The Death List Novel - Chapter 639
Chapter 639 Rescue (1)
After the night fell, the noisy troll village gradually quieted down.
Just as the trolls returned to their shabby tall houses to rest, three pairs of eyes lit up in the bushes on the perimeter fence of the village. One pair of eyes had a strange Yin Yang Fish pattern and a silver dial, which clearly belonged to Qin Lun. The other pair of eyes belonged to Masta Xia and Thief Lago.
The three of them had a tacit understanding in terms of reconnaissance. Qin Lun’s eyes were comparable to an eagle’s. Mastasia was experienced in adventures, while the thief Lago was responsible for eliminating the traps around the troll village.
Perhaps because the trolls had enjoyed a peaceful life in the Troll Mountain Range for too long, their vigilance was extremely poor. Apart from a tall fence and two sentry towers at the entrance of the village, there were practically no other defensive measures in place.
As time passed, the Giant Demon Sentinels on the two sentry towers quickly snored loudly and fell into deep sleep.
Actually, after Qin Lun and the others walked out of the eight-eyed spider’s cave nest, they seemed to have cleaned up their bad luck and didn’t encounter any trouble along the way. Although Elistine and the others had been captives of the trolls for nearly a month, the trolls had not cleaned up the remaining traces of the battle in the valley, allowing Mastasia to smoothly follow the clues to find the trolls’ village.
“Before we save them, I’ll say it again. Compared to other large intelligent races, trolls are probably the least vigilant of them. However, they are extremely sensitive to the smell of blood. They are almost as sensitive as sharks. Therefore, even if they encounter an accident after entering the village, they should try not to see blood.”
Mastasia lowered her voice and said, “On such a cool night, the trolls sleep very deeply. Even if they shout loudly, there are only a few people who can alarm them. But if they see blood, the trolls of the entire village will be awakened.”
“Then what should we do? Knock them out?” Lago muttered with a face full of constipation, “This job should be done by the Guild Leader. Don’t you know that Brother is a thief?”
“Rick’s speed is too slow. We need to escape as soon as possible after we save him. It’s better for him to wait in front with the others.” Qin Lun smiled and waved his hand.
In fact, compared to saving people, they still had a bigger problem to solve, and that was how to escape from the Giant Demon’s Claw after saving people. Mastasia had said earlier that there were only two entrances to the Giant Demon’s Claw. One was to the north of the Land of Death, and the other was to the meandering river.
The winding river entered the entrance of the Giant Demon’s Claw. There were three waterfalls with great disparities. Whether this place could be accessed or not, Qin Lun and the others had no choice. As for the entrance to the Land of Death, they could go out, but they had to swim across the lake where the Ghost-Faced Squid was.
It was different today. When they passed by the lake, the Ghost-Faced Squid treated them as prey, but now it was different. The sea beast had suffered a huge loss at their hands. If they saw these enemies again, they would definitely be chasing after them. Moreover, there was only one Tier 9 fire-type spell, the Meteor Pendant, Qin Lun, and the others.
Naturally, no one would do such a thing again. However, the entrance was not exactly the same as the exit. Actually, there was another exit for the troll claw to the outside world. It was also a meandering river.
When the meandering river reached the center of the mountain range after flowing into the troll claw, it would turn a right angle of nearly 90 degrees and then divert northward, flowing out of the troll claw once again.
Of course, there was also a waterfall at the exit of the winding river from the troll’s claw. However, compared to the entrance to the west, the waterfall was only 50-60 meters away.
A waterfall of fifty to sixty meters was a natural chasm for ordinary people. Falling from the top of the waterfall was no different from falling on a hard rock.
Qin Lun and the others might not necessarily die after adding the floating spell. However, Sephora, who was in the team, was definitely dead. There was no chance for him to survive.
Fortunately, Qin Lun and the others had a trump card that they hadn’t yet obtained, and that was Elven druid, who had the form of a giant eagle.
Therefore, now that they had saved Elistine, they had at least half of the chance to get out of the Giant Demon’s Claw. If they hadn’t saved Elven druid, they might have been buried here.
Qin Lun and the others took advantage of the night to climb over the tall wooden fence. The two towers set up at the entrance of the Giant Demon Village basically did not work as well as they should
“How stinky!” As soon as they entered the Giant Demon Village, a strong stench attacked the three of them ‘sense of smell, almost making them want to vomit.
The trolls didn’t have good hygiene habits, and the villages didn’t arrange for people to clean up the excrement and food residues left behind by their daily lives. Most of their food was meat. This rotten smell, coupled with the stench of excrement, was simply indescribable. Perhaps this was the biggest challenge for everyone to rescue their comrades tonight!
Of course, this did not mean that the trolls could endure the mounting garbage and excrement in the village for a long time. As a race with human-like intelligence, they sometimes had to clean up the dirt for the sake of their cubs and the health of the elderly and the weak.
However, most of the trolls were lazy. The way they improved their living environment, in the eyes of humans and Elves, was simply insane to the extreme.
The Giant Demon Village wasn’t actually cleaned up by the trolls themselves. Rather than cleaning up, it was better to say that they were just letting nature take its course. The trolls would start to move whenever the garbage and dirt in the village were unbearable.
Of course, this did not mean relocating the village to a distance, but rather following the principle of relocating the village nearby. The mountains where the trolls were located rarely had large open spaces. Adding on their enormous size, they were naturally unable to find a suitable place to live at any time.
Moreover, relocating the entire village once would also be a huge amount of work. Lazy trolls wouldn’t like it. So they took what they thought was a smart approach.
When trolls needed to change places, they would move the useful things in the village to the other side of the fence, and then surround the other three sides, turning them into another village.
Therefore, the structure of the troll villages was often “Tian Zi”. Every time a grid of “Tian Zi” could no longer be used, they would change to another grid. There weren’t many things they needed to move, mainly the tall houses they lived in, as well as some of the magical beast fur they stored.
The trolls made the tall house look like that, one reason was to guard against poisonous insects, and the other reason was to make it easier to move. What trolls needed the most was strength. Four or five trolls could use their shoulders to carry the tall house in exchange for a place. In any case, they weren’t far away, were they?
Apart from the rubbish and dirt, the other thing that the troll villages could not move away from was the semi-permanent barbecue grill. However, this thing would still be useful when they moved back in the future, so it didn’t matter.
After the trolls moved to the next room, the trolls’ shamans would pour some kind of yeast-like viscous liquid around the village. This kind of thing would attract all sorts of scavengers and help the Giant Demon Tribe clean up all the rubbish for free.
In fact, when all the rubbish was cleaned up, the land was quickly filled with all sorts of shrubs and vegetation. The land was simply too fertile.
When the trolls moved back, they would use some crude tools to plow the bushes. On the one hand, clearing shrubs and weeds, on the other hand, can also obtain some additional harvests, such as ripe shrubs roots and fruits.
This was also a way for trolls to improve their food. They were omnivorous creatures, and their staple food was meat, but they did not reject occasional vegetarian meals. A small amount of plant fruits for seasoning is also essential, especially at large gatherings.
“Elistine, look, it seems like an outsider has sneaked into the troll camp.” Suddenly, a light greeting came from the darkness. Idrya was the first to notice Lago sneakily crawling in.
“What?” Elistine, who was closing his eyes to regulate his breathing, opened his eyes in surprise and looked down at the cage.
“It’s Ferrari, Ferrari has come to save us!” When he saw this, Elven druid’s entire body trembled and his beautiful eyes widened in disbelief. A layer of tears slowly appeared in his eyes. “I knew it, I knew he wouldn’t leave me alone …”
“Filar?” Hearing Elistine’s slightly choked voice, the female knight of Lauvita was slightly stunned and said disdainfully, “Tsk, that fellow has been hiding for such a long time for no reason. Could it be that he has only come out to pretend to be a prince now … Eh, it seems that it really is him?”
Under the bright moonlight, even though Idrea did not have Elves’s night vision ability, she could still see the eye-catching silver hair of Moonlight Elves. Perhaps he could sense the gaze of the two beauties above his head, Qin Lun raised his head and smiled silently. His flawless white teeth shone under the moonlight.
With a faint bug cry, Lago climbed onto the troll and hung the flagpole of a bamboo cage horizontally. It was said to be a flagpole, but in reality, it was more like a big tree for a human-sized thief. There were still branches and roots that the trolls hadn’t cleaned up, making it very convenient for them to climb.
The simple and crude binding ropes at the entrance of the bamboo cage were even more difficult for the nimble thieves. Actually, this kind of restriction was useless. After resting in the troll camp for such a long time, Elistine and Idrea were able to escape.
Rather than saying that the bamboo cage had trapped them, it was better to say that their unhealed weakness had prevented them from escaping. At the same time, escaping from the troll camp was very simple, but with their stamina, escaping from the troll claw would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
Moreover, there was an ordinary old man among them, Mason. Elistine and Idrea had planned to leave, but they didn’t want to escape. They just didn’t want to be eaten as food by the trolls.
The trolls made their cages so simple and crude, on the one hand, because they were lazy, and on the other hand, because of the special geographical environment of the trolls’ claws. They treat the escape of prisoners as a fitness exercise to help digest.