Chapter 685 Tragic Situation

Because they avoided the busy areas like the central square, they took a detour.

After leaving the town, they wanted to let them take a carriage, but these people didn't talk, so they could only guess based on the reaction of the legion that the carriage could only seat four people, and they had ten people, and they were fully armed.

The wide-roofed carriage could squeeze more people, but it seemed that they didn't believe Hamlet.

So they could only march slowly. Anyway, they were tireless, but it was hard for the guide. It took a whole night to get here, and now they are finally relieved.

"Let's go, let's go and notify..."

The news of the legion's appearance and the analysis of the cause had already been passed here internally, and now they have to report the situation along the way.

In fact, the connection between the legion and the ancient empire's heritage or treasure was not really done by them, and they were even a little confused. Why did those adventurers react so strongly...

Before the day was completely bright, the legion rushed into the ruins, and behind them were many people who wanted to get information about the ancient empire's treasure from the legion.

Regarding this situation, the guarding soldiers warned the adventurers, but no one listened. On the contrary, they were still wondering whether Hamlet wanted to monopolize the treasure.

The soldiers said nothing about this and let these guys go into the darkness.

No matter who they were or what other situations they followed them, even the scavengers.

It was difficult to see what was happening in the dim environment.

The people following the legion only heard the noise from the front. When they got closer, they found that there were only broken skeletons on the ground. It was obvious that the skeletons could not stop the legion's progress.

It can be said that the guys following behind had a smooth journey! Smooth!

But the legion was advancing too fast, and the skeletons were endless. The front was cleared by the legion, but these alarmed monsters came from both sides at an active speed never seen during the day.

The legion was able to crush the skeletons, but it did not mean that the guys following them were the same. Just a little obstruction cut off the connection between those people and the legion.

Originally, they didn't care much. In their impression, skeletons were slow and fragile, but those who followed them soon discovered that the skeletons without the suppression of sunlight became swift and ferocious.

The evil power shrouded the skeletons and showed indescribable tenacity. Swords and knives would not only not cut them off, but would even get stuck and bounce.

As for striking weapons, it was difficult to break them apart. Even if they fell to the ground, they would get up.

The skeletons rushed forward, chasing the breath of the living. Although they had no weapons, countless ghost hands scratched at them. The horrifying scene was enough to break through the reason of most people.

Not to mention the evil breath attached to the skeletons, which eroded their bodies and souls in touch, and the corruption continued to deepen.

Their eyes were blinded by greed, and they completely forgot that there were some places they could come to, and some places they could not enter, especially those scavengers.

The small team of scavengers who cut off with the boy and thought they were favored by the goddess of luck were also mixed among these people. They came with full of excitement and expectations, ready to seize the treasure and reach the peak of their lives.

However, when the disaster came, the chaos instantly dispersed them. If they tried to stop them, they would be chopped to death by the crazy adventurers, and even pushed out by the strong mercenaries as shields.

When they touched the skeletons, they felt a chill through their flesh and blood, and their souls were as dull as if they were frozen, but in fact, they had lost the ability to control their bodies.

No one cared about their requests for help and wailing, and their emotions instantly fell to the bottom, and fear and despair took away their souls.

"Ah! Run away!"

"Save me! Save me!"

"Don't push me..."

As they really portrayed, strong mercenaries with weapons could still struggle and resist with weapons and armor.

But those scavengers had no ability to resist at all and were swallowed up by the frenzied skeletons, leaving only wailing and screaming.

In fact, if they united, they might not be unable to hold on, but they were competitors. After the accident, they were forced to be driven together. Everyone wanted to hide inside, which accelerated the contraction, and the chaos further caused panic.

But they were like sardines in a can, unable to escape, because the breath of the living attracted more and more skeletons... Their retreat was also cut off by the skeletons, and they had no way to evacuate.

Everyone began to forget the so-called treasure, and even had no time to regret breaking in. All they had was——

Despair, fear, self-abuse, paranoia, tyranny, frenzy... Hell was artificially created.

Fortunately, this time period was originally early in the morning, and finally the sun slowly climbed up. When the light fell, the skeletons seemed to be suppressed and became less active, and their movements were a little sluggish.

At the same time, although those conservative adventurers did not keep up, they were also afraid of losing the news of the legion, so they rushed over as soon as the sun rose. When they found the melee in front, they thought they had found something good, and they rushed straight in with all their strength!

The appearance of the "reinforcements" shared their pressure, but when they rushed over, they found that there was no good thing, and there were only corpses on the ground, and those terrified and almost crazy adventurers.

As for the legion, it had already disappeared in the ruins...

On the sentry tower at the edge of the ruins, Disma took back the telescope and handed it to others, cursing.

"A bunch of damn trash! Why do you want to learn from others if you don't have the strength? You have to clean up their asses again."

Hamlet's hero had received the news and came here to watch. When the sun tore through the darkness, he seemed to understand the situation on the front line.

The lord repeatedly reminded them not to die too many people. The party had been constantly warning them how cruel the skeletons were at night, but no one listened.

You are both bad and playful. What strength do you have to learn from others' legions?

"Let's go. Let everyone bring more corpse spores, otherwise they won't be enough."

Barristan was more practical. The most important thing was to clear the corpses as soon as possible, so as not to affect the lord's plan.

"Those are not living people, but just cursed bodies." Alhazred was among them. He had been here, and when he heard about the ancient empire legion, he was curious and came out to see.

When other adventurers had already rushed up, Scorpion and the others were also watching.

"Captain, why are you looking at this? When are we going up?"

"They all ran away. If we don't go up now, it will be too late."

"Wait a little longer."

The urging of his teammates did not affect Scorpion's mood. He even had time to look at the bulletin board next to the sentry tower.

There were more bulletins on it. Scorpion glanced at it and understood that it was about the prisoners who were punished yesterday.

Warning everyone not to kill each other. Once found, they must be severely punished. At the same time, support reporting and focus on crackdowns.

Maybe it can deter some people, but never underestimate greed and ambition, especially when the news of the ancient empire's treasure comes out.

He has no interest in this kind of thing, because as a famous mercenary group, it is different from those robbers and bandits, and the sunk cost is too high.

Of course, if the benefits are big enough, he is not sure whether he will waver...

Then the shouting of the team members at this time drew his attention back again.

"Captain, they are back!"

"What's going on? Why were they beaten?"

"It seems that all the scavengers who followed them are gone..."

At this time, the team members saw the large number of adventurers who retreated back, and then they understood why the captain did not follow them. They complained about it, but now they just felt it was magical.

"Captain, how do you know that something is wrong?"

"Because we just left yesterday and the people from Hamlet followed us, but those people just now didn't move at all, but went straight to the watchtower."

Scorpion is still experienced. He was also impulsive just now, but when he came here and found that the legion rushed into the darkness, those people from Hamlet turned around and left, so he calmed down and chose to wait and see.

In fact, if you look carefully, you can find that there are really not many strong people in the first wave who go up, and those who have strength are basically waiting and watching.

On the contrary, those retail investors or young people rushed up all at once, and now the result is also very obvious, they are out.

"Let's go, it's our turn to go up now."

Scorpion led the mercenary group up and took the road of yesterday again.

I was worried about getting into an endless battle, but it was obvious that those idiots had attracted all the skeletons outside the ruins.

Scorpion and his companions did not stop at all, and passed by a place directly, that is, the person who was hung up. The high platform avoided contact with those wandering skeletons, but it was obvious that he was dead.

No one knew what he had experienced. There was no obvious external injury, but his eyes were wide open and bulging, and his twisted and hideous face seemed to be scared to death.

They could not untie the person to do a proper autopsy, but they could see that something was wrong with this place at night.

"It's really fucking weird..."

"There are a few more ahead, let's see."

The team moved forward, and basically everyone they met died, no one was spared. No one knew what happened last night, but it was enough to make them alert.

And Scorpion and his companions passed by a place where they found the looters at the beginning, but this time they did not avoid it, but took the initiative to approach it, and then found the remains that were gnawed to only the skeleton.

"These are traces of rats."

"Are you saying that rats ate him?"

"One more thing, they ate him alive. Look at these traces of struggle. Dead people don't struggle."

"Oh~ Damn it! I just had breakfast."

"Also, look at these, the remains of rat skeletons, which means they eat themselves."

"Would rats in other places be like this?"

There is no doubt that asking this question shows the evil of this ghost place. Even rats are aggressive.

Scorpion is much calmer. When others are struggling with these, they suddenly say something.

"I feel we need to accept sleeping with rats at night."

Everyone looked over and saw the shadowy skeletons in the ruins of the building in front of them as their vision zoomed out.

It looks like the density is about the same as yesterday, which means that the skeletons filled the cleared area again in just one night.

It seems that they were too optimistic just now. Not to mention the melee just now, I am afraid that even yesterday, so many people did not seem to have much consumption.

This situation gives a reminder to all those who really want to seek the treasure of the ruins, that is, they cannot retreat, otherwise they will have to waste time entangled with those skeletons.

But staying in the ruins overnight... after all, this means that the back road is surrounded, which is a great test of the ability to continue combat.

Especially when I think of the tragic situation of those people just now, no one knows whether they can bear it.

The silent pressure is like a boulder pressing on those team leaders. What decision should be made to achieve the best interests? How can I be faster than others?

"We need to be ready to set up camp."

Scorpion is still ambitious, and he is not willing to just wander around in the periphery. After the mercenary union's promotion mission failed, he urgently needs to do something big to revive the reputation of their mercenary group.

He is still very ambitious and is willing to take certain risks and choose a radical approach. Only in this way can he wash away the humiliation and lead the mercenary group to become bigger and stronger.

Those teammates didn't say anything. This kind of trust is impossible for those improvised teams.

While Scorpion and the others were working hard, news of the great defeat quickly spread back to the town. After hearing this, the mendicant monk immediately spoke to the priest.

"You see, I'm just saying that this matter is not that simple. It's all the lord's conspiracy."

"But according to what you said, monk, they advocated the treasures of the ancient empire in order to attract more people, but then why do they have to advise those people? And wouldn't it be beneficial to us to cause these casualties?"

"Let's go rescue people now. We don't have time to listen to your nonsense." The mendicant monk also reacted and directly ignored the facts.

There were not many casualties yesterday, but now that there are such heavy casualties, it is time for me to perform a miracle on my own. Now there is nothing strange about the mess.

Pastor Ranzhu did not express any objection to this.

The mendicant monk walked toward the injured with a compassionate look on his face and exerted his sacred power on them under the light of the morning light.

The serious injuries of the escaped adventurers were quickly treated, and they saved their lives. They thanked the monks and praised the holy light.

The church duo also managed to win over many people by treating the injured. Now they were finally starving and no longer had to pick up garbage.

Therefore, for the church to be able to achieve what it is today, apart from religious bonuses, divine magic is indeed a very important means.

News of the same defeat also reached the ears of the young man who was preparing to leave the town.

"Brother, big brother, they are all dead."

"I have already advised them."

The young man was not too surprised. He had obviously seen through it already and turned around and walked towards Hamlet.

After a few chapters of subplots, and everyone seems to dislike it, let’s return to the main plot in the next chapter.

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