Chapter 940 The Mysterious Woman
Among the looming buildings in the town, the most magnificent building is brightly lit and the performance of the orchestra can be faintly heard. It is the "Happy Palace" hotel.
Qiao Anyuan could feel the extravagant atmosphere of the luxury hotel in the edge of the wetland several miles away.
Elder Gumoduo, who was leading the way at the front of the team, tapped his mount's head with his stick, and the giant toad under his crotch meekly stopped and lay down in the muddy water.
Elder Gumoduo turned over and jumped off his mount, looked towards the town, then chanted a divine spell prayer, cast a 3-ring "SMS", and sent a magical message to his contact person.
Behind him, all the "Wetland Knights" headed by Gudella also got off their mounts one after another, waiting for the reply with solemn faces.
After waiting for about five minutes, a magic vortex appeared in front of Elder Gumoduo, and a ball of red light quietly emerged.
Elder Gumoduo held the ball of light with his webbed front paws, read the reply, slightly raised the corners of his lips, turned around and waved his bone staff at the young boggards.
"Everything is going well and according to plan."
"Gah!"
The knights headed by Gudella agreed in unison, each leading a giant toad, looking for nearby bushes for lurking, and hiding carefully.
Elder Gumoduo also sent his mount to hide in the depths of the puddle, but he did not hide himself. He strode forward with his stick, got out of the mud and boarded the dry shore. After observing the sparse trees around him, he seemed to be satisfied with the environment. Freed his left paw to make a series of spell-casting gestures, and chanted a prayer praising the origin of nature.
Just three seconds later, the chunky boggard man's body twisted and deformed sharply, and in an instant he turned into a eucalyptus tree that can be seen everywhere on the edge of the wetland. Together with the leather armor on his body and the bone staff in his hand, All are integrated into the trunk, so quietly rooted in the sparse eucalyptus forest, without any sense of disobedience!
Seeing this miraculous scene through the eyes of the blood mosquito, Joan couldn't help raising his brows.
If he was not mistaken, what Elder Gumoduo just cast was probably a 2nd-level nature magic spell called "Tree Transformation", which temporarily transformed the flesh and blood into a tree.
This is no longer a matter of "disgusting the real with the fake". Unless you use magic to detect it, no matter what method you use to check it, it is a genuine tree.
Before the spell time limit expires, if you chop it with an axe, the section will show clear wood texture and even annual rings, but it won't even bleed a drop of blood!
The scene in front of him made Joan realize that Elder Gumoduo should be a "shaman" or "druid", and judging from the bone staff he held, this person's spellcasting ability is not low. He is no different from the "Old Blind Man", the war lizard man shaman he encountered in the Underdark, and he is definitely a formidable opponent!
Qiao An secretly made up his mind that if a conflict arises later, the most important thing is to control this dangerous old guy first, and not let him cast spells at will.
As for the other young boggards, they're obviously not spellcasters, so there's nothing to worry about.
At this time, Joan and the others had also tracked to the edge of the wetland.
Mr. Detective reined in the reins, turned his head and gestured at the young mage, indicating that he could not get any closer.
The two dismounted one after another, climbed up a nearby high-lying mound, and hid in the grass.
The two "Phantom Horses" followed Joan's instructions and hid in the nearby reed marsh.
Karl first ran into the reed marsh with the horse, and seemed to find that the water was too deep for him to live in, so he turned his head and ran up the mound, squeezed his head between Joan and Pinkerton, and squatted obediently and silently.
Pinkerton raised his binoculars to observe the movement on the other side.
The field of vision provided by the "Blood Mosquito" is relatively narrow, which cannot satisfy Joan. He raised his hand to touch the prosthetic eye, and activated the "Hawkeye Eye Technique" again. A magical observation point.
In this way, he has a wider perspective to observe, and he can also monitor Elder Gumoduo's every move by the way.
The two groups have their own thoughts, and their eyes are paying close attention to the edge of the wetland, the grassy path that tourists step on when hunting waterfowl.
The silent and tense atmosphere lasted for about twenty minutes. There was the sound of horseshoes from the town, and a four-wheeled carriage slowly approached.
Joan quickly took out his pocket watch and glanced at it. The hands pointed to ten past eight at night.
This time is not too late compared to the people who drink and have fun all night in the resort hotel, but few people will leave the town at this time and drive in the wilderness.
Especially considering the panic caused by the recent serial murders, it stands to reason that no one should take the risk of going out at night.
The abnormal signs in front of him made Joan suspect that the passengers in the carriage probably included the mastermind behind the collusion with the boggards.
If there are other people in the car, they are probably kidnapped by the inner ghost, and they will be forced to be the opponents of the adult trial held by Gudella tonight.
The carriage ran straight towards the direction where the boggard man was lurking, and finally stopped slowly at the edge of the wetland, less than a hundred feet away from the eucalyptus tree where Gumoduo had aged.
The man sitting on the driver's seat was wearing a tuxedo, a blue bow tie, a top hat, and shiny leather shoes. He didn't look like a professional coachman.
Joan quickly switched his perspective to the invisible observation point created by the "Eagle Eye Technique", observing the slightly abnormal driver from a wider perspective.
This person is in his early thirties at the most, with a well-maintained body and a well-groomed appearance. He looks like the kind of playboy from a wealthy family who is good at seducing women.
However, the dandy looked a little nervous at the moment, looked around vigilantly, then jumped off the driver's seat, ran to the carriage, opened the door, and asked inside the carriage:
"Honey, are you sure you are determined to elope with me?"
"Baby, if I hadn't made up my mind, why would I give up marrying a millionaire and flee with you overnight two days before the wedding."
A young woman's voice came from the carriage, and Qiao An heard it familiar. He quickly flew the blood mosquito to the car door by remote control, and at the same time switched the observation angle to the blood mosquito.
"Honey, but I still can't figure it out, why did you stop here, shouldn't we run as far away as possible now?"
In the words of the young man, there is a hint of complaint against the willful decision of his mistress
"Hehe... my dear Billy, you still don't understand women."
There was a chuckle in the carriage.
"I'd like to stop and take a walk outside of town and take a final look at the 'Happy Palace' hotel... You know, I agreed to elope with you at what price I paid, including the My big hotel."