It happened suddenly, without any warning.
While Rody and Baron Gardar were sitting at a grill on the edge of the temporary camp and talking, in the place closest to the lake in the camp, a young noble man and woman were talking in a low voice. The content of their conversation can be determined by the whispered smile, the admiring look in the young man's eyes and the shy smile on the girl's face.
It turns out that this is an extremely simple thing - any young man or woman in the world has the right to pursue love. Things between two people always happen naturally.
But this case is different, because there aren't just two people involved—it's three.
But it is obvious that there is more than one passionate young man who loves this young noble lady. Just as the young man and woman were avoiding the crowd and talking by the lake, another young man was staring at them with angry eyes just a few meters away.
Swear to God Almighty, the young man's anger was justified.
Because he saw at a glance that the woman who was smiling shyly and looking ambiguously at other men was his fiancée... the young lady from a local family who was still lingering with him in bed last night.
Now that things have happened, I believe anyone will understand why this man stood aside and peeked, and became so angry - seeing his fiancée having sex with someone else... After all, no man can tolerate cuckolding. .
So, the fiancé immediately drew his sword and charged forward with a roar.
Seeing that she was caught on the spot by her fiancé, the fiancée immediately let out an exclamation - this was the first exclamation that Rody heard.
Originally, according to the normal development of things, the next thing would be the kind of duel for dignity between young warriors popular in the Empire of Light: for example, throwing gloves at each other, and then using the sword and force in their hands to decide who is the winner. He is a strong man and uses his blood to wash away his shame!
Unfortunately, the man who seduced someone else's fiancée was not a man with courage - originally, while the men were all going hunting, he stayed with the ladies. This kind of behavior can basically be explained. It's his character.
This young aristocratic man who was seducing someone else's fiancée saw the other person striding towards him with a sword in his hand and a murderous look. The first thought in his mind was: run away!
He had forgotten that he was also a noble and had the title of a warrior (although this title was probably watery), so he turned around and ran away almost subconsciously.
The direction of his escape was toward the lake.
This is easy to understand. When young men and women have a tryst, they always like to hide away from others in a secluded corner, let alone having an affair? Although there was cold lake water in front of him, the gentleman had no choice but to run away - after all, although the lake water was a little cooler, the shallow water on the shore could not drown anyone, and it was much safer than the shining sword in the opponent's hand. Already…
But then, a huge change suddenly happened... Then, the young fiancée who was nearest let out a soul-crushing scream! !
The scene in front of her was undoubtedly too scary for a young lady!
The escaping guy had just run a few steps along the shore of the lake - he was trying to escape along the shore. The originally quiet blue lake water suddenly separated into two thin waves, and then a thick and long tentacle suddenly stretched out from the water!
Yes, it's a tentacle! The tentacles looked extremely ugly. It looks like some kind of mollusk, but it is covered with all kinds of ugly tumors of all sizes. The tips of the tentacles are also covered with slender hook-shaped barbs!
It was like a soft whip that suddenly waved and caught the guy running in the shallow lake water on the shore!
The man was immediately caught up, and he seemed to want to scream instinctively, but the thick tentacles tightly rolled up his chest, and then all the countless slender barbs on them pierced into his body. ! As soon as the tentacles caught the prey, they immediately contracted tightly. The huge contraction force instantly crushed all the ribs on the man's chest!
His call sounded a short note and was cut off!
The huge pain and ruptured lungs caused his beautiful face, which was originally used to seduce women, to suddenly turn blue, his eyes almost bulged in, and blood sprayed from his mouth...
The young fiancee continued to scream in a woman's unique way, her hands clenched in front of her subconsciously, and her legs were so weak that she could hardly stand - but she no longer needed to stand!
Another ugly and terrifying tentacle has flown out of the lake!
This tentacle seemed to have been lurking for a long time, and suddenly it emerged from the lake water closest to her feet, and quickly wrapped around her legs!
With the huge force of contraction, the cracking sound of bones could be clearly heard - the young fiancée's legs were crushed instantly! Her scream lasted less than a few seconds - the tentacle suddenly flew up, and then threw the young fiancée towards the center of the lake...
As for the cuckold fiancé, after being stunned for a moment by this terrifying scene, he finally came to his senses. After he saw his beloved woman being swept away by the terrifying and ugly monster, he threw himself away. Entering the lake, he roared!
The fiancée undoubtedly had some courage, so he rushed forward! He still has a sword in his hand!
At this moment, he had forgotten that the woman who was his fiancée was having an affair behind his back. With blood-red eyes, he rushed toward the lake, raised the sword in his hand, and struck hard at the tentacles on the shore. Cut it down hard!
There was a chirping sound, as if an old and tough beef tendon had been cut—no, it was tougher than beef tendon!
This tentacle looked like some kind of mollusk, but it was not as weak as imagined. The young warrior struck with all his strength with his sword, but only cut in a few points. Immediately, the tentacle seemed to roll and struggle violently under the severe pain, and struck his body hard - this time the force was unusually strong! He was immediately knocked away. After flying a few meters, he fell to the ground. Judging from his appearance, this blow almost cost him half of his life.
At this moment, Roddy arrived!
He immediately looked for Nicole. When he saw Nicole standing far away from the lake with a pale face looking at this place, Roddy felt a little more at ease.
At this moment, the men around him gathered around with weapons, but the poor guy who seduced his fiancée was still being crushed by the huge tentacles. The tentacles had stood upright, lifting him high in the air. The tentacles actually extended five or six meters out of the lake.
Rody strode over and first pulled up the fiancé on the ground, away from the lake. Then he whispered: "Fire the arrow!"
Amid the din of the crowd, his deep voice was extremely clear.
Others hadn't reacted yet, but his two elite Thunder God's Whips immediately carried out their officers' orders!
Two wolf fang arrows were shot out quickly - the target was huge, so they hit the target easily.
But the seemingly soft tentacles didn't seem to be easily hurt. The large and small sarcomas covered on the tentacles were extremely strong, like a kind of natural armor. Both arrows hit the target accurately, but One of them was bounced away, and the other one was inserted right into the gap between the sarcomas, but only less than one-third of it penetrated...
The monster struggled violently, and the poor guy who was lifted in the air was shaken back and forth - he no longer had any consciousness, but blood spilled down with the violent swing.
The women behind them all screamed in terror, and Rody looked gloomy. Suddenly he turned around and grabbed a bow from the person behind him, and then picked up the long sword that the fiancé had just thrown on the ground!
With a whoosh, a cold light shot out! Rody shot the sword out with his bow.
There was a click, and after an arc of light, the five or six-meter tentacle was cut off by the waist, and then the poor guy fell into the lake with a plop.
The two warrior-looking guys seemed to want to run over and drag him back, but Rody grabbed them and shouted in a low voice: "Back off, everyone, back off! Stay away from the lake!!"
As if to confirm his roar, as soon as Rody finished speaking, he saw the lake water churning, and then five or six huge tentacles stretched out at the same time! He stretched out his teeth and claws towards the people on the shore.
There were exclamations and screams, and people fled. More men retreated while blindly shooting their own arrows.
A dozen or so sparse arrows passed by, but none of them caused any damage to the opponent. But fortunately, everyone ran very fast, and no one was involved again, but the poor guy who seduced someone else's fiancée was dragged into the lake...
Three tentacles wrapped around different parts of his body at the same time, and then with a hiss, the man was disintegrated into several pieces. Then several tentacles rolled up a piece of corpse at the same time and sank into the lake. The originally blue lake surface emerged. Scarlet blood color…
Everyone had gradually retreated to the trees, watching from a distance the clawed tentacles rolling and twisting on the shore of the lake. The tents originally erected on the shore were swept away... What surprised Rody even more was that... A horse that had no time to escape and was tied next to the tent screamed and kicked in fright. A tentacle swept the horse during the roll... The horse weighing hundreds of kilograms was actually swept away like a leaf. stand up! The strong reins were broken, and it flew more than ten meters away!
Under Rody's order, everyone gradually moved closer together and retreated towards the woods. Then Rody gathered the bodyguard warriors who originally followed the nobles and protected them behind the crowd. Although the guards all came from different noble families, fortunately most of them had been in the army and gradually calmed down under Rody's majestic orders. Rody asked most of the people to hold long swords and weapons, and the other half to hold bows and arrows, and successfully retreated to the edge of the woods. Then his men set off signal fireworks and asked for help from the guard troops guarding outside the hunting ground.
In the chaos just now, although no one was hurt by the monster in the lake, those delicate noble ladies stumbled, stepped on their feet, bumped their legs, and were accidentally injured in the chaotic escape. There were quite a few, and there were also several noble men who fell off their horses while fleeing in embarrassment, or were kicked by horses.
Fortunately, Roddy was calm and commanding. Even if everyone was dissatisfied with him as a small Guards officer, there was Miss Nicole standing there, and it is human nature to suddenly see a backbone in times of chaos. dependency.
Everyone stopped at the edge of the woods. The guards were responsible for guarding under the command of Rody - who knew whether that kind of monster would come ashore.
After a while, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the woods, and more than three hundred Royal Guards and one hundred Thunder God's Whip Pegasus arrived.
Those Royal Guards were all Rody's subordinates, and Thunder God's Whip respected the former Duke Tulip's personal soldiers and the current lover of the Duke's sister, so they naturally obeyed orders unconditionally. One hundred Royal Guards were assigned to escort the shocked nobles to evacuate - those nobles had already been scared to death, watching two people die in front of them, and the poor guy who was torn into several pieces alive, that kind of Have these people ever seen a scene of blood and flesh flying around before
Seeing that Rody sent someone to see them off, all of them couldn't wait to run away. Some didn't even bother to say hello to Sister Nicole - Viscount Rody didn't seem to have any intention of leaving, but this was inconsistent with the situation. It doesn't matter to me. Anyway, this is the hunting ground of the Tulip family. If such a monster appears, they have to deal with it themselves. After all, their own lives are more valuable.
Rody looked solemn. He pulled Nicole and whispered: "Go back first!"
Nicole's face turned pale and she whispered: "What about you? What are you going to do?"
Rody shook his head: "This kind of monster appears in the hunting ground for no reason. I have to figure it out no matter what."
Nicole's hands were cold, she bit her lip, and said tremblingly: "What do you want to do? That thing is in the water, you..."
Roddy stretched out an arm and hugged Nicole gently, and said softly: "Aren't you still worried about my strength? This kind of thing can't hurt me! This matter is too strange. How can you do it if you don't understand it clearly? Peace of mind?”
Nicole thought for a moment, and although she didn't say anything else, she frowned tightly and looked at Rody with worry in her eyes.
When all the nobles ran away, three people were left standing beside them. It was that Baron Gardar.
Although he could clearly see the scene just now, and there was a bit of panic on his face, but overall, he was still barely calm. At this moment, everyone else ran away, but he stayed here with his two followers - this person It was really not simple. Although he was a little scared, the businessman's nature made his character full of adventurous spirit. He knew deeply that if he ran away at this moment, the young and arrogant Rody would definitely look down on him. , if you stay by yourself, even if you can't help anything, you can still greatly increase the other party's favor! How could you let go of such a rare opportunity
Rody also saw Gadar and frowned: "Baron, why are you still here? It's very dangerous here. You'd better go out with them."
Although Gadar's face turned a little pale, he still smiled and said calmly: "Mr. Rody, you don't have to worry about me. It's just that this thing is so strange. I'm also very curious and want to stay and see what happens... I'm going all over the place. I've seen a lot of strange things, and if I'm not mistaken, those monsters seem to be 'warcraft' that only exist in Roland. If I stay, I might be able to give you a little help."
Rody frowned, and although he didn't speak, his gaze at Gadar turned out to be gentler - it seemed that this guy was still a bit brave.
After gently kissing Nicole on the forehead, Rody whispered: "You'd better go back quickly..."
Nicole shook her head and said calmly: "Never!" Looking at Rody's somewhat embarrassed expression, Nicole said softly: "Have you forgotten that I am not a weak woman... You couldn't beat me back then! "
Seeing the firm look in Nicole's eyes, Rody's scalp felt a little numb and he could only shake his head and ordered his hundreds of men to line up and slowly move closer to the lake.
Under Rody's order, more than a dozen Wolf Fang Troopers firmly guarded Nicole in the middle and followed the queue.
At the front of the queue, dozens of Wolf Fang Army opened their bows and arrows - although it seemed that the damage of the bows and arrows to the monster was limited just now, the Wolf Fang Army's archery skills are all very good, and they can deal with that kind of powerful thing. , it is impossible for soldiers to fight at close range, and they can only use long-distance weapons such as bows and arrows.
The original temporary camp in the lake had long been turned into ruins, with broken and collapsed tents and blood dripping on the shore. The lake was quiet, and the monster in the water seemed to have retreated.
Rody frowned and suddenly felt something in his heart.
How did that monster escape just now? At a glance, he saw the unextinguished fires on the collapsed barbecue grills on the shore, as well as the half-roasted game, and he guessed a little bit. My eyes followed the lakeside... and I understood it immediately.
Just now, the entourage of the nobles disemboweled the hunted game in the lake on the shore, cleaned the internal organs and fur, and the blood flowed into the lake. It was probably because of this that the monster was attracted...
Thinking of this, Rody asked his soldiers to stand where they were. He quickly walked to the front of the camp alone, where there was a wild boar that he had just shot, and he didn't have time to clean it up.
Rody picked up the spear and picked up the wild boar, then threw it towards the lake... With a splash, water splashed everywhere, and the bloody wild boar sank into the lake...
The originally blue lake was stained with a layer of blood. Then Rody took a few steps back and waited attentively...