The team of exorcists in the center is a total of five people. Qin Lun, who is regarded as a support staff by everyone, and his entourage Frank, two official exorcists Boni and Odo, and the last one is an eighteen-year-old The exorcist teenager Will.
Like Qin Lun, Will participated in the exorcist mission for the first time. Qin Lun came here voluntarily, but Will had to. Will's father, also an exorcist, died on a bounty mission five years ago.
Fortunately, Will's father left a sum of money to the orphans and widows, enough for them to live. It's just that Will has always wanted to inherit his father's exorcist career. Five years ago, he was too young, so he could only rely on his father's points to temporarily avoid the annual exorcism task.
By this year, all these points had been used up, and if he did not perform the mission, his exorcist qualification would be deprived. Once he loses his existing exorcist qualifications, Will has no confidence to regain his exorcist qualifications with his own ability, and he is already an adult, so he is determined to come out to perform the task.
The only thing I didn't expect was that the first mission encountered a large-scale combat mission.
"Will, is this enough firewood?" Qin Lun stood beside the campfire with a bunch of dead branches in his arms, with a smile on his face.
"That's enough, that's enough, thank you, Dr. Stan!" The plainly dressed young man took the dry firewood and put it aside, busily preparing hot water for everyone.
After the small team found a clearing in the forest, five people began to build tents and light bonfires. During a series of tasks, Qin Lun suddenly found that he seemed to know nothing, and was even more useless than his servant Frank. After messing up the work of several other people in a row, he was finally driven to Will by the annoyed Otto.
As the bonfire was lit, the Maya forest began to be shrouded in darkness. Without Qin Lun's help, the other people quickly set up the tent, took out the drinks and food from the supply wagon, and sat down around the campfire.
Bonny took out some dry hay from a package and threw it into the campfire. After burning, these things gave off a faint fragrance.
"What is this?" Qin Lun, who had been observing and studying by the side, finally couldn't help asking.
"This is incense, it can keep us from being harassed by mosquitoes!" Odo sighed, "Doctor Stan, you have too little survival experience in the wild, and you need to strengthen your training in this area in the future. Most of the witches' lairs are located in In an environment with extremely harsh living conditions, exorcists must learn to survive under various conditions."
"Yes, please give me your advice in the future!" Qin Lun smiled without hesitation.
Perhaps due to the influence of the surrounding environment, the conversation between the few people was not high, and they ate silently. Only Will would raise his head from time to time, looking nervously at the howling of beasts faintly coming from the darkness.
"Crack!" Just as everyone was a little sleepy and Boni was planning to arrange a round of night, a flash of lightning flashed in the forest in the distance, flashing away like thunder on a rainy day.
"It seems to be the direction of Nova's team!" Odo stood up suddenly, looking at the place where the light came from and muttered to himself.
"Well, it should be an electric spell!" Boni's face was uncertain, "Today is just the first day, and our current position should still be on the edge, and they have encountered magical creatures!"
While the two were talking, the sky in the distance lit up with fiery red light again. This time it seemed to last a little longer, and it slowly dimmed after about ten seconds.
"Your Excellency Bonny, are we going to rescue them?" Qin Lun's eyes lit up, and he was slightly excited. He was very interested in the witches and magical creatures in this world.
"No, they can handle it. If there is danger, they will send a firework signal. Yellow smoke means support is needed, and red smoke means extreme danger! If there is no firework signal, it means that they can handle it themselves, and there is no need for other teams to risk destroying the formation Rescue them!" Otto stared at it for a while, then sat back beside the campfire.
"Hehe, Dr. Stan, go to bed early, and when the sky is about to dawn, you will be on duty at night!" Bonny sat back by the campfire, pulled out his knight sword, and wiped it carefully.
A strange look flashed in Qin Lun's eyes, and he nodded silently. Bonny's performance in the forest surprised him a bit. This blond young man put away his aristocratic style in the castle and transformed himself into a seasoned exorcist, not inferior to Otto, the old exorcist.
"Shusha!" Qin Lun suddenly opened his eyes from his sleep, his body tensed slightly, but he immediately relaxed, and he recognized who the footsteps behind him belonged to.
"Master, did you wake up?" Frank looked at Qin Lun who was sitting up, and scratched his head embarrassingly.
"Is it time for me to be on duty at night?" Qin Lun looked at the sky and found that it was just getting dark, recalling what Boni said last night, he immediately came to his senses.
"Yes, Lord Odo won't let me watch for you!" Frank said with a sad face.
"Go and have a rest!" Qin Lun twisted his neck and walked towards the bonfire in the center of the camp.
"Doctor Stan, are you awake?" Odo greeted with a smile when he saw Qin Lun, "That follower of yours wanted to watch for you at night, but I refused. I think since you have become an exorcist, you should get acquainted with him as soon as possible. A life of adventure in the wild!"
"Yes, I think so too. As an exorcist, you should always be vigilant in the wild!" Qin Lun nodded in agreement.
In fact, even if Qin Lun is asleep, it is very difficult for anyone to get close to him. When he was still in Handan Prison, the prisoners who were in the same room with him in the early stage were all serious criminals, and there were even many death row prisoners.
In that environment, Qin Lun had already developed unparalleled vigilance. In fact, when Qin Lun entered the prison, he hadn't killed any prisoners in the same cell. However, felons in the same cell are like fighting dogs in a cage, always fighting.
Over time, in this case, Joey began to appear frequently. Then, the prisoners in the same cell as Qin Lun would basically stand up their corpses within three days, and they would die tragically, just like slaughtered cattle and sheep. In the past few years, there are only a handful of prisoners in Handan Prison who lived in the same room as Qin Lun and survived a week.
It was during this period that Qin Lun and Joey earned themselves the nickname "Dissecters" and truly became fearsome murderers. In some cases, the killer even became the official killer in Handan Prison and official institutions to "deal with" certain prisoners.
This is also one of the reasons why Qin Lun was able to receive preferential treatment from the prison before the Handan court approved Qin Lun's death sentence.
"Did Boni go down to rest?" Qin Lun turned his head and asked.
"Yes, he and I are the only ones in our team who have more experience. He is in charge of the first half of the night, and I am in charge of the second half." Odo nodded in response, his brows seemed to be very preoccupied.
"Are you worried about something?" Qin Lun asked as his heart moved.
"Hehe, did you see that?" Odo looked into the distance solemnly, "Last night, the three squads in front were all attacked to varying degrees!"
"All three teams have been attacked?" Qin Lun narrowed his eyes slightly, "Is this phenomenon very abnormal?"
"Well, more than two years ago, we organized a team of five to reconnaissance the outskirts of the forest near the Odia area." Odo recalled, "That time, after we entered the forest, we were not attacked at the outskirts at all. It was not until the fifth day that we went too far into the forest and were molested by two gargoyles."
"Don't worry too much. Didn't they not ask for help? Maybe they were just harassed by some wild animals last night." Qin Lun comforted him with a flash of his eyes.
"I hope so! In another two hours, they will send someone to report the news. By then, we will know what's going on!" Odo's expression was not much relaxed.
Compared to Qin Lun's indifference, the old exorcist knew that it was definitely not wild beasts that attacked the vanguard last night. A few wild beasts are not enough for the exorcist to use spells, but for a powerful exorcist to use spells, they must be magical creatures with thick skin and thick flesh that are not afraid of death.
Odo's prediction was correct. When the sky was bright and everyone woke up, the three teams in front sent a messenger.
The exorcist who was in charge of reporting the news was covered in dust and blood, his left arm was hung around his neck with a cloth strip, and there seemed to be gunpowder smoke from the battlefield on his body.
"Bligh, what happened in front?" Bonnie and Odo immediately went forward.
"We ran into three gargoyles and fought hard. Fortunately, no one was injured except me!" The middle-aged exorcist named Bligh glanced at Qin Lun's three newcomers , said lightly.
Bonny and Odo looked at each other, and said with a smile: "The three gargoyles also have a lot of points, it seems that you have gained a lot!"
The relaxed words of the three exorcists let the solemn atmosphere relax.
"Doctor Stan, can you help Bligh's arm?" Odo asked back.
"I'm so happy! Your Excellency Bligh, please follow me!" Qin Lun smiled and led the injured messenger into the tent.
"Your Excellency Bligh, it's just a dislocation, and the bone is fine. But in the next few days, it's best not to use too much force on this arm!" Qin Lun helped the exorcist connect the bone, and said with a smile, "I will also help you deal with other injuries. All right!"
"Thank you, Dr. Stan, it's great to have a doctor on the team!" Bligh said happily, waving his arms.
"Your Excellency Bligh, those three gargoyles are only the attackers encountered by one of your teams, and do not include the attacks encountered by the other two teams last night, right?" Qin Lun bent over to sort out the medical supplies, his head asked softly without lifting.
The expression on Bligh's face froze slightly, and after a moment of silence, he replied: "Yes, Nova and the others also encountered a troll!"
"Is the situation serious?" Qin Lun closed the medicine box expressionlessly.
"If it's not accidental, yes, seriously!" Bligh said seriously.
"There is no chance in this world, only necessity!" Qin Lun sighed, borrowing a sentence he heard a few days ago.