After hearing what Charles said, the other crew members looked around their companions and found that the guy covered in bandages was really gone.
There was a trace of horror on everyone's face. Their companion just disappeared for no reason
"When was the last time you saw a bandage?" Charles asked the crew, suppressing his uneasiness.
"Me." James raised his hand in confusion. Five minutes ago, the first mate was right in front of me.
"No, I don't think I saw him more than ten minutes ago." Lily poked her head out.
The crew members' statements were not consistent, but it can be roughly determined that the bandage disappeared within these ten minutes.
Looking at the fog all around, Charles frowned and turned to look at Audric, "Turn into a bat and follow the arrow I carved to see if the bandage is lost somewhere else."
Odric nodded, spread out his cloak, turned into a bat and flew out. Bats can use sound waves to explore the way, so this thick fog cannot hinder his search.
Soon, the vampire came back, and seeing him shaking his head in disappointment, Charles knew that the disappearance of the bandage must be related to the island.
Charles leaned against the wall, frowning as he thought of a solution.
Compared to the terrifying and hideous monsters, Charles hated encountering this situation more. The former at least had room for counterattack, but with the latter, no matter how powerful you were, you couldn't even find a way to deal with it.
"Boom!!" At this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from the fog, scaring everyone. Charles instantly opened a mirror box, and the light once again penetrated the fog, but there was nothing where the sound came from.
Then the thick fog around began to thin, and Charles felt that something bad was happening in this place.
Under everyone's gaze, he slowly spoke. "Let's get out of here first."
Frey next to him suddenly became anxious, "Captain! But the first mate hasn't been found yet!"
"Do as I say and get out first," Charles said, and moved first.
Although it was unfair for Bandage to do so, he was the captain and had to consider the safety of the other crew members. This was his duty as the captain.
If one can disappear, the second one can disappear. Before knowing what caused the bandage to disappear, it is not a wise choice to continue staying here. He cannot sacrifice the lives of other crew members for the sake of one crew member.
Moreover, as a believer of the god Futan and possessing a strong recovery ability, Bandage should not die so easily. We will find a way to rescue him after we get out.
Following the captain's order, everyone began to run quickly back the way they came along the arrow marks on the maze wall.
The thick fog was broken by the firelight, and there was no sound except the sound of mud and water being waded through.
But when the crowd switched to the second torch, Charles' face looked a little ugly. After running for so long, he should have reached the exit of the maze, so why hadn't he arrived there yet
"Wait." Charles stopped the crew and carefully identified the arrow on the wall.
After a careful inspection, Charles found that the hidden marks he deliberately left in the arrow were all there. This arrow was drawn by him and was not tampered with by others.
The mark was there but he just couldn't get out. Charles was very confused. What was going on with this maze? Could it be that it couldn't move
However, before Charles came in, he had considered this situation. He cut his fingertips with the black blade and quickly smeared it on the bat goggles. Black hair grew on his face and flesh membranes began to grow rapidly under his armpits.
No matter how confusing the maze is, it is at most just a flat surface. As long as you fly with the crew on it, you can find a way out directly.
After a few seconds, his body had completed the transformation. The strong wind stirred by the bat wings blew the mud and water into waves. Charles kicked his feet and soared into the sky.
The huge bat opened its ferocious mouth, and ultrasonic waves that were inaudible to human ears spread out, hitting objects and bouncing back. Everything around him became clear in his mind.
Even though he had seen it once, he was still shocked when the structure of the giant maze took shape in his mind. The various intricate intersections made him dizzy.
Charles ignored the forks in the road and flew straight upwards.
As his wings flapped rapidly, Charles discovered something was wrong. No matter how high he rose, the wall next to him always followed him.
Three minutes later, Charles hovered in the air and sent sound waves downwards, but there was no rebound wave for a long time. Now he was at least a thousand meters away from the ground.
This was obviously illogical. Charles remembered the appearance of this kind of island. Even if it was obscured by fog before, he could judge that the island should not be that high.
Seeing that flying further would yield no results, Charles decided to descend.
"Captain, how is it?" Dipper asked anxiously to Charles who was drinking the blood bag.
"No, I flew thousands of meters and the wall kept rising."
After hearing their captain's answer, every crew member looked unhappy. They couldn't get out along the arrow, and the area above was more than a thousand meters high, which meant that everyone was trapped here.
"Don't panic, we have other ways." Charles took out a dynamite from James' backpack.
"Boom!!" Rubble flew everywhere, and a big hole was blown out in the wall of the maze in an instant. The fog on the other side could be seen with the help of the firelight.
Since you can't get out, just blow yourself out. No matter what maze it is, walking in a straight line is always the shortest way.
The explosions continued and everyone moved quickly along the holes.
Charles originally thought that he would be able to return to the swamp soon, but things did not go as he imagined. When they came out of a hole again, they heard the sound of water dripping on the water in the distance.
Soon the dripping sound became louder and louder, like rain. Charles looked in the direction of the sound vigilantly, and gradually, he saw a group of strange creatures walking towards this side.
These creatures look a bit like inverted hairless mice. All the organs on their bodies are extremely thin and deformed. Their trunks are bent like elephants and keep tapping on the water surface. They walk with their trunks, and the dripping sound just now was the sound of their trunks tapping on the water surface.
There are a large number of these nose-crawling monsters, each nearly one meter tall, standing densely on the black mud and water, like corn stalks in a field. Anyone would feel uneasy if they encountered such a thing in such a place.
Dipper pulled out a dagger similar in shape to the Black Blade from his boot, swallowed hard and looked at his captain.
"Don't do anything yet, let's see what they mean." Charles pressed down the gun barrel raised by the crew member.
(End of this chapter)