Blood tax

Chapter 96 One of the young soldiers who returned from afar
Sergeant Oscar was wearing a white shirt, with a gray tattered military uniform draped casually over his shoulders.He wore no helmet like the others, his thick gray hair stood up relentlessly on top of his head, and there seemed to be a hint of wildness and persistence in his firm eyes.He was more like a street gangster than a soldier.

He didn't immediately answer Griffith's question, but continued to stare ahead.Beside him, stood two young soldiers, one tall and one short, who seemed to be his cronies.

The tall young soldier's tough face was sharp and angular.He has a sturdy figure that is rare among his peers, and his eyes are very fierce.He just stared at Griffith, standing impolitely, one hand on the axe at his waist.

Compared to him, the short juvenile soldier has almost no sense of existence.Although he is not tall, his demeanor is extraordinarily calm and indifferent.The dark eyes were neither sad nor happy, as if they were staring at a distant wasteland that others could not see.Equipped with two ordinary daggers, he held a bag of fried beans in his hand and ate one from time to time.

In this awkward atmosphere, Sergeant Oscar finally turned his head and said to Griffith: "Our squadron is good at fighting against powerful enemies with extraordinary characteristics, but a protracted war is not good for us. Mr. Apprentice Knight, I noticed some mutations. The creatures are approaching, the city defense army needs us to guard here for more than half an hour, can I trouble you to help intercept them?"

"No problem, fight in your own way," Griffith nodded, "However, there is an infected person among the enemies who maintains the appearance of a girl. She is obviously different from other monsters. Don't try to approach or attack her."

"Yo~ This noble puppy is quite sensible! It saves a lot of trouble." The tall young soldier said cheerfully, his eyes on Griffith were full of contempt and contempt.

"Pay attention to your words, Kaz," Sergeant Oscar immediately stopped the rudeness of his companions and bowed to Griffith. "My team members speak freely, please forgive me."

How does the commander of this unit usually manage them?The second lieutenant who fell into the sea must have been thrown down by them.Griffith waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care.

……

The enemies that appeared on the street corners got closer.According to the guards guarding the street, they can already see their appearance.They are like rotting wood, shedding rotting flesh and hairy scalps as they move.

They are living corpses.

Griffith did not immediately go to find and help Iloti, although he was very anxious, but before the cultists, mutant monsters and the defenders started a melee, going rashly will definitely get him into a siege.

His tactical goal was based on the intelligence provided by Arendelle, first to eliminate the cultists who were taking some ritual or action to bind Iloti's will, and then approach her to find a way to rescue.

Griffith lit a fire beside him, took out the strong bow and feather arrow, and lit the arrow on the fire.

Since the last time he encountered a living corpse on the ship, he had discussed with Umber strategies for dealing with the creature.The more straightforward way is to destroy their limbs to restrict movement.Purification by flame incineration will be very effective, if available.

Griffith put the ignited arrow on the strong bow and drew a full circle.Although his archery skills cannot be compared with Beyonders with ranger characteristics, he has been trained for many years in regular long-range shooting.

"Bang!" The first rocket came out of the string, slid across the sky and accurately hit the chest of the front living corpse.The mutilated body and clothing of the living corpse were ignited by the flames.The monster that was no longer alive struggled and twisted in the firelight, and soon burned into a ball of fire.Its limbs were torn apart in the firelight, and scattered to the ground.

very effective!Griffith opened his bow again and again, and a series of meteor-like rockets flew into the air, hitting the living corpses one after another.

At this moment, a swift shadow suddenly rushed out from the intersection ahead.

Its appearance was completely different from any living corpse Griffith had seen before.Although it generally maintains the structure of a human being, there is no skin or hair on its body, and it is as hideous and disgusting as a skinned specimen.

The monster's palm is extremely huge, with blade-like blood-colored nails growing on it.It crawls on the ground, running like a cheetah, strong and agile in forelimbs and back, trailing a long bony tail behind its back, swollen brain tissue propping up its skull, twitching naked in the air.

"This is a 'ghoul', an undead monster known to be controlled by the gods of death and plague. It once appeared in the southern continent. It is very agile and dangerous," said Butler Sales to Griffith and Sergeant Oscar. , "Its appearance here must be related to the call of the ancestors. This kind of monster usually acts in groups, and it is very rare for it to appear alone. It is a good opportunity."

Griffith put away his longbow and drew his sword to meet the enemy.The ghoul charged head-on and hit Griffith's shield.The huge force directly overturned him to the ground, and the terrifying bone tail stabbed down like a spear.

What a power!格里菲斯松开手中的盾牌，飞快地滚向一边。食尸鬼的利爪和骨尾插进了青石板的地面，在上面轻松凿出几个大洞。

Griffith, who had just escaped, slashed with his sword. The blade of the sword split open the skin of the ghoul, but the muscles and bones firmly stuck under the skin could not be pulled out.He hurriedly threw away the long sword, took out the feather fencing sword and swung it towards the bone tail.

"Pfft!" The bone tail snapped into two pieces, and the dark green body fluid sprayed out.

The wounded ghoul bounced like a frog, turning in mid-air and biting with its mouth open at an unimaginable angle.

Griffith took advantage of the situation and raised his sword to block.Before he could see what was going on, a long, thick tongue popped out of the monster's mouth, slid across the blade of the feather fencing sword, and hit him on the shoulder.

Griffith felt a sharp dislocation-like pain, and his shoulder, protected by the mail, lost consciousness as if struck by a warhammer.However, his right hand also lifted up in time, and the sharp sword cut off the monster's tongue and flew directly into the air.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, Kaz rushed up with a giant axe and slammed it into the ghoul's lower back.

The monster, who had just lost its tongue, was caught off guard, and the not-so-sturdy waist was hit hard, and it broke with a click.

Griffith seized the opportunity and stabbed with a sword.The sword edge pierced the ghoul's head, and there was a soft and sticky feel.

"Bang!" The ghoul's bare head burst open.This monster twitched and rolled around like a lizard, and then a pool of dark green blood flowed out, lying on the ground and stopped moving.

At the same time, other young soldiers also began to attack the approaching corpse.The number of monsters in this wave is limited, and they are quickly swept away.

The dead monster slowly formed a small white crystal.It turned out to be a creature with extraordinary characteristics.

"What's going on?" Griffith asked Butler Sales, "Can the Sealed Artifact create monsters with Beyonder characteristics?"

"It should be a mutant Extraordinary," Salees replied, "There are also many citizens in Hepu Town who yearn for Extraordinary power. They will collect Sequence 9 potions through formal or informal channels. After being infected, they will成了这个样子。这只是我的猜测。

"I will report to Miss Arendelle immediately. Since such mutant creatures have appeared, it is very likely that higher-level Beyonders will be infected to produce more terrifying monsters."

The sergeant Oscar of the young soldier picked the long tail of the ghoul that had been cut off with the sword in his hand, and said curiously: "It seems that these monsters have very strong vitality, and they will still be very dangerous after being severely injured."

"Be careful, Oscar." The short boy soldier watched the corpse on the ground vigilantly.His sturdy body is like a cheetah ready to prey, and he can release amazing explosive power at any time.

Griffith took out the water bag and watched the strange young soldiers while drinking.Even in the Eastern battlefield, he had never fought with this mysterious team.Judging by their apparent fighting power, it is impossible to survive a fierce battle.

However, these young soldiers, especially the short one, exuded a dangerous and strange aura, which made Griffith very uncomfortable.

"Mika is right, Oscar," Kaz also came to help. "The commander has to look like a commander, and we will compile the information on the front line."

It turned out that the little man was called Mika... Griffith had memorized the name secretly.

At this time, Arendelle's voice came from the echo crystal:

"Mr. Apprentice Knight, we have evacuated many tourists,
"There are some residents who have escaped from the town claiming they saw Miss Amber, the trainee investigator, trapped in the town police station with some police officers, please support her if possible. It's not too far from your location. "

"Understood, I'll be there to support her in a moment," Griffith replied as he replenished the arrows in the quiver. "Are reinforcements arriving?"

"Second Lieutenant Scholz has deployed the trebuchets from St. Grace, and they can provide long-range fire support, but they are limited to the block in front of the entrance to the mountain due to angles and obstacles. Master Sergeant Finland is on his way to the sniper point, He will assist you near you."

At this time, a large number of swaying and staggering figures appeared again at the intersection in the distance.Occasionally, strange shadows flashed in the gaps between buildings, bushes and trees that were blocked from sight in the distance.Some of them zip past like wild beasts on all fours, while others are even bigger than mountain monsters.

"Prepare to fight!" Oscar also found these signs.Following his cry, the young soldiers who had just cleaned up the battlefield immediately returned to their posts.

(End of this chapter)