Even during the day,
The lake surface was also filled with thick fog.
Not to mention the other side, even the center of the lake is out of reach.
This old-fashioned pedal boat is very laborious, and every rotation of the shaft makes a harsh friction sound.
The trampling sensation transmitted to the legs gives people a sense of being trapped in a quagmire.
As the boat went deeper into the lake, everyone felt more and more how huge this green lake was... It was like a huge mouth with no end in sight, which could swallow up intruders at any time.
On board
A huge man with a big sword on his back and a woman wearing a feathered hat sit in the front.
Yi Chen and blond Edmund stood side by side at the back.
The staff member sat backwards at the bow, staring at the four people with wide eyes, paying particular attention to the stamping behavior of their feet, as if he was supervising slaves.
"Although the passengers in front of us were not in any trouble,
But this lake always gives me a bad feeling ~ if something goes wrong along the way, we may be forced to cooperate.
Let me introduce myself again.
My name is Edmund and I am from the Mariano family. "
He continued to introduce his two companions, patting the broad back muscles of the man in front of him.
"His name is Dagbert, a warrior from the North. This body is partly from his blood, and partly from the sharpening and polishing of the extreme cold... He will definitely be a powerful gentleman in the future.
As for this beautiful lady, she is my good friend, Juliana, whom I met at the training ground."
"William."
After Yi Chen whispered the name of the original owner of the body, he continued:
"Also, I don't recommend small talk here..."
"OK."
End of introduction,
Everyone focused on the lake.
Due to the potential risk of infection and boating rules, everyone was very honest and did not do anything suicidal like touching the lake water. They just observed the lake surface with their naked eyes.
While Yi Chen was staring at the lake for a long time,
I unexpectedly felt a sense of being watched from the depths of the lake... It was as if something terrifying was staring at me from the bottom.
When this feeling was conveyed to Little Grape, it was so greedy that it oozed a lot of saliva.
"There seems to be something delicious down there!"
Just as everyone was observing and being alert to the situation between the lakes.
Card~
The pedal boat suddenly got stuck and the main oar seemed to be entangled by something.
"Waterweed? Or some other debris?"
Considering the unknown dangers,
Yi Chen did not rashly stick his head out to observe the water surface. Instead, he stretched out his right arm and used the small grapes hidden between his sleeves to observe the situation under the boat.
Through the still clear lake water,
A lot of disturbing things were visible - hair.
Thick black hair tangled around the oars,
There is also a swollen corpse underneath the hair.
After Yi Chen briefly explained the situation, the three members of Edmund's team also became alert, and one of them had already grasped a weapon.
Just then,
The staff member, who did not blink throughout the process and had a dull look in his eyes, performed his duties instinctively.
He put on a pair of fully covering plastic gloves, leaned half of his body out from the stern, and began to clear the entanglement on the oar.
Seeing this,
Yi Chen and Edmund, who were sitting in the back row, also grabbed the young man's clothes to prevent him from accidentally falling into the lake.
Just as they saw strands of black hair being pulled out, everyone was about to escape.
The staff member's body froze.
A strange force beyond imagination came at me... The force was so great~hiss!
Only torn pieces of cloth were left in the hands of Yi Chen and Edmund.
The employee fell into the water instantly and disappeared.
Bang!
Edmund, the blond, changed his usual friendly demeanor, with a determined look in his eyes, and snapped his fingers at the same time.
All on alert.
Be alert all around.
However, nothing terrible emerged from the calm lake for the time being.
Drops of sweat slid down Edmund's forehead, and he said awkwardly:
"The tourists before us were all fine, but we had problems here... Is it a coincidence? Or has one of us been targeted by something in the lake?"
These words immediately reminded Yi Chen of last night's stroll along the lake and the accidental throwing of the 'sheriff' into the lake.
but,
Edmund soon confessed himself again,
“The three of us killed several diseased individuals in the small town after the party last night, which may have angered the existence behind it.
I'm so sorry for accidentally involving you, William."
Yi Chen responded coldly:
"Think about how to leave this lake."
Half of the black hair between the oars had not been cleared away. If he continued to clean it, he would probably be dragged down.
At this time,
Dagbert from the North took the initiative to step forward.
The broad sword in his hand could be used as a hand-made oar, and he had experience in rowing when he lived in the North.
The giant sword plunged into the lake.
Swipe left and right alternately.
With the strength of just one person, the ship was moved quickly, more than twice as fast as before.
It is worth noting that
The black hair tangled in the oars was dragged along with the corpse, creating a strange scene.
However,
The danger has not been averted.
The huge ripples created by the giant sword seemed to awaken something sleeping at the bottom of the lake.
As the ripples spread,
Some black silhouettes about the size of a human body were looming under the water... They swayed their soft, slender bodies and approached the boat.
Seeing this,
Edmund patted his companion's muscular shoulder gently.
"Dagobert, just keep rowing straight... We'll do the rest."
"Um."
After that,
Edmund took the feathered pistol in his left hand, loaded it with silver bullets,
He held the silver-plated dagger tightly in his right hand and observed his surroundings with eagle-like sharp eyes.
Juliana leaned over and took out the dagger from between her boots, and also assumed a standard fighting stance.
Yi Chen took out the silver axe from his waist and installed the small grape on his shoulder.
“Here it comes!”
Wow! Water splashes!
An arm covered in fish scales and studded with shellfish grasped the edge of the boat.
When a badly swollen head emerged from the water, the cold muzzle of a gun was already against its head.
Bang~ The sound of gunfire tore open the curtain of silence on the lake.
The red fluid spread across the water, and the first strange fishman who caused trouble sank to the bottom of the lake.
After completing the kill, Edmund also took the time to give a hint:
"To deal with these parasitic creatures, we only need to destroy their brains... They haven't evolved into real patients yet, so it's not particularly difficult to deal with them.
But one thing to note,
Don't let them destroy the boat, I don't want to end up in this dirty, disgusting green lake."
As soon as the words fell,
Three pairs of arms reach out to the ship from different directions.
A swollen and eroded head with a protruding mouth and full of sharp teeth also emerged.
With precise swordplay, blond Edmund thrust the dagger in his right hand into the target's face, breaking open the brain inside.
Juliana swung her dagger back and thrust it horizontally into the target's temple... even faster.
Compared to the two well-trained people,
Yi Chen, a 'latecomer' who traveled through time, was naturally inferior in many aspects.
but,
Facing the danger in the lake,
A strong desire to kill the target formed in my mind.
Driven by this desire,
Strands of plant roots grow from the backs of hands and between the palms, entwine around the hand axe, and even combine with the hickory wood axe handle.
This made Yi Chen hold it tighter.
Swing more powerfully,
kill!
A silver light flashed across and landed precisely on the mermaid's neck.
Fish scales,
Skin and flesh,
Cervical vertebrae,
All possible obstacles to the slash were of no use.
Swish!
A swollen and festering head was thrown into the air and landed right on the boat with a "bang".
When this head was still trying to crawl and cause harm to Yi Chen,
A black ball of flesh jumped off Yi Chen's shoulder.
It swallowed the two 'grapes' in the mermaid's head in an instant, and even drilled further into the eye sockets, eating up all the fresh sashimi inside the head.
When seeing this scene,
Whether it be Dagobert rowing,
The other two people who were fighting all looked at him in surprise, and their evaluation of Yi Chen went up to a higher level.
…
With everyone's joint efforts,
After killing nearly twenty diseased mermaids from the lake,
The ship docked.
The body entangled in the oar was also dragged ashore.
When Yi Chen saw the appearance of the corpse clearly, his body trembled.
This corpse with thick long hair turned out to be the sheriff he threw into the lake... But in his impression, the sheriff should have short hair.
It is as if the lake has the effect of a petri dish; any organisms thrown into it will be stimulated to grow faster.
"Is it because of me...?"