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Chapter 697 Investigation

The rain was getting heavier.

Gray crouched and sneaked around the fortress. Fortunately, perhaps because of the giant dragon just now, the fortress was in chaos at the moment. The goblins were trembling and running away, and the situation of others was not much better. They shouted loudly and ran around desperately. The scene was chaotic and even a little funny.

As a mature ranger, Gray's attainments in stealth are still good. Although not as good as Ben, the wanderer, he also easily took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the fortress, and then came to an abandoned tower. He carefully avoided the shouting goblin patrol and lay in the shadows to look down.

In the square, a red dragon was lying there, and on the top of the red dragon stood a strange humanoid creature. Its skin was yellow like a toad with black spots, no nose, only two nostrils facing up.

Githyanki.

Gray immediately recalled the information he had obtained during the Judgment Blade teaching. In order to let the Judgment Blade team distinguish between humans and aliens, the instructor at that time took out a lot of racial information, among which elves, dwarves, tieflings and aasimar were all classified as subhuman races, while Githyanki were alien races. Because their skulls are more slender than humans, and their teeth are also different in structure... Well, the standard for the Inquisition to distinguish between humans is so simple and crude. As long as they meet the human skull shape, they are humans and subhumans, and all others are aliens.

At this moment, the Githyanki stood on the top of the red dragon, looking at the mountain giant leader in front of him. They quarreled loudly and seemed to be saying something. But because the rain was too loud, it was not clear. Gray hesitated for a moment, slowly lurked in the shadows, and once again came to the edge of the other side.

Obviously, the two people quarreled louder and louder. Although the rain was heavy, as Gray approached, he still heard the conversation between the two.

"The true God is very dissatisfied with your dedication! Stupid bastard! He needs more sacrifices!"

"It's not my fault!"

Facing the accusation of the Githyanki, the mountain giant leader was also angry.

"There are no stinking humans here! The ones that should be there have been taken away! The surrounding area has been emptied!"

"You must offer your loyalty to the true God! Or do you want to become a walking corpse like your predecessor?"

"It's not our fault!"

Facing the accusation of the Githyanki messenger, the mountain giant roared. If he was not afraid of the red dragon under him, he would have wanted to catch this little man with his nose up in the sky (literally) and bite him into pieces.

"No, there is no!"

At this time, even Gray could hear that the mountain giant was close to the edge of hysterical anger. He had no doubt that the other party would hold the big stick in his hand tightly and smash it at the arrogant Githyanki in the next moment.

"Do you want us to attack human cities?!"

"That's a good idea."

Hearing the roar of the mountain giant, the Githyanki suddenly calmed down. He smiled and stared at the mountain giant in front of him, as if he had heard some good news.

"Yes, you will attack Baldur's Gate, completely destroy the city, and then capture all humans as sacrifices..."

"Impossible!"

The mountain giant leader suddenly swung the wooden stick in his hand that was as thick as an ancient tree. The huge wooden stick whistled over the head of the Githyanki, but the Githyanki did not move. I don't know whether the mountain giant leader showed mercy or the Githyanki had long expected that he would not dare to attack him.

"Human, the city is very big and difficult to capture!"

"Don't worry, I will give you strength."

The voice of the Githyanki suddenly became gentle.

"The Supreme True God has decided to give you an incomparable honor. You will be tireless, fearless, and fight for the True God until death... This is an honor..."

"You!!"

Hearing this, the mountain giant leader seemed to have thought of something, and his originally full-hearted voice trembled. At the same time, Gray also found that the situation seemed to have changed. The cold air around was getting heavier. He originally thought it was because of the rain, but soon Gray found that the coldness exceeded the range that should be there on a rainy day. Then, a scene that shocked Gray appeared in front of him.

On the square, countless dark and cold tentacles suddenly sprang out from the dark shadows on the ground. They tightly entangled the goblins, mountain giants and orcs in the square. And these monsters also screamed loudly in pain. They struggled desperately and trembled trying to break free from these tentacles, but to no avail. Even the mountain giant leader roared and swung a wooden stick after a while. It seemed that it had decided not to tolerate it anymore, and swung a stick at the Githyanki and its pet red dragon.

The mountain giant leader's angry club suddenly fell to the ground weakly, and his strong arms fell limply at his sides. Not only him, but all the monsters in the square were like this. They stood there stupidly with lifeless eyes, as if their struggle and resistance just now were all fake.

What's going on?

Seeing this scene, Gray felt a little dizzy, and he even began to doubt his eyes. Because it was obvious to Gray that just a moment ago, those monsters were screaming, jumping around, picking up weapons, and trying to fight the Githyanki to the death under the leadership of the mountain giant leader, but the next moment, they all stood in unison. He stood there, just standing there, his head lowered motionlessly, like a well-trained guard, as if the chaotic farce just now had never happened.

Could it be that I am dazzled?

Something is wrong, very wrong.

A chill ran straight up Gray's back, and he felt fear. At this moment, he really felt some kind of fear. Maybe he shouldn't be here, and he should leave as soon as possible. In fact, this information alone was enough. He suddenly felt that Ben was right. A soldier should do what a soldier should do. Now he was no longer a lonely ranger. There was the Tribunal and the Blade of Judgment behind him. , he can report this matter to his superiors and ask them to send someone...

Gray cautiously stepped back, but his luck was not good. The tower, which had been in disrepair for a long time, seemed to have reached its limit in the storm. With a soft "crash", the next moment the tower under Gray's feet suddenly collapsed, and Gray also screamed and fell down hard.

Fortunately, his mind was still clear, and he rolled to his feet almost as soon as he landed. However, at this moment, he also found himself in the most desperate situation.

"I didn't expect that there is actually a little mouse here."

The Githyanki stared at Gray coldly, and the red dragon beneath him now opened its bloody mouth and viciously locked onto the prey in front of him.

"Although I don't know who you are, but...that's it for now."

As the Githyanki spoke, the red dragon opened its mouth, and then a jet of flames shot out, blasting towards Gray.

At this moment, Gray's heart was filled with despair. He could feel the heat wave that was enough to turn him into coke rushing towards him, but he could do nothing but stand there blankly, watching the flames pouring towards him. .

However, at this moment, a golden light suddenly appeared, and a shining shield appeared in front of Gray, blocking the breath from the red dragon. At the same time, Ben's voice rang in Gray's ears.

"Run, boy!!"

Gray's body recovered much faster than his consciousness. When Gray came to his senses, he had already turned around and sprinted into the forest. The hard thorns scratched his clothes and body, but at this moment These burning pains only made Gray more awake.

He opened his eyes and looked forward, and soon saw Ben and the others in his team.

"Why do you..."

"Idiot, do you think you are the only one who wants to make meritorious deeds? Let's go! If we don't leave, we will really become a pile of barbecue!"

As if to verify Ben's words, the angry roar of the Githyanki came from the air.

"You damn bastards! Don't even think about leaving here! Catch them————!!!"

Following the Githyanki's order, the monsters such as mountain giants and goblins that had been standing blankly in the square quickly took action and rushed into the forest.

Gray and his group were running headlong. Their situation was very miserable. The red dragon hovered above their heads, spitting out flames from time to time, burning the forest. Behind them, the mountain giants and goblins didn't care about the flames at all, chasing them like death squads.

"Damn, what's going on with these goblins?"

Another warrior slashed a goblin to death with his backhand sword and complained at the same time.

"When encountering something like this, they would definitely be scared away. How can they be so brave?"

"I don't know either, but I saw them. They seemed to have turned into something else...I don't know what something did to them..."

Gray also turned his head and shot an arrow, piercing the eye of a mountain giant, but the mountain giant still walked steadily and did not even pull out the arrow from his eye, as if it did not exist at all.

"Well, at least you got something, instead of letting us risk it in vain."

Ben complained and pushed the mage in front of him.

"Send the signal quickly, send the signal quickly!"

The mage raised his staff, and soon a firework flew out from the staff, rushing into the sky and turning into a dazzling skull symbol. And they quickly left the place where the fireworks were released, because the next moment flames fell from the sky, turning the ground where everyone was originally into a sea of ​​fire.

"It's several days away from Arkham City. They can't see it at all!"

"I handed in the report a long time ago. Logically speaking, the reinforcements are already on their way..."

After saying this, Ben raised his head again and subconsciously looked at the sky, and then his face suddenly became happy.

"Hey, here they come!!!"

Hearing Ben's shouting, Gray also raised his head, and then he saw in the gap between the leaves, a figure shining with bright red flames spanned the entire night sky like a meteorite, and then hit the red dragon head-on. On your body!

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