Chapter 209: The Miserable Person Frozen in Place
When he heard that the headband in Alka's hand, which was originally a little black and not very special even after washing, was actually a treasure.
These people were no longer tired in an instant, and they all stood up from the gravel where they were resting and gathered around Alka.
Looking at this ordinary headband with curiosity.
"To be honest, this appearance is a bit ordinary." Jason said as he looked at the headband in Alka's hand.
If this appearance were dropped on the ground, no one would think it was a treasure.
When the treasure is not activated, it is restrained and there is nothing special about it.
Unless its appearance is very special and beautiful.
For example, Arca's [Mirror], you can tell it's a precious item just by looking at its appearance.
The next types are [Frost Nova] and [Dream Catcher].
Even if you don't think it is a treasure, you will think it is a very good spell equipment.
"My flag is also very ordinary." Lucilia waved her arms, which had a red cuff on them.
"Yours is too ordinary. If it were me, I would pick it up. But if you dropped that flag on the ground, I would just kick it away." Jason waved his hand and said.
No matter how ordinary it is, it is not as ordinary as your flag.
"Is this the time to argue about this?" Xia Daiti said speechlessly.
Why are you acting like a little kid?
Julia stepped forward, looked at Alka and asked, "What abilities does this treasure have?"
Asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.
Hearing this, Alka shook his head: "I don't know, I only know that this treasure is called [Ring of Light] and is a Holy Grail-level treasure. As for its ability, my [Dream Catcher] is a little repulsive."
"Whoever controls it will know, but now is not the time. Let's explore the steel ship first."
When everyone heard Alka's words, they nodded and retracted their gazes.
Since the treasure could not be thrown into the pocket ring, Alka had to hold it in his hand.
After all, the Dream Catcher only repels and does not attack, and it is a unilateral repels.
Pororo looked at the steel ship in front of him , turned around and asked, "Don't you want to take a break?"
After all, they had just experienced a fierce battle, and everyone's condition was not perfect.
"It's okay. Just be more alert. There aren't many enemies in that ship."
Alka said giving everyone a reassuring look.
There are three light spots left on the map at this time, two white and one blue. The two white spots are the treasure houses of the two ships.
The difficulty of the blue and white ones on the steel ships are three spirals and four spirals respectively.
This is enough to show that the enemies on the steel ship are not strong at this time.
Moreover, the noise just now was loud enough, and the slightly more powerful ones had already taken advantage of the moment and surrounded them.
Come to think of it, in the battle more than 10 years ago, the team on this steel ship gained the upper hand. Under such circumstances, most of their members must have attacked this wooden ship.
That's why it seemed that there were too many enemies in the wooden boat at that time.
Moreover , from the clothes remaining on the zombies in the wooden boat, it can be seen that they were clearly divided into two groups.
After hearing what Alka said, everyone nodded, stopped hesitating, reorganized their team and formed a formation and walked towards the steel ship.
They walked directly into the broken gap in the middle.
The entire steel ship was relatively well preserved, with the biggest damage being the crack in the middle that split the ship in two after it fell.
From this we can see that the ship has two decks and a bottom hold, which seems to be the basic design for ships above 40 meters.
However, due to the high height of the ship, the space inside appears to be relatively large, so as long as Porro lowers his head slightly, he can still move inside.
The premise is that there is no squeezed part.
The entire base warehouse was empty. Apart from some supplies that had completely rotted away, there was not a single zombie.
Everyone walked up the stairs that were still intact.
When they arrived at the second floor, they saw a...corpse.
"There is a normal corpse here?" Jason looked at the corpse not far away and said with some surprise.
The flesh and blood of the corpse had long since rotted away, leaving only some yellowed and blackened bones.
Judging from the bones, this person's entire left arm was broken, his left leg and right hand had fractures of varying degrees, and three ribs were broken.
But compared to the broken bones they had seen scattered everywhere, it was still intact overall.
"So why didn't such a complete body turn into a zombie?" Xia Daiti asked with some confusion.
They didn't see a single normal corpse along the way, only zombies.
This was the first time they saw a normal corpse on the island that had not been turned into a ghost.
Looking at the body, Alka thought for a moment, then came to the bones and examined them carefully.
Only a minute later, a possibility came to mind based on the condition of the corpse.
Those who stayed on the ship were probably people like Simon, whose states were fixed by special spells due to injuries.
Since his surviving teammates and even the team leader had all died because of the enemy's tactics.
Those who were in a stagnant state and seriously injured naturally died because they did not receive medical treatment.
After all, a spell with a fixed state like this certainly cannot last long, and it also requires continuous consumption of magic power.
so……
At this moment Alka was stunned.
Seeing that Alka seemed to have thought of something, everyone stopped talking and waited for Alka to think and come to a conclusion.
"So, why is that person still alive?"
Alka muttered.
Yes, it has been 10 years. No matter how outrageous the spell's power is, it is impossible to maintain it for such a long time without magic power and the user's magic power supply.
It is unlikely that it is a simple spell to fix a person's injuries and condition.
Such a spell is definitely powerful enough, which is why Simon's solidified state can last for 10 years.
Alka narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Let's go and take another look inside."
Everyone nodded and followed Alka to continue moving forward.
Then they saw four wooden beds in a room with a distorted ceiling, with sheets and quilts that had been completely stained black and yellow.
There were only two corpses on the wooden bed, and two more corpses were scattered on the ground. Judging from their postures, they seemed to have struggled before death. One of them even came to the door.
These corpses were also not infected and turned into undead zombies.
Alka went up and looked.
None of the four corpses were intact. They all suffered various injuries, the kind that would result in death if not treated quickly.
Under such circumstances, these four crew members must have been frozen in place, which is why they were placed on this wooden bed.
Now they are all dead, and the effects of the spells that froze them have disappeared long ago.
The reason why he was not turned into a zombie was probably because he was not affected by the enemy's mutually destructive attack.
Perhaps their solidified state dissipated only after the attack, and after it dissipated, they must have tried to save themselves.
That's why these bones are placed everywhere.
"Be alert, everyone move closer and pay attention to your surroundings." Alka said decisively.
Although they didn't know why, everyone nodded and moved closer to each other.
Seeing the inquiring looks from the others, Alka explained, "Remember what I told you about the communication I had with the person who still exists in my dream last night?"
Alka pointed to the corpses on the bed and said, "These people were frozen in place 10 years ago because of serious injuries.
According to the one who is still alive, this frozen state can ensure that their injuries are fixed until the crisis is resolved.
Their crew will continue to provide treatment to save their lives.”
"But now they are all dead. Without the supply of magic power and users, such a spell should have disappeared long ago."
"But the person in the dream last night said that he is still in this state now."
After listening to Alka's simple explanation, everyone immediately understood why they needed to be vigilant.
However, Alka was still relatively optimistic at this time. After all, if they really wanted to do something bad to them, the best time would be when they were surrounded before.
If he suddenly attacked at this time, it would definitely cause serious harm to them.
Once they get rid of those zombies, there won’t be such a good opportunity anymore.
Everyone still maintained their formation and moved forward slowly.
They saw more corpses along the way, some of which were either leaning against the walls or lying in the middle of the road.
From the postures of some skeletons , it can be found that they seemed to be crawling before death.
There were all kinds of blackened bloodstains on the aisle, all of which were the self-rescue actions of the wounded before they died.
Finally, they saw a large area of corpses in front of them, conservatively estimated to be more than a dozen, and there were three zombies lying around.
As they arrived, he slowly got up from the ground.
These zombies all have various scars on their bodies.
However, their strength was only three spirals, and they were easily eliminated by Alka and his team.
Looking at the situation around him, Alka became more certain of his guess.
These wounded were released from their frozen state, probably after being affected by the enemy's attack.
These wounded soldiers even fought with these zombies when they were on the verge of death.
Then, Alka took an object that was flashing blue light from under a corpse.
With the touch, the blue light disappears.
This is a knife similar to a flying knife, only two fingers long, small and sharp.
After a simple rinse, the original appearance of the throwing knife was revealed.
The appearance is pale white, and there are bone-like patterns on it. It is actually a bone product.
"nice one?"
Alka turned around and saw that it was Jason who spoke.
He nodded: "This should be a good spell weapon, a throwing knife."
He waved the small bone knife in his hand and said, "This equipment is very suitable for me, so I will accept it."
Everyone nodded without any objection.
After all, Alka seemed to have gained nothing from the exploration along the way, and Alka was the only one among them who could perform long-range throwing.
Even if we give it to them, they won't be able to throw it accurately.
When they reached the upper deck, they were met by a zombie with a constructed arm.
The strength reached four spirals. There were bloodstains around, but no corpses.
Alka couldn't help looking back at the way they had come.
I see.
The wounded who were still alive probably stayed on the lower deck to avoid the zombie.
No wonder there are so many corpses piled up on the lower deck.
This zombie did not stop somewhere as they had seen before, but was wandering in the aisle, moving slowly forward with its back to them.
Seeing Jason raising his gun and preparing to attack, Alka quickly pressed his gun.
Seeing Jason's puzzled look, Alka raised his hand and shook the bone knife he had just obtained.
"Let me try."
He had already briefly explored the usage of this weapon, and now there happened to be an enemy to try it out.
As he spoke, magic power flowed along his arm into the pale white blade. With the influx of magic power, the blade immediately began to move.
Tiny spikes appeared on the surface, and Alka threw them out with force.
The bone knife turned into a white light and instantly pierced the enemy's back.
But it did not penetrate it. As half of the blade pierced into the flesh, the small blade, which was only two fingers long, expanded instantly.
The sharp points on the blade suddenly protruded outwards, spreading from a small gap on the back to all around.
These bone spurs penetrated from the back, turning the entire back of the zombie into a honeycomb.
Pororo walked over with his waist bent and looked at the corpse.
I couldn't help but wipe the goose bumps on my arms.
"This weapon is so cruel."
When everyone looked, they saw that the front of the zombie had been pierced by at least twenty or thirty thin white bone spikes.
These bone spurs protruded from his chest, and they were so densely packed together that they looked extremely creepy.
Alka walked over and turned the body over, then put his hand on the small protruding knife handle on the back.
Magic power gently surged in, and the bone spurs were instantly retracted, turning back into the tiny blades they were before.
Clear water gushed out, washing away the dirt and shaking it off.
Alka looked at the bone knife in his hand with great satisfaction.
"From now on, you will be called Skeleton Piercing."
As he spoke, a hand of precision appeared in Alka's hand, and he quickly carved four words on the bone knife.
Satisfied, he put it back into his pocket ring.
"Come on, let's continue."
However, they had only walked two or three meters when Julia stopped in her tracks, frowning.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Julia suddenly standing still, Alka and Jason behind her immediately stopped and became alert to their surroundings.
The two people in front are also in combat mode.
Julia pointed diagonally in front of her: "There, there is a high-energy object."
Everyone turned to look.
Alka shook his shoulders gently.
The two small figures instantly disappeared into the shadows nearby and quickly investigated.
In such a small and complex ruin, the two of them are the best scouts, able to move through various cracks and corners, and hide in the shadows without being discovered.
It didn't take long before Zero came back alone.
"It is a man, a living man, and the master is beside him now."
Hearing this, everyone immediately thought that the person who was still alive was most likely the owner of the dream bubble.
"lead the way."
Alka said, and followed Zero with everyone else, walking forward. They climbed over a piece of broken metal and came to a room.
Then Ling pointed to the collapsed and piled wall in front and said, "Behind this, everything is blocked, with only a few small gaps."
Alka looked around, knocked on the metal ruins in front of him, and found a weak spot.
After cutting, the surrounding area will not collapse again.
A silver card appeared in his hand. As magic power poured in, the card was used and a sharp silver light flashed around it.
Alka slowly cut out a small door in front of him, and then moved the iron door to the side to reveal the path leading inside.
He walked in first, and everyone followed closely behind.
This is a small room. The door leading to the room has been completely twisted and closed, and the wall next to it is also blocked by collapsed objects.
As the light of the lantern flickered, Alka saw the situation clearly.
A man covered in blood was lying in the corner. His left arm was completely missing from the shoulder, and his right arm from the elbow down, that is, the entire forearm, had completely turned into flesh, with only a protruding bone fragment and some flesh still attached to it.
This man's hands are basically useless.
At this moment, he had his eyes closed tightly, and his medium-length hair was loose, covering his cheeks.
There was a faint grayish-white film on his body, which covered his entire body.
This should be the kind of spell that freezes his state.
Alka had seen this man's face before: it was Simon.
Looking at this situation, Alka couldn't help but frown.
He was still in a frozen state. He was not lying to himself, but how did he do that?
All of his teammates had no magic power, causing the effect of the spell to disappear.
But he has maintained it for such a long time, as long as 10 years.
It is really incomprehensible.
"Is this the man you were talking about before?" Jason couldn't help but ask as he looked at the miserable man in front of him.
He remembered Alka saying that the living man was not in good condition.
The man in front of him was no longer in a bad condition, he was basically on the verge of death.
Alka nodded.
Then he walked over, and when he was close enough, Alka finally felt that there was an object emitting magical power.
He tilted his head to look. Behind him, there was a gap at the waist against the wall, and a finger-like structure was pressing against his skin, providing him with magic power.
So it is this thing that maintains the effect of the spell on him.
What kind of thing can last for 10 years?
Thinking of this, Alka couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly and began to carefully examine the details of the appearance.
Could this thing be...
