword and walking takes more effort than usual.

Based on his perception ability, Ian knew that his strange feeling at this time was not an illusion, and he even had a similar experience in another place not long ago.

Outside the city of Louisburg, the ruined cemetery that overlaps with the node of the dead world is shrouded in this kind of dead air that makes life uncomfortable all the year round.

Judging from the strength of the necromancer monster in that night attack, the level of the necromancer who attacked was not high. Although Ian didn't know if there were any stronger spellcasters among the enemies, he could go up with the strength at that time. Double that, even a silver-level necromancer couldn't create such a range of dead environment out of thin air.

unless……

Ian glanced at the pale sewage under his feet from the corner of his eye, and his gaze gradually became sharper.The shadow vision was turned on, and a faint gray light appeared in his eyes, and his gaze instantly penetrated the dirty water surface, directly into the deep place that the firelight could not reach.

really……

Layers upon layers of pitch-black shadows appear in the field of vision, which can be distinguished according to their outlines. Most of them are human-shaped, and there are also various shapes of creatures, large or small.

Here and now, the ones lying on the bottom of the dirty water are definitely not sandbags or statues. The only possibility is that these piled up are real corpses, including soldiers who died in battle, adventurers, and beasts that disappeared around the city.

From this point of view, the military's concerns are not unreasonable. The enemy has long arranged this abandoned place as an attack channel.

"Everyone is on alert." His eyes returned to normal, and Ian walked with a trace of solemnity between his brows, and immediately said: "From now on, you may encounter enemies at any time, especially... pay attention to your feet."

Ian's order made all the adventurers present tremble at the same time, and immediately became vigilant.None of them had the vision ability to see through the water like Ian, and none of them knew what kind of danger was lurking under their feet.But as adventurers of the iron rank, they also feel the strange pressure brought by the surrounding environment, but they can't determine the source.

The atmosphere around the team suddenly became tense, Randolph's Adam's apple subconsciously moved, and he asked in a slightly disturbed voice: "Captain, what is... what is under our feet?"

"Do your own thing. As for the following..." Ian glanced at him lightly, "I think it's better for you not to know."

"..."

(End of this chapter)