Chapter 466: Rock Corner
Alka and his companions quickly jumped between the steep slopes of the mountain and ran towards the place where the loud rumbling sound came from.
Based on their simple speculation, no matter which possibility it is, their help may be needed.
Soon they saw the place where the sound came from through the cliff and understood what had happened.
There were at least a dozen strange evil spirits of all kinds sliding and leaping between the mountains and forests, chasing after a target.
And the target was, just as Alka had expected, a half-element from the Stonehoof clan.
Moreover, his appearance was very similar to the bull-headed guard they had seen at the entrance of the stone forest before.
They can even be said to be exactly the same in appearance, with only some differences in details.
This is the only way to tell that they are not the same.
A minotaur with brown skin and a large area of mud covering his body.
But there are many cracks on his body.
Stone pillars protruded from the ground one after another, allowing the bull head to move quickly among the mountains and forests.
Move quickly to avoid the pursuit of those evil spirits.
He did not use the method of movement that Alka and the others had seen on the sentinel before, which was the ability to move in the mud as if swimming.
“Ahhhhhh!”
A shrill scream came from the mouth of a banshee-like evil spirit.
Alka and the others couldn't help but frown and protect their ears to resist the pain to their souls caused by the sound.
With this action, the Minotaur's escape became stuck and he fell directly from the stone pillar.
The damage caused by this wailing of souls to these semi-elemental creatures was much greater than they imagined.
A crack appeared on his body that was visible to the naked eye.
However, on the way of falling, he grabbed a stone pillar protruding from the stone wall, then stood up and escaped again by controlling the soil.
"It's over." Alka suddenly said after watching this scene.
Because of their arrival, they also brought the evil spirits that had been following them. These evil spirits immediately began to pounce on the minotaur of the Stonehoof tribe.
Temporarily gave up tracking Alka and the others.
The direction they rushed towards happened to be the direction the minotaur was escaping, and in an instant the minotaur was surrounded.
The sudden appearance of a large group of evil spirits made the bull-headed figure stand still.
The sudden encirclement and suppression made him a little confused.
In this case, the stone pillar under his feet extended infinitely upwards, suddenly protruding 20 meters. Looking at the appearance of the bull head, it is known that this is his limit.
These evil spirits clung to the stone pillars and crawled upwards, trying to get towards the minotaur.
"Give him a hand." Alka said, and wings of wind made of cyan breeze appeared on his back.
A breeze from his wings pushed him upward.
When they were close enough, Alka used the red flame card. A flame surrounded the bottom of the stone pillar, burning fiercely.
In an instant, a large number of evil spirits were burned and fell off the stone pillars.
The spikes of the stone pillars had no effect on these evil spirits. Through this scene, they also understood why the Stonehoof group was unwilling to go deep into the mountains.
These evil spirits are simply their natural nemesis.
Attacks on the mind and soul made it difficult for them to defend. The earth element manipulation attacks that he was most proficient in had almost no effect on the evil spirits.
In Alka's eyes, the strength of this half-elemental minotaur has even reached the 5th stage.
The highest level of the evil spirits chasing him was only the fourth stage, and most of them were the second stage. But even so, he still couldn't make much of a difference to them.
It's like encountering a natural enemy.
Seeing Alka and the others suddenly coming over, the minotaur was obviously relieved.
Judging from Alka and the others' actions, they were obviously here to help him.
Standing on the stone pillar, he raised his hands high, and a beam of golden light gathered in his hands and then spread out.
A large number of evil spirits disappeared in an instant, fearful of the golden light.
"A believer of the Virgin Mary?" Xia Daiti was a little surprised.
A half-elemental creature from the Stonehoof tribe actually believed in the Mother of God? This was too strange.
But there are more reasons to help.
With a wave of his hand, the white moonlight shone brightly, driving away all the remaining evil spirits. All the evil spirits were either burned to ashes in an instant or hid away.
The stone pillar slid down, and the minotaur jumped over to Alka and the others.
"Thank you all for your help." He then crossed his arms and made a gesture of prayer to the Virgin Mary.
Alka and the others nodded and responded with the same gesture.
Watching this scene, the Minotaur felt that the aura of the Virgin Mary on Alka and Xiadaiti was much stronger than his own.
"Are you followers of the Virgin Mary? You are also a saint. How disrespectful."
Seeing this scene, Alka quickly waved his hand: "No need to do this."
"If I'm not mistaken, you should be a member of the Stonehoof tribe. Why would you go so deep?" Alka couldn't help but ask in confusion.
If there really was a tribe member lost in such a deep place, Alka believed that the elder would tell him and ask for his help.
"You've been to Stone Forest? What's it like there?"
The half-elemental creature from the Stonehoof tribe who looked like a minotaur couldn't help but ask.
Alka even heard the anxiety in his fluent percussion words.
You have to know that when he communicated with those semi-elemental creatures in the stone forest, his speech was either halting or extremely stiff, as if he had no emotions.
Even the elder showed no emotion except that he spoke fluently.
The voice of the minotaur in front of him was extremely steady and smooth, and his emotional ups and downs were extremely obvious.
If Alka had not known that he was a half-elemental creature of the Stonehoof clan and had not met most of his people, he would have thought that he was just a creature of flesh and blood.
"Yes, we came from that side. I don't know what the place was like before, but it doesn't look wrong now."
Hearing Alka's answer, the minotaur in front of him nodded.
Even the expressions are vivid.
"Thank you all. I am a member of the Stonehoof clan. My name is Rockhorn."
After introducing each other.
Lucilia sat on Alka's shoulder and couldn't help asking, "You are very different from your people. You speak very fluently and your emotions fluctuate."
Hearing this, Yanjiao smiled and said, "Maybe it's because I have lived in a human community for a long time."
"Come to think of it, why are you so deep in the cave? It's really too dangerous for you here, isn't it?" Alka asked from the side.
Hearing this, Yanjiao sighed and leaned against the stone wall and said, "You must be confused, but my brother and I left the Stone Forest 213 years and 7 days ago. We plan to get to know this world better."
Then he said awkwardly: “But your world is actually an ocean world, so we have never even left this continent.
After traveling around the scars of this world, we joined the front line to fight those demons and became mercenaries.
Use your money to exchange for some materials and crystals containing earth elements."
Hearing this, Alka and the others nodded, thinking it was very reasonable.
"But before that, about a month ago, when we were chasing the demon, the demon forced the portal to open and brought us here.
To be honest, we were so unlucky. Although we killed the demon, the evil spirits here are even more threatening.
My brother...died at the hands of evil spirits. I had some ways to deal with these evil spirits because of my faith in the Virgin Mary, so I managed to survive in this place with difficulty."
At this, the half-elemental minotaur looked at Alka with his arms folded and pleaded, “For the love of the Virgin, friend.
Can you do me a favor? My brother's core crystal is still there. There are evil spirits around it and I can't get through. I haven't found any loophole to take it for so long."
Hearing this, Alka nodded, as if something suddenly dawned on him. So that's what it was.
No wonder there is an extra crystal.
So this is the reason.
Thinking of this, Alka took out the crystal stone they had obtained from the space.
"Is that so?"
Seeing this crystal, Yanjiao was a little surprised, then nodded and asked in confusion: "How do you have this kind of crystal?
My people shouldn’t let this kind of thing get lost in the open.”
"This is what the elder of the Stonehoof tribe asked us to find in this mountain range. He said there are three in total."
When he heard Alka's words, he suddenly realized that he obviously knew about this matter as well.
“Thank you so much, thank you very much for helping our people, but this one is not my brother’s.
So many evil spirits were chasing me just now because I tried to retrieve my brother's crystal stone, which alarmed the evil spirits around. "
Yanjiao sighed and said.
It must be said that although its appearance is similar to that of the half-element of the Stonehoof clan, its expression of various emotions and the flexibility of its speech are basically the same as those of a normal flesh-and-blood creature.
Hearing Yanjiao's request, Alka nodded.
Not to mention that they were originally going to look for crystals, and Yanjiao was actually a follower of the Virgin Mary, so there was absolutely no problem for Alka and the others to help.
After all, these evil spirits are a dangerous area where they, the half-elements of the earth element, find it difficult to move.
But for Alka and his men, there was almost no threat. They had too many ways to deal with these evil spirits.
At most it's just a matter of walking a little further.
Alka nodded and said, "No problem, you can come with us. We need to go deeper inside to find something. After we find it, we will take you out with us.
It’s a little safer this way.”
Hearing Alka's words, Yanjiao nodded and said happily: "That's great. Thank you very much for your help."
He thanked him again. After all, he had already given up hope before Alka and the others came in.
It's just trying hard to survive in despair.
Who knew the surprise would come so suddenly.
Under the leadership of Yanjiao, Alka and his companions set out again, heading towards the place where his brother died.
Soon they saw the stone pillars that the semi-elemental creatures turned into after their death. This stone pillar was taller than the first one they saw , at least 12 or 13 meters tall. It was also extremely thick, like a stone tower.
There are a lot of evil spirits gathered around, and I don’t know if they gathered here because they are waiting for something to happen.
After all, these evil spirits still possess a certain instinctive intelligence, just like bloodthirsty beasts.
Looking at this group of evil spirits, Xia Daiti stretched out his hand and circled it. A glowing ball like the moon smashed directly into that area.
The ball of light fell down, just like a moon rising from the ground, spreading and expanding around it.
Amidst the hoarse screams, the group of evil spirits turned into ashes in an instant.
A breeze blew by, sweeping up the ashes on the ground.
Yanjiao just stood there and watched the scene.
There is a feeling of unreality.
The problem that had troubled him for so long was solved so easily by someone else.
I couldn't help but sigh: "It's great to have so many methods."
After all, his strength was actually not weak, but he was too restrained by these evil spirits.
Fortunately, he believed in the Virgin Mary and was able to temporarily obtain some extra holy light power from her through prayer.
The body of a half-elemental creature is both a gift and a hindrance.
Granting them the innate ability to manipulate elements, it also limits their control over other powers.
Hearing this, Alka smiled.
Everyone walked over and looked at the tall stone pillar.
"Is this your brother's body? It's much bigger than the one we saw before. Is it because of its strength?"
Hearing Lucilia's question, Yanjiao nodded: "That's one reason. Another part is the passage of time. After all, the stone pillars have been here for too long, and time will wear away everything."
Hearing this, several people nodded. Then they watched Yanjiao come to the stone pillar and put his hand with only four fingers on the surface.
Like mud rolling, it was not much different from the special effects produced by the Earth Card that Alka had used before, and a crystal emerged from it.
This crystal is obviously larger than the one Alka had obtained before.
The energy emitted is also stronger.
From this we can know that at least his brother's strength must be stronger than the one in Alka's hand.
Looking at the crystal in his hand, Yanjiao sighed.
He placed it on his chest and integrated it into it, probably for temporary storage.
"Thank you very much."
Alka nodded, then turned slightly and headed towards his destination.
Yanjiao also followed behind them.
After running quickly all the way, it only took about two days for Alka to arrive at the orange light column where the Cloud Rod was hidden.
As soon as you arrive here, you can feel the gloomy atmosphere here. There are so many evil spirits here, and black and red eyes are everywhere.
These evil spirits were hiding everywhere and watching them.
Even though it was daytime, the place was already dark and eerie, with a biting cold wind blowing.
The cold wind blew through the mountains, making a whistling sound like howling.
Being in such an area, Yan Jiao felt extremely uncomfortable. The stronger he was, the more sensitive he was to dangerous things.
And every evil spirit here is a deadly threat to him.
It's like a lamb entering the center of a pack of wolves.
A gigantic evil spirit rushed directly towards Alka and the others, completely ignoring the threat posed by the moonlight.
However, the fourth-stage evil spirit is still an evil spirit.
Alka's neighbor produced a thick fireball with a little bit of holy light in it. It ignited it in an instant and turned it into ashes.
I have been following Alka and the others for several days now, and have seen almost every kind of situation in which they take action.
Yanjiao couldn't help but ask after watching this scene: "Have you ever defended the Demon Hunting Fortress before?"
Hearing this, Alka turned to look at him and nodded.
"That's right."
"So you are the Eyes of the Compass?" asked Yanjiao.
It seemed that their reputation had spread, to which Alka simply nodded without hiding anything.
"No wonder, it turned out to be you guys , you are really amazing."
As they moved forward, they listened to Yanjiao’s narration: “I was fighting in the Anti-Magic Fortress before I was teleported in by the demon.
I heard about you from the soldiers who came to support from the Demon Hunting Fortress. They said how powerful you were, and I also saw you playing with the Devouring Mouth in my dream before."
"I didn't expect to meet you here. I'm really lucky."
Although Alka and his companions did not go to the Anti-Magic Fortress to provide support, the soldiers from the Demon Hunting Fortress who went there spread their reputation.
In addition, their reputation, which had already spread across the world's scars a few years ago, made them even more famous.
Alka smiled.
While chatting, we arrived at the edge of the area.
"Let's set up a camp here."
Hearing this, Yanjiao asked doubtfully, "Are you planning to stay here for a while longer?"
Alka nodded. "Yes, what we are looking for may not be easy to find in a short time."
Hearing this, Yanjiao nodded, then squatted down and put his hands on the ground.
As the earth elements spread out, floating signs appeared on the ground, and soon a square stone house emerged directly from the ground.
"I can't offer any help in dealing with those evil spirits, but I can still do this little thing."
Looking at the stone house, it seems that this is not the first time he has used such a skill.
The construction of the stone house is very reasonable, even the watchtower for observation is built.
It includes a series of furniture such as some simple stone beds and stone benches, and the components of the stone house are also very suitable for defending against enemy attacks.
There is also a bonfire in the center and a chimney that spreads smoke.
Just took a quick walk around.
Alka looked at Xiadaiti and said, "Let's go for a walk around here together, learn about the surrounding terrain, and prepare to draw a map."
Xia Daiti nodded.
Two of them walked out of the camp, while the rest stayed in the camp and began to make arrangements.
