Chapter 105: Murder in the Jungle
After hearing Alan's speculation, Julie wiped her cold sweat and thought to herself, "That was a close call!"
Uncle Ryan's face also darkened, his eyes filled with anger.
Someone plotted against his beloved son, which really touched his bottom line!
"There is someone in the woods, casting a spell to attack!"
Ryan lowered his voice and gestured to everyone.
"Crew members and griffins, stay and guard the airship!"
"Everyone else, follow me into the forest to search for the enemy!"
A group of eight people, including Allen, quickly approached the dense forest.
…
In the dense forest.
"Haha...I really got fooled."
"A bunch of naive guys, just die here obediently."
The ventriloquist sneered as he unleashed his magic power.
The body beneath the cloak quickly deformed.
The feet turned into goat's hooves.
A pair of curved horns emerged from the forehead.
Under his chin, there was a wisp of goatee fluttering in the wind.
Level 1 atavistic transformation, half-goat form!
The ventriloquist snapped his fingers.
Magic is surging at your fingertips.
Level 0 “Illusion Sound”, cast on a stone twenty meters away.
The stone immediately made a rustling sound.
It was as if someone was rushing through the woods.
The sound made by clothes rubbing against branches.
So lifelike, indistinguishable from the real thing!
The title of “Ventriloquist” is not given for nothing!
As expected.
Ryan and the others fell into the trap and turned around and rushed towards the stone that emitted the phantom sound.
The ventriloquist smiled even more proudly.
Everything is under control!
Then he pulled out a recorder from his waist.
Through atavistic meditation, he learned the trick of playing magical music from the ancestral spirits of the satyrs.
The ventriloquist began to play a "lullaby".
The ethereal and melodious sound of the flute echoed in the woods.
It was like the sound of the wind blowing through the treetops, making a whistling sound.
It is also like a clear stream, gurgling and flowing.
The fresh and refined melody is in harmony with the surrounding natural environment.
Even the spirits in the woods were happy to listen to his playing rather than being angered by the sound of his flute.
Not far away, Ryan and others heard the sound of a flute coming from the forest.
They all stopped, looking dazed.
The expressions on people's faces changed from alert to relaxed, and they began to yawn and become drowsy one after another.
"Hehe... go to sleep, go to sleep, sleep well."
The ventriloquist can talk while playing the recorder.
A whisper came from his abdomen.
It was as if his belly button had turned into another mouth.
The 1st level magic "Ventriloquism" is so magical!
With this unique skill, the ventriloquist can play both the "lead singer" and the "backing vocalist" roles on the theater stage.
"Hey! Knife thrower, it's your turn."
"Use your knife and kiss their throats."
"Send them into sweet and everlasting sleep."
The ventriloquist continued to play the flute, quietly reminding his companions through ventriloquism.
The thin knife thrower nodded slightly.
The slender white hand touched the waist.
Eight willow-leaf flying knives, held between the fingers of both hands.
The palm of his hand moved slightly, so fast that the throwing action could not be seen clearly.
Eight silver lightning bolts suddenly shot out from the forest!
Eight flying knives shot towards the throats of Ryan and others.
The knife thrower, the corners of his lips slightly upturned.
The foolish pursuer had been bewildered by the ventriloquist's lullaby and had lost his vigilance. There was no way he could dodge his throat-killing flying knife!
But in the next second...
The knife thrower's smile froze on his face!
boom!
There was a sudden thunder in the woods!
The sound waves swept across the sky, shaking the surrounding trees and causing leaves to fall.
The ventriloquist and the knife thrower were both startled by the thunder.
When I came to my senses and looked again, it turned out that it was an inconspicuous boy among the eight people who suddenly released the "Thunder Wave", causing a huge roar.
To be precise, Alan used the "Shaped Thunder Wave" to shield the Griffin family members from the bombardment range of the "Thunder Wave" to prevent them from accidental injuries.
The loud noise woke them up from their half-sleep.
At the same time, the eight flying knives coming from the opposite forest were intercepted by the "Thunder Wave" and shattered into pieces.
Among the eight members of the team, only Allen was not hypnotized.
His spiritual attribute is as high as 23 points, much higher than that of the ventriloquist.
In this case, it is difficult for the other party to hypnotize him.
Allen had no choice but to use "Thunder Wave" to rescue the situation.
He didn't feel relieved until he confirmed that the mere roar of thunder, not a logical language, would not anger the forest spirits.
Turning around to face where the ventriloquist and the knife thrower were lurking, Alan's face was cold and he raised his hand to shoot out a finger wave.
Hiss—bang!
It was like a bullet, hitting the shepherd's flute in the ventriloquist's hand.
Smash it on the spot!
The ventriloquist's face changed slightly, and he quickly retreated and disappeared into the woods.
Hound pace!
Alan's figure flashed and chased after him!
A flying knife is already waiting in front.
The knife thrower's prediction was accurate to the millimeter.
It looked as if Alan wanted to hit the flying knife himself!
While the hound move is in progress, you cannot change direction again.
In fact, there was no need for Allen to change direction to avoid it.
He remained calm and let the flying knife pierce his chest.
clang!!
The flying knife hit Alan's chest, first causing a faint silver magic ripple, and then a metallic collision sound.
The tip of the knife broke and bounced back to the ground.
Allen never fights a battle he is not sure of winning.
Before following the Griffin family into the forest to chase the enemy, he had already cast "Shield Technique" on himself and activated "Iron Skin and Bones".
It turns out that caution is necessary.
His body deflected the flying knife, remaining unharmed.
The chest, where the flying knife touched, emitted a faint fishy smell.
At the same time, Allen received a system prompt.
"Contacted with level 3 snake venom, now immune!"
…
As soon as the poisoned flying knife was thrown, the knife-wielder disappeared into the dense forest.
Alan looked at his quickly receding back and smiled.
"Haha...playing with drugs in front of me? My friend, you are very brave!"
Alan looked straight ahead and opened a cone-shaped detection spell to scan for toxin reactions.
Under normal circumstances, the 0-level spell " Detect Virus" spreads in a spherical shape with the caster as the center and a radius of 30 meters.
The advantage of this detection method is that there are no blind spots.
However, the detection radius is too short and the utilization efficiency is too low.
The lower half of the scan area, the entire hemisphere below the surface, is usually redundant.
Alan used the super magic skill "Spell Shaping" to reshape it into a 1/8 sphere + 60-meter radius cone diffusion.
The detection radius has doubled compared to the original version!
Alan knew the general direction of the knife thrower's escape, so a 1/8 cone scan was enough!
Alan followed slowly into the dense forest.
His eyes sometimes flashed a silver light!
Using this efficient method, Allen quickly detected the toxin reaction.
The targeted source of the toxin reaction is moving quickly through the forest.
That was the snake venom that the knife thrower carried with him, specifically used to poison his throwing knives.
The poisoned flying knife can kill with one blow!
However, the knife thrower never dreamed that...
His most proud hidden poisonous weapon had now become the "signal source" that exposed his hiding place!
