After a turbulent day, night fell again, and Dendera Fortress ushered in its second night.
A patrol team from the Fortress was holding a torch and patrolling along the streets of the Fortress. Although the zombies in the city had almost been eliminated after the massacre during the day, the sporadic reports of attacks were still coming in, so the patrol team was still very vigilant.
However, because the gremlins were basically wiped out, the nagas and the mages had no choice but to patrol. The nagas were better, but the mages were secretly complaining. When had they, the mages, been patrolling non-stop all night like this? But there was nothing they could do. The iron golems and gargoyles were not up to the task of guarding against zombies. Those puppets that only knew how to obey orders were iron-brained and did not have the ability to make active judgments at all. They could not distinguish whether the zombies with gremlins were friends or foes …
Moreover, if these puppets were used to patrol, even if zombies really appeared, they would not attack them, and they would not be able to patrol at all.
The mages were used to being pampered. After walking for a short distance, they would have to stop and rest because of the soreness in their waist and legs. This led to the process of patrolling becoming intermittent. Although the nagas were very disdainful of these guys, they could only stop and wait. After all, they were teammates.
The nagas were a special race living in the swamps of the kingdom of Bracada. They were amphibious. Because they had multiple pairs of arms on their upper bodies and were strong and powerful, these nagas could be said to be natural swordsman masters. The kingdom of Bracada recruited them as part of the kingdom's army to make up for their shortcomings in melee and water battles. They also gave them the corresponding status, which was only slightly lower than mages.
During the patrol process, these mages could not be counted on, so the nagas took on the main task of vigilance. Because their lower bodies were snake tails, they were very sensitive to the vibrations of the ground.
While the team was resting, a naga suddenly noticed a slight movement underground, so she immediately became vigilant and called for the other nagas to come forward.
With this investigation, the nagas found that this subtle movement seemed to be coming from the sewer …
Due to the special geographical location of Dendera Fortress, there were a large number of troops stationed here all year round, so there were naturally corresponding residences for the troops to live in. Since daily life was to be carried out, facilities like sewers were essential.
In fact, there was a complete and complicated underground sewer network in Dendera Fortress. These underground sewers were all over the city, and after gathering, they led to the large river that ran through the entire canyon outside the fortress. These underground sewers were very low, and usually, the gremlins maintained and dredged them. Not to mention the mages, even the nagas had never personally gone down.
Therefore, when they realized that the movement came from the underground sewer, the patrol team was a little troubled and hesitated whether they should send someone down to take a look.
The sewer was smelly and dirty. Just opening the lid almost made the naga demons faint. The archmages were even more eager to avoid it. The members of the patrol team looked at each other, but no one was willing to go down.
"Cough, cough!" Just as everyone was in a dilemma, an archmage coughed twice and said, "Actually, I don't think it's necessary. Haven't you noticed that those who become zombies infected with the plague actually have no intelligence? They just attack the living with their instincts. How can such a guy be smart enough to hide in the sewer?"
"That's right. That makes sense!" These words immediately made the other archmages come to a sudden realization. They clapped their hands and praised him. "You're the smarter one. You've seen it clearly!"
"Not at all. Everyone has probably thought of it, but it's not as accurate as I said!" The archmage was also very proud, but he pretended to be humble and boasted to the other archmages.
The nagas secretly cursed. Of course, they knew that these spellcasters were just looking for an excuse not to go down, but … it had to be said that this excuse was really reasonable. How could those zombies without wisdom think of hiding in the sewer to avoid being searched?
Just as the nagas were thinking about this, the movement in the sewer disappeared. After waiting for a while, the nagas finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Maybe it's just some rats in the sewer. We're thinking too much …"
Just as they were about to cover the sewer and continue patrolling, suddenly, the ground where the archmages were sitting and resting behind them exploded. A black shadow rushed out at an extremely fast speed. Before anyone could react, the black shadow rushed into the group of archmages!
A shrill scream was heard. The archmage who was still boasting was bitten by the neck and taken away by the black shadow!
As for the rest of the archmages, because a few of them were next to the mage who was taken away, they were directly pushed down when the black shadow attacked. All of them had bloody claw marks on their chests, so deep that their bones could be seen …
The attack came too quickly, so much so that it took a long time for the patrol team to regain their senses. They hurriedly chased after the source of the scream.
"Damn it, what the hell is that thing?!"
"I don't know. It's too fast! I didn't see it clearly at all! "
"It's over there! It jumped onto the roof! "
Although the patrol team did not catch up with the black shadow, they saw the black shadow jumping from a distance. So, a quick-reacting archmage immediately waved his staff and fired a magic bomb in the direction of the black shadow.
The blazing magic bomb flew all the way out. Under the flickering white light, everyone finally saw the black shadow.
It was a plague infected with the appearance of a fairy, but its appearance at the moment was very different from a normal fairy. It was lying on all fours on the top of a bell tower, and the archmage who had just been taken away was under its feet. Its lips had been completely torn to both sides of its cheeks, revealing sharp teeth. On its face, there was a pair of gray and white eyes. Under the illumination of the magic bomb, it looked so strange. The most outrageous thing was that there was a pair of insect-like transparent elytra on its back!
When it was lying on the bell tower, the pair of elytra were still trembling and making a low buzzing sound, as if it was issuing a threat warning …
Although it was only a glimpse, the strange and ferocious appearance of this fairy still made everyone gasp, and the gray and white eyes made everyone's hair stand on end.
This monster could no longer be called a fairy, but everyone could not find a suitable name to call it.
Just as the light of the magic bomb was about to disappear, everyone saw the monster bite down on the archmage who was being stepped on, and then pull!
The archmage's scream came to an abrupt end as a huge gap appeared on his neck, causing him to die instantly.
After biting off a piece of flesh, the monster on the bell tower raised its neck and swallowed it. Then, after the darkness returned, it turned into a black shadow and disappeared …
After tossing and turning for a while, the patrol finally got the dead mage's body down. After examining the body, everyone had a nervous and serious expression.
It had an amazing bite force and mobility. It could jump and fly for a short period of time. Most importantly, this monster seemed to have a certain level of intelligence. It knew how to attack the weakest spot of the patrol team and leave immediately after striking. It used its speed to prevent its pursuers from attacking it …
"This … Is this still the zombies that only know how to rush forward?!" An archmage said in a trembling voice, "Why? Why is there such a monster!? "
No one could answer him. Everyone looked at the dead mage's body in silence. When they found that the already cold body was trembling slightly again, showing signs of waking up, everyone finally sighed and said, "Burn him, we must report this matter!"
Before leaving, a naga demon suddenly found a shiny thing on the ground. She could not help but pick it up and look at it, only to find that it was a small piece of broken transparent crystal.
"Strange, what is this? Did it fall from the monster just now? " The naga demon muttered to herself. She looked at it for a long time but could not find anything, so she could only casually throw it away …
However, when this patrol returned to the city hall to report this matter, they found that the hall was in a mess.
It wasn't just them. Many patrol teams were attacked by monsters during their patrol tonight!
Moreover, the monsters that attacked them were all different. At least from the descriptions of witnesses, almost every monster looked different, but these monsters had one thing in common. They were all agile, extremely strong, and had a certain hunting instinct. Compared to the zombies from before, these monsters were more like true … beasts!
The worst thing was that even though they were frequently attacked, none of the patrols managed to capture such monsters. These monsters seemed to disappear and hide after capturing enough prey!
And there was only one place where they were most likely hiding — the underground sewers that covered the entire fortress!
After learning this news, Astral, Solmyr, and the others all sighed angrily. It was a sign that they wanted to get angry but could not vent their anger.
Because they understood that it would be quite difficult to eliminate these monsters …
… …
At the same time, Roy, who was dozens of kilometers away, looked a little surprised after witnessing these mutated creatures in the fortress.
According to his calculations, the T-Virus that had degenerated and reverted should have retained its original high mutability in addition to being contagious. As long as there were enough infected samples and given some time to mutate, it was absolutely possible for monsters like 'Hunters' to appear. But what Roy did not expect was that these mutated creatures, perhaps because of the different genetic species, their appearances after mutating were completely different from what Roy had imagined. In fact, one of the mutated creatures that Roy observed through the Demon Eyes even inherited Roy's frost power and could spit out strong cold air to freeze prey.
Under the attack of these stronger mutated creatures, there were huge casualties in the fortress again. Moreover, not only did the mages and nagas die, but even some green dragons and titans were attacked by the mutated creatures. Although these high-level creatures did not suffer much damage, they were stunned by the sudden attack and were unable to make those mutated monsters stay …
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