The Death List Novel - Chapter 628
Chapter 628 Stalker
Seaver had many shortcomings, but to be honest, he was not a coward who feared death. Otherwise, he would not have scattered all his wealth after his companion disappeared and hired people to the Land of Death time and time again.
Butler Mason was different from Elistine and Idrea. He was just an ordinary old man. Perhaps Seaver knew that the old man’s chances of surviving this encounter were almost zero, but he could not convince himself to retreat at the last moment.
Since he had already arrived here, no matter what, he had to personally witness a result. Qin Lun’s casual persuasion only accelerated his decision.
After the group of people left, the empty space in the depths of the swamp calmed down once again. Not long after they left, a slender figure appeared like a water mirror and gradually condensed into shape.
“Damn it, they’re actually really heading towards the center of the swamp.” Linda, the registrar of the Mercenary Guild, suddenly appeared on the spot.
At this time, the little girl was no longer wearing her large, rustic black-rimmed glasses and a dress. Instead, she changed into an adventurer’s costume. Her soft blonde hair was tied into a ponytail and swayed behind her head.
“What should I do? If I follow up, I’ll be discovered by my teacher. I’ll have to copy books in Candlekeep for many years.” Linda was not armed, and her expression was a little gloomy.
“Forget it, it’s rare to come out. There are opportunities for adventure every year. Besides, it’s not time to return to Candlekeep yet!” Very quickly, the little girl stuck out her tongue, revealing the happy snicker that the weasel had stolen from the little hen. Knowing that the teacher was not by his side, he still shrunk his head and tiptoed around for a while before slowly disappearing into the air.
After the little girl Linda disappeared, the swamp was not peaceful for long. A short black figure appeared out of thin air, as if he had never left.
The black figure’s entire body was wrapped in a black cloak. The black cloth covered his face, revealing only a pair of bright eyes. However, it seemed that he was no longer young, and there were deep ravines on his forehead.
“Interesting. The strength of these people is a bit higher than expected, and they actually have a dragon vein protecting them!” He raised his hand and touched the mustache under the veil. Looking at the sea of unextinguished flames on the surface of the water, a bright light flashed in his eyes. “Looks like this reward from the Amberry Church isn’t easy to get!”
The black shadow’s voice was a bit hoarse. If he didn’t do it on purpose, then his throat should have been injured. From the looks of it, he was actually the Amberry Church killer that the mercenary had met with Qin Lun.
Obviously, he did not think that Qin Lun was not suspicious as he had said. Instead, he had been following behind and observing them.
After arriving at the Dragonfly Nest, Rand revealed his signature lava skill, allowing him to be sure that there were indeed bounty takers amongst the team that had attacked the Church of Amberry.
Qin Lun’s senses weren’t wrong along the way, but it was hard for anyone to imagine that there would be so many tails following behind the team. Apart from Mastasia, who had purposely revealed her aura, the latter two were much more cautious.
Even in the periphery of the Land of Death, Qin Lun and Bandit Lago could only vaguely sense it. Once the team entered the depths of the swamp, they would not notice the two people behind them.
The Amberry Church’s assassins quickly followed, but they were much more cautious in their actions. After all, this was already the center of the Death Swamp. Even if he followed behind everyone, he had to be careful of the hidden dangers in the surroundings.
After the assassin left, the place regained its calm. Unknowingly, the fog on the surface of the water became much thicker. The mist seemed to have its own consciousness, like a thick quilt pressing down heavily on the sea of flames above the water.
The sea of flames seemed to have encountered a natural enemy, and it abruptly soared up, dispersing a small portion of the mist. However, it soon lost its strength and was pushed back to the water surface by the rolling mist. In the end, with a “pu” sound, all the fire sources were extinguished at the same time.
After suppressing the sea of fire, the mist merged into the lake. A huge blurry face slowly appeared on the surface of the water.
The human face was expressionless. He slowly opened his mouth and sucked in a breath of water. The water wrapped around the water-bound spirits that had gathered around him rushed towards the human face’s mouth. Dozens of water-bound spirits were swallowed by it and disappeared without a trace under the water. The other Water Binding Spirits fled in panic, far away from the range of their faces.
After swallowing dozens of water-bound spirits, his face seemed to be satisfied. He burped like a human and spat out large amounts of water bubbles before slowly disappearing into the water. The strangeness of the Land of Death was clearly far beyond everyone’s imagination. Powerful and confident experts could easily ignore certain truths.
If the Land of Death was really only a little dangerous, just a few legendary creatures residing here, then how could legendary pirate Bodean be the only one who had ever crossed this place?
Of course, Qin Lun and the others didn’t know that the swamp they slept in last night would be so terrifying. Even if they understood now, they probably wouldn’t be able to care about it, because they had already encountered another threat.
“Run, let’s go back a little!” Rick dragged Winnie away, looking back from time to time with a complicated expression in his eyes.
“Guild Leader, let go of me. Let’s help him deal with that monster together!” Winnie struggled and shouted, tears flickering in her eyes.
“You are a mage. Only by keeping a distance will you be able to display yourself!” Hill turned around and smiled. “He’s fine now. It’s not too late for you to thank him later.”
Time returned to a minute ago. Everyone who had left the campsite was absent-minded because they were thinking about the adventures that followed. When they passed by a small lake again, an accident happened at lightning speed.
A long, slender cord shot out from the water through the mist. The target was Winnie, the female mage who was walking in the middle of the group.
Facing the sudden attack, Winnie’s reaction was limited to raising her staff and putting on a magic shield. Her slender waist was wrapped tightly by the long rope. Immediately after, his body soared into the air and fell towards the lake. This time, her companions on both sides had no time to hold her back, so they could only watch her soar away helplessly.
Fortunately, Winnie was surrounded by Hill and Qin Lun. The two great murderers’ minds were purer, and they did not have as many associations as the others with the adventures that were about to take place in the middle of the swamp.
For the first time since Hill advanced to Second Grade, a purple-black light shot out of his hand like a laser, penetrating through layers of water and hitting the hidden monster underwater.
Just as Hill struck the monster, a dull and strange cry sounded in everyone’s ears. Even across the lake, the sound was still loud and clear, as if someone was ringing a bronze bell in his ear.
Under the pain of the underwater monster, the long cord-like object also loosened at the right time. With a “whoosh”, it retracted back into the water.
At this time, Qin Lun arrived and circled in the air. Without waiting for Winnie to land, he grabbed her arm and threw her to Rick by the water.
Even though the two great killer devils didn’t have any communication, this cooperation was still perfect. It was as if they had already arranged everything before they attacked. However, in this way, Qin Lun himself was in danger. The pain-stricken monster roared again. The long rope-like object exploded like a long spear, and it actually wanted to pierce through Qin Lun directly.
However, the monster’s movements were too loud. With the help of the Pentagram Crystal Mirror, Qin Lun narrowly avoided the attack and returned to the shore.
This monster was clearly the overlord of this region. It had suffered a huge loss, so it naturally refused to give up. The agile long cord-shaped object had been attacking Qin Lun like a whip, forming the current situation.
At this time, Lago and Mastasia, who were exploring the road ahead, also ran over and their expressions changed greatly when they saw this scene.
“What is this? Some kind of big snake?” Seaver let go now and curiously turned to ask the Highland Fairy.
“No, we’ll talk about it later!” After Mastasia saw the long rope attacking Qin Lun, her expression immediately changed. She shouted at Qin Lun in front of her, “Run, don’t get entangled with it. Oh right, don’t attack …”
Qin Lun dodged the flexible long rope in a sorry state. Relying on his excellent eyesight, he could clearly see that this thing was not a snake, but a scarlet piece of meat. Looking at the bud protruding from it and the tip of the fork, it looked a little like some kind of … tongue!
As Mustacha shouted, his tongue made him a little angry. His eyes lit up, and the World Tree longbow in his hand suddenly shook. It turned into Wind Chasing Frost and slashed fiercely at the meat rope.
To his surprise, with the sharpness of the Legendary Weapon, he was actually unable to cut this flesh rope. Blood splashed everywhere, and the cord only had a big cut.
However, [Wind Chasing Frost] was a legendary weapon after all, and it wasn’t as simple as sharpness. The Tool Soul Frost Fairy inside the sword exploded once. Wherever the sword reached, the meat cord was covered with a layer of pure white ice crystals, and it was shattered by Qin Lun’s brute force. It was obvious that a large chunk of the meat cord was missing.
The underwater monster let out a whimper and pulled back the rope like lightning.
“What?” At this time, Qin Lun finally had time to respond to Masta Xia.
“Don’t attack its … tongue!” Mastasia’s face had obviously collapsed, and her painted face revealed a mournful expression. “Also … run!”
After the Highland Fairy finished speaking, her butt seemed to be on fire as she turned around and ran towards the depths of the swamp.
“Ah?” Everyone was obviously stunned. Of course, they knew that this monster was not easy to provoke. However, the monster was in the water, and they were on the shore!
“Boom!” As if responding to everyone’s confusion, the lake that shot out its long tongue suddenly exploded.
The lake poured down like a torrential rain, and a huge black figure appeared above everyone’s heads. The colossus underwater actually jumped into the air and fell towards everyone like Mount Tai.
“Amphibious Wilderness bull hooligans! They will go ashore!” The Highland Fairy cried out in a strange manner without turning her head, and ran even faster.