172. Chapter 172 – Dead?
Chapter 172: Dead?
When it was almost dawn, Bedwyr had already withdrawn with a large force.
They were stationed in an abandoned stronghold not far to the west.
It had once been an outpost of the Cuirassian Court, but with the spread of the Blight and the shortage of supplies, it had quickly been abandoned.
And at this moment, supplies from Greenleaf Town were being sent this way in a steady stream.
Earlier, while the fog in the Flower Calamity area had largely dissipated, two airships had taken people at light speed deep into the hinterland to pack up all the loot.
Whether it was cannibalistic flowers or alpha-level bugs, even if these powerful creatures died, there was still pollution lingering on their bodies, so it was reasonable to say that the airships were not good for loading.
But the Fire Copper was different.
Last time, it was sprayed by the dung truck and damaged most of the deck, it hadn’t had time to be repaired, but now it was just the right time to use it to transport these trophies, which was a blessing in disguise.
Nowadays, there was only one boss left in the Trail of Blight on the surface, Cayenne, but the worms and blight beasts hadn’t been completely eliminated yet.
According to the plot in the game, even if the copy ended, the subsequent cleanup took a small half a year.
So there was no rush, it had to be done slowly.
This was also a good time to practice.
After arranging the logistics, the small dirigible with sufficient “sincerity” carried the three skeletons and Gray Moon deep into the insect disaster area to meet up with Heine, who had rushed there with Hui Yu.
……
Insect disaster area.
The leader of the Bug Mother Cayenne is a beautiful half-human, half-bug creature.
Her upper body is a voluptuous female form with transparent wings on her back, and her bare skin is covered in sky-blue phosphorus powder patterns that reflect a dreamy luster.
Her head was covered with what was indistinguishable from hair or tentacles or some sort of elongated sarcoma.
These drooped naturally, covering the vitals and hanging down to her slender waist.
As for below the waist …… was a mountain of flesh.
The huge worm belly that was three or four meters high seemed like a granary, and on top of it was a faint texture of pale lake blue, and the lower end was immersed in a pool of waxy yellow gelatinous material piled up, and it was still contracting and expanding in a rhythmic manner.
At this moment, the crowd was in a spacious tree house called the “boss room” by the players.
Heine stood on a high platform, looking down at Cayenne.
Their journey had been unimpeded, and the other party had completely given up their resistance.
Listening to the players’ discussions, this boss known as Bug Mom basically only summoned small monsters the entire time.
Unlike her normal production, her “spawning” during battle would consume extra life force.
When she runs out of life force, the boss battle will be over.
This time, however, it was clear that this part of the battle was skipped.
Without any nonsense, Heine clarified the current situation in three words.
Cayenne was surprisingly calm, with no trace of anger visible in those dark eyes without whites.
Looking at it instead, there was a kind of clear stupidity ……
“So, you’re here for the third communication station?”
Her voice sounded extraordinarily gentle, radiating the same motherly glow as her face.
But it didn’t quite match the aura.
“Yes.” Heine nodded.
The Beast Calamity Zone’s comm station was also purified by him.
Like the one in the Flower Calamity Area, it was also a huge spherical meta-spirit spell.
Then when he followed the threads of spirit embers from the bug disaster area to the door, he realized that all the black threads were connected to Kaena.
“What you’re looking for, is it a silver-colored orb?” She asked.
“…… It is.”
Heine had a bad feeling.
“That thing fused with me a long time ago.”
Sure enough ……
“That’s what makes our homeworld different from the other two.”
Cayenne said slowly, “Through that thing, I have established a link with each of my children, and while they are also in contact with the other two communication towers, as long as they are here, they will certainly listen to me.”
She flashed a smile at Heine.
“Although I can’t control those little ones, I can feel that they like you a lot, and that emotion seems to have affected me as well …… so I like you a lot as well then.”
Heine was stared back.
No wonder he couldn’t feel any Yuan Spirit, it was actually locked up by her with her body ……
Wait, doesn’t that mean she is also a psychic!
“You can also hear the voices of the Yuan Spirits?” He asked.
“Voices?” Kaena shook her head.
“No, I can just feel faint emotions.”
It didn’t look like the meta-spirit affinity was too high.
But that would be a problem.
Since all three comm stations have been purified, the path to the center in the shelving game has been opened.
Why wasn’t it now?
Could it be that Kaena was a contamination for the Phalanx as well?
“Do you know about Quirkus?” Heine asked again.
“Quirkus?” Cahuna nodded, “Of course I remember, it’s a very important name, it’s what my ancestors followed here in the first place.”
Sure enough there was something!
Heine had just pricked up her ears to listen carefully when she heard the other person say:
“…… But it’s been dead for a long time, why did you suddenly mention it?”
“Dead?”
Heine froze.
“Dead how? When?”
Kaena gave a thoughtful look, “Time? …… Probably dozens, a hundred snow seasons ago? I wasn’t smart enough then to remember that much.
“All I remember is that a strange group of people came and built that building you’re looking for around here, and it’s been talking to us less and less since then.
“Then one day it summoned us and said that it was about to die, and that life would be hard for all of us in the future, but if we believed in him, we could make a contract with him, so that even if we died, we wouldn’t be captured and eaten by that strange bird.”
She still seems to be a bit upset by the mention of the “strange bird”.
Obviously, it was Teruha.
“What contract?” Heine asked.
“We all got a part of its soul, and after that, we became smart enough to remember more and understand more things.”
Heine was shocked in her heart and asked, “Was the process of making the pact a summoning ritual, where you had to recite an incantation over its corpse?”
Kaena cocked her head.
“How do you know? Do you know that spell too? It’s ……”
“Ego sum te peto et uidere queo……”
Both spoke at the same time.
Exactly the same.
It was exactly the necromancer’s summoning spell.
“Dead things still viable when they see life, undead resurrection near me.”
Heine let out a long breath.
It was clear.
“So that’s how …… it is,” he muttered.
…
Catch the Goat: “Rush, rush, rush, so he understands what? Where’s the half-Elfcom that’s always hanging out in the homunculus section? Quickly translate translate ah!”
The remaining two people have echoed: “Mr. Sa, speak!”
Mr. Sa: “How the hell do I know this ah …… Besides, I go to the homo area to see all the bug mom and knife sister’s book, who reads the plot ah?”
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
…
Luckily, the big sister stepped in at the crucial moment.
Ashitsuki couldn’t help but ask in a small voice, “What are you guys talking about?”
Heine explained, “After the mages from the House of Truth came here and built a communication station, Quirkus quickly failed.
“So it called these creatures that had been parasitizing itself for years together and taught them necromancy.
“When the day of death came, it divided its soul, with each of them occupying a part of it.”
Gray Moon frowned straight away as she listened, “So those souls we saw running to the center ……”
“Yes.” Heine nodded, “Those are all Quirkus’ souls returning, that’s the general idea, I haven’t figured out the details yet, after all, consciousness and soul mass can’t be cut …… and so on ……”
Heine suddenly remembered the name of a person.
The co-founder of the school of metamorphosis
Barry Gitler’s initiator.
Hunter and Tree Herder, and necromancer.
Also knows Quirkus ……
“I think I know!”
(end of chapter)