"Is there something wrong?"
The cold fog covered the lake, and Xia De suddenly asked in his heart as he continued to move forward.
Yes, the first two times, they threw the rope at you.
At this time, Shade had already seen the lake at the edge of the island in the middle of the lake in the fog, but the witches did not throw the rope to pull him to the island. The red butterflies that turned the white fog red continued to move forward, and Shade did not even see the light of the campfire:
"Did I go to the wrong direction this time?"
But the Father of Infinite Trees always makes him appear in the same place every time, and this time should be no exception.
Butterfly turned into Shade again on the lake. Before the dots of red light disappeared, Shade squinted his eyes and looked at the edge of the island not far away. He could vaguely see the edge of the island in the middle of the lake, the extinguished campfire, the camp surrounded by simple fences, tents and daily necessities.
When they finally broke through the fog on the lake and landed on the island, Shad finally confirmed that there was no witch in the camp. They were all gone.
The campsite didn't look like it had been abandoned for a long time. It didn't completely blend in with the scenery of the island in the middle of the lake, and there were obvious signs of human life. When Shade reached out his hand to the charcoal in the campfire, his frozen hand could even feel the temperature. However, the campfire itself was not a normal flame, so it was impossible to judge the time when Miss Violet and her group left by the temperature.
"The six maids, the Witch Queen, and the prospective graduates of the Serkses Higher Medical School are all gone?"
The island was not completely safe. When Shade first came here, he and the eight witches encountered a giant creature that fell from the sky. The second time, he heard that the witches encountered wildly growing plants. Therefore, when he found that they were not there, Shade was not particularly surprised. He just hoped that these ladies were safe.
He warmed himself for a while in the residual heat of the campfire, and then searched the camp to find out if the witches left any clues before they left. Just as Shade thought, Miss Violet had expected that he might return at any time, so she left him a note and pressed it with a gold brick in the tent.
As for why Miss Violet had a gold brick in her luggage when she traveled, this was something Shade could not understand.
Try not to leave the campsite, we will come back.
It did not mention what dangers they encountered, nor did it mention where they went. Shade had seen their handwriting in the witch's paper, so he could confirm that it was indeed written by Miss Violet. The letters were very sloppy, and the group of eight must have left in a hurry.
Combined with the fact that we found out when we checked outside that they didn't take away too many daily necessities, it seems that their evacuation of the camp was a very sudden and unexpected event.
"But I don't have time to wait. Half an hour is over in the blink of an eye."
Shade put the note away, bent down and walked out of the tent, then looked at the island shrouded in white mist. There were more hard thorn bushes on the island when he came last time, but this time it seemed that nothing had changed, at least nothing had changed near the camp.
"Let's go find them."
Thinking in his heart, he drew the Moonlight Greatsword from the air with his right hand, and the holy silver blade was hazy in the mist. After taking another look at the deserted camp, Shade jumped over the simple fence.
careful!
As he landed, he stabbed his sword into the ground beneath his feet:
"Hedon Seal!"
A dazzling golden spherical shield bloomed in the mist. The silent and invisible attack touched the shield, forming ripples on it.
"Silver Moon!"
The moment the shield disappeared, a silver blade of light slashed forward to the left. The silver moon slash obviously hit something in the air, and then "she" informed Shade that the enemy had disappeared. From beginning to end, Shade could not see what attacked him.
"An invisible enemy?"
He walked through the mist and quickly walked towards the place where the "Silver Moon Slash" had hit the enemy. He kicked the ground a few times but didn't touch anything. Then he bent down and tried to touch it with his hand, but still didn't touch anything.
"It's really weird. The enemy is a monster that can't be seen or heard. It leaves no trace when it attacks, and it doesn't leave a corpse after it dies? So, I'm really not fighting an illusion?"
Xia De thought silently in his heart, but "her" perception was not wrong. The enemy did have a physical body, but it could not be sensed by any means other than the sixth sense. Although this characteristic would make the battle very troublesome, the attack power and defense of this monster were not strong. As long as the opponent's position was determined, it could basically be killed with one blow.
"The Lost Lake area suppresses perception. I just came here from a normal environment, so this suppression has little effect on me. But Miss Violet and the others have lived here for a long time."
The soil on the island in the middle of Lost Lake was very soft, and the witches left clear footprints on the ground when they left in a hurry. Shade followed the footprints and walked towards the hazy foggy island, but the footprints were not continuous, and sometimes disappeared abruptly for a distance, but fortunately the traces of the thorn bushes they broke through were very obvious, so Shade did not have to worry about getting lost in the fog or becoming "fogged" due to long-term contact with the fog.
The real danger was the invisible enemies, which were not numerous and Shade only encountered them four times during his subsequent journey.
The counterattack process after encountering the enemy is also very simple. First, "she" senses the attack faster than Shad, then Shad stabs the sword into the ground under his feet and uses the "Hidon Seal", and finally uses the Silver Moon to attack the enemy in the gap after the attack. This is the complete counterattack process.
Even in the last attack, the golden spherical shield of the "Hedon Seal" broke at the exact moment when the invisible attack hit the shield. The special effect of the magic was triggered, causing the broken shield to emit golden light marks around it, and the bursting light directly killed the invisible enemy.
The opponent's defense was weaker than Shade thought.
Moving forward quickly, in the seventh minute after Shade arrived at Lost Lake, he saw a shadowy figure in front of him. Following the footprints, he found that it was Miss Theresa and the five maids except the head maid.
They were not hallucinations, six people stood in a circle in the thorn bush, looking in one direction. The first thing the witches saw was the glowing moonlight sword in Shade's hand, and then they saw Shade's figure walking in the fog.
In order to avoid suspicion, Xia De waved the gold brick in his hand:
"It's me!"
He tried to keep his voice down to avoid disturbing other beings on the island. But the fog itself absorbed the sound, and the witches could only see Shade opening his mouth. Fortunately, they recognized what was in Shade's hand.
Shade also couldn't hear the witches' voices, but from their expressions he could tell they were very nervous. Miss Theresa was making warning gestures to him, and along the way, Shade's direct perception of the invisible monsters was rapidly increasing. Without "her" reminder, Shade realized that there were at least 6 invisible monsters roaming around nearby.
"Even though we can't see them directly, why not counterattack with an area attack like Witch Light?"
Xia De was very curious about what Miss Theresa and her group did, but he didn't have time to think about it. Perhaps because he took the initiative to make a sound, those invisible monsters gathered towards him.
"She" quickly informed Shade of the locations of all the enemies. Combined with Shade's own direct perception, the locations of the six monsters immediately appeared clearly in his mind.
Those enemies whose specific appearances were unknown used some kind of materialized "flesh arrows" to attack. Although the witches could not know the location of every monster like Shade, they at least knew that the attack had begun.
Miss Theresa knew the power of invisible attacks. She ignored the plan she had just made and anxiously wanted to speak up to give hints, but at this time the Moonlight Sword had been stabbed under her feet, and a golden shield bloomed in the white mist.
The silent attacks created ripples on the shield. When the sixth attack hit the shield, Shade in the golden shield ended the hand seal gesture with his left hand and canceled the spell. The exploding golden light, accompanied by a slight sound of glass breaking, directly destroyed all the enemies.
The witches were unsure of the situation, but Shade breathed a sigh of relief and walked over with his sword in hand:
“Long time no see, Miss Theresa. The enemy has been eliminated. Where are Madam Violet and the head maid? What happened to you?”
"Were all the 'Invisible Sons' destroyed?"
The tenth level witch asked carefully, then added;
"Be careful, come over here quickly. They cannot be sensed by normal human senses, and attacks can only be effective if their positions are determined. Otherwise, even if you hit them by chance, you cannot destroy them."
"You can only fight back if you sense it?"
Now Shade knew why the witches didn't use area attacks.
"There were six in total, all of them were eliminated."
Xia De nodded confidently. Miss Theresa exchanged glances with the young maids around her who were wearing black and white maid skirts and black leather boots, and asked somewhat embarrassedly:
"Um... aren't there only five?"
Although each of the six people is at a higher level than Shade, they are still no match for Shade in dealing with an enemy that requires high perception.
The attacks of the monsters called "Invisible Sons" would cause the injured person's flesh to rot into pulp, which was somewhat like plasticine melting under extremely high temperatures. Although Miss Theresa and the other six were not directly hit by those attacks, the youngest maid in the team accidentally had her arm scratched.
After making sure the surroundings were safe, the girls gathered together to help her with treatment. At this time, the upper arm part, about the area of a palm, had turned into a shaking "meat jelly".
The look was very scary, and no treatment could reverse the injury. In order to prevent the injury from spreading, the "meat jelly" was quickly dug out from the arm with a silver knife. The girl, who had drunk the painkiller, lay on her companion's lap with cold sweat on her forehead. Fortunately, after the infected part was dug out, the spreading injury stopped immediately.
The piece of meat was burned directly, and the maids cast a spell to try to stop the bleeding as soon as possible. They had already consumed a lot of energy in the Lost Lake, so Shade took the initiative to help.
The water treated with "Swelling Food" was poured onto the terrible wound. The Gluttony Spirit Rune was stronger than most of his Spirit Runes after Shade devoured the divinity of the Lord of the Blood Feast twice. The liquid emitting the extremely blasphemous spiritual light took effect almost immediately after it came into contact with the wound.
The missing flesh did not grow back immediately, but a layer of pink flesh membrane had already covered the wound. Miss Theresa saw that Shade's magic was so effective, so she immediately took out the pink bottle of magic potion she carried with her and poured it on the wound.
Sizzle~ After a puff of white smoke, the young girl, who was only 19 years old this year, almost tore her companion's stockings because of the severe pain.
Fortunately, after the white smoke disappeared, the arm had returned to normal, except that the skin color at the location of the wound was a little pinker than other areas.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Shade staring at the maids' stockings, Miss Theresa smiled and said:
“This is made of ice silk, and only the best female workers can make it. It’s very expensive, but it’s very beautiful, very elastic and breathable. Only someone like Her Majesty Violet... I mean someone this generous would be willing to give each of the maids a pair. Haven’t you seen it?”
In this world, the stranger had seen fine stockings made with knitting machines. They were the product of the steam revolution and mechanization, and were very popular among ladies. Princess Leia and civilian writer Dorothy both had similar clothes. However, they were not very elastic and needed garters and rubber bands to prevent them from falling down. In the eyes of the stranger, they were not particularly good.
But the maids were wearing clothes that were very similar to the fabrics in their hometown. This was the first time Shade had seen them in this world. It seemed that the technological level in 1853 of the Sixth Era was not as good as that in 5177 of the Fifth Era.