Chapter 429 More Discovery
"Claudia? What's going on over there!"
Ronald naturally asked immediately after hearing the movement in the communication spell.
Before Claudia could speak, Heloise, who was in the middle of a tense battle, answered first:
"Ronald, we are being besieged by a strange creature! These things have strong physiques and sharp claws, and there are so many of them. The number has reached an unmanageable amount!"
"..."
After describing this, Ronald immediately thought of the hunter-dwellers he had encountered on the bottom of the sea. Could it be that after these monsters were repelled, more hunters began to attack?
"Phyllis, does this kind of monster have blue-black scales, protruding teeth on its head, and extremely big eyes?" "
That's right, Ronald... get out of here!"
Heloise was the only one who spoke in communication spells. Halfway through his words, his tone became urgent and angry. Ronald only heard this, and he could guess that the other party was dealing with the attacking hunters.
A few seconds passed, and Heloise's voice appeared again.
"Ronald, if you know anything about this thing, please tell me quickly. We have no problem dealing with a few of these monsters, but there are too many of them!"
Ronald's understanding of the Hunters was limited.
Facing Heloise's inquiry, he could only give the most direct response strategy.
"Phyllis, don't think of them as monsters without intelligence." "
This is an intelligent species that can organize actions and have the ability to communicate. It may be helpful to you to find their leader and kill them." "
... ..."
"Every time at such a critical moment, you can come up with some surprising information."
With a meaningful sigh, the conversation between Ronald and other companions ended temporarily. On the surface of the island, the fighting situation is very fierce now. Although everyone present was a highly capable spellcaster, the Hunters used their overwhelming numerical advantage to suppress them.
So much so that although someone found the entrance to the ruins in the center of the island.
They also can't get into it now as originally planned.
Ronald ended the communication with a low look in his eyes, and the mermaid lady on the side immediately said:
"Wuling people, what happened to you over there?"
"The monster we encountered before is currently besieging my companions on the surface."
"..."
After experiencing two battles with Ronald, Haerbeis's attitude was much better than at the beginning. Faced with such an answer, she even took the initiative to help analyze:
"Smart creatures generally don't behave like this. I think there should be someone behind the scenes of these things' actions."
Ronald nodded. I agree with Miss Mermaid's statement.
Then he turned around and looked at the rock fragments that had been torn apart by the roots of the monster plant. Although the scene was very chaotic, a passage that continued upward could still be vaguely seen there.
"No matter who gave the instructions, we should first consider solving the typhoon problem. If we continue going up, we might find something new." After saying
this, Ronald took the initiative to walk towards the passage.
The mermaid lady behind him naturally followed.
The two of them have confirmed that the flower in front of them is the center of the island's magic node, but due to the current situation they cannot destroy it. All they can do now is to continue looking for possibilities to deal with this thing.
As for the strange plant that still stands in the underground space...
Now there is no enemy to attack, and this thing has immediately returned to silence. If the wounds caused in the previous battle were not still on it, it might still be able to continue to disguise itself as that one. Looks harmless to humans and animals.
Going around the unresponsive plants, Ronald and Halbers moved the broken stones into the passage. This is an ordinary underground tunnel. The main body composed of earth and stone has nothing special. It is just that due to the impact of the previous battle, the road conditions in the tunnel are very bad.
Even if the two of them work together to move forward together.
This distance, which was not too far, took them nearly a quarter of an hour.
But after they left this difficult road, the scene that appeared in front of them made everyone and the fish immediately fall into deep thought.
Corpses, a large number of human corpses, were now scattered in a building that looked like a sacrificial altar. The position where Ronald and Halbers left the ground was a crack in the center of the sacrificial altar.
Especially at their feet, the corpse of an old man wearing a white robe was lying there. On his raised face was the despair that he still refused to believe before he died.
Analysis from the remaining conditions.
These people should have gathered to hold some kind of ceremony, and then all died tragically in an accident.
Witnessing such a scene, Halbes, who was not a human being, immediately turned his gaze to Ronald, with a hint of weirdness in his tone:
"Wuling people?"
"This... was done by your people?"
Ronald immediately He shook his head and denied:
"I just received an order to come and stop the source of this typhoon. I don't know any of these people." After
getting an unrelated reply from Ronald, the subtlety in Haerbeis's eyes revealed. Fading away, the mermaid lady didn't care about the dense corpses around her, but walked directly out of them and walked away from the altar.
Seeing his companion's reaction, Ronald naturally chased after him.
"Why don't you take a closer look at the conditions of these people?"
"The ceremony just failed. There's nothing to study." While expressing his views on this scene, Halbers led Ronald outside, "I'm curious now. What is the result of the failure of their ritual? The plant we met underground does not seem to be the culprit that can make them all like this."
While talking and analyzing each other's opinions, Ronald and Helbeth worked together Walk out of this altar-like building.
Then, Ronald understood why this place was called a ruins.
Directly below the center of the island, an underground cavity large enough to accommodate a small town is located here. Broken buildings and statue fragments are almost everywhere in the field of vision.
The altar where they are now is also located in the middle of the town.
But unlike the dilapidated appearance of other locations, this is the only thing that has been repaired.
What is even more concerning is the top of this space.
A layer of hazy white mist is on top of the cave, and the light it emits provides sufficient illumination for the entire space, as if a large cloud that is constantly glowing is hidden underground.
And as long as you look closely, you will find that there is another mystery in it.
Inside the large white mist, there seemed to be a vague outline of a human face.
If Ronald remembers correctly...
This face is exactly the same as the old man who died in front of the altar!
(End of chapter)