Chapter 466 Trembling Words (5k)

By the bonfire at night, Roja's eyes widened when he heard the words in the mouth of the boy with one eye exposed. The grilled fish in his hand accidentally dropped to the ground. On the other side, Serena and Juliana were making noise. Also suddenly quieted down, looked in the direction of Roja and the two and stood up.

"Wait, what did you just say?"

"Fog? Where is it? Stuart, how far is it from here?"

The two girls who heard the sensitive words became vigilant, and Roja also understood their reaction as if they were facing an enemy.

The foggy weather was originally just one of the many weathers in nature, and it was not even a special phenomenon. However, since more than half a year ago, this ordinary natural phenomenon has become no longer ordinary with the appearance of a certain monster.

【Hidden Fog】Scholars of Shia may not know this terrifying beast of disaster, but for the hermit family in the kingdom of knights, this is a terrible monster that they have heard since childhood, and not long ago the tower After the events of Fortress K, this world-changing monster has grown even more terrifying.

Beside the bonfire, Stuart picked up the map and urgently confirmed the location of the foggy place, while Serena kept her tail furry and guarded the surrounding area. Juliana's ability at night improved a lot, and she began to quickly gather the necessary supplies for preparations Fleeing, but the black-haired boy didn't act rashly after standing up and feeling it for a long time.

Crown Stone, no response.

Looking down at the wisps of freezing air wrapped around his hands, the black-haired boy frowned slightly. From his previous experience in the Eastern Realm, even if the distance is far away, monsters who are also the same as [Six Disasters] should interact with each other. It can also be sensed, but this time Roja didn't feel anything abnormal.

Not to mention the strong sense of oppression when facing the [Hidden Fog], there is not even unstable mana fluctuations, the only thing there is an ominous premonition that flashes occasionally, but that is not so much caused by the [Six Calamities] , rather it is the unique intuition of high-level extraordinary people.

"Roja, what should we do? Do you want to evacuate now?"

"Hey, you are here to help, there are too many things that must be taken away."

Anxious Serena and Juliana spoke out one after another, but the black-haired boy shook his head after a brief consideration.

"Calm down first, I'm afraid this is not [Six Disasters]... Stuart, are you sure where you saw it?"

"Well, it's far away from us, and it's in the core area. Our side seems to have no problem."

"You should have said that earlier..."

The sound of Stuart's report came for the second time, causing the girls who heard it to complain. Everyone around the campfire breathed a sigh of relief, but the vigilance was not lifted. The black-haired boy thought for a moment, and asked Stuart, who used the remote observation technique, asked:

"Is there such a thing as a 'face'? A human face made of mist."

"...No, not at the moment."

After watching for a while, the pupils of the boy who had taken off the eyepatch answered with light, and Roja asked a few other questions after hearing the words, and with the questioning, Stuart's pupils were constantly changing, not just the color of the pupils It is changing, and occasionally even the shape of the pupils is changing.

After a series of questions and answers, Roja breathed a sigh of relief as if he had come to a conclusion, and concluded:

"Judging from the current situation, this mist should have nothing to do with [Six Disasters]. There is no iconic human face, and the concentration of magic essence is not high. The most important thing is that I don't feel it at all. I'm afraid it's just a simple weather phenomenon."

After hearing the judgment of the black-haired boy, the three people present were all relieved. If those stubborn scholars are ignorant people who don't understand the horror of [Six Calamities], then the students of the Kingdom of Knights have listened to it since childhood. The horror story of [Six Disasters] grew up, and it is really a good thing to be able to avoid confronting the shadows of childhood.

After discovering that it was a false alarm, Stewart was attacked by Serena and others, and was punished to watch the night alone. On the other side, the black-haired boy looked at the map and meditated again.

Although it can basically be determined that the [Hidden Fog] appeared in the front, the fact that the fog appeared in the core area that should have been investigated also aroused the vigilance of the young man. Roja could imagine the situation after the first team, and found that the fog did not attack. After sex, they will definitely rush into it to find the truth. From this point of view, the mist is like bait.

Recalling the discomfort in his heart before, the black-haired boy slightly narrowed his golden pupils, and under the dark sky in the distance, a vague figure in the drifting white mist slowly emerged after Stuart's investigation was over. His old pupils stared at Roja's direction for a long time, as if he was thinking about the source of the inexplicable sight before.

After a long time, the figure who didn't get the answer shook his head, his eyes turned to the place where many powerful extraordinary people gathered outside the fog, and the figure slowly disappeared into the depths of the fog over time.

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In the early morning of the next day, some fog began to appear near the camp of Roja and others, but after the boy actually experienced it, he found that it was just an ordinary white fog in the mountains, and Stuart, who was watching the night, also reflected the situation, saying that the fog in the forest in front of him overnight was not Nothing changed.

"So, this white mist is just a coincidence?"

Saying this, Serena and Juliana felt relieved a lot, and the expression on the face of the boy who put on the blindfold again relaxed a little, and the atmosphere in the camp gradually returned to relaxation.

, but Roja still did not relax his vigilance after some thinking.

It may be a coincidence that there is fog in the mountains at this time of year, but the warning signs in my heart appear simultaneously when the fog rises. Is this also a coincidence?

Looking at the white mist nearby, Roja didn't express his unfounded worries. He could only ask the three of them to keep vigilant and not to relax, and followed by daily routine contact.

The routine contact between the second team and the first team is every morning and evening. This has always been the habit of the two sides. Today, due to the heavy fog, Roja and others are inevitably a little worried, but it turns out that nothing unexpected happened. Paul of the first team The contact video was successfully connected, and the situation of the team was reported to be normal.

For more than a month, Roja hadn't shown up, so Lilian and the others didn't know about his existence, and the girl didn't care much about him, but the black-haired boy who confirmed that Lilian and the others were safe Feeling at ease, as for the next plan, just as Roja expected, the team decided to continue the investigation after discussion.

As the saying goes, people with high skills are bold. The teaching staff, experts and scholars in the first team are all high-level transcendents. Although their actual combat experience is not good, and they are not even Roja's opponents at all, they all have the pride of high-level transcendents.

With his own arrogance and the fact that there were no special circumstances after the fog appeared this time, the result of continuing to explore and investigate is not a surprise. Rather, the presence of fog in the core area of ​​​​the disappearance incident made some people in the team very excited. After all, the investigation team was originally here to find clues.

After some exchanges, the two sides started to act again. Roja and the others continued to keep a certain distance to investigate in the rear. In the next few days, as if admitting the courage of the investigation team, although there was still fog every day, it was not. What an exception.

This sudden white mist usually rises at night and remains until early in the morning. It disappears with the sun rising, and has no special impact on the investigation. Originally, Serena and the others still had a certain degree of vigilance , But as time went by, everyone gradually got used to this situation.

The somewhat dull atmosphere in the team gradually changed. The girl with the blood of the holy beast ran around again, and Juliana's night hunting also resumed. At dinner, everyone was still noisy around the campfire, robbing every day. The right to order from Chef Roja.

Under the leadership of such a group of lively problem children, Roja's tense nerves were slightly relaxed. In fact, after that night, the ominous feeling in Roja's heart never appeared again. Everything before was like an illusion, and slowly Overwhelmed by everyday life.

"Serina, can you stop going to the president's tent? If you do this again, I will have to report to the true ancestor."

"Huh? Why do you need to be in charge of where I go? Besides, Roja just helped me calm down my blood."

"If it wasn't for the completion of Master Alisa's mission, I wouldn't bother to care about you, you, wouldn't you be interested in the president?"

"What are you talking about?!"

Another day when night fell, Juliana and the brown-haired girl who was startled by the sudden question quarreled again, while Stuart on the other side was using his extraordinary vision to alert the surroundings, such a routine scene was staged as usual, It didn't end until Roja announced that the meal was open.

Eating and chatting together has become the only fun for everyone on this journey without any means of entertainment. After eating, drinking and laughing, white mist floated in the forest at night again, but now this little thing is gone. Everyone cares, except for Juliana, who is watching the night, Roja and the others returned to their tents to rest after checking the camp.

In the eyes of everyone, this is the same as usual, without any difference. However, when Roja returned to the tent to lie down and rest, watching the silver moon in the sky gradually fall asleep, a unique sense of foreboding suddenly appeared. The boy's heart exploded, causing Roja to sit up suddenly as if awakened from a nightmare.

"!"

The boy who got up stared wide-eyed and panted, recalling the feeling of his body being heavy with lead in his sleep, a feeling of inexplicable familiarity emerged in his heart, but before he recalled where he experienced this feeling, the witch The king's voice suddenly sounded.

"I just wanted to wake you up, but I didn't expect you to have already noticed it. Your intuition is good."

"Altasia? Could it be..."

Looking at the white-haired witch who suddenly appeared in the tent, Roja's complexion instantly became solemn, and seeing Roja like this, Altasia also put away her smile, and nodded in response to the boy's question.

"Yes, it's the Fallen."

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The feeling of being heavy and unable to mobilize the magic power, this unique sense of crisis is one of the few in the impression of the black-haired boy. If you think about it carefully, it is actually very similar to a certain feeling before, such as... When When Roja's fire of life was held by someone.

After Altasia gave the reminder, the black-haired boy immediately remembered this familiar feeling, and then rushed out of the tent first.

"No, Juliana, there are enemies nearby!"

"Huh? Enemy?"

When Roja rushed out of the tent, the girl with black hair and red eyes was sitting on a fallen log drinking tea. She was stunned after hearing the boy's words, but fortunately because of the authority established by Roja during this time, the boy's words were amazing. But still received attention, Julianna immediately stood up with red eyes shining in a short moment.

"Where? The enchantment

No response at all, how did you find out? "

The blood girl who magically pulled out a thick long sword from the hem of her skirt narrowed her eyes and scanned the surroundings vigilantly, and following the noise, Serena and Stuart, who were not asleep at first, also ran out of the tent. After coming out, everyone's eyes focused on the boy, while Roja was analyzing the situation urgently.

Although in order to immediately alert everyone, he said that there were enemies, but after leaving the tent, Roja didn't find anything, so there is only one possibility.

"Quick! Contact the first team urgently, the one under attack should be their side!"

"clear!"

Although he didn't know Roja's reason, Stuart also knew that this kind of thing was definitely not a joke, so he and Serena hurriedly activated the spell used for communication, while on the other side, Roja was thinking quickly.

Now that he has sensed it and Altasia's testimony, the enemy must have already started his actions. The feeling of being heavy all over and the blood seems to have stopped is very similar to [Collector]'s interference with the blood of Akat's family at that time, except that This time it should not be Roja who used a similar spell to attack, but Lilian.

Roja, who found out that the girl was attacked, was furious. At the same time, he confirmed the faint thoughts in his heart. This so-called Bray town incident was probably a trap set up by the fallen to lure Akat's blood. After all, for the Akat family's awakened Said, [Hidden Mist] is not just a monster, but also a new crown stone.

The ability obtained from the Crown Stone is one of Roja's all-time trump cards. Its strength can be seen. In the eyes of those depraved desperadoes, they may think that for such a powerful power, the blood of the Akat family has awakened. Those who must take action.

Roja, who had figured out the cause and effect, was extremely anxious, but it was precisely because of this critical moment that the teenager's thinking became clearer. Looking at Stuart and the others who tried to make emergency contact but no one responded, Roja picked up the map and carefully Check the location of the last call between the two parties this evening.

"The first team was very close to this abandoned town called Marin Town this evening. They should spend the night in this town tonight. Stuart, look at the situation!"

Under Roja's order, the man wearing the blindfold showed his pupils with changing colors again, followed the directions of the map to look northwest, and then couldn't help but change his expression.

"Fog, very thick fog, but it doesn't feel alive, it's not [Six Calamities], wait...the mantra has strong fluctuations, it's man-made!"

Stuart, who switched different eyes to detect the enemy's situation, said so decisively, and Serena, who kept sending out contact requests, also gained something.

"Roja, connected!"

"Um?"

"Got it? What did you say over there?"

Roja and the others who heard Serena's pleasantly surprised voice hurried over and cast their gazes at the image. However, what puzzled everyone was that in the image of the cursed object, except for the drifting mist and the rumbling sound similar to stone friction There was nothing left, and such a picture lasted for about ten seconds, and then the contact was cut off again.

"..."

Looking at the picture that fell into darkness again, Roja and the others couldn't help but fell into silence. Even now, even an optimistic Serena knows that something happened to the first team, and if I didn't guess wrong, it should have encountered an unknown person. character attack.

After confirming that the first team lost contact, Roja and the others immediately crushed the emergency call for help in accordance with the rules and regulations to inform the academy, and sent out several rescue signal flares. After leaving travel notes and other materials, the four of them took the necessary The items immediately approached in the direction of the abandoned town.

According to Roja's feeling, the first team should be attacked just now, so as long as they move quickly, Roja and others should be able to join the battle at a critical moment.

The few people who were determined to provide urgent support moved quickly. As they continued to move, the fog around Roja and the others became thicker and thicker, and the fluctuations in the nearby spell power gradually increased. No one spoke on the way, and there was only the sound of wind in the quiet night until As he approached the town, Stuart looked ahead and suddenly let out a cry.

"that is!"

"Stuart, what's the matter?"

"There's a man down on the side of the road ahead."

"people?"

When Roja and the others heard Stuart's words, their faces changed, and they all accelerated their steps and rushed forward. Soon after, they saw a person falling under the tree in front of them, but it was different from what Roja and the others imagined. Not the experts and scholars in the first team.

The person who fell face down on the ground was dressed in rags and had white hair. This attire was obviously not in line with the demeanor of experts from the Land of Scholars, but even so, Roja and the others did not die.

"Are these the residents who didn't leave after the town was abandoned?"

"It seems to be, but this age is too old, to be able to escape..."

"President, do you want to take it away?"

Looking at the old man in a coma, Serena and the others showed unbearable expressions, and Roja fell into hesitation for a while. After all, everyone is going to save people now, not to mention the danger, even the route is different from the old man who ran out desperately. Quite the contrary, it doesn't seem right now to take people back against their will.

And even though it's all life, but to drag Serena and the others for irrelevant people, in case of an accident...

Thinking of the possible consequences, Roja's face became serious, and he made a decision after thinking for a while.

"Treat him, set up a small enchantment, leave some supplies and go, letting him follow us will only be more dangerous."

After listening to the black-haired boy's order, Serena and the others nodded in understanding, but just as Juliana wanted to be treated, the old man suddenly woke up and began to struggle violently.

"Ah! You, you!"

"Calm down! We're here to save you, can you tell us what happened?"

Facing the panic-stricken old man who was obviously insane, Roja stepped forward and asked about the situation in the town with a steady voice, hoping to try his luck to get some information and divert his attention. However, what he did not expect was that he saw After Roja, the white-haired old man suddenly calmed down, his eyes stared at the black-haired boy motionless, his pupils gradually shrank and began to glow.

This is, regained sanity?

The young man who thought so felt relieved, and gestured towards Juliana who was about to be treated. However, just as Roja wanted to ask about the situation in the town, a familiar word came into the young man's ears like a thunderbolt.

"...Roja, big brother."

"Why?"

On the side of the road, the black-haired boy froze when he heard the old man calling him that, and the golden pupils in his widened eyes suddenly shrank.