Chapter 25 You exposed
About five minutes ago, Barde was still in a coma and lost almost 90% of his life. Five minutes later, he could stand up with his own strength, as if nothing had happened.
"Your body recovers so quickly!" Dagon made another drink and swears in front of him with his hands. He asked, "Mr. Barde, can you use your mana to heal your injuries?"
"Only some priests of the God of Aureus do that kind of spell. I only know a little about using herbs, but there are no conditions right now." Barde looked around and asked, "Have you ever done a scout? Is there a way out here?"
"I see there is a hole in the wall over there, and there may be a chance behind it." Dagon pointed out the landslide and the tunnel. "I plan to have a good rest. When you have a good meal, we'll set off."
"Okay, you roast the food and I'll just eat it."
Most of the food in Valde's backpack was soaked in water and washed away, and there was not much left. After Dagon drank the wine, he felt very warm in his stomach, as if he had just poured a large pot of hot soup into it. Because of this, he was not hungry now, so he decided to supply what he had eaten to Valde first. After counting it in the bag, Dagon only found two pieces of fist-sized frost snake jerky meat, and the only pack of dry food was already in his stomach.
Why is there only so little food? Dagon finds it a bit incredible. Judging from the placement of items, Barde should be a very organized person, and such people often make full preparations. On the other hand, the backpack is closed after falling into the water. There is no evidence to think that the things inside fall. Even if they are soaked in water, the packaging should still be there, and there should be traces of the batter!
"There is not much leftover food, so we two need to save a little, or find opportunities to hunt." Dagon was optimistic, and he said: "No need to do more, just catch a frost snake again, it's enough!"
"The frost snake is not that easy to catch. Don't say that stupid thing!"
Dagon pursed his mouth, not knowing where the anger of the team leader Valde came from. The team leader has been very anxious since he woke up, and he is not as calm as he talks before. From time to time, he also shows a slight annoyance with Dagon, which makes no sense at all!
Since you are still alive, shouldn't you feel fortunate? Even if you don't have to hold a banquet to celebrate, you should be a little happy about rebirth after the disaster, right? Then, you can't blame yourself for this matter anyway. The slug mud monster was not raised by Dagon, and its appearance did not happen when Dagon was exploring the way forward. The subsequent escape route, the rescue of the students, and the final fall into the water are not all Dagon's problems.
‘These are your problems,’ Dagon said in his heart as he looked at Barde.
I can only think about it in my heart. Dagon dare not say it in person. Is there still hope of completing the trial of the hunting team? Can the two of them still go back to Jian Gucheng? All of these will still fall on the leader of Valde. Oh... Dagon suddenly understood that the leader may have lost his own bear lizard, so he felt sad and upset, and his temper was bad.
"Dagon, you turn the snake meat over and reduce the amount of peat. It's best to get it out, we need to save some." Barde leaned over and stood on the other side of the fire and directed: "You used too much peat, but this is understandable..."
Barde kept calling out what Dagon should do with his mouth, so that Dagon would focus on the fire and peat. On the other side, he secretly reached out his hand to grab the hunting axe. He had already planned, pulled out the axe and then slashed. Dagon had no time to avoid it, and he could not defend himself. Such a fierce weapon could cause people to lose their combat effectiveness anywhere on his body. Wouldn't this kill Dagon?
Huh? Not pulled out? Why are you plugging so tightly?
Dagon felt the ground beside him shook slightly, turned his head and saw that Valder was pulling out the spear tip of his hunting axe. He immediately became alert and grabbed the hunting axe, and at the same time he whispered: "What are you doing with my weapon?"
"I...I want to wear clothes." Barde's wrist changed direction, pulled the baked clothes off the hunting axe, and hurriedly put them on his body. "I don't take the initiative to give them to me after the clothes are dry, you just want to see...I'm naked, right?"
"Oh...so that." Dagon was half-believing, but he pulled his hand back and used it to scratch his head: "Sorry, I did forget about this. Wearing clothes on my body is not conducive to recovery, and it is still very warm next to the fire..."
Barde, wearing his pants, changed his serious tone, praised and thanked Dagon for the first time, and said, "I did not criticize you, you did it right. If you hadn't taken care of you, I would have been dead."
"Not to be," Dagon shook his head and said, "Mr. Valde, you actually saved yourself. Your physical fitness is quite strong, and you can hold on to ice even if you are unconscious. Floating on the water greatly reduces the possibility of injury. I was hit all over my body..."
Speaking of this, Dagon felt something was wrong. Valde did not have many wounds on his body, whether it was twisting or more serious. Moreover, his fingers were stuck in the ice, so how could he still pull the rope and button to wear clothes? It seemed that he was not affected at all? Dagon's right arm was just pulled by a belt and could not move normally. Dagon was not lying on the ice, but soaking in running water, and the frostbite was much heavier than Valde.
It seems something is wrong...
Dagon frowned as soon as he thought about it. Valder noticed this and suddenly changed the topic. "Uh, Dagon, have the scales on your chest not been well yet?"
"Ah? Oh...these scales? They didn't disappear. Actually..." Dagon's face turned red and his expression was awkward. "In fact, they did not become more serious, so I am very grateful to God Aoli for his blessing."
"Then have you figured out what kind of monster you have been affected by for so many years?"
Barde distracted Dagon's attention by exposing the scars, and then grabbed the hunting axe with both hands. He used all his strength to pull it out, but the hunting axe was still motionless. However, under the action of the "hard" rune, a circle of moss, lichens, and rocks and sand around the hunting axe flew up in large quantities, hitting Barde's face.
"What are you doing!" Although Dagon didn't know why, he really knew what to do! He swooped, rolled past the hunting axe, and grabbed it with the flow. He pressed the weapon where the "hard" character is embedded in the weapon, and his fingers released mana as a command to remove the effect of the rune.
The hunting axe obediently entered Dagon's hand, pointing the spear tip toward Barde, and the axe blade and hammer head protect the flank. After rolling, Dagon entered the squatting position, his knees pressed like a spring, and could exert force at any time. He stared at Barde's movements, used the hunting axe to form a threat to the entire area, and asked without hesitation: "What do you want to do?"
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I don't want to do anything, just try whether you are ready for battle." Barde smiled and spread his hands and explained: "This is part of the Hunter Trial, a test, a test. Your reaction is very good, and you will definitely be able to judge excellent."
Dagon did not believe this explanation, and he still aimed at Barde with his head hunting axe. This is different from fishing for crabs in the face of the cave, pointing his weapon at a Jiangu tribe, preparing to kill a smart creature. This is something Dagon has never experienced. Although he is sixty years old, he is just an adult, so he should allow him to sweat, breathe rapidly, feel nervous, and hesitate inside.
"We'll be separated here!" said Dagon. "I'll take your bag away and walk from the opening there. You'll leave some supplies on the way. If you catch up, I'll aim your weapon at you. If you enter the range of the weapon, I'll attack."
"You overreact, it's completely unnecessary. Look, I don't have weapons, and I don't have hostility. It's normal for you to be too nervous after surviving the water. You need to control your emotions and calm down."
"Don't get close to me. I'm just notifying you about the plan just now, not discussing it!"
Dagon slowly stood up and his movements were very stable. The spear tip of the hunting axe was not only aimed at Barde, but also circled in a small range, emitting threatening meaning with unpredictable circles. He moved left with interlaced steps and approached Barde's backpack. At this time, he grabbed the hunting axe with one hand and grabbed the backpack strap with the other hand.
Barde's eyes twitched, and his expression became very unnatural. Dagon noticed that his five fingers were spread and slightly bent, and his palms were downwards like claws of beasts, so he became more cautious.
"Dagon, you don't know where to go. We only have to walk together..."
"You don't know where this is." Dagon quickly put his backpack on his shoulders, regained his hands holding the hunting axe, and then began to retreat. "Balde, I advise you to calm down, even if you wash your face with ice water! Your mind is not clear, I really hope it's just a shadow caused by trauma..."
Before he could finish his words, he could hear the sound of slapping water coming from the upper reaches of the underground river. Then a slender black shadow fell into the cave with ice and huge splashes of water. Both Dagon and Valde could see the black shadow falling into the water in the corner of their eyes, and both saw it swelling up the ambush and then jumping to the shallows.
It was Valde's bear lizard, and the thin poor guy was still alive.
The bear lizard can swim and even dive, and of course it should be alive.
"Come here!" Barde roared, and the bear lizard raised his head in surprise, then rushed over with its short and round tail half jumping and half swimming. It tilted its head and tried to rub against Barde, but was slapped by him and staggered directly.
"Bite him to death." Barde pointed at Dagon and pulled out two short axes from the bear lizard's sac. "Hun, attack, obey the order!"
The lizard stared at Valde with wide eyes, then turned his head and showed his fangs to Dagon. Its six bear legs raked on the ground, its shaking hips and stable shoulders meant that it had entered a hunting state.
"Dagon, you monster has been exposed! I am ordered to destroy you." Barde's eyes kept rotating counterclockwise, which was creepy, but it was not as terrifying as his words. "Only by drying your blood, burning your flesh, and breaking your bones, the ancient city will be peaceful again. This is the will given to me by God Oli!"
Chapter completed!